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Neumann Parents Seek Dismissal of Reckless Homicide Charges Save Email Print
Posted: 5:37 PM May 19, 2008
Last Updated: 7:14 PM May 19, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press

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WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- The parents who prayed while their 11-year-old daughter became fatally ill say charges accusing them of reckless homicide should be dismissed.

Attorneys for Dale and Leilani Neumann filed a motion Monday contending the criminal complaint was defective, according to court records.

A hearing has been set for June 10 on the issue.

The couple are charged with second-degree reckless homicide in the Easter Sunday death of their daughter, Madeline, at the family's rural Weston home.

The parents are accused of praying for their daughter while she got progressively ill from undiagnosed diabetes instead of taking her to a doctor, which prosecutors contend was criminally reckless behavior.

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Posted by: Joel Location: DC on May 27, 2008 at 08:45 AM
Go to jail do not pass go do not collect $100.

Posted by: ken Location: medford on May 19, 2008 at 11:32 PM
I think the neumann parents should sit of a few years and think about their behavior they should have took the daughter in to the doctor then pray for a cure

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