Possible Munchausen by proxy victim-investigating the death of Garnett the Great

[HairOfTheDog]

How does it remain unknown whether he ever needed a feeding tube in the first place, can't they get the medical records? It's crazy that she got away with making her son sick for so long and the doctors never suspected anything until he was near death.

The fatality report was just released to the public. It's a frustrating read.

Here's the link to the PDF:
http://data.lohud.com/documents/spears-c...eport.html

Turns out, medical personnel at an Alabama hospital noted that they presumed Lacey Spears' to be emotionally unstable when they treated her son for elevated sodium levels, back when Garnett was only 5 weeks old. They noted that Lacey showed "emotional instability and it was presumed she suffered from Postpartum Depression and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy" and that Spears "verbalized that she wanted to harm" her son. About a month later, she was referred to "Medical Social Services for interpersonal conflict, stress and dysfunction." There is no record of any follow-up.

When Garnett was 8-months-old, Lacey had moved on to Alabama. She took Garnett to the hospital for bleeding of the eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Medical personnel noted in their files that "something was not right" with the mother, Lacey Spears. However, there is no record of any follow-up or report to child welfare authorities.

Back in Florida in 2011, Garnett would have been 3-years-old, Lacey Spears was investigated twice by child welfare authorities. Once for a report of her slapping Garnett and letting him swim with bleeding ears and another time for a report that she was not following medical instructions to help Garnett gain needed weight. The child welfare department determined that Garnett was at "intermediate risk of neglect". There is no record of follow-up.



Lacey Spears is the person responsible for her son's death and it's very hard for authorities to piece patterns and suspicions together when a neglectful parent is moving around. But, based on the fatality report, there seem to have been glaring missed opportunities by both medical and child welfare authorities to help save Garnett Spears from his mother. Such an 'effin shame.