Evidence of Physical Abuse Haunts Michael Schiavo

Christian Wire Service ^ | Feb 10, 2005 | Gary McCullough

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Evidence of Physical Abuse Haunts Michael Schiavo

Fractures in wife’s ribs, pelvis, spine and ankle point to prolonged violent abuse

To: National Desk

Contact: Gary McCullough for the Schindler Family, 202-546-0054

CLEARWATER, Fl., Feb.10 /Christian Wire Service/ -- On May 6, 1990, two months after the mysterious incident that left Terri Schindler Schiavo severely mentally disabled, Dr. Hamilton, an Orthopedic Surgeon, examined her. A year later Terri was demonstrating painful reactions to physical therapy treatment, so on March 5, 1991, the Mediplex therapist director ordered a bone scan.

This bone scan revealed a healed broken right femur bone and healed bone fractures in Terri Schindler Schiavo’s ribs, pelvis, spine and ankle.

Dr. W. Campbell Walker concluded that Terri has a history of trauma and presumed that the other multiple areas of abnormal activity also relate to previous trauma.

As Terri’s lone guardian, Michael Schiavo has been able to conceal the bone scan and examinations from her parents, brother, and sister for over ten years. To date, Michael Schiavo has not allowed the family to see the results of the May 6 examination, the emergency room records from the day of the incident, nor any of the accompanying x-rays.

Michael Schiavo's inability to be forthright over the bone scan brings into question his lone description of Terri's activity at the time of the incident. His choice to have his wife terminated rather than rehabilitated may not be in pursuit of her interests, but to continue to conceal the level of physical violence he displayed toward Terri.

The bone scan evaluation is available online at www.earnedmedia.org/bonescan.htm

[Ohioan from Florida]

if you believe the husband and/or his lawyer, they claim there is no more money left, it was all spent on her care, which actually after 10 years in care wouldn't be surprising

First off, the lawyer says that there is approximately $60,000 left in her trust fund. Now admittedly that might not go very far, however, when you realize that these trust accounts are not just sitting there not being invested all that time, you're making a poor assumption. One of the guardian ad-litems that was appointed (and subsequently removed for his report) noted that there was roughly $750,000 still in the account in 1998. That's what the account started with. How to explain? It was accruing interest by being invested wisely. Once it hit 1998 and lawyers started hitting into it, the amount in there rapidly decreased. I think that this is another reason why an independent GAL or other counsel for Terri should be appointed.

[freepertoo]

All of this evidence...so obvious. What is keeping the Feds from investigating. WHAT!!??? WHY?????

[Ohioan from Florida]

I'm pretty sure that the Attorney General already has this information and still hasn't filed for an investigation into the matter. To me what's weird is that you'd think they'd love to do one, but it's like this case has leprosy or something.

[snarkytart]

I think I heard it from the husband on some talk show. He was saying that Terry's family were making up lies about him etc.

I do not follow this case that closely so I have no idea where the truth lies.

[snarkytart]

Thanks.

I am going through old threads here to try and catch up.

[Concerned]

RACERF150 WROTE: "This explains everything! He is trying to "destroy" evidence with a 159th trimester abortion!"

Yeah, you're right! I hadn't thought of that. He's just trying to have a 159th trimester abortion of his wife. (Assuming your math is correct)

In the words of the RATS, "Let's just 'Move on!'"

/sarcasm

Isn't it just INCREDIBLE how two-timing-father-of-two-bastard-children-possible-BOTCHED-ATTEMPTED-MURDERER-not-legally-qualified-guradian-husband Michael has been able to get away with so much for so long?

[1066AD]

Don't know about Peggy, last I saw was "no change" a few years ago.
Good summary: http://www.handwriting.org/archives/99may_03.html

[BykrBayb]

Politics? Duty-to-die is a touchy subject. We've taken most bigotry out of the public square. Some people have a need to practice bigotry. There used to be a wide range of targets that were socially acceptable. We've narrowed it down to Christians and the disabled. There are limits to what you can do to Christians. You can deprive them of their right to practice their religion, but you can't kill them. Disabled people can still be killed out of bigotry, and that's socially acceptable. When lynching was at it's height, society frowned on murdering the disabled. There will always be a small group of people who need to oppress and murder with impunity. Right now, their target is the disabled.

[Concerned]

OHIOAN FROM FLORIDA WROTE TO 1066AD: "So you're familiar with the Walker Railey case, too? Similarities between the two cases, aren't there. I wonder how Peggy is faring these days. Of course, he divorced her so she's got a bonus over Terri."

I remember the case and have mentioned the similarities on FR several times before. Here are some links to the story:

http://www.handwriting.org/archives/99may_03.html
http://www.wfn.org/1997/03/msg00025.html
http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/042197/railey.htm

[freepertoo]

I feel sorry for Michael's two kids, I really do.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Thanks for the link. That will help others become familiar with the story. What I notice in particular, is that when the person is able to be revived, the initial investigation gets sloppy because the person didn't die. So many valuable clues like body position and all sorts of things get a quick lookover instead of a thorough exam.

