[NEWS] Couple told their 10-year-old he had cancer; extorted through gofundme

[GFD]

An upstate New York couple was arrested after a four-month police investigation revealed they allegedly duped kindhearted people out of thousands of dollars by creating a GoFundMe page asking for donations to help pay medical bills for a child they falsely claimed had cancer, officials said.

Martin and Jolene LaFrance, both 35, of Port Byron, New York, were arrested on felony fraud charges and endangering the welfare of a child, said Cayuga County Sheriff David Gould. - ABC News

The worst part about this is that the kid thought that he was loving dying for months.

Articles:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/couple-lied-cancer-child-gofundme-scam-police/story?id=55011676
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/national/uncle-syracuse-boy-who-falsely-believed-he-had-cancer-was-terrified-of-death-20180510
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/05/cj_lafrance_cancer_fake_scam_police_parents.html#incart_m-rpt-1
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/05/gofundme_lafrance_cancer_donations_refund.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2018/05/07/parents-lied-son-cancer-diagnosis-syracuse-football-visit-gofundme/589177002/

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Shoutouts to permanently damaging the relationship with your child.
 /discuss

[Ad Bot]

[Darth C3P0²]

uh

[thegoodperry]

>upstate New York

lol that explains a lot

[TableSalt]

uh

eloquent.

[thegoodperry]

Imagine being distressed for like months thinking you're going to die and basically coming to terms with your own mortality and then learning you're not even gunna die. its like, coming back from the dead literally. the child will probably have PTSD but he'll probably appreciate life a lot more than he did before this happened. one day when he's faced with his ACTUAL mortality it'll probably be easier for him to cope with it

im pretty jealous

[GFD]

Okay but honestly I don't think I would ever speak to my parents again. Currently the parents still have custody so they could be trying to warp this kid's mind even more. e.g. "you were miraculuously healed!" "don't ask why you never get to talk to or speak with your favorite uncle again" "we're keeping you homeschooled from now on so you don't get cancer again"

I hope that they can get the kid as far away from the parents as possible.

[King Tøny]

Imagine being distressed for like months thinking you're going to die and basically coming to terms with your own mortality and then learning you're not even gunna die. its like, coming back from the dead literally. the child will probably have PTSD but he'll probably appreciate life a lot more than he did before this happened. one day when he's faced with his ACTUAL mortality it'll probably be easier for him to cope with it

im pretty jealous

Getting an existential mid-life crCIA at the age of 10 is not a good thing.

[Figure]

what a loving monday

[kanew2000]

Well, I'm from Utica and I've never noticed your child being sick.

[Figure]

Well, I'm from Utica and I've never noticed your child being sick.

oh, not in utica, no. it's an albany expression.

[Boomsticks Alt]

oh, not in utica, no. it's an albany expression.

I see

[Master Matthew²]

Getting an existential mid-life crCIA at the age of 10 is not a good thing.

Can confirm.
Not explaining why.

[thegoodperry]

Can confirm.

lol you totally didnt have any sort of existential crCIA at age 10

[Master Matthew²]

lol you totally didnt have any sort of existential crCIA at age 10

do you have any evidence for why anyone fould thought anotas

[thegoodperry]

do you have any evidence for why anyone fould thought anotas

because children dont have existential crises. its not something you can just have at that age unless your entire family was killed in an airstrike or something