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  • #91
    Re: Update on Shari Oelrich

    Originally posted by cherla42 View Post
    [...]With no counseling available here on Maui I am flying by the seat of my pants during these talks. I am open and honest with her questions and assure her nobody will take her from me.[...]
    Cheryl, please explain what you mean by "no counseling available" on Maui. Does Shari need a certain type of specialist that's not available?

    So happy to hear Shari is progressing...onward and upward.

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    • #92
      Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

      The first time Shari shared the abuse she went through she seemed fine afterward. Last week after sharing more abuse stories she became very angry afterward. I have never seen her so angry. She was griting her teeth at me and talking like her bio-mom used to talk to her. I do at this point feel we need a child psychologist. I have no expertise with abused children. I need the tools to help her through any anger issues she more than likely will have again due to the abuse. Unfortunately either the psychologist here don't take Shari's insurance or they don't deal with children as young as Shari. There is only one place I have not checked into because it would mean throwing us back into "the lion's cage". We will more than likely need to go to Kapiolani for help.

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      • #93
        Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

        GOOD NEWS!!!!!

        Assault on girl brings minimum of 18 years
        By LILA FUJIMOTO, Staff Writer POSTED: July 26, 2008


        WAILUKU - A Lahaina man, sentenced last year to a 20-year prison term for inflicting life-threatening injuries on a child, has been ordered to spend at least 18 years behind bars before being eligible for parole.

        The Hawaii Paroling Authority set the mandatory-minimum term for 27-year-old Francisco "Frankie" Ramirez after a hearing June 23 on Oahu.

        The decision by the parole board means the earliest Ramirez could be released is March 7, 2024.

        He was sentenced in 2nd Circuit Court last October after pleading no contest to a reduced charge of attempted manslaughter of his girlfriend's daughter, Shari Rodrigues, on March 15, 2006, when she was 2 years old. The girl was unconscious when she was rushed by ambulance from Hale O Wainee Homeless Resource Center in Lahaina to Maui Memorial Medical Center after paramedics responded to an emergency call for a comatose child that morning.

        Kihei resident Cheryl Oelrich, who has been allowed to adopt her granddaughter, said she was "just thrilled" when she learned that Ramirez would be required to serve nearly all of his prison term.

        Family members didn't agree with the lower mandatory minimum term of 13 years and four months that was imposed when Ramirez was sentenced, Oelrich said. That minimum term was based on his two prior first-degree burglary convictions, making him a two-time repeat offender.

        Accompanied by a victim-witness counselor from the Maui County prosecutor's office, Oelrich and her daughter Jessica McFall, Shari's aunt, attended the parole hearing last month to ask the parole board to increase Ramirez's minimum term.

        Oelrich said she went "as a voice for Shari," asking parole board members to require Ramirez to spend all 20 years incarcerated.

        "Shari will never have the opportunity of parole from this horrific crime," Oelrich told the board.

        Showing photos of a scar on Shari's stomach and other lasting injuries, Oelrich told Ramirez: "While most of her body has healed on the outside, the inside of her body and brain will forever be ravaged by your anger."

        Ramirez, who is incarcerated at a maximum-security prison in Arizona, appeared by teleconference at the hearing.

        In keeping with a plea agreement, Deputy Prosecutor Robert Rivera recommended that Ramirez's minimum term be set at the 13 years and four months imposed by the court.

        Rivera said there were continuing questions about Ramirez's truthfulness in his description of how Shari was so severely injured.

        Ramirez had been living in an apartment at the homeless resource center with Shari, her mother and the couple's infant son. Ramirez told police he punched the girl in the abdomen when she gave him a "disrespectful" look.

        At Maui Memorial Medical Center, a doctor performed emergency surgery on Shari, who suffered a fractured skull, fractured ribs and bleeding behind her right eye, according to police. Her small intestine was severed from her stomach and her pancreas was cut in half.

        She was flown to an Oahu hospital, where she was hospitalized for two months while Oelrich remained at her bedside.

        Now 4 1/2 years old, Shari attends pre-kindergarten and special education classes. She still suffers from seizures and sees three pediatric specialists as well as her regular pediatrician, often traveling to Oahu for appointments.

        Oelrich said doctors have determined Shari suffered brain damage, but the extent of those injuries might not be known until she is 7 or 8 years old.

        "But she's happy," Oelrich said.

        One of the hardest things she did was to tell Shari that Ramirez had said he was sorry, Oelrich said. Later, when she asked Shari how she felt about Ramirez's apology, "She said, 'It made me feel better.' "

        While attending the parole board hearing was difficult, Oelrich said she felt the family's presence made a difference.

        "It was really hard emotionally," she said. "All of it was part of the healing process too."

        * Lila Fujimoto can be reached at lfujimoto@mauinews.com.

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        • #94
          Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

          Originally posted by cherla42 View Post
          GOOD NEWS!!!!!
          Damn good - thank you!

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          • #95
            Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

            Hoooray!!!

            (((Hugs)))

            Auntie Lynn
            Be AKAMAI ~ KOKUA Hawai`i!
            Philippians 4:13 --- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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            • #96
              Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

              Doing a major happy dance all around my tiny condo...
              ouch <wall>
              ouch <desk>
              ouch <sofa>
              ouch <refrigerator, with Shari's picture!>
              It hurts soooooooo goooooood!
              Way to go, Cheryl. Way to go...

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              • #97
                Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

                A Very Happy Thanksgiving to all from Cheryl & Miss Shari.

                Will send a pic through someone else as I dont know how to post pictures

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                • #98
                  Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

                  Originally posted by cherla42 View Post
                  A Very Happy Thanksgiving to all from Cheryl & Miss Shari.

                  Will send a pic through someone else as I dont know how to post pictures
                  And here she is:

                  Be AKAMAI ~ KOKUA Hawai`i!
                  Philippians 4:13 --- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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                  • #99
                    Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

                    Holey moley...I didn't think Shari could get any cuter. But, she did! Happy Thanksgiving to both of you, too.

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                    • Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

                      Oh my, that little girl looks soooo happy and loved, it gave me chicken skin. Thank you for posting such a wonderful showing of recovery, Sheri's progress is definitely something for us all to be THANKFUL for on THANKSGIVING.
                      Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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                      • Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

                        Quick! Somebody find that adorable child an agent!
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                        That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

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                        • Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

                          She does indeed look happy and beautiful and well cared for.

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                          • Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

                            She is simply beautiful and I'm so glad you've given her the chance to find such love and happiness.
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                            • Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

                              Have sent a Christmas Message and a video of "Shari's Christmas Hula" to Tutu Sue....hopefully she will be able to post for our friends on Hawaii Threads.

                              God Bless,
                              Cheryl & Shari

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                              • Re: Update on Shari Rodriguez

                                Originally posted by cherla42 View Post
                                Have sent a Christmas Message and a video of "Shari's Christmas Hula" to Tutu Sue....hopefully she will be able to post for our friends on Hawaii Threads.

                                God Bless,
                                Cheryl & Shari
                                Thanks, Cheryl. Due to our old friend Lurkah's efforts, I've seen it on another board - maybe he can pop it up here as well (as we are often reminded, tutusue is notoriously "untechie").

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