Man gets two years in child endangering

Harrison Twp. father William Nath on Thursday was sentenced to two years incarceration after pleading guilty to two counts of endangering children after his 13-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy was found to weigh 57 pounds.

The girls mother, Susanne Casavant, 48, was sentenced earlier this month to community control sanctions for five years, court costs, a fine and treatment after pleading guilty to two counts of child endangering.

Nath, 38, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to the same counts. Officials have said the girl is in the care of Children Services and is reportedly doing well.

A Montgomery County Sheriffs Office report from Aug. 15, 2012 shows that a deputy made contact with a Dayton Childrens Hospital social worker, who said a 13-year-old girl who had cerebral palsy and had difficulty speaking was brought in with suspicious bruising and malnutrition.

A Children Services case worker reported that a Meadowdale High School employee said that when the girl got to school she was very hungry and asked for another breakfast after eating her first serving then another after that. The report said school officials were concerned since the girl had lost several pounds since the year before.

Judge Steven Dankof told Nath that he could get judicial release after spending six months at Daytons Correctional Reception Center. Im sorry, your honor, Nath told Dankof during sentencing.

The case evokes comparison to that of Makayla Norman,who had cerebral palsy and died weighing just 28 pounds on March 1, 2011. Five people, including Normans mother and nurse, were convicted of crimes related to Normans death.

The deputys report said Naths daughter was weak, skinny, had no muscle tone and had bruises on the top portion of both hands and a recently healed cut above her right eyebrow. Nath told authorities he adopted the girl five years before and that he monitored her eating because she eats too much too fast and he was concerned with her choking.

Nath also was reported as saying he didnt know how she got the bruises and said that she falls down a lot. Nath said the girl got the cut above her eye when she fell down the steps of the basement. Nath said he used a butterfly bandage to close the wound instead of getting stitches.

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Man gets two years in child endangering