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Did 2-Year-Old Boy Have to Die?

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.
Melissa Lyttle
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The Florida Channel
Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

When Biannela Susana first gave birth, she was a child herself; by the time she was 25 she had four children. Now she has none, and is in Duval County jail awaiting sentencing for manslaughter in the death of her 2-year-old son -- even though she wasn’t the one who killed him. The Tampa Bay Times reports the story of an unfolding tragedy. 

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