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Charlie Nowland, 6, was unresponsive when she was rushed to the hospital in July 2022

She weighed just 39 lbs. when she died of cardiac arrest because of a lack of nutrition

Her head was covered in lice eggs, a nurse said in her victim impact statement

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An Australian mother admitted neglecting her children so severely that one was hospitalized with lice eggs in her hair and dirt caked on her feet — and later died from cardiac arrest linked to poor nutrition.

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Crystal Hanley, 49, appeared in South Australia’s Supreme Court for a victim impact hearing after pleading guilty in May to the criminal neglect of three of her children, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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