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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
 Jesus, oh Jesus. 16lbs!  That poor baby wasn't even skin and bones!!
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'Skin and bones' baby girl dies; Mom pleads innocent
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Brooklyn mother pleaded innocent Wednesday to neglecting her emaciated 3-year-old daughter, who was “skin and bones” by the time she died, authorities said.
The girl, Edith Gonzalez, died Wednesday — two days after she was admitted to a hospital weighing 16 pounds and suffering from a skull fracture and other injuries.
Prosecutors told a judge that Patricia Aguirre, 24, gave a four-page written confession in which she admitted starving her daughter. She also claimed that the victim’s father, who was arrested Wednesday, had beaten the girl.
Aguirre was ordered held without bail on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment. The father, Edison Gonzalez, 27, was awaiting arraignment on the same charges.
Prosecutors were awaiting the outcome of an autopsy before deciding if the charges would be upgraded.
After Aguirre brought her child to the hospital on Monday, doctors discovered that the victim was covered with bruises and so malnourished she “was skin and bones,” a criminal complaint said.
Aguirre told police that her daughter had a seizure on Sunday, but decided not to seek medical care because she feared authorities would take the child away from her, the complaint said. The next day, the girl had another seizure, and fell and hit her head on the floor, the mother added.