God Watches Over The Children

Would you want your child to look and act like a zoombie?

2007-04-05T11:42:00.000-07:00

It is time that citizens of our state take action against one of our state agencies. The Texas Department of Family And Protective Services have taken unreasonable control of their authorities, kidnapped children repeatedly and hold them into their custody without court orders, have caseworkers document fraudulent information, false reports, and events that hold no evidence.
The problem is that the caseworkers are encouraged to place innocent children into foster homes and then have these children placed for adoption. The state provides extra incentives to this state agency. Would you want your son to look like this? Walk, talk and act like a zombie

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services were designed to protect children that needed protection and provide help for families, not destroy them. When was the last time a reporter sat in family court and watched what was going on? The system is set up to NOT let the parents speak, defend, or get help through the legal process.
I have proof what has happened in our case…anyone can see how screwed up the system is.

I guess it is easier to make a story after a child is dead in foster care and letting the state put these children on drugs while placed in foster care. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services continuously breaks almost every state law and statue that is written and made law. The sad part of this the judges; law enforcement, lawyers, and citizens that are blinded let this madness continue.

This is not just the state of Texas problem; it has become a national epidemic. What I can not understand is why everyone is afraid to expose these people for what they really are?
If you or anyone you know has the backbone to stand up for all parents that have been victimize by these criminals feel free to contact me. I have proof of how they destroy children and the families.

This is the best way to keep them from running away, controlling them, and keeping them from appearing in court, and keeping them away from their families. This child has never been on drugs before or in a mental institution until he was placed in CPS care. He is sixteen years old and wants to come home. CPS,CASA, court appointed attorney, and the Judge will not allow him to go to court to speak his mind and tell the truth.

This is HOW Walter looks while he is in foster care by The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. He is 16 and already wants to die because of what the foster care system has done to him !

In the Intake and the Caseworker's Affidavit, there is not one single allegation of abuse, neglect, or risk of abuse assessed against this child.
He wants to be with his dad and is fully aware of how ill his father is. Will he look like this when his dad dies. Probably not...he won't know because CPS won't let his daddy say good bye to him.

If you are not afraid to face them (CPS) then help not only my son, but the other families that are abused by the system. But just don't turn your back on the children, they are ones who are being lied to,isolated from family members, CPS makes money off of these children in foster care.

Raul Armendariz Jr. P O Box 504 Port Bolivar, TX 77650 409-684-7233 raul_armendariz_jr@yahoo.com

This could be your child..if you don't do something it will be!

