GUILTY WI - Layunnia Lewis, 7 mos, starved to death, Milwaukee, 28 Nov 2006

SewingDeb said:

Mother charged in '06 starvation death of 7-month-old daughter
Jan 20, 2009

A Milwaukee mother of five, who police say spent hundreds of dollars a month on gambling, was charged Tuesday with allowing her 7-month-old daughter to starve to death in 2006.

Layunnia Lewis perished even as child welfare workers repeatedly visited the family's filthy, roach-infested home to check on an abused older sibling, according to investigative reports.

And though various agencies were attempting to provide Layunnia with medical and safety services, it does not appear welfare workers involved with the older sibling's case were even aware of those efforts.

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Layunnia, 14 weeks premature and suffering from herpes, was born April 1, 2006. She weighed 4 3/4 pounds when she was released from the hospital on June 22. She weighed 5 1/2 pounds when she died Nov. 28, 2006. She had a broken leg, bruises on her head and abrasions on her sex organs.

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/37970369.html

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A Milwaukee mother of seven who let her 7-month-old daughter starve to death in 2006 was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail but could go to prison for five years if she fails to meet conditions of probation.

Melody Cole, 31, was not charged in the case until January 2009 and pleaded guilty in November to neglecting a child, causing death.

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