The trial has started for parents accused of starving a 15-year-old boy to death nearly three years agoin Vancouver, Washington.
Side-by-side photos of Jesse Franks and Felicia Adams provided by the Stockton County Sheriff's Office. Franks and Adams are accused of starving 15-year-old Karreon Franks to death in 2020. Prosecutors in opening statements this week said 15-year-old Karreon Franks weighed 61 pounds when he died from starvation and neglect,in Karreon’s death in November 2020. They are also charged with two counts of second-degree criminal mistreatment of Karreon’s two younger brothers.
Attorneys told the Clark County Superior Court jury Wednesday that Karreon was severely developmentally delayed and autistic, and nearly nonverbal.Attorneys for Adams and Franks said Karreon’s medical conditions were to blame for his death. Their attorneys said he had issues with digestion and difficulties keeping food down and noted aspiration pneumonia was initially listed as Karreon’s cause of death.
On Nov. 27, 2020, Adams took Karreon to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 15 minutes later. The treating physician said he was incredibly thin and requested Child Protective Services be notified, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Erik Podhora told the jury. Child Protective Services workers and law enforcement responded to the family’s residence after Karreon died and took his brothers into protective custody. Podhora said their weights rebounded quickly afterward.The couple was arrested months later and extradited from San Joaquin County, California, on fugitive from justice warrants issued by Clark County.
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