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Renton mother charged in âmedical child abuseâ case against adopted 6-year-old daughter
By Olivia LaVoice and Q13 News Staff
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RENTON, Wash. - Charges have been filed against a Renton mother under investigation for medical child abuse, a case in which prosecutors say is something they haven t seen in recent memory.
The investigation into 31-year-old Sophie Hartman began with a series of doctors who believed her now 6-year-old adopted daughter was being given unnecessary medical treatment at the urging of her mother.
Court documents say the child has had nearly 500 medical appointments since she was around 2 years old and has had what doctors called an unnecessary medical procedure, with a surgically implanted feeding tube, as well as a cecostomy tube, to help flush the intestines. The child also had leg braces and a wheelchair despite doctors telling her mother that they were unnecessary, according to court documents.
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