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Originally Published: 27 FEB 24 12:40 ET
Updated: 28 FEB 24 08:06 ET
By Jack Guy, CNN
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(CNN) — A small species of fish that measures no more than half an inch in length is capable of producing sounds louder than an elephant, according to a new study.
Danionella cerebrum,tiny translucent fish that live in shallow waters off Myanmar, can make noises of more than 140 decibels, an international team of scientists report in a press release published Tuesday.
“This is comparable to the noise a human perceives of an airplane during take-off at a distance of 100 meter and quite unusual for an animal of such diminutive size,” said study author Ralf Britz, an ichthyologist at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Dresden, Germany, in the press release.
Large animals tend to be capable of producing louder noises than small ones, with elephants able to make sounds up to 125 decibels with their trunks.
However, some small animals can make incredibly loud noises for their size, including the snapping shrimp, which use their claws to make popping sounds that measure up to 250 decibels, the release adds.
There are also some fish species that make unusually loud noises, such as the male plainfin midshipman fish, which is capable of making mating calls up to 130 decibels, but Danionella cerebrum appears to be unique among fish.
Researchers used high-speed video recordings, micro-CT scans and analyzed genetic information to show that males of the species “possess a unique sound-generating apparatus that includes drumming cartilage, a specialized rib, and a fatigue-resistant muscle,” the press release said.
The fish make noise by hitting the cartilage against their swim bladder, a gas-filled organ that allows them to maintain depth in water, which produces a rapid pulse.
Higher frequency pulses were produced by compressing the swim bladder from left and right sides in an alternating pattern, while lower frequency pulses were created using repeated unilateral compressions on the same side of the body.
“No other fish has been reported to use repeated unilateral muscle contractions for sound production,” reads the study.
The use of both bilateral and unilateral contractions means that a greater variety of sounds can be produced, according to the study, and researchers say the fish use the pulses to communicate with each other in turbid waters.
“We assume that the competition between the males in this visually restrictive environment contributed to the development of the special mechanism for acoustic communication,” said Britz.
The study was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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**This image is for use with this specific article only** Danionella cerebrum live in shallow waters off Myanmar.
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Originally Published: 28 FEB 24 08:08 ET
Updated: 28 FEB 24 11:00 ET
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN
(CNN) — The Alabama Supreme Court this month ruled that frozen embryos are human beings and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death, sending the state’s fertility industry into chaos.
In vitro fertilization advocates are expected to rally outside the state capitol in Montgomery on Wednesday. Meanwhile, lawmakers are scrambling to push through legislation that would shield IVF providers from legal punishment, including at least one Republican-backed bill scheduled to be heard in the state’s House Health Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
At least three providers in Alabama, including the state’s largest health system, have halted some in vitro fertilization services since the court’s ruling.
Some families have chosen to travel to other states for fertility services and many more are grappling with unanswered questions about how to go ahead with planned IVF treatment – and what to do with existing embryos.
Alabama’s Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall has indicated his office does not intend to use the state court’s decision as a basis to prosecute families or IVF providers, but at least one lawmaker has expressed concern that other law enforcement officials could.
Without clear guidance from any state or medical authority, the state Supreme Court’s ruling has created a climate of fear and uncertainty among Alabama providers, Katie O’Connor, the director of federal abortion policy at the nonprofit National Women’s Law Center, told CNN.
“What the Supreme Court of Alabama didn’t answer, but is certainly still out there and certainly on the minds of people who want to provide IVF, is whether criminal laws could be applied,” O’Connor said. “That is certainly a possibility and one that I think a lot of providers are unwilling to take the risk for.”
Legislators work to protect IVF access
Alabama Republicans have introduced several bills aimed at protecting IVF providers from criminal or civil liability in the state House and Senate, where they hold a majority.
Sponsored by Republican Terri Collins, House Bill 237, is slated to be heard in the House Health Committee on Wednesday afternoon, while a twin bill introduced by Republican Tim Melson, Senate Bill 159, is pending the Senate Healthcare Committee.
Those bills would “provide civil and criminal immunity to persons providing goods and services related to in vitro fertilization except acts of omission that are intentional and not arising from or related to IVF services.” If passed, both bills would apply retroactively.
