A toddler survived for almost a week without food or water after her grandmother died while caring for her, it was reported. Brier Rose Ineichen, aged 15 months, was found severely dehydrated in her cot after police went to check on her welfare.
The child's mum, Tracy Ineichen - who is in prison - had not heard from her mother, Annette Ineichen, since November 7.
The 28-year-old asked her boyfriend, Anthony Waldo, to check on the pair after being unable to reach her mum on the phone. Waldo
went to the house, in Maryville, Tennessee, around 1.30pm on Saturday
and found the porch door locked but an inside door open.
Through the window, he saw the baby in her cot with her arms outstretched, crying, according to a police report. Waldo
called police then Tracy Ineichen, who has been held at Blount County
jail since September 5, who told him to break into the house.
The little girl was very weak, smelled of urine and had swollen lips,
Police arrived and forced their way into the bathroom where they found 58-year-old Annette Ineichen dead.
Brier Rose was taken to hospital where she was treated for dehydration and malnutrition.
Annette
Ineichen's cause of death is not yet know, but it is believed to have
been connected to a medical condition, the Daily Times reported.
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