Galveston County Daily News, March 15, 2008 TEXAS CITY - The parents whose neglect killed their child, crippled by cerebral palsy, have agreed to guilty pleas that will send both to prison. The child suffered from cerebral palsy, brought on by complications during her birth. As part of a legal settlement between her parents and UTMB where she was born, the child was to receive free health care for life.