NESS CITY, Kan., July 30, 2008
Probation In Case Of Woman Stuck To Toilet
Boyfriend Also Gets Six Months On Unrelated Charge Of Exposing Himself To A Teenage Neighbor
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The home of Kory McFarren is pictured on March 13, 2008, in Ness City, Kan., where the man's girlfriend was found in the bathroom having stayed there long enough to become stuck to the toilet. (AP Photo/Lindsey Bauman)
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Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple speaks about the case of a Ness City, Kan., woman who sat in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home long enough to be stuck to the toilet during an interview on March 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Lindsey Bauman)
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Section Strange News Weird events, odd people and more peculiar happenings.
Kory McFarren pleaded no contest last month to a misdemeanor count of mistreatment of a dependent adult. A judge sentenced him Tuesday to six months in jail but granted the probation after the victim, Pam Babcock, asked for leniency.
"She didn't believe that her circumstances were his fault," Ness County Attorney Craig Crosswhite said.
Babcock's plight became known in February when McFarren called the Ness County sheriff, expressing concern about his live-in girlfriend. When authorities arrived, they found Babcock physically stuck to the toilet.
McFarren told police Babcock had refused to come out of the bathroom for two years. Medical personnel estimated she had been sitting on the toilet for at least a month and said the seat had adhered to sores on her body.
She is now under the protection of a guardian who was appointed through the legal department at the hospital where she received treatment.
Also Tuesday, McFarren was sentenced to six months in jail for an unrelated charge of lewd and lascivious behavior for exposing himself to a teenage neighbor in March.
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- CBS News has room on the front page for this crackpot, and usually runs every story about crackpot ministers they can find. Then like clockwork, the Christian-hating far-left-wing tosses insults at those hayseed "bibull" thumpers. But you have to go elsewhere to read today''s story about the minister who preached a revival sermon while his wife was in the church freezer. The difference? The preacher was black. Can''t touch this.
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- I think they both just need lots of mental health care.
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- This toilet slug should have been ''put down'' for the good of the gene pool.
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- slim
Good one, i liked that coment. - Reply to this comment
- I think the sentence was appropriate . I wonder if they tested the bf for comprehension levels before sentencing. Had to be pretty stupid. Now for the exposure charge i think they should hang him. Another child molestor just waiting to happen.
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- I''m from Kansas. This story got a LOT of publicity. Apparently, she not only had some mental issues, she had some physical issues and was unable to get off the toilet without assistance. His mental capacity has also been put into question (no doubt). She was immediately placed under the guise of a guardian because she was not only able to verbally explain her conditions, but emotionally (according to local newspapers).
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- It wasn''t his fault, he shouldn''t have been charged with anything at all. She''s a bit nuts, got it into her head to stay in there, then to stay on the seat. He brought her food and everything she needed - and called paramedics when she needed them. It''s not his fault he didn''t know she needed them earlier.
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This is crazy!! How do any of you see the boyfriend as responsible for HER choices. This woman is an adult and made her own choice to sit on the toilet for however long. Maybe her mother and father should be charged because they didn''''t check on her on a daily basis . . oh wait their not responsible because she is an ADULT. Yet the boyfriend gets charged. GIVE ME A BREAK!
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Its the way of the americans, SOMEONE ELSE has to be responsible ... NO ONE is responsible for bad things happening to themselves. - Reply to this comment
- So did he force her to sit on the toilet? This article is lacking some pretty significant facts.
Posted by sparty088 at 04:25 PM : Jul 30, 2008
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No, she was sitting on it as a matter of course. Obviously, got comfortable and decided to ''squat''!
Seriously, I''m glad she''s got a ''guardian'' or someone
to prevent or correct her from doing stupid things! - Reply to this comment
- This woman suffered from a severe case of agoraphobia.
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- So did he force her to sit on the toilet? This article is lacking some pretty significant facts.
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- The public will eat it with zeal and ferver!
Posted by Pensacola88 at 03:07 PM : Jul 30, 2008
Who''s got veal and a fever? LOL - Reply to this comment
- "And she would have gotten her big toe stuck in the drain of the bathtub that way." Posted by slim1h2o at 03:05 PM : Jul 30, 2008
Sad to say, but you are probably right. Some people just have bad luck no matter what they do! - Reply to this comment
- This is crazy!! How do any of you see the boyfriend as responsible for HER choices. This woman is an adult and made her own choice to sit on the toilet for however long. Maybe her mother and father should be charged because they didn''t check on her on a daily basis . . oh wait their not responsible because she is an ADULT. Yet the boyfriend gets charged. GIVE ME A BREAK!
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- Pensacola-look up; there are two links to the story by CBS news (the two you likely "followed") where the facts are clearly laid out for anyone who wanted the back story. This was a follow-up story, and they had already reviewed the story in detail in a previous follow-up. It''s ok, you can stop being angry at a website.
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- I followed this story since it was originally reported. Many of the most important facts were left out the original release. Frankly, I am upset at CBSNEWS.Com for leaving out those facts.
A journalist once said, that if you want a sensational story, leave out the most important facts. The public will eat it with zeal and ferver! - Reply to this comment
- She should have slept in the bathtub, then she wouldn''''t have had any problems. And he would have been able to use the toilet.
Posted by erasmus81 at 02:58 PM : Jul 30, 2008
And she would have gotten her big toe stuck in the drain of the bathtub that way. - Reply to this comment
- She should have slept in the bathtub, then she wouldn''t have had any problems. And he would have been able to use the toilet.
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- Yes, he should have sought help for her sooner, but he did not tie her butt to the seat.
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- Get stuck in a toilet? She is from the craft
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