Rebecca Riley--
Death by Standard Psychiatric Care
(801 word)
Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD
Author: THE ADHD FRAUD—How Psychiatry Make ‘Patients’ of Normal Children
28 Mar 2010
At 2 ½ years of age Rebecca Riley was diagnosed by psychiatrist Kayoko Kifuji to have ADHD and bipolar disorder. She was deemed ‘brain-diseased’/ ‘chemically imbalanced’ and in need of the chemical balancers—clonidine, Depakote and Seroquel—an especially poisonous antipsychotic. When she died at 4 it was said she was overdosed with clonidine by her parents, Carolyn and Michael Riley—both of them recently convicted of her murder.
Not only did organized psychiatry and her psychiatrist—Dr. Kifuji, get off scot-free but with clonidine blamed for her death, Depakote, Seroquel and most of the pharmaceutical industry, got a pass, as well.
District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said he believes the psychiatrist, Dr. Kifuji, who prescribed the drugs to Rebecca, should not be allowed to practice medicine in Massachusetts. He opined: “If what Dr. Kifuji did in this case is the acceptable standard of care for children in Massachusetts, then there is something very wrong in this state."
What Mr. Cruz seems ignorant of is that such glib, anti-scientific, diagnosing and drugging of normals, that Kifuji, and all psychiatrists, get away with, is psychiatry’s standard of care/practice not just in Massachusetts, but nationwide and worldwide. They brand every normal child brought to their offices ‘brain-diseased’/’chemically imbalanced’ and in need of chemical balancers—pills—just as Dr. Kifuji did to Rebecca Riley. This was the end of Rebecca’s life as a normal child.
On November 3, 2001, I wrote to Bernard S. Alpert, MD, President of the Medical Board of California:
“Dear Dr. Alpert, in the November 20, 2001, Family Circle magazine, Richard K. Harding, MD, President of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) proclaimed that psychiatrists diagnose and treat "diseases” just like all other physicians.
Children and adults are told they have ‘brain diseases’/ ‘chemical imbalances,’ when, in fact, they are entirely normal.
Parents who resist are deemed ‘medically negligent’ and have their children taken from them, made wards of the court and diagnosed and drugged nonetheless.
Testifying before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, on “Behavioral Drugs in Schools,” September 29, 2000, I stated:
“It would be fraudulent of anyone to claim that any psychiatric condition is an actual disease.” Claims such as those in Family Circle, violate Senate Bill 836, under which: “… it is unlawful for any person licensed in the healing arts to disseminate any form of public communication, containing a false, fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive statement or claim.”
On June 14, 2002, Dr. Alpert responded:
Thank you for your letter relating to the mental health profession’s representation of emotional and psychological conditions as diseases of the brain. It is unfortunate that such advertising is allowed, and that it often serves to mislead consumers rather than educate them. As you have outlined in your letter, there is tremendous professional support for categorizing emotional and psychological conditions a diseases of the brain. In published materials…you will find that support from chairmen of psychiatric departments, the American Psychiatric Association and professors of major medical schools. It is clear that the psychiatric community has set their standard, and while one might disagree with it, that standard becomes the legal standard upon which the Board must base its actions.
Unbelievably, what Dr. Alpert, was saying here is that whatever the majority in a profession or specialty do--even lie and poison children and adults known to be physically/medically normal--that that becomes the unassailable, legal “standard of practice. ”
Conversely, for an ethical, scientific physician to tell patients the truth—that ADHD and all psychiatric diseases are not diseases at all, or to fail to prescribe drugs for each and every one would be contrary to the “standard of practice” putting that physician, a purveyor of truth and science--in legal jeopardy.
Now you know what the ‘standard of care,’ the ‘standard of practice’ is and how psychiatry commissioned by the pharmaceutical industry has authored it both in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and throughout their own entirely perverted, fraudulent ‘peer-reviewed,’ ‘scientific’ literature.
Do you wonder how they killed Rebecca Riley and got away with it?
Do you wonder that her parents were ‘fall guys’ convicted of her murder?
Nor is Rebecca alone. In the years, 1990-2000, 186 deaths due Ritalin/methylphenidate ‘treatment’ were reported to the FDA/MedWatch program—a number, like all such voluntary reporting systems thought to represent a mere one to ten percent of the actual number of deaths.
But then, this was the result of psychiatric care meeting psychiatry’s own best standard of care/standard of practice.
