A 7-year-old boy in Flint Township, Michigan died after weighing 255 lbs, and his parents were charged with second-degree murder. The child died from heart failure in November, and prosecutors determined the severe obesity and resulting health complications constituted criminal negligence. The case highlights failure to provide adequate nutrition and healthcare to a dependent child, though child welfare negligence prosecutions as second-degree murder remain relatively uncommon — most similar cases are charged as involuntary manslaughter or child abuse.