A Kansas Woman Stuck-to-toilet for Two Years, Boyfriend Charged with Mistreatment

Stuck-to-toilet woman's boyfriend charged

www.chinaview.cn 2008-03-21 16:12:02

BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhuanet) --

The man whose girlfriend authorities say was stuck to the toilet after two years in a bathroom in their house has been charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult.

Kory McFarren, 37, was charged Monday in Ness County District Court, Kansas.

McFarren called the Ness County Sheriff's Office in late February to say something was wrong with his girlfriend. When deputies showed up 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 he 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.

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.

(Agencies)

Editor: Gareth Dodd

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