Texas Mother Charged With Feeding Her Child Feces

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-06-04 21:47

Story here. Bet she cops the old Munchausen-by-Proxy Defense. We'll see if it works for her. Excerpt:

'AUSTIN, Texas — A woman in Texas has been accused of repeatedly smearing human waste on her 3-year-old daughter's intravenous feeding line, potentially causing life-threatening infections.

Emily Beth McDonald, 23, of Austin, was charged with felony injury to a child. She faces up to life in prison if convicted.

According to an arrest affidavit, a surveillance video at Dell Children's Medical Center captured McDonald on Sunday placing feces from a soiled diaper on the cap of a tube with a direct link to her child's bloodstream.

According to the affidavit, police interviewed McDonald, who allegedly confessed and said she knew that her actions could make the child severely ill and possibly even kill her. No motive was disclosed.

McDonald was released on a $100,000 bond Wednesday.

The Austin American-Statesman reported she must wear an electronic monitoring device and comply with a police protective order that prevents her from seeing her three children.'

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this is what it takes to keep a woman from her children. Nothing less will do.

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Fri, 2009-06-05 03:53

she'd have been charged with attempted murder, no bail, and definitely no sympathy. P-pass all the way.

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Submitted by Hunchback on Fri, 2009-06-05 09:12