Mom starved disabled teen to bare 23pounds

Hospital staff in Chicago were stunned to find that a 16-year-old girl who siffered from cerebral palsy and couldn't walk or talk weighed a mere 23 pounds, which is a typical weight of a one or a two-year-old. Her sunken cheeks and protruding ribs cried out silently of a horror tale of abuse.
The staff immediately realised that the teenager had been starved for months to suffer from such an extreme degree of malnutrition, Chicago Tribune reported.
The mother of the teenager claimed she fed her daughter eggs and grits for breakfast, steamed rice and chicken, chocolate protein drinks and snacks throughout the day.
When an image of the starving and disabled teenager was leaked to the media, it created a furore as to why the social services did not look into the matter for months as the girl almost starved to death.
An investigation by the Chicago newspaper revealed that an investigator into the case walked away from Darlene's home on three occasions without seeing the 16-year-old.
The unemployed single mother of five told the daily earlier this year that she ‘was a good mother’ and said her daughter was ‘well cared for.