Two parents charged with child neglect after starving child

SUMMERSVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Two parents are charged after allegedly starving a child.

According to detectives, on December 7, 2021, Dylan Scott Wagoner took his infant daughter to the doctor after crying uncontrollably.  A doctor saw the child, and she advised that the child was “starving.” She advised that she instructed the mother, Danielle Hughes, to take the child to the ER.  The doctor suggested that the child is over four months old, and it was born weighing six pounds, and the child has only gained two pounds since its birth.  The doctor advised that its diagnosis be the failure to thrive.  The child was placed in the State’s custody.

Dylan Wagoner and Danielle Hughes are both charged with child neglect.