Candy Lawson, Michigan Woman, Kept Disabled Sister in Closet For Years: Authorities

[KamaAina]

No, not that closet.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/candy-lawson-michigan-woman-kept-disabled-sister-closet-years-authorities-n409921

A Michigan woman kept her disabled adult sister locked in a closet for six or seven years with little food, water or clothing and only a bucket for urination, authorities said Friday....

Police visited Lawson's home July 9 for a welfare check following an anonymous tip and found the 42-year-old sister, who has "cognitive and physical impairments," locked in a closet suffering from malnourishment and dehydration, Nees said. Police said she was hospitalized for about a week before being placed in protective custody.

"When I saw the victim ... I've been in police for 35 years and never seen an adult abuse case of that type," Corunna police Chief Nick Chiros told The Argus-Press of Owosso.

Chiros said a handyman reported finding the woman locked up. Police determined that she lived in confinement for about a month in Corunna, and before that in the Shiawassee County community of Laingsburg as well as Kentucky, the newspaper reported.

[mike in raleigh]

1. OMG! A real life "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane"!

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. why aren't the other adults being charged?

Lawson's adult daughter and her boyfriend, along with their two children, also lived at the Corunna home, Chiros said. Child Protective Services was investigating whether to remove the children, but police and prosecutors said no one else was expected to face charges.

[Rex]

6. Wondering the same thing.

How can they NOT be charged? They just didn't know? Not possible imo.

[LiberalAndProud]

3. So I'm thinking she's been pocketing some SSDI monies

and failed to provide for the welfare of the recipient. She should face federal charges for fraud.

[DirkGently]

5. Yes, it's probably that.

Ugh.

[Arugula Latte]

4. Hopefully the abuser will soon find out what it feels like to be locked up in a small space.