Senate Bill 160, filed Tuesday by Republican state Sen. Larry Stutts, also seeks to protect IVF providers from liability, but would not apply retroactively.
While the Republican-backed bills seek to protect providers, they do not address the issue of whether a frozen embryo is considered a human being, Democratic House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels told CNN on Wednesday.
Last week, Daniels introduced Alabama House Bill 225, which would declare “any fertilized human egg or human embryo that exists outside of a human uterus is not considered an unborn child or human being for any purposes under state law.”
The legislation would become effective immediately if approved by both chambers and signed into law. There could be a vote on that bill on Tuesday, Daniels told CNN.
Daniels also introduced House Bill 240 on Tuesday, which would amend a part of the state constitution that supports that rights of unborn children to note that an extrauterine embryo is not an unborn child.
“Any legislation that gets passed is ultimately up to interpretation by the Alabama Supreme Court,” O’Conner said. “I’m glad to see that legislators are thinking about it, but I think that the Supreme Court has made it really challenging to get around this ruling.”
On the national level, Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth announced in a news conference Tuesday that she will bring the Access to Family Building Act to the Senate floor Wednesday, aimed at protecting IVF access and shielding providers from punishment for providing IVF services.
Daniels said the Alabama legislature has been trying to chip away at reproductive freedom for years, citing the state’s abortion ban.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system – the state’s largest – is required to follow the court’s ruling, “unless and until it reconsiders its opinion, or the Alabama Legislature addresses it through legislation,” system spokesperson Savannah Koplon told CNN on Tuesday.
Alabama Fertility Specialists, another provider that paused some IVF services after the ruling, posted a video on Facebook on Sunday, saying its team was aware of proposed legislation to “save IVF in Alabama” and urged people to show up “in massive numbers” to a Wednesday event planned with advocacy groups to highlight support for IVF services.
“At this point, we’re in a position where the only thing we can do is advise us all to hold and ask our leaders in this state to create the protections that we need to pick back up our treatment,” Dr. Janet McLaren Bouknight, a doctor with Alabama Fertility Specialists, told CNN on Tuesday.
Until new legislation or policy is implemented in Alabama, many providers have their hands tied, Katherine Kraschel, an assistant professor at Northeastern University School of Law, told CNN. “The only thing we can say with certainty is that now (providers) have exorbitantly more civil liability than they did before this case,” Kraschel said. “The rest is a big unknown abyss of liability.”
Ruling has national impact
The US Supreme Court is unlikely to review the Alabama ruling, because it doesn’t include an interpretation of the US Constitution or federal law, experts say.
But as some families travel from Alabama to other states, including Texas, to access IVF services, lawmakers across the country are fielding questions about whether they will work to protect IVF access in their own states.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday voiced support for IVF – though he stopped short of calling for a law to protect access in Texas.
“(Former) President Trump put out a statement on this that I think a lot of people agree with, and that is a goal that we all kind of want to achieve. And that is we want to make it easier for people to be able to have babies, not … make it harder,” Abbott told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” Sunday.
When asked whether he planned to urge the Texas legislature to create laws to keep IVF legal, Abbott said he thought Texas would eventually address the issue, noting that he wants to keep Texas a “pro-life state.”
Lawmakers in Florida and other states are considering legislation around personhood that experts say could have a similar impact on IVF services to that seen after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling. “Once you open the Pandora’s box to personhood, there really is a question about whether criminal laws would apply to doctors who perform IVF services,” O’Connor said.
A proposed bill in Florida that would define a fetus as an “unborn child” and expand liability for wrongful death lawsuits for unborn children was supposed to see a vote on Monday, but has now stalled amid the fallout from the Alabama court ruling.
Republican Florida state Sen. Erin Grall requested the vote be postponed, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
Experts meanwhile are closely watching states that already have restrictive reproductive care policies in place. “I think you can expect the same states that have created sort of abortion deserts are likely the ones that will make IVF more difficult, if not impossible to access,” O’Conner said.
