Posted on 03/01/2010 4:18:47 PM PST by Justaham
A good night for Laura Cummings meant being allowed to sleep on the kitchen floor in her family’s North Collins home.
Usually in the weeks leading up to her death, she was forced to sleep shackled to a metal chair with a sack over her face.
Days were even more nightmarish for the 23-year-old mentally disabled woman, who was held captive and brutalized, allegedly by her own mother and half brother, according to an Erie County Grand Jury indictment returned Friday.
Cummings’ short life ended Jan. 21 with a long, tortuous death and a trail of missed chances to get her to safety.
A grand jury indicted Cummings’ mother, Eva M. Cummings, 51, and her half brother, Luke J. Wright, 31, on charges related to the homicide, but authorities continued to be confounded by the apparent lack of community concern for the defenseless woman’s welfare.
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There is a special place in hell for these people.
It seems like the worst of abuses always fall on the most precious of God’s angels...
...God now holds Laura in the palm of His hand, may she rest in peace.
she’s 51? The face of meth????
my eyes!
The entire story is just so sad. Hopefully the mom and half bro will get what they deserve.
“God now holds Laura in the palm of His hand, may she rest in peace.”
I think God is cradling her in His loving arms. She will now know peace and love and joy forever.
Amen...
Where is the national outcry? If this was a dog or cat, the national media would be over the moon...
Horrible what human beings do to each other.
Amen as well. May Laura rest in peace.
Unfortunately, it’s New York. Upstate, but still New York. So they will get a few years, then after a few months they’ll be out.
I don’t understand how in the world you walk into that house and not know something was wrong. Child care advocates should be horse whipped as well as everyone who walked into that house. How in the world can this happen when there were so many complaints?
Lord have mercy.
This gave me quite a fright before bed!
Are those actual pictures of her when she was younger?
Such a sad story.
Prayers for the soul of Laura. May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Yikes!
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