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#BREAKING: Two TODDLERS have STARVED TO DE*TH in South Carolina, the MOTHER has been arrested for "not giving them food or water"...
She was allegedly suffering from "postpartum depression" and was discussing Lindsay Clancy.
The FATHER was ARRESTED for "harassment" for attempting to SEE his daughters.
Yes, you read that right.
Their mother, 31-year-old Justine Marie May, is charged with two counts of homicide by child abuse.
According to the affidavit, she told detectives she'd been in a "blur" for two weeks and couldn't remember the last time she gave her daughters food or water.
Emory was 2 and a half. Harlow was the baby.
May was a preschool teacher.
Teacher of the Month, 2019 with a room full of 2-year-olds.
Then, this summer, her family says "something broke in her"
Her family says she was "normal for over 30 years." In late July she left the girls' father.
By mid-August she'd cut off her mother.
By August 23rd, the dad.
He never saw his daughters again.
The grandmother banged on the door.
May's response: "Showing up banging at my door is not okay."
She complained police had been to the house "way too many times." She said police were "on my side."
On September 4th, the grandmother sent a long email, according to the family.
She named a "countdown on the wall in crayon." She wrote that she was afraid this "could lead to you harming the girls and/or yourself."
She begged to take the children.
May's answer: "Don't question my motherhood again."
September 11th, police came out again.
May texted her mom: "Good try with the police."
Then blocked her.
That SAME DAY, the girls' father was arrested. Second-degree harassment.
May asked for a no-contact order and a judge GAVE her one.
The man trying to see his kids got HANDCUFFS.
The woman with a countdown on the wall got a court order PROTECTING her.
September 13th, the grandmother on the dad's side posted publicly: "I'm begging you to get help, before you harm your babies."
May's own brother: "We need to get Justine help... I beg of you!!!"
September 14th, a welfare check.
Police told the dad the kids were okay.
Fifteen days later they were de*d.
...AND IT GETS WORSE.
The family says DSS had an open case for about a MONTH.
The family says they were warned they could be ARRESTED FOR HARASSMENT if they kept requesting welfare checks.
The electricity was shut off.
A bank notice was on the door.
The trash was overflowing.
The sheriff's own affidavit admits deputies had been to that house on prior welfare checks. They knew exactly who lived there. They knew two toddlers were inside.
Monday, the grandmother emailed the chief of police. One more plea.
Tuesday, 1:13 p.m., officers pulled up to Pinewood Drive.
1:30 p.m., the chief emailed her back.
By then deputies were already inside.
Sadly, Emory and Harlow were "beyond the point at which lifesaving measures could be performed."
They are no longer living.
The affidavit says investigators allege May's failure to provide "adequate food and fluids" contributed to both de*ths, and May herself told them she believed they passed away because they hadn't eaten.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!!!!!