Legislation around the issue of personhood could have far-reaching impacts, Kraschel said, citing questions including what happens to a couple’s embryos when they divorce. “All these personhood issues have broad sweeping implications, as states start to treat fetuses and embryos more like people,” she said.
The case at the center of it all
The Alabama ruling stems from two lawsuits filed by three sets of parents who underwent IVF procedures to have babies – and then opted to have the remaining embryos frozen.
The parents alleged several frozen embryos were dropped on the floor and destroyed in 2020 at an Alabama fertility clinic and sued, claiming wrongful death.
A trial court initially dismissed the claims, but the state Supreme Court ruling reversed that decision. The clinic involved in the lawsuit, The Center for Reproductive Medicine in Mobile, is among those that have halted some IVF services.
Trip Smalley, an attorney representing one of the couples in the case, previously told CNN that the parents were “devastated” by the destruction of their embryo and simply sought a way to be able to hold the fertility clinic accountable. Any policy issues that may arise from the ruling should be taken up by lawmakers, he added.
Smalley said that the case would be sent back to a lower state court and that the parties would be preparing for that trial.
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**This image is for use with this specific article only** The sun shines through an awning at The University of Alabama at Birmingham Women’s and Infant Center in Birmingham, Alabama, in March 2022.
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Originally Published: 27 FEB 24 21:34 ET
Updated: 28 FEB 24 10:07 ET
By Paradise Afshar, CNN
(CNN) — The mother of a missing 3-year-old Wisconsin boy and her boyfriend were charged with child neglect in a Monday court appearance – nearly a week since the child was last seen.
Elijah Vue was last seen on February 20 in the city of Two Rivers while he was being watched by Jesse Vang, a man who was in a relationship with the boy’s mother,Katrina Baur, according to a criminal complaint filed in Manitowoc County. An Amber Alert has been issued for the toddler.
Vang told police he noticed Elijah was gone when he woke up from a nap at his home and the child wasn’t there, according to the complaint.
Baur, 31, and Vang, 39, were charged with one count of felony child neglect, with a modifier of party to a crime. Baur is also facing two misdemeanor charges of resisting or obstructing an officer. CNN has sought comment from attorneys representing Baur and Vang.
Vang said had been helping to care for the child for about a month – though not continuously – and trying to correct Elijah’s “bad behaviors,” according to the complaint. Baur told a detective that she wanted Vang to teach her toddler “by example how to be a man,” and that she had spoken to Vang about the “limits of what discipline she did not want used,” according to the complaint.
Vang told a detective that Elijah’s discipline included standing for one to three hours, during which time the boy was required to pray or say, “I’m sorry, mommy,” the complaint reads.
The toddler was mostly bottle-fed and was not potty-trained, Vang told a detective, according to the complaint. Vang said Elijah was not allowed to play with the one toy he had while staying at Vang’s home from February 12 to February 20 because he was in “time out,”according to the complaint.
The evening before Elijah was last seen, Vang had three 12-ounce beers and a muscle relaxant as a sleep aid, Vang told police, according to the complaint.
The following morning, Vang took his son to a bus stop, then gave Elijah cereal without milk for breakfast, Vang told police, according to the complaint. Vang said the toddler did not have his diaper changed that morning and was told to stand and pray at the foot of Vang’s bed, the complaint reads.
Vang said he noticed the child was missing after he woke up from a nap at about 11 a.m., and that he called police, the complaint alleges.
Baur, the child’s mother, told authorities that on February 17, while she was out of town, Vang told her he was angry that Elijah had overfilled his diaper, the complaint reads.
“At no point did she admit she was in the city of Two Rivers between February 12, 2024, and February 20, 2024, or had any face-to-face contact with” her son, according to the court document.
Baur and Vang were being held Tuesday evening at the Manitowoc County Jail, according to online jail records.
Police have been searching for Elijah for a week
Police in Two Rivers asked for the public’s help on February 20 with finding the young child. Elijah has dark blond hair and brown eyes, police said in a release.
“He was last seen wearing gray pants, long sleeve dark shirt and red and green dinosaur shoes. He is possibly carrying a red and white plaid blanket,” the release said.
