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Garnett-Paul Spears, a five-year-old with a feeding tube, died in January 2014 of sodium poisoning. His mother, Lacey Spears, who had spent years chronicling his supposed illnesses online, was convicted of second-degree murder in 2015 and sentenced to twenty years to life, with the conviction upheld on appeal. The case was solved by many people's contributions: doctors who flagged an impossible sodium level, a detective who exposed her invented "dead father" lie, a neighbor who preserved the feeding bag, and a hospital video, though the video did not directly show the poisoning and the defense disputed the evidence at every stage. The narration stresses separating proven facts from prosecution theory (attention-seeking motive, Munchausen by proxy was never a formal diagnosis), and draws lessons about protecting dependent children, reporting suspicions early, and not letting a devoted public image outweigh the evidence.
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