ABC LBN: Fla. Parents Acquitted in Raw-Foods Death

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Fla. Parents Acquitted in Raw-Foods DeathFlorida Parents Acquitted in Death of Baby Daughter on Raw Foods Diet
The Associated Press

MIAMI Nov 7, 2005 — Two parents were acquitted Monday of manslaughter in the death of their 6-month-old daughter, who was fed a strict raw foods diet.

Joseph and Lamoy Andressohn were convicted of four counts of child neglect involving their four other children, who were also on the raw foods diet.

The jury deliberated less than two hours.


Woyah Andressohn weighed about 7 pounds, half the normal weight for her age, when she died in 2003. Prosecutors charged that the parents' unorthodox diet of wheat grass, coconut water and almond milk caused the girl to starve to death.

The defense argued that the girl's death was caused by DiGeorge syndrome, a rare chromosomal disorder that interferes with the development of a healthy immune system.

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