NEHEMIAH CHAVIS - 5 months - West Pal Beach FL

A West Palm Beach mother has been convicted of starving her 5-month-old baby.Twenty-three-year-old
Ivana Linic will be sentenced Wednesday after being convicted earlier
this week of child neglect causing great bodily harm. She faces up to
15 years in prison.Linic insisted she fed Nehemiah Chavis five
to six times a day, but authorities found him severely emaciated and
dehydrated. The autopsy found he gained only two pounds in 5 months,
weighing 6 1/2 pounds when he died in 2007.


The
child's father told police Linic was angry about having the baby and
asked him to take custody. He declined because of his own drug
problems.