Dale Neumann found guilty - A Wisconsin man who prayed for his daughter instead of getting her medical help was convicted Saturday of second-degree reckless homicide.
Dale R. Neumann, 47, was found guilty by a Marathon County jury in the death of Madeline Kara Neumann, 11, who died Easter Sunday 2008 of untreated diabetes, WKOW-TV, Wausau, reported. The Marathon County jury, sitting in Wausau, deliberated more than 15 hours during two days before returning the verdict.
Neumann's wife, Leilani Neumann, 41, was convicted May 22. Each faces up to 25 years in prison.
Prosecutors said the parents did not take their daughter to a doctor when she became ill, even when her breathing became labored and she could not talk, eat or drink.
In testimony at the trial, doctors said Kara, as the girl was known, died from complications of undiagnosed diabetes and could have been saved if she had been given fluids and insulin, the Wausau Daily Herald reported.
Defense attorney Jay Kronenwetter had argued that Dale Neumann did what he believed was best for his daughter, praying for her "because he believed that was what would save his daughter."

Neumann's wife, Leilani Neumann, 41, was convicted May 22. Each faces up to 25 years in prison.
Prosecutors said the parents did not take their daughter to a doctor when she became ill, even when her breathing became labored and she could not talk, eat or drink.
In testimony at the trial, doctors said Kara, as the girl was known, died from complications of undiagnosed diabetes and could have been saved if she had been given fluids and insulin, the Wausau Daily Herald reported.
Defense attorney Jay Kronenwetter had argued that Dale Neumann did what he believed was best for his daughter, praying for her "because he believed that was what would save his daughter."
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