In Tennessee a new case of suspected MSP is going to trial.
Angalee Love
was caught on video injecting nail polish remover into her 17-month-old daughter's feeding
tube.
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The mother of a 17-month-old daughter was caught on video
in a hospital injecting nail polish remover into the child's feeding tube. She is being
charged with aggravated child abuse.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) 11/2001 - A woman accused of injecting acetone
into her 17-month-old daughter's feeding tube has been convicted of aggravated
child abuse and could face up to 25 years in prison.
A Criminal Court jury found Angalee Love, 32, guilty Friday
after about two hours of deliberation. She is to be sentenced Dec. 4.
The toddler, now 7 and fully recovered, was taken to Le
Bonheur Children's Medical Center in September 1995 with a history of
unexplained nutritional problems, breathing difficulties and seizure-like
episodes, prosecutors said.
Ten days later, doctors moved the child to a room equipped
with video cameras for monitoring seizures.
On a tape made Sept. 13, 1995, Love dimmed the room lights,
glanced over her shoulder and injected two syringes of liquid into the tube,
according to prosecutors. The resting baby then began to make gurgling sounds,
drew up her legs and became unresponsive. Love, who was alone in the room with
the child, then called doctors.
Toxicology reports showed high levels of acetone in the
toddler. On the tape, the doctor asked Love several times if anything had
happened to cause the reactions, and each time she said no.
Love testified Friday that she did nothing to harm her child
and that she knew nothing about an empty bottle of acetone-based fingernail
polish remover found in her bag.
"I have no recollection of it being there," Love
said. "It's not mine. I don't use it."
Love also has a 4-year-old son who lives with her and a
12-year-old daughter who has been in the custody of her sister since the 1995
incident. The 7-year-old now lives with her father.
