21yo Vanessa Comer weighed 36 lbs at the time of her death

[Keepalowprofile]

Man charged in death of 21-year-old daughter, weighing 36 pounds

New details are released after Phoenix police arrested a man Friday after the death of his 21-year-old daughter last year.

www.abc15.com

. Richard Comer, 46, took his daughter Vanessa to the hospital after she was found unresponsive, police say.

Hospital workers reportedly told police that Vanessa was in a "severe state of malnutrition and dehydration," weighing 36 pounds.

Comer was his daughter's caretaker after she was diagnosed with a severe medical condition. She was utterly dependent on her father for care, nutrition, and transportation to doctor's visits.
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Animal abuse was also added due to the two malnourished and dehydrated dogs found inside the Comer residence during the investigation, Lewis added.

 

[Babs]

What an asshole. Chain him to a post in a dark dank basement in an abandoned house, nail the door shut and toss the key.

 

[Sejanus]

starve him to death very very slowly.
also use a belt sander to remove all his ink.

 

[ghosttruck]

Too bad she wasn't abandoned in a Florida apartment complex...she might have had a chance

 

[Satanica]

Oh, yeah, he looks like the epitome of compassionate care.

 

[BBBLUE77]

I'm trying to wrap my head around what an adult woman weighing 36 pounds would look like. My handbag weighs 32 pounds....

 

[Satanica]

My mother was a skeleton when she passed from dementia. She was 5'7" tall and weighed 82 lbs, so that should give you some idea of the shocking condition of the victim in this story. It's not a mental picture I want to dwell on.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Just an adult human head alone weighs between 10 and 11 pounds.

 

[BBBLUE77]

My mother was a skeleton when she passed from dementia. She was 5'7" tall and weighed 82 lbs, so that should give you some idea of the shocking condition of the victim in this story. It's not a mental picture I want to dwell on.

I'm sorry for your loss, Satanica. I didn't mean to bring up unpleasant memories.

 

[Satanica]

It was 2011, so not a fresh grief. I hate to admit it, but due to her abuse throughout my life I wasn't able to love her as a mother. I did care about her, though, and didn't want her to suffer. Sadly, she hadn't changed; not even old and close to death as she was. Thank you for your concern. You're very kind.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Richard Comer pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to serve nine years in prison.

Autopsy: 21-year-old woman who died of malnutrition weighed only 36 pounds, father convicted

A 21-year-old woman who died of malnutrition at a Phoenix hospital weighed just 36 pounds around the time of her death, according to an autopsy report.

www.azcentral.com

 

[RavagesTheCabbages]

ONLY 9 years?!? I mean, why even charge him with anything? That should have been the animal abuse sentence. I can't comprehend this at all...