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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/20/woman....m.ap/index.html

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can't read the damned page, the window keeps flipping to a page that says

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anyone else have this issue, I even tried to navigate right from the cnn page

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Charges filed against boyfriend of woman stuck on toilet

* Story Highlights
* Boyfriend of woman stuck on toilet for two years charged with mistreatment
* Pam Babcock sat on toilet for so long sores began to develop, police say
* Infection in her legs could leave her in wheelchair

NESS CITY, Kansas (AP) -- 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 to her body, has been charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult.

Kory McFarren, 37, 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, Kansas, 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.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.

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While I'm inclined to agree there was negligence on part of the responsible adult, I'm baffled by the burden the prosecutors face, the only witness will be the woman, who obviously is not In a position to testify *position pardon the pun

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wow, thats, funny, but its not.

Makes you wonder why she stayed there though, like when you sit somewhere for long you get unfomfortable and at leave move a bit. Had she done that it would not of happened that way. When skin is pressed long against a surface it dies so thats basically what happened.

and this would mean she probably had her pants down the whole time. That's messed. like ok, do your duty but then at least put the lid down and just sit there or something lol. Guess the seat was more comfortable.

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