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Police say 2-year-old girl starved by her parents was 'just skin and bones' when she died. And the mother is pregnant again.
Blace Media ^ | May 14, 2022 | Carlos Garcia

Posted on 05/14/2022 1:03:24 PM PDT by Kaslin

Florida police said parents of a 2-year-old starved her to death despite there being plenty of food in the home, and the mother is pregnant again.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd relayed the horrifying details about the incident to reporters in a media briefing.

Police were called to a home in Davenport after the child had stopped breathing. They said they found her unresponsive in a playpen made from an inflatable pool.

They interviewed 35-year-old Arhonda Tillman and 37-year-old Regis Johnson, the parents of the child.

"Regis Johnson told us the baby ate a sandwich yesterday, and some chicken nuggets," Judd said, but that information was contradicted by the medical examiner who said there was no food found in the baby's stomach.

Investigators said the parents were well fed, and that there was plenty of food in the home.

"If you can imagine looking at such a heartbreaking sight. Basically it was just bones and skin. There aren't adequate words to express our frustration and sadness," Judd told reporters. "We probably have the same questions you do. Did no one else see this child in this condition? This child didn't just get sick and pass."

Judd said the baby had been born healthy at a weight of 6 pounds and 10 ounces in 2019.

Nearly three years later, the baby had only gained three pounds for a total of nine pounds.

"The baby should have been talking, putting sentences together, asking questions, running jumping and playing," Judd explained. "When this baby died on May 10, she couldn't stand, she couldn't talk, she couldn't walk."

Police arrested Tillman and Johnson for negligent child abuse, but Judd said more charges were possible. Johnson's brother, 64-year-old Frank Robinson, was also arrested after investigators concluded that he knew about the neglect and did nothing to alleviate it for months.

A judge set the couple's bond at $500,000 each.

Judd said that their goal was to make sure Tillman wouldn't have the chance to starve her second baby.

"It is unbelievable what we saw," said Judd.


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1 posted on 05/14/2022 1:03:24 PM PDT by Kaslin
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Arhonda
2 posted on 05/14/2022 1:06:20 PM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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.. the baby had been born healthy at a weight of 6 pounds and 10 ounces in 2019.

Nearly three years later, the baby had only gained three pounds for a total of nine pounds.

3 posted on 05/14/2022 1:07:55 PM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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late term abortion.


4 posted on 05/14/2022 1:10:09 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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I’ll bet that baby will be waiting for them on judgement day to escort them to their eternal reward.


6 posted on 05/14/2022 1:13:54 PM PDT by antidemoncrat ( adn)
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7 posted on 05/14/2022 1:16:03 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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So what’s the problem? They can’t find anyone willing to kill scum like this? I’ll do it!


8 posted on 05/14/2022 1:16:10 PM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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The faces of the damned.


10 posted on 05/14/2022 1:17:01 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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No words,,


11 posted on 05/14/2022 1:18:17 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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democRATS...


12 posted on 05/14/2022 1:22:10 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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download
13 posted on 05/14/2022 1:22:45 PM PDT by PGR88
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Vile animals.


14 posted on 05/14/2022 1:23:45 PM PDT by albie
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I will pay my way to where they are and kill them with my bare hands.


15 posted on 05/14/2022 1:27:33 PM PDT by Az Joe (Biden is the enemy, not Putin.)
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It’s kind of amazing she lived as long as she did. I just don’t understand this story at all.


16 posted on 05/14/2022 1:29:42 PM PDT by jocon307 (No Dems win - Nov 22)
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You meant demonRats, didn’t you?


17 posted on 05/14/2022 1:30:39 PM PDT by Kaslin
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Looks like they lived a very hard life. Don’t look 37 or 35 years old...something very bad in their lives before this horrendous discovery...very sad. Poor child.


18 posted on 05/14/2022 1:30:41 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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Mandatory tubes tied, castration and of course prison.


19 posted on 05/14/2022 1:32:12 PM PDT by Aria
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I’m sure we haven’t heard all of it, but what we have heard is simply too heartbreaking.

And this, on top of the story yesterday of that adorable little 3 year old girl beaten to death by the animals who had ‘adopted’ her.

Some days it’s just hard to stay positive . . .


20 posted on 05/14/2022 1:38:36 PM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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