Fort Worth Mom 'let her toddler die because she was too depressed about her husband's deployment'

This is a very sad story just when you read about the children but when you read what else was going on, how this Mom tried to commit suicide and asked for help, there are a lot of people tied into all of this.

'I just got tired of always changing the sheets': Military mom, 21, 'let her toddler die because she was too depressed about her husband's deployment'
Tiffany Klapheke, 21, charged with three felony counts of injury to a child after her 22-month-old daughter died
Autopsy found daughter lacked basic care and was dehydrated and covered in chemical burns
At time of death, child weighed only 17.5 pounds
Klapheke admitted that she should have taken better care of her daughter
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
1 September 2012

Felonies: The young mother is charged with three felony counts of injury to a child in connection with her 22-month-old daughter's death and the severe neglect of her two other daughters

She also said she tried committing suicide three weeks ago but a friend stopped her.
'I'm so just stressed out and depressed, and I just need help taking care of them, and I don't have any help,' she told the station.

A Texas woman who claims her military husband's deployment overseas left her too stressed to care for their three young children, one of whom died, remained jailed Friday in connection with their alleged neglect.

Tiffany Nicole Klapheke is charged with three felony counts of injury to a child in connection with her 22-month-old daughter's death and the severe neglect of her two other daughters, ages six months and three years, Abilene police said.

Her toddler suffered from dehydration and malnutrition from a lack of basic care over a period of time, according to the preliminary autopsy report from the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office in Fort Worth.

Klapheke, 21, remained in the Taylor County Jail in Abilene with bonds totalling $500,000. She does not yet have an attorney, according to jail records.

The report also shows that the toddler weighed only 17.5 pounds and her body had chemical burns, indicating the child was exposed to human waste.

The toddler died at an Abilene hospital after being found unresponsive at her Dyess Air Force Base home Tuesday.

The woman's two other daughters were treated for severe neglect at a children's hospital in Fort Worth, about 150 miles east of Abilene. They were to be taken out of intensive care soon, Abilene police said.
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