Landing Lightning

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What if someone was holding someone you
love hostage and there was nothing you could

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do about it. In this story, a loving sister attempts to rescue her

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brother from a shocking ordeal. Her
brother suffers from traumatic brain injury and he's

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easily taken advantage of his injury led
to a nightmarish situation, and his sister

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is the only person willing to help. This is Landing Lightning. My name

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is Cheryl and I was born in
the winter of nineteen fifty four in Missouri.

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I was a healthy, normal child
to everyone except for my mother.

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The reason my mother felt I was
abnormal had to do with the unreliable pregnancy

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test during those days. Back then, doctors used rabbits, frogs, or

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mice to determine pregnancy, but for
the most part, they used rabbits.

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The pregnancy test involved taking the woman
durin an injecting it into a rabbit.

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If the pregnancy hormone was present,
the rabbit's ovaries exhibited a dramatic change,

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and the woman was told the rabbit
died. This meant that someone was pregnant.

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In my mother's case, the rabbit
never died even after multiple tests.

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The doctor thought I might be a
tumor until my mother finally felt me kicking.

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She was superstitious and thought there must
be something wrong with me because of

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the negative pregnancy test. My mother
abused me both physically and mentally during my

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childhood. Just to describe a couple
of examples, she once shoved me violently

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backwards down the basement steps of our
home, and on another occasion, she

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hit me in the eye with a
belt buckle, sending me to the emergency

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room. She also made up stories
and punished me for things I never did.

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My brother, Jake, was three
years younger than me, but he

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endured a different type of abuse.
While my mother would physically and emotionally abuse

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me, she would simply completely neglect
my younger brother altogether. She never cared

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for or discipline Jake whatsoever. As
a result, I became like a mother

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to Jake. I took care of
him and kept him out of trouble while

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we were growing up. When Jake
was twenty nine years old, he had

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an unfortunate experience that would change his
life forever. He attempted to help someone

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who was being beat up and robbed. He intervened, and in the process

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he was severely beaten with a tire
iron, kidnapped, and nearly killed.

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This resulted in Jake's traumatic brain injury
TBI, causing him to be disabled and

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he was never the same again.
Fast forward to twenty eleven. I'm living

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in California with my father and Jake
is living in Missouri. My father had

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been acting strange at the time after
he started taking antidepressants and psychotropic drugs.

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Then one morning I received a shock
of my life. My father sadly committed

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suicide. I decided to have my
father's memorial in Missouri near Jake, as

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it would be difficult for him to
travel. I hadn't seen Jake in a

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couple of years, but my mother
informed me that he was doing well and

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was being taken care of by his
landlord, Richard. I flew into Missouri

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and drove to pick up Jake a
day before the memorial. I met with

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Richard in front of Jake's apartment and
he took me inside. I was shocked

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at what I saw. Jake was
living down in a cold basement with a

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window that had iron bars. He
was emaciated and looked scared to death.

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His so called apartment looked like a
prison cell. I stood there, astonished.

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What the hell happened to him?
I thought. I gathered Jake and

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his coat and we left the building. We entered my rental car. I'm

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sorry to have to tell you this, but Dad died. What what do

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you mean Dad died? It just
happened a few days ago. Dad's dead.

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I can't believe it, Cheryl.
Dad can't be gone. Yes,

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I can't believe it either, Jake. I am so sorry. Oh my

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god, he can't be gone.
How did he die? I couldn't bring

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myself to tell him the truth yet
about Dad's suicide. He had been sick

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and on medicine and he died.
Poor Dad, I know. I drove

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us to a restaurant to get Jake
some much needed food. I asked the

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waitress for rolls as soon as we
sat down, and Jake started to devour

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them. Jake, why are you
so skinny? Are you sick? No?

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He's starving me. Who's starving you? Richard your landlord? For the

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last three days, he only gave
me a cheese sandwich with no water.

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He just gives me a ton of
vitamins. They make my stomach hert with

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no food. He's a crook.
He keeps me locked in the basement,

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like I'm in prison. I'd be
better off in prison. At least there

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i'd have someone to talk to.
He keeps you locked in the basement.

