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Mother in custody after teen daughter with autism found dead and ‘mummified’ in their home

  • Crystal Gail Canales was arrested after her daughter, Delilah Villegas, was found dead in their home.
  • Delilah Villegas, 19, was discovered malnourished on February 14 after Canales called 911.
  • Canales faces charges of injury to a disabled person due to alleged reckless conduct in failing to seek medical care for her daughter.
  • Police reported that Canales treated her daughter's wounds with Neosporin, fearing that seeking medical attention would provoke violence.
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Autistic Teen's 'Mummified' Remains Found in Fetal Position After Mother Called 911 to Report Daughter's 'Trouble Breathing': Police

A Texas mother is under arrest after police discovered the emaciated, decaying body of her 19-year-old daughter in their Balch Springs home on Valentine's Day.

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Donald Trump Was Right About Autism

This article originally appeared on Brownstone Institute and was republished with permission. Guest post by Sinead Murphy Something’s wrong.’ So said Donald Trump, about the rising prevalence of autism in children. It was in an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker, on the 17th of December.  It is not an implausible statement. Conservative estimates are that there has been a 1,000-fold increase in diagnoses of autism in children since the turn of …

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Severely autistic teen found dead in ‘mummified’ state as mom is charged

Delilah Villegas, a nonverbal Texas teen with severe autism, was found dead at home in an emaciated “mummified” state with bedsores that exposed "decaying limbs'' — prompting cops to arrest her mom, Crystal Canales.

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The IndependentThe Independent

Mother in custody after teen with autism found dead and ‘mummified’ in their home

‘She looked like she was in a mummified, in a mummy state of…on the floor’ said a traumatized police officer

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Mom Charged After Police Discovered 'Mummified' 19-Year-Old Autistic Daughter on Floor

A 911 call on Valentine's Day just after 2:30 p.m. led to a shocking and heartbreaking discovery for police in Dallas, Texas. They were dispatched for a distraught mother who reported that her 19-year-old daughter needed CPR as she was having trouble breathing, according to KDFW. When police arrived, though, they decided not to administer CPR due to the "position" and "condition" in which they found the teen, Delilah Villegas. Before they'd even…

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Mother arrested after daughter, 19, with autism found ‘mummified’ on bedroom floor

The victim's mother is charged with injury to a disabled person, a second-degree felony.

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KDFW broke the news in on Friday, February 21, 2025.
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