12-Year-Old Girl Died of Complications from Diabetes. Why Are Her Parents Charged?

Mar. 15, 2025

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Alice Bredhold, 12, wasfound deadon Thursday, July 4, in her Evansville, Ind., home, Evansville police said, per 14 News,WIBCand theEvansvilleCourier & Press.

A coroner ruled that Alice died from complications related to her diabetes, per the outlets. The coroner said Alice’s liver was more than twice the size of an adult woman’s and her blood sugar was found to be between four to eight times theaverage for a person her age, per theCourier & Press.

Dad Brent (left); and Ashley Bredhold.Vanderburgh County Jail

Vanderburgh County Jail

A school nurse allegedly claimed her high blood-sugar level was “a chronic issue” per theCourier & Press.

On one occasion, the nurse reported Alice had a blood-sugar level that was “life threatening,” according to police and the nurse’s complaint that was included in court filings, theCourier & Pressand WEVV reported.

Alice allegedly came to school with a high blood-sugar level 34 times since January, per investigators, theCourier & Pressreported.

In her interviews, Ashley allegedly said she sent her son to wake up Alice on the afternoon of July 4 when hefound her unconscious on the floor, WEVV reported, citing a police report.

The mother allegedly told investigators that she did not check on her daughter until two hours later. After noting an “extremely high” blood-sugar level, she gave her medicine but waited two more hours before calling 911, per the police report.

After noting an “extremely high” blood-sugar level, she gave her medicine but did not call 911 until two more hours later, per the police report."

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Police allege in the report that when they responded to the scene, the home was infested with bugs and had trash bags strewn all around, per 14 News, WEVV and theCourier & Press. Police said they removed two other children from the home.

Ashley and Brent were booked into jail on Wednesday after the month-long investigation and each was charged with a count of neglect of a dependent resulting in a death, according to Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office online records.

They’re each being held on $100,000 bond, records show. It wasn’t immediately clear if they have entered pleas. Attorney information was not available in the online charging records.

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source: people.com