Posted on 05/14/2004 2:36:09 PM PDT by phenn
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release May 14, 2004
INVESTIGATION FINDS NO EVIDENCE OF CRIME
Clearwater Police Criminal Investigations Detectives concluded today an expansive and detailed investigation into suspicions that physical harm done with criminal intent had been visited upon a 40-year-old woman under the care of Hospice in Clearwater.
The investigation found no evidence of harm, injury or violation as the result of a criminal act, said Police Chief Sid Klein.
The Hospice patient, Mrs. Theresa M. Schiavo, was the subject of investigative, forensic and medical scrutiny after concern was expressed for her well-being on March 29, 2004.
At about 3:30 that Monday afternoon - as Mrs. Schiavo's feeding regimen commenced - a Hospice employee noticed some marks on Mrs. Schiavo's arms, and shared her observations with a Hospice supervisor at the Park Place assisted living facility, 2750 Drew Street. Concerns were heightened by the position of a plastic hospital bracelet on Mrs. Schiavo's forearm; the positioning of a plastic feeding tube wrapped around the chair in which she was sitting; and the discovery of a small, purple medical apparatus, initially described as a "needle cap."
(The lavender object, manufactured by a New York medical supply company called Qosina, is not a hypodermic needle cap, but rather a hollow, open-ended polypropylene "catheter syringe tip adapter" - called a Luer, part # 41501 - and is used as a plastic tubing connector in medical feeding and irrigation setups; it has no application for injection).
The Hospice supervisor notified Mrs. Schiavo's husband, Michael, who called his attorney and his wife's physician, Dr. Stanton Tripodis. The physician examined Mrs. Schiavo at Park Place, and authorized her transfer to Mease Hospital in Dunedin for an examination. Various procedures, including toxicology tests for the presence of unauthorized drugs, proved negative, and Mrs. Schiavo was returned to Hospice care.
Clearwater Police Detectives conducted numerous interviews with family members, physicians, Hospice employees and others. The Mease Hospital attending physician found nothing untoward about the marks on Mrs. Schiavo's arm, nor did her personal physician. Neither physician quantified the marks on her upper arm as evidence of an injection; the origin of these specific marks is undetermined.
Although Detectives cannot say conclusively what caused the other marks, it's believed they could have been the result of a apparatus called a "Hoyer Lift," used to move a patient from a reclining position on a bed to a sitting position in a chair.
The plastic hospital bracelet, a rigid band of plastic, may have worked itself up her forearm toward her elbow since Mrs. Schiavo's arms are often contracted upward.
The feeding tube and its position was examined by Hospice employees when concerns were initially expressed, and subsequently by investigators: there was no indication of leakage; detectives found no indication of intentional manipulation; the monitor warning alarm was never activated, nor was the feeding ever interrupted.
Detectives identified the lavender piece of plastic found in Mrs. Schiavo's clothes as a tubing connector, and had an independent company (National Medical Services of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania) conduct chemical and gas examinations of swabs taken from the Luer adapter. The test results were negative for foreign substances.
The Clearwater Police Department found no evidence of criminal activity, no indication of attempted criminal activity, and no harm done to Mrs. Schiavo. The investigation has concluded.
All inquiries regarding this investigation should be directed to Public Information Officer Wayne Shelor at (727) 562-4333.
/s/ SID KLEIN Chief of Police
(Excerpt) Read more at clearwaterpolice.com ...
Good information to know. Thanks.
ISOLATION DAY 46 (Fri. May 14, 2004) |
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Did someone say, 'continuing crimes against Terri...'? "These Pinellas County judges have displayed an utterly cavalier attitude and a complete disregard for the rule of law," Terri's father Robert Schindler said in reaction to Baird's decision. "They are aiding and abetting Michael Schiavo in his continuing crimes against Terri and this current order is nothing more than an unjust killing of a young woman who has demonstrated time and again that she very much wants to live." In 1990, Terri did NOT just 'collaspe'. Two doctor's testified that Terri suffered a neck spinal cord injury, and one of the doctors stated that Terri's injury was similar to a strangulation injury. Both doctors testified that Terri did NOT have a heart attack. For 14 long years, Michael has used Terri as a legal pawn and cash cow. And Michael continues to seek a court order to have Terri starved to death. In 14 years, Terri was comatose only for several weeks, back in 1990. Terri is NOT in a coma, and she is not 'terminally ill'. And yet, she contiues to be isolated in a Hospice room. Terri has been denied some basic care, and her estranged husband Michael has denied Terri the therapy and rehabilitaion he had promised the Court, and that has been recommended by several doctors, nurses, and therapists. For all these years, Michaeal got the MONEY, and Terri got the 'shaft'! Photo 1: We were young once, and so was Terri Photo 2: Terri in her wedding dress And now, - The Years of Neglect: Photo 3: BEFORE the malpractice suit and the guardianship hearings, Michael Schiavo made sure that his wife Terri was (fairly) well taken care of, and attractive. Photo 4: AFTER Michael S. had been awarded the big money in the malpractice suit, and the guardianship of Terri, - THEN "The Years of Neglect" REALLY began! Photo 4 on the right, is a more recent photo of Terri and her mother, after the years that Michael S. has denied Terri the therapy, THAT he had promised in Court, and that several doctors, nurses, and therapists have suggested would be helpful to improve Terri's condition.
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In some ways, this is a lousy title for a Terri Thread:
schiavo investigatilon finds no evidence of crime
As people see this title go down the board, they may think, that Michael 'Shyster' schiavo is A-OK!
I agree!
