Parents, Kevin Fowler, 25, and Aislyn Miller, 24, of two allegedly
neglected and malnourished twin baby girls were arrested Saturday on
child abuse charges in Oklahoma. Doctors and police say this was “the
worst case of child abuse they had seen.
According to PEOPLE magazine, the parents of the twins were arrested
Saturday after nurses working at an area urgent care facility contacted
Owasso Police after the kids were brought in to the hospital.
The nurses had been treating the twins for an unspecified medical
condition when they noticed that both children had severe diaper rash
and bed sores. They said the kids were so malnourished they looked like
skeletons. They also found feces in one child’s ear while the other baby
had a strand of hair wrapped tightly around one of its fingers. The
hair in the baby’s finger had become infected as a result, and skin had
started growing over the hair due to lack of care. One of the nurses at
the hospital also said she saw a maggot on one of the girls.
After the parents were arrested, the mum of the twins, Miller, said
they didn't deliberately neglect their children, rather that they were
“new parents” and didn't have any experience caring for nfants.
Miller allegedly told detectives the children seemed malnourished because they were born prematurely.
Miller also allegedly told police the couple didn’t have health
insurance, so they didn't take their children to the hospital anytime
they got sick. She also said the babies had not seen a physician since
they were born.
Miller and Fowler were released after they posted a $50,000 bond.
Both girls have been removed from their parents’ custody and are now with Child Protective Custody.
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