Madeline Neumann, a young girl of just 11 years old has died from diabetic ketoacidosis after her parents choose to pray for her instead of getting her treated for her condition by doctors.

This story has had people reacting furiously around the world. How the parents of an innocent child could just callously stand by and allow this poor girl to go through over 30 days of nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness, until her body eventually just gave up and she died.

By Jon Donni

Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin described how Madeline Neumann had died Sunday 23rd of March 2008.

"She got sicker and sicker until she was dead,"

The diabetic ketoacidosis meant that her body had very little insulin, all she needed to live was simple injections, the kind that thousands of people around the world give themselves every day.

Dan Vergin goes on to tell us that the parents (Dale and Leilani Neumann), attributed the death to "apparently they didn't have enough faith,"

They also said "was it was better to keep praying. Call more people to help pray,"

These deluded parents really thought that God would help cure their young child.

It has also been revealed that Leilani Neumann also believes that her dead child would be resurrected.

The poor girl was only found when a concerned relative contacted the police and they went to investigate, Madeline was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Madeline leaves 3 siblings between the ages of 13 and 16, but what is perhaps more disturbing is that the Police cheif has said "They are still in the home, there is no reason to remove them. There is no abuse or signs of abuse that we can see."

So watching a child slowly die in excruciating pain for over 30 days isn't abuse? Am I the only person who thinks these parents should be locked up and the kids taken into care? What happens if one of the other kids gets ill, will they pray for them too until they die?

Madelines death is still under investigation, and any findings will be presented to the district attorney to review, and see if any charges can be brought against the parents Dale and Leilani Neumann, we can all only hope the D.A. sees sense.

The sad thing is that this is not even the first time we have heard as story like this, where a child has died due to the deluded beliefs of the parents, poor little
Gloria Thomas died after her parents treated her serious eczema condition with Homeopathy instead of conventional medicine.

How many needless deaths do we never get to hear about? How many are hushed up, or simply never make the news.
When will people learn that faith alone will not cure an ill child, placebo beliefs will not cure real life and death problems.

Both Madeline and Gloria should be alive today, but instead they are dead because of the neglect and stupidity of their parents.

So I ask you all, where is you God now? Where is your God when your child dies, or your mother, or your sister?

Replace your faith with cold hard facts, it may just save your own life or the lives of your children.