GUILTY IL - Liam Roberts, 6, dies from starvation, Jerseyville, 2017 *Dad & stepmom arrested*

This is from my home town. Don't understand how a 6yr can weigh 17 pounds? Wouldn't they go to Dr for school physicals??
 
Heartbreaking. I will never understand how anyone can harm a child.
 
saw this one on my FB feed (ty Aimee for the thread start)
 
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/112033/police-jerseyville-couple-starved-six-year-old-son-to-death

Police: Jerseyville couple starved six-year-old son to death

JERSEYVILLE — A man and a woman have been charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of a local six-year-old child.

According to a press release from the Jerseyville Police Department, officers were called to Jersey Community Hospital Friday on a report of a deceased child.

According to the indictment, the child’s father, Michael Roberts, and step-mother, Georgena Roberts, both 42 of Jerseyville, “knowingly and intentionally caused (the child) to become extremely malnourished.”

The six-year-old weighed only 17 pounds.
 
you are welcome TLCYA. I was just uptown with all the news trucks. Wondered what was going on. So sad.
 
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/crime/article183088756.html

Parents starved child to death, prosecutors say; murder charges filed

A statement from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services confirmed that they are investigating the treatment of all the children. Of the surviving siblings, two were taken to St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and all of the children are being placed with relatives.

According to the statement, a hotline call alerted DCFS in January 2016 that there was inadequate food in the home. “After a pediatric specialist concluded that the now-deceased child’s weight was a result of a medical condition, the investigation was closed as unfounded,” the statement read.

So could it actually be a medical condition?? If so why not try a gbutton for feeding??
 
Medical condition? Ah, well, um, did anyone treat that medical condition? Any follow-up appointments???

RIP, Little Guy!
 

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