2006-08-15T16:48:00.000-07:00

September 26, 2005 11AM Monday, Teddy Bear Shelter I saw my son for the first time today. It was horrible. Francis Caccovale, the visitation supervisor, met me at the shelter. When I saw my son, I ran over to him. He stood there, hunched over, arms hanging at his sides, completely spaced out, as though he had a lobotomy. I kept saying,” Ruffles, it’s Mama.” He was totally gone. I couldn’t reach him. I took him to the back room with Francis, who documented everything. I got out our baby book scrapbook to read to him. He finally became more responsive, but was still very passive. I asked if he was on any medication, and Francis said no. I sat, holding him on the couch, for almost an hour. Francis commented on how well he could read, spell, and count.
She asked if I had ever thought about going into Early Childhood Development for a career. I replied that I was considering that or teaching when Rafe was older. She commented on how good I was with him, and said he needed to go home with me, as there was no abuse or neglect, that was evident by his reactions and by the baby book that I was reading to him It has all of his certificates and activities, and is the same baby book that Corie Adams, the initial investigative caseworker, tried to keep from me at our first interview. I held him the whole time and we sang songs, looked at his baby book, and read books. He was very quiet, but seemed to be content looking at familiar things from home.
It took quite awhile for him to come around. He seemed gone mentally. When he did finally spell a few words, he looked at me as if to say, I am being good now, can I go home. The poor child was in shock. They said he is not eating. In 20 minutes he ate 4 big pieces of my zucchini nut bread, two helpings of yogurt, 3 helpings of pureed fruit, 4 pieces of cheese, and 10 ounces of Ovaltine chocolate milk. He ate as though he hadn’t eaten in weeks, which they said he had not eaten much.
My child was in horrible condition. When we got to the room, I smelled limburger cheese; it was my son. He stunk so badly. He was filthy and his mouth smelled like a garbage can. I tried to leave his toothbrush and toothpaste, but they said he shares with other children, so I should not leave them as the other children would use it. I left a clean outfit for them to put on him. It was quite obvious that my son has not had a bath the whole time he has been there. All the other children ran up to me starved for attention, but my son just stood there like a zombie.
Parting time was worse than any hell I could ever imagine. I gave him hugs and said Mama will be back in a week. He did not cry. He simply clenched his eyes so tight he had wrinkles everywhere, clenched his teeth to the point I thought they would break, and turned his head to the side. It looked as if he was in the worst pain imaginable, as if to say, Oh God, No. I felt like dying. I handed him over, went out to the car, and cried for God to help us. It was the worst day of my life.
My son was in shock and then wondered why Mama was leaving again. He looked so bad, worst than any child I have seen starved and neglected in the Save a Child magazines from around the world. This was a nightmare. I want my son to come home. October 3, 2005 11AM, Monday Teddy Bear Shelter I arrived for my visit as scheduled rang the doorbell, and the ladies at the shelter let me in and took me to the back room with Rafe to visit. I began feeding him, and one of the girls came in and asked where Francis was. I said I did not know, weren’t they supervising the visit? They said I would have to leave or they would have to call the police. I started to call Gamila and my attorney, Casey Coughlin, to let someone know what was happening. Again the girl said, please just leave and call from outside so we don’t have to call the police.
I was in shock. I handed Rafe back over. Once again, he shut his eyes, gritted his teeth, and turned his head sideways. He cried silently. This traumatized my son even further. I said they are messing with his head; this is sadistic. The girl at the shelter answered yes they are and shook her head. When I arrived home, my attorney had left a message. She called about my visitation and about the drug tests. Caseworker Corie Adams had entered my id number incorrectly into the drug test system. If you do not drop when scheduled, you are considered positive. When I called and put in my SS# that entire week, it said invalid, so I was unable to test. Corie also left a message that she had been on vacation that week and informed me that she had put in the information wrong and it had been corrected that day.
Luckily, I paid for a comprehensive drug hair test that went back to prior CPS involvement, so I was covered that week. The results were negative, of course. Francis had left a message instructing me to come back down to the shelter for visitation that she had gotten mixed up on the times. I returned immediately to the Teddy Bear Shelter.
1215PM, Same Day When I returned, they took me to the visitation room, and Francis said sit down. I asked where Rafe was. They said he is sleeping and I could not see him now. I said then I need to leave. They said I could not leave, and I insisted that if I was not sure if my son was there, I needed to leave. I started to walk toward the door and they said I am not allowed to go that way, so I asked isn’t this the exit and began to call my attorney. They brought my son out immediately. He was completely unresponsive. They said he was sleeping. I think he was again traumatized, or drugged, as he looked very strange.
It took 20 minutes to get him to come around. I had visitation, but Francis talked the whole way through it and almost ruined the whole visitation. She continually pushed buttons about the domestic violence, and kept my son and me on edge talking about things he should not have heard and did understand. I asked her why she did not show up at court, as promised last Thursday. She said CPS, Corie Adams specifically, would not let her attend the hearing. She insisted that she would be there, as from what she saw, my son needed to come home. She said we had a very tight bond and there was no neglect or abuse, that was obvious. She never showed up to court. Once again my son smelled very badly. He did have on the outfit I brought the previous week, but it was filthy. We had a nice time reading books and playing. I fed him the same amount of food as the first visit, enough for a normal child his age for a week, and he ate it all gladly.
Again, he shut down when it was time to leave. He cried this time. I cannot take much more of this torture that my son is going through. The other children at the shelter ran right up to me for attention. My son acted extremely traumatized and was almost unreachable unlike any of the other children there who were eating and playing as if they never had it so good. My son had a cut lip and had some sort of insect bites all over his body. He looked terrible. He was swirling his tongue around, and when I asked him what that is, he got big eyes and looked over at Francis out of the corner of his eyes. I am concerned about this, as well as the condition of my son.
October 6, 2005 10am, Thursday, Teddy Bear Shelter Patty Palomera, my son’s therapist from The Blake Foundation, called me to ask me if I could take my son some clothes. She informed me that he is not doing well emotionally. I asked her if it was true what the Blake Foundation said in court about my son being unreachable and getting upset screaming for Mama to the point that he upset the other children and they could not calm him down. They strongly suggested that he see me twice a day to calm him, as it was obvious that he needed to see his Mother. She said yes it is true; he really needs me.
I asked why the guardian ad litem assigned to my son’s case said he was eating like a pig right after Blake made their report: She said it is not true. He will not eat, is inconsolable, and is emotionally gone. They are very worried about him. So I took 11 shirts, 5 shorts, 8 pairs of socks, new sneakers, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and other things (see pictures and signed list of items) into the shelter. They refused to sign, so I took them back, and then they signed the paper documenting what I had brought my son. My visit was ok. Francis was not writing anything down as before, and continually talked about negative things, as if she was now on an information gathering adventure for Corey Adams, the caseworker, and was out to ruin the visit.
I asked Rafe what he did today, and he got very big eyes, and looked over at Francis, who was on her cell phone, out of the corner of his eyes. He is afraid of something. I refused to allow her to ruin the visit, and Rafe and I had a nice time. Once again he ate like a pig. His finger nails were long and caked with mud, so I cut them with nail clippers. Once again, he had some sort of insect bites all over his body. I chased him around the room a bit, and he started laughing. The clothing exchange took 20 minutes and almost ruined the visit at the end. He cried when I left. These people are insistent on ruining our visits. My poor son. My heart is bleeding for him. He does not understand why Mama won’t take him out of there.
October 13, 2005 10am to 12pm, Thursday, McDonalds 12th and Valencia, South Tucson They moved my son to a foster home in South Tucson last Friday, so I am hoping that he is better. They said it is a wealthy family and he will get a lot of attention as he is the only child (I later found out this is all untrue). Corie Adams, the caseworker, called me and asked me if I could take in some clothes for Rafe. I asked her what happened to the bags of clothes I took in last week, as it was enough clothing for two weeks. She never answered me as usual. I arrived at my visit, and waited until 1115 am with Francis. The foster mother never showed up with Rafe. Francis told me to wait there until she found him. I refused to wait and told her to call me on the cell phone when she found out where my son was. This is complete insanity and incompetence on their part. No one knew where my son was! It took me an hour to get to the visitation.
I had to go home, another hour drive, and then drive over to meet with my attorney at 1:30. Then I had visitation rescheduled for later that day, another hour of driving to South Tucson. It took all of 8 hours to see my son, and that was because I insisted on it. The visit went ok. As usual, I took many toys. I also took his paints and markers and paper, so we could do some artwork together, as well as play dough. We played and I chased him around the play area. We had a lot of fun. The indoor playground was filthy and smelled like someone had thrown up in it recently. The bathroom was so dirty and smelled so bad that Francis refused to go in it. This is completely unbelievable!
My son has been in the worst neglect situations since CPS took him. This is the type of stuff you read about and cannot believe. My poor baby; he is so well taken care of in his own home that this is a situation he should never have been in. I took in some clothes: two pair of jeans, one nice dress outfit, two new pair of shoes, socks, a sweater, etc. (See pictures and signed list of items). I met the foster mother. She seemed nasty. I said to be careful in the one pair of shoes as he may slip. She said, “I don’t let him jump around. I make him lay on the floor. I don’t allow that.” She seemed very mean. I gave her a dozen potty diapers and she replied that he is not potty trained. I informed her that he was almost potty trained by the first of September. I put my son in the foster mother’s car, gave him a big truck from home, and then hugged and kissed him and said good-bye.
October 18 and 20, 2005, Tuesday and Thursday 9 – 10 AM, McDonalds, South Tucson This week’s visits went by with no problems. We had a wonderful time together. As always, I took many toys and activities, as well as a variety of foods for Rafe. On Thursday the 20th, the foster mother arrived before Francis and brought Rafe in. She told me he is constipated and has not gone to the bathroom for over a week now. She said she gives him raisins, but it does not help. I told her he usually poops twice a day. I tried to help by telling her he does not like raisins, and that she should try to give him blueberries, strawberries, bananas, and apples. She looked at me as though that would cost too much and shrugged her shoulders. I tried to make suggestions for his diet to help her. I also noticed during the past couple of visits that he seemed dehydrated and had an abnormally dry diaper, even after drinking all the liquids I took to the visit for him. I asked her to please make sure he gets plenty of water.
She just looked at me. She also informed me that he is seeing his father for 3 days, and that when she says we are going to see Dad, Rafe says, “No, Mama, Mama” and becomes disappointed that I am not there. Francis said he is not seeing his Father. I found out later that this is also a lie. Francis seems obsessed with my son’s Father, always asking about his money, etc. I walk Rafe out and it seems to help, until I walk away from the car. He makes a bit of a face and turns his head. I was shocked at the condition of the car seat. All the buckles were broken to the point that the straps were just laying over him and it was not attached to the seat properly. I informed Francis that if she put her brakes on at all, my son would get seriously injured. It was merely there for appearances, and was more unsafe than no car seat at all I informed Francis that this is unacceptable, and in violation of car seat laws.
During the visit, my son said “it hurts.” He will not say anymore than that, just looks over at the caseworker and says no more. He has done this every week that I have seen him. He put his finger in his nose. I looked and there was dried blood in his nose. My son does not have allergies, so where did the dried blood come from.
October 25, 2005, Tuesday, 9-10 AM, McDonalds, South Tucson Francis informed me last week that we needed to cancel one visit or change the visitation times this week. I arrived at the McDonalds in South Tucson with lunch and many toys and activities for my son and I to enjoy together. When I saw my son, I was shocked. He had two head injuries, one on each side of his forehead. The one on the right side was older, as it was disappearing, and the one on his left forehead was still black and blue. His left inner eyelid, the tender pink part, was freshly scratched. He also had hay-like scratch marks on his face. In addition to all of this, he had deep cuts on his right shin. I asked Francis what had happened and whether there were any doctor reports. She offered no answer, as usual. I asked my son what happened and he responded “it hurts.” He then took all his Winnie the Pooh characters and dropped them one by one on the floor. (I have video of this.) I said you will hurt them, and he giggled nervously. He said again, “it hurts Mama.” This aggressive behavior is unlike my son. He is trying to act out what happened with his Winnie the Pooh characters. My son also seemed very camera shy, and lay down in a strange position when I got the camera out. I am quite sure he is playing charades. Other than this, we had a wonderful visit, as usual. We are both happy for the time we spend together. Conversation with Emmanuel Vergara, Caseworker, regarding the injuries When I inquired about the injuries to Emmanuel, he replied that the foster dad said he gets mad and bangs his head on the ground. I asked if he was taken to the doctor for the head injuries or the deep cuts n his leg. Emmanuel did not answer. I asked if my son had a bed he was sleeping on. The cuts looked a bit suspicious, unlike scrapes from falling. Again, no answer.
The following day, October 26, 2005, the foster mother arrived before Francis. I asked her about the bruises from the previous day. She answered that he fell off of his bike. This is in conflict with what the foster dad allegedly told the caseworker, that he bangs his head on the ground. I am sure neither of these stories is true. There are too many inconsistencies. My attorney said there is nothing we can do. I am considering calling the abuse hotline number. I expressed my concern to both Emmanuel Vergara as well as Marion Baley, the supervising caseworker. I left many messages on the phone. I have also given pictures to my attorney for the record. October 26, 2005, Wednesday, 8–9 am, McDonalds, South Tucson I arrived at the visit with my usual load of food and activities for my son. The foster mother arrived before Francis. She said, “Oh look, I have to show you what happened. He fell again and hit his head. It covered the one from yesterday. I raised 16 children and they jump. It is normal.” I replied that is strange, that is why you have him. I asked her how it happened and she stated the previous ones happened when he fell off of his bike, and this one he fell off toys and stuff. I thought to myself, stuff? This is inconsistent with what the caseworker, Emmanuel Vergara, told me when he said my son was allegedly banging his head on the floor, according to the foster father. Francis then arrived and she and the foster mother went outside to talk a few minutes. I was instructed to stay inside the McDonalds. I was very concerned about this head injury, as it was a serious bump that it required an MRI, especially since it was the third injury that I saw in 2 days. I asked Francis about it and she said that “Dad had visited on Friday, and now Rafe was getting many bruises.” During the visit, when I discussed the bruises with Francis, she slipped and said, “When he is at my house …I mean at the foster mothers house….” I took note of that comment. I took pictures of the bruises, as always, and I then took copies to my attorney. She was not in. I called more than once that day, and was told there was nothing we could do. I want to know why my son is getting so many head injuries, cuts, etc, and no one is taking him to the doctor. This needs medical attention, at least.
October 26, 2005, 11 AM, Meeting with CPS at East Broadway office At 11 AM I had a meeting at the CPS office at 6840 East Broadway. I met with Emmanuel Vergara, current caseworker, Marion Baley, supervising caseworker, and Rosemary Jackson, newly assigned visitation supervisor. I discussed the enormous amount of head injuries, cuts, and bruises that my son has sustained in the past week. They responded it is normal. I replied that this many injuries is not normal, and only seems to happen when you are involved. I then asked why he isn’t returned to his own home. They informed me that my attorney has to make that motion. They asked me why I took him so often to the doctor. I replied when a child falls or is sick with a fever, you are supposed to take him to the doctor. I demanded, once again, to see doctor reports for these injuries. Again, I received no response to this question. We then discussed my new visitation, which I would be allowed to have at a park, so my son and I could practice our normal routine.
We discussed therapy for domestic violence and parenting at Reflections Clinic. I informed them that I had already participated in both types of counseling here in Tucson. Other than that, nothing was resolved about neither my son’s injuries nor moving him to another home or to his own home. On the evening of October 30th, I called the Tucson Police Department to do an emergency check on my son. They were willing, but were unable to perform the request, as I did not have and address for the foster home that my son is located at. I had a horrible week-end worrying about him.
November 2, 2005, Wednesday, 10am-12pm, Kennedy Park, South Tucson Today I had a wonderful visit with my son under the supervision of Rosemary Jackson. We met at the park, and I took enough toys for a week. I took his scooter, his big truck, art activities, many tractors and trucks, books, enough to fill the vehicle. I was so excited to be able to visit with my son in the park. We had so much fun being outside, as this is our usual routine at home. My son seemed afraid of the playground, as if he was not allowed to play. I had to encourage him to go down the slide and climb up the play apparatus. I found this strange, especially since he has done these things daily since he was only one year old. But, I was so happy to see him and play with him that I didn’t mind. After some encouragement, he joined right in with Mama, as always. More importantly, he did not have any new injuries that I could see, so I was happy about that. His right forehead was black and blue from the head injury last week that needed an MRI, but other than that, he seemed fine. He was happy to be at the park with Mama once again. I guess he is in daycare now, in a private home allegedly, according to Rosemary Jackson, the new visitation supervisor. I am sure he was previously, since the foster mother slipped at McDonalds and said she took him to the babysitter. He looked better, but has no interest at all in books or spelling. He seems more excited to see his toys and play. I guess I shouldn't worry, but I was trying to encourage a boy who would not want to party but would like reading, etc. All his abilities that he learned in his first 3 years with Mama seem a waste now.
It is sad. He probably does not have any toys. I asked where the big truck Mama sent with him. He looked down sadly. The foster parents probably sold it. It is strange that I took a couple of toys and 3 bags of clothing and they are all gone. The goodbyes tear my heart as well as my son’s. He gets this sad look as if he wonders what he did wrong. When she pulled up in the car, he had a huge smile and was kicking excitedly when he saw me. I was crying and said Mama loves you. Lately, he won't look me in eye or sing; he is too interested in playing. I guess in time we will get over that. When he comes home, I want to hold him more than I did before. I said, it’s ok Rafe, Mama loves you, and Mama wants you to come home to Rafe’s house. The supervisor, Rosemary Jackson, told me not to say that as they don't understand and it upsets them as they have no idea of time. I informed her that I want him to understand that he still has a home and that Mama does want him. She said don't say that or you will get corrected. I put my son in her car, hugged him, and walked away.
November 9, 2005, Wednesday, 10AM-12PM, Kennedy Park, South Tucson I had visitation today at Kennedy Park on Mission and Ajo with my son, supervised by Rosemary Jackson. I always arrive early to set up our play area before meeting my son. When they arrived, I saw him through their vehicle window looking all around, knowing Mama is there somewhere waiting for him. It brings tears to my eyes and rips my heart wide open. When I got to the car, he was kicking his legs excited to see me. He practically jumped out of the car seat. We went to the play area, and the first thing I did is feed him, as I know he is not eating very nutritious foods or the foods he is accustomed to eating. He usually eats fast as if he cannot get enough of what Mama offers him to eat. He seemed excited to see his own things that Mama brought to play with. We painted and read books and colored with markers. I also put stickers on his shirt. He politely gave them back to me, sticking them all over me as though they will disappear with him. This was strange. We used ink pads and stamps to make prints on the paper. He has always loved this, as he remembers Mama doing it in his scrapbook/baby book. I brought ink stamps with pictures of all the things he was able to spell at 18months…bird, sun, frog, etc. I made streets in the dirt with a shovel so we could play with all of his trucks and tractors like we do at home. We make buildings out of the dirt and I try to make familiar places, such as Toys R Us, the balloon store, and the like. He always gets a sad, bittersweet look, as if wondering why Mama doesn’t take him there anymore. I took him to the playground to slide and walk across the play bridge as we have done since he was barely walking. He seemed afraid, as though he gets into trouble for it. After a little while, with encouragement, we play together as we always did, with Mama hiding and chasing him around on the activities. I noticed stitches on his right eyebrow. Rosemary, the supervisor, said the other visitation supervisor, Francis, said that it happened at the visit with his Father. She said another little boy and my son collided and he got cut with a small toy car. I also noticed what looked like a healed black and blue fingerprints on the left side of his face and choke marks on the right side of his neck. The vein on the right side of his neck was also a bit puffed up and black and blue. I have never seen so many marks on my son. I tried to touch his neck and he flinched away, and said it hurts. I asked the caseworker and my attorney why there are no doctor reports.
So far in only 3 weeks my son has had 4 injuries to his head (one which should have had an MRI), deep cuts on his leg, choke marks, and marks on his cheek that appear to be fading slap marks, and scratches on his inner eye, along with other scratches.. Usually they say he was at daycare or at visitation with his Father earlier that week. I don’t know what to believe, although I know the sound of his Father’s voice makes him nervous. I question every time why my son is not home with me. They answer he had injuries at home too. Then why isn’t he home! My reply is the same; not this many and not these types of injuries. Either way, this invalidates their claims. There have been too many strange injuries in a short period of time. I suspect the doctor reports would show something, especially by my son’s reactions to my questions about what happened, and that is why he has not visited the doctor. As he was playing with his truck on the curb that goes around the play area, a large Hispanic man walked by with his kid. Three times when my son saw him, he immediately very quickly sat down as if he was going to be punished for not sitting still. Upon observing this behavior the third time, I said Rafe, you don’t have to sit down, and he looked apprehensively at the man. I am sure that someone is making my son fearful of playing. I brought a foil balloon for him on the way, but as the supervisor was talking to me, he let it go, and up in the air it went. So, I took pictures of the injuries without the balloon. Then I got a pump and funny balloons out of my bag of tricks and we played with them. I danced with my son, as I have done since he was born, and sang the songs we have always sung together, the songs he knows as I have sung them to him since before he was born. He held me tightly. We got on the swing, and as usual, as I pushed him, he said Mama swing red one. So I got onto the other swing and swung with him. He seems to be losing interest in his favorite activities.
When no one is close he seems to immediately warm up to his favorite things. He is not the same spirited boy he was only a couple of months ago. He seems shut down, but excited to see Mama, confused and tormented. When it was time to go, I held him tight. He grabbed onto me. As she took him away, he looked at me as though he did something wrong. Why Mama? Don’t you love me? I walked away sobbing. When I tried to tell him, Rafe will be at Rafe’s house soon, Rosemary said, “Don’t tell him that!” I later called my attorney, Casey Coughlin, and she said there is nothing we can do. She suggested I call the hotline and report the abuse. I called today, Wednesday November 9th, 2005 and the man said he would put in for a foster care review. I told him the story and he suggested I also put one in on the previous daycare.
November 9, 2005, Wednesday and November 11, 2005, Friday; Abuse Hotline Reports I called the abuse hotline on November 9th after complaining and taking pictures into my attorney who continually stated that there is nothing that can be done as I can feel that something is wrong. She finally agreed that I should call them, saying there was nothing she could do. CPS informs me that he is home with a nice family, but the visitation supervisors, as well as the foster mother, have told me he is in a private home daycare. I wonder which is true. The gentleman said he would put in a foster care review report. Again, on Friday the 11th I spoke with Barbara Dean at the abuse hotline, who said she would have the night time investigator check into it if at all possible, as they were on a short staff for the holidays. She also informed me that he was taken to the hospital for stitches on November 7th, but no record of doctor visits for the previous 3 head injuries. November 14, 2005 Conversation with Emmanuel Vergara, Regarding Injuries I informed Emmanuel about the choke-like bruises to the right side of his neck, stitches on his eyebrow, and handprint bruises to the left side of his face.
Emmanuel didn’t say anything, as usual, wanting me to talk. Finally he said he falls all the time, like with you. I informed him that he NEVER had 4 head injuries, choke marks, deep cuts on his legs, etc within 3 weeks at my house. I demanded that he check out the foster home to see what was going on. He said he would call them. I advised that it is not a good idea to call making accusations of abuse, because that would only make things worse for my child. He needed to go and visit them to investigate what was going on. I asked what type of bed my son sleeps in. Emmanuel said, “Uh, uh, a bed”. I asked what it looked like, was it a crib with rails, and he was unable to give details. It was more than obvious that he had never seen his bed, if one exists. Finally, he said it was a bed, a normal bed, but “they said he sleeps on the floor.” My son is used to comfort; he would never sleep on the floor. I insisted that he go and do a surprise visit, and that he needed to look into this. As usual, he is doing nothing about it, and has no interest in doing his job. In addition, I asked for doctors reports for all the injuries. He did not answer. To date, I have received none. This concerns me even more, as I suspect there are not reports, because my suspicions of abuse are true.
November 16, 2005, Wednesday, 10AM–12PM, Kennedy Park, South Tucson We met at our usual place, Kennedy Park, with Rafe arriving with the visitation supervisor, Rosemary Jackson at 10 AM. With each visit my son is becoming more distant While he used to cry and look back at me as if to say, Mama don’t you want me to come home, now he seems to have given up hope. Mama must not want him. He shows me his injuries as if to say help me Mama and I smile and hand him back over. If I cry, they will write something down negative, so I fake it. My poor son; he wonders why Mama won’t help him or take him home. They take his hand and lead him away like baggage. It is very sad. He does kick his feet when he sees me, as if hoping this time will be different. He almost seems afraid to show any emotion, especially when others are near. He acts very quiet. I no longer know my own son, no matter what I do, his beautiful spirit is lost. With all the unusual injuries and his behavior, I am more than concerned for his well-being. This is much like his behavior during the last month of daycare when I was considering pulling him out, only more intense. I have expressed my concerns many times to my attorney and the caseworkers as well as to the abuse hotline, but it seems to only get worse for my son with each complaint that I make. As usual, I brought a vehicle full of toys and activities: paints, crayons and markers, dump trucks, tractors, cars, a mini piano, and many of his favorite books.
He seems hyper, going from one to the other. It is as though he hasn’t seen this many toys, if any at all, in quite some time or is very nervous as he had been acting the last month of daycare. I do know that once again my son is trying to tell me something. His favorite activity today was simply having Mama chase him around as he ran with his favorite big dump truck, as if he wanted us to find our own space alone. The first month, he enjoyed reading his books and looking at his photo album and painting, things familiar to him. With each visit, and each fearful look at the supervisor, he slowly has lost interest in his favorite activities or is trying to hide the pain, like a bittersweet memory of times past. This visit he had no interest in any art activities or reading. This hurts me, as I have always encouraged a deep love of reading in my son. He counted to 50 and read simple level 1 books by his 3rd birthday, just two months ago. I was so proud of what we had accomplished together. Now he has lost that ability and has no interest in books at all. I spread his toys in various areas around the park, with the books away from the supervisor. When I get us in our own space, away from her, he seems to want to try to read again. When she came and sat one foot away from us, he shut down. Her excuse was she “wanted to hear what I was saying to him”.
I said we are spelling, see cat, c-a-t. My son seems to be afraid to do the things that he is used to doing, his favorite activities that he and Mama have shared for 3 years, as though he is being punished for his abilities. It is almost as if they are sitting next to us taking notes for the purpose of making sure he is no longer able to do those things, to invalidate both my claims, as well as the Blake Foundations claims, that he really did read books and spell like a 6 year old. Everyone who used to witness his abilities were amazed at how advanced he was, and asked me how I did it. I loved teaching my son through play, encouraging him love the arts, reading, and classical music. We had quite a bond; we were inseparable. Immediately upon arrival, I made sure my son had some of the food I brought, as I can tell from his skin tone and the way he inhaled his food in the past months that he is not getting very nutritional food or being fed the way he is accustomed to. I spend $50 on fresh fruits alone for my son to ensure that he receives the right vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, etc. while providing him with the foods he has grown to love I gave him his fruit mixed with yogurt, as well as some chocolate milk. Then we began to play, with Mama chasing him as he pushed his big dump truck around the park. He is afraid of the slide and the activities that he has always loved at the park. I have to encourage him by saying Mama said it is ok. It is obvious that he is not allowed to play like a normal boy anymore. Around 11:00 AM, I noticed that it hurt him when I picked him up. I didn’t notice the usual head injuries, marks on his neck, or deep cuts on his legs, so I wondered what was hurting him. I noticed that he had 2 shirts on this day, so I lifted the shirts up, with my son gladly assisting me, as if to say look Mama what happened. I was sickened by the large scrapes with a small puncture on the left side of his stomach. I asked what is that, did you fall. He looked out of the corner of his eye at the supervisor and would not talk. She was not very close at the time, but enough for him to see her (about 25 feet away). I asked Rosemary what happened and she said the foster Mother said he fell again at daycare.
He is allegedly in a private home daycare, although I was told by the caseworker Emmanuel Vergara that he is home with the foster parents all day. What is the truth, only they know, since I get a different story from each CPS worker that I ask. I then continued playing with my son, trying to get him to read, but he was more interested in running further away from that area with his truck as Mama chased him. I am sure he is trying to get more time alone with just me. I had to continually point him back closer to the area of our toys and the supervisor, Rosemary. Next we went near the swings, and I took a stick and started writing words in the sand. My son could still spell a few words when no one was close. This is again telling me something. Finally, I took him to his favorite activity at the park, the swing. Since he was 7 months old, we went to the park at least twice a day, and he has always loved the swing and the slides. He swung a few minutes and then said No, as if he is not allowed to swing. I tried to pick him up to swing on Mama’s lap and sing, as we always had, and he threw a fit. He began kicking and screaming. I almost dropped him and had to get quickly off the swing and lay him on the ground as he nearly dove off my lap. This was very strange. My son was terrified of his favorite activity at the park. He yelled, “No, No!” I asked him if he wanted to sit on the swing and he continued to say “No, No”. It hit me what he was trying to say to me, once again, my son was trying to communicate something to me. I asked is the swing like a chair? Do you want to sit in the chair? He became hysterical. I remembered observing the week prior that every time this man at the park walked by my son, he immediately sat down, looking up at the man fearfully, as if someone is forcing him to sit. Now I was wondering if the chair was a means of punishment, because of my son’s intense reactions to the swing being a chair. I ran to get my camera, hoping to get it on tape.
At that point, it was now about 11:20 AM, I wondered why my son had not taken his shoes off at the park, as he has always done since he was not quite 2 years old. He loves running barefoot in the play areas, as do all the children. I asked him if he wanted to take off his shoes, and he yelled, “No. It hurts!” At first I thought he was just being strange, so I tried again. He was hysterical, terrified of something. I knew something was wrong with his feet. I asked if he would like to sit in the chair and take his shoes off, and he became completely hysterical, throwing himself on the ground. This reminded me of how he began acting in the daycare parking lot when I was thinking to remove him around the time of his 3rd birthday, August 24th, of this year. I knew something was wrong. The previous week, Rosemary had made comments about his shoes being off to me. Again I got the camera. My son threw himself around in the dirt for about 5 minutes, until I said no more about the shoes or the chair/swing. I hated to keep on it, but I wanted to know what was wrong. I noticed a blister-like bruise on his one foot, but never got the other shoe off to check it, because he was throwing a fit and the supervisor stopped me and called the caseworker to come to the visit. Another concern I had was that while he was crying “No” and pouting and screaming he said to me twice, it is purple, it hurts as he cupped his hands near his genital area. I decided to get him to go potty. He was nearly potty trained by his birthday. I brought his own potty from home to the park today, hoping I could get him to go. He seems very dehydrated for the past two months, so I always bring water and chocolate Ovaltine milk. He said yes potty. Then I put my hands on his pants to take them off, and again he threw a fit and said it’s purple, it hurts. Rosemary came over and said maybe he does not want to go. I told her he said potty. When she returned to her seat further away, my son took a truck and said Nana, which is what he calls his foster mother. I know he is trying to tell me something, but does not have the words. Someone is hurting him; I am very sure about that. My heart is broken, because my son has been trying to tell me something since his birthday, and at that time, I did not respond. Now I am unable to help him. I can no longer protect my son. No wonder he is losing trust in me. We are inseparable, and my son is wondering why Mama is not taking him home or helping him. At that time Emmanuel Vergara, the caseworker showed up. He was told about the injury, but as usual, did nothing. He did not even look at it. The visitation then ended. They took my son away like baggage, him tagging along with the balloon Mama had bought him, like a lost unwanted puppy. My heart is broken, as I am unable to help my beautiful son. To date there are pictures to back up this documentation. I am sure that will change, and they will not allow me to take more pictures.
November 23, 2005, Wednesday, 10-12 Kennedy Park, South Tucson I arrived at the park with my usual abundance of activities. I baked zucchini- banana-nut bread for Rafe, his favorite treat of Mama’s. I also took yogurt, fruit, oatmeal, grapes, chocolate milk, and bottled water. Rosemary and Emmanuel were both there for the visit today. I noticed some new injuries on Rafe’s abdomen, in the same areas as past injuries, but since Emmanuel was also present and they were not serious, I decided not to get the camera out and start any commotion. He had more large scrapes to his abdomen, center, just above the belly button. The injury on his left abdomen from last week was scabbed over, but still present. He also had small scabs, about the size of mosquito bites on his left neck and jawbone area, but they were not bites, some sort of injury, but I am not sure what. They were scabbed over. I took him from Rosemary’s car over to the play area. I danced with my son and sang him our songs for about 10 minutes. He laid his head on my shoulder, happy to be in Mama’s arms. He was acting normal, for once. He held me tight as if to hope this would all go away, the same thing I was feeling. He seemed more comfortable when I turned in a direction that he could not see the caseworker and supervisor. Then we read books, also able to spell a little more but not like his old self, mostly when I turned us in a direction that he forgot they were there watching. He spelled more words at age 2 than he does now in their custody. This worries me, as it seems like such a waste. I can only hope to get him back soon, so he can read books and do more educational activities that he enjoys. We looked at one of his photo albums; he seemed to enjoy that. Getting into his photo albums was one of his favorite activities at home, and he seemed to enjoy looking through them today. When we read through to the page with his cat’s photos, he lost interest and went to play. This is sad for him, as he misses his home and his pets. We played in the sand, and I chased him around the park with his truck. We also swung on the swings; his fear from the previous week was gone. We went to the playground area. He had a fear of the tunnel slides. I found this strange, because the slides he played on at Oro Valley Park at less than one year of age were tunnel slides, and he still loves them. Usually I chase him up the tunnel slide, but today, he would not go into them. Another thing I noticed was that he didn’t seem to be able to hear well. I snapped my fingers by his head to see if he would turn. I am not sure if he heard the snap, or saw my hand there. I asked if his ears hurt. He did not answer. He gets ear infections when around water and has had tubes in his ears since his first birthday. One behavior was very strange; it was the same as I noticed last week. When I asked if he had to go potty, he said yes, potty. However, as soon as I took a hold of his pants, he cried fearfully, “No, hold it. It hurts. No.”
I suspect sexual abuse. Today, he pooped for the first time and I changed his diaper. The foster Mother told me back in October that he did not poop for 2 weeks. I wonder if someone is trying to force him to potty train (he was mostly trained by September 1st but has regressed) by holding it and not letting him go. He seems afraid to let anyone take off his clothes. Over all, we had a beautiful visit. It was time to go and I put him in Rosemary’s car. The car seat was not in properly, so she tried to help me put it in right. It was not, but better than Francis’ car seat with all the broken buckles. I decided not to make too much of a stink. He must have thought I was getting in too, because he turned his head when I said good-bye. When she turned on the car, I noticed the music was a bit loud, she immediately turned it down, and I wondered about his hearing. I was happy to have my visit today. Rafe acted a bit more like himself. I wish he could come home. I miss him and worry about him every minute of the day.
November 30, 2005, Wednesday After the mediation hearing, Emmanuel told me my visit was changed as the Father would see Rafe. It was rescheduled for Friday December 2 at the Park Mall. December 2, 2005, Friday, 10 AM to 12 PM, Park Mall Play Area I arrived early to set up Rafe’s toys and play area in the food court area. I brought books, a sketcher to draw on, some of Rafe’s Thomas the Train pieces and track, and matchboxes as well as food: tuna and egg salad, yogurt, bananas, pears, chocolate milk, and homemade banana nut bread. Rosemary Jackson, the visitation supervisor, was late with Rafe and I began to worry, so I left messages on both her and Emmanuel Vergara’s, the caseworker, answering machines at work. She arrived at 10:15. Rosemary tried to head toward the play area, but I directed us to the tables I had set up all of his toys. I want to spend time with my son, not watch other children play. There is plenty of time for that. Rafe played with his sketcher and we drew snowmen and trees. He also played with his wooden train set, as well as his matchboxes. Then he found the oversized super ball that we had bought at the zoo. He began throwing it around watching it bounce this way and that. Rosemary informed me that he should not throw it down the aisle as someone may trip over it. I said we were in the mall and no one was really around at this time when he did it. We wanted to play. I tried to get my son to throw it to me and stay closer to the play area I had set up, but the ball was very bouncy so it went this way and that. Finally I had him put it back in the bag. He enjoyed himself while it lasted. Then we went to the play area awhile and he ran around. I lay down next to him on top one of the apparatuses. He seemed to enjoy being next to Mama. After jumping off one of the climbing apparatuses and Mama catching him, we went back over to the tables I had set up with toys. We played awhile longer and Rafe finished eating his lunch.
At this time he was a bit wiggly, so I asked him if he wanted to go potty. I am getting very concerned about him not going t the bathroom as before, but especially about his not wanting to take off his pants. He said potty and we headed toward the bathroom. He seemed anxious to go. When we got inside, this is when my previous suspicions were confirmed. He seemed anxious to go potty, so I tried to pull down his pants. He said no, and threw himself on the floor. Rosemary snapped at me, as usual, that he does not have to go so let him alone. I informed her he does have to go, but is afraid to take off his pants. I shut the door to the stall to give him privacy. He threw himself on the floor. Then he began acting out for Mama what was happening to him. He knelt on his knees in a praying position. He pulled up his shirt and shyly began caressing his legs and tummy. He caressed himself up one leg and down the other, ever so gently. Then his tummy. He then moved to his genital area, and I had had enough. It reminded me of a pose in Playboy magazine. It was obvious that he was being taught this. It was very professional looking. This was appalling. He used to love the camera, but I have noticed that since October, he poses lying down, but shyly, not really acting normal in front of the camera as he used to. This was appalling. It was so obvious to me why my son will not go to the bathroom and does not like to have his pants taken off. This is exactly what I thought the previous month, that my son was being sexually abused. I could not let my emotions show as the caseworkers always twist that you show emotions, so I calmly took him out of the bathroom. He never went potty. Now I remembered the foster Mother saying at McDonalds that he did not poop for over two weeks. I thought it was his diet, but now I am wondering. Just two weeks ago at the park visit, when he threw a fit about the swing and his shoes, he had been saying no it hurts, its purple and cupping his hand at his genital area.
He also said, “No, hold it.” I suspected abuse, but now I am sure that it is more than what I suspected. It is obvious that at some point he was purple down there, as he tried to tell me a few weeks ago. They are making him hold his urine and poop, for some reason. These people need to be arrested. I don’t know what to do for my son. Conversation with Emmanuel Vergara, Friday December 02, 2005 after 4 PM Emmanuel called later and told me that they had moved him to Casas de los Niño’s at the request of placement. So, now they have used my son and do not want him anymore. I wonder if it was the foster parents or the in-home daycare he was at, if it was a daycare at all.
My son seems afraid of Rosemary Jackson, the visitation supervisor. I remember when I put him in the car after our visit at Kennedy Park, and when she started her SUV, the music was very loud. I have warned CPS on a couple of occasions that my son has tubes in his ears due to recurrent ear infections. The ear tubes amplify noise. Is that why he is unable to talk? Are they traumatizing him with loud music? I am wondering if they put him in Casas, or are lying, as they always do. I hope my son is there and is safe. I want him to come home with me. They said he is self-mutilating. I know my son would not do that, they are hurting him. If he is acting out, I can see why. Emmanuel set up my visitation right before the court hearing on Tuesday. He said I will have 2 per week now at Casas de los Niño’s, where they allegedly moved him to on Thursday or Friday (the caseworker said Friday, but the GAL, Margo Donaldson’s, email said Thursday night). I informed him visitation Tuesday morning 830 to 930 AM will not give me time to make it to the hearing at 1015 am in south Tucson Juvenile Court. He said he will talk to Rosemary and call me on Monday. I informed Emmanuel of the suspected sexual abuse, and dictated the story on the phone that I have documented here. He said he needs a neurological. I said he had one. He said “Huh?”, so obviously the doctor lied and did not tell him the neurological showed no abnormalities as far as abuse or CPS failed to disclose the neurological that I had done. This is part of my evidence for my rebuttal. I am sure now they will come up with another excuse to keep him in their custody. Phone call to Casas de los Niño’s,
Sunday December 4th, 2005, late morning I called to check on my son in the late morning, as I did on Friday. They cannot tell me if he is there. I expressed my concerns about sexual abuse as well as physical abuse, and related a bit of the story about how he is allegedly self- mutilating. I informed them that this is incorrect, and related some of the abuse stories I have witnessed to them. The lady suggested that I call the social worker at Casas to tell her this information at 830 AM on Monday when they are open. Her name is Robin Gerard, extension 209. I am worried that my son is not even placed at Casas de los Niño’s, and they are simply setting up visitation there. This will not be the first time they have lied to me. They were unable to confirm that Rafe was there until they got permission from CPS. The foster family allegedly lives at 1551 West Joyce Lou Drive in South Tucson. I was told they live one hour out of Tucson, but when I received the doctor report from November 1st, it has this address. When the alleged foster mother dropped him off at McDonald’s visitation in October, her name is Bertha. Yet when I look up that address on the internet it is Martha, not Bertha. In addition, her car license plate ends in RCL. I saw Francis the visitation supervisor drop my son off at Santa Maria Drive in South Tucson. When I go by that house now, the little red car, license plate 146 (or 126) RCL, is parked in front of 726 West Santa Maria. If that is the foster mother, she lives at 1551 W. Joyce Lou Drive, so is she the babysitter, or is the address false? Either way, something is wrong. I don’t know where my son is and they are lying about his location to doctors, etc. Why is that? -1551 West Joyce Lou Drive shows a William Nogales living there -726 West Santa Maria shows a Martha Ruiz living there. I don’t know who these people really are, but something is wrong. In October, Francis Caccovale, the original visitation supervisor, slipped and said when he comes to my house, I mean the foster house. Due to all of this, it is difficult to tell who is abusing him. This is what my research says the typical scenario is for abuse in state custody. The police cannot even sort it out, due to lack of information. Police Report
December 4th, 2005 After talking briefly with a patrol car on Sunday 12-04-05, he suggested that I contact 911 and they will send an officer who will fill out a report and possibly refer it to the sex crimes unit. I called at 155 PM on Sunday 12-04-05. They informed me an officer would contact me next week at my home number. The report Number for this initial call is #0512040549 December 06, 2005, Tuesday Officer Honk #10688 left a card on my door to call him. I called and he instructed me to call again to get another officer as he was on his way to court. Officer Aycock # 31043 arrived and took a report of the injuries to my son. Report # is 0512060362. He took a history and noted the injuries to my son.
December 6, 2005, Tuesday, 8 – 9 am, Casas de los Niño’s I arrived to visit my son before going to court. He was clean and dressed nicely in jeans and a grey sweatshirt. I noticed that his fingernails had been cut. I was happy to see that he was finally being taken care of; and for the first time since he left in September, he was not being neglected and abused. He seemed a bit confused, probably since he was moved and wanted to see Mama. I was happy to see the play area for visitation. It had toys, books, a changing area, and a fish tank. The only think I noticed was that he was limping badly. They informed me that CPS said he was not up to date on his shots, so they had given him 5 shots. I spoke with Robin Gerard, the social worker on the case at Casas and offered to take them a copy of his immunization record and she agreed that would be helpful. I took the immunization records in on Thursday December 8th. I knew my son was up to date and beyond his shots, so I didn’t want any more unnecessary trauma. In addition, vaccinations have been linked to other problems, such as autism. I am concerned about over vaccination that has occurred due to CPS’s misinformation. All in all we had a nice visit. He seemed better taken care of now, and that was my main concern. They said he did not need a toothbrush, grooming items, or clothes, as they had all he needed. They did say he could use a coat or shoes, and I offered to bring them in. At that point Rosemary Jackson, the visitation supervisor whom my son is afraid of, looked at her with this horrible look, and the aid at Casas said he did not need a coat. It seems Rosemary refuses to allow me help my child, nor give him any items to increase his comfort level. She did the same thing when I first arrived. I was told by both Rosemary Jackson and Emmanuel Vergara that I am not allowed to take anything into Casas. I took food, a pillow, and his favorite stuffed animal, just in case, so they could not later document that Mother did not bring appropriate items needed. When I arrived, the lady said I could take things in but would not get them back as they would get mixed in with other items. She did say I could take in things to visits and then take them with me. Again, Rosemary hissed at her. I could see her jumping around off to the side behind me shaking her head. This woman is the meanest person I ever met. She should not be working with children. I remember when I tried to give my son a Nutragrain bar upon leaving a visit at Kennedy Park (I think it was the second visit at the park), and she replied, “I don’t want crumbs all over my car”. She is very cruel. My son is terrified of her. My son was still afraid to go down the small slide in the visitation area (it was only about 3 feet high). I found this strange, as he has always enjoyed the big slides at the park, as the other children do. He got to the top, but when I tried to coax him to put the tractor down, he hesitated. I asked him to do down the slide, and he sat at the top for quite some time, looking out of the corner of his eye at Rosemary. Then he almost lay down, and in his mind he was remembering something negative. I could see it in his eyes. I told him it was ok now. He did not slide. He also said no when I asked if he wanted to go potty. This is strange as he was all but potty trained when they removed him. I am sure something happened to him in their care when he went to go potty and that they used a chair as punishment as I documented previously. He has acted this out more than once for me. He still seemed distant. His favorite activity today was running from Mama with the fire truck as I chased him with the lawnmower like he used to have at home. He would run into the corner, turn his back on Rosemary, and then I went up and kissed and tickled his neck. He giggled and laughed happily.
December 9, 2205 Friday, 11-12 AM, Casas de los Niño’s I arrived at my visit. I was told I would have a new visitation supervisor from the Beacon Group. Her name was Shirley Schindel. When I arrived, I was surprised to see Rosemary there again. The lady at Casas asked if we should go outside to the play area. Rosemary gave her “the look” and said no, inside. She said to the play area. I had already been waiting for 10 minutes. I went outside to make a phone call to someone for documentation purposes. When I came back in, Rosemary left. After what seemed eternity, they finally brought Rafe. I wonder if he is there, or if Rosemary Jackson or someone else is transporting him to Casas for our visit. I asked if we could sit on the couch next to the play area, so I could read books to him. They agreed. This is how I could tell if he was any better. He was able to spell from memory some of the words he used to spell, and seemed more of his old self. After a while, he told me he wanted to play, so we moved over to the play area. We had a nice visit. He was better able to communicate more like the Rafe I knew and some of his fear was gone. He also went down the slide with no fear. I had to go first. I clapped and told him good boy, its ok. It was now more than obvious to me that he was afraid of Rosemary. With her gone, Rafe acted happy and had no fear. The only thing that was still strange was that he said “NO” and turned his back and walked away when I asked if he would like to go potty. I told him its ok, Rafe. In addition, he raised the sleeve on his shirt as if to tell me to look. I did not want to probe in front of the new supervisor, but now I wish I had looked. Maybe his arm was bruised, especially if he is not actually at Casas as I fear. He may have had more immunizations that are not needed. They have told so many different versions of how he received bruises, when he was moved, and concealed evidence in my favor that I do not believe anything they say. They do not actually let me know his location, and that is suspicious enough. I decided that with everything that has happened to him in CPS custody, and with the way things have gone in court with my attorney’s resistance to do anything; I had better stop hiding my emotions to my son. He thinks Mama does not want him, especially after he showed my all the abuse in their custody and I handed him back over to them with no tears. I held him tight and cried, as did he, and told him it is not Mama, that Mama loves and misses him and wants him to come home. I am sure that will be misconstrued in the notes, but my son has the right to know that Mama is not handing him over to be harmed because she wants to. My son finally showed emotion today. He was talking and seemed happier. That is a good sign. I am very worried that he is not indeed there all day and night, as they say. He asked me for water and chocolate milk, and I am not allowed to take anything for him. That is sad. My son does not understand. Mama has always met his wants and needs. I see him again next Tuesday.
December 13, 2005 Tuesday, 11 – 12 AM, Casas de los Niño’s My visit was supervised with Veronica Fimbres today. She did not show up, so I called Linda Kezman, the supervisor, and it was rescheduled for noon. The visit went ok. We were in the break room, and there were no toys to play with. He did not like being cooped up in a small room. We found a game to play. It was broken, so we made the best of it. At the end I laid him down and said that Rafe will go to Daddy Eric’s house, but Mama loves him. He said no and started crying. It broke my heart. On Friday, Shirley Schindel told me that she had talked to Emmanuel and he was planning on stopping the visits.
December 16, Friday, 11-12 am, Casas de los Niño’s The visit was supervised by Shirley Schindel today. We went into the play area. We had a great visit. I tried to get Rafe to read with Mama, but he wouldn’t sit. Shirley suggested we sit in the reading area with the fish tank as he seemed preoccupied with the toys. She is very nice and seems to have a good understanding of what is going on. That was a good idea. He sat with me awhile. Then he saw the fish tank, and I asked where Dory and Nemo is. He looked sadly off into space, as if to remember watching the movie with Mama while I was scrap booking his baby book at the scrapbook store last year. My poor son; I wish I could make him understand that he is loved and that Mama does want him home. All in all we had a very nice visit, as Shirley is a good supervisor; she does not interfere. At the end I gave him two stuffed animals to take with him to his room. It took me almost the whole hour to get him over the separation anxiety, but at the end I finally got him to let me hold him close. I stood up and sang and danced with him very gently for about 5 or 10 minutes, as it was time to go. He laid his head on my shoulder and relaxed. It was bittersweet. I thought he was sleeping, but the girl at Casas said no, just relaxed against my shoulder. I handed him over, and gave him his stuffed animals, and said it is ok, Mama loves you, and it’s ok. This tore my heart out, as I can only imagine what is going through his mind and heart. My son and I are so close, and he does not understand what he did wrong.
December 20, 2005, Tuesday, 11-12 am, Casas de los Niño’s I had a wonderful visit with my son today. We looked at the decorations on the small Christmas tree in the lunchroom. I read to my son, and held him for most of the time. He seemed relieved and happy to see Mama. I loved holding him; I could feel our bond. We went over to the play area, but there were other visits there making it was hard to chase him around, so we went back to the TV area with the couches. I held him and talked to him, and told him Mama will always love him. I also changed his diaper. I asked if he wanted to go potty, and he whined and said “noooo”. He is still afraid to go potty. So I let it go. He had a scrape under his nose and on his chin. Also he has a black and blue mark on his right eyelid. I don’t know how it happened, but it was not a bad injury. When it was time to go, I held him close and sang our songs to him. He becomes melancholy and quiet. I am sure the songs remind him of home. My poor son wonders why Mama does not take him home. I gave him a small stuffed snowmen ornament that I had bought for our tree this year, as he loved driving around town looking at the snowmen last year. It is Christmas, and my son will look for Mama to open the many presents we used to have under the tree. I am unable to go near Winterhaven, as we went four times last year and walked through as I pointed out all the decorations and the carriages. This year I was planning on taking him on a wagon ride at Winterhaven as I did the first Christmas. He is old enough to enjoy it more now, and my baby is gone. There is a Christmas party this Friday at Casas for the parents and children, but my caseworker will not allow me to go. Rafe seems so much better at Casas which only confirms my suspicions of abuse by either the foster parents or the visitation supervisor, Rosemary Jackson. I held him and sung to him and then said good-bye. He cried. I had to leave quickly, so he would not see me break down.
December 22, 2005, Thursday, 11-12, Casas de los Niño’s I had my visit with Rafe with Shirley from the Beacon Group supervising. I asked her about the visit that Emmanuel tried to cancel last Tuesday with Veronica Fimbres supervising. She said it was not Emmanuel that tried to cancel it, but Rosemary Jackson. She told me it was Emmanuel last week. I took a big bag of presents into Rafe. I took a couple for him, and some others for him to unwrap that were donations for Casas de los Niño’s as he had outgrown the toys. For donation I took his Leap Frog Alphabet caterpillar, his airplane which no longer worked with batteries, two Baby Einstein DVDs so we could later watch them, and a winter coat. For Rafe I took 3 flashcards that I made the night before with 6 pictures of Mama and Rafe, him brushing his teeth or eating, and his birthday pictures. I wanted him to have something to look at to remember and comfort him. I also bought him the James train for his Thomas the Train set. He was happy with that. I also wrapped his Time to Potty book, so he could read that and once again learn to potty. We read it together. I took him his Santa Claus hat that he wears at Christmas. He was happy to see that. I think that he though mama would take him home or be there for Christmas. I also put in a Pooh video and he laughed and watched it with me. He really enjoyed opening his presents. We had a nice visit. Then it was time to go. They said they would put the large snowman that came on the gift bag on the Christmas tree. The girls behind the desk at Casas were so busy trying to get the donations from me as their shift was over and take his two presents that it upset Rafe and he started crying. I almost kept the donations. I said now you have upset him. That is the last donation I will take them. I will have to call Robin Gerard to make sure he gets the two things I took him, as it got all mixed up at the end. I hugged him and said its ok Rafe, here is your train James. Go and eat and brush your teeth. My son will not be with me on Christmas to go see lights, unwrap presents, and sing Happy Birthday to baby Jesus.
December 27, 2005, Tuesday, 11-12, Casas de los Niño’s They brought Rafe in from another door facing the front entrance today. They said he was eating. The dining room was to the left, so I don’t know where he was. The visitation supervisor from Beacon Group, Veronica Fimbres was 15 minutes late again. I paged her and called her supervisor. I wonder if Rafe is even at Casas sometimes. I bought Rafe some new shoes, two sizes to try on. He has some very old sneakers on that looked too small. I had a feeling that his feet had grown since he left, and sure enough the size 9 he had on were too small, so I gave him a new pair of size 9 ½ sneakers. I wrote Mama loves Rafe on the sneakers. We had a nice visit. I put in the Frosty the Snowman video since I was unable to watch it with him on Christmas or take him to see all the snowman decorations around Tucson this year. He enjoyed that. We spent some time opening the shoes I brought and then trying them on. I took him to the potty, and he went, so I gave him stickers that I had brought. I was happy to see he was no longer afraid to sit or have his diaper off. He seems better. The lady at Casas said he went poo a couple of times too. I think that when I brought his potty book in last week, it took away the fear. I also know that someone was hurting him during the period at the foster home when we visited at the park. He is much better now. When it was time to go, I held him and sang to him. Again, he relaxed on my shoulder. He looked sad when they led him away like a lost puppy. I said Mama loves you, eat and brush your teeth. I will be back in a couple of days.
December 30, 2005, Friday, 11-12am, Casas de los Niño’s My visit was with Shirley Schindel from the Beacon Group, as is usual on Fridays. We were both on time, but they did not bring out Rafe until 11:15. Shirley was a bit worried, as she was unable to stay late today, so my visit would be cut short. When they brought him out, he appeared sound asleep on the lady’s shoulder. She said he had an ear infection and the flu. We discussed that a short while, and then Shirley and I took Rafe to the sofas to sit. It was nice, as I was able to hold him the whole visit since he was sick. I read to him, held him, kissed his head, and sang our lullabies. I also fed him the bottled water that I had brought, since he needed liquids to combat the sickness. He was very warm, as they said. I simply held him, consoled him, and rubbed his head for most of the visit in between reading to him a bit. I also took 3 of his Thomas the Trains from home to hold. I tried to take off his shoes that I bought him on Tuesday. He whined fearfully as he did in the park. I wondered if Rafe was back at the foster home. He had on two shirts, and since he was running a good fever, I tried to take off the heavier one. He whined, as if insecure of losing his shirt and shoes. I tried to reassure him that he was safe here at Casas, but he continued to whine, almost sobbing, until I put his shoes back on. I asked him where is Rafe’s bed, where does Rafe sleep, and he got big fearful eyes as he did in the park. It was strange. Was he simply remembering, or is he at the foster home in South Tucson again? Toward the end of the visit, around 11:45, I noticed that his jeans were soaked from the top down past the knees. This poor child must have had on the same diaper for a whole day. The diaper was soaked, as though he had peed in it 6 or 7 times. I took him to the changing area and put on a new diaper and gave a volunteer the pants, but she was unable to get new ones as they were short staffed for the holidays. It was time to leave, so I carried Rafe and his shoes to the front. They thanked me for changing his diaper and said they would find more pants for him. He cried today when I left. He seemed comforted that Mama held him while he was sick. I tried to reassure him that he was safe here and that Mama would be back.
January 03, 2006, Tuesday; 11-12, Casas de los Niño’s Shirley Schindel supervised the visit today as Veronica was sick. We had a great visit. I took his sketcher and books today. I was able to get Rafe to count to 50. I let him tell me the next number before I wrote it down. He also spelled some words while reading. We played with his sticker book which teaches number, letters, etc. He is not as advanced as he was at only 3, but I am sure that if I had him for a month, we could catch up easily. He said play Mama, so we went to the play area to run around. The visit went well.
January 06, 2006, Friday, 11-12, Casas de los Niño’s Shirley supervised today. Rafe was sick again. He had a fever, just as last Friday. He also had on the exact same clothes as last Friday when he was sick. I took off his outer shirt that was very heavy to help bring the fever down. Since he was sick, I kept the visit calm. We played awhile with his sticker book. I took Chocolate Ovaltine Milk and he drank it all as if very hungry. I asked him where he sleeps, and as last Friday, he got a very strange look on his face and would not answer. I tried to get him to potty, and he whined as he did last week. He was afraid of the potty. I checked him and he had diaper rash lotion on. His face was dirty and his hair was sticking up all over. They said he was sick, so why was he dirty? I am suspicious as to where Rafe is. He is not as well dressed and groomed as a couple of weeks ago. Shirley noticed it too. She said they told us that he was going potty last week, pee and poo, and was concerned as I was. She also noticed his unusual behavior when I asked where he slept. I am not sure if it is because he is sick, or if he is in the foster home again. I am especially concerned about his reaction when I asked where he slept. I fed him water and held him. He fell asleep in my arms. I caressed his face and rubbed drops of water on his lips. He is dehydrated. One of the volunteers came by and said he was sick. She said they gave him Tylenol as his fever was 106 this am. I said, 106! He would have seizures! She then corrected herself and said it was around 100. I was concerned as he had bad congestion in his chest, and was coughing. It did not sound good at all. He pointed out a friend that was on his way to the lunchroom. This seemed to make him cheery, so they allowed me to take him into the lunch room today. They gave him his food, and I kissed him good-bye. He seemed disappointed as if he thought I was staying for lunch. I called Casas later and questioned about how to get him a haircut, and informed them I was willing to pay for it as he has not had a hair cut in over 3 months. They said they would put him on the list now that they have my permission.
January 10, 2006, Tuesday, 11-12, Casas de los Niño’s Supervised by Veronica Fimbres. I took a new ball to play catch today. Rafe had a lot of fun, as this was an activity we often enjoyed together at the park. I also took a couple of books as well as his potty book. He enjoyed reading, but at the end of the visit I tried to take him potty. He whined the whole time he was sitting on the potty; he is still afraid to sit with his pants down. This tears me apart. We also read one of his newer books. He was able to once again spell some of the words with a bit of encouragement. He continually gritted his teeth and laughed loudly and nervously, as well as shook his head quickly, making funny noises. I think he is developing severe mental problems from everything he has been through. It is sad that such a beautiful, happy, loving, and intelligent boy could be so traumatized. I am very worried about how he will grow up if I don’t soon get him home to undo some of the insecurity and trauma. We had a very nice visit today.
January 9, 2006, 11:30, Child Find Appointment, 445 East Speedway Rafe was evaluated today by Child Find. Rafe was evaluated today for developmental issues. Everything was fine until they tried to get him to count in Spanish. He seemed to shut down. I told the lady he is Caucasian and does not speak Spanish. Later I spoke with Joanne who wanted more history. She said she knows who Dr. Goodsight is, and elaborated that many of the Mothers have told her about Dr. Goodsight not doing his job and then involving CPS. I walked him outside when it was over. I handed him to Elisa. He thought I was taking him home and almost started to cry. My poor son. Emmanuel scheduled my psychiatric immediately after, so I did not do well. I cried most of it, so I am sure that I failed it.
January 10, 2006 Tuesday, Casas de los Niño’s My visit with Rafe went well today. He seemed a bit warm again. He has been sick for nearly 3 weeks now. I tried to get him to go potty, and once again he was afraid. We read books, and I held him. I miss him so much. I know he is leaving soon. Our bond is very strange, as if he has lost his trust in me, because he knows I won’t take him home, and wonders what he did. So many times I took his pictures in to show him, and he looked at me with anticipation, as if he was a good boy, can I come home now Mama? He has given up. He has been through so much now. My heart is breaking. My poor little angel. He was so gentle and kind. Where is God in all of this? Even if his Father could be a good Father, he will always remember his Mama abandoning him. I wish he was old enough to understand. May God wrap his arms around him and keep him safe.
January 13, 2006, Friday, Casas de los Niño’s Visit cancelled by Emmanuel. He said Rafe had a psychological evaluation set up at the last minute, and that I could not go. When I called Robin Gerard at Casas de los Ninos the following week (January 17, 2006), she said Rafe passed both this exam and the Child Find exam; he had no developmental problems.
January 17, 2006, Tuesday, 11-1 pm, Casas de los Niño’s I had a 2 hour visit to make up for Friday. Veronica supervised the first hour. She was 15 minutes late, as usual. She said she had to drive from her home in Nogales and stop in Green Valley. They told me that they would bring in food for the visit as Rafe would miss his lunch and his nap. When I asked the Casas worker, she said no, he can skip lunch. I asked her about the bump on his right forehead and why his eyes were all red and puffy. She said he cried as they took away his lunch. Then she corrected herself and said the girls could not get to him in time and he threw himself down. I said he needs to eat something. She said he would be ok until dinner. My poor son, no lunch and no nap. I gave him his chocolate milk that I brought. He drank it quickly as if very hungry. When she left, Veronica informed me she was taking in an older foster child, one that would go to school and not be home all day. I said that is nice, why? She said she wanted the money so she could sit home with her baby after it was born. I informed her that the money would barely pay for food and clothes for the child. She said no, they pay more. I don’t want to work and want to sit home, so this will make it so I can. It is just another DES job. How cruel. I tried to ignore it. We looked at his baby book scrapbook with all his memories. He remembered his swim instructor and some of his playmates. I read some of it to him. He enjoyed it, but seemed preoccupied. I feel that it now is too bittersweet for him, as it just teases him. It used to reassure him and make him happy. But now it reminds him of home and he wonders why he can’t go home with Mama.
I took 6 of his Thomas the Trains out of the bag and we began playing on the floor. It was nice. Then Shirley showed up to replace Veronica. I was happy for that. The lady came in with his lunch and took us outside. It was very cold. Rafe ate a bit, but wanted to play with the ball Mama brought, so he ran around with his hotdog. He seemed a bit upset that they moved us, as he was reading with Mama. I commented about a hotdog, beans, and corn. Shirley agreed that it was a strange lunch. Rafe seemed very hungry. One of the Casas workers came out and told Rafe to “dispose of his milk properly”. He did as asked. It seemed cold, as if he were a dog. I said, “Rafe, can you throw this napkin away for Mama? Thank you. Good boy”. He smiled. We went back inside. The moving around from place to place seemed to unnerve him. I tried to play with him a bit. I took him to the potty, but he would not go. I changed his diaper. His legs were very chapped as if he is outside in the cold with out proper layers. He needed lotion. They were overly dry and chapped. I washed his face as it was dirty. He still did not have the haircut they said they scheduled him for 2 weeks ago.
My son is not being taken care of as he was a month ago when he first arrived at Casas. He is dirty, has had diaper rash, has had soaked pants from a diaper that was never changed, has chapped skin, and his hair is a mess, and seems hungry and thirsty. I have noticed this over the past 6 visits. Maybe they are short of workers. A baby was screaming horribly. It upset both of us. He put his head on my stomach and shook and whined. It scared him. I wanted to hold him for awhile and reassure him, but the baby screaming was unnerving. He would not let me hold him. I was afraid this would be the last visit and wanted to hold him tight, so he would remember that Mama loves him. I could not. I took him up to the front and left. The visit was very strange. I no longer knew my little boy that I was so close with. He has lost all faith and trust in Mama for abandoning him, especially after all that he has been through. Shirley said she had to cancel Friday’s visit, but would make it up with a 2 hour visit next Friday. I know he will not be here. He will go with his Father. My son will not see me, and already thinks Mama dumped him and does not want him. I can feel that from him. May God bless him and let him someday know the truth. My heart is broken for what my son is feeling, abandoned and unloved. I wonder if it is even a good idea to go and see him anymore, as it seems only to hurt him more.
This must STOP. Kidnapping our children for federal funds. Children are 11 times more likely to be abused or molested in state custody than at home. 80% of allegations are false yet only 2% of these are returned to their home. These agencies are corrupt, the lie, commit perjury on the stand, and usually have no evidence to back up their case. Foster parents do it only for the money. This is racketeering and kidnapping.

Who are these people?

2006-06-16T17:32:00.000-07:00

Who are these people?
The mother and and father have been married for 25 Years. They are devout Catholics who have 12 children (and 2 grandchildren), ranging from 25 to 13 months. The mom is a NFP-only Certified Nurse-Midwife, and has been for several years. The father is a stay-at-home dad and all-around handy man. He has been a stay-at-home dad for almost 20 years (a little more than 18, to be exact.)
< Their three oldest daughters have all married and moved out, although not necessarily in that order. The oldest, was living in Florida, but moved back to Arizona with her two children to be closer to family. She has a very special little girl with CP, and a cute red-headed litle son. The second child, is in the Navy, and lives in Hawaii with her husband. The third daughter moved to Alaska, as she's always wanted to do. The second-oldest boy moved in with his sister in Hawaii, so that he could concentrate on finishing high school and benefit from the experience of having plenty of upstanding military role models (and a little bit of that military discipline!)
There were eight other children living at home. One was formally adopted some years ago. The parents were in the process of adopting the other, after raising her for 5 years as their own.
What Happened
April 27, 2006. One of the children was removed from school by one uniformed armed male Sheriff's deputy. NO paperwork was left at the school for the parents (none of the REQUIRED paperwork). At 2:30 pm the father went to the school to pick up his children. One of them was not there. NO one knew where she was, the regular office staff was gone, NO one would answer The father's questions, he was handed a photocopy of a sheriff's deputy business card (which looks different than a sheriff's department business card the oldest has in her possession from March).

The father called the number on the business card; he was transferred to dispatch who said they could page that particular officer, and that they would page him. He called the school to find out if anyone knew if it was a real officer or a person posing as a real officer. He called the mother; she said to put out an Amber alert if no one at the sheriff's office would tell him where his daughter was. (You can be in Mexico within two hours from this area.) He called the school again, they confirmed they had seen a badge and claimed it was a legitimate officer. The father told them he was unable to get a reply form the sheriff's department and if he didn't have an answer it the next few minutes he was going to put out an Amber Alert. A few minutes later he got a call from the sheriff's dept (it was not the officer who took the child).The person on the phone said there had been allegations made, there is a CPS investigation into these allegations, and the child is safe, they know where she is.

The father asked why the school had not given him this information and saved him an hour's worth of worrying about whether his child had been kidnapped. The Officer stated "they are not able and should not give out that information, even if they had it."

Around 8:30 pm 2 (unmarked) cars and one white van (containing the child) pulled up to the house. They spoke with the father, there was a CPS representative there, these were all men, and they said the father must sign this paper now or all his children would be removed tonight. They claimed the paper contained a statement to the effect that The oldest boy would not stay here or be around the children until this investigation were over, and that a copy of the statement would be made and given to the father. He has still not received the copy.

They talked for a while, asked a few questions, one officer took it upon himself to take a gander at the other nearby rooms, he walked into the den where the children were watching TV. He walked to glance into the kitchen. The oldest saw him and moved from where she was standing talking on the phone to the mom to walk towards him and meet his gaze. She told one of the kids to clear the table. The officer turned and went back to the living room with the rest of the people.

The father mentioned the deadbeat ex-husband of the oldest sister and that he thought it was him making fraudulent calls to CPS because in the divorce papers she had asked for sole custody (on the grounds that the ex was incapable and unwilling to care for his special needs daughter).

The police asked the father and oldest son to come downtown to answer some questions, they made it sound like a formality, and it would all be cleared up shortly. They wanted the father to follow them to the office for questioning. The boy would ride with his father in the blue van. In the boy's possession was his wallet and a journal (he uses journals to write fictional stories, he has done this for quite some time, but this particular journal was a new one, he had gotten it on Easter). They go outside. The father handed his son a paper (the one he had signed? or another one the police had handed him, he told him not to read it out loud (The father was trying to hear the other officers and he was asking how this was going to work if the boy goes into the car while the other child goes inside? I think that was the decision.

The other child goes inside. The oldest asked her if she had eaten, no she had not, but she did have a new stuffed animal and she was grinning ear to ear, not a happy grin like I'm so glad to be home, but more of a Cheshire cat, oh look what I did, I'm getting to get all kinds of attention now grin. The oldest told her that dinner was fish and it was on the stove, she refused to eat fish. The oldest told her if that was the case to change out of her school clothes, and asked if she had homework, she said the officer made her leave her backpack at school, THe oldest told her she would still have do the dishes then (her chore).

The father followed the police downtown, when they get close to the building, the police go separate directions, and the father follows one who turns into employee parking. It takes the father a few minutes to figure out where to go.

Upon arrival, the father and son were separated. The father was grilled, threatened, and accused; his rights were not read. He did not think he was free to leave (which is enough for a Miranda violation according to what we found online). The "Mr Incapable-of-telling-the-truth Detective" was the father's questioner, he accused the father of knowing and hiding wrongdoing (b/t two of the kids). Before he was able to leave, they handed him his son's wallet. They told the son his wallet and journal had been given to his father. They tell the father that the child in question needs to see their forensic pediatrician, and that it would not wait until Monday.

Friday April 28th. The kids are kept out of school; They were waiting for a phone call about these exams that can't wait until Monday. The mom leaves messages all day on various voicemails, no calls were returned.

Saturday they leave to go to a reception for their second daughter's wedding. They take all their kids.

Monday The oldest was home alone with her kids. She got two phone calls, one from "Mr Incapable-of-telling-the-truth Detective" and one from "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS investigator" whose message was "it's about her kids." Kids sounded derogatory coming from her mouth. She did not say who she worked for/with.

May 3rd, the parents take two of the girls to the forensic Pediatrician's office downtown. While they were gone, two CPS workers showed up at the door of their house. They did not provide identification. One was "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator"; the other was similar in build, structure, and height and hair color. Slim, short (shorter than "Ms. Doens't-like-kids", by at least 2 inches) dark hair, about shoulder length for both. This woman did not give any identification; she may not have even been a CPS worker. I don't know. They asked for the toddler. The babysitter asked why, they said they had a paper that they would hand to her when she gave the toddler over. The sitter asked if the parents knew, they said "not yet, but they will, I'm going there to tell them next" The sitter told them to hold on and shut the door. She called one of the boys down, and the mother on her cell phone, and told her they were here to take the toddler, she was shocked and surprised but had no advice on what to do, The sitter asked if she should let him go, the mother said yes she didn't know what else to do. THe sitter asked The older boy for the toddler's shoes, told him CPS was here to take him away. The sitter looked for clothes for the toddler, the case workers start pounding repeatedly on the doorbell. She dressed the toddler. Brought him downstairs and opened the door, then they demanded to know which other children were here. The sitter said "isn't that your job? Shouldn't you know how to do it? I'm not going to help you do it" The mother says not to call her back, the sitter hung up. "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator" is on her cell phone. The other woman starts saying we (as in the cps workers) need to go, now. "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids" starts asking the person on her cell phone for the other children's names, she starts giving those names to the sitter, and then she writes them down on this paper that's supposed to explain everything. The sitter shut the door again. The toddler is still with her. She tell the rest of the kids to get dressed with shoes, that CPS was going to take them, remind them not to say anything or they'll make up stories and lies about what the kids say and keep them from returning home. When they're ready She opens the door and tells THe older boy to watch the toddler. The unidentified woman tells the toddler he's going to a big playroom. "Ms.. Doesn't-like-kids" thrust her paper at the sitter. It was not signed by a judge or anyone else, just herself. There is no where else for anyone to sign. This was not court ordered.

At the pediatrician's office, "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator" takes the breast-fed baby out of his mother's arms. There is a forensic physical exam done on both of the girls, The child questioned the week before has an intact hymen, she has a tear somewhere up behind the hymen. The other one is intact too, completely normal. The people doing those exams did not tell the kids what they were doing. The mother was present during the exam. The exam was supposed to be at 8 am; the kids were taken from the sitter at noon. Later that afternoon, all the kids were examined by a nurse, the nurse tells the mother she should be "happy to know" that all her kids are "well fed and happy and healthy".

May 4th there is a "team decision-making meeting", Two family friends, and the parents go to this so called "meeting." The panel admits that if the parents have $65,000 they could get a lawyer who would get their kids back. One admits ("Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator"s supervisor on this day) that parents are often the "last to know". This panel also admits they had come to a consensus without anyone else present, that the kids would not be returned, ever. One of the friends asked specifically, "isn't' this supposed to be a consensus for all present?" They said they came to one already. The "facilitator" at this hearing made transcription errors (she put the boy who was not living in the state on the list for "safety concerns" and left the fully adopted child off); CPS also lied at this meeting and has written children removed form home on April 27th.

May 5th, parental visit. The toddler walks like he is in shock, until he sees his parents, he straightens up and is happy top see them. He had not been fed. The middle boy had not been fed because he had failed "to do his chores in time" and was punished with no breakfast. the two older girls are in a facility with lice, one of them has been punched and told "bad girls do not get birthdays."

THe breast-fed baby is deathly ill, the parents both remark "He looks like he has not been fed, and certainly not fed properly, someone must've taken him off his diet" (breast milk). He is congested, he has trouble breathing, he is listless and lethargic, pale, and wheezing.

The parents spend the rest of the day arguing with CPS and leaving messages begging to drop off the baby's prescribed SVN machine and his medicines. At 4:15 PM they're told they had better get there before 5 pm, because that's when the case worker is leaving. The mother writes instructions, leaves a phone number on them, drives and makes it on time, she is told "if the baby goes to the hospital over the weekend she will not hear of it until Monday." by "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator". She doesn't work weekends (in fact none of them do unless they are on call or something to do emergency removals).

Monday May 8. The parents leave messages on both "Ms.Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator" and her "supervisor" voice mails. No phone calls are returned.

Tuesday May 9. "Ms. Doens't-like-kids CPS Investigator" finally returns a call. She threatens the father and tells him he will never get his kids back.

10:30 PM The second daughter, the one in the Navy, and her husband land, having just flown in from Hawaii on emergency leave. The oldest gives them the phone numbers she has for "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator" and her supervisor.

Wednesday May 10. The second daughter calls CPS. No response or call-backs. She and her husband take the father to drop off breast milk at the CPS office, and have to leave it with the secretary, because ""Ms. Doesn't-like-kids" was out and might be out all the rest of the day." They visit the oldest boy in jail, who's despondent and upset. He still hasn't talked to his lawyer, and he's still not quite sure why he's there.

Thursday May 11. It's supposed to be the day of The oldest boy's first hearing, but the parents and thier daughter and her husband arrive at the courthouse to find that the hearing has been vacated. There is no information on why, or who vacated it, or when the replacement hearing is.

The second daughter calls "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids" at CPS and asks if any of the required paperwork or petitions have been filed, as the parents still haven't been informed. The response was "Yes, and the hearing's been set. They will be notified when I get to it." THe second daughter replied "Oh, the hearing's already been set? When is it? Have you notified them? Because they didn't know that it had even been filed." "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids"'s response was "The hearing is tomorrow. I'll notify them later." She requested more information, since the mother was right there so she could let her know. "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids" responded that "I'll call and notify them when I GET to it. I have 20 other cases right now, and I don't have time for this!" and hung up. (Don't you just love the professionalism??) The second daughter called her back and asked to have her supervisor's name and number. She was given a name and number, but no one answered at the extension. She called the front office and asked for the supervisor of "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator". She was given a DIFFERENT name and number. The person at this extension, "Mr. Almost-Reasonable", answered his phone (For a wonder…no one else but the secretary seemed to know how to do that consistently!!) and said that he didn't know anything about the case, since he'd only been working there three days. He said he'd find out and call back with the requested info.

The parents walk over to the Juvenile Courthouse, since they were in the neighborhood, and discovered that the second adopted daughter was on a separate case. They also find out the names of their court-appointed representatives from the information desk. (NOTE that this information is supposed to BE PROVIDED TO them, they're not supposed to have to GO AND GET IT!)

At a little before noon, the second daughter gets a call back from "Mr.. Almost-Reasonable", the new supervisor. He tells her that "Ms. Doesn't-like-Kids" should have called by now (but she hasn't). The second daugter gets a chance to ask a couple questions, like, "Can I go and see my siblings now??" He tells her that they have to do a background check before she can see the kids ((A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR A *SUPERVISED* VISIT WITH YOUR OWN SIBLINGS?!!!))

At noon, the parents FINALLY receive a call that the first hearing for their kids is set for 2 pm the next day. They have still not received a copy of the petition at this point. An hour or two later, they receive a fax. An 88 page fax, which is the Petition for Dependency.

That 88 page fax says on the first page that "There are supposedly 3 adult children over age 18" and the rest of the 88 pages is filled in a like manner with a whole host of other deliberately misleading interpretations and "information" and outright lies and slander, all starting with the line "According to Information and Belief."
Apparently, it is "common practice" for CPS to fill the petition with this kind of misinformation with the deliberate intent that all or most energy be diverted to refuting each and every ridiculous claim, because if you don't, they will take the lack of response as "evidence" that the "information" is "true" because you "fail to refute" it.
Note, here, that the parents have visitation with the kids At 10 AM to 1230 PM scheduled for the next day. In order for their affidavit to be valid, they MUST get several copies notarized, and the affidavit MUST be filed before noon. Directly after the visitation, they must go to the courthouse, and be there before 130 PM, because being late is an automatic termination of the parents' rights. They have MUCH less than 24 hours to get through the whole 88 pages, and document every error or peice of deliberate misinformation.

Friday the 12th. One of the girls' birthday. The parents spend the morning getting affidavits notarized, court papers filed, and then race over to where the kids are supposed to meet them for thier daughter's little birthday party. The second daughter and her husband meet them at the little makeshift "party." They party is short, and they soon head off to the court hearings.

When they get to the courthouse, they are informed that they were put on one of the children's case by "Mistake" because they don't actually have a "material interest" in the case, seeing as how they have "no rights" in her case, because they weren't her legal parents yet. They are "allowed to watch" the hearing, which was confidential. The parents were told they had no more business in the case and would not be informed of any further developments in the case, nor were they allowed to see thier almost-adopted daughter any more. They were told that there were "no rights to terminate" in this case.

They had another hearing, but again we run into that "CPS has to protect itself" thing.
Monday May 15. The oldest boy calls and tells us his last hearing was vacated because they failed to indict him. He has another hearing set for the morning of 17th. He has still not talked to a lawyer.

Tuesday May 16. The parents, second daughter, her husband, and four character witnesses for the parents go to the courthouse. Just before the hearing, they are approached by CPS with a bit of blackmail which they called a "deal": If they cancel the hearing, they can have the breast-fed baby back that night, and the toddler on Thursday, after a forensic exam to "make sure he's not perpetrating any abuse and has not been abused" (even though their main point of contention is that they don't want him "abusing" the baby, they've been KEEPING THOSE TWO TOGETHER this whole time.) The other kids should also be returned as they complete thier interviews. The parents, at this point seriously concerned for the baby's health, considering he's still extremely sick, agree. This deal is explained to the judge, who is told that the CPS investigation has not yet been completed.
After the hearing, The parents rush to the home to meet the baby. They later get a call from "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator" that she "cant find the foster mother, because she's not at home." It was too close to 5 to "do anything" about it, so they'll have to wait until the morning, when CPS would drop the baby off at the house.

Wednesday May 17. The father and second daughter go to the courthouse for the oldest boy's hearing. They are informed there that the venue for the hearing has been changed, and the hearing is now in the central courthouse. They rush to the other courthouse, but are still a little late. They are in time to hear the oldest boy's "Hearing" which consisted entirely of "State your full legal name and date of birth, , , I'm entering you for a not-guilty plea. Your court date is such and such at blah time, and your judge is such and such. Next!"
When they get out of the courtroom, the second daughter has a message on her phone: "It's mom. They called me and said that they took the baby to Urgent Care at the hospital last night. They said I have to go to the office to pick him up. your husband is taking me there."

