(La Porte County, IN) - A La Porte County woman could face prison time on allegations that she placed the life of her daughter at major risk by not giving her proper medical care.

 

Jennifer Olsen, 40, has been charged in La Porte Circuit Court with two Level 3 felony counts of Child Neglect.

 

Police became involved last month when her special needs teenage daughter was found unconscious from a lack of insulin to control her Type 1 diabetes. According to investigators, the girl needed help to receive insulin shots, and it wasn’t the first time she wound up in a hospital due to her mother not assisting her with administering the shots.

 

Olsen is also facing a third Child Neglect charge for allegedly keeping her out of school for an extended period. Olsen, a man, and the former's daughter moved from a home in Wanatah into an RV in the New Buffalo area for several months last year. The girl was ultimately abandoned without food or running water in the vehicle when Olsen and the man moved back to Wanatah for the winter, authorities report.

 

On two of the counts, Olsen could face anywhere from three to sixteen years on each.