In a message dated 4/7/00 11:31:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Sounds like the mother killed the baby on purpose.  With seven other kids
>  between 2 adn 15, and no help at all from the father (she says he never
even
>  changed a diaper) -- sounds like she snapped, or did it out of spite, or
>  something.

This may well be the truth.  There have been other cases of families in which
other children were treated well, while one was "selected" to be abused
and/or starved.

There was a fairly recent case like this in NYC.  A little girl was found
dead -- starved and beaten for *years*, in a home in which the other kids
were all healthy and well-nourished.

The girl was four at the time of her death and weighed less than my
(admittedly huge) daughter, who was one year old at the time.  I can't
imagine how horrible this must have been for the other kids in the family.

Diane DiCarlo
LLLL
Brooklyn, NY

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