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Janet Schulte Duped to Care for Man Pretending to be Retarded

by Tina Kells | August 20, 2009 at 06:34 pm

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Janet Schulte from Florida was duped on Craigslist into caring for a man who she thought was developmentally disabled. The man who hired her pretended to be his own brother when she answered his ad on Craigslist. He told her he had a brother who was retarded and needed regular care including bathing, feeding, and diaper changing.

Schulte and her husband became suspicious when the brother was never available to meet face-to-face. The man who pretended to be retarded will not be charged with any crime. Janet Schulte was paid $600 per week to care for him as if he were a baby and he never once broke character.

A Florida woman was duped into changing diapers and providing care for a man she met through Craigslist who feigned disabilities. Turns out the man who hired Janet Schulte to look after an adult brother with diminished mental capacity was the same guy she bottle-fed and treated like a child for 3 months.

Schulte said the worst thing is that authorities can't go after the man because he appears not to have committed any crime. Though the man lied, he typically paid the agreed $600 weekly for her services.

Schulte said he never broke character, and on the phone always gave an excuse when she tried to meet his "brother."

She and her husband got suspicious and found the man out after subtle behavior changes and a few late payments.