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Woman charged after infant injected with insulin
By Carol Broeder & Chris Dabovich/Arizona Range News
A $1.5 million bond has been set for a Cochise woman who is now charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder following her arrest last week after admitting she injected a toddler with her own insulin.
Lisa Marie White, 41,was booked into Cochise County Jail last week on an original charge of attempted first-degree murder and held on a $1 million cash bond set by Judge Trevor Ward.
While in custody, White also was charged Dec. 24 with being a fugitive from justice after local authorities confirmed a valid felony warrant for a parole violation issued from the Ohio Dept. of Rehab and Correction, said Cochise County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carol Capas on Monday. White was on parole on an original charge of attempted aggravated arson out of Ashtabula County, located in the extreme northeastern tip of Ohio. White also faces one count of aggravated assault and one count of child abuse, said Capas.
White served a two-year sentence in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, said Jo Ellen Smith, spokeswoman for Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction. She was released from prison in February 2007, said Smith.
Ohio authorities said White did not alert parole authorities of her move to Arizona, which prompted the fugitive parole violation warrant.
White admitted to deputies that she had injected the baby with insulin "to quiet him down," said Capas.
On, Dec. 21, Tucson police contacted the sheriff's office after the baby was admitted to Tucson Medical Center for a "non-accidental, potentially life-threatening condition," she said.
Originally, the 2-month-old boy had been taken to Northern Cochise Community Hospital in Willcox on Dec. 18 for low blood sugar and breathing problems, said Capas, adding that once the baby was stabilized he was airlifted to TMC's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Doctors determined the baby had a very high level of insulin in his system that could not have been ingested; it had to have been injected, she said.
Tucson police also informed the sheriff's office that his 18-month-old sister had been taken to NCCH with similar symptoms on Dec. 1, said Capas.
The Tucson Police Department sent officers to TMC to interview the baby's parents.
A probable cause statement obtained from Justice of the Peace Court No. 4 in Willcox states that deputies learned that White "had made spontaneous utterances to the effect of 'it was an accident.'"
On Dec. 22, sheriff's detectives interviewed the parents, who live with several other adults in Cochise, Capas said.
Under questioning, White admitted to "'hearing voices in her head,' which lead her to insert a hypodermic syringe" into the baby's right rear thigh, injecting what she describes as .5 cc's.
During the interview, White said "she knew it was wrong and tried to 'overpower' the voices in her head and was unsuccessful," the court documents said.
White also told deputies that she "intentionally failed to inform either parents or any attending medical staff that she had in fact injected (the baby)" with the .5 cc's of insulin.
Lisa Marie White, 41,was booked into Cochise County Jail last week on an original charge of attempted first-degree murder and held on a $1 million cash bond set by Judge Trevor Ward.
While in custody, White also was charged Dec. 24 with being a fugitive from justice after local authorities confirmed a valid felony warrant for a parole violation issued from the Ohio Dept. of Rehab and Correction, said Cochise County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carol Capas on Monday. White was on parole on an original charge of attempted aggravated arson out of Ashtabula County, located in the extreme northeastern tip of Ohio. White also faces one count of aggravated assault and one count of child abuse, said Capas.
White served a two-year sentence in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, said Jo Ellen Smith, spokeswoman for Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction. She was released from prison in February 2007, said Smith.
Ohio authorities said White did not alert parole authorities of her move to Arizona, which prompted the fugitive parole violation warrant.
White admitted to deputies that she had injected the baby with insulin "to quiet him down," said Capas.
On, Dec. 21, Tucson police contacted the sheriff's office after the baby was admitted to Tucson Medical Center for a "non-accidental, potentially life-threatening condition," she said.
Originally, the 2-month-old boy had been taken to Northern Cochise Community Hospital in Willcox on Dec. 18 for low blood sugar and breathing problems, said Capas, adding that once the baby was stabilized he was airlifted to TMC's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Doctors determined the baby had a very high level of insulin in his system that could not have been ingested; it had to have been injected, she said.
Tucson police also informed the sheriff's office that his 18-month-old sister had been taken to NCCH with similar symptoms on Dec. 1, said Capas.
The Tucson Police Department sent officers to TMC to interview the baby's parents.
A probable cause statement obtained from Justice of the Peace Court No. 4 in Willcox states that deputies learned that White "had made spontaneous utterances to the effect of 'it was an accident.'"
On Dec. 22, sheriff's detectives interviewed the parents, who live with several other adults in Cochise, Capas said.
Under questioning, White admitted to "'hearing voices in her head,' which lead her to insert a hypodermic syringe" into the baby's right rear thigh, injecting what she describes as .5 cc's.
During the interview, White said "she knew it was wrong and tried to 'overpower' the voices in her head and was unsuccessful," the court documents said.
White also told deputies that she "intentionally failed to inform either parents or any attending medical staff that she had in fact injected (the baby)" with the .5 cc's of insulin.
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Unbelivabe wrote on Dec 31, 2009 3:34 PM:
" Sure the economy is bad, but come on where the heck was the two month old's mother while this woman was trying to kill her child?? If she is that crazy MY CHILD would be nowhere around her. The parents should also be charged with neglect. Some people shouldn't reproduce if they can't care for their own kids! "
Arrgh Parents wrote on Jan 6, 2010 10:29 AM:
" Can we please get on the sterilization band wagon for people like this? What's it going to take? Not everyone who is capable of being a parent should get to be a parent. I'm sure she, and others like her, would appreciate being able to have indiscriminant sex without the possibility of producing another human life to take care of. Life looks to be too much for her. How can she handle another one. Sterilization Now! That's my picket sign. "
A Concern Adult wrote on Dec 30, 2009 5:54 PM: