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Dennis Lindberg, 14, died of leukaemia in Seattle on 28 November 2007 hours after a Skagit County judge refused the state's motion to compel transfusion, saying the boy knew he was 'basically giving himself a death sentence'; his birth parents opposed the refusal.

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Dennis Lindberg, 14, died of leukaemia in Seattle on 28 November 2007 hours after a Skagit County judge refused the state's motion to compel transfusion, saying the boy knew he was 'basically giving himself a death sentence'; his birth parents opposed the refusal. Source: HeraldNet (Everett Herald), Associated Press, 28 November 2007Source: CBS News (Associated Press), 30 November 2007Source: The Seattle Times (Associated Press), 28 November 2007Source: Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty, Inc. (CHILD) newsletter, 2007

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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'.

Provenance and verification note for HeraldNet (Everett Herald), Associated Press, Jehovah's Witness teen who refused treatment dies

Confidence note. Opened.

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

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CBS News (Associated Press), “Boy Who Refused Blood Transfusion Dies”

30 November 2007 · Associated Press · CBS News

“A few hours after a judge ruled that a 14-year-old Jehovah's Witness sick with leukemia had the right to refuse a blood transfusion”

'Dennis Lindberg died Wednesday night at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center'; legal guardian 'his aunt Dianna Mincin'.

Provenance and verification note for CBS News (Associated Press), Boy Who Refused Blood Transfusion Dies

Confidence note. Opened.

Corroborated by. src-ap-2007-1128-lindberg-heraldnet

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-ap-2007-1130-lindberg-cbs

Reputable reporting Verified

The Seattle Times (Associated Press), “Judge: 14-year-old Jehovah's Witness can refuse blood transfusion”

28 November 2007 · Associated Press · The Seattle Times

“The judge said the eighth-grader knows “he's basically giving himself a death sentence.””

Diagnosed 6 Nov 2007; chemotherapy stopped because his blood count was too low; refused on religious grounds.

Provenance and verification note for The Seattle Times (Associated Press), Judge: 14-year-old Jehovah's Witness can refuse blood transfusion

Confidence note. seattletimes.com blocked for WebFetch; retrieved by curl and confirmed.

Corroborated by. src-ap-2007-1128-lindberg-heraldnet

Notes. The '70 percent chance' figure seen in search summaries was not in the retrieved text; leave it out.

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

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Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty, Inc. (CHILD) newsletter, “Dennis Lindberg — Boy dies after refusing blood”

2007 · pp.No. 4, 2007 · Rita Swan · CHILD, Inc., Sioux City, Iowa (child-welfare advocacy NGO)

“In 1993 the Supreme Court of Newfoundland ruled 15-year-old Adrian Yeatts a “mature minor” and rejected Child Welfare's petition for court-ordered transfusions.”

Also: Dennis Lindberg 'died at Children's Hospital in Seattle' on 28 Nov 2007, 'had turned 14 in September'; Bethany Hughes 'after 80 chemotherapy treatments and 38 transfusions'.

Provenance and verification note for Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty, Inc. (CHILD) newsletter, Dennis Lindberg — Boy dies after refusing blood

Confidence note. PDF opened and text extracted. Treated as advocacy (discovery-tier) for authority, though it supplies law-report citations.

Corroborated by. src-ap-2007-1128-lindberg-heraldnet

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-child-2007-lindberg-newsletter

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