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   Charges: Daughter stole thousands from dying father, mother with dementia   
      
   Daughter stole money from ailing father   
   By: Paul Blume   
   POSTED:SEP 23 2015 06:43PM CDT   
   UPDATED:SEP 24 2015 03:08PM CDT   
   LAKEVILLE, Minn. (KMSP) - An adult daughter, trusted with caring for a dying   
   father and a mother suffering from dementia, and her husband are being accused   
   of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her parents.   
      
   The charges leveled against Shannon Thompson will be hard for some to grasp.   
   Fox 9 spoke with Don Widboom back in January 2014. The veteran would be dead   
   within weeks after losing his painful battle with pancreatic cancer. The loss   
   crushed the family,    
   including daughter Sarah Loewen, but it's what has allegedly happened in the   
   aftermath that has added more pain to those close to Widboom and his widow,   
   Mary.   
      
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   "I was very close to my sister. I'm not sure what happened, why she thought   
   she could do this to our family," Loewen said.   
      
   Photo Charges: Daughter stole thousands from dying father, mother with dementia   
   Dakota County prosecutors have charged Thompson and her husband with two   
   felony counts each for theft. The couple had agreed to care for their parents   
   and help handle their finances by moving in with them during Widboom's cancer   
   fight and his wife's    
   slide into dementia. Instead of assisting the family in a time of overwhelming   
   need, the couple is now accused of stealing thousands of dollars in life   
   insurance money owed to their mom.   
      
   Investigators also found they stole and forged checks totaling thousands of   
   dollars from Mary Widboom's accounts, draining their mother's savings. The   
   family realized something was very wrong when Thompson and her husband posted   
   family photos from exotic    
   trips on their Facebook page.   
      
   "I'm actually happy my mom has dementia because if she didn't -- who does that   
   to their own mom? She would be heartbroken if she really understood what was   
   happening," Loewen said.   
      
   Thompson is also accused of opening a credit card and running up bills in her   
   late grandmother's name. Additionally, the criminal charges against her   
   include allegations of stolen family prescriptions, including oxycodone. Fox 9   
   left voicemail messages    
   and tried finding Thompson and her husband for comment today, but our efforts   
   were unsuccessful.   
      
   Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom told Fox 9 that the charges illustrate   
   the growing issue of elderly financial abuse across the country. Oftentimes,   
   committed by once trusted family members.   
      
   Sadly, he said the victims sometimes don't even realize they have been ripped   
   off. The investigation into this case continues. He did not rule out the   
   potential for additional charges against Shannon & Ted Thompson.   
      
      
      
   http://www.fox9.com/news/23835057-story   
      
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