LINCOLN , Neb., March 27 (UPI) -- A prisoner in South Dakota visited his ill daughter in Lincoln, Neb., after letters pleaded with federal prison officials to let him see her before she dies.
Relatives of 10-year-old Jayci Yaeger, who is dying of terminal brain cancer, had begged federal prison authorities in Yankton, S.D., to let the girl's father visit her while she is still alive, KETV, Omaha, reported.
Jason Yaeger Wednesday was driven by prison officials to a hospice in Lincoln where he remained at his daughter's bedside for hours, KETV reported.
Yaeger reportedly has left prison on three other occasions to spend time with his daughter, but was not allowed to have extended visits or transfer to a Council Bluffs, Iowa, halfway house. He is set to transfer to a halfway house in August.
Yaeger has been in federal prison for four years for charges related to methamphetamines and requested clemency from President George Bush.
