A 14-year-old girl arrived at a Milwaukee hospital that had been "drooling" and "slobbering" for two days, suffering from an infection, but her mom denied medical help.
WISN reports Amina Krouser was taken by ambulance from a filthy, feces filled home, suffering from Lenierre's Syndrome on on Dec. 3.
What began as a sore throat, developed into a rare type of bacterial infection in her throat, which, according to Healthline, can spread to the vessels that carry lymph fluid throughout the body. Krouser's infection spread to her brain, making emergency brain surgery her only hope for survival.
But her mother, Aziyza Ababneh, refused to let doctors operate in her daughter. Ababneh allegedly told doctors "I've already lost her," when they informed…show more content… 10.
The teen's siblings said their sister had been fallen ill in late November, according to the charging document. She continued to get worse leading up to her death. Krouser had trouble walking and responding, and began urinating in her bed.
Bruises on her legs, hip and both arms tipped doctors off the 14-year-old was not only fighting off an infection when she arrived at the hospital.
The siblings described the viscous beatings Ababneh did to her daughter out of frustration. The complaint said their mother beat her dead daughter with a paddle and belts. She also used a "face blade," they described as a PVC pipe with duct tape wrapped on one end.
An officer found a strong stench of cat urine and human feces in the home the abuse was happening in. There was not any running water and the kids used a a five gallon plastic bucket as a "compost toilet."
The kids survived by using a hot plate or votive candles to cook rice or noodles, but mainly used baby food to live off of.
The 14-year-old's death was labeled a homicide and her mother was charged with neglecting a child causing death. She was also slapped with four counts of child neglect and one count of child abuse for Krouser's
