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Sheriff: Woman on toilet 2 years
March 13, 2008
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Wichita — A 35-year-old woman who apparently spent two years in her boyfriend's bathroom in Ness City had become stuck to the toilet seat, authorities said Wednesday.
"She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body. It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself," Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said in a telephone interview, adding that it appeared her body fat had grown attached to the seat.
Authorities planned to present their report to the county attorney later Wednesday to see if any charges should be filed against her 36-year-old boyfriend, Whipple said.
The boyfriend called police on Feb. 27 to report that "there was something wrong with his girlfriend," Whipple said, adding he never explained why it took him two years to call.
He said the boyfriend had brought the woman food and water during the two years and told investigators he asked her daily to come out of the bathroom.
"And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,"' Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."
The house had another bathroom he could use.
Police found the clothed woman sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to her mid-thigh as if she was using the toilet. Her legs looked like they had atrophied, he said.
"She was sitting on the toilet and was somewhat disoriented," Whipple said. "She said that she didn't need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave."
She refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out. She was taken to a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City, where she is listed in fair condition. Whipple said she has refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.
"We pried the toilet seat off with a prybar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it."
Authorities said they did not know if she was developmentally disabled.
Police have declined to release the couple's names, but the house where authorities say the incident happened is listed in public records as the residence of Kory McFarren. No one answered his home phone number.
A neighbor, James Ellis, told The Associated Press that he had known the woman since she was a child but said he had not seen her for at least six years.
He said she had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up.
"It really doesn't surprise me," Ellis said of the bathroom incident. "What surprises me is somebody wasn't called in a bit earlier.
At one time the woman worked for a long-term care facility, he said, but he did not know what kind of work she did there.
The case has been the buzz of this western Kansas town.
"I don't think anybody can make any sense out of it," Ellis said.
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Charles (Charlie Naramore) says…
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13 March 2008
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WHY (Anonymous) says…
I wonder if she ate at Chipotles. That always makes me sit on the stool for a few weeks.
13 March 2008
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BalkansHawk (Anonymous) says…
Too pooped to stand up?
13 March 2008
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acg (Anonymous) says…
This is just freaking awful. My brain is working up all sorts of jokes for this situation but I just can't do it. Grown to a toilet seat? I can't imagine the humiliation. I don't understand why he didn't call someone long before 2 years went by and I also don't get where he went to the bathroom in this place if she was stuck to the toilet.
13 March 2008
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sunshine_noise (Anonymous) says…
OMG!! what more can I say?
13 March 2008
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toefungus (Anonymous) says…
Honey, don't you want to cuddle? NO! I am sitting here until you go away!!! But, sweetie, it's my house. That's your problem! Two years later….
13 March 2008
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janeyb (Anonymous) says…
This is a case for Dr. House.
13 March 2008
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jumpin_catfish (Anonymous) says…
Truth is stranger than fiction
13 March 2008
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Confrontation (Anonymous) says…
I suppose this is better than when someone can't get out of bed for years. At least no one else has to clean up the poop and urine.
13 March 2008
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autie (Anonymous) says…
Stuck on you. Got this feeling way down in my rear..yes I'm on my way..wait, no I'm not.
13 March 2008
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Sigmund (Anonymous) says…
I was shocked to hear that a couple of her girl friends weren't in there with her.
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GretchenJP (Anonymous) says…
I have soooo many questions.