Cheyenne Maddox: Clarksville mother charged with murder for starving 13-yr-old disabled son to death
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CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE: Cheyenne Maddox, a 32-year-old mother was charged three months after her son Kadaris Maddox's death. The 13-year-old was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and the autopsy determined that his cause of death was malnutrition.
According to WKRN, police declared his mother had been indicted with criminal homicide. Kadaris died on July 6 on the spot after Clarksville Police Department requested first responders to respond to a home on Virginia Terrace. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Maddox is charged with five counts of child abuse and neglect. According to Clarksvillenow, Police Detective Hughes with the Special Operations Homicide Unit presented evidence to the October session of the Montgomery County Grand Jury regarding the investigation. Later, the grand jury indicted Cheyenne Maddox on the murder charge. Maddox was also previously arrested on September 9, for abuse and neglect charges. However, she was released based on a bond.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, October 9, Maddox turned herself in at the Montgomery County Jail and was served with the indictment for first-degree felony murder. This time her bond has been set at $1 million. The case is still undergoing investigation, the investigation team has reached out to the public and asked to reach out to Detective Hughes at 931-648-0656, ext. 5684, to pass on any information about the issue.
Previously reported by MEAWW, a mother from Australia allegedly starved her autistic teenage son to death and has been charged with manslaughter. 18-year-old Joshua Djuric was found dead in a house in Yagoona in Sydney's southwest last week. Djuric's mother, Keti Jovanovska, is accused of failing to provide her son with adequate food, medical care, or medication as his health deteriorates. Despite his condition, the 52-year-old mother gave her son only bread and soft drinks to eat, according to police. The Yagoona home had newspapers, tape, and sheets covering the windows.
However, Djuric did not go to school. After finding her son unconscious around 10.30 pm on Monday, Sept 26, Jovanovska sought help from neighbors. Emergency services were called, but Joshua was pronounced dead at the scene. Court documents indicate that Djuric died sometime between 6 pm and 10.40 pm, four hours before paramedics were called to the scene, reported DailyMail.
If you or someone you know may be the victim of child abuse, please contact the Child help National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child (1-800-422-4453) or contact their live chat services.