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Sept. 25, 2019

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PA Woman Had Child Feign Symptoms So Severe They Required Surgery: Police PA Woman Had Child Feign Symptoms So Severe They Required Surgery: Police
PA Woman Had Child Feign Symptoms So Severe They Required Surgery: Police A central Pennsylvania caregiver has been accused of making a child so ill they required surgery in a possible case of Munchausen's by Proxy, according to a release by police. Christine Marie Maxwell, 48, of the 900 block of Maplewood Lane, Enola, allegedly "fabricated symptoms and illnesses (in a child) which required the juvenile to undergo many medical procedures and tests that were unnecessary," as stated in a release by East Pennsboro Township police on Tuesday. Police opened an investigation into Maxwell following an alert of "a caregiver being suspected of child abuse due to Munchaus…

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by Jillian Pikora