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Yes, he never lets me leave, and he gets freezing down there.

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I have a heater, but it
doesn't help much. He can't do that.

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He's just a landlord. Does Mom
know about this? I don't know.

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I write her letters, but she
never comes to see me. I

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beg her to come and see me. She never does. Her apartment isn't

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even that far away from here.
Can you try calling her? There's no

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phone to call anyone. The phone
is upstairs in Richard's house. He can't

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force you to stay inside. That's
kidnapping. Can you have him arrested?

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I don't know. I can try. How long has this been going on?

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Almost seven years? Now? What? No way? Hearing this was

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too much for me. I had
to excuse myself to go to the ladies

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room so I could cry. I
was still processing my father's suicide. I

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wished he was still around to help
me deal with Jake's terrible ordeal. I

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later learned about how Jake had become
stuck in this situation with Richard. As

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a result of Jake's brain injury,
it was always difficult for him to take

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care of himself. He was also
vulnerable to other people exploiting him. Before

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Jake met Richard, he would walk
the streets and pick up trash to throw

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it away. One afternoon, as
Jake picked up trash in front of a

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home, a man exited to ask
what he was doing. The man,

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who was Richard, asked if Jake
was homeless. Jake explained that he had

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a place, but the city condemned
it, so he was just squatting there.

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Richard asked Jake if he was on
disability and receive money from SSI Supplemental

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Security Income. Jake confirmed that he
did. Richard asked Jake if he wanted

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to live in the basement of his
home. Richard told Jake that he would

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fix it up for him if he
paid rent money from his disability check.

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Jake naively agreed. The Supplemental Security
Income Program, or SSI, provides monthly

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payments to adults and children with the
disability who have income and resources below specific

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financial limits. Jake was receiving this
income each month, along with food stamps.

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Jake began to live in Richard's basement. His only furniture was an old

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bed, a small dresser, and
a tiny space heater. A few weeks

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after Jake moved in, Richard told
him that he wanted to become his representative

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payee for his Social Security check.
Richard wanted to completely control Jake's money.

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Richard took Jake to the Social Security
office to make the request. The office

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denied the request because Jake could handle
his check he always had. Shortly after,

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Jake was outside of a fast food
restaurant. He saw a man who

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rightly hung out there. Jake asked
the man for a ride downtown to cash

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his social Security check. The man
agreed. Jake cashed his check downtown and

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returned to the man's car. The
man suddenly pulled out a gun, pointed

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at Jake and ordered him to turn
over his money. Jake complied. Jake

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then walked miles back to Richard's home
in the freezing weather. He explained to

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Richard that he was robbed of his
rent money, but he knew the thief

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as a regular at the White Castle. Richard was infuriated. He immediately drove

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Jake to the Social Security office.
And again applied to be his representative Paye.

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This time Richard had the robbery as
an excuse. The office accepted the

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request, and now Richard received Jake's
SSI checks in food stamps, controlling Jake's

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food. After Dad's memorial the following
day, I called my mother at her

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apartment in her retirement community. I
told her about Jake's terrible condition and captivity.

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This turned out to be a huge
mistake. She refused to believe me,

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and she sided with Richard. I
argued with her and we went back

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and forth until she tried to change
the subject, but I wouldn't let up.

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I explained that she never actually visited
Jake in the seven years he had

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been in the basement. Did she
want him to die down there. She

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refused to listen or criticize Richard and
yelled at me to stay out of it

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before she hung up on me.
I called her back and told her that

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I was retrend in California, but
I would be moving back to Missouri to

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help Jake. She told me,
yeah, there's a reason your dad is

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dead. There's a reason he committed
suicide under your care. That really hurt

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me, but I just kept reiterating
Jake's dire condition. Dad was already gone.

