Woman Claimed Sickness, Had Grandson Care For Child Who Died

(Warwick, RI)  --  More details are available about the woman arrested in connection to the death of a nine-year-old girl who had cerebral palsy.  Michelle Rothgeb of Warwick was picked up on a charge of cruelty or neglect of a child and was held on 25-thousand-dollars' bail after a District Court appearance on Monday.  Court documents indicate Rothgeb, the adoptive mother of the girl and seven other special-needs children, said she had the flu, and left the children in the care of her 15-year-old grandson at their home.  The girl, identified as Zah-Nae in a report from The Providence Journal, was reportedly found lying face-down in a bathtub by the grandson who had put her in for a typical bath earlier this month.  Warwick police said the home was in squalid condition.


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