Murder By Head Lice

A 12-year-old girl has died because she went untreated for head lice while residing in a rundown residence with her parents, detectives explain.

Kaitlyn Yozviak, from Wilkinson County in the US state of Georgia, died last month.

Her mother, Mary Katherine “Katie” Horton, and her father Joey Yozviak have been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree child brutality. They will face a grand jury.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Ryan Hilton confirmed medical certificates show Kaitlyn died from cardiac arrest with a secondary factor being serious anemia, a report of WMAZ-TV explained. 

The GBI first explained that the girl suffered “excessive physical pain because of medical negligence,” although the postmortem reports were not yet detailed.

Mr. Hilton confirmed at the time of her death, Kaitlyn had “the most severe” lice infestation the GBI’s department had ever seen, and it may have lasted on and off for at least three years. 

He told that he thought repeated bites from the lice decreased her blood iron levels, which likely resulted in the anemia, and may have accelerated the cardiac attack.

Her mother also said to detectives Kaitlyn had not bathed in the last week and a half before she expired.

When agents got to the residence in August, the inside was polluted and in negligence, with vermin wrapping the mattress, stuffed animals, and other furniture in Kaitlyn’s room, Mr. Hilton explained.

Georgia Division of Family and Children Services statements reveal Kaitlyn’s two brothers were eliminated from Horton and Yozviak’s residence because of unsanitary conditions.

In 2008, DFCS began another case around the time Kaitlyn was born after the parents agreed not to give her up for adoption.

The agency didn’t get any statements on the family until 2018 where documents show a call suggesting the home was “bug-infested, (with) unnecessary cats, and dangerous conditions.”

Kaitlyn was shortly placed with her aunt and returned to her parents’ home six days later.

The agency didn’t listen to the family again until after she died. The last entry in the file is heavily redacted and questions a conversation between GBI and child welfare administrations.

GBI agent Mary Chandler explained to WMAZ-TV “this condition of a child is horrible we’ve ever noticed.”

Source WMAZ-TV

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