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I wasn't about to lose my brother
too. She once again ordered me

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stay out of it before hanging up
again. Even though my mother never visited

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Jake to see his living situation or
his condition, she still served as his

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legal guardian. She was in control
of him. I had no choice but

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to bring Jake back to Richard while
I figure out how I'm going to rescue

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him. I feared leaving Jake behind, but I felt it would be okay

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until I returned for him. When
I brought Jake back to Richard, I

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asked Richard to ensure Jake got more
food. Richard stated that Jake got plenty

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to eat. I knew that was
a lie. I told Richard that Jake

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needed food and not just vitamins.
Before I traveled back to California, I

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said goodbye to Jake in his basement
prison cell. Jake, I have to

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leave, but I promise I'll come
back to take care of you. When

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are you coming back, don't worry, it won't be long. I just

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had to get things settled in California
first. I can't stand living here.

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Cheryl, Please don't forget about me. Don't worry, We'll figure out how

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to get you out of here.
Just don't say anything to Richard about me.

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Returning, I gave Jake a hug
and we both started to tear up.

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I traveled back to California. I
packed up everything over a few weeks

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and quickly sold whatever I could find
a buyer for. I found an apartment

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online in Missouri, not far from
Jake. Then I flew back to Missouri

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to rescue my brother. I contacted
Richard and set up days and times that

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I would pick up Jake to take
him out and eat and enjoy the outside

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world. Richard would never allow me
to pick up Jake without an appointment.

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I started to confront Richard about his
terrible treatment of Jake, which Richard as

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always denied. I told Richard that
he couldn't legally lock up Jake because that

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was false imprisonment of a disabled person. Richard said that he locked up Jake

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so he wouldn't run off and get
drunk. But I told Richard that was

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none of his business, as he
was neither a guardian nor a caregiver.

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Although Richard was his paye, he
was just a landlord. I also confronted

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Richard again about not feeding Jake,
but he explained that he gave him vitamins.

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I told Richard again that Jake needs
food and he doesn't need vitamins.

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It was clear that Richard was only
interested in the SSI checks and food stamps

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he was getting from Jake. After
a few weeks, I had had enough.

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It was time. I called Richard
and threatened to notify authorities if he

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didn't allow me to move Jake out
of the basement. Richard, fearing the

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police, agreed to let me move
out Jake, but he reached out to

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my mother first. My mother ordered
Richard to keep Jake away from me and

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to no longer let him go anywhere
with me. She told Richard I was

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a troublemaker. When I arrived to
move Jake out, Richard barged out of

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the house. He was in a
rage, yelling get out of here.

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You're not getting your brother. You're
not getting him, Get off of my

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my property. I told him I
was going to call the police, but

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he screamed, go ahead, your
brother's not even here. I looked into

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the small window of Jake's basement room
and it was empty. Then Richard threatened

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if you ever come back on my
property, I'll shoot you. I was

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so frightened that I jumped in my
car and drove away. I immediately called

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the police, and now I was
even more worried about my brother. Where

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was he. I told the police
that my brother had been locked in the

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basement for the past seven years and
that he's disabled. They ask if Jake

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is currently in the basement so they
could prove he was being locked inside,

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but I said no, Jake wasn't
there at the moment. Richard had conspired

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with my mother to make sure Jake
wasn't home when I arrived to rescue him.

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This didn't surprise me. The police
informed me that if Jake wasn't home

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to prove that he was being locked
in, there was nothing they could do.

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The police mentioned that I should contact
family services and make a report so

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a formal investigation could be made.
Family support services are community based services that

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assistant support parents in their role as
caregivers. Family support programs may address the

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general population or target particular groups such
as ethnic and cultural minorities, adolyst and

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parents, kinship caregivers, or families
facing health, mental health or substance use.

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Issues. I called Family Services and
filed a complaint explaining the entire story.

