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Friday, May 27, 2011

FBI RAIDS GRANNY SUICIDE SHARLOTTE HYDORN

"NO CHECKS"
FBI agents have swooped on on a 91-year-old grandma who they say has been selling mail order DIY suicide kits from her home. Sharlotte Hydorn dubbed "Granny Suicide" is the founder and owner of The GLADD Group, or Good Life And Dignified Death which sells a product that consists of a plastic hood that closes around the neck. It also includes tubing that connects the hood to a tank of helium or other inert gas that users must supply for themselves and clear instructions on how to take your own life.
The grisly granny claims she isn't responsible for who uses the kit and is only trying to help people in pain. She has been in business for three years and said she now sells up to 60 kits a month.

Hydorn says her so-called "exit kits" are intended to help terminally ill people end their lives with dignity in their own homes, though she has acknowledged she performs no background checks and asks no questions of individuals who order the apparatus.
Hydorn made national news back in December when Nicholas Klonoski, 29, from Oregon took his own life using one of the kits.
He was described by his family was depressed from bouts of pain and fatigue but otherwise healthy.
Now agents are looking to see whether charges can be pressed against the dastardly granny. 
Hydorn said she was being accused of mail fraud and she will be seeking legal counsel, and is considering having people send ID to avoid selling to minors.

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