DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio appeals court says charges wereimproperly dismissed for two nurses in
the malnutrition death of aDayton teenager who had cerebral palsy and weighed just 28 pounds.The2nd District
Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a juvenile courtwrongly dismissed misdemeanor charges of failure to
report child abuseor neglect.Mary Kilby, of Miamisburg, and Kathryn Williams, ofEnglewood, had been
convicted in adult court for failing to provide for afunctionally impaired person. A judge ruled the
juvenile counts weresimilar to those charges, but the appeals court disagreed and sent thejuvenile cases
back to juvenile court.The defendants’ attorneys didn’t immediately return calls Friday.Authoritiessay the
former nurses were supposed to conduct health assessments for14-year-old Makayla Norman, who died March 1,
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