Stolen Lives Stolen Lives   Thousands of older Americans are being robbed of their freedom, dignity, and life savings by a legal system created for their protection. How can this happen? By Barry Yeoman, Journalist Originally published in AARP The Magazine, January/February 2004 Another Nursing Home Murder   Testmony of Bee Becker to U S Senate Committee On Aging about Helen Straukamp who was killed by a mentally ill patient in a nursing home. The crime was not prosecuted by the local prosecutor's office. The Immoralities of Jennifer Smith   True crime- First she was a bank teller, then an Adult Protective Services employee and finally, the operator of an illegal adult living facility. Jennifer Smith has a resident committed to a psychiatric hospital so she can steal her assets A condensed chapter download from the book by Joe Roubicek.