Pennsylvania couple arrested in newborn son's death after failing to seek medical help, prosecutors say

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A Pennsylvania couple were arrested last week in connection with the January death of their newborn son after they failed to get him proper medical treatment following his birth, authorities said.

Amy and Drew Hoenigke were taken into custody on charges of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and endangering the welfare of children, the office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a Dec. 19 A friend of the Hoenigkes, Brigitte Meckes, was also arrested on the same charges.

In their investigation, according to the attorney general's office, state police investigators discovered that Amy Hoenigke and Meckes attempted to treat the baby's difficulty breathing using a peppermint oil infuser,"steam teas" and a makeshift breathing tube made from a water bottle. In a police interview, Drew Hoenigke said he was not home during the baby's struggle because he had left for work and then spent a few days at the home of his parents. filed by state police, when asked why the defendants did not seek professional medical attention, they said they were worried authorities would remove the Hoenigkes' first child from the home, who was purportedly not registered in a hospital system, and did not have a birth certificate.

 

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Why arrest them? Democrats love the killing of innocent children.

Snake oil wasn’t the cure all this time.

Society really needs a higher bar to parenthood than reproductive capacity.

If you want to end your own life, fine. If you want to end the life of another, rot in hell. These “parents” are murderers.

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