Disturbing Footage Captures Father Killing 13-Year-Old by Shoving Back Scratcher Down Throat: Reports By Sean Neumann

Police in Pennsylvania have arrested the foster parents of a 13-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten to death over several hours last weekend and left to die in his bedroom.

Authorities first arrested the foster father, Cesar Delgadillo, last Monday after police were called to the couple’s home in Drums, Pa., where their 13-year-old foster son was found covered in marks and lacerations, according to WNEP. The boy was rushed to a local hospital where he later died,

WNEP reported that Pennsylvania State Police officers found home security footage that showed the father beating the boy and jamming a backscratcher in his mouth. 

The next day, WVIA and WOLF reported that police also arrested the boy’s foster mother, Virginia Delgadillo, after reviewing more home security footage that showed her watching the beating take place before going to sleep. The boy was allegedly beaten from late Sunday night into Monday morning, according to the outlets, and home security footage also showed some of the couple’s other four foster children attempting to clean up blood around the house afterwards.

“The video captures large amounts of blood being deposited on the floor during the assaults,” reads a police affidavit, according to WNEP. “Some of the children who reside in the residence were observed actively cleaning blood from the floor.”

PEOPLE has not directly reviewed the police affidavit.

The outlet reported that two of the foster children woke up Virginia, 34, early Monday morning, after which she discovered the 13-year-old boy unresponsive in his basement bedroom. Police soon arrived at the home, and the boy was taken to the local Lehigh Valley Hospital in Hazleton, where he died about an hour later, according to WNEP.

Cesar, 39, has been charged with homicide, child endangerment, evidence tampering and obstruction, according to WNEP. State police charged Virginia with five counts of endangering the welfare of children, four counts of corruption of minors, and one count of tampering with physical evidence, according to WVIA. 

Cesar reportedly began abusing the boy after two of the couple’s other foster children claimed the teen had sexually assaulted them, per affidavits cited by WVIA.

The family’s five foster children ranged from 5 to 16 years old, according to WVIA. The outlet also reported that the four living foster children are now in state custody as Cesar and Virginia await court hearings later this month.

PEOPLE has reached out to a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Police for more information.