This is what was found to have been the case with Dr. Kifuji. This is why she is back labeling and drugging again, on the staff and faculty of the Tufts—New England Medical Center.
http://familyrights.us/bin/white_papers-articles/baughman-rebecca_riley.html
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Child care reforms are investigated
Child care reforms are investigated
4:10am Sunday 28th March 2010
By Richard Vernalls »
THE rules around how children are taken into care across the county are being reviewed.
Councillors are forming a task force to look at the criteria for how vulnerable young people are taken into care.
Worcestershire county councillor Barry Gandy, chairing the task force, said the review decision had been taken in light of recent “high profile” cases of child neglect including that of Baby P in Haringey, north London, and Khyra Ishaq, in Birmingham, which had highlighted failures in other councils’ children’s services departments.
Members will look at the existing criteria in which children are taken into care in the county, the caseload of the children’s services child protection team and whether performance can be monitored.
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/5170484.Child_care_reforms_are_investigated/
4:10am Sunday 28th March 2010
By Richard Vernalls »
THE rules around how children are taken into care across the county are being reviewed.
Councillors are forming a task force to look at the criteria for how vulnerable young people are taken into care.
Worcestershire county councillor Barry Gandy, chairing the task force, said the review decision had been taken in light of recent “high profile” cases of child neglect including that of Baby P in Haringey, north London, and Khyra Ishaq, in Birmingham, which had highlighted failures in other councils’ children’s services departments.
Members will look at the existing criteria in which children are taken into care in the county, the caseload of the children’s services child protection team and whether performance can be monitored.
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/5170484.Child_care_reforms_are_investigated/
A timeline of death
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-child-death-chronology2-2010mar28,0,5124634.story
A timeline of death
12 troubled years for L.A. County's Department of Children and Family Services
RELATED
As more L.A. County children die, reform still falters
March 28, 2010
March 1998: A consultant sharply criticized oversight of the "non-system" of care provided by Los Angeles County's Department of Children and Family Services and its director, Peter Digre.
May 1999: Digre, hired eight years before as the troubled department faced possible state takeover, abruptly resigned amid signs he had worn out his welcome with supervisors. Board later hired Anita Bock, citing her toughness.
July 2002: Bock was forced out as supervisors complained of a failure to adequately staff the child-abuse hotline, quickly investigate abuse, streamline adoption and prepare children in the system for adulthood. David Sanders was later named director.
February 2004: Supervisor Gloria Molina tore into Sanders after a Canoga Park toddler was beaten to death by a mother who had been the subject of six previous abuse complaints.
January 2005: A 3-month-old baby was found dead in a washing machine after the mother burned down the house. The mother had been convicted of child abuse 10 years earlier.
October 2005: Sarah Chavez, 2, was beaten to death by her great-uncle, who later was convicted of manslaughter. The girl had been removed from a loving foster home months before.
June 2006: Sanders resigned. Trish Ploehn was later promoted to director.
April 2007: Two-year-old Angel Montiel died after being moved from foster care back to his parents. His mother later pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter after his battered body showed signs of burns and untreated fractures.
August 2007: A 2-month-old girl died, apparently of malnutrition and neglect, on skid row a day after a social worker investigated reports of possible abuse and left the 4-pound child with her mentally ill mother.
May 2008: A 2-year-old Pomona girl starved to death. She and her siblings had been taken from foster care and returned to their parents. Months earlier, social workers found they were doing well.
June 2008: A 5-year-old boy suffered what police called "unbearable physical and psychological abuse" at the hands of a mother and her girlfriend, both with histories of violence. Numerous agencies in the county interacted with the family but didn't communicate with one another.
April 2009: The Times reported that 14 children died of abuse and neglect in 2008 despite having been under the scrutiny of the Department of Children and Family Services. The next day, supervisors expressed shock but county officials acknowledged that 12 died under similar circumstances in 2007 and 14 in 2006.
June 2009: The Times reported that for at least 18 years, the county had ignored urgent and sometimes gruesome reminders that its agencies didn't share key information about neglected children.
July 2009: Six-year-old Dae'von Bailey was beaten to death by his mother's ex-boyfriend, who later pleaded guilty to his murder. The boy's family had been the subject of roughly a dozen abuse complaints, most of which were not substantiated by social workers.
December 2009: A 4-month-old in Santa Monica was beaten to death, allegedly by her stepfather. The girl was left in the home despite the recent removal of siblings because of allegations of abuse.
March 2010: A 2-year-old was beaten to death in the home of a foster mother who had been the subject of five previous abuse complaints. The woman lived with her boyfriend, a convicted armed robber.
