Mother allegedly basked in social media attention as she poisoned son
WHITE PLAINS, NY (AP) — Experts say the case of a mother accused of poisoning her 5-year-old son to death with salt appears to be an example of how social media feeds into Munchausen by proxy, a disorder in which caretakers purposely harm children and then bask in the attention and sympathy.
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