Name: Charles Poertner.
Died: June 7, 2010.
Age at death: 7.
Cause of death: Dehydration.
Location: Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy, developmental delay, epilepsy.
Details:
Charles’s mother starved him to death.
Case status:
Heather Poertner (mother), convicted of child neglect and murder; sentenced to 50 years.
Source:
Newport News mother pleads guilty in death of disabled son
Mother charged in death of son with cerebral palsy