Baby 'covered in faeces' found alongside body of mum after 'drug overdose'
dailyrecord.co.ukA baby covered in faeces was found alongside the body of her mum who'd died from a drug overdose, according to court documents.
Lyric Laboy was just 15-months-old when she was discovered under a bed in a family centre. Lying next to Lyric was her mum, Shelbi Westlake, 26, who'd died five days earlier, the Mirror reports.
The grim discovery was made at the East River Family Center in Manhattan, New York in July 2021. Traumatised Lyric was also severely dehydrated and rushed to hospital.Six months later, the tot 'horrific' nappy rash still hasn't healed properly, according to the New York Post.Lyric's father, Quarran Laboy is taking the state's Department of Homeless Services to court.The 31-year-old is suing the department for $5 million in damages following the ordeal.He said: “I don’t know how long she will suffer with this.
She has a lot of separation anxiety."The little girl lost seven pounds through the harrowing ordeal and has been left severely traumatised.Laboy's lawyer, Seth Harris, says Lyric has been "slapping her dad while he's sleeping to make sure he's alive".The homelessness department has denied the youngster was left alone for five days, but did not provide details on how long she was left.They told the New York Post the incident is under investigation and has already sparked changes in the way they work.The shelter now conducts same-night wellness checks for residents who fail to sign the evening register, they say.Shelbi - who was separated from dad Quraan - had moved into an apartment-like unit at the homeless shelter around three or four months before her death, according to documents filed at Manhattan's Supreme Court.It wasn't until a resident in a neighbouring unit smelled a "foul odour" coming
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