A mother faces seven felony charges after she put fecal matter multiple times into her son’s IV lines while he
was undergoing cancer treatment.
Tiffany Alberts, 41, from Wolcott, Indiana, faces seven felony charges, six counts of aggravated battery and one count of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury.
Alberts did knowingly or intentionally inflict injury multiple times on her 15-year-old son which created a high risk of death.
The 15-year-old was being treated for cancer at the hospital and medical staff said the boy had several infections that delayed treatment and all the infections were unexplained in origin.
Video surveillance was then placed in the child’s room. According to court documents, medical staff saw Alberts inject an unknown substance into the IV bag with a syringe multiple times.
Medical staff told police in September, the boy received his first round of chemotherapy for his leukemia and went home. But he then returned a few days later, and he was sick with fever, vomiting and diarrhea. They continued to say he has had high fevers and vomiting since that day with significant bouts of diarrhea.
Doctors also confirmed to authorities the child has positive blood cultures with organisms that are normally found in stool, and experts say there is no medical reason to explain the ongoing blood infection.
Alberts was brought in for questioning, documents state. At first she said it was only water she injected in order to “flush the line” because the “medicine that was given to him burned.” Alberts later confessed, however, she did inject her son’s IV with fecal matter. She claims she only did it to get her son moved to another unit at Riley, where she said treatment was better.
Documents state Alberts later admitted to injecting fecal matter several times since Nov. 13, and told authorities where some of the evidence was stored. Investigators also found diarrheal medication and weight loss pills in Alberts’ personal items.
Tiffany Alberts, 41, from Wolcott, Indiana, faces seven felony charges, six counts of aggravated battery and one count of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury.
Alberts did knowingly or intentionally inflict injury multiple times on her 15-year-old son which created a high risk of death.
The 15-year-old was being treated for cancer at the hospital and medical staff said the boy had several infections that delayed treatment and all the infections were unexplained in origin.
Video surveillance was then placed in the child’s room. According to court documents, medical staff saw Alberts inject an unknown substance into the IV bag with a syringe multiple times.
Medical staff told police in September, the boy received his first round of chemotherapy for his leukemia and went home. But he then returned a few days later, and he was sick with fever, vomiting and diarrhea. They continued to say he has had high fevers and vomiting since that day with significant bouts of diarrhea.
Doctors also confirmed to authorities the child has positive blood cultures with organisms that are normally found in stool, and experts say there is no medical reason to explain the ongoing blood infection.
Alberts was brought in for questioning, documents state. At first she said it was only water she injected in order to “flush the line” because the “medicine that was given to him burned.” Alberts later confessed, however, she did inject her son’s IV with fecal matter. She claims she only did it to get her son moved to another unit at Riley, where she said treatment was better.
Documents state Alberts later admitted to injecting fecal matter several times since Nov. 13, and told authorities where some of the evidence was stored. Investigators also found diarrheal medication and weight loss pills in Alberts’ personal items.
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