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Family Services then reached out to Jake's
legal guardian, my mother, to

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confirm the complaint. My mother praised
Richard and said he took such great care

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of Jake when no one else would. Family Services then contacted Richard and he

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told them that Jake had a key
to leave when whatever he wanted. This

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wasn't true, but Family Services never
made a visit to find out that Richard

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was lying. My mother and Richard
colluded to make sure Family Services would never

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get involved. My mother's cold heart
never ceased to amaze me. She used

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her influence to continue to make Jake's
life a living hell with no help from

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Family Services. I decided I would
personally rescue Jake. It was dangerous,

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but I needed to find out when
Jake was locked up at home so I

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could prove it to the police.
I would have to wait for the perfect

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time when Richard wasn't home while Jake
was locked in the basement. I didn't

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want to get shot if Richard saw
me on his property, I would drive

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by the house to investigate, and
one afternoon I noticed that Richard's suv wasn't

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parked in the drive way. I
parked my car on the side of the

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house and quickly exited. I ran
to the back window of the basement,

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which was covered in iron bars.
The window was cracked open slightly, and

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I noticed Jake lying on the bed. He seemed out of it. He

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was drooling and heavily medicated, staring
at the ceiling. Jake. He was

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too medicated to respond, Jeeke,
Jake. Jake slowly turned his head toward

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the window. Jake, it's Cheryl. Cheryl, yes, Jake, I

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need to know if Richard is home. Jake slowly sat up on his bed.

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He slowly walked toward the window.
Are you going to get me out

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of here? I'm going to try
is Richard? Let me check. Jake

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slowly walked to the event near the
ceiling. Richard, Richard, Are you

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there? Richard? Jake looked over
at me in the window and shook his

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head. He's not home. No
one is answering, all right? Are

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you ready to get out of here? Hell? Yes? Please? Okay,

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and Jake, you don't have a
key to leave right? No,

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I'm going to call the police.
Okay, Okay. I ran back to

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my car, and quickly drove away. I called the police and explained that

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Jake was disabled and Richard had drugged
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basement. I also told the police
that Richard had threatened to shoot me if

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he saw me on the property,
so I wasn't near the house. When

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the police arrived at Richard's home,
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The police tracked down Richard and ordered
him to return to unlock the basement and

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free Jake. When Richard arrived,
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three different doors with dead bolts on
both sides to reach Jake. Richard had

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broken numerous fire violations. The police
contacted me and asked me to drive to

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Richard's house to pick up Jake.
Upon arriving, there were five police cars

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lined up in front of the house
and the police were scurrying in and out.

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Jake went in to get his clothes
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I spoke to the sergeant and he
asked me about Jake. I explained

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to him that Jake had been locked
in the basement for seven years, and

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I demanded that he arrests Richard and
office. Sir approached Richard, who yelled,

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you can't arrest me. I'm his
guardian. I'll sue you. I

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knew that Richard wasn't his guardian and
explain that to the police. Richard kept

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yelling and yelling now and the police
backed off. I'm guessing they didn't want

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to deal with the lawsuit. The
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if I wanted to try getting an
arrest warrant for Richard. So, after

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finally proving that Richard was keeping Jake
locked in the basement, Richard was still

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not arrested either way, though Jake
was ecstatic now that he was free.

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We got into my car to get
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I can't believe it. We did
it, Jack. I thought I

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would never get out of here.
Don't worry. You'll never have to go

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back there. I thought i'd died
down there. I know it's over.

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Now you're safe, Cheryl, You're
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Thanks. I felt so sorry for
Jake after this entire ordeal. He was

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obviously exhausted. I took him to
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The doctor said he was extremely underweight. His blood work came back and

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he was very anemic. He was
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and his liver was extremely toxic because
of an overdose of B vitamins. I

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signed up Jake for two weeks of
physical and cognitive therapy. A couple days

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later, I contacted the police to
get inn a rest warrant for Richard.

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Strangely, the sergeant wasn't returning my
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police station to help get things moving. At the station, an officer informed

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me that they had spoken with my
mother, who sided with Richard. My

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mother explained to the police that she
was Jake's legal guardian and that Richard had

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done nothing wrong. It was the
same lie she told Family Services. My

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mother refused to hold Richard accountable because
she never really cared at all about Jake.

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She was more interested in winning the
argument against me that Jake was being

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treated well. She was infuriated at
me for saving Jake from the basement.

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During Jake's two weeks of therapy,
his team learned the terrible details of what

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had happened to him. His therapy
team referred me to social services, where

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I spoke to an ambudsman. The
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She said it was imperative that the
story gets reported on the news,

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and she gave me the number of
a local news reporter. I contacted the

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local news and the reporter interviewed Jake
and me. When the reporter contacted my

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mother, she continued to refute the
story. The reporter explained to my mother

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how ill Jake had become and that
confining him to the basement was inhumane.

