The best charge to apply in these circumstances is involuntary manslaughter. Toby let thechild die under his watch, although he was obligated to ensure that the same is avoided. He held the burden of care for the child, and he let it pass through criminal negligence. It was notintentional, but he made his pride go before his leading to the unfortunate end of the child's life.The cause of the child's death was not as a result of the father's premeditated malice. It was aresult of negligence with elements of criminality. The father failed to get the child medicalattention at the state clinic with this act indirectly, resulting in the death of the child after beingexposed to a severe form of malnutrition. This omission on the part of the father is generally notsufficient to find that the father had malice aforethought to cause the death of the child