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480-Pound Woman Dies After Six Years On Couch
STUART, Fla. -- A 480-pound Martin County woman has died after emergency workers tried to remove her from the couch where she had remained for about six years.
Gayle Laverne Grinds, 40, died Wednesday, after a failed six-hour effort to dislodge her from the couch in her home. Workers say the home was filthy, and Grinds was too large to get up from the couch to even use the bathroom.
Everyone going inside the home had to wear protective gear. The stench was so powerful they had to blast in fresh air.
A preliminary autopsy on the the four-foot, ten-inch woman lists the cause of death as "morbid obesity." But officials want to know more about the circumstances inside the home.
Investigators say Grinds lived with a man named Herman Thomas, who says he tried to take care of her the best he could. He has told them he tried repeatedly to get her up, but simply couldn't. No charges have been filed, but officials are looking into negligence issues.
Emergency workers had to remove some sliding glass doors and lift the couch, with Grinds still on it, to a trailer behind a pickup truck. Removing her from the couch would be too painful, since her body was grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed.
She died at Martin Memorial Hospital South, still attached to the couch.
Neighbors say they had no idea Grinds lived at the duplex, though they had seen Thomas and some children outside.
480-Pound Woman Dies After Six Years On Couch
STUART, Fla. -- A 480-pound Martin County woman has died after emergency workers tried to remove her from the couch where she had remained for about six years.
Gayle Laverne Grinds, 40, died Wednesday, after a failed six-hour effort to dislodge her from the couch in her home. Workers say the home was filthy, and Grinds was too large to get up from the couch to even use the bathroom.
Everyone going inside the home had to wear protective gear. The stench was so powerful they had to blast in fresh air.
A preliminary autopsy on the the four-foot, ten-inch woman lists the cause of death as "morbid obesity." But officials want to know more about the circumstances inside the home.
Investigators say Grinds lived with a man named Herman Thomas, who says he tried to take care of her the best he could. He has told them he tried repeatedly to get her up, but simply couldn't. No charges have been filed, but officials are looking into negligence issues.
Emergency workers had to remove some sliding glass doors and lift the couch, with Grinds still on it, to a trailer behind a pickup truck. Removing her from the couch would be too painful, since her body was grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed.
She died at Martin Memorial Hospital South, still attached to the couch.
Neighbors say they had no idea Grinds lived at the duplex, though they had seen Thomas and some children outside.
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That's a pretty disturbing story.
Of course I'm slightly saddened that the lady is dead but it also pisses me off that some one could let themselves go like that. I mean, at some point, don't you just say to yourself "there's no way that I can live like this. It's about time I do something about it."?
Just my 2 cents.
Of course I'm slightly saddened that the lady is dead but it also pisses me off that some one could let themselves go like that. I mean, at some point, don't you just say to yourself "there's no way that I can live like this. It's about time I do something about it."?
Just my 2 cents.
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Originally Posted by cvc2nr,Aug 12 2004, 10:50 PM
That's a pretty disturbing story.
Of course I'm slightly saddened that the lady is dead but it also pisses me off that some one could let themselves go like that. I mean, at some point, don't you just say to yourself "there's no way that I can live like this. It's about time I do something about it."?
Just my 2 cents.
Of course I'm slightly saddened that the lady is dead but it also pisses me off that some one could let themselves go like that. I mean, at some point, don't you just say to yourself "there's no way that I can live like this. It's about time I do something about it."?
Just my 2 cents.
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Originally Posted by happs22,Aug 12 2004, 11:38 PM
Gross. That story reminds me of the movie "Seven," where the big fat guy lives in filth and garbage. . . ugh, gross.
The part of skin weighing 1pound was gross too!!
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Originally Posted by BBY2KS2K,Aug 14 2004, 11:19 PM
WTF? Is that real? 
You would think that story would be on CNN or something.
You would think that story would be on CNN or something.
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Originally Posted by dreamcation,Aug 15 2004, 06:45 AM
Politics and the war get the media spot light and stories like this just get swept under the rug
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