A Long Island woman was arrested for harassing a child with special needs for a year on social media and through the mail.
Police say Sewell, of Meville, New York, repeatedly threatened a toddler, Anna, who was born in 2017 with harlequin ichthyosis, a genetic disorder that creates hard, thick skin separated by deep cracks that can cause breathing difficulties, among other issues.
Between December 2018 and November 2019, Sewell sent “numerous threatening messages to Facebook, Instagram and GoFundMe pages that had been set up by the victim’s family,” police said. She also sent threatening messages through the U.S. mail to the family's home in the Hudson Valley. "Over the past year I have fought a battle I never thought I would fight and I felt fear no mother should feel," Riley said of Sewell's harassment campaign.
Sewell’s motives are unknown, and it is not clear if she has legal representation. She is scheduled to appear in court on November 12. "I hope we can all learn from this and understand the importance of teaching our kids kindness and acceptance of visible differences," Riley said.
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