March 2010: Deandre Green, 2, was beaten to death, allegedly by his mother's boyfriend. Family members said they had warned police and child-welfare officials about bruises and other injuries.
Source: Times reports
Los Angeles Times
A timeline of death
12 troubled years for L.A. County's Department of Children and Family Services
RELATED
As more L.A. County children die, reform still falters
March 28, 2010
March 1998: A consultant sharply criticized oversight of the "non-system" of care provided by Los Angeles County's Department of Children and Family Services and its director, Peter Digre.
May 1999: Digre, hired eight years before as the troubled department faced possible state takeover, abruptly resigned amid signs he had worn out his welcome with supervisors. Board later hired Anita Bock, citing her toughness.
July 2002: Bock was forced out as supervisors complained of a failure to adequately staff the child-abuse hotline, quickly investigate abuse, streamline adoption and prepare children in the system for adulthood. David Sanders was later named director.
February 2004: Supervisor Gloria Molina tore into Sanders after a Canoga Park toddler was beaten to death by a mother who had been the subject of six previous abuse complaints.
January 2005: A 3-month-old baby was found dead in a washing machine after the mother burned down the house. The mother had been convicted of child abuse 10 years earlier.
October 2005: Sarah Chavez, 2, was beaten to death by her great-uncle, who later was convicted of manslaughter. The girl had been removed from a loving foster home months before.
June 2006: Sanders resigned. Trish Ploehn was later promoted to director.
April 2007: Two-year-old Angel Montiel died after being moved from foster care back to his parents. His mother later pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter after his battered body showed signs of burns and untreated fractures.
August 2007: A 2-month-old girl died, apparently of malnutrition and neglect, on skid row a day after a social worker investigated reports of possible abuse and left the 4-pound child with her mentally ill mother.
May 2008: A 2-year-old Pomona girl starved to death. She and her siblings had been taken from foster care and returned to their parents. Months earlier, social workers found they were doing well.
June 2008: A 5-year-old boy suffered what police called "unbearable physical and psychological abuse" at the hands of a mother and her girlfriend, both with histories of violence. Numerous agencies in the county interacted with the family but didn't communicate with one another.
April 2009: The Times reported that 14 children died of abuse and neglect in 2008 despite having been under the scrutiny of the Department of Children and Family Services. The next day, supervisors expressed shock but county officials acknowledged that 12 died under similar circumstances in 2007 and 14 in 2006.
June 2009: The Times reported that for at least 18 years, the county had ignored urgent and sometimes gruesome reminders that its agencies didn't share key information about neglected children.
July 2009: Six-year-old Dae'von Bailey was beaten to death by his mother's ex-boyfriend, who later pleaded guilty to his murder. The boy's family had been the subject of roughly a dozen abuse complaints, most of which were not substantiated by social workers.
December 2009: A 4-month-old in Santa Monica was beaten to death, allegedly by her stepfather. The girl was left in the home despite the recent removal of siblings because of allegations of abuse.
March 2010: A 2-year-old was beaten to death in the home of a foster mother who had been the subject of five previous abuse complaints. The woman lived with her boyfriend, a convicted armed robber.
March 2010: Deandre Green, 2, was beaten to death, allegedly by his mother's boyfriend. Family members said they had warned police and child-welfare officials about bruises and other injuries.
Source: Times reports
Los Angeles Times
Family rights advocates mourn death of Nancy Schaefer
Family rights advocates mourn death of Nancy Schaefer
March 27, 10:29 PMFamily Rights ExaminerTeri Stoddard
Former Senator Nancy Schaefer
Related Links
2010 Family Preservation Festival
Nancy Schaefer's: Eagle Forum of Georgia
Nancy Schaefer's: Family Court Injustices to Men
Nancy Schaefer's: Cut the Power of the Family Courts
Nancy Schaefer's CPS speech on Youtube
Family rights advocates across the country are mourning the death of former Senator Nancy Schaefer. The bodies of Schaefer and her husband Bruce were found by their daughter Friday. They were both in the bedroom of their home in Georgia, and each had been shot once.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that The Georgia Bureau of Investigation found a suicide note written by Bruce, who was alledgedly suffering from cancer. Nancy had been shot in the back and Bruce was shot in the chest. People who knew Nancy balked at the idea that she committed a murder-suicide, as had been reported earlier, claiming a devout Christian wouldn't do such a thing.
