'Now hopefully those who thought a mother could never do this to their child will see evil does exist'
A Texas woman has pleaded guilty in a Dallas County court to recklessly causing injury to a child after exposing her son to years of unnecessary medical tests and procedures, according to reports.
The hospital subsequently alerted CPS, setting in motion a series of events which eventually led to the mother's arrest. The boy's father, Ryan Crawford, had long tried to convince Dallas County court family judges that Bowen-Wright was lying and there was nothing wrong with his son. Crawford was even prevented from visiting the child at one point when he was just 3 years old.
Bowen-Wright's behavior is typical of people who have what's known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy—a rare psychological disorder in which a caregiver exaggerates or makes up the symptoms of someone in their care, usually a child, often leading medical staff to perform unnecessary and sometimes painful or harmful testing and procedures, according toBowen is now facing up to 20 years in prison for her actions. She will be sentenced in October, according to court records.
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