Grassroots activism "works". Everyone who contacted the Clearwater PD or if you're freeping for Terri in other ways, thanks A MILLION. $1,000,000,00
I called the CPD twice and they were more polite and actually listened to me. State Attorney Bernie McCabe's Office ALWAYS HANGS UP ON ANY CALLERS if it's about Terri. He's sticking with his buds GREER AND BAIRD.
bump
I've been ticked for not posting the same title as the article before. Was just mirroring the title of the press release.
Essential Title Change / Modification:
No crime - (BY HER PARENTS) ...at their last visit with Terri, which was a long 46 days ago.
(by her Parents) - suggested by trussell
Thanks trussell! & Thanks JimRob / & Admin Mod
Understandable! The title, though it may be misleading, stands!
Ah, I see it now...just a few seconds after my last post!
From: caring@hospicepatients.org (Ron Panzer)
To: HPA@hospicepatients.org (Hospice Patients Alliance)
This is a Press Release from the police department (forwarded to us by Cheryl Ford, RN Friends of Terri coordinator) that was investigated the so-called "harm" to Terri Schiavo that prompted her being transferred to the hospital, and also was used as a BOGUS reason to prevent Terri's parents from visiting her.
Michael Schiavo and George Felos as well as Debbie Bushnell have been shown to have manipulated the situation to prevent Terri's parents from visiting and used it to slander the Schindlers, implying that they could have harmed Terri ... when all along, it is THEY who are conspiring to kill Terri and MIS-using the courts to kill her.
If you have any questions about the press release, write to Cheryl Ford, RN at her email address below - Ron P Fight4Terri@aol.com
Cheryl writes:
For 46 days, including Mother's Day... the Schindler Family have been denied access to their daughter for an alleged incident that turned out to be nothing better than a hoax. Michael Schiavo and George Felos have created a situation in which they forcibly isolated Terri Schindler-Schiavo from her family.
This was done on false accusations that they had caused harm to their own daughter. In a press release dated March 29th, George Felos of Dunedin, Florida all but accused Terri's parents of injecting her and inflicting puncture wounds on her arm.
The above press releases are the opinions of Ron Panzer and Cheryl Ford.
(floriduh voter posted per Cheryl's request.)
I HAVE NOT RE-POSTED THE CLEARWATER PD PRESS RELEASE because it's UP TOP IN THE BODY OF THIS THREAD. FV
Whomever got the title amended, thanks. It's about the family's COMPLETE AND TOTAL INNOCENCE. They are wonderful people...
It's about the Schindler Family's COMPLETE AND TOTAL INNOCENCE.
They are wonderful people!
I think the sheeple are waking up and realizing that if we don't stand for something, we stand for nothing.
Michael Schiavo and George Felos as well as Debbie Bushnell have been shown to have manipulated the situation to prevent Terri's parents from visiting and used it to slander the Schindlers, implying that they could have harmed Terri ... when all along, it is THEY who are conspiring to kill Terri and MIS-using the courts to kill her.
They suffer each and every second their thoughts rest upon their daughter. They pray that her spirit is NOT BROKEN, that her incredible will to live thru a complete and torturous lack of stimulation, remains steady. They know a monster hovers over their child.
They are allowed NO KNOWLEDGE of her medical condition. ( What kind of State Law allows this? To parents of someone as hurt as Terri is? What kind of a State is Florida? Terri and her parents LOVE each other....or has MS decided that Terri does not love and need her parents anymore, late in the game, just like he suddenly remembered she would have wanted to die, again, late in the game, after the money was in hand, of course.
The Schindlers are not allowed to say specific things in the press for fear of greater punishment by MS.
Greer has left the Schindler's at the mercy (which is non-existent, MS, imho, is a bonifide sociopath) of MS, and has gone along with felos and bushnell and MS at every turn.
FOURTY SIX DAYS OF SHEER FEAR. No doubt for Terri, as well as the Schindlers.
Greer then refuses to see this as an emergency, this NEED of the Schindlers to hold their daughter close, to see her, to tell her that they LOVE her and have NOT ABANDONED HER? CRUEL!!!!(Demonstrating a hardness of spirit that is breathtaking...considering how this must feel way past an emergency by the Schindlers) and allows MS to keep them away from the daughter they have fought to keep alive for MANY TORTUROUS YEARS !
I dispise Greer with a passion that knows no end.
It is GREER that holds the keys to MS's evil intentions, and it is GREER who refuses to lock up MS's decrees and open the world to Terri.
Greer is a very bad man.
I would like to know who reads to him if his eyesight is a poor as it has been stated. This person may also be a keeper of the keys, for surely, Judge Greer must know that WE know the connections that exist, between Hospice, campaign contributions ( Bushnell ), Felos, etc. As well as the Jerger CO. connections to King and the ongoing investigation we have into background impetus that might be keeping Greer from doing his job....seeing the justice is done.
The injustice that has been done to Terri Schindler and her parents is so overwhelmingly brutal it reaches the realm of the incredulous.
With all the talk about torture in the news today....FLorida, Pinellas County, has it's very own torture chamber, alive and active, within the courthouse of one Judge Greer.
This is a man who deserves to feel the pain he has meeted out to the Schindlers and the injustice he has forced Terri to endure (a VERY PAINFUL INJUSTICE) for YEARS upon YEARS.
This man is a coward of the most dangerous sort.
And the suffering of Terri and her parents is upon his hands. And it is a heavy, heartbreaking mountain.
There is in existence a bone scan of Terri which indicates that she had suffered severe trauma at some point, with fractures in several places. There is a lot of suspicion that perhaps Michael Schiavo inflicted those upon her--in other words, there is a lot of suspicion that Mikey put Terri into her brain-damaged condition to begin with... which has not so far been thoroughly investigated. One of the things we would like to see is a THOROUGH investigation and answers to those suspicions and questions...
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