An Indiana father has been sentenced to prison after accepting a plea agreement in connection with the death of his newborn son, who was attacked by the family dog last year.

Austin Kinsey was charged after his one-week-old son, Jason Anthony Weaver, died on September 4 from blunt-force trauma injuries suffered during an attack by the dog, named Chomp.

Kinsey was charged alongside the baby’s mother, Violet Weaver, and four relatives. The child’s grandparents, Timothy Kinsey, Rita Wickey and Michael Wickey, as well as his uncle, Tony Kinsey, were all arrested in Markle, Indiana.

The father initially faced two neglect counts and one count of harboring a non-immunized dog that injured another person. Under the plea deal, the most serious neglect charge was dismissed in exchange for a new, lesser charge and a 16-year sentence with the Indiana Department of Correction.

Violet Weaver has been charged with Level 6 felony neglect of a dependent. Huntington Circuit Court records show she is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing later this month.

Rita and Michael Wickey each face an infraction for harboring a non-immunized dog. The cases against the grandparents and the uncle remain active.

According to a police report obtained by the Daily Mail, Huntington County authorities were called to the Miller Street home after Chomp attacked the newborn.

The infant was struggling to breathe when an officer arrived at the home, which the report described as having a “strong odor of animal, trash and dirt everywhere.” The officer performed CPR until medics arrived.

The baby was taken to Fort Wayne hospital before he passed away, according to a Huntington County Coroner’s Office press release. 

An autopsy from the Northeast Indiana Forensic Center revealed that Jason suffered more than 180 abrasions and several bruises on his neck, torso, back and limbs. He endured major internal injuries like brain hemorrhages, rib fractures and tears in the lungs. 

During the investigation, police learned that Austin Kinsey was playing video games in the living room while his son was in a car seat when he left for less than a minute. The father was speaking with other family members when Timothy Kinsey busted through the door with Jason Weaver in his arms and directed them to call the ambulance. 

Timothy Kinsey explained he heard Jason Weaver making noises and saw Chomp dragging him across the floor. 

The family described Chomp as being gentle with the baby but sometimes a jealous dog who was often aggressive to other animals. According to court documents, Chomp had bitten people before and was involved in a past incident. 

The Huntington County Coroner’s Office stated that Chomp was a five-year-old husky pit bull mix. 

Rita Wickey, the grandmother, allegedly shared that one of her family members would carry a gun in the house as a precaution to shoot Chomp if another aggressive incident happened again. 

The family told police they had considered getting rid of Chomp or putting him down before the infant was born, the police report stated.

Another family member reportedly told police that Austin Kinsey was aware they should have gotten rid of the dog but he ‘couldn’t bring himself to get rid of his best friend.’ 

Jason Weaver’s death was initially ruled an accident before investigators determined the family’s property was uninhabitable during a home visit. 

The investigation revealed that the family home contained mountains of trash and bugs inside Jason Weaver’s car seat, according to the police report. 

‘There was so much trash and debris, officers could barely walk through the home,’ one officer said in the report.

‘I also observed numerous cockroaches and flying bugs on the walls, floor, ceiling and doorways.’

According to the Huntington County Health Department, the family was ordered to vacate the home last year. 

After the tragedy, Chomp was removed from the home and taken to Huntington County Animal Shelter. He showed no signs of aggression or rabies and was later euthanized. 

An obituary for Jason Weaver wrote: ‘Though his time on this earth was short, he will be loved forever.’

The Daily Mail has reached out to the attorneys representing Violet Weaver, Timothy Kinsey, Tony Kinsey, Michael Wickey, and Rita Wickey for comment. The attorney representing Austin Kinsey declined to comment. 

The Daily Mail has also reached out to the Huntington County Coroner’s Office, the Huntington County Health Department and the Indiana Department of Correction for comment and additional details. 

Actress Emily Willis, 27, told her brother she would be out of contact for roughly a week while she “detoxed” at an upscale California treatment clinic.

More than two and a half years later, he says he has never heard from her again.

Nine days after entering Summit Malibu rehab to address escalating ketamine and alcohol addiction, Willis suffered a devastating heart attack that nearly killed her.

She remained in a coma for almost three weeks. By the time she woke, doctors had determined that the damage to her brain was irreversible. Willis is now completely paralyzed and requires constant care, relying on feeding and breathing tubes placed in her neck.

