Ohio mom charged in death of 28-pound fourteen year old girl
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[quote]CINCINNATI (AP) — A mother and a nurse were charged Thursday in the death of the woman's 14-year-old daughter, who had cerebral palsy and weighed only 28 pounds, a prosecutor said.
A Montgomery County grand jury in Dayton indicted the mother and the nurse on involuntary manslaughter charges. Two other nurses were indicted on lesser charges of failing to report child abuse or neglect. All were being held in the county jail, prosecutors said.
"This is a tragic and sad case wherein four adults were responsible for the care of this 14-year-old special-needs girl, and they all utterly ignored and failed to do so," county prosecutor Mathias Heck Jr. said in a statement. "The conduct of these four defendants transcends all bounds of human decency."
Heck said that the girl undoubtedly would still be alive "if just one of these defendants had acted responsibly."
Makayla Norman died March 1 from nutritional and medical neglect complicated by her chronic condition, the county coroner's office ruled.
"She was the worst malnourished child this office has ever seen," Ken Betz, director of the coroner's office, said Thursday.
Authorities have said that the teen died minutes after paramedics rushed her to a hospital.
She had numerous bed sores and showed other signs of neglect, and the prosecutor described the home as vile and filthy.
The girl's mother, Angela Norman, also was indicted on a felony count and a misdemeanor count of endangering children. No attorney was listed for Norman, whose age was listed as 42 in jail records.
Mollie E. Parsons, 41, of Dayton, was indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter, failing to provide for a functionally impaired person and tampering with records. Kathryn Williams, 42, of Englewood, and Mary K. Kilby, 63, of Miamisburg, were each charged with failing to provide for a functionally impaired person and failing to report child abuse or neglect. No attorneys were listed for them.
The teen was confined to her home and was supposed to be cared for by her mother and Parsons, a licensed practical nurse whose job was to administer care for the girl six days a week, according to the prosecutor.
Williams and Kilby are registered nurses, the prosecutor's office said. Williams was paid to supervise Parsons and visit and inspect the living conditions and do a physical assessment of the girl every 30 to 60 days. Kilby was scheduled to visit every six months to also check on conditions of the home and assess the girl's health, needs and care, the statement said.
Children's services had a referral on the family in September 2009, but it was unable to substantiate any allegations, Ann Stevens, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County Department of Job and Family Services, said Thursday.
Stevens said she could not provide any additional information because of confidentiality requirements, but she said the department would have assisted the police and the prosecutor's office in their investigation of the girl's death.[/quote]
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How can you treat a child like that? What monsters.
Great.
I'm gonna go punch something now.
I thought 28 was a typo...
I find anorexia victims to be scary enough, I don't want even WANT to visualize this!
twenty... eight?! When I was fourteen I was like 130.
I live quite close to Dayton and the surrounding areas, and let me tell you, this stuff isn't out of the ordinary...
It's really sad hearing it so often on the news.
I'd imagine 14 year-olds in third world Africa would weigh more than that.
Having cerebral palsy alone is terrible enough to have to deal with. She had to live with that and didn't even have anyone worth a fuck enough to even take care of her.
So sad.
Fucking terrible.
Also, I question my sanity when I come to a thread like this hoping to see a picture.
What's that in KG?
[QUOTE=Ripvayne;33350084]Fucking terrible.
Also, I question my sanity when I come to a thread like this hoping to see a picture.[/QUOTE]
Wanting to place a face to a victim is normal... to me at least.
28 pounds? Holy shit.
My dog weighs more then that...
Completely, utterly, disgusting..I really don't have words I'm so angry right now.
Not as bad as that woman who chained mentally challenged adults to a boiler in a tiny room in her basement so that she could collect their disability benefit cheques. That is still the benchmark for monstrous acts.
She only weighed 28 pounds, yet the mother is a hambeast. No excuse could get her out of this.
[QUOTE=Maloof?;33350303]What's that in KG?[/QUOTE]
12.7 kg.
Reading this made me hate people completely.
[QUOTE=areolop;33349517]twenty... eight?! When I was fourteen I was like 130.[/QUOTE]
That's pretty heavy for that age I'm only 120 and I'm 17.
[QUOTE=OvB;33349383]I thought 28 was a typo...[/QUOTE]
I wish 28 was a typo.
28? I'm 16 and I'm a whole 70 pounds above that
You skinny motherfuckers I'm 17 & I weigh nearly 200 pounds. I don't have an ounce of fat on me.
[QUOTE=Frogz;33351192]You skinny motherfuckers I'm 17 & I weigh nearly 200 pounds. I don't have an ounce of fat on me.[/QUOTE]
hurr i mussle i go hard u skinny mofos cant touch me
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;33350805]That's pretty heavy for that age I'm only 120 and I'm 17.[/QUOTE]
Im 17 ( 6' 3" ) and weigh 180lbs. You are extremely light.
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;33350805]That's pretty heavy for that age I'm only 120 and I'm 17.[/QUOTE]
are you 5' tall
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[QUOTE=Meatpuppet;33350908]28? I'm 16 and I'm a whole 70 pounds above that[/QUOTE]
what the fuck go eat something
300 pounds represent!
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;33350805]That's pretty heavy for that age I'm only 120 and I'm 17.[/QUOTE]
that's not a healthy weight unless you're really short
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[QUOTE=Meatpuppet;33350908]28? I'm 16 and I'm a whole 70 pounds above that[/QUOTE]
that's even worse...
You're into the region where lack of weight becomes just as dangerous and unhealthy as morbid obesity
[QUOTE=Abrown516;33349730]I'd imagine 14 year-olds in third world Africa would weigh more than that.[/QUOTE]
I'd imagine she was already extremely short from being malnourished, because I'm pretty sure she'd be dead at 30 pounds and 5 foot.
ITT: Dick contest.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;33353631]that's not a healthy weight unless you're really short
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that's even worse...
You're into the region where lack of weight becomes just as dangerous and unhealthy as morbid obesity[/QUOTE]
Actually it's much less healthy than being morbidly obese.
There is a reason anorexia has the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses.
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[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;33353648]ITT: Dick contest.[/QUOTE]
yo yo yo
I'm 82 and my skin hangs lower than your dick
I've been with so many women there is a statically significant chance I fathered one of you posters
yeh boiz
12 kilos? I weighed twice that when I was half her age [img]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/frown.gif[/img]
I hope the 4 get what they deserve
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