In the days since, authorities have searched for theboy and have urged residents to “check anywhere a small child could hide, climb, or fall,” check their property for any items belonging to Elijah, and check their surveillance systems from February 12 through February 20 for anyone matching the child’s description.
A “large search” was ongoing at a landfill, and rivers also were being searched, police said Monday.
“You will also continue to see large scale canvassing of areas in Manitowoc County, both urban and rural,” Two Rivers police said.
During Monday’s hearing, Orson Vue, an uncle of the child, addressed the court and said the family asks both Baur and Vang be held “fully accountable, for their actions, or lack thereof.”
“After reading just a few things from the criminal complaint, these two individuals should not be allowed to walk freely amongst us until we find where Elijah is,” he said.
A preliminary hearing for Baur and Vang is scheduled for March 7.
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Search for Elijah Vue
**This image is for use with this specific article only** A woman leaves the Mikadow Theatre after attending a meeting for people wishing to volunteer in the search for missing 3-year-old Elijah Vue on Tuesday.
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Originally Published: 28 FEB 24 09:56 ET
Updated: 28 FEB 24 10:18 ET
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN
(CNN) — San Francisco this week formally apologized to its Black residents and their descendants for decades of systemic and structural discrimination, targeted acts of violence and atrocities.
On Tuesday, during the last week of Black History Month, the 11 members of the city’s Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to pass a resolution that includes a formal apology and commits “to the rectification and redress of past policies and misdeeds,” the resolution states.
Supervisor Shamann Walton, who introduced the resolution lastfall as one of more than 100 recommendations from the city’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee, described it as “historic” and “long overdue,” according to a news release.
“We still have a long way to go, however this is a first step to commit to the restoration of the ways racism has caused insult to Black humanity including San Francisco making a commitment to substantial ongoing, systemic, and programmatic investments in Black communities to address historical and present harms,” Walton said.
Though historic in nature, the apology isn’t a first for San Francisco.
In 2022, coinciding with the Lunar New Year, the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution formally apologizing to its Chinese residents for discriminatory actions taken during the city’s storied history.
San Francisco is the second major US city to issue an apology to Black residents, after Boston passed a similar edict in 2022, apologizing “for the role played by the City of Boston in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the ongoing detrimental impacts experienced by the Black people of Boston,” according to the resolution and a statement from the city. Additionally, nine states have issued apologies for their history of discrimination and violence, the San Francisco resolution notes.
The Board of Supervisors last year accepted a recommendation of a one-time payment of $5 million to eligible Black residents as part of a draft plan from the reparations committee, CNN previously reported.
At the time, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the recommendations “a milestone in our bipartisan effort to advance justice and promote healing.”
“An apology on public record is a vital part of corrective action and a milestone for healing for our community,” Tinisch Hollins, former vice-chair of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee, said in Tuesday’s news release.
“The San Francisco Reparations Plan outlines more than 100 additional ways for the City of San Francisco to demonstrate the sincerity of that apology by proactively creating pathways to equity for Black San Franciscans,” she said. “It should be used as a blueprint for the next century.”
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**This image is for use with this specific article only** San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton speaks during a meeting at City Hall Tuesday in San Francisco.
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A Willy Wonka-inspired experience in Glasgow, Scotland, promised a dreamlike event with fantastic props and sweet treats. However, attendees were let down by a decorated warehouse that didn’t match the advertisement.
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Originally Published: 28 FEB 24 10:17 ET
Updated: 28 FEB 24 10:19 ET
By Issy Ronald, CNN
(CNN) — Families attending a Willy Wonka-inspired event in Glasgow, Scotland were promised “optical marvels” and “extraordinary props” for a £35 ($44) ticket, but when they arrived they found a sparsely decorated warehouse and offered a quarter cup of lemonade — or limeade when supplies ran out.
People there became so angry on Saturday that the police were called, Police Scotland confirmed to CNN, the event was canceled, and the story went viral on social media.
“There was a crowd of people outside all furious,” Paul Connell, one of the actors hired to perform at the event told CNN on Wednesday.
“I saw people shouting, the people running the event were crying … It was absolute chaos. There were people walking all over the set at this point, control had been lost completely.”
