7-Week Old Infant Nearly Starved to Death
Katherine Amanda Mattern, 23, was charged with domestic violence after starving her 7-week-old son nearly to death, and neglecting her 2-year-old daughter in Burien, Washington. Both children were underfed, but Mattern’s son was near death at only eight pounds when he was brought to the hospital. READ MORE HERE
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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