{"id":243041,"date":"2026-04-23T09:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243041\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:59:10","slug":"st-pete-couple-accused-of-keeping-second-child-in-filthy-conditions-additional-charges-filed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243041\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete couple accused of keeping second child in \u2018filthy\u2019 conditions, additional charges filed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 Police announced Wednesday additional charges against a St. Petersburg couple accused of abusing a child in their care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation began after a 1-month-old with \u201cmultiple unexplained bruises\u201d on his head, as well as scratches and lacerations across his body, was found unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The boy\u2019s sole caregivers, <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/1-month-old-unexplained-bruises-201216175.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Gabriella Daniels, 22, and Ashton Kurant,;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriella Daniels, 22, and Ashton Kurant, <\/a>21, were arrested Thursday after he died at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, the new charges involve a second child who was also in the couple\u2019s care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 15-month-old girl had significant diaper rashes and sores on her legs and feet from being kept in a playpen for extended periods of time, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers said the house was \u201cfilthy,\u201d and the child\u2019s mattress was soaked in urine and insects. The child is now receiving care in a safe environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The couple now face additional charges for aggravated child abuse (unlawful caging) and neglect (environmental hazards).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 Police announced Wednesday additional charges against a St. Petersburg couple accused of abusing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[107138,105241,105242,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-243041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-additional-charges","9":"tag-ashton-kurant","10":"tag-gabriella-daniels","11":"tag-st-pete","12":"tag-st-pete-headlines","13":"tag-st-pete-news","14":"tag-st-petersburg","15":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","16":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}