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Medical examiner: Ore. girl appeared malnourished (AP)

June 30, 2009 by Syndication  
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Opening statements in the trial of Carl and Raylene Worthington are heard on Monday, June 29, 2009 in Clackamas County Circuit Court in Oregon City, Ore. The Worthingtons, members of the Followers of Christ church, are charged with manslaughter in death of their 15-month-old daughter, Ava, who died March 2, 2008, of pneumonia that the state medical examiner ruled could have been easily cured with antibiotics. (AP Photo/Randy L Rasmussen, Pool)AP - A 15-month-old girl whose parents' church shuns doctors in favor of faith healing appeared to be malnourished after her death from pneumonia, a deputy medical examiner testified Tuesday in the manslaughter trial of her parents.


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