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Child Dying of Huntington's Disease While Family Taunted by Neighbors

The family of a 7-year-old Trenton, Mich. girl who is battling a terminal illness has had to take on a very different battle: taunts about the child's condition from their neighbors. Kathleen Edward is in the late stages of Huntington's disease, a genetic degenerative brain disorder, according to media reports. Her mother, Laura Edward, died of Huntington's last year. Because of what the Edward family said was a longstanding feud with their neighbors, Jennifer and Scott Petkov, Jennifer...Full Story
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