7-Week Old Infant Nearly Starved to Death
On June - 8 - 2012
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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