Parents in raw food case get probation for child neglect

[Thom Little]

The parents of a 6-month-old baby who died after being fed an unorthodox raw food diet were given suspended sentences and probation Thursday for child neglect convictions involving their other four children.

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"If it comes to my attention that something has happened, that you've done something that is not in the best interests of your children, you will go to prison for five years," Blake told the Andressohns.

The jury that convicted the Andressohns of child neglect acquitted them of manslaughter in the May 2003 death of 6-month-old Woyah, who was fed only wheat grass, coconut water and almond milk. The Andressohns believe in a diet of raw, uncooked foods.

Woyah weighed only 7 pounds when she died and the other four Andressohn children also were underweight, prosecutors said. They have been living with a relative since the infant's death.


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