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Baby Starved to Death ‘As Parents Ate at Endless Buffet’
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The parents of a 22-day-old baby found starved to death in Florida have been charged with first-degree murder, police said on Tuesday, accusing them of neglecting the suffering infant.
Ruby Stephens, 23, and Roy Stephens, 48, of Indiana were eating at a an all-you-can eat buffet at a Golden Corral restaurant when they found their daughter dead.
They were visiting relatives in central Florida on December 23 when they called for emergency help after discovering the baby was unresponsive in their car, according to Lakeland Police.
Betsey Kee Stephens was declared dead at the hospital.
He called photographs of the baby ‘absolutely horrible.’
A medical examiner later determined the death was a homicide resulting from ‘starvation due to neglect,’ according to an arrest report.
An autopsy found the infant weighed 4lbs 1oz at death, having lost about 2 and a half lbs since her birth. Normal weight for her age was about 8lbs, the medical examiner’s office noted.
The baby was dehydrated and appeared not to have been fed for six to seven hours prior to her death, according to the report.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2015/01/baby-starved-to-death-as-parents-ate-at-endless-buffet/
