A 19-year-old father has been charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter following the tragic death of his 1-year-old son in Ohio.
18.08.2022 - 22:47 / perezhilton.com
The dreaded day has arrived for Richard Engel and his family.
The NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent took to Twitter Thursday to share the heartbreaking news that his son, Henry Thomas Engel, whom he shares with wife Mary Forrest, has passed. He explained in his post:
See the full post (below):
Just 6 years old… Unimaginable.
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It was the end of a five-year battle little Henry has been fighting with Rett Syndrome, a rare illness made even rarer by the fact he, as a boy, had it. The International Rett Syndrome Foundation describes the syndrome as:
According to the National Health Service, Rett Syndrome affects roughly one in every 12,000 girls born each year, and is seen even less frequently among boys. The affliction has no known cure as of now. So sad.
Richard followed up his post with an additional one, explaining:
See that full post (below):
The journalist shared an update on his son’s condition back in May of this year, tweeting that he had “taken a turn for the worse,” adding:
The update was accompanied by a sweet video of Henry’s little brother giving him kisses. See the full tweet (below):
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Richard had previously opened up to People in 2019 explaining that the six-year-old was “lacking a conductor gene” and a medical team at Texas Children’s Hospital was “trying to build a treatment that could help immensely.” A year later, he revealed to Today how the lockdowns that came with COVID-19 impacted his little boy, writing:
He continued at the time:
The author added that his son, who was four at the time, “doesn’t walk or talk. He can’t feed himself
A 19-year-old father has been charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter following the tragic death of his 1-year-old son in Ohio.
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