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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jasmine Fernández

1-year-old dies as other kids in Atlanta home detail horrific conditions including eating ants and cockroaches

Sherry Magby, 37, has been charged with six counts of second-degree cruelty to children - (Douglas County Sheriff's Office)

A 1-year-old child who had eaten ants and cockroaches was found dead in a Georgia home where five other children had been left alone by their mother in squalid conditions, say police.

Investigators reported that six children, ranging in age from 1 to 10, had been unsupervised in the home for around 12 hours without food.

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