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HeraldNet (Everett Herald), Associated Press, “Jehovah's Witness teen who refused treatment dies”

28 November 2007Source ID src-ap-2007-1128-lindberg-heraldnetAccessed 19 September 2026
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HeraldNet (Everett Herald), Associated Press, “Jehovah's Witness teen who refused treatment dies”

28 November 2007 · Associated Press · The Daily Herald (Everett, WA)

“Skagit County Superior Court Judge John Meyer denied a motion by the state to force the boy to have a blood transfusion”

Dennis Lindberg, 14, died 'Wednesday night at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle'; his birth parents 'believe their son should have had the transfusion and suggested he had been unduly influenced by his legal guardian'.

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Corroborated by. src-ap-2007-1130-lindberg-cbs, src-ap-2007-1128-lindberg-seattletimes

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-ap-2007-1128-lindberg-heraldnet