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In today’s news there was a surreal, stunning and horrifying story regarding a 9 year old girl with diabetes who died due to neglect.

This little girl was dependent on her mother for care and control of her diabetes. These areas would include medication, diet and anything else that this young girl needed to keep her diabetes in check.

Unfortunately, Chastity Butler died because of “complications from diabetes.” She died in her mother’s bed lying next to a bag of candy and a artially eaten cupcake.

Child protective services and the Dallas Police Department were familiar with the case. They had been investigating the situation because they had learned that not only was the mother not helping the child control her diabetes, but the child’s sister was administering her insulin shots.

Chastity’s mother, 27 year old Georgia Lee Jones, was arrested on February 2nd, on the grounds that she neglected her daughter and because of that neglect, the mother contributed to Chastity’s death.

“Chasity’s diabetes was not monitored properly causing her to be constantly sick and in bed rather than leading a normal life like other children her age,” police documents say.

Jones’ husband and the father of their 5 children defended her Tuesday. They were young parents, 30-year-old Marqus Butler said, struggling to do their best.

He said that he felt they had been through enough in a statement on Tuesday afternoon. “She’s in jail right now. She lost her daughter. CPS just came in and took my children away. It’s like, when does it stop?”

Chasity’s four younger sisters, ages 2 to 8, have been placed with Butler’s mother, who with her husband was given permanent custody in December.

The Dallas County medical examiner ruled the death natural, due to diabetic complications.

Since more details are not available, there is no condemnation here, however there are many questions. The biggest question is “How could this happen in this day and age when so many people – both children and adults – have a tremendous amount of information. In fact, if anyone talked to Chastity’s mother and simply told her what Chastity could eat and could not eat, that alone could have saved her life.

For parents who have a child with diabetes, it is essential that you get the information that you need so that your child will live a long and healthier life.