Washington - A 36-year old woman from Beverly, MA, Kristen Anne LaBrie, has been charged with keeping cancer medication from her son.
Her 8-year old autistic son was suffering from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but had a 90% chance of survival as long as he stayed on his medication.
Back in March, a doctor from the Massachusetts General Hospital filed a report of suspected neglect with the Department of Social Services, stating that the cancer had returned in the boy.
The doctor stated that as long as the medicine was being taken, the cancer wouldn’t return.
IT was revealed that the mother was keeping her son from taking the cancer medicine. The son now has a 10% chance of survival.
She faces charges of reckless child endangerment, but pleaded not guilty in Salem District Court in Salem, MA.