Shortly before christmas was a parent from Florida accused of having starved their 18-month-old son by only giving him fruit and vegetables to eat. The parents told police that the entire family lives as vegans.
It writes several u.s. media, including the Florida newspaper the News-Press.
the Mother rang emergency services 27. september, when she saw that her boy is not breathing and ‘felt cold’. When the ambulance arrived, the boy was dead. He weighed only 7,7 pounds, although the ideal weight for a boy of 18 months is between ten and 15 pounds.
– the Evidence and the scene of the crime in this case causing it to turn in the stomach. It is the images that I, as a mother and prosecutor can not forget, said the prosecutor Amira Fox during a news conference about the case.
my Parents, Sheila and Ryan O’Leary is also accused of misrøgte other three children respectively, three, five and 11 years. Two of the children are their joint children, while one of them is a child, as the mother has with a different father.
According to the mother, the boy was born at home and has never been attended to by a doctor in his too short life. She also explained that the children received only raw vegetables and fruit for you to eat, mostly mango, banana, avocado and exotic fruit rambutan.
the Trial is expected to begin for the summer next year.
