Starved: Darlene Armstrong, pictured here in hospital, weighed only 23lbs and could not walk or talk when she was removed from her family home after being starved by her mother. Law enforcement officials leaked this picture to the media.
Guilty: Rosetta Harris was sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to endangering the life of her daughter, she told reporters she was a 'good mother'
[From article]
A 16-year-old girl with cerebral palsy weighed only 23lbs and could not walk or talk when she was removed from her family home after being starved by her mother. Darlene Armstrong measured just 3’10’’ tall when she was rushed to hospital in Chicago in March. The severely disabled girl could have been rescued four months earlier if the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) had followed set procedures, an investigation by the Chicago Tribune revealed.
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Darlene’s mother, Rosetta Harris, 50, pleaded guilty to endangering the life of a child. The mother, who had no prior criminal record, was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ordered to undergo parenting classes.
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An investigation by the Chicago Tribune revealed that an investigator into the case walked away from Darlene's home on three occasions without seeing the 16-year-old.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157692/Disabled-girl-16-starved-23-pounds-mother-MONTHS-social-services-received-call.html
Disabled girl, 16, found starved down to 23 pounds by her mother four MONTHS after social services received first emergency call
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 11:26 EST, 11 June 2012 | UPDATED: 14:15 EST, 11 June 2012
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