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Colorado Springs mother pleads guilty after baby dies from neglect
Six-week-old Zayden Ostrander died from neglect after not being fed for a long period of time. He was found dead on an apartment floor in Feb. 2017. One Colorado Springs Fire Department paramedic said Zayden looked like "something out of an Auschwitz movie" and that he was basically "skin and bones."
The boy's father, John Ostrander, was sentenced to 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to the crime earlier this year.
Mirabal was originally charged with murder.
When authorities spoke with the mother, Donica Mirabal, she said that since leaving the hospital with Zayden, he seemed to get "sicker and sicker." She said that she never bonded with the baby and that she had no attachment to him. Mirabal also admitted that in the days leading up to Zayden's death she never took him to the hospital because she did not have a vehicle.
When speaking with the father, John Ostrander, police discovered that the baby had weight loss issues after he was born. Apparently, while Mirabal was pregnant, she continued to smoke marijuana and that she only had a checkup with the doctor three times. Zayden even tested positive for THC.
Officers asked Ostrander if he ever fed Zayden or changed his diaper. His response was that he was the "breadwinner" and that Mirabal's job was to raise the children.
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‘Mom’ starves 6-week-old baby boy to death because she couldn’t bond with him: Police
Six-week-old Zayden Ostrander died from neglect after not being fed for a long period of time. He was found dead on an apartment floor in Feb. 2017. One Colorado Springs Fire Department paramedic said Zayden looked like "something out of an Auschwitz movie" and that he was basically "skin and bones."
The boy's father, John Ostrander, was sentenced to 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to the crime earlier this year.
Mirabal was originally charged with murder.
When authorities spoke with the mother, Donica Mirabal, she said that since leaving the hospital with Zayden, he seemed to get "sicker and sicker." She said that she never bonded with the baby and that she had no attachment to him. Mirabal also admitted that in the days leading up to Zayden's death she never took him to the hospital because she did not have a vehicle.
When speaking with the father, John Ostrander, police discovered that the baby had weight loss issues after he was born. Apparently, while Mirabal was pregnant, she continued to smoke marijuana and that she only had a checkup with the doctor three times. Zayden even tested positive for THC.
Officers asked Ostrander if he ever fed Zayden or changed his diaper. His response was that he was the "breadwinner" and that Mirabal's job was to raise the children.
View Zayden Ostrander's Obituary and express your condolences
‘Mom’ starves 6-week-old baby boy to death because she couldn’t bond with him: Police