In re K.P.
Defendant and appellant R.C. (Mother) is the mother of five children. Her two youngest--K.P., born in March 2009, and Da.P., born in May 2010, are the subjects of this appeal. The juvenile court terminated parental rights to the children on February 16, 2011, and placed them for adoption. (Welf. & Inst. Code., § 366.26.)[1] Mother appeals.
At the time of the February 16, 2011 hearing, Mother was in custody awaiting trial on charges she murdered her second oldest child, Ke.B., who died in July 2008 at the age of five while in Mother's care. Ke.B. had severe cerebral palsy and intermittent asthma. He had always been underweight, had difficulty taking nutrition and fluids, and was hospitalized several times for dehydration and pneumonia. His autopsy report concluded he died of â€
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