FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A mother, grandfather, adult brother, and two caregivers in Florida have been charged with the starvation death of a 7-year-old disabled boy who weighed 7 pounds and had bones poking through his skin when he was found dead on Christmas, officials announced Wednesday.
Deonte Atwell had spina bifida, a birth defect of the spinal cord, and hydrocephalus, a build up of fluid on the brain. He had both breathing and feeding tubes and required around-the-clock medical care, which Broward County prosecutors say he wasn’t receiving.
