Parents Who Prayed While Child Died Charged [View All]

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Source: ABC News

Reckless Homicide Charges Filed After 11-Year-Old With Untreated Disease Dies

By DAVID SCHOETZ
April 28, 2008

The parents of an 11-year-old Wisconsin girl who prayed instead of seeking medical help for the diabetic child are facing homicide charges in connection with her death.

Dale and Leilani Neumann were charged with second-degree reckless homicide, Marathon County District Attorney Jill Falstad announced at a press conference today. If convicted, the couple could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison.

"It is very surprising, shocking that she wasn't allowed medical intervention," Falstad said.

Madeline Kara Neumann, who went by the name Kara, died in March at a hospital in Everest, Wis. Her parents called 911 after she stopped breathing on Easter Sunday.


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This story strikes home. At the same age (decades ago), I was regularly driven to an old Egyptian-themed theater in downtown LA (was it the Shrine?) to attend faith healing services, in the hopes I would be "healed" of my diabetes. Needless to say, about 50,000 injections later, I didn't suffer the same fate as the poor girl in this story.