The detective who investigated the death of a one-year-old Georgia boy found in a home where he had apparently been left to eat roaches and ants has revealed new information about the investigation.
The grim story was related to a court during a bond hearing for the child’s mother, Sherry Magby, 37, of Douglas County, who has been charged with five counts of child cruelty. Magby allegedly left her six children, including one-year-old Jacob Slanton, alone at their insect-infested home for up to 12 hours per day.
Investigators said that she left the children in the care of her eldest child — a 10-year-old — while she was out…