"Apparently they didn't have enough faith," the police chief said.

From Faux News.
Madeline Neumann was 11 years old. When she became ill, her parents prayed and prayed and prayed, but she got worse. Then they called upon their friends to pray. And they prayed and prayed and prayed and still she became worse, and then she died. Or to quote the police chief, "She got sicker and sicker until she was dead." Brilliant police work there, Dan.

It's always a tragedy when a child dies, but when it is from diabetic ketoacidosis aka lack of insulin it's negligent homicide. The parents should be arrested, period. I don't care if you sympathize with them Chief Dan, I don't care if you're their best friend or second-cousin-once-removed. Do your job and bring them in. Let's go over a few more snippets from that article, shall we?


The parents told investigators their daughter last saw a doctor when she was 3 to get some shots

Incriminating evidence, they should have evoked the 5th.


The girl has three siblings, ranging in age from 13 to 16

Hello? Child services? I got 3 for ya. But no, Lieutenant Dan here replied "They are still in the home[...] There is no reason to remove them. There is no abuse or signs of abuse that we can see." No reason to move them?!? No signs of abuse?!? Well, none other than the sister that died from medical neglect, but they didn't much like her anyway, I guess. This girl's life could have been saved by about $1.00 worth of insulin.


Let's look at the effects of diabetic ketoacidosis, shall we?

• Sluggish, extreme tiredness.
• Extreme thirst, despite large fluid intake.
• Constant urination
• Fruity smell to breath, similar to nail polish remover or peardrops.
• Hyperventilation, at first rapid and shallow, then progressively deeper and less rapid.
• Extreme weight-loss.
• Oral Thrush may be present, or/ yeast infections that fail to go away, this is because the normal fungal/flora present in oral cavity/cervix in women, the balance is upset and bacterial began to feast on the high sugar from urine output/ dry mouth from extreme thirst.
• Muscle wasting.
• Agitation / Irritation / Aggression / Confusion

I can see how maybe they just thought she was sick for the first few days. But she had been noticeably ill for 30 days. If your child is sick for a week, I bet you'd take her to the doctor. Of course you would; you're a rational person. Not these folks. Pray pray pray pray. Please god pray pray pray.

Negligent Homicide in the name of god.


Update: Here is a forum post by the mother only days before the girl died. It gives you a little insight into just how fucked up these people are.