Inmate Has Brief Visit With Dying Daughter

The imprisoned father of a ten-year-old girl in the apparent final stages of a battle with brain cancer was allowed to have a half-hour, supervised visit with her Wednesday, according to CBS affiliate KMTV in Lincoln, Neb.

Jayci Yeager's last wish was to see Jason Yaeger, but the warden of a federal prison camp in South Dakota, where Jason has a year left on a five-and-a-half year, drug-related sentence, has been resisting Jason's efforts to be released early to a halfway-house to enable him to spend more time with Jayci.

The warden had granted Jason two other brief, escorted trips.

Jayci is in a Lincoln hospice.

Jayci's family members say they believe she knew Jason was there Wednesday, because they noted a spike in her heart rate during the visit.

Jason has gone so far as to appeal to President Bush for clemency. His case is pending before a federal judge.

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KMTV says, "The general public is invited to visit and pass along their thoughts on Jayci's personal Web pages, on www.CarePages.com. Search for "JayciYaegersjourney."

To help the Yaeger family:

Jayci Yaeger Fund
Wells Fargo Bank
1248 "O" Street
Lincoln, Neb. 68508

To contact the Yaeger family:

C/O Yaeger Family
PO Box 5818
Lincoln, Neb. 68505-5818