After Her Two-Year-Old Was Murdered, This Mom Is Fighting to End Child Abuse

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Yahoo Parenting

May 10, 2015

Warning: some parts of this story are very disturbing and may be triggering to abuse survivors.

Lauren Furneaux is like a lot of moms, sharing baby bump updates on her Instagram account as she looks forward to meeting her son this summer.

But this isn’t Furneaux’s first baby — and she’s not like any other mother.

Five years ago, a few days before Thanksgiving, Lauren answered a phone call directing her to get to the hospital right away, as there had been an accident with her daughter, Lily.

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