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Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Police & Fire
PA Mom's Lies Force Infant's Unnecessary Surgery: Police
An infant underwent an "extensive in-patient hospitalization period lasting over 20 days as well as a gastrostomy tube being surgically placed into the child’s stomach" due to false claims by their mom, police announced on Friday, July 7, 2023. Briana Byers, 25, of Lancaster, "had been inventing symptoms and exaggerating normal behavior which led to significant over-hospitalization and medical treatment of her child," City police stated in the release. The police first learned of this possible Munchausen syndrome by proxy case by a Childline report in May 2023. An investigation was launche…