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Girl, 9, dies of severe head lice infestation as mum and gran charged with murder

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The mother and grandmother of a nine-year-old have been charged with murder after the young girl died from symptoms relating to a severe head lice infestation.

Paramedics found the youngster unresponsive and with a "large amount of bugs on her face" after being called to a home in Tucson, Arizona, court documents state.

They were unable to resuscitate her and later told investigators that "upon closer inspection it was discovered that there was an enormous amount of lice in her hair", the Mirror reports.

Sandra Kraykovich, 38, and Elizabeth Kraykovich, 64 were initially arrested for child abuse and later charged of with first-degree murder, Law and Crime reported.In an interview with the police, Sandra reportedly said that her daughter suffered from anaemia and had been ill since around March 15 with symptoms that included difficulty breathing, fever, headaches, sore throat and trouble keeping her balance.According to an autopsy, the young girl died of anaemia connected to an infection from lice infestation and that malnutrition contributed to her death.One of the victim’s older siblings is said to have told police that her mother had tried to treat the lice using mouthwash.Text messages recovered from the womens’ phones showed that they chose not to seek medical treatment for the child’s symptoms.Sandra sent messages to her boyfriend on March 14 and March 15 stating that she knew she needed to get her daughter to the hospital.A week later, on March 21, she wrote, “OMG babe.

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