Kaitlyn Rose Laura, 31, has been charged with injury to a child and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly falsifying her 3-year-old son’s medical history to force unnecessary surgeries, including the surgical insertion of feeding tubes. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office announced the charges following her arrest.
Sheriff Bill Waybourn described the alleged abuse as a “horrific crime,” saying it was “absolutely sickening” to see a person knowingly and intentionally torture a child. This kind of behavior, where parents subject their children to unnecessary medical treatments to gain sympathy and attention, is often referred to as Munchausen by Proxy.
