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CRANDON, Wis. (WSAW) -- The Forest/Oneida County medical examiner has determined the death of a 6-year-old child that died March 7 was caused by complications from diabetes.

Larry Mathein wrote Amber Perry's death is a homicide due to diabetic ketoacidosis, as he stated Perry did not receive proper management for her condition.

According to the report, family was aware Perry had insulin dependent diabetes.

"The severity of the dehydration discovered at autopsy would indicate a long term, chronic, lack of proper management of this decedent's medical condition," Mathein wrote in the report.

"I do not believe "accident" is appropriate due to the obvious chronic presentation of the physical condition of Amber's body", it reads.

Doctor Larry Gordon, a pediatrician who treats almost 200 people with diabetes explains what signs Amber Perry's family should have seen as she had diabetic ketoacidosis. "It messes with your respiration, it messes with your ability to get good blood flow to your body, as you get dehydrated your body automatically reacts," Gordon said. "Your body will just start slowly shutting down, your circulation, to try and conserve that flow and it's really going to take a toll on your body."

Another common part of diabetic ketoacidosis is a build-up of carbon dioxide. Doctors look for heavy breathing, since that's usually a sign of the body trying to get rid of carbon dioxide. This is also when patients can slip into a coma.

Crandon police responded to the report of an unresponsive child around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7 to the Grant Apartments located at 400 Grant St. in Crandon. Initially, investigators called Perry's death suspicious.

Gordon also says it's important to remember that every diabetes patient is different, which means we can't know exactly what Amber experienced before she died.

The report did not blame any one person for Perry's death, but stated several persons were responsible for her day-to-day care.

In a separate unrelated case, a Wausau couple was convicted of reckless homicide in separate trials after their daughter, 11-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann, died of untreated diabetes March 2008. Dale and Leilani Neumann's were each sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years of probation. Prosecutors said the Neumanns chose to pray for their daughter, instead of seeking medial treatment.

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