The parents, second daugter, and her husband meet at the CPS office. When they got there, the mom was already breastfeeding the baby. His face, head, and nose and mouth were all discolored and bruised. He had a lump on the side of his head, a bruise on his arm, and bug bites all over his head and arms. [I can't show you the pictures. Again it's that CPS-has-to-protect-itself thing.] His eyes are not tracking/focusing properly, and he does not balance properly. The paper that they gave the mother for a record that he was in medical care says nothing about the reasons why the child was admitted. It also spells his name incorrectly. The parents took pictures, call the good-for-naught court-appointed lawyer, and set up an appointment for him at the doctor's office. The injuries are worrisome enough for the Dr to call for several scans to rule out concussion, subdermal hematoma and skull fractures. Thankfully, the baby was battered and traumatized but otherwise fine. The hospital and Dr keep the parents at the hospital for 7 hours, because they thought the mother or father had beaten the baby. The hospital called the CPS office several times, but received no answer and no call-backs.
The baby almost didn't leave his mother at all. He kept going back to nurse every few minutes.

The people taking care of him didn't feed him ANY of the breastmilk that was delivered. 3 or 4 insulated lunchbags full of 6-8 bottles of breastmilk each, were returned with the baby, still frozen and unused. No one knows what they fed the baby during the time they had him.

The second daughter and her husband completed an interview for a background check so they could try and take the kids. The parents received a letter addressed to the biological mother of the daughter they were trying to adopt. By this action they have taken it upon themselves to countermand a court order. "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator" has in the petition that was filed, a copy of the court order terminating the biological mother's rights, and here she is, trying to supercede that court order.

Thursday May 18th. The parents could get no calls back from cps or anyone to answer the phone that morning. There was supposed to be visitation scheduled for the afternoon, but it was cancelled and rescheduled. That afternoon, "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids" called and told the mom that she didn't think the mom would be getting ANY of the other children back, and she didn't think she should have gotten back. She denied that she told the judge she would be giving the toddler or any of the other kids back after their interviews, telling the mom that she had made no such deal.

Friday the 19th. The baby was forcibly removed just after the mom had her visitation with the children. The father was prevented from going to this visitation by the detective involved in the case. This removal is on audio tape, CPS was told to repeat what they had said because the mom was going to record it, then the removal occurred. "Ms.. Doesn't-like-kids CPS Investigator" and one other individual are heard quite clearly. Including the second woman's statement "I AM removing him from your breast" then you can hear the baby screaming, the mom crying and then begin left alone, she then calls her good-for-naught court-appointed lawyer and leaves a message. You can hear them on the tape, saying that "there are new allegations and we are removing the baby" the mom offers to have the father stay out of the house, since the new allegations are now aimed at the father. "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids" replies "that can be discussed later." the mom demands to know when, they give her a date of June 5 or 6th when another hearing is scheduled for. The mother demands to know where the baby is going, if he is going back to the foster parents that abused him. yes he's going back there was the reply, along with laughter. the mother says again, "the people who put a lump on his head, gave him a black eye and we had to spend all day in the hospital fending off allegations tat we did this? The hospital wanted to take the baby from US." "Ms. Doesn't-like-kids" claims the hospital has no such authority. The mom argues back, "they were going to hold us until CPS responded or until they spoke with a social worker or something."

This is the text of a letter my mother wrote to the AZ state legislature.

Dear Sirs and Madams,

The text of this letter is nearly identical to letters I have sent to Sheriff Joe Arpaio and to Attorney General Andrew Thomas.

I am contacting you because of a situation in my family which has led to multiple offenses by MCSO and CPS in our opinion, ie "Maricopa County" and the "State of Arizona". I am very scared and nervous as I write, for many reasons, but primarily because I fear the injustice of the system and have already been victim, as have my children, to the misuse of power in this situation. I fear for the safety of my children more than anything and one of my children especially, who is herself a victim, is bearing the brunt of this.

It seems that our State has deemed it possible, and in fact preferable, to decide that parents are guilty, and not presumed innocent, in direct opposition to our United States Constitution. Under the Guise of the "Multi Disciplinary Protocol for the Investigaion of Child Abuse", if there has been an allegation of abuse, children are taken from their parents under the assumption that we "should have known". In our case, an ARMED, UNIFORMED, MALE Sheriff's Deputy, came to take our [age deleted per "CPS-has-to-protect-itself"] daughter "away" for questioning in a marked car. He was unaccompanied and our daughter was very much intimidated by a grown man with a gun! He had NO, *absolutely NO* paperwork to take our child from school- yet he was Allowed to do so??!!

I have seen numerous situations where there is actual, visible or admitted abuse, by the parents themselves, where nothing is done and children are left in the home, yet in our situation, when there is no proof and only allegations *against another party* , the extent of which we are not being informed of, we are being accused and treated as if guilty.
I am sorry this letter does not flow well, but please let me back up and explain:

My husband and I have been married for 25 yrs. We have 12 children, 1 who is adopted, one whom we have guardianship of. 3 Children are married.

We have *always* had one parent stay at home with the exception of about a 3 month period which was over 18yrs ago. We keep a tight reign on our children, or at least we have tried to. We do primarily family activities, including religious education and attending church services weekly, and 2-3 week times during the Lenten Season when possible.

I don't remember all the facts, but recently we were told our [age deleted per "CPS-has-to-protect-itslef"] daughter c/o being molested by our [age deleted per "CPS-has-to-protect-itslef"] son. He has been in jail since that time and is obviously not allowed to come back home.

We have repeatedly told everyone involved we had no knowledge and no idea of the possibility of any molestation happening, until after our son was in jail.

Despite that, at the direction of the MCSO, CPS was told (per [name deleted per "CPS-has-to-protect-itself] at DES Family Advocacy) that our children should be removed. They say we are being charged with "failure to protect". They are using a clause from the ARS, Section 8 that states they can take the children away in "situations in which the parent knew or REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN that a person was abusing or neglecting a child"

Even if sexual abuse is conclusively shown at the end of all this- it is widely known that children to not typically tell their parents, the CPS people, [name deleted per "CPS-has-to-protect-itself"] even admitted this. We have made every effort to cooperate, and we have made countless statements to the FACT that we had no idea anything even remotely abnormal was happening in our household. How many other families are Intact? How many intact families have one parent stay at home? How much more could we have protected our children? We even drive them to and from school in our personal vehicles.

Since we had no knowledge of anything prior to my son's arrest, and since we have repeatedly told everyone we can think of this, we are at a loss to understand how our children could be taken from us. None of our children, aside from our [age deleted per "CPS-has-to-protect-itself"], has made any accusations as far as we understand. We are not however being told the truth, let alone the whole truth about many things.

MCSO has directly lied during statements to my husband and probably myself. CPS has lied and has admitted to it. We have not been given a court date and time as of this letter, and from what I can tell from reading the "Guidelines" , even if they decide to put our case eventually in the "basket" they can review it every 30 days INDEFINITELY. The guidelines clearly state there is NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. Even if our daughter was to come forward and admit fabrication, the charges against us stay. That is what has been written by our state government. Additionally, if the children are kept from the home via a dependency, and later returned to us, ANY OF OUR CHILDREN CAN BE TAKEN a second time and our parental rights TERMINATED, *without any reason, without any proof of anything at any time*. All the "state" needs, (in this case a childless, single young woman, aged 25) is someone who thinks something is "not normal". I can tell you that as a mom of a large family, there are LOTS of people who think that, in and of itself, is not normal.

I want to know WHAT the charges are against my husband and myself and how, for each individual child, these charges apply. I don't want a global "failure to protect" statement, I want concrete examples and proof.

We HAVE NOT EVER failed to protect our children and I resent that they have been taken from us and placed in harms way. My children have not been fed, have been mistreated, are being denied the company and pleasure of their family, siblings, friends and parents. They are being denied their religious rights to attend church services and to receive communion.

The social worker/case worker and the manager have not returned our calls the vast majority of the time.

I only want to protect my children, as does my husband. To be accused of failing to do so, and then having our children taken from us on those grounds cuts us to the very core. My little [age deleted per "CPS-has-to-protect-itself"] son was totally breastfed when he was taken. I can't even get the CPS department to call us back to tell us if he still has breastmilk to drink. To know that my children have at times not even been fed while in CPS/MCSO custody is very disturbing.

I intend to pursue this as far as need be because I KNOW we have done nothing wrong and I fear for the safety and well-being of my children. I am under the assumption that you are a fair and honest and I hope you will endeaver to help us rectify this situation.

Thank you

[name deleted per "CPS-has-to-protect-itsef"] RNC, CNM, MSN

A Heart Broken Grandmother

2006-05-13T16:28:00.000-07:00

The Abduction of my grandson by CPS

On July 7th, 2003, my daughter, was arrested because of using illegal drugs. . . My daughter abducted and gang-raped for four days when she was only 12 years old and suffers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, panic disorder and a form of paranoia. Not only did she suffer this incident but is now a victim of CPS, she has lost her children and I have lost my Grandchildren with no hope of them coming home again.

I had notarized, handwritten papers giving me the care of my grandchildren if she was ever unable to care for them and notarized papers giving me guardianship of my grandson , but CPS responded by saying that those papers were not "court papers" and therefore were not legal. I had raised him since his birth (July 26, 2000). I had kept him safe and healthy. Had taken him regularly to his medical appointments and he was up-to-date on his vaccinations. I had called and arranged for him to begin Head Start on his 3rd birthday. His first dental appointment was in September 2003, but by then he was a "ward of the state".

My grandson remained in my home until July 31, 2003. I was preparing to move because my landlord was not repairing the large hole in the ceiling, the swamp cooler (and it was hot) or the water to the kitchen sink. A CPS social worker came to pick him up. I filled his little back pack with a change of clothes in it and he had a special toy to take with him. He had been told that he was going to go see his little brother. My grandson gave me a hug and a kiss and said, "I love you, Maw Maw." "I be back soon!" (He didn't realize that he was being abducted by the state because of reasons that didn't relate to him or to my care of him and that he was not coming back.) It broke my heart to see my precious little boy go in the CPS car. Tears swell up in my eyes, even now, as I write this.

I voluntarily had my fingerprints taken and a DOJ and FBI criminal background check done, my apartment was inspected and declared to be safe and clean by the social worker (Kirsten Cathell) who then proceeded to tell me that my grandson could not be returned to my care because he had "developed emotional disorders"...and she felt that I could not keep his safe because I walked with a cane. He was in six foster homes after removal from my home. During that time he was diagnosed as having post traumatic stress disorder, separation anxiety, attachment disorder, anger disorder and an eating disorder. He went back to wearing diapers although he had been potty trained. This had been a perfectly happy, normal healthy little boy while in my care and his pediatrition, Dr. Moore, told me many times that my grandson was lucky to have a grandmother like me.

My grandson suffered so much documented trauma because of his removal from my care, He underwent x-rays to determine why he was vomiting and withholding his bowels as well as neurological tests. The results were "negative". Many times, his little hands had to be pried out of my clothing by the social workers while he cried, "I want you, Maw Maw! I want you!" I was told that if I showed any tears or told him the truth (that I wanted him to come home) my visits would stop. I felt so helpless because my hands were figuratively tied as he screamed for his Maw Maw not leave him. I could hear him calling to me and screaming until he was out of sight.

I was given de-factor parent status, but that status did nothing to help me regain custody of my grandson. My weekly visits went from unsupervised to supervised because my grandson became unmanagable and vomited for a few days after our visits. The social workers saw that as something that I was doing...not that he was very heartbroken because he had been separated from the only person who had been a constant part of his life and who loved and cherished him. This little boy had never had reason to fear me and had total trust in me... That trust was broken because I had let those bad people take him away and I wouldn't take him back home. He survived those heartless cruelties the best way he could.

Our visits which began as unsupervised for one hour a week were changed to supervised then gradually reduced to bi-monthly, then to monthly. After eighteen months, my grandson still cried when it was time for him to leave, hiding under tables or chairs, screaming, "NO! NO! NO!" when he saw the transportation person and he knew they were going to rip him away from me once more.

In July, 2004, he was hospitalized at Arrowhead Regional Hospital for over a week because of a wound on the top of his little foot about the size of two fify cent pieces placed one upon the other that had become so infected he had a drain tube in the wound and IVs in his arm to administer the strong antibiotics. My weekly one hour visit took place at the hospital the day after he had been admitted. I was told by the social worker that I couldn't stay because he was a "ward of the court". I wanted to hold and comfort my little boy and sit by his side to help ease the fear and the pain by my presence, but my hour was up and I had to leave him. My next weekly visit took place on the day he was being released. The doctor showed me how to change the dressings on his wound and told me that my grandson had come very close to having to have his foot amputated. The nurse explained to me that what had made it so hard on him was that he was ALONE, in pain, in a strange place with strangers.

Children's Services System does not care about a child's fear or pain because they are "protecting" that child from something that is real only in their demented minds. They are the ones who are abusing our children!

The Kirsten Cathell repeatedly told me that she would not return him to my care because “it is in the best interest of the child to be adopted by a young, wealthy family who can give him the things that he NEEDS” and her favorite comment, "It is better to be adopted by a young, wealthy family than to be raised by an elderly relative...” A social worker, David Brown (?), who observed one of the visits, remarked that some children never adjust to being away from their family and in his opinion, my grandson was one of those children. He also could find no fault with my parenting skills and observed the strong bond between my grandson and I.

No matter how much I fought to keep my grandson, the judge, T. Rex Victor, ruled in favor of the social worker in every instance. I attended every hearing except for the first one, which I was told I needn't attend because my "interests would be looked after." (At that time, I wasn't aware of just how unjust and cruel CPS can be.) Then I found out that the court had decided, on the social worker's recommendation, that there was "...no one willing or able" to care for my grandson. I had cared for him for three years and I had kept him safe, providing for his needs.

When I had my grandson in my care and we were near traffic or in the desert where there are rattlesnakes, scorpions, etc. I used a child's safety harness (made by Safety 1st and sold by Wal-Mart) with a leash to keep him safe. When I asked a deputy about it, he told me that he approved of it and there was nothing illegal with using that harness and leash... However, the social worker told me that it may not be against state laws, but it is "against OUR LAWS!" That harness and leash was used against me at the hearings...that I had kept my grandson on a leash "like a dog".

Finding an attorney to take a case involving CPS is nearly impossible if you do not own your home, have a large bank account or own a business. One attorney (Gregory P. Johnson) took my case and when we met at the Juvenile Dependency Court on the day of the hearing, reneged because my case was already lost when he saw that Judge Victor would be hearing the case. I asked the court to appoint me an attorney. But my request was denied.

A year later, the court ordered that an attorney would be appointed for me. That attorney (Ms. Denise Adigun) told me that we might have had a chance if she could have been appointed a year earlier. She told me that the attorneys met with the judge a few minutes prior to each hearing (most people are unaware of that fact) and that the judge had already made up his mind to rule in favor of CPS.

I had written letter after letter to every politician (including President Bush), to every Children's Services office (from the office in Yucca Valley to the State of California) and I got nowhere. Several organizations (such as Through the Looking Glass--Ella Callow, Protection & Advocacy, Inc.--Michelle Uzeta) that I contacted were unable to break through the wall of Children's Services, their attorneys and the "children's" attorneys (who are under the rule of CPS) and each time, were uable to get any cooperation on my behalf. I wrote and called Governor Swartzenegger and I was promised that my complaint would be looked into by that office. Then I would receive a letter from the State Department of Children's Services telling me that I needed to work with the local office and follow the "chain of command".

Through Ms. Callow's efforts, an independant bonding study by a professional group in San Diego was willing to do a four hour bonding study and a one hour courtroom presentation for $400.00 to be paid by myself. But that suggestion was denied by the judge and CPS What were they afraid of? Children's Services did not want anyone outside their System to evaluate the bond between my grandson and myself. The deck is loaded in the CPS favor and the scales of justice are so out of balance that the family's scale is at the top (because we have no weight once our child is a "ward of the court"...and the scale of CPS is at the bottom. There is no chance of an honest and fair hearing in Juvenile Dependancy Court. The privacy issue is to protect the system--not the child.

To protect myself (and to prevent lies being told by the Social Workers, I purchased a video-recorder and taped the visits. I was lucky to have gotten many hours of tape before the judge ordered that I could no longer video-tape the visits. I have made several copies (and they are kept in places other than my home) in case my copy comes up missing. (If Children's Services and the Juvenile Dependancy Courts were doing nothing wrong, there would be no problem with the recordings.)

When I shared my healthy lunch with My grandson near the end of our visit, the judge ordered (at the bidding of the social worker) that I could no longer share my lunch with him because I was "bribing him with food." How can you "bribe" someone with food if they are not hungry. When I took a small individual serving packet of Gerber fruit juice gummies for my grandson's treat, I was told that I could no longer give him "candy". No matter what I requested, the judge did not rule in my favor...always ruling in favor of the social worker. After nearly a year and a half later, at the last hearing that Judge Victor presided over, the judge made the statement that in his observations (to cover his butt), I was not too disabled to care for a child. I used a cane to walk because of an accident nearly thirty years prior. The entire time, the social worker had made that her main reason for not returning my grandson to my care...that I could not "run" after an active child to keep him safe. I had kept him safe for three years!

The many gifts that I purchased or made for him never went with him to the next foster home. Those were gifts for grandson--not for the foster home. When he was moved to the transition (adoptive) home, nothing was moved with him...no toys, no clothes, no shoes, no watches, etc. This is cruel and wicked practice and takes away every feeling of being able to hold onto anything permanently. (The adoptive mother had to fight to get his photo album that contained photos of him as a baby and the rest of his biological family.) Foster homes which keep a foster child's personal gifts, clothing, etc. are stealing that child's belongings and are helping the System to break all bonds with the biological family.

The adoptive mother said that the adoption services people did not want her to see my grandson when she saw his picture...saying that he had too many problems and was older than the child she was looking for, but God kept drawing her attention back to his photo and she told them that she wanted to see THAT LITTLE BOY. I am sure that God made sure that he would be placed in a Christian home so he would be raised with traditional Christian values as I would have done.

Somehow my grandson had come up with the idea that Maw Maw didn't want him because he was "A BAD BOY" which was as far from the truth as you can get. (I was prevented from telling him that I wanted him to come home and I was trying to get him back. Threatened by Kirsten Cathell that if I said "anything" like that, my visits would stop, I was afraid to say anything to him about it. Not once was he told the reason he could not come home. My grandson coped as best he could under the circumstances. He has since been adopted. I have had one visit with Robby and his new parents once over a year ago. At least my grandson doesn't have to fear "the white car" (county car) anymore. He was so afraid of the social workers and their vehicles.

My grandson is a very special little boy and did not deserve to have his life torn to shreds by a cruel and inhumane system. I am still his grandmother and I would like to be able to speak with my grandson on the telephone once a week and visit with him one day a month. I would not do anything to harm my grandson. He has suffered too much already at the hands of a CRUEL and UNJUST system...not at the hands of his biological family.

When I think of what he went through during his months as a "ward of the court" where his "family was the State of California", I want to scream, but more than that, I want to do what I can to have the system investigated, not by one of their own, but by an INDEPENDANT and HONEST agency which is not afraid of threats of law suits.

Everytime anyone from the media begins to take notice, they suddenly vanish, never to be heard from again by the victims of the cruel CPS. I believe that the media is threatened with a law suit so they become afraid and don't mention that they were interested in the problems that are facing today's low-income families.

Is there no one who is not afraid of threats who will investigate the TRUE STORY of CPS and it's corruption and evil?

Written by Leya Smith
Twentynine Palms, CA
April 18, 2006

I give my permission to have my grandson's story used to bring a close to a corrupt system which legally kidnaps our children without proof of abuse or neglect and which removes children who are NOT in immenent danger.

Clyde and Kathy's Story

2006-04-22T14:30:00.000-07:00

To all who Love the Lord:
My name is :Clyde-Earl: Young, and I live in Washington-City, Washington County, Utah. I am not able to communicate a whole lot by reason of economic difficulties. This is my story and dilemma:
I asked of one of my neighbors the yesterday, what would you think, if three strange men were to isolate, interrogate and have their way with your wife, and kidnap her and hold her for years for their personal benefit? In further application, that is exactly what happened to our only son!
On January 29th, 2003, after an apparent pattern and practice by local law enforcement of "excusing their intrusions" upon us, when we perceived that their intentions were for the evil purpose of breaking up our family, and on the above date, they, at least, partially succeeded. On this Date, Washington-County School Principal Burke Staheli, St. George, Office CPS-Worker; Lance Hall, and a Washington-County-Sheriff's Deputy named Jered Redfearn entered into a U.S. CODE TITLE 18: Section 241, Conspiracy against rights, in that they isolated, interogated and kidnapped our 8 1/2 year old son. Before they could actually claim "Jurisdiction", it was necessary for them to perform a little "Street-Theater" for the purposes of Criminalizing Me and my wife, and kidnapping us just two-hours prior to their kidnapping our son from Washington-Elemetary-School. Because I was well versed in "Constituional-Rights", I knew that they couldn't just arbitrarily arrest me and my wife for just being "Suspects." They proved me wrong, and when I attempted to invoke "My second amendment right to repel an unreasonable attack," they charged me and my wife with Felonly Charges of Aggravated-Assault, Escape from Custody, Obstruction of Justice and a handful of misdomeanors. They detained us in the Washington County Purgatory-Correctional-Facility on warrantless arrest for the space of 57 days. My Bail was in excess of $117,000 and my wifes was in excess of $113,000. Cash only. It would be 60 full days, before we were allowed to see our son, and only because we ended up acquesing to what the public-pretenders were telling us. Under duress of imprisonment, we signed "Plea-Agreements" that would make every action that they took against us "appear" to be true. There is no doubt that this is a regular practice beween schools, CPS, Local-Law enforcement entities, and Courts. The doctrine of "Parens Patriae" is specious.
My wife and I were with the understanding that if we didn't sign the plea-agreements, that they would just sentence us directly to Utah-State-Prison for an undetermined number of years. We didn't feel that we had any choice, because we knew we couldn't fight for our son from the Jail or Prison. On March 3rd, a full six days after the State of Utah swallowed me an my family up whole, like the grave, The Fifth-District-Juvenile-Court One Judge Thomas M. Higbee, "Claimed" Jurisdiction over all "Subject-Matter" Contrary to the Fact that U.S. CODE TITLE 28: Section 1359, states "That a district court shall not have jurisdiction over parties collusively or improperly joined in a civil-matter." In the "alledged-criminal-proceedings" my wife and I who were already being subjected to "Pains and Penalties" by the Feudiant, or Pavlonian Conditioning of being beat with club's peppersprayed, and having the sheriff's pull their guns (at the time of arrest) and the inprisonment, knew and still know that they are at complete liberty to murder any poor person or people they want, at any time, and there would be nothing we could do about it. It is truely The Lord our God that watches over us for the commonwealth of man, but it is the goldsmiths aka the money-changers, Doctors, Lawyers, Judges, Social-Workers, and the Industry that has grown up around the Domestic-Violence that ensures that we remain in poverty, without any standing or [re]presentation in their [courts?] On accepting the Opinions as the Facts and a clear dis-regard for the facts, my wife and I who had no criminal-records, were convicted of crimes, our consciences tell us we did not commit. On December 4th, 2003, They (Judge Thomas. M. Higbee, and his Colluders) terminated our parental-rights as well as residual-rights to our only son, and put him up for adoption. They never once asked this witnessing-father about kinship placement, and all the evidence was that by reason of their Predjudice, [and obvious greed for the Social-Security Title IV (b) money] I and my family, like so many families I have been reading about, have become victims of a Genocide. An ethnic-cleansing of the poor, from our society, It has been over two years and three months, since Our son Michael has seen us, or we him. The question remaining in my mind of course, since they never actually had to prove abuse and negect, who are the real-criminals?
ClydeThe Save :Michael-David: Young Foundation!!!

Just a few of the thousands of kids who have died after CPS kidnapped them.

2006-04-13T19:28:00.000-07:00

In memory of children who died after social service agencies removed them from the care of their parents, placing them with fosters, adopters, group homes, or psychiatric facilities.

