Father and Mother have Baby together. Baby was born premature.
When Baby is one year old, Mother takes Baby to hospital.
At that time, Baby weighs 10 pounds … the amount a six week old baby should weigh, about half of what a one year old baby should weigh.
Baby was determined to be “severely malnourished” and, in essence, dying.
Mother allegedly neglected Baby’s medication, oxygen and failed to keep his doctor appointments.
Baby is removed from Mother’s care and placed into custody of child welfare agency. Agency places Baby with Father’s sister.
Baby has gained thirteen pounds in one month.
Mother has been charged with attempted murder of Baby. Mother has two other babies in her care. Mother’s family is barred from contact with Baby.
Mother’s family vows to pursue winning back custody of Baby.
Read more in
- this Fox 10 Phoenix article: Mother Charged With Attempted Murder Of One-Year-Old Malnourished Baby
- this Fox 31 Denver article: Dad of 1-year-old who weighed 10 pounds speaks out; child is recovering and
- this Yahoo News article: Mother Charged After 1-Year-Old Weighing Only 10 Pounds Admitted To Hospital