Sentenced: Indianapolis family members charged after death of 12-year-old with disabilities

[Sugar Cookie]

Three people are facing neglect charges after an Indianapolis girl with disabilities died.

The child's mother, aunt, and mother's boyfriend are all accused of neglect and failing to get her proper care.

IMPD and the Department of Child Services are investigating after 12-year-old Rosa Hargrave, a semi-verbal child who had autism, showed up to Riley Hospital for Children in critical condition after a large wound on her upper back and side of her abdomen became severely infected.

Just days after Rosa came into the ER, she died.

According to Alfie Ballew with the Marion County Coroner's Office, Hargrave's death resulted from complications of necrotizing fasciitis, a bacterial infection, due to chronic ulcers of the skin folds.


According to the probable cause affidavit, doctors at Riley told investigators "there was a significant concern for neglect with Rosa's injury," explaining that the wounds were significant and that the signs and symptoms would have been present for several days before she was taken to the hospital.

When investigators searched the home where Rosa lived with her mother, her mother's boyfriend, her aunt and four young children, they found mice, cockroaches, bugs, feces and rotten food throughout the house. Court records say the children had bug and mouse bites on their bodies and were dirty.

IEMS workers reported they believed the children were potentially dehydrated or malnourished and were brought into Riley Hospital for Children for further medical evaluation.

Now, Rosa's mother, Rosa Hargrave, her aunt Felicia Hargrave, and her mother's boyfriend, Charles Turner, are facing charges of neglect of a dependent resulting in injury. Rosa's mother is facing additional charges of neglect of a dependent resulting in death.

Indianapolis family members charged after death of 12-year-old with disabilities

IMPD and the Department of Child Services are investigating after Rosa Hargrave showed up to Riley Hospital for Children in critical condition and later died.

www.wthr.com

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[Granmaw]

Whole family looks mentally disabled. Shouldn't have been in charge of a goldfish, let alone a vulnerable disabled child (or any child for that matter).

 

[HEREIBE22]

Whole family looks mentally disabled. Shouldn't have been in charge of a goldfish, let alone a vulnerable disabled child (or any child for that matter).

Exactly what I was thinking.... It's looks the they are all genetic underlings.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Flesh-eating disease
Also called: Necrotizing fasciitis

A serious bacterial infection that destroys tissue under the skin.

Flesh-eating disease occurs when bacteria enter the body through a break in the skin. People with a weakened immune system can be at greater risk of developing this condition.

The condition spreads quickly. Symptoms include blisters, fever, fatigue, and pain worse than a person would expect based on the wound's appearance.

Treatment involves immediate delivery of IV antibiotics. Surgical removal of dead or infected tissue from the wound is often required.

 

[Babs]

Whole family looks mentally disabled. Shouldn't have been in charge of a goldfish, let alone a vulnerable disabled child (or any child for that matter).

Water on their brains? Check out the major foreheads!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

An Indianapolis child is dead due to sepsis after police say her three caretakers did not clean an infection on her back.

12-year-old Rosa Hargrave was living in a house that was infested with rodents, feces, bugs and rotten food, court documents state.

Rosa, better known as May May, died just two days after her mother took her to Riley Hospital for an oozing wound on her back and abdomen, according to court documents.

Court records state the wound was from a skin graft that was done over a year ago. The wound was supposed to be cleaned daily, but it wasn’t.

A DCS case manager contacted IMPD about May May’s situation.

According to court documents, DCS told IMPD officers that May May was autistic and nonverbal. They added that she hadn’t been eating for the past four to five days.

“We didn’t know about the conditions she was in because they wouldn’t let us inside the house. She would just be outside,” a family spokesperson of May May’s father’s side said.

May May’s death was ruled a homicide and painted a bigger issue inside the home she lived in.


Court documents detail deplorable conditions inside the house, including the discovery of mice, cockroaches, bugs, feces and rotten food.

Police also say it smelled toxic inside the home.“We didn’t know. Andrew [May May's father] only had visitation rights so we couldn’t get her,” the spokesperson said.

According to the spokesperson, May May’s father’s side of the family tried to get help from DCS.

A report filed in 2017 shows a caseworker reported that May May and her brother were in danger at her mother’s home.

The document cites her mother, also named Rosa Hargrave, failed to provide her children with a safe, sanitary and appropriate living environment with necessary care.

However, May May was placed back into the home.

Court documents state May May’s father, Andrew, did not show ability and willingness to appropriately parent.


"Because Andrew has a mental condition himself, they wouldn't deem him fit to take her," the spokesperson said. “I don’t understand how they could go over there and still leave her there knowing it was that bad. I don’t understand."

Family of child who died from sepsis says DCS placed her back in unsafe home

An Indianapolis child is dead due to sepsis after police say her three caretakers did not clean an infection on her back.

www.wrtv.com

 

[Sugar Cookie]

State of Indiana v. Felicia Hargrave​

State of Indiana v. ROSA HARGRAVE​

State of Indiana v. CHARLES TURNER​

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

A really sad story all the way around.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A really sad story all the way around.

If you read the whole thing they ordered the mother to take parenting classes which mean they will attempt to return the son to her at some point.

The only one it is sad for at this point is the surviving sibling.