1. Genesis Acosta-Garcia, Las Vegas Nevada, three months old, November 19, 2005, septic shock

2. Travis C Adams, Salem Oregon, August 8 2000, December 16 2002, wandered into creek

3. Kayla Y Allen, Richlands North Carolina, November 10 1995 - August 24 2003, poison

4. Martin Lee Anderson, Panama City Florida, fourteen years old, January 6 2006, beating/sicklecell

5. Richard L (Ricky) Aragon, Albuquerque New Mexico, January 24 1991 - April 12 1993, battered

6. Shirley Arciszewski, Charlotte North Carolina, April 19 1992 - September 11 2004, restraint 7. Miguel Humberto Arias-Baca, Westminster Colorado, two years old, February 2 1999, battered

8. Ian August, Sevier Desert Utah, June 21 1988 - July 13, 2002, exhaustion

9. Denzel Bailey, Los Angeles California, eleven months old, April 2001, malnutrition 10. Jeffrey Baldwin, Toronto Ontario, December 20 1996 - November 30 2002, malnutrition/pneumonia 11. Casey Paul Barrow, West Valley Utah, eighteen months old, October 22, 2003, battered 12. Anthony Bars, Indiana, four years old, January 20 2004, starvation, battered 13. Shelly Bash, Midland Michigan, eight years old, March 2005, transplant rejection 14. Nadine Catherine Beaulieu, Dauphin Manitoba, twenty three months old,February 1996, battered 15. Teddy Bellingham, Smiths Falls Ontario, sixteen years old, August 1992, beaten 16. Jerome Bennett, Oshawa Ontario, fifteen years old, February 3 2006, homicide 17. Maria Bennett, Lancaster Ohio, two years old, October 23, 2002, battered 18. Modesto Blanco, Lubbock Texas, twenty two months old, March 2 2002,battered 19. Christian Blewitt né sik, Halesowen England, three years old, December 2002, poison/battered 20. Deondre Bondieumaitre, Florida, sixteen months old, April 16 2003,battered 21. Timothy Boss, Remsen Iowa, ten years old, February 23 2000, battered 22. Alex Boucher, New Port Richey Florida, January 25 1997 - September 25 2000, asphyxiation 23. Ashley Boyd, LaFayette Georgia, twelve years old, December 13 2005, hit by car / suicide 24. Kerry Brooks, Los Angeles California, nine years old, February 10 2001, suicide 25. TalithaBrooks, Colorado, one year old, July 1998, heatstroke 26. Amira Brown, Reading Pennsylvania, twelve years old, September 4 2005, battered / restraint 27. Diminiqua Bryant, Dothan Alabama, two years old, May 1999, battered 28. Scott Buckle, Swansea Wales, twelve years old, February 6 2005, hanging 29. Latasha Bush, Manvel Texas, January 2 1987 - February 28 2002, restraint 30. Michael Buxton, Miami Oklahoma, five years old, July 5 1998, battered 31. Eduardo Calzada, Bakersfield California, three months old, March 2004, battered 32. Chris Campbell, Toledo Iowa, thirteen years old, November 2, 1997, restraint 33. Gladys Campbell, Philadelphia/New Jersey, two years old, ca 1988 34. Edith Campos, Tucson Arizona, fifteen years old, February 4 1998, restraint 35. Latasha Cannon, Boston Massachusetts, seventeen years old, April 2001, slashed throat 36. Mario Cano, Chula Vista California,sixteen years old, April 27 1984, untreated blood clot 37. Joshua K Causey, Detroit Michigan, March 21 1998 - March 18 2003, battered 38. Sherry Charlie, British Columbia, nineteen months old, September 4 2002, battered 39. Sarah Angelina Chavez, Alhambra California, two years old, October 11 2005, battered 40. Felix Chen, Bloomington Indiana, August 27 1997 - April 1 2004, treatment withheld 41. Sky Colon Cherevez, Paterson New Jersey, three months old, August 6, 1998, battered 42. Tiffany H Clair, Fort Worth Texas, September 6 1985 - May 4 2001, heroin 43. Brian Clark, New Jersey, three years old, January 2002, untreated pneumonia 44. Angelic Clary, Bakersfield California, three months old, September 14 2003 45. Roshelle Clayborn, San Antonio Texas, sixteen years old, August 18 1997, restraint 46. Casey Collier, Westminster Colorado, seventeen years old, December 21 1993, restraint 47. Desiree Collins, Los Angeles California, fourteen years old, February 10 2002, gunshot 48. Nicholas Contreras, Queen Creek Arizona, January 15 1982 - March 2 1998, untreated infection 49. Adrianna Cram, Veracruz Mexico (US supervision), August 25 2000 - June 13 2005 50. Christopher Henry Cryderman, Springfield Missouri, July 27 2004 - November 22 2004, untreated infection 51. Dirk D Dalton, Clarkston Washington, June 7 1989 - May 1 1994, battered 52. Arieale Daniels, Naples Florida, fifteen years old, 1999, car crash 53. Tajuana Davidson, Phoenix Arizona, three years old, November 3 1993, battered 54. China Marie Davis, Phoenix Arizona, March 23 1991 - October 31 1993, battered 55. Sabrina Elizabeth Day, Charlotte North Carolina, July 4 1984 - February 10 2000, restraint 56. Tyler Jospeh DeLeon, Stevens County Washington, January 13 1998 - January 132005, dehydration 57. Kameron Justin Demery, Long Beach California, two years old, October 14 1996, battered 58. Connre Dixon, Ridgefield Township Onio eleven years old, October 18, 2004, stabbing 59. Mark Draheim, Orefield Pennsylvania, October 10 1984 - December 11 1998, restraint 60. Charmaria Drake, Cleveland Ohio, twenty months old, March 13 2003, battered Stephanie Duffield, Manvel Texas, July 14 1984 - February 11 2001, restraint Willie Lawrence Durden III, Citrus County Florida, seventeen years old, October 2005, unknown/died in cell Brian Edgar, Overland Park Kansas, nine years old, December 30 2002, asphyxiation William Edgar, Peterborough Ontario, thirteen years old, March 1999, restraint Tiffany Eilders, Rancho Cucamonga California, fourteen weeks old, December 7 2005, battered Kayla Erlandson, King County Washington, two years old, April 1991, battered LukeEvans, Lowell Indiana, sixteen months old, November 30 2001, malnutrition/battered Roberta (Berta) Evers, Bayfield Colorado, six years old, June 13 1998, restraint Sara Eyerman, California, twenty months old, ca 1986, untreated pneumonia 70. Miranda Finn, Lake Butler Florida, nine years old, January 25 2006, traffic accident Laura Fleming, Palmdale California, October 11 2004 - November 21 2004, cause unknown Sarah Jane Forrester, Woodlawn Maryland, October 30 1985 - found May 13 1999, battered and stabbed Kameryn Fountain, Bibb County Georgia, two months old, November 20 2005, unknown cause Henry Gallop, Boston Massachusetts, two years old, 1987, poison Alexander Ganadonegro, Albuquerque New Mexico, March 10 1998, February 4 1999, battered Christening (Mikie) Garcia, Ingram Texas, twelve years old, December 4 2005, restraint Dylan George, Fremont California, April 16 2002 -October 4 2004, battered Corese Goldman, Chicago Illinois, two years old, 1995, drowning Mollie Gonzales, Jefferson County Colorado, ten years old, November 18 2002, drug overdose 80. Julio Gonzalez, Glendale California, May 10 1995 - December 29 1996, battered Elizabeth (Lizzy) Goodwin, Coeur d'Alene Idaho, March 22 1996 - October 22 2002, drowning Anthony Green, Brownwood Texas, fifteen years old, May 12 1991, restraint Sabrina Green, New York City, nine years old, November 8 1997, burned and battered Lamar D Greene, Jacksonville Florida, sixteen years old, 2001, car crash Corey Greer, Treasure Island Florida, four months old, ca 1985, dehydration Gage Guillen, Boston Massachusetts, three years old, 1995, strangulation Darvell Gulley, Lincoln Nebraska, thirteen years old, April 27 2002, restraint Savannah Brianna Marie Hall, Prince George British Columbia,September 9 1997 - January 21 2001, malnutrition/restraint Latiana Hamilton, Jacksonville Florida, seventeen months old, July 18 2001, drowning 90. Mykeeda Hampton, District of Columbia, two years old, August 1997, battered Kelly M Hancock, Malden Massachusetts, November 6 1985 - July 18 2000, stabbed Laura Hanson, West Palm Beach Florida, May 17 1981 - November 19 1998, restraint Jerrell Hardiman, La Porte Indiana, four years old, October ca 1993, exposure Diane Harris, Seguin Texas, seventeen years old, April 11 1990, restraint Jessica Albina Hagmann, Prince William County Virginia, two years old, August 11 2003, smothered Letia Harrison, Akron Ohio, October 23 1999 - September 19 2002, baked in attic Jordan Heikamp, Toronto Ontario, May 19 1997 - June 23 1997, starvation Eric Hernandez, Cedar Hill Texas, January 6 1999 - March 7 1999, suffocation Zachary Higier,Massachusetts, May 24 2000 - August 15 2002, battered 100. Dwight Hill, Tucson Arizona, four months old, November 16 2005, cause unknown Nina Victoria Hilt né¥ Vika Bazhenova, Manassas Virginia, thirty three months old, July 2 2005, battered Steven A Hoffa, Des Moines Iowa, February 4 1993 - May 18 1996, battered Richard (Ricky) Holland, Williamston Michigan, September 8 1997 - July 2005, battered Michael Anthony Hughes, Choctaw Oklahoma, March 21 1988 - September 12 1994, kidnap/missing Joseph (Joey) Huot, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, two years old, January 27 1988, battered Dion Jack, Sproat Lake British Columbia, six years old, March 1 2006, untreated seizure Walter Jackson, Chicago Illinois, ten months old, August 9 2005, battered Dominic James, Springfield Missouri, June 4 2000 - August 21 2002, battered Billie-Jo Jenkins, Hastings East Sussex England, thirteen years old,February 1997, battered 110. Demetrius Jeffries, Crockett Texas, seventeen years old, August 26 1997, strangulation Dontel Jeffers, Boston Massachusetts, four years old, March 6 2005, battered Stephanie Jobin, Brampton Ontario, thirteen years old, June 21 1998, restraint Aaron Johnson, Boston Massachusetts, fifteen months old, 1987, poison Xolani Nkosi Johnson, Cape town South Africa, twelve years old, June 2 2001, AIDS Elijah James Johnson, Los Angeles California, three years old, May 10 1999, scalded Lorenzo Johnson, Queen Creek Arizona, 17 years old - June 27, 1994, drowned during escape Quartrina K (Snappy) Johnson, Pikesville Maryland, December 25 1988-July 20 2004, beaten and choked Christal Jones, New York City (Vermont ward), May 24 1984 - January 3 2001, suffocation David L Jones, Chicago Illinois, April 15 1992 - March 7 1998, battered 120. Dennis Jurgens néSerry Sherwood, White Bear Lake Minnesota, three years old, April 11 1965, battered Marissa (Shorty) Karp, Pompano Beach Florida, December 6 1985 - August 19 2002, gunshot David Ryan Keeley, New Haven Connecticut, six years old, August 12 1998, battered Ashley Keen, Lake Butler Florida, thirteen years old, January 25 2006, traffic accident Cassandra Killpack, Springville Utah, November 29 1997 - June 9 2002, water therapy Ahmad King né 'awls, Alma Georgia, three years old, January 24 2006, homicide Heather Michell Kish, Berlin Township Michigan, September 15 1987 - found October 6 2002, murdered Noah Knapp, Marysville Washington, six years old, May 30 2005, automobile collision Zaire Knott, Newark New Jersey, September 16 2005 - October 20 2005, cause unknown Anatoli Kolenda, Westfield Massachusetts, May 20 1991 - October 20 2002, stabbing 130. Yana Kolenda, WestfieldMassachusetts, December 31 1990 - October 20 2002, stabbing Anthony Lamb, Lake Butler Florida, twenty months old, January 25 2006, traffic accident Keisha Shardae Lane, Hagerstown Maryland, fifteen years old, August 17 2005, gunshot Shawn Lawrence né ndy Mohler, Shelton Washington, ten years old, October 9 1999, drowning Brittany Legler, Millcreek Pennsylvania, fifteen years old, May 9 2004, battered Jacob Lindorff, Franklin Township New Jersey, five years old, December 14 2001, battered Christian Liz, New York City, three weeks old, November 29 2004, suffocation James Lonnee, Guelph/Hamilton Ontario, sixteen years old, September 7 1996, beaten by cellmate Gregory Love, Florida, twenty three months old, April 2005, head injury Nikki Lutke, Cheyenne Wyoming, five years old, August 28 2003, drowning 140. Zachary James Lyons, Winston-Salem North Carolina, January 24 1992 - October 8 1996, battered Shaquella Mance, Belton South Carolina, seven months old, March 27 2005, battered Elizabeth Mann, Lake Butler Florida, fifteen years old, January 25 2006, traffic accident Heaven Mann, Lake Butler Florida, three years old, January 25 2006, traffic accident Johnny Mann, Lake Butler Florida, thirteen years old, January 25 2006, traffic accident Cynthia Nicole (Nicki) Mann, Lake Butler Florida, fifteen years old, January 25 2006, traffic accident Logan Marr, Chelsea Maine, October 14 1995 - January 31 2001, asphyxiation Stephanie Martinez, Pueblo Colorado, five years old, December 31 2001, untreated burns Tiffany Laverne Mason, Folsom California, June 11 1986 - August 9 2001, battered Viktor Alexander Matthey né - Sergeyevich Tulimov, Hunterdon County New Jersey, six years old, October 31 2000, hypothermia 150. Dominic Matz, Osawatomie Kansas,July 6 2002 - February 15 2004, treatment withheld Jamie Mayne, Atascadero California, March 24 1995 - February 10 2000, battered Kristal Mayon-Ceniceros, Chula Vista California, sixteen years old, February 5 1999, restraint Emily Ann Mays, Tucson Arizona, sixteen months old, August 24 2005, battered Andrew McClain, Bridgeport Connecticut, December 6 1986 - March 22 1998, restraint Cory Bradley McLaughlin, North Carolina, four years old, July 4 1997, battered Jerry McLaurin, Brownwood Texas, fourteen years old, November 2 1999, restraint Maria Mendoza, Katy Texas, fourteen years old, October 12 2002, restraint Caleb Jerome Merchant, Edmonton Alberta, thirteen months old, November 26, 2005, battered Denis Merryman né .ritsky, Harford County Maryland, eight years old, January 2005, starvation 160. Jacob Miller, Georgia, twenty two months old, November 20 1997, batteredClayton Miracle, Georgia, three years old, August 11 1993, battered Hanna Denise Montessori, Santa Ana California, March 16 1988 - January 19 2004, homicide/head-injury Alfredo Montez, Auburndale Florida, two years old, July 1 2002, battered Zachary Moran, Charlotte North Carolina, fourteen months old, August 8 2003, battered Christina Morlan, Scott County Iowa, September 3 2003 - November 30 2003, unknown Carlyle Mullins, Nashville Tennessee, five years old, May 27 2005, battered Cedrick Napoleon, Killeen Texas, June 26 1987 - March 7 2002, restraint Candace Newmaker né¥ C Tiara Elmore, Colorado, November 19 1989 - April 19 2000, re-birth asphyxiation Jonathan Nichol, Cook County Illinois, two years old, June 16 1995, drowning 170. Trevor Nolan, Mono County California, five years old, April 12 1997, treatment withheld Sierra Odom, Arlington Texas, three years old, August 11 2005, battered Keron Owens, Walterboro South Carolina, three years old, January 19 1992, battered Sean Paddock né ?ord, Johnston County North Carolina, four years old, February 26 2006, battered Omar Paisley, Miami Florida, seventeen years old, June 2003, untreated appendicitis Terrell Parker, Buffalo New York, two years old, 2003, battered Travis Parker, Cleveland Georgia, thirteen years old, April 21 2005, restraint Alex Pavlis, Schaumburg Illinois, six years old, December 19 2003, battered Dawn Renay Perry, Manvel Texas, sixteen years old, April 10 1993, restraint Angellica Pesante, Seneca County New York, four years old, April 18 1997, battered 180. Terrell Peterson, Atlanta Georgia, five years old, January 16 1998, battered Cynteria Phillips, Miami Florida, December 10 1986 - August 14 2000, rape/murder Marguerite Pierre, West Orange New Jersey, five years old, December2005, poison Emporia Pirtle, Indiana, six years old, November 11 1996, battered Jason Plischkowsky, Southampton England, May 25 1985 - December 19 1986, head injury Huntly Tamati Pokaia, New Zealand, three years old David Polreis, Greeley Colorado, two years old, February 6 1996, battered Maryah Ponce, Rialto California, December 5 1997 - June 29 2001, baked in car Constance S Porter, Kearney Missouri, July 20 1998 - February 12 2001, battered Dakota Denzel Prince-Smith, Lancaster California, five years old, July 8 2003, baked in car 190. Nehamiah Nate Prince-Smith, Lancaster California, three years old, July 8 2003, baked in car Karen Quill, St Louis Saskatchewan, twenty months old, September 13 1997, internal injuries Rodrigo Armando Rameriez Jr, Victorville California, eighteen months old, July 6 2001, drowning Stephanie Ramos, New York City, eight years old, July 92005, dumped in garbage can Bobby Jo Randolph, Houston Texas, seventeen years old, September 26 1996, asphyxiation Jacquelyn Reah, Grand Rapids Michigan, ten years old, November 27 2004, runaway / hit by car Latayna Reese, Bradenton Florida, fifteen years old, April 1996 Caprice Reid, New York City, four years old, June 1997, starved and battered Jonathan Reid, Gardena California, nine years old, June 9 1997, treatment withheld Matthew Reid, Welland Ontario, three years old, December 15 2005, suffocation 200. Dustin Rhodes, Litchfield Park Arizona, nine years old, August 13 2003, battered Eric Roberts, Keene Texas, June 16 1979 - February 22 1996, restraint Ana Rogers, Sparks Nevada, four months old, July 2005, pre-existing injury Genevieve "Genny" Rojas, Chula Vista California, four years old, July 21 1995, starvation, scalded Paola Rosales, Milton Ontario, fourteen years old,July 3 2001, suicide Kyle Anthony Ross, Massachusetts, September 7 1995 - June 9 2001, rottweiler Marlon Santos, Worcester Massachusetts, five months old, November 5 1998, missing Andres E Saragos, Warm Springs Oregon, August 5 1995 - July 13 2000, baked in car Gina M Score, Plankinton South Dakota, May 7 1985 - July 21 1999, baked by boot camp Caprice Scott, Florida, infant, 1999, mother in foster care 210. Ryan Scott, Sheffield Lake Ohio, two years old, March 27 1998, battered Krystal Scurry, Aiken County South Carolina, February 1989 - November 2 1991, rape/murder Andrew (Andy) Setzer, California, April 27 1995 - August 2 1999, battered Ariel Shaw, Bibb County Georgia, nineteen months old, January 26 2000, battered Vivan Uk Sheppard, Jacksonville Florida, eight months old, May 15 1999, suffocation Joseph H Shriver, Pennsylvania, March 2 1997 - October 5 1997, battered Quincey L Simmons, Omaha Nebraska, August 21 1997 - March 24 2001, battered Christopher Simpson, Howell Michigan, seven years old, November 14 1998, fire Jordan Simpson né 'ichard Morrison II, Howell Michigan, five years old, November 14 1998, fire Nicole Simpson né¥ Desira Morrison, Howell Michigan, seven years old, November 14 1998, fire 220. Devin A Slade, Milwaukee Wisconsin, October 23 2000 - June 19 2001, asphyxiation John Smith, Fishersgate England, four years old, December 24 1999, battered and bitten Mikinah Smith, Cincinnati Ohio, one year old, March 18 2003, battered Tristan Sovern, Greensboro North Carolina, sixteen years old, March 4 1998, restraint Jushai Spurgeon, North Las Vegas Nevada, fourteen months old, April 3 2005, scalding LeRon St John, Detroit Michigan, fifteen years old, March 1 2003, untreated tuberculosis Lloyd Stamp, EdmontonAlberta, seventeen years old, September 29, 2005, suicide Tommy Stacey, Carmichael California, three months old, January 3 2005, SIDS Elizabeth (Lisa) Steinberg né¥ Launders, New York City, May 14 1981 - November 4 1987, battered Yasmin Taylor, Paterson New Jersey, seven months old, May 8 1994, virus 230. Lakeysha Tharp, Irmo South Carolina, six months old, April 7 2004, asphyxiation Adam Michael Thimyan, Riverview Florida, October 2 1986 - April 3 2004, gunshot Timithy Thomas, Banner Elk North Carolina, nine years old, March 11 1999, restraint Liam Thompson né "mitry S Ishlankulov, Columbus Ohio, October 3 1999 - October 3 2002, scalding Michael Tinning, Schenectady New York, two years old, March 2 1981, asphyxiation Kelly Ann Tozer, Egg Harbor City New Jersey, eighteen months old, July 30 2005, drowning Patrick Trauffler, Phoenix Arizona, six weeks old, February 182003, battered Demetrius Tyler, Johnson City Tennessee, six months old, November 10 2004, drowning Tyler Vanpopering, Southgate Michigan, September 23 2003 - April 14 2004, battered Jacqueline Venay, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, six years old, September 21 1998, battered 240. George Walker III, DeKalb County Georgia, ten months old, November 7, 2002, choking Michelle Walton, Boston Massachusetts, October 6 1994, asphyxiation Erickyzha Warner, Utica New York, July 19 2002 - May 31, 2004, untreated burns Shane Devell Washington, Fresno California, fifteen months old, circa 1996, drowning Evan Watkins, Las Vegas Nevada, twenty one months old, July 11 1996, battered Devin Wilder, Cleveland Ohio, July 29 1998 - April 21 2001, battered Dominic J Williams, Saint Louis Missouri, June 8 1987 - June 3 2004,strangulation Andrew Wilson, Owensboro Kentucky, three years old, August 72005, drowning Lorenzo J Wilson, Seattle Washington, January 29 2004 - October 22 2004, battered Rilya Wilson, Florida, born September 29 1996, disappeared 2001 250. Michael Spencer Wiltsie, Silver Springs Florida, September 18 1987 - February 5, 2000, restraint Jimmy Allan Wood, Adams County Colorado, fourteen years old, November 13 2002, drug overdose Jonnie Wood, Springdale Arkansas, eight years old, August 13 2005, drowning Braxton D Wooden, Missouri, May 15 1997 - June 2 2005, gunshot Donte L Woods, West Palm Beach Florida, February 25 1986 - May 27 2002, gunshot Thomas (T J) Wright, Providence Rhode Island, three years old, October 31 2004, battered Willie Wright, San Antonio Texas, fourteen years old, March 4 2000, restraint 257. Rufus Manzie Young Jr, Michigan, four years old, April 6 2003, battered

Vincent's Story

2006-03-30T10:50:00.000-08:00

The Drugging of Our Children
By Gary Null
Featuring Michael Moore and Neil Bush
SEE A CLIP OF THIS FILM ON:
http://www.garynull.com
Scroll to the bottom of his web site.
"A mother (Diane Booth) loses her son to government officials for refusing to put him on drugs."
I am Vincent Booth's mother. Vincent has been an inmate in a California "mental health" facility for five years. He was wrongfully apprehended from me on July 29, 1999 at age 6 without a warrant, without a court order and without an investigation, after a referral to social services from his teacher/school. Vincent was totally normal until the County of Santa Clara forced dangerous psyche meds on him. His human rights were/are terribly violated, and my due process and human rights were horribly violated. I rescued Vincent and came to Canada and applied for refugee status. Vincent was again apprehended by the FBI who returned him to the same abusive institution. I remained in Canada for a few years then returned to California and served a total of eight months for my "crime" of rescuing my own child from abuse and imminent death. No one in my family has seen or heard from him and there are no recent medical reports in the court records regarding his well being. I did receive a recent photo - just the kidnappers taunting me that he is still alive.
Many reforms have been implemented. Many new laws were passed, including, The Amendment Prohibiting Forced Drugging, signed by President Bush, and the new foster care laws signed by Governor Schwarzenegger, yet Judge Leonard P. Edwards still refuses to allow me to submit evidence to the court, and he refuses to let my son testify on his own behalf! Judge Edwards' own only son was killed in a car accident on July 29. July 29 is the day he had my son kidnapped by CPS. Hollywood leftist, Rob Reiner collaborates with Judge Edwards, calling themselves "stakeholders". They are stakeholders of trafficking in children. Our children are not pound puppies! http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/presscenter/newsreleases/NR79-03.HTM

Judge Edwards has recently resigned. Rob Reiner resigned at the same time from his post on the Children's Commission in California.

This is just the tip of the iceberg in exposing the FRAUD of the exploitation of children and families for profit.
Please visit my website: Click on PICTURES, pages 1- 4 on the web site below.
http://www.msnusers.com/FreeVincentBooth

Children as young as 2 are being ripped from their parents and placed in institutions and put on dangerous psyche meds. Many are sexually abused and exploited. Many are missing and some are dead.

For more information, see articles posted on:

http://alainsnewsletter.com/contrib.php?name=Diane%20Booth

Peace and Justice,
Diane Booth,
Childrescue - See forum on San Jose Mercury News
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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/21/BAGGNFRLFD1.DTL
The $131,000-a-year administrator of San Francisco's troubled foster child care program has gone out on indefinite "stress leave'' -- checking out just as she was about to be suspended. -->-->
Anderson-Santos was also being investigated for any part she may have had in that department scandal we told you about a couple of weeks back -- the one in which a child welfare worker and a supervisor were accused of downloading and distributing pictures of a foster care program psychiatrist from an X-rated S&M Web site.

