In the years since 7-year-old Olivia Gant died after a “long battle” with a “rare disease,” the narrative around her death has become increasingly murky — and recently took a disturbing twist
Kelly Renee Turner. Photo: Uncredited/AP/Shutterstock In early 2017, the story of Olivia Gant, a terminally ill 7-year-old girl with a bucket list of activities she hoped to accomplish, went viral. To help her with these goals, the Denver Police Department named her an honorary chief for a day; she spent another day pretending to be a firefighter. The Make-A-Wish Foundation threw a party where Gant dressed up as a “Bat Princess” and “rescued” Disney princesses.
Before her untimely death, Olivia Gant garnered media attention for her long bucket list. More than two years ago, Gant made headlines for her illness — what her mother claimed at the time was neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy, a condition that attacks the body’s organs — as well as her bucket list, which both local and national news outlets extensively covered.
“The death of a loved one at any age is tough,” reads the update. “I know I will have bad days, I know I will struggle but I know who holds my sweet bat princes [sic] and that ‘No More Owies Princess Olivia’ is EXACTLY what she asked for, what I prayed for and what God answered.” There’s been speculation that this could be a case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental illness in which a caregiver makes up false illness symptoms about a child or dependent in an attempt to gain attention — a form of abuse that Turner’s alleged treatment of Gant resembles. However, Turner claims that she does not suffer from the disorder, though it’s worth noting that she spontaneously brought it up during an interview with a detective in 2018.
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