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A state inspector found a slew of problems, including that the facility hired staff who did not know how to use lifesaving equipment and that the facility rarely held emergency
In 1986, Sims claimed someone had abducted her daughter Loralei from her Jersey County home.
“He was going to kill me, I was in such shock, I didn’t know he was going to take my baby,” she told reporters at the time. “I just did what he said.”
Police launched a massive search.
Pat Gauen was a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at the time.
“It just riveted news coverage in St. Louis like I rarely have ever seen for any case on either side of the river,” he recalled.
Ten days later, the baby’s remains were found 150 feet behind the Sims’ home.