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Parents: Dying Girl, 7, Taunted by Neighbors in Trenton
Fox News ^ | October 8, 2010 | Fox News - Detroit

Posted on 10/08/2010 9:58:15 AM PDT by Arec Barrwin

Parents: Dying Girl, 7, Taunted by Neighbors in Trenton

Updated: Friday, 08 Oct 2010, 7:24 AM EDT Published : Thursday, 07 Oct 2010, 11:56 PM EDT

TRENTON, Mich. - Her family says 7-year-old Kathleen Edward is in the final stages of a degenerative brain disorder diagnosed as Huntington's Disease - the same disease which killed her mother, Laura, when she was only 24.

A neighbor who is feuding with the family admitted to posting grim depictions of Laura and Kathleen on Facebook, and also has a coffin hitched to a pick-up truck in front of the house - which the neighbor says is for a halloween decoration.

One photo depicts Laura in the arms of the grim reaper, while the other features Kathleen's face above a set of crossbones.

Police responded to the public feud Thursday, but no arrests were made.

A rally for Kathleen Edward has been planned for Saturday, Oct. 23 from 3 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Haas Park in Trenton.

The invitation reads: She has been tormented by sadistic neighbors. Please come and join us in showing Kathleen there are good people that care.

Click on the video player to watch the full story from FOX 2's Ron Savage.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: haaspark; huntingtonsdisease; kathleenedward; lauraedward; michigan; ronsavage; trenton
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To: Constitutions Grandchild

I have no idea what you do for a living, but whatever it is I certainly hope writing is either a vocation or an avocation. I felt as if I were in the room with you. Thanks for the tears—you are very talented.


101 posted on 10/08/2010 4:17:15 PM PDT by mupcat
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To: classified

As soon as this hit the news there was a FB page set up, both to torment the tormentor and a page set up for Kathleen’s family.

Over 2600 people have posted so far, very very nasty comments.


102 posted on 10/08/2010 5:01:35 PM PDT by panthermom
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To: panthermom

We need to bring back shunning and I don’t mean the liberal “Don’t talk to them” type of shunning. I mean drive them out of the neighbohood and deprive them of everything type of shunning.


103 posted on 10/08/2010 5:08:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Constitutions Grandchild

I wouldn’t use lead because it’s too fast. Fire gives them time to consider what they have done in their past life.


104 posted on 10/08/2010 5:43:06 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
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To: Springman; sergeantdave; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; ...

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.


105 posted on 10/08/2010 6:22:36 PM PDT by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: Lazamataz
You just had to take the dare, didn't you?

We all know you're a harmless little fuzzball, so nobody here will take you seriously. Or will they???

106 posted on 10/08/2010 6:26:51 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (My Rights are God given, not Obama approved...)
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To: new cruelty

Ah, so this woman invited her kids to this girl’s birthday party and when the girl’s parents didn’t answer her text msg demanding to be invited fast enough, she got all bent out of shape. She’s been in the wrong from the get go. She looks the type. She has an ugly face that only comes from having an ugly heart.


107 posted on 10/08/2010 6:50:32 PM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (You will try to nudge commies toward the truth, while they try to nudge you toward the cattle cars.)
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To: Arec Barrwin
FACEBOOK: Jennifer Lynn Petkov (Burnett) is Downriver Trash
108 posted on 10/08/2010 7:38:28 PM PDT by Azzurri
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To: Soothesayer
“What happened to the notion in society that young children are off limits? What happened?”

Leftists took control.

Yep. Their women view a baby in the womb as a parasite, and children as a burden to be tolerated at best and an obstacle to their 'self development' at worst.

For all their bullsh*t about "love and caring", they are cold and heartless creatures who only see value in children when they can be exploited or tormented.

They serve their master well, and will be 'rewarded' for that when the time comes.

If you get the chance, mentor one of their kids--keep politics out of it as much as possible. Do it for the kid, it's fun. The influence you have will take care of their politics later.

For those who don't like that idea, consider that the liberals have been requiring Conservatives to send their children to the Public Indoctrination camps for 9+ months a year for a long time.

109 posted on 10/08/2010 7:42:14 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: cripplecreek

I totally agree with you!


110 posted on 10/08/2010 7:50:33 PM PDT by panthermom
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To: chris_bdba

Sick as it is, what she is doing probably isn’t illegal, but I’d bet some conscientious cops could find a dozen things to cite them for (tho Trenton has the highest crime rate for a city its size in the US). Their neighbors could call the zoning dept if their grass was 1/2” too long. Just harass them right out of the neighborhood. But then another neighborhood would be stuck with them.


111 posted on 10/08/2010 7:59:32 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Smokin' Joe

I spent two years mentoring, tutoring, and assistant teaching in inner city elementary schools. They were so happy and adorable you would never guess they had a crack addict for a mother and her abusive boyfriend as a stepfather. It was probably because I treated them like human beings. It really doesn’t take much.


112 posted on 10/08/2010 8:05:55 PM PDT by Soothesayer (“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license...")
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To: Arec Barrwin

Some liberal a few years ago taught these people ‘self esteem’ - without connecting it to decent behavior. These folks are lowlifes - and I’ll bet their democrats.


113 posted on 10/08/2010 8:06:15 PM PDT by GOPJ (Liberal violence against Tea Party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFeUhSlHiUQ)
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To: Soothesayer

Yep. They remember you for it, and some will try to be more like you. That’s how some get saved from following in others’ footsteps.


114 posted on 10/08/2010 8:56:30 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: mmercier

This is an insult to the morality of cats.


115 posted on 10/08/2010 10:10:20 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Arec Barrwin

The wife seems to be strung out on something...

Video
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/the_edge/dying-girl-taunted-by-neighbors-in-trenton


116 posted on 10/08/2010 10:55:13 PM PDT by restornu
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To: Arec Barrwin

Obama supporter?


117 posted on 10/09/2010 2:19:51 AM PDT by exnavy (May the Lord grant our troops protection and endurance.)
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To: Arec Barrwin

This is not the Trenton that in 1789 erected a triumphal arch in honor of George Washington as he passed through to take his oath of office at Federal Hall in New York City. Couldn’t be the same Trenton, could it? It must be a different set of Trenton people then, for some must have lost their sense of decency in the “brave new world.”


118 posted on 10/09/2010 6:11:42 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Rush was right when he said America may survive Obama but not the Obama supporters.)
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To: AppyPappy

For years now, obits do not carry addresses of the deceased, for it was once common for thieves to prowl homes when funerals of loved ones were in progress. Some Americans are really depraved, but they do stand up for “their” “rights”.


119 posted on 10/09/2010 6:16:09 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Rush was right when he said America may survive Obama but not the Obama supporters.)
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To: EDINVA

Mea culpa. The Trenton with the nation’s highest crime rate for a city its size is in NJ. There’s apparently a Trenton in MI. Who knew?


120 posted on 10/09/2010 8:53:41 AM PDT by EDINVA
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