This woman, Kelly Von Lehmden, raised thousands of dollars to fight her breast cancer, and was later discovered to have falsified documents to fake the disease. Now there is concern for her handicapped son, who may be a victim of her Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome. In our age of pathologizing all aberrent behavior, we seem to treat criminals as greater victims than their victims often are. Is this woman mentally ill? Was she simply unable to prevent herself from forging medical records? Is this scandal enough to satisfy her incessant need for attention, or will she continue to pull stunts like this until someone really gets hurt?
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