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Murder by malnutrition: Vegan mother is found guilty over death of 18-month-old son who weighed just 17lb when he died after being fed diet of only raw fruit and vegetables
Daily Mail UK ^ | July 1, 2022 | Jennifer Smith

Posted on 07/01/2022 6:15:41 PM PDT by Morgana

A vegan mother has been found guilty of murder for the death of her 18-month-old son who weighed just 17lbs when he died in 2019 after a short life being fed only fruit, vegetables and breastmilk.

Sheila O'Leary, 39, was convicted of a jury in Cape Coral, Florida, on Tuesday after a week-long trial.

She is now facing life behind bars and will be sentenced on July 25. Her son Ezra died in 2019 from complications caused by malnutrition.

Doctors found he hadn't been fed for a week by the time he died in September 2019.

Sheila and her husband, who has also been charged with murder and is waiting trial, called 911 after Ezra stopped breathing.

Paramedics pronounced the toddler dead at the scene. They also examined the couple's older three children.

The pair were charged in December 2019 after Ezra's cause of death was revealed.

No photographs have ever been released showing what state the child was in when he died.

But prosecutors at Sheila's trial described an emaciated child who constantly cried.

'She chose to disregard his cries. She didn’t need a scale to see his bones.

'She didn’t need a scale to hear his cry,' Assistant State Attorney Sara Miller said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; capecoral; fittostandtrial; florida; floridawoman; mentalillness; mentallyill; murder; notmentallyill; sheilaoleary; vegan
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To: Morgana

Making up for lost time.


21 posted on 07/01/2022 9:44:55 PM PDT by sport
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To: Nifster

Speaking of meat I accidentally bought Brat buns instead of hot dog buns the other day. The Brat buns are much wider than a hot dog bun and are perfect to place two dogs side by side. Might be able to cram three dogs on there.


22 posted on 07/01/2022 9:55:15 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Flying Circus

And these folks weren’t even providing the children with nuts, which is a decent way to get some plant based protein.


23 posted on 07/01/2022 10:16:46 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Rebelbase

Or a good sized brat


24 posted on 07/01/2022 11:00:23 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Morgana

If an 18-month-old goes more than 24 hours without eating and the parents don’t seek attention, what kind of parents are they? The poor child had not eaten for a week? I cannot imagine. Poor little one. Heartbreaking.


25 posted on 07/02/2022 3:55:13 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

My 7 year old female cat is small, maybe 6 pounds, in the last couple of weeks she has caught and devoured at least two half grown rabbits that I know about since she dragged them up on the porch, I mean every bit of it, all she left was a gut pile and numerous birds. And her food bowl is never empty.


26 posted on 07/02/2022 4:17:04 AM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: Morgana

Yet if she had aborted the child before this then she would find affirmation by deathocrats.


27 posted on 07/02/2022 6:31:47 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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