 Two adoptive parents charged with killing their five-year-old son set up a fundraiser to help them afford lawyers. Prison officer Jacob Maloberti, 33, and his wife Lauren, 34, are accused of beating Landon, 5, to death. Police charged the couple, from Greensburg in Pennsylvania, after they brought the schoolboy to hospital on January 30, claiming he had been 'wobbly from Covid' – but he had three bleeds on the brain. Just two days later Lauren set up a GoFundMe page asking for money to help them with legal fees. She wrote: 'Tragedy struck our family when our precious baby boy went unresponsive. I rushed him to the ER and they intubated him and he's been unresponsive ever since. The outcome is not looking good. 'As we were in the hospital CPS took away our parental rights pending the investigation. 'I'm devastated. We are devastated. We both need good attorneys. My kids are my world. Any little bit helps us as we navigate life right now with our new uncertainty. Police charged the couple, from Greensburg in Pennsylvania, after they brought the schoolboy to hospital in January (Picture: Facebook) Landon died on February 7 from blunt force trauma to his head and neck (Picture: Facebook) Just two days later Lauren set up a GoFundMe page asking for money (Picture: Facebook) 'Help us fight I can't live without our kids. I'm already losing my boy.' She later posted an update, which said the parents had to prepare for the 'most unimaginable outcome' and her heart was 'breaking in a million pieces'. Landon died on February 7 from blunt force trauma to his head and neck. The mum later asked for more money to cover funeral costs, and the page had raised $5,350 before it was taken down. Nicole W Ziccarelli, Westmoreland district attorney, told a press conference that Landon had lived a 'very tough' life. She said: 'Landon had blunt force trauma to hi){kind=link}
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Two adoptive parents charged with killing their five-year-old son set up a fundraiser to help them afford lawyers.
Prison officer Jacob Maloberti, 33, and his wife Lauren, 34, are accused of beating Landon, 5, to death.
Police charged the couple, from Greensburg in Pennsylvania, after they brought the schoolboy to hospital on January 30, claiming he had been ‘wobbly from Covid’ – but he had three bleeds on the brain.
Just two days later Lauren set up a GoFundMe page asking for money to help them with legal fees.