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Dan Sullivan
June 25th 03, 09:33 AM
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> http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/2287397/detail.html
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> Woman Caring For Child In Feces, Dead Animals, Given Probation
>
> Registered Nurse Allowed To Keep Custody Of Mentally Handicapped Girl
> POSTED: 9:32 a.m. MDT June 23, 2003
> DENVER -- A woman who was caring for a 14-year-old mentally handicapped
> girl in a house filled with dog and cat feces, dead animals and junk piled
> to the ceiling has been sentenced to two years of probation. Mary
Flanagan,
> 50, a registered nurse, will keep custody of the girl. But a judge last
> week ordered Flanagan to undergo counseling, agree to home inspections and
> not have pets.

Can she take up taxidermy?

> She pleaded guilty in May to misdemeanor charges of child
> abuse and animal cruelty.

How can you be cruel to a dead animal?

> She also received a one-year deferred judgment on
> the child abuse charge. It will be dropped from her record if she obeys
the
> terms of probation. Firefighters donned air tanks because of the stench
> when they entered Flanagan's home Jan. 26. A process server had noticed
the
> mess and contacted authorities. Inspectors found the girl, whose name has
> not been released, watching TV in a living area near nine dead dogs and a
> cat. The girl was taken from the home, hospitalized for observation and
> placed in foster care. She was returned to Flanagan shortly after the
house
> was cleaned. Denver County Judge Doris Burd said the filthy living
> conditions were an aberration.

What insight!

> "You had suffered some depression, you were
> leading somewhat of an isolated life and the challenges you face with the
> child may have led to the depression and other issues you are facing," she
> told Flanagan. Prosecutor Diane Balkin said the girl was not expected to
> walk or talk or communicate but has improved under Flanagan's care.

Improved?

In what way?

God help the child!

How could she possibly let anyone know what's going on if the "abberations"
start again?????

> The
> girl has been disabled since birth and Flanagan had been her legal
guardian
> for 10 years. Defense attorney James Zobel said Flanagan spends three or
> four hours a day working with the girl, who does not speak.

The judge, the prosecutor and the defense attny should all be ashamed of
themselves.

Get this child OUT of there!!!!

> Previous Stories:
> June 5, 2003: Sentencing For Woman Who Lived With Dead Animals Postponed
> February 3, 2003: Woman With Dead Animals Charged
> January 27, 2003: Girl Found Living Among Dead Animals
>
> Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press.