Indiana mother charged after 4-year-old girl nearly died from lice
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Shyanne Singh (Credit: Scott County Sheriff's Office)
SCOTTSBURG, Ind. - An Indiana woman faces child neglect charges after investigators said her 4-year-old daughter nearly died from a lice infestation so severe doctors had to give her multiple blood transfusions.
Shyanne Singh, 26, of Scottsburg, was arrested Tuesday on three felony counts of neglect of a dependent. She remained in custody Friday at the Scott County Jail.
Scottsburg police were contacted April 20 after Singh's daughter was brought to a hospital. Doctors declared her a "near fatality" because lice had fed off of her for so long, according to a probable cause affidavit.