Vegan Florida Mom Sentenced To Life In Baby's Starvation Death



Sheila O’Leary was sentenced to life in prison on charges including first degree murder related to her infant’s starvation death. WBBH’s Elisia Alonso reports.

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38 comments

  1. She can wear a suit filled with water from the neck to her feet until she slowly dissolves. I’d still say guilty and throw away the key till she rots.

  2. As a vegan, I can say the basic philosophy is to do as little harm as possible. That includes people, and especially your children. There's nothing in veganism that says to limit water intake. That woman may be plant based but she is no vegan. My heart goes out to her children, her actions were inexcusable and I can only hope that they're able to move forward healthily and surrounded by love ❤❤

  3. never met a sane vegan 🤣🤣🤣

  4. Good luck with her vegan diet in prison 🤣

  5. This should be the first thing shown to anyone who defends veganism. Eat meat and live people. Be healthy and not stupid.

  6. The problem was that she was on a raw diet, raw diets are not recommended for infants and young children.

  7. It's not natural. It is demonic that a mother could literally allow her child to starve at her hands. She will kneel and confess to God.

  8. WTF He actually defended this monster? This child suffered a long, anguishing, slow death at the direction of the birth giver (I prefer to not use the word mother here)

  9. she tried to force her diet on her baby. This is so gross.

  10. crazy women, then they wonder why smart men don't stoop down to that level! Stay single fellas!

  11. i hope the other women in prison learn about what she did and steal every meal from her in there

  12. Vegan or not, letting your baby starve is terrible. Babies can live completely fine on vegan diets or omnivorous diets, just as a baby can be malnourished on a vegan diet or a meat-filled one.

  13. You have to eat a ton of dark greens for protein. No child likes that diet.

  14. As a former vegan, this is alarming.

  15. If she was convicted twice , you just set her free …
    That's you guys fault

  16. Vegans hate humans even though we are animals

  17. Of course you can be charged for two separate charges for the same crime. Happens quite often.

  18. Evil. Just evil. Starvation is a slow, agonizing process. And she let an infant suffer and wither like that. I hope she enjoys all the vegan options they have in prison.

  19. Absolutely disgusting. This woman needs a mandatory hysterectomy.

  20. Just another dumb Florida woman

  21. And people get upset when I suggest mandatory sterilization…

  22. I have a sister that I disowned and she her son died nothing happened to her

  23. LOL, there are hundreds of cases like this where the parents were NOT vegan.
    But it's a national news only when it's vegan?
    I hate you evil media. All you ever do is create hate.

  24. Very misleading title. Actually a slander against vegans. The title should be "Heartless psychopath starves her children to death".
    Murderous psychopathic behaviour has Nothing to do with eating greenary!

  25. I guess this answered the age old question of what happens when a vegan has a baby.

  26. She did not deserve those children 🙁 Rest In Peace dear little one, I hope the others recover & can live a healthy life.

  27. That woman has no business being a mother. I wouldn’t trust her with a dog!

  28. The hardcore vegans are so despicable.

  29. Just look at her eyes and her stares.
    She looks absolutely lunatic.

  30. It's one thing to make choices for yourself to be vegan or vegetarian, but to force it on your children is criminal. It's obvious biology that we as humans are omnivores and require animal protein,breast milk especially in the early stages of development. And , those humans who are forced into a plant based diet are stunted, ie, indigenous peoples. And for those who regard the Bible as God's truth, it is Biblically sound to eat meat, and considered weak to eat only plants.

  31. Vegan diet is the worst diet for a child.. im sooo happy for these vegan "parents" gets to spend the rest of her life in prison, more vegan parents should get jail, let them rot there!!!

  32. Vegan doesn't mean breathairian. SMH! A baby requires milk no matter what your ideas are. They have to have either your human milk or cow's milk/goat etc. It has to be done otherwise this occurs. This was absolutely avoidable.

  33. 30 YEARS ISN'T ENOUGH!!! 🤬🤬

  34. Don't demonize vegans because one nut job is abusing her children ffs