A woman in Austin, Texas, has been accused of repeatedly smearing human waste on her 3-year-old daughter's intravenous feeding line, potentially causing life-threatening infections, AP reported Thursday.
Emily Beth McDonald, 23, was charged with felony injury to a child and faces up to life in prison if convicted, according to the report.
According to an arrest affidavit, a surveillance video at Dell Children's Medical Center captured McDonald placing feces from a soiled diaper on the cap of a tube with a direct link to her child's bloodstream.
Too bad that if convicted, she can't be sentenced to receiving shit via an IV for the rest of her life.
According to the affidavit, police interviewed McDonald, who allegedly confessed and said she knew that her actions could make the child severely ill and possibly even kill her. No motive was disclosed, AP reported.
McDonald was arrested Sunday and released on a $100,000 bond Wednesday. The bond came with the condition that McDonald not have any contact with children unless supervised and approved by Child Protective Services, among other rules. (Right: Police photo of McDonald)
The Austin American-Statesman reported she must wear an electronic monitoring device and comply with a police protective order that prevents her from seeing her three children, AP reported.
Bob Phillips, an attorney representing McDonald, told the newspaper she is a "fine young woman from a fine family who loves her children very much."
Another sick fuck from a "fine family." What a load of crap! (No pun intended.)
"I believe that as the facts unfold, the impression people have of this young woman will change for the better," (a delusional) Phillips said.
The affidavit said that the sick child was admitted to the hospital April 15 with a high fever and "a long history of chronic diarrhea." She had a catheter and doctors conducted a blood test, which was positive for foreign bacteria common in feces.
The medical records showed the child would start getting better, and then get sick again. The affidavit said that hospital staff placed a camera in the room based on their concerns and it recorded McDonald's actions. They reviewed the tape Sunday and it showed McDonald putting feces from a diaper on her finger and placing it in a tube leading to the child's bloodstream.
According to the affidavit, detectives questioned McDonald at the hospital, and she told them that she had wiped feces in the tube five times during her daughter's hospital stay.
Officials said relatives are caring for McDonald's 6-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son. They're better off having Happy Meals at McDonald's, if you ask me.
Source: The Associated Press, Austin American-Statesman
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