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Originally Posted by DenverChief

Faith-Healing Couple Sentenced

Dennis and Lorie Nixon were sentenced in early June to 2-1/2 to 5 years each in prison for the death of their daughter, Shannon, 16, who succumbed to treatable complications from diabetes in June 1996 when her parents followed their church's faith-healing doctrine rather than summoning medical help.
The Nixons were convicted of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment in April for the death of their second child due to faith-healing practices. The Nixons previously pleaded no contest and were given probation for the 1991 death of their son, Clayton, 8, who died of an untreated ear infection.

Mrs. Nixon, 44, was due to give birth to her eleventh child in July. Blair County Judge Norman Callan has ordered social workers to visit the Nixons' home monthly to protect the remaining children.

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