Mom Pleads Guilty in Diaper Rash Death

FOXNews.com ^ | 6/29/05 | AP

[Huntress]

EBENSBURG, Pa. — A woman pleaded guilty to causing the death of her 15-month-old son, whose severe diaper rash led to a fatal infection. Amy Livingston (search), 27, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the boy's death and to child endangerment for not treating the rash on another son. Her son, Harley, died in December of sepsis and dehydration. His brother, Hunter, 4, was successfully treated. Doctors testified at the mother's preliminary hearing that the baby could have survived with basic care, prosecutor Trysh Sutton (search) said. Livingston's mother is awaiting trial on a child endangerment charge alleging that as a day-care provider, she failed to report suspected neglect or abuse of the two boys. Judge F. Joseph Leahey (search) said prosecutors have not recommended a penalty for Livingston, who is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 30.

[Huntress]

Just damn.

[Huntress]

Sorry for the duplicate post. Please remove the duplicate.

[teenyelliott]

Certainly hope someone sterilizes this "woman".

On, no, wait. That would be cruel, right?

[MacDorcha]

So... a little bottle of baby powder can save lives. Who knew?

[GOP_1900AD]

A 4 year old with diaper rash ... hmmmmmmm ...

[LilyBean]

I can't believe the stories of neglect I have been reading. What the hell is wrong with these people? How hard is it to treat a diaper rash for god sake? I have no words left. I just shake my head and go on to the next insane story. There seems to be a never ending supply of them out there.

[Coldwater Creek]

The worst case of diaper rash that one of my children had was while she was in the hospital.

[Adder]

Ditto.

How stupid can some people get?

[visualops]

When I lived up in Syracuse, NY, there was a woman with several children. The baby died of neglect in the playpen. He was dehydrated and malnourished, and had maggots in the diaper from not being changed and he had infected diaper rash. The house was filthy with trash everywhere (there were pics in the newspaper). The other kids no doubt had a "every man for himself" mentality. And, she was crying at the pediatricians office saying she couldn't handle it, and DSS was supposedly keeping tabs on her. Yet no-one saw fit to take that baby out of that home.

[najida]

I really, sincerely believe that not everyone should be a parent...just because you have the right equipment, or are married or whatever.

These stories just kill me. Being a parent is a blessing! Not something to be taken lightly.

[sasafras]

She'll get off with a slap on the rist- NOW will be protesting if a women is sent to prison for murdering an innocent child. The libs are pure evil.

[ApplegateRanch]

Livingston's husband, David, was deployed by the Army when the boy died, authorities said.

Guess she can't claim she didn't have access to affordable medical care, either.

In lean times, we've skimped on "necessities" to pay for better care than this for our animals.