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Salem, Massachusetts Mother Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder of Son

By Altman & Altman

Kristen LaBrie, a 37-year-old Salem mother, has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of her son. LaBrie is accused of withholding her son?s cancer treatment before his death. Jeremy, 9, was autistic. In October 2006, Jeremy was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Doctors gave him an 85-90% chance of recovery. Following chemotherapy treatment, his cancer went into remission. Prosecutors are accusing LaBrie of child endangerment, permitting substantial bodily injury to a child, and permitting serious bodily injury to a disabled person. They claim that LaBrie did not fill her son?s prescriptions for months, allowed him to miss doctors appointments, and never asked staffers at Massachusetts General Hospital for help. After the boy?s cancer returned, Fraser, who was given custody of Jeremy, placed him in a hospice...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on July 13, 2009 (boomark / email).