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Surprise! Kidnap suspect is a man. Lived with family for 5 years as a woman!
Memphis Commercial Appeal ^ | 3/22/06

Posted on 03/22/2006 5:40:07 PM PST by Sybeck1

DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- After deputies arrested live-in babysitter Erika Sadowski for kidnapping two children in West Tennessee over the weekend, a medical inspection at the jail revealed that Erika was actually Edward.

"Biologically, she's a man," Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Holt said Tuesday.

Sarah Garner, the mother of 1-year-old Meagan Smith and 5-year-old Breanna Garner, said the news surprised her despite the fact that Sadowski lived with the family for five years and cared for the children.

"I can't believe it," Garner said. "I did not know this at all."

Sadowski, 59, was charged with two counts of aggravated kidnapping after taking the two girls Friday evening. Sadowski was arrested Saturday morning after a college student recognized the girls from an Amber Alert.

Sadowski apparently changed his name sometime around 1986 after being discharged from the U.S. Air Force after a 20-year career, according to a background check.

Sadowski's bond was set at $100,000 Tuesday.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: crime; kidnap; sheena; tennessee; transgender; wtfover
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Erika Sadowski, formerly known as Edward Sadowski, enters court for a bond hearing on kidnapping charges Tuesday in Dyersburg, Tenn. A medical inspection at the jail over the weekend revealed that Erika was actually Edward Sadowski.

1 posted on 03/22/2006 5:40:11 PM PST by Sybeck1
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2 posted on 03/22/2006 5:40:50 PM PST by Sybeck1
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Didn't see this posted yet.


3 posted on 03/22/2006 5:41:14 PM PST by Sybeck1
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Dude that's a Dude Dude!!!

LOL


and a FUGLY one at that.....


4 posted on 03/22/2006 5:41:57 PM PST by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq)
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Just. Damn.


5 posted on 03/22/2006 5:42:21 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: Sybeck1
The Suspect:


6 posted on 03/22/2006 5:42:36 PM PST by Cyclopean Squid (History is a work in progress)
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To: MikefromOhio

Dude that's a Dude Dude!!!

LOL


and a FUGLY one at that.....""

Boy, are you right. Not good looking in either gender!!!


7 posted on 03/22/2006 5:43:13 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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Ward Churchill!


8 posted on 03/22/2006 5:43:19 PM PST by Fido969 (It's all about ME)
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is that the end of a cigar in the woman/man's mouth?

And what has happened to the kids?


9 posted on 03/22/2006 5:43:27 PM PST by peacebaby ("What! Me worry?" Alfred E. Newman)
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I could understand think he is a she, but still, how could you hire that person to take care of your children?


10 posted on 03/22/2006 5:43:27 PM PST by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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You think mom might not have wanted a pretty college girl there, so this was her idea?


11 posted on 03/22/2006 5:43:54 PM PST by Sybeck1
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To: ridesthemiles

LOL


12 posted on 03/22/2006 5:44:35 PM PST by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq)
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yeah but WHO would have thought to ask for the nurse maid's GENDER? :)


13 posted on 03/22/2006 5:45:04 PM PST by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq)
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Alleged kidnap victims are found
Alert U of M student helps locate children


March 20, 2006

DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Two Dyersburg children allegedly kidnapped by their live-in babysitter have been found thanks to a University of Memphis student who spotted the missing children, authorities say.

Meagan Smith, 1, and Breanna Garner, 5, went missing around 7 p.m. Friday when their live-in babysitter, Erika Sadowski, 59, took the girls to go shopping, police say.

When the trio hadn't returned home by 1 a.m. Saturday, the girls' parents contacted authorities, who then issued an Amber alert.

Amber McBride, a University of Memphis student who heard the alert on the radio, was on her way to Dyer County Saturday morning and stopped to ask for directions from Sadowski, who had parked along the Obion River levee.

The student realized the trio could be the one noted in the Amber alert and contacted police, who said Sadowski may have been traveling to Delaware, where she has family.

Dyersburg Police Lt. Steve Isbell said no motive for the kidnapping had been determined.

Sadowski was charged Saturday with two criminal counts of aggravated kidnapping. She is set to appear in Dyersburg City Court this afternoon.

Sarah Garner, the mother of the two girls, told the State Gazette newspaper there was no indication the children would be harmed by Sadowski, a retired 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran who had worked for the family since November 2000.

"She never hurt them at all," said Garner. "There's nothing I can think of. She (Sadowski) had no intentions of coming back with my children."


14 posted on 03/22/2006 5:45:33 PM PST by Sybeck1
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Good grief, he spent 20 years in the Air Force and ended up this way?

His face looks like 40 miles of bad road..

sw

15 posted on 03/22/2006 5:49:35 PM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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Enough oil in that hair to heat my home for month. YUK


16 posted on 03/22/2006 5:50:14 PM PST by mel
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I could understand think he is a she, but still, how could you hire that person to take care of your children?

I am trying to be a better person. I know I should not judge another on his/her looks. But dayum. No way would that be in my house w/my babies.

17 posted on 03/22/2006 5:53:10 PM PST by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking guts, you coward.)
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The "IT" took the children shopping at 7pm and the parents waited until 1am to contact the authorities? It might be interesting to hear the whole story.

Thank goodness that NM student was alert. Why would the "IT" be parked at a levee with the children?

18 posted on 03/22/2006 5:53:29 PM PST by daybreakcoming (If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
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Aaaaaack!

There ARE better looking candidates out there:


19 posted on 03/22/2006 5:54:38 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (A Liberal: One who demands half of your pie, because he didn't bake one.)
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eek
20 posted on 03/22/2006 5:57:46 PM PST by Number57
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