Showing posts with label Olathe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olathe. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

ROLES REVERSED: ATTIC MOM RACHEL PEREZ LOCKED UP

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AN EVIL mom who kept her disabled son locked up in an attic will get a taste of her own medicine after she was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Rachel Perez, 26, who's son has Down syndrome kept him locked in her attic, where investigators found him covered with feces and urine and weighing less than 20 pounds.
The boy’s younger sister told the court in Olathe KS her brother had been in the attic for two years The Lawrence Journal-World  reports.
She also said Perez often left all three children home alone for hours at a time, while she went out with friends or visited her boyfriend.
She added: “My mom stopped giving my brother food a long time ago but I don’t know why,” the girl said. “He would just cry and cry and I felt sad for him.”