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Relatives Charged With Stealing From Dying Eveyln Roth, Who Lived

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Roth's niece Kathleen Sue Jingling, 53, and cousin Virginia Ann Kuehn, 66, have been indicted on 35 felonies, according to the The Oregonian newspaper. The women pleaded not guilty at their arraignment this week.

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'Dying' Woman Robbed: Kathleen Jingling, left, and Virginia Kuehn are accused of using the power of attorney of an elderly relative to sell her home and snap up all her possessions. Prosecutors in Oregon said Friday the two women thought Evelyn Roth was dying of cancer, so they helped themselves to all her assets. Roth recovered.

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News That Stunned Us

'Dying' Woman Robbed: Kathleen Jingling, left, and Virginia Kuehn are accused of using the power of attorney of an elderly relative to sell her home and snap up all her possessions. Prosecutors in Oregon said Friday the two women thought Evelyn Roth was dying of cancer, so they helped themselves to all her assets. Roth recovered and she said she wants to see her relatives go to prison.

Multnomah County Corrections

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Roth's home of 56 years in Portland, Ore. -- gone. The mahogany furniture crafted by her late husband -- gone. Her wedding pictures, her Buick, her grandfather clock, more than $100,000 in savings and investments -- all gone.

The trouble began when Roth had surgery in February 2008 for what The Oregonian described as a cancerous growth on her esophagus. After surgery, she fell in her home, was hospitalized and then was sent to a nursing home. That spring, she had radiation treatments for the cancer. And on April 24, she gave Kuehn and Jingling power of attorney.

An officer said Jingling later told her the doctor "guaranteed" that Roth was dying.

But as Roth recovered, she starting hearing rumors of a "For Sale" sign on her lawn. A former Sunday school student of hers helped start unraveling what happened to her belongings and her money while she was ill.

The self-described "stubborn old lady" has surprised authorities with her high spirits, despite her losses, but she told the newspaper she is determined to see her relatives jailed.

"They robbed me blind," Roth said. "Everything was for money, just to get money, money, money. That's not the way it should be."