An 11-year-old girl died after
her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical help for a
treatable form of diabetes, police said Tuesday.
the girl
died from diabetic ketoacidosis, an ailment that left her with too
little insulin in her body, and she had probably been ill for about
30 days, suffering symptoms like nausea, vomiting, excessive
thirst, loss of appetite and weakness
attributed the death to "apparently they didn't have enough faith,"
the police chief said.
They believed the key to healing "was it was
better to keep praying. Call more people to help pray," he
said.
The mother believes the girl could still be
resurrected
The parents told investigators their daughter
last saw a doctor when she was 3 to get some shots, Vergin said.
The girl had attended public school during the first semester but
didn't return for the second semester.
no abuse or signs of abuse
that we can see
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