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The reporter asked if she ever visited
Jake over the seven years, and she,

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of course had not. Later on, the reporter contacted me and said

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he never dealt with anyone as verbally
abusive as my mother in his entire life.

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My mother was now constantly calling the
station and threatening anyone she spoke to.

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The newsroom refused to take any more
calls from her. As a result

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of my mother's interference, I couldn't
get help from family services or the police.

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No charges could be filed against Richard. My mother did everything in her

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power to destroy any kind of case
that we had against Richard. At one

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point, my mother contacted me and
told me that Richard demanded to know where

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Jake and I were living. I
kept our whereabouts a secret, though no

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one knew where we were and I
had a po box for mail. Still,

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Richard kept calling my mother every day, demanding to know where we lived.

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He was probably trying to figure out
how to get Jake's SSI checks in

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food stamps. Again, I felt
like we were being stalked and decided it

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was time to move. Before we
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I took Jake on a road trip
to celebrate his newfound freedom. We drove

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to Florida and visited beautiful Fort Lauderdale
Beach, then off to New York City

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for the iconic sites. Next,
we traveled to Las Vegas, where Jake

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was amazed by the hotels and glitz
of the Vegas Strip. We completed our

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trip in sunny California with the Hoover
Dam. Jake looked well fed and healthy

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by the end of our trip.
I started researching to find the best program

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in the country to try to get
treatment for Jake for his traumatic brain injury.

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I needed a program to properly evaluate
him to see if he could live

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on his own and take care of
himself. I found a great six month

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program in Texas and entered Jake into
it. While Jake was in the program,

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my mother's birthday came around. I
wasn't sure if I should call her,

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but eventually I decided to yes.
I endured years of abuse and heartache,

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but she was still my mother.
It's also tough for abuse victims to

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leave their tormentors. According to the
National Coalition against Domestic Violence, the victim

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in a violent relationship knows their abuse
her best and fully knows the extent to

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which they will go to make sure
they have and can maintain control over the

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victim. When I called my mother
to wish her a happy birthday, her

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voice didn't sound right. She was
constantly slurring her speech, but blamed it

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on a sore throat. Afterwards,
I contacted the retirement community to let them

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know that my mother may have had
a stroke. The retirement community checked on

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her and called an ambulance. My
mother refused the care, but they took

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her to the hospital anyway. At
the hospital, a doctor explained to my

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mother that she suffered a major stroke
and her right side was paralyzed. I

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flew out to Missouri the following day
to see her. After a couple days

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in the hospital, my mother suffered
a major heart attack. She was near

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death and could no longer speak,
but she still had heart and brain activity.

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The doctor told me that she should
be given morphine because she was suffering.

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After she received the morphine, I
said goodbye to her. She passed

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away the same day. She was
gone. Her abuse had ended, but

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inside of me, the manipulation always
lives. I traveled back to Texas to

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Jake after he finished the six month
program. I received the news that I

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had assumed all along. Jake was
unfortunately unable to care for himself independently.

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His brain injury and later trauma from
confinement was too severe. Being locked in

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the basement for seven years, along
with poor nutrition, made the damage irreversible

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and contributed to his dementia. His
executive skill functions were on a third grade

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level. He would be an easy
target to be preyed upon again and would

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risk being exploited. The bottom line, Jake wouldn't know if he was in

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danger. As time went on,
Jake also developed idiosyncrasies from his mental and

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physical head trauma. I can cool
off metal by waving my hand over it.

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What metal I can cool it off
by waving my hand over it,

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and I can make rust disappear too. I don't think that would work,

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Jake. It works. I can
renew objects with the wave of my hand,

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Okay. I can raise the streets
and land lightning. Don't think I

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can't, Okay, Jake, I'm
telling you I can land lightning. Jake's

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confusion was due to misfiring nerves in
his prefrontal cortex our brains recognition and decision

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making function, and the front part
behind the forehead. I wanted to place

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Jake in another therapy program, but
there was a waiting list, so I

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placed him in a group home.
At first, Jake loved the group home.

