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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: TomSea on December 03, 2019, 02:53:16 am

Title: Florida parents force 18-month-old toddler on to vegan diet — now he’s dead
Post by: TomSea on December 03, 2019, 02:53:16 am
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Florida parents force 18-month-old toddler on to vegan diet — now he’s dead – Montreal Gazette
montrealgazette.com

Two Florida parents face manslaughter and child neglect charges after finding their malnourished, 18-month-old son dead.

During the early morning hours of Sept. 27, it was time for Sheila O’Leary to feed her youngest son.

Sheila, 35 and her husband, Ryan O’Leary, 30, only ever ate raw fruits and vegetables. The toddler, who had been sick, only had breast milk during his last week, reported the Fort Myers News-Press.

Read more at:  https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/florida-parents-force-18-month-old-toddler-on-to-vegan-diet-now-hes-dead/wcm/3584be09-6e5e-439f-ac32-8e3e93420d0d/amp

Significant story, if not posted. A bit more than the Florida man running thread.

I don't know the story well enough.

This is probably neglect more than the diet.