“FRESH AIR WILL HELP HER”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AUTHORITIES SAY A 32-YEAR-OLD NORTH DAKOTA MOTHER NEVER TOOK HER CRITICALLY ILL 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER FOR MEDICAL CARE AND NOW FACES MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AFTER THE CHILD DIED FROM BACTERIAL MENINGITIS.
A 32-year-old North Dakota mother has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of her young daughter.
Authorities say her 7-year-old daughter became critically ill with bacterial meningitis and was never taken to receive medical care.
On Aug. 25, law enforcement arrested Jerika McNeely.
Her arrest followed a months-long investigation into the child’s May death.
According to investigators, the seven-year-old had been sick for about five days before she died.
Her condition reportedly became severe during that period.
Investigators said the child reached a point where she could no longer walk on her own.
She could no longer sit up independently.
Instead, the seven-year-old had to be carried around.
The girl’s siblings allegedly told investigators that they watched her condition worsen.
One sibling even expressed concern that the child needed to go to the hospital.
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Yet authorities say McNeely believed that taking the child outside for fresh air would help.
It did not.
Investigators noted that McNeely had access to a vehicle during that time.
They also noted that she lived near medical facilities.
But the child was never brought to a doctor.
On May 15, deputies responded to the home after the 7-year-old became unresponsive.
Lifesaving efforts were initiated at the scene.
Despite those lifesaving efforts, the girl was pronounced dead.
The medical examiner determined that the seven-year-old died from complications of streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.
The death was ruled a homicide because the child did not receive necessary medical treatment.
Then came the formal criminal proceedings following the months-long inquiry.
She is now facing manslaughter.
The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
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