MANHUNT! Chemo-skipping mom flees to California; New warrant issued

Police nationwide are on the lookout for Colleen Hauser, after a judge
issued a warrent for her arrest after she skipped a welfare hearing
to follow up on a court order to provide chemotherapy for Daniel, who
will likely die without the treatment, his doctor and other physicians
testified Friday. But his mother insisted the boy wouldn't submit and
said she wouldn't comply with a court order.
(AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Kyndell Harkness

A Minnesota judge issued a new felony arrest warrant for Colleen Hauser, who was last seen in southern California with her 13-year old, cancer-stricken son, Daniel Hauser. Authorities continued to search for the mother who fled with her son to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy treatments.

Colleen Hauser's son, Daniel, suffers from Hodgkin's lymphoma. The two were last seen in southern California on Tuesday morning and officials are concerned that they may have crossed into Mexico.

The Brown County Sheriff's Department said that the new warrant for Colleen Hauser is for deprivation of parental rights. An earlier warrant for her arrest had been issued for contempt of court charges.

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A judge issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for the mother of a 13-year-old boy who was under order to provide chemotherapy treatment for the boy, yet missed a court hearing on the boy's welfare.

Brown County District Judge John Rodenberg also ordered Daniel Hauser to be placed under protective custody so he may receive proper medical treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Daniel Hauser faces a 95% chance of successful cure with proper treatment, and a 5% chance with the "alternative" medical treatments his mother wishes to pursue on religious grounds.

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The parents of a 13-year old boy with a readily treatable form of cancer must provide standard medical treatment for the boy, according to a Minneapolis judge, who rejected their attempts to pursue "alternative" treatments based on their religious beliefs.

The case arose after Daniel Hauser was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, which can be successfully treated with chemotherapy and radiation. In February, after a single treatment, Daniel's parents, Colleen and Anthony Hauser stopped chemotherapy, and chose instead to pursue "alternative medicines" in line on their religious beliefs.

In the ruling, Brown County District Judge John Rodenberg wrote that Daniel Hauser has been "medically neglected" and requires child protection services. Writing that Daniel has only a "rudimentary understanding at best of the risks and benefits of chemotherapy," the judge notes that, "...he does not believe he is ill currently. The fact is that he is very ill currently."

Under the ruling, Daniel will remain in the custody of his parents, but must receive a new chest X-ray and select an oncologist by May 19.

Child protection workers argued that the parents' actions amounted to medical neglect. Meanwhile, Daniel's mother insisted before the court that she refused to submit him to chemotherapy on religious grounds, and she said she would resist court orders to do so.

Doctors have said that Daniel's faces a 90 percent chance of a successful recovery with chemotherapy and radiation, while without those treatments, his chances of survival are 5 percent.

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