A florida mom took veganism too far, after she only fed her 18-month old son raw fruits and vegetables, causing him to eventually starve to death.
Sheila O’Leary, 39, is facing life in prison after a jury convicted her Wednesday of murder and a string of child abuse charges over the 2019 death of her toddler, Ezra O’Leary.
The little boy weighed just 17 pounds (7 pounds below average) when his parents noticed he had stopped breathing.
O’Leary and her husband, Ryan O’Leary, told police that Ezra followed a strict vegan diet, but that he was also breast fed.
They claimed their son had not eaten for about a week prior to his death and was having trouble sleeping.
An autopsy found the little boy died of malnutrition complications.
Prosecutors accused the mother of failing to seek proper medical care for her son when she realized he was ill.
“She chose to disregard his cries,” Assistant State Attorney Sara Miller said during closing arguments.
“She didn’t need a scale to see his bones. She didn’t need a scale to hear his cry.”
Prosecutors added that the couple had also been neglecting their three other children, all under age 11, when Ezra died.
“We’re here because their children were starving so much that the youngest starved to death,” Miller said.
O’Leary’s husband is scheduled to face trial on the same charges.
I dunno much about babies, but it made it 18 months, i remember we just fed my brother jars of mashed vegetables, no meat, probably some sorta iron sources tho or formula… life is a lot even tho she sounds like a dumb hippy asshole, if she hadda killed it 18 months sooner she wouldnt have gotten a day, so laws are weird
So vegans are not as healthy as they claim, they are all probably starving for meat.