Jury Convicts Mother in Hygiene-Related Suicide
A woman was convicted of contributing to the suicide of her 12-year-old son, who hanged himself after being picked on for months at school over his bad breath and body odor.
Judith Scruggs, 52, was found guilty of risk of injury to a minor for creating a filthy home that prosecutors said prevented J. Daniel Scruggs from improving his hygiene. She faces up to 10 years in prison.
The six-member jury in Meriden cleared Scruggs of a cruelty charge and of failing to provide her son with proper medical and psychological care.
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