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Ten-year-old Jayci Yaeger Losing Battle with Brain Cancer while Awaiting Father?s Release from Prison

By Investigation Discovery

Earlier this week, I brought you the story of Jason Yaeger, an inmate at the Federal Prison Camp in Yankton, South Dakota, who has been seeking an early release to a halfway house so that he can be with his daughter, Jayci Yaeger, a 10-year-old girl who is dying of brain cancer at a hospital located less than four hours from the prison.  Yesterday, Jayci's Uncle, Ed Yaeger, told Action3news.com that Jayci's health is continuing to decline.  "She's having respiratory problems and continues to have them," Ed Yaeger said.  "Last night, they think she had a stroke.  One side is colder than the other, and her blood pressure has been low.  Her body is trying to shut down." Despite the fact that Jason has served the bulk of a 5½-year sentence for a methamphetamine conviction, Warden J...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).