If Dougherty had only known about Felos and the Florida court system, he could have put his wife in a hospice.
There has been very little mention of this in local news, and I think it is because there are so many parallels to another closely watched death.
Not surprising that the media is ignoring this, but it is absolutely disgusting that they refuse to report extensively on what happened. You're right, they're avoiding it because it undercuts their "Michael Schiavo is a hero" meme.
By Mike Spector mspector@cecilwhig.com
An Elkton man accused of murdering his brain-damaged wife by keeping her locked in a bedroom regained custody of his three daughters Wednesday.
Judge Dexter M. Thompson Jr. returned the children to John Joseph Dougherty, 53, after a hearing that lasted all afternoon in circuit court.
The county's social services department took custody of the children Feb. 25, after police found their mother dead on a mattress amidst squalid conditions in their Chestnut Drive home.
Disgusting!
Terri/spousal abuse ping! If anyone would like to be added to or removed from my Terri ping list, please let me know by FReepmail!
But she never had a feeding tube therefore he couldn't have it removed. That must be the fact that makes this murder and the other situation just fine. Ugh.
OMG!
I am calling this the New Privacy. (Spouse/parent has a right to abuse/neglect/starve/kill in own nest.)