Posted on 08/17/2005 1:22:03 PM PDT by BykrBayb
LOWRY CITY, Mo. -- Someone beat a disabled man. It's a crime that people don't expect to happen in a small town.
Some of the man's painkillers have disappeared, but clues are nowhere to be found.
We want to warn you some of the video is disturbing. The man’s family wants you to see the video, in hopes of finding the person or people responsible for this brutal attack.
The beating happened at the Castle Court Complex in Lowry City, a place for disabled people and seniors. Juanita Miller’s husband runs the place but she was asked to check on her younger brother Gino. When she went inside, she found him beaten and bloodied, lying on the floor behind his couch. He had been there for at least a full day and his prescription painkillers were gone.
“I was in hysterics," said Miller. "It’s a wonder I didn’t faint.”
He was sent to St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City. Barely recognizable, he was on life support for two days. His family braced for their goodbyes.
“Whoever did it, I hope they get them and get justice done,” said Miller.
Gino is now out of the hospital.
“I have injuries to the head, my throat, my neck, bruised-up ribs, bruised-up arms, and my spine is kind of touchy,” he said.
He’s also partially blind and said he can’t remember a thing, which is an obstacle to the town’s only police officer. This worries Gino.
“I’d like for justice to be done," said Gino. "I’d like the officers to find these people and get justice done because, if they can do this to me, they can do this to anybody here. There are a lot of good people here.”
Gino said someone took away more than his medicine. They took away his sense of security in a town where things like this usually don’t happen.
Lowry City’s lone police officer is getting some help on the case from the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department. The family said it will offer a reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible.
Story Created: Aug 16, 2005 at 6:07 PM CST Story Updated: Aug 17, 2005 at 10:08 AM CST
You know...this could get out of hand. Aged Avengers;
Gray Gunners; Walker Warriors; and worse... LOL!!!!
Setting aside the lame geriatric humor, yes, I'll pray for his recovery too...and the capture of his tormentor.
- knightshadow.
Agreed. I'm forever doing research on what I should carry. Still don't know.
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