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will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Iowa father sentenced after leaving his maggot-infested son to die in hot apartment
Prosecutors said feces in the boy’s diaper ate through his skin, causing E. coli bacteria to enter his bloodstream and cause an infection. The hot room attracted flies that laid eggs, which hatched into maggots and crawled on the boy – while he was still alive. Meanwhile, Koehn and the boy’s mother, 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris, were caring for their 2-year-old daughter in the same apartment unit.
Why wasn’t the mother charged and convicted?
Iowa father sentenced after leaving his maggot-infested son to die in hot apartment
Prosecutors said feces in the boy’s diaper ate through his skin, causing E. coli bacteria to enter his bloodstream and cause an infection. The hot room attracted flies that laid eggs, which hatched into maggots and crawled on the boy – while he was still alive. Meanwhile, Koehn and the boy’s mother, 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris, were caring for their 2-year-old daughter in the same apartment unit.
Why wasn’t the mother charged and convicted?