Casualty of faith healing - Madeline Neumann

http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10407988

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WAUSAU (AP) -- A jury in Wausau could soon decide the fate of a mother on trial for reckless homicide because she prayed instead of getting medical help as her 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes.

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Closing arguments are scheduled today after the defense called no witnesses on behalf of 41-year-old Leilani Neumann of rural Weston, who says she put her faith in the Lord to heal her daughter and never expected she would die.

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Defense lawyer Gene Linehan says he didn't need to call witnesses after prosecutors agreed to tell the jury that to a "casual observer" Madeline Neumann appeared healthy three days before she died on Easter Sunday last year. He says prosecutors didn't prove their case on the charge of second-degree reckless homicide.

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But that will be up to the jury to decide.

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Medical experts testified the girl could have been saved if she had gotten treatment hours or even minutes before her death.

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Neumann's husband Dale is due for trial in July on the same charge.

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Let's keep our fingers crossed. The mother is certainly in my prayers... to burn in hell.

Yeah, unlike most people when I get obsessed with a case or an event I never forget about it. Several veins have popped in my head as a result...

Thanks for that update. I don't know how I missed it. Must be too much booze on my part.Edited by Taz, : No reason given.