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Mom accused of starving children to death wants privacy
WISH TV 8 (Indianapolis) ^ | 9/22/10 | AJ Colley

Posted on 09/22/2010 4:08:18 PM PDT by DemforBush

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - An Indianapolis woman whose two children were found dead on Sunday is finally speaking out.

Ebyan Farah, 28, spoke through her lawyers Wednesday night asking for privacy.

“Ebyan Farah will have no public comment in this matter, except to say she is devastated by her children’s tragic deaths,” Farah’s attorneys said in a statement...

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: children; islam; muslims; neglect; somalis
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Horrible case. Though the title indicates neglect through starvation, and there does indeed seem to be evidence of that, it's believed that the cause of death for the two children may have been "positional asphyxiation". Farah stuffed all five of her kids into a tiny closet, and then blocked them in with a bed for at least 10 hours.

Just horrible. I cannot imagine what the surviving kids are going through psychologically at this point.

1 posted on 09/22/2010 4:08:24 PM PDT by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush

If she is guilty, she had better become accustom to attention. She is going to receive a lot of it, especially in prison.


2 posted on 09/22/2010 4:12:32 PM PDT by This Just In
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To: DemforBush
Mom accused of starving children to death wants privacy

And I want a yacht. Sometimes you just don't deserve what you want.

3 posted on 09/22/2010 4:13:01 PM PDT by Minn
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To: DemforBush
Farah...


4 posted on 09/22/2010 4:14:03 PM PDT by jessduntno ("If anybody believes they can increase taxes today, they're out of their mind." -- Mayor Daley)
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To: DemforBush

Religion of Pieces


5 posted on 09/22/2010 4:14:54 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: DemforBush

And your kids wanted food, lady.

Tough!


6 posted on 09/22/2010 4:15:10 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Minn

“And I want a yacht. Sometimes you just don’t deserve what you want.”

You seem nice enough ... I think you deserve a yacht.

I think Farah deserves to ride the lightening though.


7 posted on 09/22/2010 4:15:41 PM PDT by jessduntno ("If anybody believes they can increase taxes today, they're out of their mind." -- Mayor Daley)
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To: DemforBush

Somali muzzies
Dad was back in the “mother country” for a month or so


8 posted on 09/22/2010 4:16:06 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: DemforBush

Mom accused of starving children to death wants privacy

If she gets life, she can rot and die alone. If she gets the needle, she can be buried alone in an unmarked grave. That’s plenty of privacy.


9 posted on 09/22/2010 4:16:22 PM PDT by Free in Texas (If islam is so great, why are there "religious police" who's main task is to beat you into a mosque?)
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"Mrs. Farah hopes that members of the press and public will respect her need for privacy during this difficult time."

I'm paraphrasing the immortal words to the press given out by P. Diddy's press flack when J.Lo gave him the heave-ho after that unfortunate incident in NYC back in '99.

10 posted on 09/22/2010 4:16:34 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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I think Farah deserves to ride the lightening though.

As a resident of Indiana, I'd much prefer she just be deported back to Somalia. Incarceration will cost the taxpayers a fortune in legal costs and prison time.

11 posted on 09/22/2010 4:19:02 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: DemforBush

How horrible.


12 posted on 09/22/2010 4:19:13 PM PDT by ColdOne (November and Beyond! Do not vote for Obama Republicans! :^)))
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To: DemforBush

My heart goes out to her in the same way I feel so sorry for those poor little orphan Menendez brothers.


13 posted on 09/22/2010 4:21:55 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: This Just In

death is private...murder is public


14 posted on 09/22/2010 4:25:02 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Minn

Privacy is used as a cover to protect women when they get an abortion. Why not a post-birth abortion?


15 posted on 09/22/2010 4:30:23 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: DemforBush

Lock her in the closet. It’s real private in there.


16 posted on 09/22/2010 4:30:38 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: DemforBush

Magaalada Indianapolis ee gobolka Indiana ayaa (Axadii Sept 19, 2010) waxaa guri loogu dhex tegey laba carruur ah oo meyd ah iyo saddex kale oo aad u il daran. Waxaa la xiray hooyadood oo Soomaali ah oo magaceedu yahay Ebyan Farah oo 28-jir ah. Labada carruurta ah ee dhintay waxay ahaayeen 3-jir wiil ah iyo 5-jir gabar ah. Waxaana warbaahintu tibaaxday in aysan muuqan wax dhaawac ah oo carruurta ku yaaley balse ay u geeriyoodeen dayacaad (neglect).

Dhanka kale, warbaahinta magaalada Indianapolis ee Gobolka Indiana waxay ku celceliyeen in labada carrruurta ah ee dhintay, hooyada iyo saddexda carruurta ah ee nool ay dhammaantood ahaayeen kuwo aad iyo aad caato u ah (extremely thin) oo ay ka muuqatey nafaqa darro. Saddexda carruurta ee nool da’duudu waa 7-jir, 5-jir iyo 1-jir. Waxaana hooyada lagu eedeeyey in ay dayacday.

http://somalitalk.com/2010/09/21/indianapolis-mother-arrested-in-deaths-of-two-children-in-southwestside-apartment/


17 posted on 09/22/2010 4:32:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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She deserves some “eternal” privacy.

Animals care for their young far better than this “human”.

This is the result of not holding the parents strictly responsible for the care & raising of their children, but instead, are urged to let the Gubmint (the village) do it for them. Generations have now been produced with no love or respect for anyone but themselves.

The saying that “nobody cares about your children but you” now needs to read “nobody cares about your children INCLUDING you”.

Disgusting.

18 posted on 09/22/2010 4:34:27 PM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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Police: 2 dead children were extremely thin

Dehydration suspected; mom charged with neglect

The detective investigating the deaths Sunday of two children on the city’s Southwestside said they, as well as their mother and surviving siblings, appeared to be extremely thin and possibly suffering from dehydration.

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Their mother, Ebyan Farah, 28, was arrested and charged with two counts of neglect. Police were considering filing additional charges against her. She is the only suspect under investigation.

Three surviving children, ages 7, 5 and 1, were taken into protective custody by the Department of Child Services, which could mean they’re with family members or in foster care. DCS spokesperson Ann Houseworth declined to elaborate.

The Farah/Hassans are among a half-dozen families from war-torn Somalia living in the apartment complex. They have lived there about four years, neighbors said.

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Kline, 45, whose mother lives next door, said the children were often outdoors even in the recent extreme heat, and that they’d be “beating and kicking at the door,” trying to get inside.

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The Klines did not alert authorities — “we didn’t know who to call,” said Janice Kline.

“It does not appear we had an open assessment,” or investigation, of the family, said DCS’s Houseworth. “Obviously, we do now.”

Farah spoke some English and could drive. Her minivan was parked outside the apartment Monday. http://somalitalk.com/2010/09/21/indianapolis-mother-arrested-in-deaths-of-two-children-in-southwestside-apartment/

19 posted on 09/22/2010 4:37:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

One glass of wine is not supposed to do this.

I think there is something seriously wrong with my eyes.

I have the paramedics on the way. :)


20 posted on 09/22/2010 4:39:47 PM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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