Pa. Woman Missing 10 Years Sues City

KLBJ ^ | September 14, 2006 | DAN NEPHIN

[Bubba_Leroy]

A woman who ran away as a teenager and lived for a decade with a school security guard sued the city and school district Thursday, claiming that they failed to fully investigate her disappearance.

Tanya Nicole Kach, 24, came forward March 21 and told police that she had been living in Thomas Hose's house for 10 years. Kach told police that Hose, 48, kept her in a bedroom in the small, two-story home where he lived with his parents.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, claims police and city officials involved in the case were incompetent. It also alleges school officials knew or should have known Kach and Hose were having an improper relationship before her disappearance and did nothing to stop it.

"Now she has a completely stilted existence. She suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. She's unable to function in the community," said Lawrence Fisher, Kach's attorney. "We're calling on those institutions that failed her 10 years ago to step up and do something to help her."

Hose has pleaded not guilty to statutory sexual assault, three counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, two counts of indecent assault and other charges. He is living under house arrest and is unemployed, his attorney said.

[Xenalyte]

Two-story, not two-bedroom.

[liberty_lvr]

Score!

Gawd, I love the legal lottery...now why didn't I think of this?

[fredhead]

- Insert blond joke here -

[GreenAccord]

Ummm, about her last name... I'm saying it in my head right now and I'm thinking maybe she ran away from home after being called names all her life. Just a guess, but does it sound like 'rock'?

[GreenAccord]

Oh man, I just noticed the last name of the owner of the house she was living in. Would Jay Leno want to see the newspaper announcement of the Kach-Hose wedding?

[TexKat]

LMAO!

[GOP Poet]

LOL!

Her hairdresser needs a lobotomy........

I think she has already had one. Possibly even the whole head removed. I can see the sign. The Headless Hairdresser. Bleach and razer one dollar.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Two-story, not two-bedroom."

LOL.....that makes all the difference. I grew up in a house with two living floors + a full attic and basement. I couldn't have hid a pet turtle from my parents, much less a 14-year-old-girl....

[isom35]

"She's unable to function in the community," except well enough to talk to a lawyer...

[GOP Poet]

Exactly! I tried to hide a new cat. That lasted five minutes!!

[SoothingDave]

In a related story, the "hey could you warm up this fake penis in the 7-11 microwave for me" lady pled guilty. She could see 30 days and have to pay for a new microwave.

SD

[martin_fierro]

My thanks to you, Citizen Journalist, for keeping on top of that meaty story.

[Dasaji]

LOL ...... when she finally came back home there were the same twelve grungy, deep potholes in the street right in front of her house.

Don't younz just hate that.....?

AND it was still under contruction!!!
(getting way fed up with the 79S. thing!)

[in the Arena]

Uh, ok...she may have a point, but what's the statute of limitions on "stupid" ?

[Centurion2000]

A woman who ran away as a teenager and lived for a decade with a school security guard sued the city and school district Thursday, claiming that they failed to fully investigate her disappearance

The police are recordkeepers for the insurance industry and unofficial tax collectors for the municipality, they are almost never saviors ... get over it.

[4yearlurker]

Well,you tried to hide a cat,and this guy was hiding his pu.......never mind!

[redwhit]

I tried to hide a 14 year old girl in my parent's house once. Didn't work. Mabe it was because I was also 14 and lacked the sophistication of this criminal mastermind.

[Kozak]

The lawyer who brought this should be fined.

Hanged.

[GOP Poet]

Okay. Okay. I'm laughing . . . my poor kitty at least had better hair. And no that was NOT an attempt at an extention of this simile or would that be considered a metaphor? :-).

[beyond the sea]

The Headless Hairdresser. Bleach and razer one dollar.

LOL