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Article: Records show no evidence Terri Schiavo was abused, mistreated.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- April 15, 2005
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Byline: Maya Bell
ORLANDO, Fla. _ In the four years after Michael Schiavo won the right to remove his wife's feeding tube, the state's social welfare agency methodically investigated 89 complaints of abuse, but never found that he or anybody else harmed Terri Schiavo, records released late Friday show.
To the contrary, the state Department of Children & Families repeatedly concluded that Michael Schiavo ensured his wife's physical and medical needs were met, provided proper therapy for her and had no control over her money.
They also found no evidence that he beat or strangled her, as his detractors have repeatedly charged.
The 45 ...