This is horrible. This poor 9-year old girl was punished and died for eating a candy bar.
Savannah Hardin, the 9-year-old girl who died Monday at Children's of Alabama, was forced to run for three straight hours after lying to her grandmother about eating a candy bar, a spokeswoman for the Etowah County sheriff's Office said.
It was that punishment that led to extreme dehydration and ultimately Savannah's death, authorities said.
Joyce Hardin Garrard, 46, and Jessica Mae Hardin, 27, were both charged with murder in connection to the death. Joyce Garrard is the child's grandmother and Jessica Hardin is her step-mother.
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