Steph's Nightmare

2006-03-09T12:52:00.000-08:00

AFFIDAVIT
December 22, 2005
I, Robert G. Kearns, Jr., do solemnly swear that this statement of fact and circumstances encompassing my divorce/child custody case docket # (Frederick v. Kearns) case number 96 GN 2139, before the Common Pleas Court of Blair County, PA and it’s intervener, hereto referred as Blair County Children and Youth Services are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.
STATEMENT OF FACT AND SURROUNDING EVENTS:
On November 25, 1996, my wife decided to break up our marriage and in doing so removed our then 9 year old daughter (Stephanie Kearns) from our marriage residence and transported her to an undisclosed location. However, I had suspected that Stephanie was lodged at the maternal grandmother's home. Accordingly, I made two efforts by telephone to communicate with my daughter and was denied contact with my wife and Stephanie by the grandmother. Subsequently, my wife disconnected all contact and communication with me and Stephanie for a period of nearly two weeks.
While going through papers, notes and letters left in the marriage residence, I had discovered a poem written by my step daughter that graphically described a daughter being molested by her mother. Carelessly and ignorantly, my sister revealed this poem to her gynecologist. Immediately, the gynecologist informed my sister that she is bound by law to contact child protective authorities. My sister was given the ultimatum to have Stephanie in her office for an examination by 4:00 p.m. that day or CYS would be notified to pull my daughter from the mother's care. Since I had not seen my daughter for nearly two weeks and had no contact with her, I was left with a serious dilemma. After contacting my attorney, Donald Speice, and telling him of my position, he advised I was still within my legal rights to take Stephanie to this doctor’s appointment. When my sister and I went to the Calvary Baptist school that afternoon to pick Stephanie up, we were stunned at what we found. Stephanie was traumatized and appeared to be in a lethargic state of shock from what her mother had done to her. When my daughter began to respond to my presence the first words out of her mouth was does my mom know you are here and did you ask her if you can take me.
It wasn't until December 11, 1996, that I was given my first court ordered visitation with Stephanie. The standard every other weekend order. While these short visitation periods with me served to slow Stephanie's emotional deterioration, she began expressing her fears to return home to her mother after her weekend visits with me and the paternal family. She would display her anxiety to return to her mother's residence by hiding in corners of the house, or she would sit on the staircase and punch her fist into the carpeting, and when we were outdoors she would repeatedly kick at the ground pleading with me and my family not to take her back to her mother.
In February 1997, I picked Stephanie up on a Friday night to begin one of my weekend visits, I and my family noticed that Stephanie was missing most of her eyelashes, was showing signs of pulling the hair out of her head, and was missing the hair on her arms. Stephanie then began to tell everyone she met that she wanted to live with me (her dad). Because Stephanie’s situation did not change, she began to fall into a deep depression and her emotional health deteriorated further.
Rather than the court making a radical custody visitation adjustment to correct Stephanie’s failing emotional health, Ilissa Zimmerman, Esq., Stephanie's appointed guardian ad item, petitioned the court to have psychologist Dr. Nancy D. Baker council Stephanie to help her adjust to a situation that she had grown to hate. While my attorney expressed his objections to Dr. Baker counseling my daughter, Ms. Zimmerman stayed the course. Judge Jolene Kopriva granted Ms. Zimmerman's petition.
Around March 1997, Stephanie's emotions outwardly surfaced verbally when she disclosed to me an incident that took place the night her mother removed her from our home. Stephanie told me that she never wanted to leave that night with her mother. I asked Stephanie if so, why she didn't cry out for help? Stephanie said she couldn't because Jandora (her half-sister) was holding a knife to kill you, if you caught us leaving. Steph said Jandora held her other hand over my mouth so I couldn't yell out to you. Stephanie said she tried to resist her mother taking her away, but her mother grabbed her arms and gouged her fingernails into her skin until her arms bled. She was then dragged to the van. The following day I notified Attorney Speice of Stephanie's disclosure.
Consecutively, in March and April 1997, Dr. Baker had her first intake interview with me and my wife separately before beginning to counsel Stephanie. On my daughter's first counseling appointment with Dr. Baker, I was advised that she referred Stephanie to psychiatrist Richard Hill who maintained an office in Dr. Baker's building. Without ever talking with my daughter, Dr. Baker told me Stephanie needed medicated basing her decision on my wife's perception that Stephanie suffered a lifelong mental illness.
In May 1997, I had taken Stephanie to Dr. Baker for a counseling session. After she finished counseling Stephanie, Ms. Baker called me into her office and began a belligerent verbal attack on me. As I was sitting at her desk Dr. Baker showed me a drawing Stephanie just drew for her that depicted the knife scene event that Stephanie told me about months earlier. It had shown Stephanie being held behind the back door of the house with her half-sister holding a long bladed knife. However, the implications of the drawing didn't alarm Dr. Baker one iota. Instead, she told me that Stephanie has developed an alignment with me that she has never heard or seen before. Dr. Baker said Stephanie just told her that she wanted to live with her daddy. Becoming agitated Dr. Baker jumped down my throat asking me what I did to make Stephanie swing her allegiance towards me. I told Dr. Baker that I never said anything to Stephanie, instead Stephanie just told me that her mother said she will be living with her and she will never get to see me again. I told Dr. Baker that Dr. Hill told my wife at our last meeting that I would never get custody of my daughter because girls belong with their mothers. Dr. Baker insisted that it was me who told Stephanie something to make her want to live with me. Needless to say, Dr. Baker overstepped her boundaries and we got into a heated verbal exchange.
By my first custody hearing on June 23, 1997, my daughter's mental health had deteriorated so dramatically under Dr. Baker's counseling, that she had pulled out all her eyelashes, eyebrows, and most of the hair on her head. My daughter's only problem before Dr. Baker's involvement was depression caused by the alienation from the paternal family. Vehemently, my daughter's desires were to return home to live with her father. Driving my daughter into a deeper depression, Dr. Baker deliberately refused to acknowledge my child's problem and was looking hard to place some superfluous blame on me for Stephanie's deterioration.
During my first evidentiary custody hearing on June 23, 1997, Dr. Baker testified for nearly 51\2 hours and blatantly attempted to conceal the knife drawing my daughter drew for her at the counseling session in May, 1997. Accommodating my wife to retain custody of my daughter, Dr. Baker attempted to construct a tranquil and loving home life setting for her. After one short interview with my step daughter, Dr. Baker was able to endorse her as a nice church going girl of high moral values. Attorney Speice then showed Dr. Baker a photograph of my then 17 year old step daughter, exposing her breasts in the home she baby-sat in. He had shown her drawings and poetry of oral sex acts and a molestation poem that my step daughter authored and drew. He asked Dr. Baker if she considered that moral conduct and was she alarmed by anything that she looked at. Dr. Baker said nothing she saw alarmed her and it was moral behavior for 16, 17, and 18 year old girls. To chemically force my daughter's compliance and submission to accept and live with this repulsive situation, Dr. Baker highly recommended to the court that my daughter be medicated by Psychiatrist Richard Hill. Subsequently, she recommended that any visitation between my daughter and I cease. Dr. Baker suggested the suspension should be in effect for years until the drugs had time to work her desired results on Stephanie. Only after years of being medicated and only if Stephanie still desired to see her father, then some visitation could be re-established.
Wearing down by Attorney Speice’s extensive cross-examination , Dr. Baker's testimony finally revealed that my daughter loved her daddy more than her mother and she wanted to come home to live with me. At the end of the hearing, I was ordered two things until the next scheduled bearing on July 17th. (1) I was given additional days of visitation with my daughter and (2) a period of two weeks to get a second medical opinion before any court ordered medication would be considered for Stephanie.
On July 2nd, I was to pick Stephanie up at my wife's residence for our first extended visit only to discover a vague note tacked to the door telling me that Stephanie was involved in some emergency. Accordingly, I was advised to contact my lawyer in the morning. Not until 3:00 P.M. July 3rd, did my attorney discover that Stephanie was placed in a mental institution, collusively by Dr. Baker, CYS and my wife. On July 3rd, Judge Jolene Kopriva acted on the fabrications and whims of Dr. Baker, and issued an order to institutionalize my daughter and medicate her if it was deemed necessary. My court ordered second medical opinion was now to be done at the Meadows Psychiatric Center. Ironically, the Meadows was where Dr. Richard Hill had a full time practice and was a director of the facility. Furthermore, the custody hearing disclosed that the Meadows paid the rent to Dr. Nancy Baker for Dr. Hill's office space in her building. A second medical opinion by a Meadows psychiatrist to medicate my daughter or not was in fact no second opinion at all. Dr. Baker knew an independent second medical opinion and psychological reevaluation of my daughter absent her influence would have exposed her for being a fraud, and pathological liar.
This time it was Judge Kopriva who assisted Dr. Baker's irrational moves to institutionalize my daughter and circumvent my opportunity to have a neutral medical opinion done. Judge Kopriva's July 3, 1997 order stated that every effort was made to contact my attorney as well as my daughter's guardian ad litem before incarcerating Stephanie. Supposedly they were unavailable to participate in the crisis. Not being taken in by Judge Kopriva's lie, Attorney Speice wrote a letter to Judge Kopriva asking her to explain exactly what attempts were made to contact him. Judge Kopriva refused to answer his request.
On July 15th, 1997, Stephanie was released from the Meadows heavily medicated with Prozac and Risperidal. Dr. Baker also filed an oral complaint with Blair County Children and Youth services accusing me of severely emotionally abusing my daughter. Accordingly, Dr. Baker requested that all my visitation and contact with Stephanie be stopped. Not completely accomplishing her goals my every other weekend visitation with Stephanie was restricted and heavily monitored during the 84 day investigation by CYS. I was now required to take Stephanie to Ms. Zimmerman's office on the Sunday evenings of my every other weekend custody exchange. Also, Stephanie was not allowed to see any adult paternal family member that I didn't reside with.
When Dr. Baker caught wind of Mr. Consigilo's decision, she went on a rampage to overturn his custody recommendation. She sent an ex parte letter to my wife’s attorney, Darlee Sill, asking him to take some action to stop my visitation with Stephanie. Dr. Baker's actions resulted in one petition being filed by Ms. Zimmerman and another from Mr. Sill. Both requested a judge to overrule Mr. Consiglio’s recommendation. Judge Peoples denied the request. This still didn't stop Dr. Baker campaign as she continued to persue Mr. Consiglio to reverse his recommendation, to no avail.
In any case, the already restricted visitation arrangement had just about pushed Stephanie to a mental breakdown. In complete counter distinction to Baker's allegations of me, the CYS investigation netted numerous reports by independent social workers, and psychologists that I did not cause my daughter the mental abuse Dr. Baker accused me of. These reports repetitiously conveyed Stephanie's wishes to live with her father.
During a September 22, 1997, custody hearing, CYS caseworker, Catherine Hoover, testified that the "84 day" CYS investigation resulted in no charges of emotional abuse as Dr. Baker reported. After changing the allegations to medical neglect in the middle of the investigation, without notification to me or my attorney, CYS concluded that there was no indication of medical neglect as Dr. Baker reported. This charge was discounted by CYS psychologist Lynn Kagarise. However, Ms. Hoover said there was an indication of indulgence. Attorney Speice asked exactly what is indulgence? Ms. Hoover answered inappropriate parenting. She explained that Stephanie had told CYS that her father had bought her so many toys it filled the second floor of his garage. Attorney Speice asked if CYS had ever been to the father’s house to question him or his family members. Ms. Hoover answered no, because we (CYS) didn't think you would allow CYS to talk with Mr. Kearns’ family.
Two days after the September 22nd hearing, Attorney Speice had contacted me to tell me that CYS had sent him a letter stating that I was notified at some point during the 84 day investigation that the emotional abuse allegations were changed to medical neglect. Being news to me, I suddenly found myself being indicated by CYS for not providing my daughter Dr. Hill's "recommended" psychotropic medications.
On October 10,1997, Ilissa Zimmerman, Esq. was called to the witness stand by Attorney Darlee Sill. Ms. Zimmerman gave testimony to her involvement with Stephanie as her guardian ad litem. Ms. Zimmerman gave her view of the emotional and degenerative condition Stephanie was in since her first contact with her in December 1996. Ms. Zimmerman testified that it has always been Stephanie's desire to live with her father.
Attorney Speice cross examined Ms. Zimmerman as to what is causing Stephanie's seemingly irreversible emotional deterioration. Ms. Zimmerman concluded that Stephanie needed to have more contact with her father over and above the every other weekend visits.
Concluding this hearing, Master Consigilo asked Ms. Zimmerman how much additional visitation should I be given with Stephanie, for example, a couple days per week, perhaps? Ms. Zimmerman answered one hour extra per week is enough. Infuriating my wife she argued that I shouldn't have any additional visitation with Stephanie.
On October20, 1997 Stephanie concluded the evidentiary hearings with her interview before the attorneys and master. The highlights of the interview was Stephanie’s unshakable persistence that she wanted to live with her father. Taking the group by surprise Stephanie told Mr. Consiglio that her mother was going to fool all of you.
On January 30, 1998, I received a final order with the custody recommendation from Mr. Consiglio and signed into order Judge Jolene Kopriva. The order granted me my every other weekend visits with Stephanie plus one overnight stay per week. Being totally devastated by the order, I conceded it was a losing battle and decided to give up my fight for custody of Stephanie. I was dejected and decided not to appeal the order. When Attorney Speice reviewed the order with me, he pointed out an endless string of errors in Mr. Consiglio's ruling. That is when I requested Attorney Speice to continue the custody litigation.
Judge Hiram Carpenter became involved with my custody case on or about May 22, 1998, when my attorney filed exceptions to the master’s custody ruling. Attorney Speice requested that a de novo hearing before a common pleas court judge be granted to decide custody of Stephanie. (Frederick vs. Kearns--Docket # 96 GN 2139).
On August 28, 1998, we had our first of a series of custody hearings with Dr. Richard Hill being the first and only witness to testify that day. Basically, his testimony indicated that Stephanie had no mental illness but was suffering from the stress of the divorce situation. His opinion of Stephanie's emotional problems differed dramatically to Dr. Baker's opinions of Stephanie. On or about September 15, 1998, Attorney Speice had acquired a copy of that hearing transcript which I had the opportunity to review. I found it to be about 99% accurate according to my recollection of the hearing.
On or about December 12, 1998, I filed a pro se petition requesting that Ilissa Zimmerman, Esq. be dismissed as guardian ad litem. I also asked that Zimmerman be placed under investigation for contributory abuse to her client. My family and I had witnessed on numerous occasions Ms. Zimmerman’s unprofessional actions and cruel comments she made to Stephanie caused her severe emotional upheavals. During Ms. Zimmerman’s three year tenure as Stephanie's guardian ad litem, she was starting to look more and more like Ms. Frederick's second attorney. Ms. Zimmerman’s conduct went beyond the duties of guardian ad litern and was obvious to all concerned that she had aligned herself with Ms. Frederick and was susceptible to her whims and persuasions. The petition was promptly dismissed the following day by Judge Carpenter citing counsel of record.
On February 1, 1999, the custody hearings again resumed with Dr. Nancy Baker, Psychologist Lynn Kagarise, and Psychiatrist Eugene Polmueller taking the witness stand on behalf of the plaintiff mother. On February 2, 1999, Lynn Kagarise, Eugena Barefoot, CYS caseworker Catherine Hoover, and Kay Engelbret of CYS took the stand on behalf of the plaintiff mother.
During the above hearings, Attorney Speice's cross examination of the witnesses brought forth and developed a pattern of conspiracy between Ms. Frederick, Children and Youth Services, Dr. Nancy Baker, Dr. Eugene Polmueller, and Judge Jolene Kopriva to have committed and/or ignored various incidences of judicial, medical, emotional, and physical abuses against my daughter Stephanie and me.
The hearings further revealed that CYS and Dr. Baker had made a conscious and blatantly obsessive effort to destroy my relationship with Stephanie. What appeared as insidious, CYS and Dr. Baker ignored my wife's hateful and abusive conduct towards Stephanie which included the knife point abduction. CYS was so incessant to place the blame of my daughter's emotional deterioration on me they changed allegations of abuse against me in the middle of an ongoing investigation without notification and falsified their reports. To cover it up, they lied on the witness stand. Kay Engelbret testified that in December 1998, CYS, Dr. Baker, and Ms. Frederick secretly had Stephanie medically examined by Dr. Marianne Hanlon to see if I had sexually molested her. Like Ms. Zimmerman and Dr. Baker, CYS was so mesmerized and aligned with my wife they were abetting the mother's abuse of my daughter. CYS testified that in July 1997, they had instructed Ms. Frederick two times to violate the custody order that granted me the extended court ordered visitation with Stephanie. CYS demonstrated through their criminal actions a frightening abuse of power
On February 3, 1999, the custody hearing was put on hold as the attorneys appeared to be negotiating some legal matters. Meanwhile, two witnesses (school teachers), subpoenaed by Ms. Zimmerman, were poised to testify.
By late afternoon, Attorney Speice came to me and offered an equal shared physical and legal custody agreement. Hoping to stop and turn back my daughter’s emotional deterioration, I accepted Attorney Speice's proposal with some reservations that my wife (Ms. Frederick) would not stop her well established pattern of making false and frivolous complaints to CYS, Dr. Baker, and Ms. Zimmerman. My attorney assured me that my wife had requested counseling as a stipulation in accepting the agreement. He said, this would stop the complaints. In counter distinction, my wife had taken a couple hours to accept the custody agreement that her attorney believed would be in Stephanie's best interest. In my wife's own admittance she was convinced that she was unduly forced into the agreement. She was so angry with her attorney making the custody agreement, she refused to return to the courthouse on the evening of February 3rd, to consummate the agreement. On February 4th, my wife was still so embittered and discontented with the custody resolution she arrived late at the courthouse, only after the sheriff department was sent out to find her. The parties were then gathered together in Judge Carpenter's courtroom to be read the custody order and work out the visitation schedule.
As I had feared, it was only a matter of weeks following the custody agreement that my wife reinstituted her volley of attacks on me through CYS and Ms. Zimmerman. In spite of the mother's resistance to the shared custody, Stephanie's emotional health made a dramatic recovery for several months following the custody agreement. So much so, school personnel recognized and testified on April 5, 2000, that Stephanie was happy for the first time since entering the public school almost three years earlier. By July 1999, Ms. Frederick made no effort to cooperate in making the agreement work and escalated her attacks on me and Stephanie to the degree that it became intolerable to bear any longer. As far as the counseling went with Jack Murray, my wife ended that when she ran out the door after the fourth session.
A prelude that my wife was again reuniting her allies to destroy the custody agreement had manifested itself through an incident that had occurred in Dr. Marianne Hanlon's office involving Ms. Frederick and Stephanie. It was my custody day and I had taken Steph to a scheduled doctors appointment. Shortly after Ms. Frederick entered the office and had escorted Stephanie into the doctor's examining room as I waited in the lobby. About ten minutes had passed when an upset Stephanie came bursting into the lobby telling me that her mother told Dr. Hanlon she recently tried killing herself with a knife. Following that incident Ilissa Zimmerman wrote Dr. Hanlon a letter asking what my (Mr. Kearns) involvement was that caused the incident. Dr. Hanlon responded to Ms. Zimmerman with a list of Ms. Frederick's complaints against me that were totally unrelated to the office episode.
Realizing I had made a terrible mistake accepting the custody agreement, I believed my only relief and recourse was to revive the custody litigation and/or file civil suits against CYS and several of the doctors involved with Stephanie's mental health treatment. What had become a definable pattern over the last three years, my wife was instigating, promoting, and exaggerating Stephanie's behavioral outbursts toward her and other maternal family members. She would then report these alleged incidents to Dr. Baker, the psychiatrists, and CYS as being a recurrence or worsening of Stephanie's fabricated mental illness.
On or about March 19, 1999, Attorney Speice requested that the court reporters, Christa Miloro and Sally Zeek, produce the transcripts of the February 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, hearings. The court reporters notified my attorney that they could not produce those transcripts immediately because they were too busy and one reporter suffered an injured wrist.
In July 1999, my attorney received the transcripts of the February custody hearings. Upon my review of those transcripts, I discovered the February 2, 1999 transcript had numerous material errors in the transcribed testimony. Since these errors had mysteriously incorporated new dialogue into witnesses’ testimony (particularly CYS) it was obvious the alterations were the act of deliberate tampering. From my recollection of the hearings I estimated these transcripts to be about 85% accurate. Accordingly, I brought these discrepancies to Attorney Speice's attention. He reacted by not denying or confirming any discrepancies.
I told my attorney that since the alterations were designed to cover for CYS employees’ outrageous conduct, it appeared Judge Carpenter was the saboteur. My personal feelings were the court reporters had nothing to gain by tampering with transcripts. Believing I could only get a raw deal by Judge Carpenter if he should he make any rulings of custody in my case, I asked Attorney Speice to reopen the custody hearings and request Mr. Carpenter recuse himself. Attorney Speice asked me what judge would we use as a replacement. I told him an out of county judge. At that point, he tried to make a convincing argument that there are two out of county judges that come to Blair County. One is old and falls asleep during testimony and the other is arrogant and indifferent. The latter demands the litigants to work out their own agreements. Given these options, Attorney Speice suggested that Judge Carpenter was my best chance to gain full custody of my daughter. He said he just couldn't envision Judge Carpenter tampering with testimony.
Because of my attorney’s advice combined with hints from third party sources that Judge Jolene Kopriva was already under investigation for her unethical links to Dr. Nancy Baker, I warily proceeded on with my custody case with Judge Carpenter.
On October 18, 1999, I again became the subject of a CYS investigation for allegedly punching my daughter in the ribs. As usual, my wife spearheaded the charge. Again Stephanie was placed under severe emotional strain as CYS caseworkers prodded at her to implicate me (her father) of this phony allegation. This time CYS caseworker, Shannon Kelly, was overheard on October 19th, telling Stephanie that if she felt threatened by her father in any manner she should telephone CYS immediately. The 30 day investigation netted no abuse charges filed by CYS.
On or about October 26, 1999, Attorney Speice filed a petition to modify my custody order. Again my hopes was to gain full custody of my daughter to eradicate my wife’s emotional and physical abuse of her. I further believed the constant intrusions by CYS and the regiment of psychologist's and psychiatrist's into my daughter's life was contributory to the absolute destruction of her mental health, childhood, and ultimately her life. In response, a conference was ordered for January 6, 1999. A pre-hearing conference was scheduled for May 9, 2000.
During the time following my petition for custody modification, Stephanie's emotional health began to degenerate at a pace I haven't seen in years. It became apparent to me that my modification petition served to infuriate my wife's wrath even more. CYS was taking advantage of every opportunity. They were now trying to lay the blame on me for causing my daughter's mental regression because I resurrected the custody litigation. During a conversation with Shannon Kelly in October,
she confirmed Stephanie was told by her mother that I never wanted her as a baby and wanted to adopt her out. Ms. Kelly discounted this emotional abuse of Stephanie by telling me and my brother that she couldn't believe Stephanie’s mother was capable of making a comment like that. Ms. Kelly said Stephanie's mother loved her too much. The truth of the matter was CYS employees’ were ignoring anything Ms. Frederick did to Stephanie and in reality was feeding my wife's abusive nature. Adding to Stephanie's problems, CYS was encouraging Ms. Frederick to institutionalize Stephanie to control her emotional outbursts that historically and predominantly were taking place at the mother's residence during her periods of custody.
The catalyst to Stephanie's mental regression manifested itself through CYS caseworkers. CYS caseworker, Shannon Kelly, began a bombardment of intrusions into Stephanie's life. At one point Stephanie had a scratch on her hand made by her cat’s claw. My wife told Shannon Kelly it was a knife cut. Ms. Kelly went to the Baker school and pursued Stephanie to admit the scratch was actually a knife wound self inflicted at her father’s home. CYS wouldn't let her alone at school and they began to make frequent visits to my home. Stephanie said Ms. Kelly constantly questioned her about Grandma Kearns’ health who was suffering with cancer, with a follow up of how is your dad treating you. Steph became so upset with these questions that she wouldn't answer them anymore. Pretending to be concerned for Stephanie, Ms. Kelly introduced her into a 4H horse program to enhance her social life. While this program did nothing to help her emotions, it turned Stephanie’s every waking and sleeping thoughts towards owning horses and building barns. Since I and my family had the acreage to accommodate this vision, I became the targeted parent to disappoint Stephanie and fend off her CYS inspired whims.
Around late November or early December 1999, it was brought to my attention that Ms. Zimmerman held an ex parte meeting with my wife and daughter together. It was revealed to me that in the presence of my wife she asked Stephanie to which parent she preferred to live with full time. When my attorney asked Ms. Zimmerman why I was not included in that meeting, she lied and said she telephoned my residence but I failed to respond to her telephone call. Infuriating me again with her deception, I filed a revised pro se petition to have Ms. Zimmerman removed as guardian ad litem and place her under investigation for emotionally abusing her client. At a January 6, 2000 conference, Judge Carpenter agreed to voluntarily dismiss Zimmerman from her duties and claimed he would enter an order as such. He also dismissed my petition without prejudice.
By the end of December 1999, Stephanie's emotional condition had sank to its lowest point since being abducted from our residence in 1996. The Baker school personnel was concerned for her behavioral decline as Stephanie began pulling out her hair again. Out of fear that Dr. Baker was going to pull off another emergency trip for Stephanie to the Meadows Psychiatric Center, I filed a pro se petition for injunctive relief against CYS and Dr. Baker. My intention was to have a psychiatric reevaluation of Stephanie done by an independent psychologist without the input or influence of CYS and Dr. Baker. The petition also made reference and passed blame to the Blair County Court for negligently allowing Stephanie to emotionally deteriorate under its directives. Again Judge Carpenter dismissed my petition citing council of record.
In March 2000, allegations emerged that Stephanie had threatened to kill people in her school and burn down the building. Rising to the occasion was CYS. However, Ms. Kelly said CYS did not know what to do to help Stephanie. Accordingly, Dr. Nancy Baker's counseling services were going to be utilized and CYS was now making emergency appointments for Stephanie with Dr.Baker. They alluded that Dr. Baker would get to the bottom of Stephanie's regressive emotions and aggressive behavior and institutionalize her if she deemed it appropriate.
Because I couldn't bare to see Stephanie suffer any longer, I filed a special relief petition pro se based on allegations that my wife was deliberately abusing Stephanie emotionally to force CYS or Dr. Baker to take emergency medical actions against her. I laid on the court that Stephanie was about to have a nervous breakdown. From my experience my wife had taken a similar course of action back in July 1997 that resulted in Stephanie being institutionalized by Dr. Baker and CYS at the Meadows Psychiatric Center. As I had mentioned earlier, this action resulted in Stephanie being heavily medicated and being restricted to certain paternal family members on my every other weekend visits. CYS, Dr. Baker, and Ms. Frederick were still not satisfied with that arrangement and pushed the court hard to remove me from Stephanie’s life.
Ms. Frederick responded to my petition with a pro se answer that I was not qualified to determine Stephanie was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and passed blame on me for Stephanie's degenerating mental health. Judge Carpenter dismissed my petition citing attorney of record.
It was around mid March 2000 that my attorney and I were not seeing eye to eye in his handling of my case and started to distance himself from me. Stephanie's condition and situation seemed to be of no concern to him. What I hadn't realized at the time, he was deliberately upsetting me so I would dismiss him. Taking the bait, I asked that he no longer represent me in further custody proceedings and I requested that he turn over the entire case file to me.
I began to mentally review and piece together Ms. Frederick's pattern of behavior and control she had over the professionals involved with Stephanie's treatment. It was then I realized Ms. Frederick’s’ behavior went beyond the revengeful scorn of a disgruntled woman going through a bitter divorce. My wife was displaying characteristics of mother's suffering with Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome. She was deliberately causing Stephanie to act out emotionally and then run to the professionals with her conclusions and observations that Stephanie was mentally ill from birth. Most of these episodes were either induced or feigned. The gratification my wife received from this was the attention, camaraderie, and support she was receiving from the court, the doctors, and other professionals she forced into Stephanie's life.
This theory added new light to why Stephanie's mental health had been deteriorating at such a rapid pace. Fearing for the direction my wife was taking Stephanie, I filed a pro se petition for emergency relief. The crux of my petition alleged that Ms. Frederick was a Munchausen by Proxy mother who was inflicting severe emotional abuse on her daughter.
This time Judge Carpenter reacted by rescheduling the May 9, 2000 pre-hearing conference up to March 31, 2000. He also required that pre-hearing statements be filed 10 days prior to the hearing.
At the March 31 pre-hearing conference, we were advised by hearing officer Michael Reighard that Judge Carpenter wanted this custody issue ended and therefore scheduled hearings beginning April 5, 2000. We were both urged to get busy since we had numerous professional witnesses to be subpoenaed within 5 days.
Reacting to the alleged school threats by Stephanie, CYS entered my parents home on March 31, 2000, where Steph and I resided and asked to see the whereabouts of our guns and ammunition as Stephanie watched. When we had showed them our guns were stored in a closet and our ammunition was in my dresser drawer, they demanded that the ammunition be locked away from Stephanie's access.
On April 3, 2000, CYS returned to double check that the shells were locked away. Ms. Kelly was inquisitive as to what I planned to ask her on the witness stand during the upcoming hearings.
Because Judge Carpenter gave such short notice to prepare a case of this magnitude, I asked Attorney Speice if he would be willing to get involved with the case again. Seeming to of had first hand information or perhaps he was a mind reader, he quipped that he thinks Judge Carpenter wanted me and my wife without legal counsel.
On April 5, 2000, we had our first hearing of what became a series of six hearings. Before the hearing began, a lawyer by the name of Beverly Mears approached us. Ms. Mears conveyed that Judge Carpenter just appointed her this morning as Stephanie's guardian ad litem to assure that Stephanie's interests in the matter were adequately represented. The four common witnesses attending that day in chronological order were Dr. Hanlon, Stephanie's inclusion teacher (Bonita Reimer) from the Baker school, Shannon Kelly of CYS, and psychologist Scott Lambert.
As I had expected with the exception of Mr. Lambert, every witness who had extensive contact with Ms. Frederick, prior to the hearings, would begin their testimony struggling to give an appearance of impartiality. Within a few minutes, each witness except Mr. Lambert would start to slant their testimony in favor of the plaintiff mother. Three of these witnesses confirmed that their professional interactions with Stephanie were solely based on my wife’s input and perceptions of Stephanie. Scott Lambert said he considered input from Ms. Frederick and myself
In summary, Dr. Hanlon's testimony was primarily restricted to her medical treatment and physical condition of Stephanie. She had also displayed an unusual closeness to Ms. Frederick and believed her to be an ideal mother who deeply loved her daughter. Dr. Hanlon described Stephanie's visit to her office as normally uncooperative and tumult when accompanied by her mother. In contrast, she saw Stephanie as cooperative and well behaved when accompanied by her dad alone. I asked Dr. Hanlon if she ever heard of Munchausen by Proxy? She answered yes, it is a condition that mother's have who make their children physically sick and then they have them medically treated. I asked Dr. Hanlon if that would also include making their children appear to be mentally ill. She hesitated and then answered yes, they can do that. I asked Dr. Hanlon if these Munchausen by Proxy mothers have the unique ability to fool doctors? She answered yes, they do.
When Ms. Mears asked her first question on cross examination, I found her purported neutrality to be absolute bunk. It was a direct attack at me.
In summary, Ms. Reimer’s testimony centered on Stephanie's behavior pattern in school. She testified to observing Stephanie biting herself, pulling out the hair on her head, becoming aggressive towards teachers, picking at herself until sores developed, poking at herself with a pencil, repeatedly tying and untying her shoe laces, outbursts, openly bringing family problems up during class discussions, falls asleep in class, couldn't stay focused on school work, and made demands that her one on one tutor do her class assignments and turn the pages of her book. Ms. Reimer further testified that before each school day began my wife would approach the school teachers and give an account of Stephanie's mood for the day and what they should expect to deal with. Because Ms. Reimer was vague on the exact time period the shared custody took effect, I am sure it was by accident that she testified to seeing Stephanie happy for the first time in March 1999, after the joint custody agreement was reached, since entering the Baker School.
When I questioned Ms. Reimer, I gave her a list of psychological symptoms that were indicators of severe emotional abuse. Ms. Reimer agreed they fit her behavioral profile of Stephanie. She went on to admit they were aware that these were signs of emotional abuse that the school had been watching for some time.
In summary when Shannon Kelly testified, she tried to portray me as this uncooperative father who just couldn't believe his daughter was mentally ill. Accordingly, I just couldn't get behind CYS's suggestions or Dr. Baker's and Dr. Eugene Polmueller's treatment regimen of Stephanie.
About five minutes into my cross examination of Ms. Kelly, it came to my attention that she failed to bring as much as a piece of paper to the witness stand let alone CYS records as was directed by subpoena. I asked Ms. Kelly where the CYS records were? Judge Carpenter quickly intervened and asked if I was interested in something particular? I answered yes, their daily casework sheets. Judge Carpenter then negotiated with me that perhaps Ms. Kelly could give him those records later and he would review them. He asked what I wanted from those records in particular? I told him I was interested in how many complaints Ms. Frederick filed against me after the custody agreement was reached. Judge Carpenter asked if I would care if the records were given to him and he would look for that information privately. Reluctantly, I agreed. However, my very next question to Ms. Kelly was, were there complaints filed by Ms. Frederick after the agreement? She answered, yes. I asked Ms. Kelly if CYS ever thought that my wife was trying to undermine the custody agreement? She answered no.
I then questioned Ms. Kelly if she was aware of Stephanie being abducted by knife point? She answered yes, CYS knows about it. I asked her if this could be considered emotional abuse. She hesitated and then answered, she didn't know. I asked if Stephanie had told her that mom said her daddy never wanted her. She answered yes, but I couldn't believe that Stephanie's mother could say something like that to her. I asked if this actually occurred would this be emotional abuse? She answered, I don't know. I sarcastically asked Ms. Kelly if this was child protective services? She answered yes, well I know if someone told me my dad never wanted me it would bother me. I then read Ms. Kelly the same list of emotional abuse symptoms that I gave Ms. Reimer and I asked her if the symptoms reminded her of anyone? She answered "yes, Stephanie." I asked Ms. Kelly if she was aware of Munchausen by Proxy? She answered, she was. I asked Ms. Kelly to define this condition. She described it as mothers who make their children sick and then pretend to have these illnesses treated. I asked Ms. Kelly if she was saying that other mothers can make their children sick, but not Ms. Frederick? She answered, I didn't say that. I shot back, ma'am you just testified to that.
On re-examination, Ms. Frederick asked Judge Carpenter if she may ask Shannon a question about something that was said to her in confidentiality? Mr. Carpenter said, she could. Ms. Kelly, could you tell the court what your opinion of Mr. Kearns is after a telephone conversation you had with him? Yes, I said Mr. Kearns is insane.
In summary, Mr. Lambert had testified that he was appointed by the school system to delve into Stephanie's emotional problems in the school environment. Mr. Lambert said from talking with Stephanie and his observations of her in class she was a likable normal girl who was under a lot of stress caused by the divorce situation. He saw Steph as being extremely perceptive to strangers entering her class room, especially if the teacher was pulled aside to talk. He believed that the parents not cooperating was the cause of her emotional instability. However, he acknowledged that Stephanie's deterioration was exacerbated by outside individuals (CYS and other professionals). He further reasoned Steph was to the point she was being pushed over the edge by the constant intervention into her life, but at the same time couldn't be left dealing with her problems alone.
I questioned Mr. Lambert, if Stephanie's emotional deterioration was necessarily the result of both parents or could one parent effect her the same way? He answered one parent could cause it. I told Mr. Lambert that Stephanie had been put through several traumatic events in her life. He said that Stephanie's behavior's could be indicative of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and he never thought to explore that avenue. I asked Mr. Lambert if he saw Stephanie as being to the point of a nervous break down? He answered that Stephanie was just about ready to crack. He then told the court to excuse his language, but if you want my opinion the "Hell" has been beat out of Stephanie.
During the April 6th, 2000 hearing, three witnesses testified in chronological order: Mrs. Diane Beiswenger, Dr. Eugene Polmueller, Diane Beiswenger (finishing up), and Mr. David Kearns.
Mrs. Beiswenger's and Mr. David Kearns’ testimony centered on Stephanie's behavior before and after the marriage breakup. Essentially, they described Stephanie as a kind, likable, well-behaved girl before the breakup. They described her attitude and behavior during visits with the paternal family virtually the same as the post marriage breakup. Mr. Polmueller's testimony hinged on his treating Stephanie with mind altering drugs and his psychological conclusions that were primarily and regularly formulated on the input from Ms. Frederick.
Taking the same approach with Polmueller as I did with Ms. Kelly and Ms. Reimer, I asked him to listen to a list of the behaviors that Ms. Reimer and Ms. Kelly admitted to observing while professionally interacting with Stephanie. I then read him the list of psychological symptoms of emotional abuse that I had given Ms. Reimer and Ms. Kelly. Given that, I asked Mr. Polmueller to supply a definition to those symptoms? He answered that could indicate emotional distress. I asked would that mean emotional abuse? He answered "yes."
I asked Polmueller if he knew what Munchausen by Proxy was? He answered yes, a mother who makes their child sick and then pursues treatment for them. I asked if Ms. Frederick was Munchausen by Proxy? He answered "no." I asked, could it be possible that she has Munchausen by Proxy? Again he answered no, citing he was the expert and he knows more about it than me. I asked if it is possible for someone to induce emotional symptoms into a person? He answered yes, they can do things to induce them. I asked if it is a possibility that Ms. Frederick is Munchausen? He answered, anything is possible.
Because Judge Carpenter had a criminal trial scheduled for the following week, he was
undecided when he would have available days to schedule additional hearings. On or about April 11,2000, I received a notice of April 7, 2000 scheduling our next hearing for April 20, 2000.
In closing the April 6, 2000 hearing, Mr. Carpenter openly and on the record directed a statement to me as follows: "Mr. Kearns I am beginning to grasp what had been going on here. I can see that the doctors were not listening to you. I see the system has not treated you fairly. I know you have no respect for the system and you probably don't have any respect for me either."
During the interim period between custody hearings, an incident had occurred on April 9th, where Stephanie was beat up in a bath tub by her mother, half-sister, and half-sister’s husband. The beating took place just before I was to pick Stephanie up that Sunday evening. When I picked Stephanie up, I noticed she was wearing a baseball cap and was talking as if something was in her mouth. I then realized her mouth was swelled. I also noticed Stephanie was walking with a limp. Because Stephanie acted differently, I asked her what was wrong? She answered, they beat me up in Grandma's bathtub because I threw a hissy fit when they wouldn't allow me to have another biscuit. Steph said Aaron broke the door in and they threw her down in the bath tub. She told me she hit her back on the foot stool in the tub and her back and leg hurts. She said her half-sister held her down in the tub while her mother punched her in the mouth, face, knees, and back areas. Steph then showed me the cut inside her mouth. While the melee was playing out, Steph said Grandma Frederick watched over them and cursed at her. Steph told me her mother and half-sister had picked on her the entire weekend and said she was aware they were trying to create an incident to cause her to fight back. When I asked Steph if she wanted to visit her cousins that evening, she answered "no, I am wearing the hat because I don't have hair on the top of my head."
On Monday, April 10th, I went to the custody office and asked for help, since CYS could not be trusted. Janice Meadows told me she would do something. At around 11:00 a.m., CYS caseworker, Shannon Kelly, and Kay Engelbret came to my home to question Steph about the incident. Once again Stephanie gave them an exact recount of the beating. Accordingly, Ms. Engelbret told Stephanie we (CYS) will have to change your situation so this never happens to you again. As a temporary solution, Ms. Engelbret told me that Stephanie would need to he placed in protective custody. She told me that this is normally done by putting a child in a foster home. She deduced that Steph would never accept that. Then she suggested the possibility of placing Steph with distant relatives on either side of the family. Since we had none, she suggested that Ms. Mears wanted Stephanie psychologically re-evaluated, thus Engelbret recommended putting Stephanie in protective custody in Aloysious Hall at Conemaugh Memorial in Johnstown, Pa.. When I suggested Pittsburgh, Engelbret balked, citing that was to far away. At that point, I reluctantly agreed to allow CYS to place Stephanie in Conemaugh. Ms. Engelbret then suggested for me to take Stephanie to a physician for a physical examination.
By 1:00 p.m. Monday, Ms. Engelbret called me at my home and asked if I had made the doctor’s appointment for Stephanie. I told her yes, I had made one with Dr. Marianne Hanlon who was Steph's family doctor. I informed Ms. Engelbret that Dr. Hanlon was not available that day so a doctor's assistant would be doing the examination.
At 3:30 p.m., I had taken Steph to Hanlon's office for an examination only to find my wife sitting there to greet Stephanie. While sitting there, Ms. Frederick was summoned to answer the telephone. A few minutes later, Ms. Frederick announced to the entire waiting room that Kay Engelbret of CYS wanted to talk with me on the phone. When I took the phone, Ms. Engelbret disclosed to me that my wife will be transporting Stephanie to Conemaugh immediately after Stephanie is examined. I told her Stephanie is scared stiff of her mother and you are going to allow her to take her to Conemaugh? Realizing how bizarre and insincere this sounded, Ms. Engelbret said, I will call you back in a few minutes. A few minutes later, she called me again and advised me that Shannon Kelly will be meeting us in the doctor's office by 4:00 p.m., and she and Ms. Frederick will take Steph to Conemaugh together.
At approximately 4 00 p.m., Stephanie and I were called into the examination room. Ironically, "Dr. Hanlon" began to question Steph as to what had taken place in the bathtub. Again Stephanie recited the entire incident and Dr. Hanlon asked Stephanie what was hurting her. Stephanie told her that her back and side hurt. Before commencing her examination, Dr. Hanlon told me that she was going to call Ms. Frederick and Shannon Kelly into the room while doing the examination of Stephanie. Meanwhile, I asked Dr. Hanlon to go out into the hall to talk. I explained to her that Stephanie was going to Conemaugh immediately following her examination and I can't do that to her or be a part of it. As I was leaving the office, I sent Ms. Kelly and Ms. Frederick back to the examination room. Ms. Kelly told me that she would be in contact with me later that evening.
That evening at 10:30 p.m., I had called Conemaugh and was put in touch with Shannon Kelly. Ms. Kelly told me that Stephanie was doing fine and I may call her office in the morning to pick up instructions to get to Conemaugh and a telephone number to call for visitation arrangements. When I called Conemaugh on the morning of April 11th, I was met with a hostile attitude by staff members. I was told that my visitation would be arranged around my wife’s visitation schedule since she had the priority over visitation time. I was requested to make telephone calls each day for available times that I may visit Stephanie. Needless to say, I thought this to be highly irregular since Stephanie was in CYS protective custody and Ms. Frederick was the alleged named perpetrator of child abuse. Stunning me further, I asked the nurse if I may talk with the doctor before Stephanie is evaluated. I told the nurse that I am concerned that Stephanie's evaluation would be strictly based on other doctor's reports and there needs to be parental input as to Stephanie's condition. The nurse told me that the doctors are too busy to talk with me and if I have anything to say I should sign up for family therapy.
Adding insult to injury, I called Conemaugh on April 12th, for my visitation time and found myself being informed by a nurse that Stephanie is being given additional medications, namely Depakote, to control her impulsiveness. This was done without my knowledge or consent. After two weeks at Conemaugh, Stephanie was released from the mental hospital, into the custody of her mother who drove her home alone.
On April 20, 2000, we had our third custody hearing. The witnesses to testify that day were Mr. David Kearns, Mr. Eugene Frederick, Mr. Robert G. Kearns, Jr., CYS caseworker Shannon Kelly, CYS supervisor Kay Engelbret and Mrs. Eileen Delozier- Ms. Frederick's sister.
Mr. Eugene Frederick was brought to the witness stand as a substitute for Ms. Frederick's mother, Lucille Frederick, to whom I subpoenaed to testify concerning the bathtub incident. Judge Carpenter accepted Ms. Frederick's excuse that her mother was too frail to testify and would not bear up to my questioning. Consequently, Carpenter allowed Mr. Frederick to substitute.
In summary, Mr. Frederick began his testimony stating that he knew little about the incident in the bathtub. He said he was not in a good vantage point in Grandma Frederick's house to witness the event but would tell the court what he actually saw or heard. Forty-five minutes later, he was testifying to a detailed and complete blow by blow account of what had taken place that day. Basically, he described and blamed the entire incident on Stephanie's mental illness. Of course, he and the Frederick family were just the victims and innocent by-standers.
Before the hearing commenced, Ms. Mears was overheard asking Shannon Kelly and Ms. Engelbret if Ms. Frederick was investigated for the child abuse allegation. They both said "yes, we did an investigation."
This time around, Ms. Frederick was recalling Shannon Kelly and Kay Engelbret to testify. When she asked that one of them take the witness stand, Ms. Kelly and Ms. Engelbret squabbled as to who should go first. They both looked up at the judge and told him that neither wanted to testify. Judge Carpenter said, one of you will have to take the stand. Ms. Engelbret asked, if her and Kelly could go together. Judge Carpenter said, no we clearly can not allow that. I was perceptive that they knew they were beat during the April 5th hearing and it appeared they knew what they would be in for this time around, too.
When Ms. Kelly took the witness stand on direct examination, she methodically described the entire April 9th bathtub beating as Stephanie's own fault. Ms. Frederick was now the abused victim of Stephanie's emotional problems and disobedience. Ms. Kelly concluded that Stephanie was not beaten by her mother, but is a problem child who tells whoppers. The new twist CYS gave to Stephanie's beating allegation was she had been a difficult and out-of-control child that day, who needed to be subdued from hurting herself and her half-sister’s baby. Putting icing on the cake, Ms. Kelly described Steph's half sister as being trained and certified to restrain people and Steph was only being brought under control. Ms. Kelly also noted that Ms. Frederick was so concerned for Stephanie that she had called Dr. Baker on April 9th to see what should be done with Stephanie. Further testimony revealed that Stephanie's half-sister (Jandora) was now in the employ of Blair County Family and Youth Services.
The cross-examination of Ms. Kelly by me went as follows: Did you tell me on April 10th, that Stephanie was being placed at Conemaugh for protective custody? She answered, yes. Didn't you tell me that this could he used as a second opinion and possibly Stephanie could be reduced or taken off the medications? She answered, yes. Who provided Conemaugh with the intake information of Stephanie's emotional problems? She answered, Ms. Frederick did. Did CYS take Stephanie's complaint serious? She answered, yes we did. So serious that you allowed the mother to take her to Conemaugh and admit her? She answered, yes, but you know Stephanie fantasizes and tells stories---just like the story she told us that you beat her up once. But I was investigated on that allegation, wasn't I? She answered, yes. Was Ms. Frederick investigated for the bathtub beating? She answered "no." Is Ms. Frederick going to be investigated? Ms. Kelly answered, not at this time. I told Ms. Kelly that Dr. Hanlon did no examination of Stephanie while I was in the examining room. You just testified that it was only a couple minutes after I left until you went into the examining room with Stephanie. Did Dr. Hanlon do an examination of Stephanie in your presence? She answered, no. Did Dr. Hanlon do any examination of Stephanie that day? She answered, I don't know.
Kay Engelbret’s testimony was a brief confirmation of Shannon Kelly's testimony. Ms. Engelbret also testified that she was in contact with Dr. Baker on April 10th, and Dr. Baker suggested that Stephanie be dispositioned. What had become a predictable pattern during the custody hearings, Ms. Engelbret said Baker agreed that Stephanie should be hospitalized and at this time, it was Conemaugh.
In summary, Ms. Frederick placed her sister Eileen Delozier on the witness stand to give alibi that Stephanie was not removed by knife point on the night Stephanie was abducted. Ms. Delozier also was asked to give her version of the bathtub beating of Stephanie on April 9th.
When I cross-examined Ms. Delozier, her composure collapsed and she claimed that she did not see a knife the night Stephanie was taken away, since Stephanie's half-sister was standing behind the door. I asked Ms. Delozier if she was told by Ms. Frederick or Jandora that a knife was involved that night? She answered yes, I knew Jandora was holding a knife to protect herself
At the close of the hearing, Judge Carpenter hinted to Attorney Beverly Mears that she would probably want the people who were involved with Stephanie's treatment at Conemaugh Memorial Hospital to testify. Of course, Ms. Mears agreed.
At the May 9, 2000, custody hearing four witnesses chronologically testified in this order: Conemaugh psychologist Denis Kashurba, Conemaugh social worker Kathy Waligora, Conemaugh psychiatrist Rudolfo Medina, and Ms. Lou Ann Frederick.
In summary, Ms. Waligora's testimony was comprised of her family therapy session with Stephanie and her mother and subsequently with me and Stephanie together. She described the meeting with Stephanie and her mother as starting out well when Steph was presented with a gift from her mother. A short time later, Stephanie became upset and threw things around the room when her mother answered questions concerning the paternal family. Ms. Waligora described her meeting with me and Stephanie as going well with Stephanie laying her head on my lap. She observed that Steph was well behaved and only displayed some restlessness because she wanted to see the rest of her paternal family that was waiting outside.
In summary, Ms. Mears tried to develop Dennis Kashurba's testimony through his observations of Stephanie at Conemaugh. He attempted to establish that Stephanie was an angry, hostile girl who needed much psychotropic medications, psychotherapy, and institutionalization. He portrayed Stephanie as a child who was beyond the control of her parents and needed to be placed in a Restricted Treatment Facility. Mr. Kashurba explained that this facility (basically a prison with locked doors and fences) would eventually break Stephanie's will into compliance. He said this would require more psychotropic medications and long term isolation from family. Mr. Kashurba said he derived these conclusions through his personal interactions with Stephanie and background input from Stephanie's mother. He also acknowledged that he never talked with me to develop his recommendations. Ms. Mears then questioned Mr. Kashurba if input from both parents might have resulted in a different diagnosis. To cover himself Mr. Kashurba said he would have came up with the same conclusions, absent any parental input.
When I cross-examined Mr. Kashurba, I told him I had before me a drawing that Stephanie drew for Dr. Baker depicting being removed from her home by knife point the night of the marriage breakup. I told Mr. Kashurba that Stephanie has also went through numerous other traumatic events in her life. Without saying more, Mr. Kashurba said Stephanie could be suffering with Post Trauma Stress Syndrome. I told Mr. Kashurba that the record in this case has consistently indicated that it was Stephanie's desire to return home to live with her father. Could Stephanie's behavioral outburst be her method of crying out for someone to listen to her? He answered, it could be. And if the doctors and even this court has denied allowing Stephanie to go home, would that be an emotional stressor in Stephanie's life? He answered, yes.
In summary, Ms. Mears tried to develop Rudolfo Medina's testimony that Stephanie was a troubled girl who needed to be medicated to control her behavioral problems. In doing so, he said that he had given Stephanie Depakote to supplement her established regimen of Prozac and Zyprexa medications. Ms. Mears asked if Stephanie's dosages were in the normal range for children her age. Of course, Mr. Medina said they were within the normal levels for children. Like Mr. Kashurha, Mr. Medina was also advocating the Restricted Treatment Facility for Stephanie.
When I cross examined Mr. Medina, I asked him if he had ever talked with me or Ms. Frederick? He answered, he did not. I asked Mr. Medina where did he acquire his information to come up with his diagnostic conclusions of Stephanie? He answered, from the mother on the admittance form to enter Conemaugh and the other doctors’ reports. I asked Mr. Medina why he had not talked to me concerning Stephanie? He answered, he would have but wasn't aware I wanted to talk with him. I told him I tried, but I was told you were too busy to talk with me. He answered, he would have met with me, had he known. I asked Mr. Medina if he had looked into Stephanie's background to see what could be causing Stephanie's emotional and behavioral difficulties? He answered, no, I treat my patients for the symptoms that I see when entering the
hospital. I asked Mr. Medina if he was aware Stephanie was involved in a confrontation in a bathtub prior to her admittance to Conemaugh? He said, he read something about it. I asked Mr. Medina if the first doctor who became involved with Stephanie had deliberately misdiagnosed the home environment evaluation and treated her accordingly, be guilty of child abuse? He answered, it would. I then asked, if every doctor following that diagnosis would also be guilty of child abuse? He answered, it would be, but why would a doctor do something like that on purpose. I told him there could be many reasons. I asked Mr. Medina if he was aware that Stephanie was kidnapped by her mother at knife point the night of the marriage separation. He answered, he was not, but if this had occurred Stephanie could be suffering with Post Trauma Stress Syndrome.
During Ms. Mears redirect examination, she had asked Mr. Medina if Stephanie's emotional symptoms could be indicative of a mother suffering from Munchausen by Proxy? Mr. Medina said, he didn't think they were.
Again I crossed examined Mr. Medina and asked if he new what Munchausen by Proxy was? He said, he had professional expertise on Munchausen and Munchausen by Proxy. He asked me to define it. After a verbal exchange, I defined what Munchausen by Proxy was. Given that, I asked Mr. Medina if he could tell a Munchausen by Proxy mother by observing or talking with them? He answered, no.
Judge Carpenter then followed up with a question. He asked Mr. Medina if Stephanie had from the beginning of this huge record wanted to live with her daddy and was being denied, be a stressor in her life? Mr. Medina answered, it would be a significant stressor. I then followed up on Judge Carpenter's question. I asked if Stephanie's alleged suicide gestures or whatever be a result of being forced to live with the mother that she hates, and believes the only way out of her situation is to die? He answered, yes, it could be.
In summary, Ms. Frederick's testimony basically took issue with her beliefs that she was abused during our ten year marriage. She claimed that Stephanie was a very abnormal, immature girl who displayed symptoms of mental illness since birth. She tried to establish that Stephanie was unsociable, intellectually deficient, suffered ADD and as a result could not learn academically since entering the pre-school. Ms. Frederick further informed the court that I had suggested at the January 26th conciliation conference, that the transcripts of the hearings have been altered.
On May 16th, we had our fifth hearing which was to conclude the custody proceedings. The final two witnesses to testify were Ms. Frederick and Stephanie.
During cross examination, I destroyed Ms. Frederick's conjured up mental illness of Stephanie through testimony, and numerous exhibits, such as report cards and achievement awards from school and church activities.
I asked Ms. Frederick to examine the knife point drawing Stephanie made for Dr. Baker. I caught myself and told Mr. Carpenter that I would like to enter the drawing into the record as exhibit. Judge Carpenter said, Mr. Kearns, I believe that drawing has already been entered into the record by Attorney Speice last year. I told Judge Carpenter, no, it wasn't. You gave that back to Attorney Speice last year after the February hearings. Judge Carpenter said, OK, you can have the drawing marked as exhibit and if we find it has already been entered into the record we will deal with that later. I then questioned Ms. Frederick if that drawing accurately depicted the events on the night of the separation? Ms. Frederick answered no, the people were not standing as Stephanie drew them and Jandora (Steph's half-sister) was not holding the knife outward, she was holding it downward.
As the testimony concluded Judge Carpenter suggested that we enter any exhibits that we may have concerning Stephanie. Compliantly, Ms. Mears conducted the exchange of numerous documents that was piled upon the table for the plaintiff and defendant.
Finalizing the hearing, Judge Carpenter interviewed Stephanie with Ms. Mears present in his chambers. After the interview, Ms. Mears called me and Ms. Frederick back into the courtroom. She told us that Judge Carpenter wanted the observers to remain in the hall.
Judge Carpenter asked if either of us wanted to make a closing statement. Ms. Frederick asked that Judge Carpenter consider Stephanie's condition 10 years down the road. I told Judge Carpenter that anything I would say would only capsulate what was presented during the testimony. Judge Carpenter then made a statement that the parties failed to present much of a case, but managed to get a lot of things off their chests that happened over the last three years. I can understand that and that was all right, he said. He went on further to say, that he will have to cut one of the parents from Stephanie's life. Mr. Kearns, you blame your wife for causing your daughter emotional problems and she blames you. I doubt if we would ever know who caused her the problems. Mr. Kearns, you believed that all the doctors involved with Stephanie were in collusion with Ms. Frederick. But yet, several witnesses from Conemaugh who did not know you or Ms. Frederick had no ax to grind with you, saw your daughter as having severe emotional problems. I will have an order out in three weeks with my decision. Consequently, Judge Carpenter declared the record closed.
To show the uncanny alignment and persuasiveness Ms. Frederick had over the court and professionals involved with this custody case, Ms. Frederick wrote a letter to Shannon Kelly on May 12, 2000, and forwarded it to Ms. Mears on the12th. Ms. Mears conveniently held this letter from me until the closing of the May 16th hearing when the court record was already declared closed and nothing new could be entered into the record.
It wasn't until weeks later, when I was organizing my paperwork from the hearing, that I discovered a hearing statement from the court reporter indicating that as part of Ms. Frederick's case Ms. Kelly was supposed to have entered a confidential envelope into the record on April 20th. What had struck me as odd, Ms. Frederick nor Ms. Kelly entered anything into the record that day as the statement implied. Putting my thoughts together, I realized the confidential envelope was purported to contain the casework sheets that CYS was supposed to have delivered to Judge Carpenter on April 6th. What was more bizarre, the confidential envelope was made to appear as being entered as defendant's exhibit on April 20th, which contained a letter from Dr. Hanlon. When I found the alleged letter, it was Stephanie's medical report from Dr. Hanlon detailing the conclusions of her physical examination of Stephanie on April 10th,.
On May 17th, I went to the court reporters office and requested that Christa Miloro and Sally Zeek produce the transcripts of the hearings. It was my intention to take the transcripts to the Attorney General's Office and the news media. Ms. Miloro and Ms. Zeek advised me that they were too busy typing the transcripts from a homicide case to make my transcripts. They said I would be notified at a later date when they would start them.
On June 8th, I again went to Christa Miloro and asked if she had started any of the hearing transcripts. She said no, I am still working on the homicide trial transcripts. I asked her if she could give me a rough guess when they will be started. She said, I don't know when I can get to them.
On June 20th, I had a hearing before Judge Carpenter that resulted from the school district’s desire to place Stephanie in a Partial Hospital Program for the summer. Ms. Mears believed that Stephanie would highly benefit from this program. My argument was Stephanie receives more benefits by being home with her family and cousins that she was raised with. The witnesses to testify that day were subpoenaed as common witnesses and listed as Laura Chandler PHP administrator, Ms Reimer, and Altoona Area School District psychologist Carol Hewit.
Before any testimony was taken, Judge Carpenter advised the parties that this was a narrow issue and custody matters will not be raised since the custody record is closed. In summary, Ms. Mears went right to work using Ms. Chandler to sell the court this rainbow picture how well the PHP works and how well Stephanie was responding to it. Ms. Mears then went on the attack to cite differences in the way Stephanie performed in the program with the respective parents’ custody schedule. Of course, it was pointed out that Stephanie sleeps more when with her father. Ms. Chandler then gave a highly exaggerated recollection of my first meeting with her as me being demanding.
Ms. Chandler described how Stephanie enjoyed the PHP program and looked forward to getting on and off the van each day, she was also becoming more sociable and was interacting with other kids. She described how the children in the program are gently punished when misbehaving by taking their scholar dollar rewards from them. Ms. Chandler took credit that Stephanie had quit pulling her hair out since entering the program. Ms. Chandler portrayed this program as a dedicated public service designed to help these emotionally disturbed children be productive citizens in society. Ms. Chandler also went through a list of emotional symptoms that they observed in Stephanie while being in the PHP program. The list included: picking at scabs, eye lids, wore hat to cover bald spot, attention seeking, defiant, and angry outbursts now and then. (It should be noted these are symptoms of children being emotionally abused). Ms. Chandler also testified that Dr. Bennett, the program’s psychiatrist was looking into Stephanie's problems as being that of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome..
In cross-examination, my strategy was to make the PHP program appear as what it is, a business to make money. I asked, Ms. Chandler, how many children are in the program free of charge? Her answer was, none. I asked, Ms. Chandler, what the percentage of the program’s success was in curing these children’s emotional problems? She didn't have any idea. I asked what the program does to make these children happy? She answered, we don't try to make them happy, we try to make them adjust. I asked if being happy wasn't a part of healing? She guessed it was. I asked what the program has better to offer Stephanie than being home with a family who loves her and she's happy? She answered, we have trained professionals. I asked Ms. Chandler if the program was taking credit for Stephanie not pulling her hair out? She answered, I didn't say that. I asked Ms. Chandler if the program was a school setting? She answered, it is similar in structure. I asked, Ms. Chandler, is there an isolation room to punish children? She answered, yes, we have one but I don't like calling it that. I asked, Ms. Chandler, when children give reports of being abused, how is this dealt with? She answered, that staff will determine the validity and if there are indications of abuse, CYS would be called in. I asked where the program received it's input information pertaining to Stephanie's historical emotional difficulties? She answered, from Ms. Frederick. Because Ms. Chandler couldn't substantiate the worthiness of her PHP program for Stephanie, she became angry with my questions and stood up to walk off the witness stand. She was offended that I was attacking her program and she wasn't going to argue about it, anymore.
The court then asked Ms. Mears to present her next witness. Ms. Mears asked to have a few seconds so that she could talk with her witnesses in the hall. When she returned, she said she had no further witnesses.

