Oklahoma Mother Imprisoned For Faking Daughter's Cancer, Duping Charitable Organizations

Jessica Lynn Good, a mother-of-four, was sentenced to three years in prison Monday by a Garfield County judge for conning charitable organizations in Oklahoma for tens of thousands of dollars after she was caught faking her daughter's cancer.

In addition to her sentence, Good, 33, also got seventeen years of probation after she would be released from prison. Good has also been asked to pay $69,565.48 in reimbursement, of which $45,028.32 would be paid to Department of Human for food stamp fraud.

Earlier this year, Good accepted her crimes in a statement saying her greed took over her good sense. “My greed had taken over. I was so greedy and never thought about how my actions were affecting everyone else. I was so caught up in my own wants.I was lying to everyone, including my husband and family. People seemed to want to help with the financial side of things so my lie got bigger and bigger,” her statement read, The Daily Mail reported.

The mother-of-four pleaded guilty to 12 charges, which included child abuse, six counts of obtaining money or property by false pretense for charitable or benevolent purposes, two counts of use of a computer for purpose of executing a scheme to obtain money or property by false pretense, food stamp fraud, fraudulently obtaining Medicaid assistance and fraud in obtaining assistance.

The police first began its investigation in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, in 2016 when a pastor at a local church told the cops about his doubts over Good’s daughter having cancer. An associate pastor at the Oakwood Christian Church, Alan Seibel, also said that his church donated $5000 dollars to Good over the past few years. He also admitted to having suspicions regarding Good as her daughter was not acting like a child undergoing chemotherapy.

According to Seibel, Good said her daughter had cancer, several seizures, and was on a waiting list to receive a heart transplant. However, when the detectives, investigating the case, obtained her medical records from the Oklahoma University Medical Center, they found that none of these health issues were true.

During the trial, District Judge Paul Woodward told Good that telling her child, and the girl's siblings, that she was going to die from cancer was "extremely cruel abuse”, Enid News reported.

Good also read from a three-page statement that she prepared prior to the court hearing which read, "I used my child to take advantage of the charity and trust of others to benefit myself. I knew it was wrong at the time, I knew that that (sic) I was harming my family and the people who trusted in me, but at the same time, I did not consider the harm I was causing. … It's been difficult, I've been castigated by people in public, in front of my children, and I deserve it, but it hurts. I have already caused my children to suffer because of my actions and don't want to cause them any more harm that I have already caused. I know that I deserve to be punished. I know that my punishment, whatever it is, will change my life, and I fully accept that. I ask that you allow me the opportunity to be here for my children and allow me enough time to repay the money I took."

Good first started telling people about her daughter’s cancer in 2013. In addition to that, Good also shared numerous posts on Facebook about her daughter alleged condition. The court affidavit submitted by Enid Police reported that Good posted that her daughter was diagnosed with lymphoma, and needed stem cell replacements.

Records confirm that Good has three young children, including the 5-year-old daughter, from her current marriage. Those children are living with her husband's parents as of now.