IOWA CITY, Iowa — In a case that underscores the complexities of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, an Iowa mother has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for deliberately injecting her two-year-old son with insulin, causing him to fall severely ill.
This sentencing brings closure to a troubling series of events that began in early 2023.
The distressing saga unfolded in March 2023 when Alexandra Marie Frost, now 27, brought her son to the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital, reports WKRC. The child was treated for a series of unexplained medical issues, including dangerously low blood sugar levels. Medical staff initially responded with glucose administration, but the child’s condition continued to fluctuate inexplicably…