Those who were supposed to take care, accused of abuse and neglect

Star Ledger
By Chris Megerian/Statehouse Bureau
April 18, 2010


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What Grimes didn’t write was that O’Leary was losing weight rapidly and living in a room that reeked of urine. The next month, a concerned relative was shocked when Grimes brought O’Leary to a nearby diner for a visit. O’Leary was dirty and thin, and her shoes were on the wrong feet, according to the family.

In fact, she was starving to death. By the time she was rushed to the hospital that September, she was severely underweight. She had bedsores and brittle nails, according to medical records, and her hair was falling out. She died in November 2008, weighing about 48 pounds at 28 years old.

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