Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Nation IN BRIEF OREGON Trial Opens in Case of Man Left at Track Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 07:09:49 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Nation IN BRIEF OREGON Trial Opens in Case of Man Left at Track Publication Date: Wednesday November 18, 1992 BYLINE: A woman was trying to get help for her elderly father when she abandoned him at a racetrack, her attorney said as her trial opened in Hillsboro, Ore. Sue Gifford, 41, is charged with kidnaping, perjury and theft for taking her father out of a nursing home in what prosecutors claim was a plot to steal his pension checks and Social Security. John Kingery, 82, was found in March sitting in his wheelchair at a greyhound track in Coeur d'Alene, Ida. A note identified him as "John King" and said he suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Children from his first marriage recognized him in news reports and took him to Morgantown, Ky., to live near them. He died Nov. 2. Gifford's attorney said she had tried to get care for her father but did not have the emotional strength. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM