Boy Dies after Mom Denied Cancer Meds - Should the mom be chanrged?
Boy Dies after Mom Denied Cancer Meds
Boston Herald: A 9-year-old boy whose mother is accused of withholding his cancer medication has died, and prosecutors say they have not ruled out bringing new charges against her.
AP
Prosecutors in July said his mother, Kristen Anne LaBrie, canceled at least a dozen appointments for chemotherapy treatment and did not fill at least half the prescriptions her son had been given. She has pleaded not guilty to reckless child endangerment.
"We are saddened by Jeremy's death," said Steve O'Connell, a spokesman for Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett. "As for enhanced charges, we will reserve any judgment regarding that until we have complete information."
LaBrie did not appear at a previously scheduled pretrial hearing in the endangerment case today. Her attorney, Kevin James, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
James said previously that LaBrie had taken her son more than 100 times to Massachusetts General Hospital and had been "extensively involved in this child's care."
Eric Fraser, who is the boy's father and who is estranged from LaBrie, told reporters Tuesday after the hearing in Salem District Court that he was relieved his son's suffering was over, but he said he wants justice.
"He doesn't deserve any of this. None of it. He is an innocent boy that relies on his mother and that just didn't happen," he said.
The boy's cancer was in remission last fall, but returned within months.
LaBrie is due back in court on April 16, when a trial date will be set.
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I don't have enough information to really make a judgment call on this one. He was in hospice care, that means he is terminal. I just think a lot of details have been left out. As for the bio dad, if he felt he kid didn't get the care he needed, he should have taken her to court.
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I agree with this.
Quoting cdgoldilocks:I don't have enough information to really make a judgment call on this one. He was in hospice care, that means he is terminal. I just think a lot of details have been left out. As for the bio dad, if he felt he kid didn't get the care he needed, he should have taken her to court.
Quoting cdgoldilocks:
I don't have enough information to really make a judgment call on this one. He was in hospice care, that means he is terminal. I just think a lot of details have been left out. As for the bio dad, if he felt he kid didn't get the care he needed, he should have taken her to court.
I agree as well
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I can't really say with the information that is posted as to whether it is neglect or not.
I agree with the previous poster, if the father thought there was a problem, why didn't he step in?
Quoting cdgoldilocks:
I don't have enough information to really make a judgment call on this one. He was in hospice care, that means he is terminal. I just think a lot of details have been left out. As for the bio dad, if he felt he kid didn't get the care he needed, he should have taken her to court.
So, just where in the hell WAS the father?
There is just not enough info to decide. It could be that she did not want him to go through chemo again. Maybe it was really hard on him. I can only imagine. Chemotherapy is very hard. If she was told that he was terminal even with chemo, then why put him through that?
BooBooCat
Holder to investigate....Holder
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on Apr. 1, 2009 at 9:54 PM