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.
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CANTON – Lindsey Abbuhl paraded her 11-year-old daughter to local fundraisers, and flew her halfway across the country to be the guest of honor during Texas A&M softball games.
The Canton mom described the girl s medical condition as a central nervous system malfunction. It had prematurely ended Rylee s softball career. Worse yet, it would end her life, mom said.
Rylee was dying.
At least that s what everyone believed.
Wishes Can Happen believed it. Lindsey s friends believed it. Softball players from colleges near and far, who d created videos for Rylee, believed it. Players on her own travel team believed it. Media, including this newspaper, believed it. Even Rylee herself believed it.