Toledo woman accused of cancer scam to appear in court Thursday [Video]

TOLEDO, Ohio — Nearly a year after state investigators began investigating her, a Toledo woman accused of faking cancer for financial gain is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday morning.

In late February, 11 Investigates received a tip that state investigators were looking into allegations that Titkemeier had faked a non-Hodgkin follicular lymphoma diagnosis in order to generate sympathy and support from the community.

The Titkemeier family became one of the faces of efforts to raise money for the families of slain Toledo police officers Anthony Dia and Brandon Stalker. After Dia was killed on July 4, 2020, Titkemeier’s 7-year-old son started a lemonade stand and raised nearly $2,000 for the officer’s family.

But friends told 11 Investigates that during fund-raising efforts, Titkemeier began discussing her battle with lymphoma and that she and her husband Ryan were struggling to pay …