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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;">Prosecutors seek death penalty for Florida mom whose son, 1, died after he suffered &#8216;severe burns&#8217; from a scalding-hot bath</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Christina Hurt was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse on Friday</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Her son, Ethan Cooley, one, died in January after suffering severe burns from a scalding-hot bath</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Hurt, 35, from Homestead, claimed her 10-year-old daughter attempted to bathe Ethan and her four-year-old son accidentally made the bathwater hot </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">She&#8217;s had a long history of child abuse and was well acquainted with Florida&#8217;s Department of Children and Families.</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">In 2014 she sent her daughter to daycare with a bow tied to cover a skull fracture, she caused when she pushed the tot off the bed for wetting the sheets</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Hurt had her older five children taken away by child welfare services at least three time</span><span style="color: #000000;">s </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Initially charged with aggravated child abuse and manslaughter, the charges were upgraded to second to first-degree murder before prosecutors took the case to the grand jury on Wednesday</span></h6>
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<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-294773" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Christina-Hurt-2.jpg" alt="Christina Hurt 2" width="682" height="537" />Cops arrested mother-of-six Christina Hurt, after her one-year-old son Ethan Cooley who died from the bath burns from a scalding hot bath in January</strong></h6>
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<div class="container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5">Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Christina Hurt of Homestead, Florida, in the death of her son, one-year-old Ethan Cooley who died from a scalding hot bath in January</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Prosecutors have accused the 35-year-old Florida woman of killing her toddler son in a burning-hot bath.<br />
Christina Hurt, of Homestead, appeared in court on Friday to plead not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the January death of her son, Ethan Cooley, one.<br />
Hurt is accused of refusing to take Ethan to hospital after he was burned from a scalding-hot bath.<br />
According to an arrest report, Hurt did not seek medical attention and instead chose to call friend asking &#8216;about remedies on treating burn injuries,&#8217; reported the <a class="class" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article213114584.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Miami Herald</a>.</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone wp-image-294783" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ethan-Cooley-4.jpg" alt="Ethan Cooley 4.JPG" width="681" height="516" /><strong>One-year-old Ethan Cooley died from severe burns after his mother refused to seek medical attention, because she didn&#8217;t want to lose custody of her kids, again</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Hurt claimed that her 10-year-old daughter was responsible for putting Ethan in the bath which caused his skin to peel.<br />
Friends allegedly urged Hurt to call 911, but she refused out of fear Ethan would be taken by child welfare services.<br />
Police say Ethan spent the night throwing up and was &#8216;lethargic&#8217; as Hurt drove her other kids to school, bypassing Homestead Hospital on the way.<br />
She then took Hurt to a friend&#8217;s home the next day for help, according to police, but he became &#8216;became unresponsive;&#8217; after he was placed on a mattress in the front yard, reported WPLG.<br />
A neighbor who was outside and saw his condition called 911.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone wp-image-294784" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ethan-Cooley-1-1.jpg" alt="Ethan Cooley 1.JPG" width="673" height="443" /><strong>Ethan [photo], died when Hurt failed to take the critically hurt child to the hospital.</strong></h6>
<p class="imageCaption">Hurt claimed that her 10-year-old daughter was responsible for putting Ethan in the bath which caused his skin to peel..<br />
Hurt allegedly told police that her daughter was attempting to bathe Ethan when her four-year-old son made the water extremely hot, causing Ethan to suffer burns from his mid-torso to his toes. Friends allegedly urged Hurt to call 911, but she refused out of fear Ethan would be taken by child welfare services..</p>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-294781" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Christina-Hurt-4.jpg" alt="Christina Hurt 4.jpg" width="1140" height="641" /><strong>Hurt on Friday [photo], to plead not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of her toddler</strong></h6>
<p>Medical experts concluded that Ethan&#8217;s injuries &#8216;were not consistent&#8217; with the story his mother told police.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A search warrant was issued so experts could take &#8216;additional measurements and tests&#8217; on the bathtub and water heater in the home.<br />
Hurt was at first charged with aggravated child abuse and manslaughter but the charges were upgraded when prosecutors took the case to a grand jury on Wednesday.<br />
The latter charge was upgraded to second-degree murder before prosecutors took the case to the grand jury on Wednesday.<br />
Hurt had a long history of child abuse and was well acquainted with Florida&#8217;s Department of Children and Families.<br />
In January 2014, Hurt dropped her daughter off at daycare with a bleeding gash on her head covered with a bow. Tests later revealed she had a cracked skull. The little girl claimed her mother pushed her off the bed after she wet the sheets.<br />
Hurt had a long history of child abuse and was well acquainted with Florida&#8217;s Department of Children and Families.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone wp-image-294779" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Christina-Hurts-home-3.jpg" alt="Christina Hurt's home 3.JPG" width="658" height="353" /><strong>Hurt lived in this run down home with her six children before she lost custody of the five older kids. She&#8217;s had a long history of child abuse, documented by the Florida Dept of Children and Families.</strong></h6>
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<p class="imageCaption">The <a class="class" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article198459909.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Miami Herald </a>reported that child welfare officers first removed Hurt&#8217;s eldest five children after their paternal grandfather claimed that kids were hurting themselves while being left alone and unsupervised.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The children were placed in the home of their father, Tabris Coley, but they were moved to a group home after prosecutors said Coley &#8216;secretly conspired&#8217; with Hurt so she could &#8216;continue to come visit and care for the children&#8217;.<br />
In July 2014, she dropped her then three-year-old daughter off at daycare with a bleeding gash on her head that she covered with a bow.<br />
The little girl claimed her mother pushed her off the bed after she wet the sheets and daycare workers called police.<br />
It was later revealed that the girl had suffered a cracked skull. Police charged Hurt with criminal child neglect for failing to seek medical attention for the child.<br />
In June 2015, her children were again taken from her after reports came in of more abuse. The children were returned to her in 2017, but under the supervision of DCF.<br />
Authorities in the past said that Hurt “was criminally negligent by failing to get medical care” for her kids and she was ultimately was placed on probation.<br />
There have also been “multiple suspicious injuries” to the children over the years that Hurt explained as being caused by “the family dog,” prosecutors said.</p>
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Prosecutors seek death penalty for Florida mom whose 1-year-old son, died after he suffered ‘severe burns’ from a scalding-hot bath – Christina Hurt has a long history of child neglect
