Chandler's internal organs were dehydrated according to the coroner who testified. Can you even conceive of that? His pancreas and insulin levels were normal at the time of autopsy, so the argument by the defense was specious at best.
This little boys' mother failed them with neglect and abuse so the two little boys were sent to the younger boy's bio dad. Neither adult in the home had any biological ties to Chandler. I don't know if it made it easier to lock him in a drawer (although it was called a linen closet) and deny him food and water. I love, in a way, that this brave confiding little boy had the courage to tell his teachers and then threaten the caregivers with death if they did not get him water...ultimately his courage caused his death at their hands...he had bedsores from his confinement and proximity to his own feces...
I applaud the female for pleading guilty-it was the right thing to do. I do not know what I wish for the male....this is heartwrenching.
