VEGAN PARENTS' INFANT BOY STARVED DEAD IN OWN BASSINET, siblings’ teeth rot black from malnutrition

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 16 January 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Vegan couple Ryan and Sheila O'Leary are facing murder charges after their baby boy was found starved to death. Authorities said the baby's siblings were found with rotted teeth, brought on by malnutrition. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss the case:John Musca: AttorneyJames Shelnutt : 27 years Atlanta Metro Major Case Detective, SWAT Officer (RET)Karen Smith Forensics Expert. Bare Bones Consulting Tim Gallagher: Medical Examiner for State of Florida (205) 447-0111Dr Daniel Bober: Forensic Psychiatrist

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0:00.0	A Little Baby starved dead in his own bassinet.
0:11.2	While the parents are in the home, the home is a wreck.
0:17.1	One child sleeping in a hammock, one child sleeping in a dog bed on the floor, the other child
0:24.5	in the bassy, wasting away.
0:29.0	While the baby dies.
0:31.4	Now the parents are claiming it wasn't our fault.
0:34.8	We're vegans!
0:36.2	Okay, I've heard of the Twinkie defense.
0:39.4	I've heard of the I'm on my period defense.
0:42.0	But now the vegan defense?
0:45.7	I'm Nancy Grace.
0:47.0	This is Crime Stories.
0:49.1	I want justice.
0:59.6	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
1:07.6	Two parents in Cape Coral are charged with the death of their 18-month-old son, the
1:11.7	baby weighed just 17 pounds at the time of his death.
1:14.9	Experts say 17 pounds is what a seven-month-old should weigh, not a baby, who's a year and a half
1:20.3	old.
1:21.3	A Lee County grand jury and dided Ryan Patrick O'Leary and Sheila O'Leary Wednesday
1:25.0	on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child abuse,
1:31.0	and two counts of child neglect.
1:33.2	According to a police report, the mother called 911 in September when she noticed her son
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