SPRINGFIELD The Downstate woman who held police at bay fornearly six weeks returned to her home Tuesday after a judge releasedher from a mental hospital.
The move by a Christian County judge to allow Shirley Allenback into her home in Roby occurred because a court-appointedpsychiatrist determined she did not pose a threat to herself oranyone else, authorities said.
The 51-year-old widow barricaded herself in her house for 39days this fall, resisting a court order obtained by relatives whobelieved she was mentally ill. When deputies attempted to serve theorder requiring her to undergo psychiatric examinations, she shooedthem off her property with a shotgun and …
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