Kimberly’s parents, Scott and Terri Sullivan
Tucson, AZ – Little Kimberly Sullivan was only six weeks old when she was pronounced dead at her Tucson home on Saturday. Her tiny body was emaciated, starved to skin and bones. Too bad the same can’t be said for her parents, Scott and Terri Sullivan.  They look healthy enough in those mugshots, don’t you think?
Tucson police were called to the family’s east side apartment at about 2:00 p.m. Saturday to do a “welfare check”.  News reports say that Terri Sullivan called 911 to report that the couple had found their baby daughter unresponsive.
When police arrived, it was all too obvious that nothing could be done to save to save little Kimberly. She was gone, had been gone for awhile. A medical examiner’s report is due within the next few days that should shed some light on Kimberly’s condition, but officers at the scene described the newborn as “starved” and “emaciated”.
Something here stinks, and it’s not the dead baby. Well, not exactly, anyway. Seriously, people, how do you just accidentally happen upon your treasured infant, only to find that she’s inexplicably become skin and bones and died? Did they lose her behind the couch? Did they entrust her to a toddler, or a flesh-sucking vampire? I’m a little confused. Because to me, there’s a very short list of Stuff To Do With A Newborn, and food tops that list. Feed her, change her, keep her clean and warm and dry, and rock her and sing to her. That’s really about all that is required. So to “find the baby unresponsive”, when “unresponsive” = “starved to death”, is just inexcusable.
Apparently Pima County thinks so, too. Scott Sullivan, 27, was arrested along with his wife, Terri Sullivan, 26. Both Sullivans were taken to Pima County Jail, where they are being held on bonds totaling 1.25 million. They are being held on suspicion of child abuse, although authorities say more charges are likely once the medical examiner’s report is released.
Tags: Arizona, Child Abuse, Child Murder, dehydration, Filicide, Infanticide, Kimberly Sullivan, Pima County, Scott Sullivan, Starvation, Terri Sullivan, Tucson
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