Name: Charles Poertner.
Died: June 7, 2010.
Age at death: 7.
Cause of death: Neglect.
Location: Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy, epilepsy.
Details:
Charles’s mother starved him to death.
Perpetrator: Heather Poertner (mother), child neglect, 50 years.
Source: Newport News mother pleads guilty in death of disabled son