Missouri woman found fused to recliner in home

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Missouri woman found fused to recliner in home
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Nov 9, 9:26 PM (ET)

HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A suburban Kansas City woman was left sitting in a vinyl recliner for so long that her skin had fused to the chair and she had to be pried out to be taken to a hospital after suffering an apparent stroke, authorities said.

Carol F. Brown's adult son told a state official he had left his 74-year-old mother in the chair for five days without helping her get up to use the bathroom or bathe because he was honoring her wishes to die in her Independence home, according to court documents that described the woman as a "rotting corpse that was still breathing." Brown later died.