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Updated: 2:33 PM Mar 13, 2008
Possible Charges for Boyfriend of Woman Found Stuck to Toilet
Sheriff asks that charges of mistreatment of a dependent adult be filed against man whose girlfriend spent two years on toilet.
Posted: 8:34 AM Mar 12, 2008 |
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NESS CITY, Kan. (AP) _ The sheriff is recommending charges be filed in the case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for so long that her body was stuck to the seat.
Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said Thursday he asked the county attorney to file charges against Kory McFarren for mistreatment of a dependent adult. The county attorney will decide whether charges are brought.
"The unfortunate thing is this truly is a case of two people, in my opinion, with dimished mental capacity,'' Whipple said.
McFarren did not answer his door Thursday. But he later called The Associated Press and said he was done giving media interviews. He said he did nothing wrong.
"The only thing I am guilty of is I didn't get her help sooner,'' he said.
Sheriff Whipple said the boyfriend called his office late last month to report that something was wrong with his girlfriend. The sheriff said the woman had become physically stuck to the toilet seat. He says her muscles had atrophied and that medical personnel had to remove her from the toilet because she was bound to it by "natural means" - her body fat had grown attached to the seat.
Whipple said the woman at first refused ambulance service and "didn't want to leave.'' He says she's refusing to cooperate with medical personnel at the hospital and with investigators.
He said the boyfriend had brought the woman food and water during the two years and told investigators he asked her daily to come out of the bathroom, but she would not. He didn't say if the boyfriend explained why it took two years before he decided to call authorities.
Whipple said his office will present its report to the county attorney, who may charge the boyfriend with mistreatment of a dependent adult.
A neighbor tells the AP that he had known the woman since she was a child but said he had not seen her for at least six years. He said she had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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what a freak she shouldnt have stayed on the fricin tolit
Charges? Ridiculous. Not his responsibility. She should be glad he didn't take a vacation.
The family of Pamela Babcock would like the public to understand that until now they have only heard this story from the man who allowed Pamela to sit in a bathroom for two years. Pamela’s family loves her so very, very much. Like most people we feel that there is a lot more to this story than Mr. McFarren is telling. Our family has tried for many years to contact Pam through letters, telephone calls and physically going to the McFarren’s residence to visit her, just to have him not allow us to see or talk to her. He even eventually got her to start telling us that she didn’t want to see or talk to us. We’ve not been allowed any contact Pamela for approximately 15 years now, during that time we’ve been very concerned about her safety and welfare and we’re still very, very concerned. If she is sent back into McFarren’s home again, we don’t know what will happen to her the next time…. Pamela’s family prays that she is never allowed to go back into Kory McFarren’s home for her safety.
