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MrsERod
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STUART, Florida -- A 480-pound Martin County woman has died after emergency workers tried to remove her from the couch where she had remained for about six years.
Gayle Laverne Grinds, 40, died Wednesday, after a failed six-hour effort to dislodge her from the couch in her home. Workers say the home was filthy, and Grinds was too large to get up from the couch to even use the bathroom.
Everyone going inside the home had to wear protective gear. The stench was so powerful they had to blast in fresh air.
A preliminary autopsy on the the four-foot, ten-inch woman lists the cause of death as "morbid obesity." But officials want to know more about the circumstances inside the home.
Investigators say Grinds lived with a man named Herman Thomas, who says he tried to take care of her the best he could. He has told them he tried repeatedly to get her up, but simply couldn't. No charges have been filed, but officials are looking into negligence issues.
Emergency workers had to remove some sliding glass doors and lift the couch, with Grinds still on it, to a trailer behind a pickup truck. Removing her from the couch would be too painful, since her body was grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed.
She died at Martin Memorial Hospital South, still attached to the couch.
Neighbors say they had no idea Grinds lived at the duplex, though they had seen Thomas and some children outside.
 
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
 
Who is this guy that was living there that never sought any type of help for her. That is just cruel!!
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| Posted 8/13/05 2:42 PM |
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MrsERod
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
Posted by Mrs-Boop
Who is this guy that was living there that never sought any type of help for her. That is just cruel!!
really!!! 
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| Posted 8/13/05 2:44 PM |
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dooodles
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
So sad in my heart for her
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| Posted 8/13/05 2:44 PM |
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lvdolphins
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
 That is so sad!
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| Posted 8/13/05 2:52 PM |
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
Posted by MrsERod
Removing her from the couch would be too painful, since her body was grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed.
oh ....my..... god
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| Posted 8/13/05 3:50 PM |
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BabyAvocado
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SoinLove
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
Wow...that's really sad
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| Posted 8/13/05 4:29 PM |
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Redhead
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suvenR
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
Is this true???
It's very....What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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| Posted 8/13/05 7:11 PM |
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MrsERod
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
Posted by suvenR
Is this true???
It's very....What's Eating Gilbert Grape
here's the link i got in an email:
STORY
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| Posted 8/13/05 7:14 PM |
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suvenR
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checka
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
I remember seeing this story on the news a few months ago. This must be the same one. Same thing with the woman's skin being grafted into the couch 
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| Posted 8/13/05 7:45 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
Yeah it happened about 9 months ago actually...
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| Posted 8/13/05 9:48 PM |
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Jennifer
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Very sad.
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| Posted 8/13/05 9:49 PM |
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B-G04
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
That is very sad.
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luvsbob4603
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Wow that is soo sad! my heart goes out to her family. where is her family how they have not tried to help her? i would have been concerned for my daughter. this guy should be put in jail for not helping her.
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
OMG! Her body was one with the couch how is that possible!
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| Posted 8/14/05 12:27 AM |
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june262004
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
Ya I remember hearing this a while about. Sad.
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skygirl
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Re: Wow...this is truly sad....
that is so sad
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