A man has now pleaded guilty to child neglect in a case that involved the death of his 6 month old daughter.
Adam Williams was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Police say Adam Williams and Brittany Carter had 6 other kids at time, (9, 7, 6, 4, 3 and 1), all living in deplorable conditions.
Police were called to the home and found the the severely undersized baby on a mattress, who later died.
DHS had closed a failure to thrive case on that baby 18 days before, even though the baby was .6% of the growth chart and even though the mother, had refused to cooperate with DHS or to bring the baby in for weekly weight checks.
The affidavit said the baby girl was born October 23rd, 2020, with THC and opioids in her system and showed symptoms of withdrawals.
It said another baby born October, 9th, 2017 had also tested positive for opiates at birth and showed signs of severe withdrawal.
It said in 2019, a three year old was taken to the hospital for being lethargic and tested positive for cocaine.
The affidavit said the entire house smelled of urine and feces and there was rotten food on top of the refrigerator and moldy food inside the fridge and open cups of rat poison and several alcohol containers.
It said the 7 year old had scars all over, indicating past abuse.
It said the 4 year old was examined and had bruises on an eye, forehead, ear and bottom.
Williams is due back in court on her charges in March.
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