Several people have posted on facebook that they had just spoken with Nancy, some saying they'd recently been with the couple. Each one saying that everything seemed fine. Mary Cadei Johnson wrote that she and Nancy had discussed, "the excitement of being able to meet each other in DC this July," adding, "she wanted to help me with a speech for my oldest daughter to give at the [Family Preservation] festival regarding Sibling Alienation."
Conservative Nancy Schaefer gained respect from both conservative and liberal family rights advocates for her bold and brave work exposing the corruption in Child Protection Services (CPS) and the US family courts. She gave a speech at the World Congress on Families in the Netherlands last year where she described how the US govt. was involved in human trafficking. View the speech HERE. Another speech on the subject can be seen in the video below.
Rumors abound that the couple were murdered for her work exposing this corruption, and that it was made to look like a murder-suicide.
More About: parental alienation · cps · child custody · family rights · parents rights · false allegations · Georgia · Sen. Nancy Schaefer
http://www.examiner.com/x-15873-Family-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d27-Family-rights-advocates-mourn-death-of-Nancy-Schaefer?cid=examiner-email
March 27, 10:29 PMFamily Rights ExaminerTeri Stoddard
Former Senator Nancy Schaefer
Related Links
2010 Family Preservation Festival
Nancy Schaefer's: Eagle Forum of Georgia
Nancy Schaefer's: Family Court Injustices to Men
Nancy Schaefer's: Cut the Power of the Family Courts
Nancy Schaefer's CPS speech on Youtube
Family rights advocates across the country are mourning the death of former Senator Nancy Schaefer. The bodies of Schaefer and her husband Bruce were found by their daughter Friday. They were both in the bedroom of their home in Georgia, and each had been shot once.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that The Georgia Bureau of Investigation found a suicide note written by Bruce, who was alledgedly suffering from cancer. Nancy had been shot in the back and Bruce was shot in the chest. People who knew Nancy balked at the idea that she committed a murder-suicide, as had been reported earlier, claiming a devout Christian wouldn't do such a thing.
Several people have posted on facebook that they had just spoken with Nancy, some saying they'd recently been with the couple. Each one saying that everything seemed fine. Mary Cadei Johnson wrote that she and Nancy had discussed, "the excitement of being able to meet each other in DC this July," adding, "she wanted to help me with a speech for my oldest daughter to give at the [Family Preservation] festival regarding Sibling Alienation."
Conservative Nancy Schaefer gained respect from both conservative and liberal family rights advocates for her bold and brave work exposing the corruption in Child Protection Services (CPS) and the US family courts. She gave a speech at the World Congress on Families in the Netherlands last year where she described how the US govt. was involved in human trafficking. View the speech HERE. Another speech on the subject can be seen in the video below.
Rumors abound that the couple were murdered for her work exposing this corruption, and that it was made to look like a murder-suicide.
More About: parental alienation · cps · child custody · family rights · parents rights · false allegations · Georgia · Sen. Nancy Schaefer
http://www.examiner.com/x-15873-Family-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d27-Family-rights-advocates-mourn-death-of-Nancy-Schaefer?cid=examiner-email
Senator Schaefer murder
Senator Schaefer murder
Mysterious murder of parenting advocate senator who spoke against USA Child Trafficking by corrupt FAMILY court judges.
Reference: Adoption and safe family act 1974 Walter Mondale and 1997-Enhanced by Clinton in 1997.
A 40 billion dollars business.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adv0Kxiu5wA
Mysterious murder of parenting advocate senator who spoke against USA Child Trafficking by corrupt FAMILY court judges.
Reference: Adoption and safe family act 1974 Walter Mondale and 1997-Enhanced by Clinton in 1997.
A 40 billion dollars business.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adv0Kxiu5wA
Nancy Schaefer Found Dead: Suicide Conspiracy Murder?
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Nancy Schaefer Found Dead: Suicide Conspiracy Murder?
by Jack Ryan
Former State Senator Nancy Schaefer and her husband were found shot dead in their Georgia home. Police reported that the couple was both found at what looks like a murder-suicide.
Schaefer, 73, was a powerful Republican that represented North Georgia district twice in her life. Her husband was struggling against cancer at the time and was nearing his end of days. Authorities think it's possible that the couple decided to end their lives together to rid themselves of their daily pains, but the facts aren't adding up.
Authorities say they are investigating the scene as if it were a "murder-suicide" and are not sure what exact action led to their deaths. Police are conducting an investigation to find the exact cause of death. Police did not report any break-ins at the home.
