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A couple from Alberta has pleaded guilty in court for having failed to have provided the necessaries of life in death of a developmentally-challenged woman. The couple, Denise and Michael Scriven, was charged after Denise Scriven’s sister, Betty Anne Gagnon, was found dead in the front seat of a truck east of Edmonton in November 2009.
48-years-old Gagnon had been legally described as being blind and having the mind of a five-year-old. A court appointed medical examiner revealed that Gagnon gave up to a serious injury caused by blunt force to the head, however it was difficult to conclude if it was caused by blow to the face or by a fall. The statement of facts agreed by both parties stated that the couple had locked Gagnon inside a number of locations on the their property, including a chicken hutch, a dog run and an unheated school bus with no toilet or running water while she was in their care.
It was mentioned that Gagnon was sleeping in the bus on the night of her death. It was stated that Denise Scriven visited the women in the afternoon to hand out lunch, and realized that she was lying on her side, while having breathing problems. Soon after Gagnon started seizing, when Denise claims that she brought her to the house and attempted to use a funnel to force her mouth open, and started giving CPR. Eventually, Denise had to drag Gagnon off from the bus and later driver her to a nearby gas station, since the couple’s rural property was hard to find. Gagnon died in the vehicle.
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