Toddler Dies After Allegedly Going 43 Hours Without Food, Mother Charged and Blamed Neglect on Having a Migraine

Alyssa N. Wehmeyer, 21, of Cape Girardeau in Missouri, has been charged with one count of abuse or neglect of a child resulting in death, authorities

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