CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Opening arguments began Tuesday in the case of Cheyenne Maddox following the 2022 death of her son, 13-year-old Kadaris Maddox.

The prosecution stated Kadaris weighed 47 pounds the last time he visited the doctor. According to an autopsy, his weight was down to 35 pounds by the time he died.

“He died of malnutrition and he died of starvation... It was almost if his skin was wrapped around his bones,” Assistant District Attorney Mary O'Connor said.

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Davidson County and Metro Nashville Chief Medical Examiner Feng Li, who conducted Kadaris' autopsy, testified that the boy's organs were shrinking from a lack of nutrition, while his body sent nutrients to protect his brain and his heart.

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