Kaitlyn Yozviak died a horrible and avoidable death after her irresponsible parents let head lice to feed on her blood for three years. Investigators believe her low blood iron levels prompted a lice infestation, and she died of a heart attack and anemia.
Kaitlyn, from Georgia’s Ivey, died after growing up in a filthy environment with animals, dung, fleas, and lice. As per a social worker, the child’s abuse was the most horrible they had ever seen.
After a court hearing was convened to hear their case on Monday, her mom Katie Horton and dad Joey Yozviak are convicted of murder charges.
Kaitlyn Yozviak Death From Severe Lice Infestation: What Happened To The Georgia Kid?
Kaitlyn Yozviak died from cardiac arrest and extreme anemia on August 26 as a result of a lice infestation and continuous bites over a three-year period that reduced her blood iron levels.
When social services started searching into a second complaint against her parents, they found that she was almost put up for adoption at birth, but they chose to keep her.
After a 2018 call-out revealed awful circumstances at the family’s home, social officials moved Kaitlyn with her aunt for six days as per Metro.
Her mom said to authorities that her daughter hadn’t showered in the week and a half before her sad death. The body of the child was discovered beside a vermin-infested mattress.
Authorities are still waiting for Kaitlyn’s autopsy and medical checks, as per Assistant District Attorney Brent Cochran of WMAZ-TV. Cochran could not predict when the autopsy reports would be available or when the case would be brought before a jury trial.
Kaitlyn Yozviak Parents Face Murder Charges
Parents of Kaitlyn Yozviak, Katherine Horton, 37, and Joey Yozviak, 38, have been convicted of child cruelty and second-degree murder in the death of their daughter.
Since authorities have not yet filed a grand jury indictment, the Georga natives have been given bail. On Monday, the mom and dad of a 12-year-old were both given bail of US$100,000.
Both were detained in Wilkinson County on Monday night and during a court appearance on Monday, additional details about her death were revealed. The family did not contact the bureau again until the child died.
According to reports from the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, Kaitlyn’s two brothers were moved from Horton and Yozviak’s house due to unhygienic conditions, as reported by The Daily Mail.
Who Is Kaitlyn Yozviak? Wikipedia Bio Of The 12-Years-old Dead Child
Kaitlyn Yozviak was a 12-year-old girl who died from a severe head lice infestation that caused her to have a heart attack as per her bio documented by The Sun.
Hospital documents suggest Kaitlyn died of cardiac arrest with anemia as a consequence that follows, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Ryan Hilton.
Hilton stated that Kaitlyn had the most serious lice infestation the GBI’s department had ever seen at the time of her demise and it may have continued for at least three years.
Neighbors said they had not seen the little girl play in the month and a half to two months immediately prior to her death, raising the possibility that she was too exhausted by her head lice to walk outside.