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trumad

(41,692 posts)
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 07:33 AM Nov 2013

Squatting Holly Hill family was living with decomposed body--What a story!

This is disturbing on so many levels.

Holly Hill police say a family of five, including several children, were squatting in a home with a decomposing body, and have been collecting the dead woman's disability benefits.

Officers made the discovery Thursday, when the Department of Children and Families asked police to conduct a well-being check on Tiffany Kain, a 33-year-old who suffered from spina bifida, said Chief Mark Barker.

When police responded to a home on Ridgewood Avenue, they smelled a foul odor and immediately became suspicious, a police report said. They peered through a bedroom window and saw a decaying body.

Officers then found Todd LaDuke, Nicole Scalise and their three children, and determined the family has been squatting in the residence.

The home was filthy and in disarray, according to the report. Officers said there were "piles" of animal feces and urine throughout the house and mounds of garbage.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-holly-hill-family-dead-body-20131101,0,7649233.story
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Squatting Holly Hill family was living with decomposed body--What a story! (Original Post) trumad Nov 2013 OP
I live a short distance from that house!!! rppper Nov 2013 #1
My heart breaks for the kids. trumad Nov 2013 #2
Yeah, same here... rppper Nov 2013 #3
Truman finds all the good stuff. Shrike47 Nov 2013 #4
Truman is dead. trumad Nov 2013 #5

rppper

(2,952 posts)
1. I live a short distance from that house!!!
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 07:50 AM
Nov 2013

Huge news....I don't know but they look like tweekers...I'm saying this as someone who worked with long and short term addiction programs and addicts....

Meth is a helluva' drug.....

I don't mean to sound so, I don't know....neutral maybe....about this...man I've heard and seen the effects drugs have on people, but for gods sake, this beats every horror story I heard from all the addicts I worked with for nearly 8 years...and this is like 8 blocks from my home! I'm going to have a hard time not wishing something terrible on these two "parents"

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
2. My heart breaks for the kids.
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 07:52 AM
Nov 2013

The emotional scarring will probably stay with them forever.

I think any time my kids complain about anything, I'll make them read this story.

rppper

(2,952 posts)
3. Yeah, same here...
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 08:10 AM
Nov 2013

3 if I read right....all small kids too...

This is right out of a breaking bad episode, only much more horrific.

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