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Article: In a bleak room, in a nondescript semi, in a faceless suburb, a girl shut herself away for 14 years
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 5, 1996
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Karen Morgan lived like a "medieval monk", retreating from the
world into her bedroom for 14 years. When her body was found, her
legs were so wasted and twisted she was incapable of walking.
She slept on filthy floorboards in a bare room, from where she
dominated her parents and her brother, Russell, so much that when
she died aged 29 they decided to join her in death. But their
suicide pact failed.
Schoolfriends, neighbours, relatives - even her father and
brother - had all been shunned when the shutters came down inside
Karen's mind. A bucket used as a toilet became her only furniture.
By the time of her death in April, her self-isolation was nearly
complete. For the previous eight years ...