Convicted of starving kid to death from vegetables

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Vegan Florida mother convicted of starving toddler to death with strict raw fruits, vegetables diet

Vegan mother Sheila O'Leary fed her child only raw fruits, vegetables and breast milk



A vegan mother is facing life in prison for murdering her 18-month-old child who starved to death on a strict raw fruit and vegetable diet.

A Florida jury convicted Sheila Oâ€Leary, 39, on Wednesday of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child abuse and two counts of child neglect in the death of her son, Ezra.

Ezra weighed 17 pounds – seven pounds below average – when he died in his sleep in 2019.



Following Ezraâ€s death, Sheila and her husband, Ryan, told authorities that the family followed a strict vegan diet limited to "only raw fruits and vegetables" and "breast milk," according to News Press.



At the time of Ezraâ€s death, their three other children – all under the age of 11 – were suffering from malnutrition and dehydration.

Oâ€Leary told detectives that her son did not eat for a week and that he was "having trouble sleeping the night prior to his death."

During the Lee County trial on Wednesday, prosecutor Francine Donnorummo, special victims unit chief at the state attorney's office, used Oâ€Learyâ€s Google searches at the time Ezraâ€s health declined as evidence against her.



Donnorummo emphasized Ezraâ€s condition was chronic as Oâ€Leary failed to provide her child with food and health care, according to News Press.

"This was a thought-out, planned course of action," Donnorummo said. "Ignorance is not a defense in this case."



Defense attorney Lee Hollander then addressed the jury, showing photos of Sheila and Ezra.

"Does that look like a mom who wants to kill her kid?" Hollander asked. "Just because it happened doesnâ€t mean she committed a crime."



In closing arguments, co-prosecutor Sara Miller, an assistant state attorney, addressed jurors and indicated the crime was not that Ezra died in his sleep, but that Oâ€Leary refused to get her child medical help.

"She chose to disregard Ezra's suffering," Miller said.



Sheila O'Leary faces sentencing later this month.

Ryan Oâ€Leary, 33, was indicted on the same charges and is expected to stand trial later this year.

[3rdgensooner]

Whoa. She's the queen of crazy eyes. I looked once at that picture and I'm still scared. This a huge societal fail to allow that to happen. You don't kill a kid overnight like that.

[P1tchblack]

So, nobody reads my posts. I posted the cruise brawl story and this one in the Seems Normal thread.

[ChinaBuck]

I see a lot of Vegans because Buddhists are expected to follow a Vegan diet. And actually itâ€s more strict than for non-Buddhists. A lot of these Vegans are very strict about about their diet and are insistent that when you eat with them you too have to eat as they do. Itâ€s the same attitude as Dems totalitarian attitudes. But this lady took it a step further and was also doing the raw food diet. Thatâ€s really hard core. The vast majority of Vegans cook their food. So to be that adamant in your diet, and for the baby too, truly means sheâ€s completely batshiz crazy. She killed her daughter for her diet.

By the way, my wife is sorta a Vegan. But in the last six months or so, I have been working to bring her back to the dark side by plying her with chicken wings and sausage. Itâ€s all part of my evil plan.

[Sanitarian2]

Mothers milk and vegetables should have been enough to keep an 18-month alive. She must not have been nursing often enough or not producing enough.

[K9Buck]

Zig, can you send her an invitation to the forum?

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Zig, can you send her an invitation to the forum?

You mean bring back Siesta?  Had to ban him once....

[davebucknut]

Mothers milk and vegetables should have been enough to keep an 18-month alive. She must not have been nursing often enough or not producing enough.

Or her milk wasn't capable of providing enough nutrients because she herself is sapped put of protiens.

All vegans look pale and weak because of that. She needed some form of protein and fruits and veggies don't provide it.

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[ChinaBuck]

Mothers milk and vegetables should have been enough to keep an 18-month alive. She must not have been nursing often enough or not producing enough.

Or her milk wasn't capable of providing enough nutrients because she herself is sapped put of protiens.

All vegans look pale and weak because of that. She needed some form of protein and fruits and veggies don't provide it.

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Vegans can get sufficient protein from legumes but most donâ€t. A lot of vegans then instead bulk up on carbs which leads to a certain chunkiness in their body shape.

[P1tchblack]

A Texas mom warns ‘Hocus Pocus 2′ will ‘unleash hell on your kidsâ€
“The whole movie is based on witches harvesting children for blood sacrifices.”

One mom is urging parents not to let their children watch the newly-released “Hocus Pocus 2″ because the film will “unleash hell on your kids and in your home.”

Jamie Gooch, a mother of three living in Troy, Texas, shared a post on social media and told local news station KWTX that families should “not watch this film.”

“A worst case scenario is: you unleash hell on your kids and in your home,” Gooch told the station. “The whole movie is based on witches harvesting children for blood sacrifices.”

Washington-based Evangelical Lutheran Pastor Paul Eldred, who has a degree in biblical and liturgical studies at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, says that witchcraft is “a label that weâ€ve thrown at things we donâ€t understand or that terrify us.”


“The church would label women who wanted more rights for themselves or stepped outside of the norms of their day as witches, because they didnâ€t conform to the expectations of society,” Eldred told TODAY. “This type of fear comes from a time in our history where we were motivated by fear and it doesnâ€t stand up to really enlightened thinking.”


https://www.click2houston.com/news/2022/...your-kids/

[davebucknut]

Vegans look weak and almost jaundiced because over time their bodies get started for protein.

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[Blinky]

I once soured on a gal because she didn't like Halloween, there's no way that I could overlook veganism.