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Things were going great for a while, but problems began to arise.

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Two disabled people who were abusive moved
into the home. They kicked doors,

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punched holes on the walls, and
yelled out vulgarities. Jake became nervous and

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agitated. The group home nurse then
started increasing his medication dramatically. These meds

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did not help him calm down.
The system often lumps all mentally ill people

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together, even though some people are
much higher functioning than others. This forcing

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together of indis with completely different mental
problems, causes trauma to everyone. The

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group home's solution, they'll sometimes heavily
medicate the individuals who were unable to handle

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the situation. Some of the group
home members started to abuse Jake, so

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he began to run away. Jake
always preferred to freedom to walk the streets,

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then to be stuck with the violent
people in the group home. One

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day, Jake ran away and was
missing for several days. The police found

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him, and when they did,
Jake acted like he was having a heart

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attack. He asked to be dropped
off at the hospital. The police took

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him to the hospital emergency room,
but they didn't stay with him. Jake

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then, of course, eloped again
from the hospital. I called the hospital

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and discovered that he ran away again, so I contacted the police. The

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police quickly found him in a nearby
An officer called me and said Jake lied

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to him about needing to go to
the hospital. I told the officer,

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yes, Jake knows how to lie
and get out of situations, but he's

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disabled. He wouldn't know if he
was in danger. Jake thinks he knows

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what he's doing, but he really
isn't aware of the danger at the end

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of the day. It's extremely difficult
for a grown man to be restricted when

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he wants to live some kind of
life. When I saw Jake, I

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tried to explain the situation to him. Jake, you can't run away from

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your group home. It's dangerous.
I don't like it, and there people

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hit me. I understand, but
we don't have any other choice right now.

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Some of them don't even know how
to use the bathroom. Some of

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them just scream all day. I
know, Jake, it's not fair that

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you have to deal with that,
but it's the best we have right now.

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Well, Jake would finally leave the
group home, but not because he

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found a better place. COVID struck
and all group homes were closed. Jake

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moved in with me, and I
soon found it was difficult to watch him

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every second. I installed an alarm
on the house so I would hear a

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beep anytime the door or window was
open. This would help me to ensure

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that Jake didn't run away. I
also slept on the sofa because I feared

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he may try to leave in the
middle of the night. One afternoon,

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I was taking a shower and he
sneaked away without me hearing the alarm chime.

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After my shower, I noticed that
Jake was nowhere in the house.

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I ran outside and started frantically searching
and calling his name. Jake, Jake,

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where are you? Jake? Oh? No, he must have run

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off. This was my worst nightmare. It was ninety two degrees outside and

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Jake had no hat, no water, no money, and no ID.

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I drove around searching for him.
I was in a panic. I called

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nine to one one. Unfortunately,
because Jake ran off from his group home

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in the past and tricked the police
into bringing him to the hospital, the

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police didn't want to help. This
was so wrong. Just because Jake lied

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to them and the past doesn't mean
the police have the right not to look

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for him. If a child runs
away and lies about it, you don't

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just ignore the child's disappearance in the
future. The police told me to go

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home and wait for Jake to return. They would send an officer to take

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a report. An officer arrived and
took a report. As soon as the

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officer left, I hopped into my
car and continued searching. I left the

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front door open with a note on
it for Jake in case he returned.

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I finally went back home around eleven
at night with no success. I designed

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and pretty missing person flyers. I
drove around the city and posted them wherever

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I could. I spent the entire
day every day, from dawn to dusk,

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searching for Jake. Every day Jake
was missing, a little more sadness

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crept into my soul and a little
piece of my heart went out. I

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didn't want to imagine the terrible situations
he might encounter. He could be injured,

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exposed to numerous street dangers, abducted, or even killed. As a

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week passed and the police still had
not entered Jake until the National Database for

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Missing Persons. I called the police
station and I was assured by the detective

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that they were looking for him,
but I had my doubts. I traveled

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to where the homeless people were camped
out in town due to COVID. There

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was a huge amount of homeless people. Next to one homeless camp, I

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saw police officers nearby who were gathered
on a corner pulling over a car.

