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April 2003
 AUGUSTA,
GA - Woman sentenced to 8
years in prison for poisoning her child. A woman who prosecutors
said injected her young daughter with bacteria over several years
pleaded no contest to child cruelty charges Thursday and was sentenced
to eight years in prison. more
at OnlineAthens
BARTOW.
Teresa Dutton, convicted of 2 counts of felony child abuse faces
10 years in prison. more
at The Ledger
Munchausen
Syndrome for the Digital Age? A new form of MSP is plaguing
online support groups as fakers take to the net to seek the sympathy and
attention of support groups. read
the article at the Baltimore Sun SunSpot.net
LEWISBURG
- Greenbrier County Circuit Judge Frank Jolliffe has denied a
request for a new trial for Marybeth Davis, the woman convicted in 1997
of the caffeine poisoning of her 3-year-old daughter Tegan and the
attempted poisoning of her infant son Seth. more
at The Register Herald
GALLATIN, Tenn. Sharon
Hicks, charged with murder in the deaths of her 3-month-old girl and
7-month-old boy, has pleaded no contest to reckless homicide charges.
(July 2002)
more
at CourtTV.com
Washington DC - AsherMeadow is the #1 listed web site on Yahoo!®
for searches on "Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy." This
demonstrates the years of hard work collecting and integrating
information and resources on Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy.
(July 2002)
WOOSTER, OH - Mother sentenced for trying to smother her son,
based on evidence from a video tape. (August 2001)
more...
IRMINGHAM, NC -
Investigation red in the 5
year old death of Matthew Rogers after the mother is caught trying to
smother her other child. (July
2001) more...
HOUSTON,
TX - Prosecutors
say a Houston woman injected her healthy toddler with insulin she got
from her diabetic father-in-law... (March
2001) more...
Related News:
woman
wants to defend herself
PEDIATRICS Vol 107 No 1, January 2001, pp 180 Factitious
Hypoglycemia: A Tale from the Arab World Read about a boy
with recurrent hypoglycemic coma in whom the diagnosis of [MSP] was
delayed as it believed to be nonexistent in [the Arab] community. (March
2001)
Read
the full article
HOUSTON,
TX Judy Haye of CPS
said that she believes that 23-year-old Keisha Lashone suffers
from MSP. Lashone took her child to the emergency room six times in
three months. The baby had swollen eyes, black tongue and a swollen
face. (October
2001) more...
Anamarie
Martinez-Regio taken from her parents for suspected MSP.
Albuquerque, N.M. Associated Press (September
2001)
Overweight
Girl's Hearing Continues
If a judge dismisses the state's petition alleging the parents of a
3-year-old overweight girl abused and neglected her, then the child
"should be returned immediately" to her family, a lawyer for
the state wrote. (September
2001)
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Case Stays Secret
(September
2001)
Judge's
Decision To Bar Media Appealed
(September
2001)
Hearing
for Overweight Girl Stalls
(September
2001)
Obese
Girl Suffers From Rare Genetic Defect
(September
2001)
Steps
Vary in State Abuse Investigations
(September
2001)
Social
Worker: Girl 'at Grave Risk'
(August
2001)
Petition
Seeks Anamarie Case Inquiry
(August
2001)
State
Defends Taking Toddler
(August
2001)
State
Takes Overweight Child
(August
2001)
COLUMBIA,
S.C. (AP) - A day-care owner accused of killing two infants and
leaving another brain damaged in what prosecutors say was a sick cry
for attention went on trial for murder Wednesday.
Hidden
cameras being used to spot MSP
WebMD Medial News June 7, 2000. More...
The
MSP Cycle
WebMD Medial News February 14 , 2000. More...
Court Sends Mother to Prison for 5 Years Kathy Bush
Fort Lauderdale, FL. January 29, 2000. More...
ABC
News: Kid Killers in the Family Kathy Bush
Corel Gales, FL. November 19, 1999. More...
The Case of the
Little Girl...
Boston, MA. April 22, 1999. More...
Munchausen Mother
Pleads Guilty... Cynthia Martinez Lyda
San Antonio, TX. March 29, 1999. More...
Cot Death Error
'Costs Lives'
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