Atlanta Father Discovered Responsible of Ravenous His Daughter

Atlanta father, Rodney McWeay, is dealing with a number of life sentences for the demise of his personal four-year-old daughter, Treasure McWeay, after a jury discovered him responsible on all prices. And the main points behind her demise are nothing wanting heartbreaking.

Throughout the Christmas interval of 2023, police discovered Treasure unconscious after she and her two brothers had been deliberately starved by 32-year-old McWeay in what prosecutors known as a “home of horrors,” based on Atlanta Information First. Treasure was introduced useless after being taken to the hospital, and McWeay was arrested on December twenty first, the outlet reported.

Again in June of 2023, the children had been faraway from McWeay’s custody after a grievance had been despatched to the Georgia Division of Household and Youngsters Companies concerning the residing situations of McWeay’s dwelling. Nevertheless, McWeay kidnapped the children from their mom’s dwelling in Maryland and took them again to Georgia, the place he stored them locked in separate rooms monitored by cameras, based on Legislation & Crime.

Months earlier than Treasure’s demise, the Georgia Division of Household and Youngsters Companies made a number of makes an attempt to verify on the kids, however discovered that police responses had been typically delayed, per FOX 5. Prosecutors additionally acknowledged that from the surface, McWeay’s dwelling regarded “quiet, playful, and welcoming,” based on NBC affiliate, 11 Alive.

Treasure weighed simply 24 kilos when she handed, and a pediatrician testified in courtroom that certainly one of her brothers had a decline in progress and bruises from being struck, per FOX 5. Treasure’s demise was because of a coronary heart assault attributable to malnutrition, based on PEOPLE.

McWeay’s legal professional stated that although McWeay made “incorrect selections” in terms of the mom of his children, he by no means deliberately tried to hurt his kids, per Atlanta Information First.

McWeay, who was discovered responsible for homicide, cruelty to kids, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and contribution to the dependency of a minor, will probably be sentenced within the subsequent thirty days with the choice to enchantment, based on FOX5.