In her last days, she was actively exposing the system of corruption and making the public aware of CPS (Child Protective Services). A government organization that she believes kidnaps children for money. CPS does not have over-sight Schaefer claims; she also claimed that young parents with no money were being targeted. There have been rumors that Schaefer was being targeted and murdered by CPS. (c) tPC
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Published: Mar 27, 2010
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Nancy Schaefer Found Dead: Suicide Conspiracy Murder?
by Jack Ryan
Former State Senator Nancy Schaefer and her husband were found shot dead in their Georgia home. Police reported that the couple was both found at what looks like a murder-suicide.
Schaefer, 73, was a powerful Republican that represented North Georgia district twice in her life. Her husband was struggling against cancer at the time and was nearing his end of days. Authorities think it's possible that the couple decided to end their lives together to rid themselves of their daily pains, but the facts aren't adding up.
Authorities say they are investigating the scene as if it were a "murder-suicide" and are not sure what exact action led to their deaths. Police are conducting an investigation to find the exact cause of death. Police did not report any break-ins at the home.
In her last days, she was actively exposing the system of corruption and making the public aware of CPS (Child Protective Services). A government organization that she believes kidnaps children for money. CPS does not have over-sight Schaefer claims; she also claimed that young parents with no money were being targeted. There have been rumors that Schaefer was being targeted and murdered by CPS. (c) tPC
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Autopsies being performed on Schaefer and husband
Report of Georgia Senator Nancy Schaefer on CPS Corruption
MARCH 27, 2010...11:03 AM
Autopsies being performed on Schaefer and husband
State Sen. Don Thomas of Dalton said this morning he believed that Bruce Schafer had been ill
Couple’s daughter, who lives in the same gated community as the Schaefers, had no knowledge of any serious illness affecting her father
By Mitch Clarke and Stephen Gurr
mclarke@gainesvilletimes.com;
sgurr@gainesvilletimes.com
UPDATED March 27, 2010 11:42 a.m.
Autopsies are being performed today on the bodies of former state Sen. Nancy Schaefer and her husband, who were found shot to death Friday afternoon in an apparent murder- suicide at their Habersham County home.
Sheriff Joey Terrell said this morning that authorities believe they know who the shooter was, but wanted to wait until the autopsies are completed before releasing that information.
Terrell said the couple’s daughter, who lives in the same gated community as the Schaefers, discovered their bodies in a bedroom about 5:30 p.m. Friday. He said a handgun was used in the shootings and was found near the bodies.
Several notes were left behind, but Terrell declined to say who wrote them.
While State Sen. Don Thomas of Dalton said this morning he believed that Bruce Schafer had been ill, the sheriff said the couple’s daughter had no knowledge of any serious illness affecting him.
A prominent conservative Republican, Schaefer, 75, was known as a vocal opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage. She was elected to the state Senate in 2004 and served two terms, but she made several unsuccessful bids for public office prior to that.
State Rep. Rick Austin, whose district includes Habersham County, announced Schaefer’s death to a packed House chamber around 7:30 p.m. Friday and led lawmakers in a moment of silence.
Hall County legislators who had worked with Schaefer said they were saddened by the news.
“I had the privilege of serving with Nancy for several years in the State Senate and appreciated her kind heart and desire to serve the people of Georgia well,” said Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. “Nita and I will be praying for the entire Shaefer family and ask that the Lord will provide them with peace that passes all understanding during this difficult time.”
“The state of Georgia has lost two fine God-fearing people,” said state Rep. James Mills, R-Chestnut Mountain. “We should all pray for the family.”
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Gainesville, said he served with Schaefer in his first term in the House. Because they served in adjoining districts, they often attended meetings together on White County issues, he said.
Collins said Schaefer served her district honorably.
“I always thought her to be an honest person who did what she thought was right,” Collins said. “It’s just a real sad event.”
Schaefer, who has been active in conservative Christian causes for many years, was president of Family Concerns, a Christian organization.
She was elected in 2004 after federally redrawn legislative districts created an open seat in the 50th District. She defeated two Republican challengers and a Democrat to win the seat.
Prior to that, Schaefer ran for mayor of Atlanta in 1993, was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 1994 and finished third in the GOP race for governor in 1998.
Before seeking re-election in 2008, she considered a challenge to Brown for the congressional seat. She later chose to run for re-election, but lost in the Republican primary to eventual winner Jim Butterworth.
She once hosted a daily commentary show on WNIV-AM, an Atlanta Christian radio station, according to her state Senate biography.