In Michael and Terri's case, the police asked him if they had been having any fights or marital difficulties lately, to which Michael responded no. In fact, Michael's own brother admits in newspaper reports that Michael and Terri did have a HUGE argument that very day which corroborates what Terri's coworker, Jackie Rhodes, said in court testimony.

[pc93]

Bump.

[windchime]

Thanks, Ohioan from Florida!

[Ohioan from Florida]

Goodnight Terri bump with a prayer!

[cyn]

Hi, ampr -- you might be interested in some of the info on this thread. It's been posted to FR before, but you may not have seen it.

Terri has been misrepresented in the press AND in court as being comatose and unresponsive. . . why? Why such carelessness in reporting her true condition, ie that she is indeed responsive to her environment, and therefore is not in PVS?

In fact, her medical records in '90/'91 prior to the malpractice suits (when she was receiving appropriate therapy, which has since been discontinued) note that Terri DID respond, including saying "Stop" and making faces in response to therapy.

There are links to this and other "raw" info at http://www.terrisfight.org

Terri and her mom

FLe, hi -- would you please post your helpful info and links? Thanks -- hope you are well.

[Future Useless Eater]

Connect the Dots ... for Terri

• "When Bucky the Labrador collapsed, she[Terri] performed mouth-to-nose resuscitation on him. He died in her arms."
• She (Terri) once ran into the house crying because she had run over a rabbit. No one could console her. Her father went outside, came back, and said she was mistaken, there was no dead rabbit in the road. When she finally calmed down and left the room, her dad said, "Man, she nailed it."
• "She [Terri] went down my throat about this joke [about Karen Ann Quinlan], that it was inappropriate," [her best friend, Diane] Meyer said. She remembers Terri wondering [the summer before meeting Michael] how the doctors and lawyers possibly could know what Quinlan was feeling or what she would want. "Where there's life," Meyer recalls Schiavo saying, "there's hope."
• In an affidavit... [Michael's girlfriend for six months in 1992, Cyndi] Shook quoted Michael Schiavo as saying: "How the hell do I know what to do with her. We never talked about this when we were married. We were young and this was never talked about."
• In late 1992, a jury agrees that Terri should live about 41 additional years, and it awards Michael a Million dollar lawsuit for Terri's rehabilitation. He soon afterwards, stops all physical therapy and rehabilitation, and issues a do-not-resucitate order.
• In 1996, Michael asked Jodi Centonze to marry him and she said YES. Michael testified under oath that Jodi is his fiancee. They now have two children together. State law prohibits guardians for the disabled who have significant conflicts of interest.
• In 1998, Michael suddenly recalled that Terri 'wished to die' rather than live with an inconspicuous feeding tube under her clothing. Many disabled people live nearly normal lives with the same kind of feeding tube.
• In 1999, it became legal for the first time to kill Florida's disabled by removing their feeding tubes. Any 'verbal contract' Michael and Terri might have had before 1990 to kill each other this way, would have been murder at that time and thus illegal.
• In 2003, Michael and his lawyer nearly convinced the world that Terri is "PVS" - which by Florida's definition is:
  • The absence of voluntary action or cognitive behavior of any kind.
  • An inability to communicate or interact purposefully with the environment.
• In 2004, The Pope rules that the disabled MUST be fed, and life-sustaining feeding tubes are NOT medical 'treatment'. Terri, a devout Catholic who spent K-12 in Catholic Schools would CERTAINLY honor the Pope's ruling, and choose to live.
  
• Question: Do these 2002 pics look like a Permanent Vegetative State?

From "Terri Big Eyes" video available at www.terrisfight.org

Terri starts out apparently asleep. A doctor wakes her to start his tests.

Doctor: Terri. Open your eyes up...

Terri: (Startled at hearing her name. She starts moving her mouth and fluttering her eyes, like a person who is just waking up)

Doctor: Open your eyes, Terri open your eyes

Terri: (slowly at first, Terri struggles to open her eyes, then turns toward the doctor, and opens her eyes a normal amount)

Doctor: There you go, good.

Terri: (then, either to show off(?) or wanting to perform well, she leans further forward toward the doctor, looks straight at him and opens her eyes as WIDE AS SHE CAN. Note the WRINKLES ACROSS HER FOREHEAD caused by her also RAISING HER EYEBROWS as high as possible )

Doctor: [now obviously impressed] GOOD!! GOOD JOB! GOOD JOB YOUNG LADY! Good Job.

• Mar 29, 2004. Michael makes up a ruse to deny ANY Schindlers from visiting Terri, who has recently developed a bedsore, lost two teeth for unexplained reasons, had two life-threatening vomiting sessions, and only rarely gets bathed. Judge Greer that same week gave the Schindler's a Catch-22: Either PROVE Michael ordered the nursing home to NOT share Terri's medical information, or else no court action or investigation will occur. The nursing home then continues to blackout information to Terri's parents, while Michael forces them to stay physically off-site.

