BY ROXANA HEGEMAN
Associated Press
A 35-year-old woman who apparently spent two years in her boyfriend's bathroom in Ness City had become stuck to the toilet seat and was taken to a hospital, authorities said Wednesday.
"She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body. It is hard to imagine.... I still have a hard time imagining it myself," Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said in a telephone interview, adding that it appeared her body fat had grown attached to the seat.
Authorities planned to present their report to the county attorney later today to see if any charges should be filed against her 36-year-old boyfriend, Whipple said.
The boyfriend called police Feb. 27 to report that "there was something wrong with his girlfriend," Whipple said, adding that the man never explained why it took him two years to call.
He said the boyfriend had brought the woman food and water during the two years and told investigators he asked her daily to come out.
"And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,' " Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."
The house had another bathroom he could use.
"We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it."
Whipple said the woman has refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.
Police have declined to release the couple's names.
A neighbor, James Ellis, said he had known the woman since she was a child but said he had not seen her for at least six years.
The case has been the buzz of this western Kansas town.
"I don't think anybody can make any sense out of it," Ellis said.
source: kansascity.com
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