Now, I've heard of top athletes keeling over in the middle of a marathon, but not 9-year-old girls dying from running. But this girl's death happened under special circumstances. Sick, inconceivable, special circumstances.
Apparently, this 9-year-old's grandmother and stepmother thought that lying about eating candy was worth her life. As punishment for cleaning out the candy cabinet and saying she did not, this Alabama girl was forced to run. And run and run and run. No water, no stopping — until she literally fell over after having a seizure three hours later. She died a few days later at a local children's hospital. An autopsy revealed extreme dehydration and low sodium levels.
It is just me, or is this cruel and unusual punishment to the max? I'm a runner. I actually like running, but I know at least 10 people off the top of my head who don't. I certainly would not — scratch that, could not — run for three hours without weeks and weeks and weeks of training. Now, looking at this mean duo, I can be pretty sure they fall into the non-runner group, which does not give them the excuse of ignorance. Not to mention it looks like the little girl needed that candy more than they did.
A pathologist ruled her death a homicide, and both her grandmother and stepmother were arrested.
Sadly, before the 911 call was placed, a few concerned neighbors called the sheriff's office to express their concern over the girl's running. One man saw her running around 4 p.m. (the 911 call went in at 6:45. I can't believe they let this poor girl run after sundown), and he is quoted as saying, "But I don't see how that would kill her."
A link to the news story appears below.
No water for you
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