• Feb 8, 2005: Psychiatric Expert Witness profiles Michael Schiavo     [FR discussion]
  
  
• Feb 11, 2005: Michael Schiavo's Violence Towards Women Revealed in Depositon
  

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  Interviews / Excerpts

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  "Hannity and Colmes" - Tuesday 10-14-03 --> (Terri's father) Bob Schindler: "MONEY and FOUL PLAY"
  
  "On the Record with Greta" - Friday 10-24-03 --> Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Michael Baden: "Potassium imbalance UNLIKELY - HEALTHY heart - NECK TRAUMA"
  
  "At Large with Geraldo Rivera" Sunday 10-26-03 --> author Christopher Darden and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz: "You have eternity to be dead; You only have a limited amount of time to live"
  
  "Hannity and Colmes" - Monday 10-27-03 --> (father) Bob Schindler and (neurologist) Dr. William Hammesfahr: "She absolutely CAN be rehabilitated -clearly NEVER had heart attack -Emergency room: damaged neck"
  
  "On the Record with Greta" - Monday 10-27-03 --> (attorney) Pat Anderson: "BIG FIGHT -attempted STRANGULATION"
  
  "On the Record with Greta" - Tuesday 10-28-03 --> (attorney) Pat Anderson and (brother) Bobby Schindler: "failing marriage -DIVORCE imminent -Potassium explained":
  
  "Hardball with Chris Matthews" - Wednesday 10-29-03 --> (pro-Terri attorney for ACLJ) Jay Sekulow and (anti-Terri attorney) Joe Tacopina: "Matthews: I think the human issue here is... her eyes flickering... I think she's ALIVE":
  
  "Larry King Live" - Monday 10-27-03 --> (husband) Michael Schiavo[barf alert]: THEY get money from the right wing ACTIVISTS - "Removing somebody's feeding is very painless. It is a very easy way to die" - [later] King: Would you take one[lie detector test]? - No (Commentary) almost entirely pro-husband -->
  
  "O'Reilly Factor" - Wednesday 11-05-03 --> (former "Vegetative State" patient) Kate Adamson: Being starved to death is EXTREMELY painful "It was SHEER torture!" - took her THREE MONTHS of ACUTE REHAB to snap out
  Her website says: We stand behind Terri Schindler!
  
  "The Abrams Report" - Thursday 11-06-03 --> (pro-Terri attorney) Pat Anderson and (pro-death attorney) George Felos: "Felos: Michael is a MODEL husband" - Anderson:"Terri got NO REHAB after $award$":
  
  "On the Record with Greta" - Thursday 11-06-03 --> (Gov.Bush's lead attorney) Ken Connor, and followed by a panel discussion:
  "Connor: INDEPENDENTLY investigate the circumstances and allegations...
  Gloria Alred: Perhaps the PARENTS SHOULD care for her
  
  "Radio Interview" --> (Michael Schiavo's so-called 1st girlfriend after Terri's so-called 'collapse')
  MS: "[Terri] upsets my WHOLE LIFE with this, and this is ALL her fault."
  GIRLFRIEND: "he can be the most INCREDIBLY MEAN person!"
  
  "CBS News Sunday Morning" - Sunday 11-09-03 -->
  ( Lead-off feature story for this Sunday morning news magazine )
  
  "Hannity and Colmes" - Monday 11-17-03 --> (Terri's parents) Mary and Bob Schindler:
  ( "ACQUIRED CEREBRAL PALSY" ... "she's been literally in PRISON for FOUR years" )
  
  "On the Record with Greta" - Friday 01-09-04 --> (Gov.Bush's lead attorney) Ken Connor, and (husband's attorney) George Felos:
  Connor: "We'll GO to the Florida Supreme Court, and if the Governor isn't afforded an opportunity to try this case before a JURY, we'll try to go to the U.S. Supreme Court".
  
  "On the Record with Greta" - Wednesday 01-21-04 --> (Gov.Bush's lead attorney) Ken Connor, and (husband's attorney) George Felos:
  Connor: "...mister Schiavo and mister Felos are TERRIFIED of trying this case before a JURY. ... NO reasonable jury ... would EVER accept this proposition.".
  
  "On the Record with Greta" - Friday 02-13-04 --> (Gov.Bush's attorney) Nicole Kerr, (husband's attorney) George Felos, and (WFLA reporter) Sharon Parker:
  Kerr: "We think this is a TREMENDOUS victory for Terri Schiavo... this case basically says that we're ENTITLED to take depositions, we're entitled to discovery...".
  
  

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[floriduh voter]

Thank you for your great post, FL_engineer at 55.

[floriduh voter]

Demanding a Grand Jury pictures were taken in January of 2004, at the 49th St. Courthouse Complex (where State Attorney Bernie McCabe's office is, within the courthouse complex). Apparently, he was watching 30 demonstrators from one of the upper floors, which have side windows on the end.

It was in the mid-rhirties but the cold day didn't stop Terri's supporters from DEMANDING A GRAND JURY in January, 2004. (actual date I can probably get with some digging - I think I did a freep report).