Massachusetts mom accused of withholding cancer meds
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Kristen Anne LaBrie of Beverly, Mass., who was charged in Salem District Court of reckless child endangerment after withholding cancer medication from her 8-year-old autistic son. Prosecutors say he likely will die because the cancer has returned. (Salem Police Dept./AP Photo)
By Associated Press
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A woman accused of withholding cancer treatment from her autistic son has been charged with attempted murder.
Kristen LaBrie is scheduled to appear in Salem Superior Court on Monday on charges of attempted murder, child endangerment and permitting bodily injury to a disabled person.
LaBrie’s son, Jeremy, was 9 when he died in March. He had been diagnosed with leukemia in 2006.
Prosecutors say LaBrie canceled at least a dozen appointments for chemotherapy treatment and did not fill at least half the prescriptions her son had been given.
She had earlier been charged with child endangerment, and a grand jury returned the more serious indictment Friday. She was arrested Sunday night.
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Sandy Waters at 12:10am July 6
This is sad.
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Chelle M Scarlett at 12:13am July 6
OMG…cannot find the words..
Shelly Campbell Martinez at 12:19am July 6
pathetic
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Jackie Veneziano at 12:21am July 6
BITCH!
why????????? is the only word that comes to mind .
Teresa Gilbert Moriarty at 12:47am July 6
This woman is the epitome of evil!!!!! God rest little Jeremy’s soul. (:
Nathalie Sytema at 12:59am July 6
I just don’t understand… How can you do that to another human being? Let alone your own child??? And why didn’t other people not notice it? Was she so isolated, that not one person saw them during that time?? And how come the hospital didn’t call social services? A dozen missed appointment should ring MAJOR alarmbells with them….
Tracy Trinder at 2:47am July 6
Im so lost for words – i can’t believe it…
Liv Cathrine Evensen Burleigh at 3:31am July 6
this is so sad, but sombody shoud have noticed it tho!!!
Barbara Pinkerton at 7:47am July 6
without even reading the story…i feel her pain of wanting to B free….she looks tired…really really tired…Sigh….
Kimberly Jackson Agostino at 8:45am July 6
This happened in my area – so sad and pathetic. I can’t believe any mother would do that. It’s too bad the doctors didn’t step in sooner when they saw the mother wasn’t showing up for treatments with her son.
Anissa Cantrell Brasher at 8:50am July 6
say what you want…I’m not sure I would put my autistic son through chemo either…
Sandy Waters at 9:24am July 6
This looks like two more casualty in the autism war that no one cares about. People need to start to wake up and smell the coffee!!! We should demand that all vaccination be stopped until they find a cure. Without the pharmaceutical money coming in the government would find a cause and cure fast!! Our children… Read More
Sue Cooke at 9:54am July 6
makes me want to cry
Shelley Rodney at 10:16am July 6
how can a mother do that?
Diana Oliver Delossantos at 11:01am July 6
What the hell is going on in this world! Sandy you are right. I think the pharmaceutical companies dont want there to ever be a cure for anything. How can there be so much research done on so many things and NEVER EVER can they find a cure for anything.
Sandy Waters at 11:10am July 6
Autism is catastrophic in your life. The only time people pay attention or get upset is when something bad happens. Wake Up!!!
Nathalie Augagneur at 2:14pm July 6
