-Caveat Lector- >From Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC, November 13, 1999 ASHEVILLE - Prosecutors plan to seek an indictment for practicing medicine without a license against a Columbus man after a mother followed his advice and her diabetic daughter died of insulin shock. Laurence Perry, 46, who gave a Chesnee Road, Columbus, address, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and jailed in lieu of a $50,000 secured bond. Perry was charged with the death of 8-year-old Helena Rose Kolitwenzew on Oct. 21. "This lady (Helena's mother, Marion Kolitwenzew) apparently was referred to this guy from someone," Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford said. "He told her to take her off of insulin and put her on some herbal (remedy). The girl went into shock and died at Mission Hospital. "Isn't that pathetic, an 8-year-old child?" said Medford. "Lord, it makes you wonder what the world's coming to." Although sheriff's Detective Lt. Sam Constance said Perry practiced out of his home in Columbus as the General Health Care Facility for Preventive and Alternative Medicine, District Attorney Ron Moore suggested he may have enough evidence to show Perry, by legal definition, practiced here. "Some act would have to occur within our county to give us jurisdiction," said Moore, adding, "We're going to present it (practicing without a license) to the grand jury." Practicing without a license is a Class A misdemeanor and can only be charged by a grand jury indictment, Medford and Constance said. Polk County would also have jurisdiction if Perry practiced without a license there. Moore would not elaborate on how Buncombe County could have jurisdiction, citing the pending nature of the case. But Constance said investigators believe the felony manslaughter case can be heard in Buncombe County because the girl, who lived in Asheville with her mother, died in Buncombe County. Constance also said while detectives know the girl and her mother traveled at least once to Perry's Columbus clinic, there were follow-up telephone calls between the office and the camper where the mother and daughter lived in Buncombe County. He would not say how long the girl had been under Perry's care. "It is no doubt a senseless death," said Constance, "and probably one of the most senseless we've seen, because it could have been prevented." Constance said an autopsy on the girl's body at Bowman Gray Hospital in Winston-Salem revealed she died from a lack of insulin. Marion Kolitwenzew has since returned to the Richmond, Va., area, and Helena's burial was there, Constance said. Call Phil Alexander at 232-5857 or e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
