Posted on 01/11/2024 1:42:57 AM PST by Morgana
A depraved Ohio mother is accused of faking her child's cancer diagnosis and shaving her head so she could raise money and keep it for herself, police said.
Pamela Reed, 41, was charged Monday with theft by deception after she allegedly claimed her seven-year-old daughter, Addey Rae, had Acute Myeloid Leukemia along with other conditions.
The mother raised thousands and posted heartbreaking photos of her child's treatment online.
Suspicions arose last week when her child's elementary school nurse discovered that Addey was not blind in her right eye like Reed claimed. The nurse then tipped off detectives at the Noble County Sheriff's Office, which sparked an investigation.
'After obtaining information, Sheriff Mackie, along with Detectives and Children Services began an investigation into the allegation, they were able to confirm that the child did not have cancer,' the sheriff's office said.
Reed also said Addey suffered from frequent seizures and would need to have a 'port 'implanted in the future for her cancer treatments. A port is a implantable that allows patients to receive drugs instead of through needles.
Reed went on to shave her daughter's head, subjected her to constant blood test and caused her child to miss more than 280 hours of school, charging documents said.
It's unclear why medical staff did not catch the child's actual health status.
Reed who is from Pleasant City, Ohio, was taken to Noble County Jail where she originally tried to lie to investigators before she came clean and admitted 'she had exaggerated and fabricated medical conditions to receive monetary donations.'
The school nurse called Addey's primary doctor, who referred to the child as 'AR', and confirmed that she 'did not have cancer or leukemia, and she never had cancer or leukemia.'
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These Munchausen by proxy moms all seem to have a common weight. Maybe uncontrolled self-indulgence?
“It’s unclear why medical staff did not catch the child’s actual health status.”
Because school medical staff were concentrating on how to turn the girl into a boy.
You can always count on the DM to use nouns as verbs to comply with their “Incomprehensible Headlines Stylebook Rule.”
Maybe Depraved Scumbag Bitch..
Pathetic but so are the folks falling for it and sending money.
And no doctors red-flagged her? Oh wait, it’s Ohio
Another Gypsy Rose.
No, none of the media types who covered the mother’s story asked to speak to any of the doctors that could confirm the story. Do they teach that “confirm the story” stuff anymore in journalism school?
You are out of line! Way out of line.
do the free republic a just favor and put yourself in a 24 hour time out from FR.
or pull your bottom lip over the top of your head an swallow.
I have a friend whose mother faked diseases for her as a child including diabetes.
Reminds me of the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case where the daughter had her mother murdered to stop the abuse.
Out of line for what dipshxt?
There’s scammers everywhere and this bxtch mother is one of them. She should be in prison and the kid would be far better off without her.
Go Fund Me is full of scams and people throw money at it all the time without even thinking. May as well for the Nigerian email scams.
So whatever your problem is GFU.
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