Court Report

Medical Examiner: Girl Appeared Malnourished

A 15-month-old girl whose parents' church shuns doctors in favor of faith healing appeared to be malnourished after her death from pneumonia, a deputy medical examiner testified Tuesday in the manslaughter trial of her parents. Raylene and Carl Brent Worthington of Oregon City are members of the Followers of Christ Church and are accused of manslaughter and criminal mistreatment in the death last year of their child, Ava. The state medical examiner said she could easily have been saved with antibiotics. Read more...
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