1-year-old dies after woman leaves him, 5 other kids under the age of 10 alone for half a day, cops say

A 1-year-old is dormant and a 37-year-old pistillate is down bars aft she near him and 5 different kids unsocial astatine a Georgia location for 12 hours without immoderate food, cops say.

Sherry Diane Magby is facing six counts of cruelty to children, according to cops. Arrest warrants reviewed by Law&Crime accidental officers from the Douglasville Police Department responded connected March 28 to a location successful the 6000 artifact of James D. Simpson Avenue. Cops accidental they recovered children ages 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 each nether the supervision of a 10-year-old.

"Upon entering the residence, officers instantly detected a strong, foul odor accordant with unsanitary surviving conditions," cops wrote. "The residence was further observed to beryllium successful a authorities of important disorder, with each country successful disarray."

The 10-year-old told cops determination was not capable nutrient successful the home. He besides saw the 1-year-old eating roaches and ants "due to the deficiency of due nourishment," the affidavit stated. Magby allegedly near the kids unsocial for astir 12 hours. The warrants bash not item the narration betwixt Magby and the children.

The Douglas County Coroner's Office told the Douglas County Sentinel that the 1-year-old died. A origin and mode of decease has yet to beryllium released. Magby, who is astatine the Douglas County Jail without bond, could look much charges.

Neighbors were stunned to perceive what happened, and they had nary thought the kids were starving.

"It breaks my bosom due to the fact that if I knew that they [weren't] getting nutrient I would person fed them," the neighbour told section ABC affiliate WSB.

Ken Howell, who runs a assemblage outreach halfway nearby, echoed the neighbor's comments.

"All they had to bash was travel down here," helium told the outlet. "We could person helped them get food."

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This is not the archetypal clip Magby has been accused of abusing her children. In 2023, she allegedly stabbed a kid successful the backmost with a pouch weapon arsenic the lad was moving away. She was arrested connected aggravated battle and cruelty to children. She was released connected enslaved and is acceptable to spell connected proceedings adjacent month.