A vegan mom has been sentenced to life in jail after her 18-month-old son died from “extreme malnutrition and dehydration.”
Sheila O’Leary, 38, was convicted of first-degree homicide, aggravated baby abuse, aggravated manslaughter, baby abuse and two counts of kid neglect, in June.
“This baby didn’t eat. He was starved to dying over 18 months,” Francine Donnorummo, the particular victims unit chief at Florida’s Lee County State Lawyer’s Workplace, mentioned through the closing arguments on the trial, in accordance with a report from the News Press.
The newborn, Ezra, weighed simply 17 kilos when he died on September 27, 2019 — roughly the load of a seven month outdated child.
O’Leary mentioned that the household adhered to a strict uncooked fruit and vegetable food regimen, however that she supplemented his food regimen by breast feeding.
“In line with police, on the day he died, the toddler had been nursing when he began struggling to breathe. As a substitute of calling for assist, his mother and father say they went to sleep. By the point they awakened, he had stopped respiration solely,” in accordance with a report from the Daily Mail.
The lady’s three different kids, ages 11, 5, and three, had been additionally affected by extreme baby abuse and neglect. The killer mother has been ordered to not have any contact with them.
The Day by day Mail reviews that the three and 5 yr outdated kids had been in such poor situation that their “pores and skin was yellow and one suffered such poor dental hygiene that their tooth had been black.”
The 11-year-old was in higher form as she frolicked together with her father in Virginia the place she was fed a correct food regimen.
O’Leary’s husband, Ryan Patrick O’Leary, was additionally indicted by a grand jury. Along with being charged for the dying, he’s additionally dealing with expenses of sexual assault on a sufferer youthful than 12 and lewd and lascivious conduct/molestation on a sufferer younger 12. He’s at present awaiting trial.
Lee Hollander, the lawyer representing O’Leary, has mentioned that they plan to enchantment the sentence and ask for a brand new trial. He claims that the first-degree homicide and aggravated manslaughter expenses collectively are double jeopardy.