Although she can open her eyes, she is unable to communicate except through painful grunts and moans. It remains unclear how much she understands about her condition, though relatives have described occasional agitated spasms that may suggest a heartbreaking degree of awareness.

“Hey Bubs, I am about to check in. I might not have my phone. So, if you don’t hear from me in the next seven days, that’s why!! Then I get my phone back after detox,” Willis wrote in a January 2024 text to her brother, Michael Cooper.

“Thank you for letting me know Litz,” he replied, using a shortened version of Willis’s real name, Litzy Lara Bañuelos.

“I love you. You got this make sure you come out of this with a plan forward miss you tons proud you’re taking care of yourself call me when you can,” Michael wrote.

Michael, 24 and living in Utah, tears up as he reads those messages to the Daily Mail. They are the last reminder of his once irrepressible sister.

Willis is the small-screen seductress who broke into the Hollywood mainstream with a role in the 2023 sci-fi movie Divinity alongside actress Bella Thorne.

She earned accolades from gentleman’s magazine Penthouse and several million dollars from her work in the adult film industry.

But in early 2024, her ketamine use was spiraling. Legal records state that Willis had been taking five to six grams of ketamine each day in the months leading up to her rehab stint. Just one gram can tranquilize a horse.

Her treatment program at Summit Malibu cost a hefty $45,500 for 21 days.

Willis had been ‘excited’ to get better, her brother told the Daily Mail.

‘She said it had a lot of amenities, and a lot of celebrities went there and they make sure you come out well. She was strong going in and had a path forward,’ Michael said. ‘I had zero reason to think anything would go wrong.’

He is now haunted by what he imagines she endured at Summit Malibu, unable to contact loved ones while suffering from what a civil complaint alleges were night terrors, a severe urinary tract infection, and dehydration so severe that a nurse was unable to read her blood pressure.

All the while, staff at Summit Malibu allegedly assured Willis’s family that she was well, according to the complaint filed by her mother Yesenia Cooper.

Michael says his 5’6′ sister weighed 111 pounds before checking into the clinic. By the time of her cardiac arrest, she was down to 83 pounds, yet the complaint alleges she was not seen by a nutritionist or dietitian during her stay.

On day one, she had refused medications and was showing multiple withdrawal symptoms, according to notes from her medical chart as described in the complaint.

Three days in, she was described in those medical notes as ‘disheveled, frail, disoriented’, suffering ‘difficulty walking’ but refusing hospitalization.

After five days, another note allegedly described her as ‘anxious, distressed, barely eating, not showering or getting dressed and was experiencing aches, tremors, spasms and weakness.’

On the ninth day, the complaint says a nurse found her unresponsive and not breathing. Paramedics allegedly had to revive her for nearly an hour before detecting a pulse.

The ensuing weeks-long coma and brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen was irreversible, doctors say.

Summit Malibu stands accused in the complaint of admitting Willis ‘merely for profits’. The rehab denies all allegations.

A $3 million settlement was reached this July this year, which after legal fees and other obligations has left a trust of around $1.25 million for Willis’s ongoing care. Over $120,000 has also been raised on a GoFundMe.

Summit’s parent company Malibu Lighthouse Treatment Centers does not admit to any liability or wrongdoing in the settlement.

Willis’s own lawyer acknowledged in court filings that the case ‘was no slam dunk’ and that no one knows exactly what happened before his client stopped breathing.

Her mother Yesenia Cooper – who has since moved her daughter to Mexico, where she receives 24/7 care from family at the home of a relative – believes Willis remains aware of her condition even in semi-consciousness, sometimes screaming and kicking out of frustration.

Willis was born in Mexico, where Yesenia also grew up.

Willis’s biological father wasn’t in the picture. And as Michael previously told the Daily Mail, Yesenia was caring for her young daughter alone when she met his father, Michael Cooper Sr, an American visiting Mexico.

Though he never adopted Willis, he raised her as his own along with Michael Jr, who was born when his half-sister was three.

The family moved in 2005 to Utah, where they were all able to secure US citizenship.

Willis left home at 17 and soon moved to Los Angeles. She entered the adult film industry and by 2022, she had accrued some 450,000 likes on OnlyFans.

Michael and his sister remained close, and had discussed plans for Willis to quit the adult film industry, go to college and study psychology.

‘We’d talk to her, try to help her, urging her to move out of Hollywood and those influences and come closer to us,’ he said.

But Willis stayed in LA – and catastrophe soon followed.