VAS Community-Phoenix woman gets 37-year prison sentence in death of her baby from malnutrition, medical neglect

2025-05-03 11:39:52source:Exclusivesky Investment Guild category:Stocks

PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix woman has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for the 2013 death of her baby daughter from malnutrition and VAS Communitymedical neglect, authorities said Tuesday.

Maricopa County prosecutors said 48-year-old Denise Janelle Snow-Ingram was convicted last November on one count each of second-degree murder and child abuse.

Evidence presented at trial showed the 16-month-old girl weighed less than nine pounds at the time of her death in July 2013.

Prosecutors said the baby was fed only oatmeal, watered-down apple juice and some fruit while being offered no source of protein or calcium after breastfeeding was stopped.

Other news Phoenix seeks to end Justice Department probe of its police department without court supervisionArizona lawmakers face big deficit due mostly to massive tax cut and school voucher expansionKlee Benally, Navajo advocate for Indigenous people and environmental causes, dies in Phoenix

The child also was suffering from Rickets, a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin D. She died at a hospital after an ambulance was called to the parent’s home on a report of a child not breathing.

The girl’s parents told police they never took her to a doctor because of their religious beliefs.

Snow-Ingram “allowed her daughter to physically waste away because of her neglect and mistreatment,” Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said. “This was a child who stood no chance of surviving in the hands of her own parents.”

Snow-Ingram got prison terms of 20 and 17 years with the sentences to be served consecutively.

Authorities said Ernest Ingram, the girl’s father, was sentenced to prison in 2022 for manslaughter and child abuse.

More:Stocks

Recommend

Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti

Haiti has been racked by political instabilityand intensifying, deadly gang violence.  Amid a Federa

Claire Danes Gives Birth, Welcomes Baby No. 3 With Hugh Dancy

Claire Danes has welcomed another baby into her homeland.The Fleishman Is in Trouble star gave birth

Amazon Prime Day 2023: Fashion Deals Under $50 From Levi's, New Balance, The Drop & More

We independently selected these deals and products because we love them, and we think you might like