blueclouds
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It's getting harder and harder to keep posting these. Seems like one or two new every day
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040312_15.html
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messiecake said:My oldest is a Seamus too so this hurts me ........
Overwhelmed by working three jobs to support seven children, a Crystal Lake mother told a judge Thursday she did not notice how severely malnourished her disabled son had become before his death last year.
Katherine Leonard, 46, pleaded guilty in July to neglect of her 15-year-old son, Seamus, who had cerebral palsy and used a wheelchair. She faces up to 14 years in prison for neglect of a disabled person...
The boy's father, Stephen Leonard, left the home in 2003 under a protection order after striking his wife, according to Katherine Leonard and court records. The couple are now divorced, but Stephen Leonard has defended his ex-wife and her struggles as a single mother raising seven children.
Holding two starkly contrasting photos -- one of a disabled but otherwise healthy boy, the other of a skeletal corpse -- a McHenry County judge on Friday sentenced a Crystal Lake mother to 11 years in prison for neglecting her son...
With time off for good behavior and credit for nearly a year already spent in the McHenry County Jail, Leonard will likely serve about 4 1/2 years in prison. She pleaded guilty in July in her son's death.