On Facebook, organizers House of Illuminati said: “Today has been a stressful and frustrating day for many and for that we are truly sorry.”
“This was an event gone wrong,” another post said. “The house of illuminati will NOT be holding any other event in the foreseeable future.”
House of Illuminati had promoted the event with an extravagant website, filled with fantastical images and long descriptions of an “Enchanted Garden,” “Imagination Lab,” and a “Twilight Tunnel.”
The 15-page script Connell was given the day before said there were “all these special effects,” but when he asked the organizers for more information, they “kept saying don’t worry about it, do whatever you want, we’ll sort it out (on the day).”
When he showed up the next day, however, the warehouse was still “pretty much empty, except for a few plastic mushrooms,” far removed from what had been promoted.
Jack Proctor and his family were among those attending the experience, and they arrived once the event had been open for a couple of hours, he told CNN on Wednesday.
“We were met by groups of families leaving the event, looking utterly bewildered,” he said. “We were directed upstairs and arrived at a large makeshift prop gate saying ‘Factory.’ A partition blocked our view, but we could tell it wasn’t going to be good … it was even worse than anticipated.”
It took Proctor and his family three minutes to see the entirety of the experience for which he had paid a total of £95, he added, and they left shortly afterwards as security were turning people away.
“Two Oompa Loompas were handing out candy … Each kid got a jelly bean each and a lollipop, the adults were told not to touch the sweets.”
Videos posted on social media showed a figure in a cloak and mask emerging from behind a mirror, with children watching on, sounding increasingly horrified.
“Almost every child who saw him ran off crying,” Proctor said.
People swapped stories on a Facebook group set up by those who were left disappointed, one person said their children had received two jelly babies and a quarter of a can of limeade, another that their two kids “actually had fun (bless them, they’re easily pleased!).”
The actors were “mortified by the whole thing,” Connell said and “trying to make it as nice an experience as possible … but the person running the event said I was spending too much time with the kids and I needed to move them through as quickly as possible.”
CNN attempted to contact House of Illuminati for comment via the email addresses available on their website but the emails bounced back.
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**This image is for use with this specific article only** Each child was given a quarter of a cup of lemonade and one or two jelly beans.
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For the past week, a wide-reaching cyber attack held the health insurance data of thousands hostage.
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Originally Published: 28 FEB 24 10:51 ET
Updated: 28 FEB 24 10:54 ET
By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN
(CNN) — The Pentagon is weighing whether to tap into the last remaining source of funding it has for military aid to support Ukraine’s war effort against Russia even without guarantees that those funds will be replenished by Congress, multiple defense officials told CNN.
The Defense Department still has around $4 billion in presidential drawdown authority funds available for Ukraine, which allows the Pentagon to draw from its own stockpiles to send military equipment to Kyiv.
But the Pentagon had previously been reluctant to spend any of that remaining money without assurances it would be reimbursed by Congress through the administration’s $60 billion supplemental funding request, because taking from DoD stockpiles with no plan to replenish that equipment could impact US military readiness.
But with Ukraine growing increasingly desperate for US military aid and Republican leadership in the House refusing to hold a vote on providing more funding, senior defense officials are discussing whether there is any financial cushion internally that would allow the department to spend at least part of that remaining $4 billion to help Ukraine fight Russia.
No decisions have been made yet, officials emphasized. But the conversations about that option and other potential plan Bs have become increasingly urgent over the last several weeks as the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine has become more dire, the officials said.
Ukrainian troops have been forced to ration ammunition and have lost some ground in the east, including the key city of Avdiivka, which fell to the Russians earlier this month.
Asked about the possibility of tapping into the remaining $4 billion, Defense Department spokesman Lt. Col. Garron Garn said in a statement, “The DoD continues to urge Congress to pass a supplemental to support Ukraine in its time of need and to replenish our stocks.”
Officials said the department could go ahead and spend part of that $4 billion even without finding money internally that could be used to replenish it. But it would not be unprecedented for the Pentagon to find additional, unexpected sources of funding.
