Posted on 02/14/2005 12:41:20 PM PST by ambrose
Woman pleads guilty to making daughter sick
Indianapolis, Feb. 14 - A mother accused of making her daughter sick to get attention pleaded guilty Monday.
Doctors at Riley Children's Hospital say they caught 33-year-old Tracie Fleck putting toxins in her daughter's IV. Fleck later confessed to IPD detectives.
She entered a guilty plea to charges of felony battery. A judge ordered Fleck to stay away from her 21-month-old daughter.
Doctors suspect she suffers from Munchausen by Proxy. That's when a care giver falsifies or induces a patient's illness to gain attention.
Fleck faces sentencing on March 2.
It's hard to believe this til you see a few cases close up. Profile--generally a woman of decent education with some sort of medical background (classic: daddy's a doctor). She's like those firebugs you read about who join volunteer fire departments, start a fire just to get to put it out.
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