Gary Staton
Gary Staton is a Nebraska man who abandoned nine of his 11 children at Omaha's Creighton Medical Center on September 24, 2008. He told the hospital the mother of the children died 17 months ago after giving birth to the youngest, and he felt overwhelmed by the responsibility.
Under the Nebraska Safe Haven Law, implemented in July 2008, children under the age of 19 may be left at a hospital if they are in immediate danger.
Fast Facts
- Staton and his wife were cited for child neglect in 20041
- Living conditions in 2004 included a broken septic tank, no gas and no water2
- His 16-year-old daughter Amoria Micek, quit school to help care for her younger siblings1
- Staton left five boys and four girls aged 1 to 17
- Staton's wife was 34 when she died of a brain aneurysm2
- A total of 14 children were abandoned at Nebraska hospitals between September 13 and September 25, 20083
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