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Missing California woman found in Maine shack after it’s suspected she was swindled out of home
NY Daily News ^ | 10-12-14 | Nina Golgowski

Posted on 10/13/2014 3:22:13 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Sarah Cheiker disappeared in 2008 at the age of 89 and was found in 2012, taken away by a family after they sold her house and spent the money, say authorities. Three people have since been arrested on felony charges of endangering the welfare of a dependent person.

An elderly Los Angeles woman reported missing four years ago was found in a desolate shack in Maine after she was allegedly swindled out of her home and dumped there by a trio of thieves, it was reported this week.

Sarah Cheiker, who disappeared in 2008 at the age of 89, was found living in squalor in a small cabin in 2012 while she was suspected of being left for dead by the very people who brought her there, authorities told the Los Angeles Times.

"It was a place I wouldn't have let my dog live in," Lincoln County Sheriff's Det. Robert McFetridge told the paper of the elderly woman’s conditions.

The bizarre and seemingly tragic end to Cheiker's mysterious disappearance comes after a concerned neighbor went to police after seeing her house in the Fairfax district being suddenly torn down.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: california; elderabuse; fraud; maine
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1 posted on 10/13/2014 3:22:14 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Why did the perps only get probation? The article, for me, appears to be missing half of the needed information.


2 posted on 10/13/2014 3:32:02 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: afraidfortherepublic

There should be a very special place in hell waiting for these three.


3 posted on 10/13/2014 3:45:33 AM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore (If Obama were twice as smart as he is, he would be a wit)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

Baseball bat justice...anyone that would do that and think its alright....


4 posted on 10/13/2014 3:56:44 AM PDT by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Time to bring back public hangings!


5 posted on 10/13/2014 4:13:21 AM PDT by high info voter
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Wonder if they are Gypies? Those people are a cancer. Not as bad as Muslims but really close.


6 posted on 10/13/2014 4:44:11 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: ConservativeMind

Why were they even prosecuted? They didn’t do anything but what the Kenyan Klown and his crew have been doing to the US.


7 posted on 10/13/2014 4:58:42 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Yorlik803

“Wonder if they are Gypies?...”
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That was my first thought and I think the answer is most likely “Yes”.


8 posted on 10/13/2014 5:01:41 AM PDT by House Atreides (ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FOR CHILDERS 2014 .... Don't reward bad GOPe behavior.)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

“There should be a very special place in hell waiting for these three.”

My very thought too. Except I was thinking that the special place should be reserved for ANYONE who swindles the elderly. A VERY SPECIAL place.


9 posted on 10/13/2014 5:08:55 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ConservativeMind

Having read about several of these scams in the past, the perpetrators usually get the victim to sign power of attorney papers giving them unlimited legal authority to act on their behalf. They then loot their checking and savings accounts, charge credit cards to the limit, sell the house, etc.

In the above case, the abuse of an elderly person charges may have been the only ones the prosecutor could bring with a possibility of a conviction.


10 posted on 10/13/2014 5:14:45 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow)
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To: House Atreides
Ask any Policeman who had dealings with Gypsies and they will tell you they are all vermin. They will steal anything they can get their hands on and from anyone.
11 posted on 10/13/2014 5:20:15 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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gypsies ?
throughout the US in many states,predatory courts,judges and appointees do this via probate/guardianship hearings.

http://stopguardianabuse.org/

This bunch just acted the same and didn’t have to deal with a middle man.

http://nasga-stopguardianabuse.blogspot.com/
factual and horrific narratives and all within “legal” bounds.


12 posted on 10/13/2014 5:22:59 AM PDT by catroina54
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I didn’t see in the article whether the woman had any family. Perhaps nor.

Something like this should remind us to keep tabs on our older family members. The elderly are particularly vulnerable to these predators.


13 posted on 10/13/2014 5:27:08 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy

You are so right.

Prayers up for this poor lady. She’s now penniless, I suppose. I hope the nursing home she is in is a good one. So many of them are not.


14 posted on 10/13/2014 6:21:47 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

This article gives a lot more info than the NY write-up. (I did a search on her name.)

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-woman-vanished-20141012-story.html


15 posted on 10/13/2014 6:51:08 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: ConservativeMind

probation??!!!


16 posted on 10/13/2014 7:00:43 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Yorlik803

” Wonder if they are Gypies? Those people are a cancer. Not as bad as Muslims but really close.”

I thought their religion was a form of Islam, or somehow related/rooted in it.


17 posted on 10/13/2014 7:15:21 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Yorlik803

My first thought was Gypsies. The American ones prey on old people. Theyvripped on my great aunt and had left the county before my uncle could find them. They ruined her roof and her house was unfit to live in.


18 posted on 10/13/2014 8:09:52 AM PDT by stellaluna
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To: Captain Rhino

Hubby’s sister did all that to father in law and we filed charges after a 3 yr lawsuit by us against her. They did absolutely NOTHING! Our lawyer put together a flawless case with absolute proof from banks against her before he handed it to the DA. They did nothing.


19 posted on 10/13/2014 8:22:05 AM PDT by sheana
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To: afraidfortherepublic
An attorney for the trio has denied that his clients ever abused Cheiker and says they took care her of her like family.

You know what the really sad thing is? they did, they treated her the way too many now treat their elderly parents. I have seen it happen with several of my Mothers friends, all they care about is getting Mom the hell out of the house so they can sell the property and spend the money that the parents worked hard for.

20 posted on 10/13/2014 9:01:42 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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