Mugshot/blog Kelly Gant AKA Kelly Renee Turner (l) and Olivia Gant. Kelly Gant, who is also known as Kelly Renee Turner, is accused of murdering her 7-year-old daughter, who made national headlines when she was granted a Make-A-Wish to battle Batman and even became a police officer and firefighter for a day in Colorado. Gant is accused of faking that Olivia Gant was terminally ill. Gant had a blog and a GoFundMe account, all designed to generate public sympathy for her daughter’s supposed ailments. The blog was called “Prayers for Olivia Gant,” and it contained lines like this one: “MRI of the brain at the neuro office showed that Olivia had a vascular malformation of the brain. Further testing determined that it is inoperable.” Olivia died in 2017 at the age of 7, supposedly of intestinal failure after battling a host of illnesses. But authorities now say the child didn’t have them. Gant was booked by the Sheriff’s Department in Douglas County, Colorado under the name Kelly Renee Turner. She’s 41 years old, according to jail records. According to 9News, when Turner/Gant was questioned, she brought up “Munchausen syndrome by proxy,” and denied she had it. That’s a psychological disorder “marked by attention-seeking behavior by a caregiver through those who are in their care,” WebMD reports. In some cases, the caregiver, often a parent, makes up symptoms or actually causes the child’s illness. Olivia’s obituary read: “Sunday, August 20, we lost our little ‘princess’ Olivia, after a long battle to a rare disease at the age of 7. ” Here’s what you need to know:1. The Sheriff’s Department Arrested Gant at a Hotel After a Year-Long Investigation ObituaryOlivia Gant According to 9News, the indictment alleges that Gant “withdrew medical care and nourishment in the girl’s final weeks,” but does not specify Olivia’s cause of death. At one point, Gant even convinced a doctor to sign a “do not resuscitate” order for Olivia, the television station reported. The television station reported that Olivia’s body was exhumed in 2018 and a forensic pathologist “found no evidence” of the supposed cause of death – intestinal failure – or other conditions Olivia supposedly had suffered from. Authorities grew wise to the situation only after Grant claimed Olivia’s sister had suffered from cancer, but a new doctor became suspicious about the claim. A series of other doctors had not believed Olivia was really that sick during her lifetime, but it still took the sister’s supposed illness to make authorities question the death, according to 9News. The Douglas County Sheriff announced that, “following a year-long investigation by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, an 18th Judicial District grand jury returned a 13-count indictment against Kelly Renee Turner (a/k/a Kelly Renee Gant), date of birth 06/24/1978, for charges related to the August 2017 death of her then 7-year-old daughter, Olivia Gant.” The release added: “Olivia’s death was the subject of Denver area
Mugshot/blog Kelly Gant AKA Kelly Renee Turner (l) and Olivia Gant. Kelly Gant, who is also known as Kelly Renee Turner, is accused of murdering her 7-year-old daughter, who made national headlines when she was granted a Make-A-Wish to battle Batman and even became a police officer and firefighter for a day in Colorado. Gant is accused of faking that Olivia Gant was terminally ill. Gant had a blog and a GoFundMe account, all designed to generate public sympathy for her daughter’s supposed ailments. The blog was called “Prayers for Olivia Gant,” and it contained lines like this one: “MRI of the brain at the neuro office showed that Olivia had a vascular malformation of the brain. Further testing determined that it is inoperable.” Olivia died in 2017 at the age of 7, supposedly of intestinal failure after battling a host of illnesses. But authorities now say the child didn’t have them. Gant was booked by the Sheriff’s Department in Douglas County, Colorado under the name Kelly Renee Turner. She’s 41 years old, according to jail records. According to 9News, when Turner/Gant was questioned, she brought up “Munchausen syndrome by proxy,” and denied she had it. That’s a psychological disorder “marked by attention-seeking behavior by a caregiver through those who are in their care,” WebMD reports. In some cases, the caregiver, often a parent, makes up symptoms or actually causes the child’s illness. Olivia’s obituary read: “Sunday, August 20, we lost our little ‘princess’ Olivia, after a long battle to a rare disease at the age of 7. ” Here’s what you need to know:1. The Sheriff’s Department Arrested Gant at a Hotel After a Year-Long Investigation ObituaryOlivia Gant According to 9News, the indictment alleges that Gant “withdrew medical care and nourishment in the girl’s final weeks,” but does not specify Olivia’s cause of death. At one point, Gant even convinced a doctor to sign a “do not resuscitate” order for Olivia, the television station reported. The television station reported that Olivia’s body was exhumed in 2018 and a forensic pathologist “found no evidence” of the supposed cause of death – intestinal failure – or other conditions Olivia supposedly had suffered from. Authorities grew wise to the situation only after Grant claimed Olivia’s sister had suffered from cancer, but a new doctor became suspicious about the claim. A series of other doctors had not believed Olivia was really that sick during her lifetime, but it still took the sister’s supposed illness to make authorities question the death, according to 9News. The Douglas County Sheriff announced that, “following a year-long investigation by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, an 18th Judicial District grand jury returned a 13-count indictment against Kelly Renee Turner (a/k/a Kelly Renee Gant), date of birth 06/24/1978, for charges related to the August 2017 death of her then 7-year-old daughter, Olivia Gant.” The release added: “Olivia’s death was the subject of Denver area
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