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Woman arrested for child neglect
Woman arrested for child neglect
A 34-year-old Key Largo woman was arrested Saturday on child neglec
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I live across the street from the place where the man OD’ed and died. I reported that they lived in those deplorable conditions in the RV more than a year ago. No one did anything. Also, two ladies brought them bags of free food every week; did they report? Did they do anything? Patricia Murphy is the owner of the house where the RV that housed the family was parked. Mr. & Mrs. Murphy live in the house on the property and must have known what was going on. Did she not report anything? Mrs. Murphy and her husband are caretakers for special needs children. Should they be allowed to continue making an income from the state in light of their negligence? I feel that she and her husband should be held culpable for the conditions In which these poor children lived. Additionally, I watched the teenage daughter, the oldest of the four neglected children, go in and out of Mrs. Murphy’s house every day, at will. I spoke with the Sheriff’s office after the father/husband died, and they said nothing was done because all of the reports (many reports from other neighbors) were made to Code Compliance, not the Sheriff’s Department. Couldn’t they share information in a case such as this one? This was extremely disturbing and unnecessary.
Debora Parks
626.824.9969
That email commentary was in reference to a death by overdose that occurred in Key Largo on August 22, 2020.