“He returned, he ate his own vomit and his hair was stained with feces.” That has been the definition of a mother, named Nytavia Ragsdale, who declared after the death due to malnutrition of his youngest son. The little one was not older than four years old.
It could be the plot of one of the prequels of the famous ‘Saw’ saga or represent the development of ‘An Andalusian Dog’, directed by Luis Buñuel. However, the story has been reported and investigated by New York police authorities.
Barely The little one weighed 8.5 kilograms. Jahmeik Modlin when the Police went to the scene and ended the suffering of his brothers. He did not arrive in time to save the family’s youngest, who was lying lifeless in the dirt.
The situation of abandonment had been extreme, with several near death experiencesuntil it occurred, according to the American newspaper ‘The New York Times’. In the room where the children survived without the attention of their parents, there was a pantry full of food arranged in such a way that the little ones could not feed themselves. Locks and padlocks were the obstacles towards the salvation of the descendants.
To the astonishment of the authorities and relatives, who were unaware of the treatment that the little boy and his siblings have received, the mother has assured that He did not perceive the pitiful state of his son. He was not aware of what was happening to him, despite the fact that, according to health services studies, the minor had a large amount of hair on his face, a clear sign of malnutrition chronicle.
When the population had not yet assimilated what had happened and the subsequent statements by the mother, the father aggravated the drama of history. To defend his innocence and avoid a 15-year sentence for murder, Laron Modlin asserted that video games had clouded his perception of reality. «I was not aware that my son was using because he was busy playing video games or checking the mobile phone,” he expressed to the authorities.
«No one had ever seen the children»
Maribella Ortiz
Neighbor of the town
Upon hearing about the case, the neighbors began to be astonished. “People knew she had children because she said she did, but no one had ever seen the children», expressed Maribella Ortiz. «It’s sad. It’s sad, I tell you. It’s very sad! Oh really? “It shouldn’t have happened,” lamented a new neighbor of the family.
A dismissed case
According to several reports from the ACS organization, the mother had been reported after detecting that the children had bruises on face and back. In addition, they claimed that the father locked himself in the bathroom during each visit from social services.
Not only ACS warned of the situation. A new complaint last June by a neighbor, which reflected the smell of decomposition that came from the propertyforced two social services agents to travel to the scene. The only solution was to advise the mother to take her children to the emergency room, without any notice to the authorities.
Without receiving prior notices, the youngest of the family has died and his brothers are in the hospital. For their part, the parents They face fifteen years in prison.
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