MD - Police arrest woman after finding 2 dead children inside car - July 30, 2021

[Goecke]

It sounds like the girl's remains were very decomposed, possibly dead for over a year, hence why she only weighed 18 pounds- That was the weight of her decomposed remains. I wouldn't be surprised if the kids were malnourished, but they very likely weighed more when alive.

 

[NYanon]

It sounds like the girl's remains were very decomposed, possibly dead for over a year, hence why she only weighed 18 pounds- That was the weight of her decomposed remains. I wouldn't be surprised if the kids were malnourished, but they very likely weighed more when alive.

From wendybtn's link:
"The autopsy revealed how malnourished the children were. The 7-year-old child weighed 18 pounds *when she died*." [Emphasis added]

The veracity of the article could be put for debate, but the statement as printed states what it states.

Personally, i can't wrap my mind around those numbers, in the context of a human child of typical stature, in any practical sense -- so i don't even try. I simply understand it as horrible and tragic (even if it were that the numbers would be a little different).

Maybe there will be clarification when the case goes to trial. May justice then be done, whatever that might be.