Mother arrested for faking daughter's terminal cancer

[proud2BlibKansan]

ST. JOSEPH, MO (KCTV) -
A mother is behind bars after police said she raised money by tricking many into thinking her daughter was dying from cancer.

Carrie Campbell, 35, of St. Joseph, MO, is charged with forgery.

Police said she faked medical documents to show that her 17-year-old daughter has cancer when, in fact, her daughter did not have cancer.

Fundraisers were planned around town and a bank account was set up to raise money for the family. The benefit golf tournament, previously scheduled in St. Joseph to help raise money for medical expenses, has since been canceled.

Children's Mercy Hospital initially reported the situation to police.

more . . http://www.kctv5.com/story/18746523/mother-arrested-for-faking-daughters-terminal-cancer

[Politicalboi]

1. I guess they have no other

Kids with cancer.


The benefit golf tournament, previously scheduled in St. Joseph to help raise money for medical expenses, has since been canceled.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I had that same thought

Why cancel it?

[turtlerescue1]

3. The frightening part is she looks right into the camera.

Wonder what that is about.

[cthulu2016]

4. It's a mugshot. You're I think you're required to

[madaboutharry]

7. I had the same thought.

[whathehell]

8. Maybe the "Fucking cow" isn't on anything....Maybe she's just had a hard life..

Ya think?

I'm not saying what she did was at all acceptable,

but you might consider NOT kicking someone when they're down,

and BEFORE you find out about their life.

[Systematic Chaos]

10. I've had a really fucking hard life myself, but other than hair which went gray VERY early...

...I look pretty damn close to my true age of 43.

She has that "meth" look about her, and I'm perfectly happy to stick to my assumptions.

But thanks; your concern is duly noted.

[pitohui]

14. post yr mug shot and we'll be the judge of that

this woman looks like a slim, white woman who started out pretty but doesn't have enough money to get botox and thus actually looks like what 35 looked like for pretty white women who got outside for all of human history until now

this, in a mugshot, where most people look like dog vomit because of the harsh lighting

if you admit to looking 43 in real life, chances are in a similar setting you would like about age 63

but let's not debate this, since you are proud of your looks and think you are better looking, you would have not prob posting your picture so objective eyes can be the judge

me, i'm sick of bigots who judge people based on their looks, and by the way, cow is a slur for a fat woman, she is not fat, if she was fat, she would have no wrinkles at age 35 -- i am truly sick and tired of people who think all women over age 29 should be either executed or mocked until they commit suicide

you could have commented on the fact that she is a sociopath or a con artist playing people for money, instead you chose to comment on her looks

what does that say about you? what does it say about DU that only one other person is alerting on this?

[SwissTony]

16. When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home

Erma Bombeck.

I suspect the same can be said of mugshots...except you can't gp home.

[whathehell]

17. Well, goody for you..

Maybe your acquaintance with the "meth look" comes from mirror gazing.

In any case your hatred and devotion to appearances

are duly noted as well.

[XanaDUer]

19. Yes, she looks like someone who cannot afford basic dental care

whose teeth may have fallen out, which causes the face to "sink in" a bit.

But, she's poor, so let's all shit on her. And she's a woman, too, so how she looks is fair game.

I agree- what she did was wrong, but, in desperate times, people do desperate things to survive.

I thought this was a liberal web site? Thanks for your compassionate answer, btw.

[DLevine]

20. Thank you. Well said. n/t

[XanaDUer]

21. At least there's not been a "redneck" remark yet

You're welcome.

[whathehell]

23. Yes, that's what I thought too,

in regard to her looking like she lacks teeth.

It's too often true, even here on our "liberal" site that as soon

as a woman does or is even suspected of doing

something wrong, the Bully Boys go into action on everything

from her looks to the always popular "slut-dom" of the woman.

It's like they are "itching" to indulge their basic

misogyny, so when they come upon a "bad" woman,

they're more than happy to let out their "mean boy".

Thanks to you for being compassionate as well...

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. She doesn't look like a tweeker to me.

Here are some tweekers:

[pitohui]

13. um, she looks like a 35 year old who hasn't had botox

turn off the teevee and get out in the real world sometime, kthnx

sheesh, i don't agree w. being a con artist for a living but this is a mugshot, to look like this in a mugshot at age 35 she prob. looks like a fucking movie star in real life

you only wish you looked that good at 35

[whathehell]

18. Thank you.

These hate messages regarding appearance seem adolescent and


and reliably misogynistic.

[kestrel91316]

6. My tweaker radar just pinged.

[Quantess]

25. Me, too.

But I guess we're not supposed to say so out loud.

[kestrel91316]

26. Good Gawd, why not??

[Blue_Tires]

9. the irony is that New York bride who faked terminal cancer to get a free wedding/honeymoon

is now out of jail and doing the interview circuit

[pitohui]

15. yes, being a con artist is not a life sentence

do you seriously propose it should be?

[Blue_Tires]

24. no...

i just though she shouldn't be rewarded with her 15 mins

[Initech]

12. Epic fail!

[revolution breeze]

22. I went to get something notarized

And the notary's office had three different collection jars, one for a scholarship fund, the second for a woman who had brain surgery and no insurance, and the third was for a child with cancer. It made me very sad.