Justine May: Mother charged over deaths of her young children seen on police bodycam during welfare check
Key points
- Newly released bodycam footage shows police carrying out welfare checks on Justine May weeks before she was arrested and charged over the deaths of her two young daughters. The Charleston County Sheriff's Office released footage of checks on August 30 and September 12 at the South Carolina home.
- The girls, aged 15 months and 2, were found dead on September 29. The coroner's office ruled the cause of death was starvation and dehydration due to neglect.
- Police allege May could not remember how long she had gone without feeding the girls.
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