Gaston Mother Denies Trying to Kill Son
- From: "tiny dancer" <tinydancer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:32:21 -0400
Man, I hate these. The child has an inherited disease.
Gaston Mother Denies Trying to Kill Son
(09/29/05 - GASTONIA) - A Gaston County woman jailed for trying to kill her
terminally ill five-year-old son claims she was under the influence of
painkillers when she confessed to police.
Alice Michelle Stennett says she didn't do what authorities say she did and
that she got her son's medicines mixed up.
However, police say Stennett was aware enough to make a confession while in
the hospital. She's charged with attempted first-degree murder Wednesday
after she turned herself in. She's jailed under 250-thousand dollars bond.
Stennett allegedly told a detective that she gave her son an overdose of
medications to "end his suffering and life" and then took painkillers
herself in an attempted suicide.
Stennett and her husband have a son with Batten disease, a fatal, inherited
disorder of the nervous system that begins in childhood. She says he takes
his food and medication through a feeding tube.
The boy is in good condition at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=central&id=3489218
Disease Progression
Striking without warning, the first signs of Batten Disease may be visual
impairment and seizures. As the disease progresses, visual impairment leads
to blindness and the seizures become more frequent and intense. A child with
Batten Disease will also have a marked decline in cognitive function,
noticeable personality and behavioral changes, a loss of communication
skills, a loss of motor skills, apparent spasticity, facial grimacing and
abnormal body movements. Batten Disease leads to a vegetative state and is
ultimately fatal.
http://www.nataliefund.org/batten.html
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