MIAMI – A 38-year-old mother from Florida (USA) who followed a strict vegan diet was sentenced to life in prison for the death of her son 18 months old in 2019.
Sheila O’Leary, a local resident from Cape Coral, in the southwest of the state, was sentenced on Monday to spend the rest of her life in prison after being found guilty last June of six charges, including first-degree murder, for the death of one of her children. , Ezra O’Leary.
According to the police report, the woman called the emergency number 38 in September 2019 after noticing that her son was not breathing and by the time the paramedics arrived at the house they found the minor dead, who weighed only 8 kilos and was the size of a seven-month-old baby.
The mother and her husband, Ryan Patrick O’Leary, who remains in prison awaiting trial on the same charges, testified throughout s investigators who fed their children only raw vegetables and fruits, although Sheila still breastfed Ezra.
Agents discovered that the couple’s other two children, ages 3 and 5 showed signs of malnutrition. The mother and husband were arrested two months after the death of the minor.
According to the local channel WINK, the woman’s lawyer, Lee Hollander, indicated that they will appeal the verdict released in a Lee County court, and which occurs after the woman rejected an agreement with the State Attorney’s Office for which she was going to be sentenced to 30 years in prison.