She was a former first vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention, a frequent speaker to churches of all denominations, a speaker to civic and political organizations and a frequent guest on radio and local and national television programs.
In 2001, she became the first female trustee of Toccoa Falls College.
She and her husband lived in Atlanta for 35 years before relocating to Habersham County.
The 50th District, which she served, includes Habersham, Rabun, Towns, Stephens, Banks, Franklin, Hart and a portion of White counties.
Shaefer and her husband had five children and 13 grandchildren.
Staff writer Ashley Fielding and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
[not verified, but I do believe Sen. Nancy Schaefer was 73, her husband 75, and they had 16 grandchildren]
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MARCH 27, 2010...11:03 AM
Autopsies being performed on Schaefer and husband
State Sen. Don Thomas of Dalton said this morning he believed that Bruce Schafer had been ill
Couple’s daughter, who lives in the same gated community as the Schaefers, had no knowledge of any serious illness affecting her father
By Mitch Clarke and Stephen Gurr
mclarke@gainesvilletimes.com;
sgurr@gainesvilletimes.com
UPDATED March 27, 2010 11:42 a.m.
Autopsies are being performed today on the bodies of former state Sen. Nancy Schaefer and her husband, who were found shot to death Friday afternoon in an apparent murder- suicide at their Habersham County home.
Sheriff Joey Terrell said this morning that authorities believe they know who the shooter was, but wanted to wait until the autopsies are completed before releasing that information.
Terrell said the couple’s daughter, who lives in the same gated community as the Schaefers, discovered their bodies in a bedroom about 5:30 p.m. Friday. He said a handgun was used in the shootings and was found near the bodies.
Several notes were left behind, but Terrell declined to say who wrote them.
While State Sen. Don Thomas of Dalton said this morning he believed that Bruce Schafer had been ill, the sheriff said the couple’s daughter had no knowledge of any serious illness affecting him.
A prominent conservative Republican, Schaefer, 75, was known as a vocal opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage. She was elected to the state Senate in 2004 and served two terms, but she made several unsuccessful bids for public office prior to that.
State Rep. Rick Austin, whose district includes Habersham County, announced Schaefer’s death to a packed House chamber around 7:30 p.m. Friday and led lawmakers in a moment of silence.
Hall County legislators who had worked with Schaefer said they were saddened by the news.
“I had the privilege of serving with Nancy for several years in the State Senate and appreciated her kind heart and desire to serve the people of Georgia well,” said Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. “Nita and I will be praying for the entire Shaefer family and ask that the Lord will provide them with peace that passes all understanding during this difficult time.”
“The state of Georgia has lost two fine God-fearing people,” said state Rep. James Mills, R-Chestnut Mountain. “We should all pray for the family.”
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Gainesville, said he served with Schaefer in his first term in the House. Because they served in adjoining districts, they often attended meetings together on White County issues, he said.
Collins said Schaefer served her district honorably.
“I always thought her to be an honest person who did what she thought was right,” Collins said. “It’s just a real sad event.”
Schaefer, who has been active in conservative Christian causes for many years, was president of Family Concerns, a Christian organization.
She was elected in 2004 after federally redrawn legislative districts created an open seat in the 50th District. She defeated two Republican challengers and a Democrat to win the seat.
Prior to that, Schaefer ran for mayor of Atlanta in 1993, was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 1994 and finished third in the GOP race for governor in 1998.
Before seeking re-election in 2008, she considered a challenge to Brown for the congressional seat. She later chose to run for re-election, but lost in the Republican primary to eventual winner Jim Butterworth.
She once hosted a daily commentary show on WNIV-AM, an Atlanta Christian radio station, according to her state Senate biography.
She was a former first vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention, a frequent speaker to churches of all denominations, a speaker to civic and political organizations and a frequent guest on radio and local and national television programs.
In 2001, she became the first female trustee of Toccoa Falls College.
She and her husband lived in Atlanta for 35 years before relocating to Habersham County.
The 50th District, which she served, includes Habersham, Rabun, Towns, Stephens, Banks, Franklin, Hart and a portion of White counties.
Shaefer and her husband had five children and 13 grandchildren.
Staff writer Ashley Fielding and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
[not verified, but I do believe Sen. Nancy Schaefer was 73, her husband 75, and they had 16 grandchildren]
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Autopsies being performed on Schaefer and husband
Report of Georgia Senator Nancy Schaefer on CPS Corruption
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Senator Nancy Schaefer tells the TRUTH about Child Protective Services
Kids Murdered In Custody of CPS/DHS
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