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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.

By Audrey Dutton, ProPublica · October 1, 2026

Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days until she stopped breathing in her parents’ arms, in a small gray farmhouse in rural Idaho. It was August 2009, and she was 3 years old. The following summer, Emma Joyce’s little sister got sick. Ava Joan wouldn’t eat or drink anything but a few grapes and some Sprite in a…

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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.

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