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I walked over and gave them some
flyers. I explained that my brother was

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missing, and none of them were
aware of it. It was two weeks

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At that point, the police told
me not to go into the homeless camps

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alone. The officers wished me luck
in finding my brother, but one officer

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said, ma'am, you're in a
city of nearly ten million people. If

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you don't find him in thirty days, the odds are you're not going to

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find him. I told myself I
would find Jake, come hell or high

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water. I went to several more
homeless camps over the next week. I

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started handing out flyers to the people
there, and this time I offered reward

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money. It was now three weeks
since i'd seen Jake. One morning,

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I woke up to the sound of
lightning hitting the tree in our front yard.

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The lightning nearly split the tree in
half. I feared that it was

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a sign that something was wrong.
Jake always said he could land lightning.

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Maybe this was a sign that something
terrible had happened. It was day twenty

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nine since Jake went missing. It
was looking like I wouldn't find Jake before

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my day thirty deadline, no matter
how unlikely it seemed, though, I

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refused to give up on finding Jake. I thought back to the advice my

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dad gave me never quit, and
never give up, no matter how hard

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the struggle is. Play the hand
that life dealt you. Stay in the

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game, and eventually you'll draw a
winning hand. The morning of day twenty

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nine, I continued my search and
felt God direct me to a different area

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where I distributed my flyers. I
really felt God was leading me that day.

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A voice said go to a different
area. I obeyed. I stopped

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by a gas station at a busy
intersection and dropped off the last two flyers.

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The attendant there said he would keep
an eye out for Jake. The

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next day, on the thirtieth day, I received a call from a private

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caller on my cell phone and answered
it. It was a police officer telling

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me the best news I could imagine. You have my brother. You found

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Jake. Oh thank god. I
was ecstatic. It was like I'd won

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the lottery. The attendant at the
gas station saw my brother and reported it

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to the police. I rushed to
the gas station and there was Jake.

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He looked completely worn out and had
severe sunburn all over his body. Jake,

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Oh, thank god, you're okay. I got confused, Cheryl,

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I can't believe I finally found you. I wanted to call you but I

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couldn't find a pay phone. Those
don't exist anymore. Jake, you don't

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realize the danger you were in.
I'm glad to see you. I'm glad

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to see you too. Jake and
I drove back home. I was so

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happy to have finally found him alive
and safe. As we pulled into the

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house, I pointed out the tree
that was struck by lightning. Hey,

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Jake, you see that tree in
our front yard. Yeah, ten days

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after you went missing, lightning hit
it and nearly cut it in half.

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It scared me. I was afraid
something terrible happened to you. Wow.

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Then I realized that it was you
because you always said you could land lightning.

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Oh my god, Cheryl, I
did land lightning. Oh you see,

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I told you. It made me
search for you even harder. You

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can't imagine the pain I went through
searching for you every day. I'm so

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happy you are okay. Yeah,
I'm glad too. I would have never

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found Jake without God's help. I
felt like God put a supernatural power inside

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of me that helped find him.
That was a miracle. Jake is currently

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in another group home, but every
day is still a struggle. There is

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never enough funding from mental health across
this country, and we see the results

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every day on our streets and in
the news. I hope the story helps

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to shed light on the treatment and
difficulties of the men and women suffering from

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mental health issues throughout the nation.
So many of the systems we have in

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place are flawed and contain obvious issues. It doesn't matter what our mental health

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is, we all deserve to be
treated with dignity and care. Allegedly is

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a production of Voyage Media. The
series is produced by Natmandel, Robert Midas,

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and Dan Benemore. This episode,
Landing Lightning, was produced, directed,

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and written by Jason Cheney, based
on an upcoming novel by Cheryl Dean.

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Once the novel is available, we
will put a link to it in

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the show notes. Executive produced by
Cheryl Dean, starring Annie Abrams as Cheryl

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and Ben Van Deepen as Jake.
Edited sound designed and mixed by Joel Lippman.

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Original music by Derlas Gonzales. If
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