Boyfriend Charged in Stuck-to-Toilet Case
AP
Posted: 2008-03-20 10:51:38
NESS CITY, Kan. (May 19) - A man whose girlfriend authorities say spent nearly two years in a bathroom in their house, sitting on the toilet so long that the seat adhered her body, has been charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult.
Kory McFarren, 36, was charged Monday in Ness County District Court.
McFarren called the Ness County Sheriff's Office in late February to say something was wrong with his girlfriend. When authorities arrived at the home, they found Pam Babcock, 35, stuck to the toilet, which they think she had sat on for about a month.
McFarren told authorities that Babcock feared leaving the bathroom and may not have left it in two years, although said he was unsure how long she was in there. He said that he took her food and water daily, and that he repeatedly asked her to come out but that she usually replied "maybe tomorrow."
"The only thing I am guilty of is I didn't get her help sooner," McFarren told The Associated Press nearly a week ago.
Ness County Attorney Craig Crosswhite said the mistreatment charge most closely fit the situation.
"I looked at the statutes and spoke to the attorney general's office," he said. "This was a very unusual set of circumstances, and this is the law that most closely applied to the situation."
Authorities said Babcock sat on the toilet so long that open sores developed and caused her to become attached to the seat. Sheriff Bryan Whipple has said that he used a pry bar to remove the seat from the toilet, and that the woman was taken to the hospital with the seat still attached.
"She would have to be sleeping on the toilet," Whipple said.
Doctors at a Wichita hospital where Babcock was taken told McFarren that an infection in her legs had damaged her nerves and could leave her in a wheelchair. She was still at the hospital Wednesday night.
McFarren's first court appearance will be in April, Crosswhite said.
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Boyfriend Charged in Stuck-to-Toilet Case
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Re: Boyfriend Charged in Stuck-to-Toilet Case
IF I'M IN THERE 30 MINUTES READING THE BASS PRO CATALOG, OR BASSMASTERS, MY FAMILY COMES TO ASK ME IF I'M OKAY. THIS GUY REALLY MISSED THE CLUES.
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The boyfriend definetly was clueless. He should have called after 1-2 days, not years.
I know at our house, if you are in there very long someone is
banging on the door asking if everything is okay, or telling you to hurry up.
Who in the world would want to eat in the restroom anyway?
That's disgusting!
I know at our house, if you are in there very long someone is
banging on the door asking if everything is okay, or telling you to hurry up.
Who in the world would want to eat in the restroom anyway?
That's disgusting!
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