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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

Mother serving life for feeding her malnourished baby cow’s milk during Hurricane Katrina loses parole bid by one vote

Tiffany Woods is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder after giving cow’s milk to her malnourished baby in 2005. She was up for parole in February 2026, but was denied - (AFP/Getty/Family Handout)

Nie’John Woods still remembers the day his family changed forever.

In the weeks and months after Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans in 2005, the Woods family was just struggling to survive when another tragedy struck. Nie’John watched his mother break down in tears as she knelt over his unresponsive baby brother, after feeding her child, desperately pumping the infant’s chest and breathing into his tiny body, trying to bring him back to life.

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