Missouri man with disabilities forced to fight for amusement, lawsuit says

[Judi Lynn]

Associated Press
1:18 PM, May 31, 2018
1:29 PM, May 31, 2018



Courtesy Fulton Police Department

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man with developmental disabilities was forced to fight another man for the "amusement" of people who ran the private care home where he lived and was left to die in a bathtub, his mother has alleged in a lawsuit.

Carolyn Summers, the mother of Carl DeBrodie, also alleges in the lawsuit filed Tuesday that government agencies responsible for her son didn't provide required care and didn't check on DeBrodie for months. DeBrodie's body was found in April 2017 encased in concrete in a container inside a storage area, months after he went missing.

No one has been arrested or charged in DeBrodie's death.

According to the lawsuit, DeBrodie and another resident of Second Chance Homes in Fulton were taken in October or November of 2016 to the home of two Second Chance employees, where they were forced to do manual labor, sleep on the basement floor and fight each other. That treatment occurred even though DeBrodie had suffered declining health, including broken ribs, for several months before the fights, Rudy Viet, an attorney for Summers, said Thursday.

More:
https://www.kshb.com/news/state/missouri/missouri-man-with-disabilities-forced-to-fight-for-amusement-lawsuit-says

[Bayard]

1. Sounds like the mom also, "didn't check on DeBrodie for months".

Appalling. How can one person do that to another, especially when the person is handicapped?

[cyclonefence]

2. This story just took all the breath out of me

Cruelty is not a strong enough word. Jesus.

[magicarpet]

3. Depraved indifference to basic humanity...

.... Some people do not belong in civilized society because when you turn your back they plan and scheme bullshit such as this.

Sick in the head animals to treat the less fortunate like this. Shame on these animals.