Name: Edgar Carbajal.
Died: June 20, 2017.
Age at death: 26.
Cause of death: Pneumonia, sepsis due to untended pressure sores.
Location: Austin, Texas, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.
Details:
Edgar’s mother neglected him. He died of infected bedsores, sepsis, and pneumonia, weighing 50 pounds.
A visitor to his online obituary left the note, “You[r] laughter created the rainbow in our classroom.”
Case status:
Erica Yanet Flores (Mother), charged with charged with injury to a disabled individual by omission.
Source:
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