Posted on 04/16/2005 8:15:30 AM PDT by kingattax
TAMPA, Fla. -- State investigators found no evidence that Terri Schiavo had been abused or exploited by either side of her family, according to documents released by Florida's Department of Children and Families.
The agency investigated 89 complaints dating back to 2001, when Schiavo's feeding tube was removed for the first time and the legal battle surrounding her right-to-die case intensified.
The calls alleged that the brain-damaged woman was being mistreated by her husband and her parents for financial gain. One complaint alleged that Schiavo's parents were selling videos of her through a Web site; another said Schiavo's husband wasn't spending money intended for her rehabilitation.
But investigators said they found no evidence that either her husband or parents were exploiting her, and often noted in their records that they found Schiavo well cared for on their visits to her Pinellas Park hospice.
The agency released the records Friday under court order.
Schiavo, 41, died last month after her feeding tube was removed for the third time, ending a bitter court battle between her husband, Michael Schiavo, and parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, over whether she would have wanted to live in a vegetative state.
The repeated allegations of abuse were based partly on bone scans showing Terri Schiavo suffered fractures and statements she made to family and friends that she was unhappy in her marriage.
Schiavo's husband has denied harming his wife. His lawyer said the fractures resulted from osteoporosis caused by the woman's years of immobility and complications of her medication.
Robert Schindler declined to comment there on the release of the DCF documents. An attorney for Michael Schiavo did not immediately return calls
Muslim terrorists did in 3000 innocents in NY, and yes, they're 'ethnic cleansing' in the Sudan, etc.. In short order, I expect they'll come after us all, but I can't pick up a gun and go to Africa personally, so I try to be informed and I vote. The sad truth is that our health system is overwhelmed and something has to give. One of my friends with a mute, retarded son worries about his fate when she's gone and nobody cares. I'm not saying that Muslim atrocities in Sudan, etc. aren't worthy of discussion, they are. Why not talk about all of this?
I read the story and your comment. I don't plan to read the rest because no telling who showed up. It does not matter what these report say, what the autopsy will or will not say.
It is still wrong to starve someone to death for weeks. Nothing will ever make that right.
Abrams must be making more money on tv.
The testimony of those radiologists who contradicted Greer's finding (as noted in the court order) was suppressed. That's why you are only getting part of the story by clinging to what Greer issued, not by getting access to all of the documents.
Greer overruled and suppressed a wealth of evidence and testimony that contradicted by approximately 3:1 the evidence and testimony he allowed. And, since he sealed the records, we won't be able to access them and prove it one way or another, will we?
Now, why do you think Greer would do that?
But MS didn't like what the DR said and found himself some others to agree with him. Very interesting. I had never known about Dr. Pearse and what he thought of the whole thing. It looks like he was pressured to step down from his responsiblity as guardian.
My dear, it is not liberal or conservative. Schiavo is a criminal case in which I have no interest. There are judges, and lawyers, and witnesses, and evidences to consider before rendering judgment. I will go with whatever the court has to order, even if it is stupid. The court in this case was evidently mistaken to starve this woman to death, simply because it is a barbaric way to die.
Now, about your calling me liberal? I guess I may have some liberal views, but I also have much more conservative views than liberal views. The difference between my conservative views and the ones on Fox network, is mine are real conservative real Christian, and theirs are dominated by neoconservatives, and Born Again type. I hope that explained a little my position. I rather worry myself about the defenseless millions who are oppressed, and being mowed down by barbaric Muslim governments.
Wrong. You couldn't be more wrong.
#1. Terri didn't have a heart attack so NOT one doctor testified to that.
#2. She was clearly diagnosed at admission as having had cardiac arrest.
#3. Tell me one, just one, piece of evidence that Greer supressed. I'll wait.
#4. The parents and their attorneys admitted under oath the bone scan was never hidden from them. Their words under oath and their words on television contradict reality. You have to wonder...if they have to lie on television to have their position strengthened, what kind of position do they have anyway?
The Schindler atty admitted the bone scan had been available to them and did not even try to say it was kept secret:
http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/trialctorder11-02-scan.pdf
She has had multiple EEGs, the latest in 2002, and all were consistent with PVS - the report stated "no recognizable cerebral activity" even upon inducing painful stimuli. Bambakadis disputed the term "no activity" and said he it as severely abnormal and typical of PVS.
(Note - I don't know if she is PVS or not - just showing why the judges ruled the way they have.)
if its more than $ 25 a week it's too much
The bonescan done just over a year after Terri's collapse show multiple trauma to bones that had healed by the time of the scan. To try and mischaracterize that scan is a telling indicator.
I'm wondering why you work so hard to try and dismiss anything that calls into question this execution of a disabled woman? It's beginning to appear downright ghoulish of you!
"By name only. But, I still will defend Christianity and its values, against the barbaric Muslims.."
Christian in name only is a tuff one for me to embrace; a CINO, I guess...
Thank you for the defense anyway of Christianity...ummm, does one have to be Muslim to be barbaric?
The Christian's Lord is savior and shepherd not only of the flock, but of the sole lost sheep. Whether it has wandered from Him, or is a neglected/unnurtured lamb, He seeks and saves it. Your compassion for the millions of Sudanese is admirable, but would be even more so were it for the individual, as well...do you see?
Show me one person whose medical testimony was discarged.
I think it's downright sad that freepers, who rely on WND, instead of court testimony of doctors who treated her, have to mischaracterize other freepers and both lawyers, judges and DCF in order to make their case.
peach.....bottom line....do you personally agree that her feeding tube being removed was the right thing to do ?
I've only posted it two or three times. How many times would you like me to post it?
The Schindler atty admitted the bone scan had been available to them and did not even try to say it was kept secret:
http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/trialctorder11-02-scan.pdf
The judge completely ignored any evidence to the contrary. Even her own guardian Dr. Pearse
It's not up to me. Feeding tubes are removed every single day of the week all year long from patients who have had massive strokes, are PVS, are brain dead, etc. For a multitude of reasons, feedings tubes are removed and it's been a decision left between doctors and the family.
The ONLY reason this has become such a large issue is because the parents and husband disagreed in this matter.
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