CANTON – The attorney for a Canton woman accused of making up her daughter s terminal illness is defending her actions and says she is being wrongly portrayed.
In an email to The Repository Friday afternoon, local attorney Paul Kelley stated his client, Lindsey Abbuhl, is a loving mother who cares deeply for this child and whom has gone to incredible lengths to protect her health and well-being.
Rylee Abbuhl, 11, was removed from her mom s custody in an emergency action on May 13 by the Stark County Sheriff s Office and social workers with the Stark County Division of Children Services. The latter stepped aside the next day because the child s father Lindsey s ex-husband Jamie Abbuhl had requested, and was granted, temporary custody by Family Court Judge Rosemarie Hall.
Mom Allegedly Faked Daughter s Terminal Illness for Free Trips and Donations
On 5/18/21 at 4:28 PM EDT
The Repository in Canton, Lindsey Abbuhl, 34, is the focus of criminal inquiry, as her daughter s apparently falsified medical condition was allegedly used by the mom to garner donations.
Rylee Abbuhl, who has been put in her care of her father, Jamie, was said by her mother to suffer from a central nervous system malfunction that would ultimately kill her. As
The Repository wrote, Rylee s condition was well-known in the Canton community and was believed to be true by friends, media outlets and even Rylee.
Rylee and Lindsey Abbuhl in a picture posted to Lindsey s Facebook page late last year.
HOW COULD SHE?
Mom faked daughter’s terminal illness for 3 years telling 11-year-old she was dying to get cash donations & free holiday
Updated: May 17 2021, 8:32 ET
AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl has been removed from her mother s care after she claimed the youngster was terminally ill to gain cash donations and handouts over three years.
Lindsey Abbuhl, 34, deceived hundreds of wellwishers and conned them out of thousands of dollars by pretending her daughter Rylee had a fatal condition, according to authorities.
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A GoFundMe page set up by a friend for Rylee conned well wishers out of $4,500Credit: Gofundme
She told her community in Canton, Ohio, that Rylee suffered from a failure of her central nervous system - that she could barely eat, was constantly exhausted, on a barrage of pain medication and regularly experienced nighttime seizures.
Lindsey Abbuhl Canton Ohio mom made 11 year old daughter, Rylee believe she had terminal illness.
Lindsey Abbuhl Canton Ohio mother loses custody of 11 year old daughter after faking terminal cancer collecting free gifts and donations.
For three years a now 11 year old
Ohio girl believed her imminent death was a foregone conclusion after coming to trust her mother who told her she was in the grips of an incurable terminal disease. Except she wasn’t.
Come this weekend,
Lindsey Abbuhl, 34, lost custody of her daughter,
Rylee Abbuhl, after authorities placed the child in the care of her father after the girl’s mother’s ongoing falsely claiming the child was terminally ill in a