A two-year-old girl suffered severe frostbite after she was locked outside while her 29-year-old hungover father slept in the house during a January snowstorm in Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Joshua Ryan Kitner is now facing felony charges of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The incident happened at his house on Steelstown Road in North Newton Township of Cumberland County on January 25, according to an affidavit filed by State Police at Carlisle.
According to Abc27 News, Troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police filed the charges on Wednesday, May 6, stating that Kitner was the only person watching the child that day. He told investigators that he found his daughter locked outside wearing only a t-shirt and a diaper when he woke up from his sleep after 5 p.m…