Parents Enter Plea In Daughter’s Severe Malnutrition

GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) – A Harpster couple charged with endangering their daughter’s life have entered Alford pleas to felony injury to a child. Duane and Debra Wadsworth were charged after their daughter was brought to the hospital on Dec. 21 suffering from severe dehydration and malnutrition. Court records say her body was covered with bedsores and her toes and a finger were gangrenous. Under an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit guilt, but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to gain a conviction at trial. District Judge Jeff Brudie scheduled sentencing for Oct. 4 and told the Wadsworths they would be sentenced as if they had been found guilty by a jury. Idaho County Deputy Prosecutor Adam Green said Thursday he did not have any current information on the girl’s current health.