Last year, the Defense Department announced that it had discovered an accounting error that led to DoD overvaluing the amount of aid it was providing to Ukraine by $6.2 billion. That extra money provided a cushion to the department that allowed it to draw out military assistance to Ukraine for longer than anticipated, CNN previously reported.
Asked on Tuesday whether the department was considering spending some of the remaining money, Pentagon press secretary Gen. Patrick Ryder said he had nothing to announce but that the Pentagon was continuing to explore ways to keep supporting Ukraine.
“We’re going to continue to look at ways that we can support Ukraine in their fight for freedom and to preserve their sovereignty,” Ryder said.
Last month, however, Ryder spoke about some of the concerns the department had in tapping into those funds.
“At issue here again is the question of impacting our own readiness, as a nation, and the responsibilities that we have,” he said last month when asked about the money. “And so, yes, while we do have that $4.2 billion in authority, we don’t have the funds available to us to replenish those stocks should we expend that. And with no timeline in sight, we have to make those hard decisions.”
A separate defense official told CNN that the next aid package to Ukraine, if it comes, “will absolutely include critical munitions.” There are also discussions about how and where to preposition military equipment so that it can be sent as quickly as possible to Ukraine once additional funding sources are identified, the official said.
The last Ukraine security package, worth up to $250 million, was announced on December 27. Some weapons and equipment from previous drawdown packages and Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) packages are still flowing into Ukraine, but the US has not announced any new packages since then.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN this week that Ukraine will not win the war without continued US support.
“People will be prepared, but ammunition will not be prepared and brigades will not be ready… not only for our counter-offensive, they will not be ready to defend, to stay strong. It will be very difficult,” he said.
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**This image is for use with this specific article only** The Pentagon is considering using the last bit of approved funding for Ukraine with no guarantees it will be replenished. In this July 2022 photo, Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire at Russian positions from a US-supplied M777 howitzer in Kharkiv region of Ukraine.
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Apple reportedly cancels work on a self-driving electric car.
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OREGON CITY, Oregon (KPTV) — At the start of the proceeding, Christina Dixon stood in court calm and composed but as it went on, she became emotional. The district attorney asked the judge for 19 months in jail but instead, she was sentenced to 90 days in jail and supervised probation.
“The reason that Kylee is alive today is because she got the chemotherapy, because she got surgery, because of tumors removed,” said the DA.
Three months in jail and supervised probation for custodial interference and criminal mistreatment of her now 17-year-old daughter, Kylie.
“I sentence you to 90 days in custody,” said the Judge. “I am going to find that probationary sentence would be appropriate in the circumstance.”
That’s what 39-year old Christina Dixon received in Clackamas County court on Monday morning.
In 2019, then 13-year old Kylee, was being treated for liver cancer. Later that year, Dixon was indicted for failing to take Kylee in for a scheduled surgery.
“After the third round of chemotherapy, she said ‘no,’” said Deputy DA Brian Powell. “She said ‘no,’ despite 23 physicians at Saint Jude agreeing on diagnosis, she said ‘no.’”
Doctors said they wanted to continue chemotherapy.
Instead, Dixon took Kylee to Las Vegas to avoid a court order and claimed Kylee did better using CBD oil.
Kylee was taken into protective custody and Christina went to jail.
Nearly five years later in court, Dixon was emotional as she awaited sentencing.
“I never wanted to stop her treatment,” said Dixon. “It was just with this particular doctor. I would’ve never put Kylee in harms way. I did everything to fight for her life and I put my own life on the line for her.”
Kylee’s father was also in the courtroom. He said he doesn’t believe justice was served.
“I’m glad there’s closure finally,” said Jim Dixon. “I was a little sad to see how easy she got off on all this considering all the damage she’s done.”
A judge later ordered that Kylee would have surgery to treat her cancer.
“The truth is that Kylee had a tumor that CBD wasn’t doing a thing to help. The only thing that was helping was the treatment that she was getting and she had the surgery and she’s cancer free now because of it,” said Jim Dixon. “We love you, Kylee. We wish you the best.”
Kylee is now cancer free and will be 18 years old later this year. Her father says she is doing well. When we asked about her whereabouts, he said he doesn’t know.
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