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San Jose parents charged with felony child neglect after daughter dies

A mother and stepfather face felony child neglect charges after an eight-year-old girl died from a fatal asthma attack in a squalid San Jose home.

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Authorities in California have charged two parents with felony child neglect following the death of an eight-year-old girl in San Jose. Fox News, ABC7 Bay Area, KQED, CBS News, and SFGATE all reported that 32-year-old Gabrielle Hanson and 39-year-old Jacob Randolph face felony charges after Aurora Williams suffered a fatal asthma attack. [1][3][4][5][6]

The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office stated that the girl lived in a filthy home filled with cockroaches, mold, and pet feces, according to Fox News. Fox News reported that prosecutors said Hanson and Randolph were aware of the dangerous living conditions inside the home. Medical professionals and social workers had repeatedly warned the couple about the environment before the child died. [1]

San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County and is located in the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay. [7]

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In short

  • Gabrielle Hanson and Jacob Randolph face felony child neglect charges after eight-year-old Aurora Williams died.
  • Aurora Williams suffered a fatal asthma attack while living in a squalid San Jose home.
  • Prosecutors said medical professionals and social workers had repeatedly warned the parents about dangerous living conditions inside the home.

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Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]San Jose girl, 8, dies after living in cockroach-infested home as mother, stepfather face chargesFox News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]San Jose athletic trainer arrested after allegedly recording girls sexual batteryKTVU, 9h ago
  3. [3]San Jose parents Gabrielle Hanson, Jacob Randolph charged with felony child neglect after Aurora Williams dies from asthma attackABC7 Bay Area, 1d ago
  4. [4]San José Parents Charged With Neglect in 8-Year-Old’s DeathKQED, 14h ago
  5. [5]San Jose couple charged in 8-year-old girl's asthma-related deathCBS News, 1d ago
  6. [6]Parents charged after child's fatal asthma attack in 'squalid' San Jose homeSFGATE, 9h ago

Background

  1. [7]San Jose, California on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Eight family members arrested after seven children rescued from Kentucky home FTMQ News, 17h ago
  3. [9]Mother criticises court after teenager who stabbed her daughter avoids prison FTMQ News, 6d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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