Mother Held in Child's Death: ; Woman Allegedly Failed to Take Girl with Cystic Fibrosis to Appointments, Did Not Fill Prescriptions

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A Putnam County woman accused of refusing to provide medical care for her chronically ill 3-year-old daughter has been charged with neglect resulting in the child's Dec. 29 death.

Tracy Lynn Schaible Wright, 28, of Hurricane was arrested Thursday at her Seville Circle apartment.

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Mother Held in Child's Death: ; Woman Allegedly Failed to Take Girl with Cystic Fibrosis to Appointments, Did Not Fill Prescriptions

Her daughter, Ashley Faith Wright, had cystic fibrosis, an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system, causing the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that can clog the lungs and lead to infection, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

A criminal complaint indicates that while the woman often failed to fill life-saving prescriptions for her ill daughter, or to give her the medi...

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