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This story comes from Canada. It appears that CBC may have filters in place that prevent anybody except Canadians from reading these stories; at any rate, it delivered the stories then almost immediately gave me a 404 error. YMMV.
--Al
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The mother and aunt of a little Edmonton girl have been charged with her attempted murder and numerous child-abuse offences involving all five children in their care.
The two sisters appeared briefly by closed-circuit television Monday morning in an Edmonton provincial court. Dressed in bright yellow sweatshirts and sweatpants issued by the Edmonton Remand Centre, the pair showed little expression. One woman yawned when the prosecutor called the case a "serious and complex matter."
A court-ordered publication ban protects the names of the children, so their mothers' names cannot be released. CBC News will identify them by their initials, JL, age 24, and AM, age 23.
JL's daughter remains in hospital in serious but stable condition. Her mother and aunt are accused of committing the following crimes against her between July 1 and Dec. 16, 2017:
JL and AM are also accused of abusing JL's younger daughter over the same period of time. They are charged with her aggravated assault, abandonment, unlawful confinement, criminal negligence by not providing medical attention and failure to provide the necessaries of life.
- Attempted murder
- Abandonment
- Unlawful confinement
- Criminal negligence by not providing medical attention
- Failure to provide the necessaries of life
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New details emerge in 'very disturbing' Edmonton child abuse case
2 young sisters found inside furniture boxes had broken bones, sources say
Police were called by a distraught babysitter to this northeast Edmonton townhouse on Dec. 16. CBC News has spoken to sources to piece together new details that led to charges of including attempted murder against two Edmonton mothers in December. (CBC News )
WARNING: Some readers may find details disturbing
Two young sisters had numerous broken bones when they were discovered by a babysitter inside furniture boxes left in a dark, barricaded, basement room at a northeast Edmonton townhouse, CBC sources say.
CBC News has spoken to a number of sources to piece together new details that led to charges of attempted murder, unlawful confinement and abandonment against two Edmonton mothers in December.
Days after the charges were laid, Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht told CBC News he was aware of the details surrounding the case.
"I think it's one to pay attention to," Knecht said. "I do have the details. And it's very disturbing."
A court-ordered publication ban protects the names of the children, so their mothers' names cannot be released. CBC News is identifying the mothers by their initials: JL, age 24, and AM, 23.
JL has two young daughters, ages 6 and 3. AM has three children: ages 2, 3 and 5.
They all lived in a two-storey townhouse in northeast Edmonton.
The sources gave CBC this account.
On Dec. 16, the two mothers decided they wanted a night out. Their regular babysitter was not available, so they called in someone new.
The mothers told the babysitter that three children were upstairs and two others were downstairs. The babysitter was told not to worry about the downstairs children and to focus on the three young ones upstairs.
After the mothers left, the babysitter checked on the children who were upstairs. She thought they looked malnourished and became alarmed.
At that point, she decided it was important to check on the children downstairs.
But a piece of furniture was blocking the downstairs door. The babysitter pushed it out of the way and entered a dark room.
Shocking discovery
Inside the room were two closed furniture boxes. A three-year-old girl was inside one of the boxes. Her six-year-old sister was inside the other box.
The six-year-old was unconscious. The babysitter called 911.
Both girls were transported by ambulance to hospital. The older girl spent days in intensive care fighting for her life.
The sources told CBC News that the two children had numerous broken bones. Subsequent testing revealed the three-year-old had likely been eating her own hair. It was found in her stomach.
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This story comes from Canada. It appears that CBC may have filters in place that prevent anybody except Canadians from reading these stories; at any rate, it delivered the stories then almost immediately gave me a 404 error. YMMV.
--Al
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