1,000 pound woman accused of murder

"Half-Ton Killer" [Youtube]

News documentary about a 1,000 pound woman who is accused of murdering her nephew by sitting on him.

Her skin is prone to infection unless it's cleaned.  She is totally dependent on her husband for everything.

Morbidly obese patients tend to eat about 18,000 calories per day.  A regular person eats closer to 2,000 calories per day.  Patients that are bed bound have to have an enabler, that is how they get to be that big.
~ Dr. Bryan Lipsen

She admitted to the doctor that she would eat three or four cakes a day.

By only age 23, she found it increasingly difficult to support her own weight.

Each one of her buttocks is probably at least 120 pounds.
~ Dr. Lipsen

She had been bed-bound for six years.

She is a prisoner in her own body.
~ Dr. appointed to monitor Mayra's health to see if she can stand trial.

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