Judge Carpenter asked what witnesses I would like to present. Accordingly, I called Ms. Diane Beiswenger to the stand. I asked Diane to describe the first day that Stephanie entered the PHP program. Diane described the event as being asked by the Baker school to come to the school and assist Stephanie getting off to the PHP program for the first day. Diane explained that Stephanie was happy to see us and she entered the school van to leave, without difficulty. I asked Diane to describe what she observed in Stephanie after returning home from the PHP program the second day. Diane said she was at my home when Stephanie got off the van. She put her arm around Steph to give her a hug and Stephanie said her shoulder hurt. Diane said she asked her the reason. Stephanie said, Ms. Reimer and her argued. Stephanie said, Ms.Reimer called in a school guard and forced her onto the PHP van by twisting her arm behind her back.
I then called Mr. David Kearns to testify as to what he observed of Stephanie since being placed in the School District’s Individualized Educational Program. Judge Carpenter stopped my questioning, asking what this had to do with the PHP program. I told Judge Carpenter it is all part of the IEP program. Judge Carpenter wanted to know where my questioning was going? I told him more child abuse! He told Dave to proceed and then suddenly stopped Dave, saying he wasn't going to allow it. Judge Carpenter closed the hearing citing he would allow Stephanie to remain in the program for now until he made his pending custody ruling. He warned that he was definitely going to remove Stephanie from one of the parents life. He reasoned the program may help Stephanie through this serious custody change. Judge Carpenter also directed Ms. Mears to send him a letter of custody recommendation. Judge Carpenter told Ms. Mears it doesn't have to be one, you can send several, if you wish.
On June 23, I had an appointment to see Dr. Richard Bennett at the PHP building. Dr. Bennett asked me what I thought was causing Stephanie's emotional problems. I told Dr. Bennett that Ms. Chandler testified that you were looking at Post Trauma Stress Syndrome as a possible cause for Stephanie's emotional difficulties. He answered, that he was considering it as a possibility. I told him that I agree with that thinking, because Stephanie had gone through numerous traumatic events in her life since November 1996. I told him, I didn't want to elaborate on those events, because I would rather be develop his conclusions through Stephanie. Dr. Bennett said, your daughter is not mentally ill why is she on these medications? I answered, because her mother wants her on them. He then asked, why is she in this PHP program? Dr. Bennett said he has been observing Stephanie playing games during recreation periods and had talked with her. He saw Stephanie as a polite, young lady. I told Dr. Bennett that Stephanie was always a nice girl and she is very coordinated at athletic events, in spite of her weight gain. Dr. Bennett said, he noticed that.
Dr. Bennett said, I have heard from someone that your belief is Stephanie fantasizes a lot as a means of escaping her problems. He said, I agree with you that is what she does it for. He said, Stephanie is not immature. She is just innocent and not knowledgeable on worldly things. You probably wanted to raise her that way. I agreed.
Dr. Bennett said it would be helpful to him if I could give him some specifics of the traumatic events Stephanie went through. I told him I hate to do that, but divorce is traumatic for children. He said yes, but they eventually overcome it, can you be more specific? I said, Stephanie was removed by knife point on the night of the marriage breakup. Stephanie was then kept away from my family with no means of communication. She was dragged out in the middle of the evening and put in a mental institution. She has been told by her mother that she will never see me again. And just recently she was beat up in a bathtub by her mother and half-sister and that is how she ended up in Conemaugh.
Dr. Bennett said, he wants to have Stephanie off the medications by the end of summer. I told him he would have a hard time convincing Stephanie's mother. He said, you know her better than anyone, how can we get her to agree to take her off the medications? I told him, you won't. He suggested that he has his ways of doing it. I told him, that would be great.
On July 8th, I received a copy of Ms. Mears’ letter dated June 26th, outlining her custody recommendation that she sent to Judge Carpenter. Her letter had Ms. Frederick and I running equal in our beliefs and concerns regarding Stephanie's well being. We both love Stephanie very much. We were both involved with her education and neither one of us would deliberately hurt Stephanie. This I viewed as her opinions. However, Ms. Mears became flagrantly deceptive when she wrote two outright lies. First, she said Ms. Frederick and I were investigated by Children and Youth Services and neither were found to have abused Stephanie. The second lie stated that I would not cooperate with Stephanie's mental health care should I have custody. In both cases, she was well aware that testimony disclosed that (1) CYS did no investigation of the mother and (2) her own cross examination of me revealed I would cooperate in any impartially administered mental health care treatment of Stephanie until she is emotionally stabilized and we get to the bottom of what caused her problems in the first place.
Ms. Mears further wrote that Stephanie is especially attached to the paternal family and readily admits she prefers to live with her father. However, Ms. Mears said Stephanie does not need contact with each family. Wherefore, the custody needs to be limited to one parent having primary custody and the other limited to every other weekend visits, at most . When my brother and I read Ms. Mears’ recommendation and saw it was so deceptive, we knew Judge Carpenter was going to give Stephanie to Ms. Frederick.
On July 15th, I received an order from Judge Carpenter hand delivered via the Sheriff department that placed the custody of Stephanie with her mother. Judge Carpenter totally removed me from Stephanie's life with the exception of a one hour supervised visit with my daughter per week. Judge Carpenter noted that if I was suspected of causing my daughter any emotional difficulties during these visits, I would be taken from her life completely. In contradiction to what Judge Carpenter had said at the June 20th hearing, he incorporated unrelated testimony to the custody issue from this hearing into his custody ruling. Given the gun Judge Carpenter had put to my head and considering the damage his order had done to Stephanie, I painfully chose not to pursue that visitation scheme. I didn't want to cause Stephanie more damage than the order had already done. Judge Carpenter had also instructed Ms. Mears to make arrangements for this supervised visitation the very first week of his order. In making this vicious order, Judge Carpenter admitted he was going to cause Stephanie compounding emotional problems, but Ms. Frederick could deal with these through the mental health facilities, or place her in a Restricted Care Facility. Judge Carpenter felt Stephanie's happiness living with her father would only be short term, and he had to look at long term which could only be accomplished through mental health care treatment and mental institutions that the mother was willing to provide.
It wasn't until after my mother passed away on July 27th, that Ms. Mears attempted to make any contact with me. On July 28th, Ms. Mears called my sister to ask what my opinion might be on Stephanie attending her grandmother's funeral. It wasn't until two weeks after I filed my appeal to Superior Court on August 9th, that Mears sent a letter advising me of my court ordered right to see my daughter for an hour a week.
On July 28th, I again approached Christa Miloro and asked when I could expect to have the transcripts of my hearing. Using the same excuse as before, she said they were not started since she was still was working on the homicide case transcript. At this point, I told her I would need them for an appeal to Superior Court.
On August 7th, I received a letter from CYS telling me that Karalyn Smeltzer was the new case worker assigned to Stephanie's case. I was told later that Shannon Kelly quit CYS.
As indicated, I filed an appeal to Superior Court on August 9th, and sent a request for transcripts to Christa Miloro and Sally Zeek.
On August 18th, I received a telephone call from Christa Miloro advising me that she had only completed a partial transcript of the April 6th hearing. She also informed me that she resigned her position with Judge Carpenter's office this day. The production of my transcripts would be assigned to a new girl, she said. To receive the partial transcript I was told to send Sally Zeek $12.90 and she would see that I got the transcript.
On or about September 4th, I received Christa Miloro's partial transcript and perused through Dr. Eugene Polmueller's testimony. Within a few minutes, I discovered that Dr. Polmueller's answer admitting that Stephanie's emotional symptoms were indicative of being emotionally abused was modified to appear as a statement by me, and not my question to which Polmueller answered, yes. As I read back and forth through the transcript I found other major material errors in Polmueller's testimony. I also found Judge Carpenter's statement about seeing the system hasn't treated me fairly was deleted. From my recollection of the hearing, I rated this particular transcript to be about 85% accurate.
Given my findings, I called Sally Zeek to inform her of the errors and there will need to be transcript corrections. Ms. Zeek asked, what kind of errors? I told her, material and factual errors. Ms. Zeek said, she doesn't know what can be done about it because that transcript was Christa Miloro's work and she quit. Passing that off, Ms. Zeek asked me, if I would like each transcript as they are completed or all at once when done? I told her, I would take them when they are all done.
As the September 24th deadline approached to have my case record transmitted to Superior Court, I went to the courthouse and asked Sally Zeek if we were going to make the 24th deadline. Ms. Zeek said, I don't think so, I am busy. My dad just died, and we're not going to make that deadline. Ms. Zeek flippantly said, she really never received an order to do the transcripts, other than the letter I sent them. I told Ms. Zeek, that a transcript of my case from last February 1999, had been altered and now the first forty pages that Christa Miloro just did has been changed. Ms. Zeek asked if any of hers were messed with? I told her, I would have to review them again. I asked Ms. Zeek, if it wasn't procedural to notify me before transcripts are filed with the prothonotary? And isn't there a five day period to determine their accuracy in case they need corrected? She answered, we don't do that in civil cases. Ms. Zeek told me, if I would pencil mark the transcript errors, she would be glad to check out the mistakes with the hearing audio tapes. I agreed and indicated I would do that. As I was leaving, Ms. Zeek said, she would contact me when the transcripts are docketed.
Since it was my understanding that the Superior Court only excepts valid excuses for a record being delinquent, I believed Ms. Zeek's excuse could not meet the parameters of validity. On or about October 17th, Judge Carpenter notified Superior Court that he had not been fully staffed with court reporters since around August 17th. Given that, he reasoned my hearing transcripts were a long term typing project that would have to be prioritized according to the court reporters’ work load.
On or about December 18th, I sent a letter to Sally Zeek pleading for her to produce my hearing transcript of April 20th. I was concerned for the time span that I haven't seen my daughter and suggested if I could have that particular transcript I would contact the United States Justice Department for help. On December 19th, I received a telephone call from Sally Zeek telling me the transcript I requested was recently completed by Brenda Prosser, Christa Miloro's replacement. She said I may pick it up along with the second half of the April 6th hearing the next day.
On December 20th, my brother and I went to the courthouse and gave Brenda Prosser the $86.10 for the two transcripts. I asked Ms. Prosser, if Judge Carpenter ever had that transcript in his possession. She said no, I kept that transcript locked up in my file cabinet at all times. It never left my possession until I filed it in the prothonotary's office, she said. When we left her office, we stopped in the stairwell and paged directly to Shannon Kelly's testimony in cross-examination. In brief, new dialog now appeared in the record with Ms. Kelly confirming that Stephanie was examined by Dr. Hanlon. New dialogue now has me asking Ms. Kelly how long it had taken Dr. Hanlon to examine Steph. New dialogue has been added with Ms. Kelly denying that Stephanie needed to be placed in protective custody. Removed from the transcript was Ms. Kelly recommending foster care for Stephanie. When we returned home, further review of the testimony found the transcript to include new and expanded cross-examination of Ms. Kelly by Attorney Mears. Reading this part of the transcript enlightened us as to why it was staged to appear Ms. Frederick entered into exhibit on April 20th, a letter by Dr. Hanlon explaining her examination of Stephanie on April 10th.
I also discovered that where Eileen Delozier had admitted a knife was involved the night Stephanie was removed from the marital residence, was deleted. Testimony of Eugene Frederick was also altered. Where he had said he didn't see or know much about the bathtub beating of Stephanie on April 9th, was deleted. From my recollection of the April 20th hearing, I would rate the transcript to be about 65% accurate.
Within minutes after returning home I telephoned Judge Carpenter's office and asked to speak with Brenda Prosser or Sally Zeek. I was put in touch with Ms. Zeek and I told her I had just picked up the transcripts from Ms. Prosser and I found numerous material errors in the transcription (big time errors). Ms. Zeek gave me the impression she was concerned with my discovery. I asked Ms. Zeek what it will take to disclose the audio tapes of the hearing, a court order? She told me to hang on the telephone and she would see what can be done. A few minutes later, Judge Carpenter's secretary broke in and asked if I could wait a few more minutes. When Ms. Zeek took the phone again I detected a new attitude and demeanor. All of the sudden, she had no idea what could be done about the alleged transcript errors. It was now her opinion that the transcripts were accurately transcribed from the audio tapes and there was no way the audio tapes can be disclosed. Never, ever, heard of anything like this, she said. She told me that, if I believe there are errors I should file something with the court. I said, do you mean a petition to disclose the hearing tapes? "No, no," she answered, that can't be done, you can't hear the tapes. I told Ms. Zeek that maybe we can make some special exception in this case. I hung up telling her that I would file something.
On December 21, 2000, I wrote a letter to the Blair County Prothonotary's office, requesting that my case file record not be transmitted to Superior Court until the hearing transcripts be corrected pursuant to the rules of appellate procedure.
On December 29th, my dad went to the courthouse and talked with Sally Zeek. She told my dad that, she feels bad about the transcript errors, but has no idea how they could be tampered with. She said, she works for Judge Carpenter. He is her boss. She said, she asked Judge Carpenter about disclosing the audio tapes and he told her that he has never heard of anything like that, it’s never been done. Dad told me that Ms. Zeek was inquisitive of how I knew the transcripts contained errors when it was only a matter of minutes that I telephoned her after leaving the courthouse. Dad informed her, he knows what he is looking
for. The alterations are mostly done on CYS's testimony and the doctors. She reassured dad if I would pencil mark the transcript errors, she would be glad to check them out herself with the tapes.
On January 9th, 2001, I was contacted by Judge Carpenter’s office notifying me that the transcripts of the remaining hearings were completed. On January 11th, I acquired those transcripts and soon discovered that the transcribed testimony was sabotaged. Like their predecessors, the transcripts were about 65% accurate. Primarily the testimonies from Children and Youth Services’, the psychiatrists’, and the psychologists’ who testified in my custody hearings, were heavily targeted for tampering.
On January 11th, my brother and I went to the Blair County Court’s prothonotary’s office to review my custody case file. After examining the mountain of documents we discovered two photographs that were entered into the record were missing. One depicted my step-daughter in a sexually oriented pose and the other depicting my step-daughter wielding a butcher knife in a threatening pose. Both photographs were damaging to my wife, CYS and the mental health care providers.
On January 11th, I filed a Petition with the Blair County Court requesting that the transcripts be corrected and the hearing audio tapes of the hearing be disclosed to accomplish this. On January 17th, Judge Carpenter denied the disclosure of the audio tapes and directed that the case record be immediately forwarded to Superior Court with no
corrections to be made to the transcripts.
Living this nightmare, I often ask myself what the motive might be that would cause a Blair County Court judge to alter public records and fabricate and destroy evidence of a judicial proceeding at the expense of a child’s life. Why would he overlook the violent kidnapping of a child, the ensuing criminal conspiracy, judicial misconduct, systematic child abuse, CYS falsifying investigations, medical fraud, and fraudulently incarcerating a child in mental institutions?
In answering my own question to a motive why a judge would commit a crime of this nature brings to mind that: He might be burning his bridges to cover up his own negligence in the handling of this custody case. He may owe favors to affluent people, such as doctors, lawyers, or another judge who had been involved with this case. Several large mental health care institutions may offer pecuniary gratitude for him looking the other way. He could have been threatened with professional suicide or physical harm if he doesn't fulfill the wishes of people in higher authority. He could be severely mentally ill and felt a need to retaliate against me for my persistence to change the custody system. He could be protecting Blair County from a potential lawsuit instigated by Children and Youth Services’ failure to protect a child from an abusive mother and a sick psychologist (Dr. Baker). He may just be biased against men winning custody of their children..

FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT.

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Affiant-Robert G. Kearns, Jr.
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Witness
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME this ___________ day of
December, 2005, by Affiant ____________________________________.
Witness my hand and official seal. ______________________________________.
My commission expires: _______________

Rose's Story

2006-03-02T18:39:00.000-08:00

HELLO?!

Who are you? I'm a special little Rose. Have you ever listened to the soft small voice of a young tender Rose? The innocence is genuine, the spirit tender and so easily broken for its entire life. As just one special little Rose, may I talk to you for a little and gently pluck the strings of your heart?
When I was only a little over a year old, actually 15 months, my mommy shared some very exciting news with me that I was going to be a big sister. What a job that will be, I thought, as I'm still just a little Rose. But, as storms come, so often, the damaging winds and hail arrive along with it. The storm of this particular day, September 3, 2001, was greater than I had ever imagined it could be. Mommy rained down her wrath on this little Rose with a really hard spanking and then laid me in the clouds of my bed for a nap.
After a while, the storm seemed to calm, but as I awoke I saw an unfamiliar face glaring at me. Was I in Heaven or was this a strange dream? The lady smiled, picked me up, and then carried me away. This was just too strange and odd for comfort. Wherever was she taking me and who was she? Soon we arrived at another house that I didn't recall ever having seen before either. OH MY, where are my roots and my mother bush that I had relied on to sustain my life and let me grow and bloom into the beautiful flower little Roses are supposed to be? HOW am I supposed to do this when tossed amidst another bush that I have no connections with? Have I been severed from my support for the rest of my life? The panic I felt was overwhelming!
This new support now in my life was so strange and soon I found more thorns than I ever even imagined any Rose bush could possibly have. Those thorns of abuse and neglect still "sting" as they pierce my heart, soul, and tender skin. Why must the young Roses of this world be forced to live among the foster family "bushes" who are there only to claim the fertilizer of money they get for holding me within their stems of thorns for the following weeks that seemed almost an eternity? The pain of those thorns never goes away..................
Those weeks passed and it seemed as though I might never see the sun shine again, but on this day soon after the Thanksgiving feast on November 29, 2001, someone finally came to rescue me from the thorns that had been piercing my body and soul, but Oh NO, I am now being carried away by the winds of another unfamiliar set of support stems. But as I looked closer and felt the warm embrace of my daddy's limbs (arms) wrapped around me, I realized that I was out of the storm and there were no thorns of abuse to pierce me. At last I thought, I was now safe surrounded by the sweet smells and gentleness of a kind and loving new family with my daddy and Meme' (grandmother). Wrapped in this abundance of love and security where I knew I wouldn't be hurt again and that they were always near to catch me if I stumbled and fell, to wipe away my tears, calm my fears, play with me, and enjoy each new step as I learned new things and would continue to grow on my journey through life. There were times when I felt sick or sad, but I knew I could always reach out and they would take my hand.
Within this support of my new family, I've learned many new things and skills that will go with me the rest of my life, like yes maam and no sir, please and thank you, how to help care for myself, early educational skills spelling my name, how to play, enjoy being a little girl, have fun, and just be me, all safely within limits for such a young Rose.
Oh NO, not the family bushes of thorns again! Please let me be in peace while I am in your house visiting you. Don't choke me, flick me, kick me, hit me, pinch me, and pull my hair. This is all pain that my little body can't take much more of! Oh Please dear leaves within reach of me, protect me from the big sharp piercing thorns of Daddy Stalk who rules this garden with hard injurious tools! I am still so young and tender and just cannot understand why he doesn't like little Roses like me and wants to push so many hurtful and abusive thorns into my flesh, stuffing large amounts of food in my mouth and holding it closed until I swallow it, chewed or not. There's so much that I really don't understand and don't know what to call it all, but even as small and young as I am, I feel there are some really bad and strange things being done to my body that hurts and makes me so sore in private places it makes me cry when I walk, and that I don't like.
The doctor is my friend though. When I am sore and can hardly even walk, he has Meme' buy some lotion to make me feel better. Once I had to even take some medicine I was so sore. I know I can tell my meme' ev-er-y-thing. Meme', why do I have to keep going back to that bush of thorns for them to keep piercing my little body over and over? Am I some sort of sacrifice at their disposal? I'm little but I do understand a lot more than most people think I do. I know Meme' and Daddy loves me very much, and although they really don't want to, when it is time for me to go visit my mom's garden of thorns, they always insist that I go.
My meme' has tried, but she just hasn't been able to stop my mom and her significant other from delivering more abuse each time I go to their garden. Like a clock, visits continue on and I am now 2 years old. Meme' will listen to me when I come back to her house and tell her I don't want to go back to mommie's. I hate you (mommy); I don't want you (mommy) and I want you (mommy) not to be my family. You (Mommy) don't even care when I am sick and do not feel good and only want to sleep, and even when the doctor says I have a fever. The doctor even sends notes home to my mommy, but to her they're only trash. I only hear you scream and yell when you come to get me for a visit and tell my meme' that the courts say I must go if you demand that I do. Please mommy, leave me in the arms of my meme', someone who loves and cares for me unconditionally.
I know I'm a special little Rose to meme and Daddy. They make every day a Valentine's Day with lots of hugs, kisses, and love. My accomplishments are always noticed and praised to encourage me to keep learning and doing new things. Just like when I gave up my pull-ups and graduated to big girl undies, it was almost like a party with laughing, singing, and dancing. But just like the dew-drops that escape with unawares, I sometimes have little accidents. Meme and Daddy acknowledge the accident and reassure me that it's ok and one day soon I will be all grown up enough that I won't have them anymore.
Being so young and tender, often adults just really do not want to listen to the soft cries and whispers when we try to let them know there are personal things happening and taking place that violate your small space that you just really don't know how to deal with nor express in words so that they can and will understand what it is you are trying to say. Some way and some how I knew I had to try and let Meme know I was in trouble, so as best I could, I told her
that there was another wild thorn bush invading my space and violating me in private areas that are mine and mine alone. Meme and I then went to the Police Station to talk to a Policeman there about this problem. I suppose he was surprised and concerned because he asked some Lady to come talk to him about what I had told Meme, but I must admit that was a bit confusing because when Meme started to tell her about my private space being invaded, the Lady yelled really loud to her to "Shut Up!" She then took me away and into a little private room without MemeÂ, wscaryas very scarey for this little Rose. I wasn't quite sure what to do or say, so I thought it would be better if I just didn't tell her anything and after a little bit, she took me back to where Meme was waiting and we went back to Meme's house.
It was some time after that when Meme and I started to take bus rides to Amarillo to visit a nice lady who is our friend. Meme visits with her for just a few minutes and then she leaves me to visit with my new friend for a little while, just her and me. She makes me feel safe there and I know I can tell her things like I tell MemeÂ when someone is in my private space that shouldn't be there. She let me know she understands and that is special to me. After a little while, Meme comes back to get me and we ride the bus back to Meme's house. I like to ride the bus and it gives me a chance to tell Meme all about lots of "stuff". Some of it makes me feel like I am doing something bad, but I don't know how to stop doing it when a big person tells me to do it. It's very confusing, but Meme tells me that I'm not bad and that everything is going to be ok, but I can see it in her face that she is very sad. When I do "bad things", it makes me really afraid I will go to jail. Meme says that I will not and that the person invading my private space will go to jail, but I think Meme is telling me a story because he is not in jail. Why, can't Meme just make him go away? I tried to tell Mommy that this bad man was getting in my private space, but she got angry with me, punched me in my leg and told me not to make up stories about the bad man. I can tell MemeÂ these things and she understands even though it upsets her.
Meme really loved me and showed it in so many ways. She always seemed to find "new" things for us to do together and new ways to do the older things that made them still be fun to do. Meme loved having me with her so much she even quit her job to devote all her time to me. We took lots of walks, made visits to the library and brought new books home to share each time, and shared so many stories about my cousin, Tyler, in Connecticut. The books had so many new things to learn and explore about oceans, stars, the moon, sharks, Free Willy, dinosaurs, Alaska, and other far-away places. I painted lots of pictures and made lots of crafts with Meme. I even learned how to write my name.
I am still growing and am now 3 years old. I know my alphabet, address, and phone number. I can mix primary colors to get purple, orange, green, and pink. I know my birthday, Daddy's birthday, and MemeÂs birthday. Meme has taught me lots of things about the outside world and how I should respect it. Things like, not to pick the flowers from other people's yards even though I think they are very pretty, leave the toys I see in other people's yards as they belong to others, look both ways before I cross the street and wait for the cars to pass if any are coming before I go. I can even make my own peanut butter sandwiches with a spoon. I really like having my very own "big-girl" bottles of water, milk, juice, and kool-aid in the refrigerator at Meme's so I can drink them when I am thirsty for them. Life at Meme's is sweet and nurturing for little Roses to grow in her garden.
Still, I am forced to spend visits in a place where the thorn bushes are so treacherous and ever lashing and piercing to my tender limbs and body. I just don't understand why I must endure this. I'm just a little Rose. At Meme's, I find safety and can tell Meme private things like when Daddy Stalk peed on my privates. It made her so sad she cried big tears for me. I showed her the big bruise on my hip where Daddy Stalk hit me with a board. Meme took me to the doctor for him to check. The next time I went to visit Mommy and Daddy Stalk, I came back home with a big bruise on my back. Again, Meme took me to see the doctor. When the doctor asked me how I got that bruise, I told them I fell on a toy motorcycle. The nurse didn't believe me and asked me to tell her what really happened and said that I didn't have to be afraid to tell her the truth, so I did. Daddy Stalk had hit me on the back with a board. I think she called the Police and told them because they came to the doctorÂs too and then took me the Police Station where they made some pictures.
Then one day, Meme came home and told me some very bad news that I would have to go live with Mommy and Daddy Stalk. HOW will this little Rose ever survive the ravages of their thorns that constantly lash and tear at my flesh and limbs? I cry and beg not to leave the safety and security of Meme's. I tell them I want to run away. I feel trapped and want to try to escape what seems like a death sentence to me. I donÂt understand and am so sad, but yet I am forced to go and endure.
Time has passed and I am now 4 years old. Life in this past year amidst all the thorn bushes has left permanent scars that will never go away. I am only allowed to visit Meme and Daddy in the only place of security and safety I know. I beg to stay and want to sleep in my bed amidst the love and safety, only to be told that the Judge in the Court said I have to go back to the snares and dangers of the home with Mommy and Daddy Stalk when my time of visit is up. I don't understand why the Judge keeps allowing this little Rose to be so thrashed, injured, hurt and torn by the thorn bushes who show me only pain with no love, nurturing, or security. The Judge has taken away from me, my family who wraps me in the aroma of their sweetness and limbs of security that allows me to thrive and grow as a little Rose should, to someday show a beauty all of my own.
I beg for the dew that kisses the Roses in their gardens ever so gently in the mornings, to call upon the clouds to rain the inspirations of help to those who are within reach of me to intercede and allow this little Rose to return to her garden of love and security that will nurture and care for her until she is matured and opened into the beauty of a young lady as an adult. My garden (Meme and Daddy) of love, safety, and security continues to fight for me each day but it seems as though no-one cares or hears. I cry "Meme fight harder and tell the Judge I am only a little Rose of 4 years and I am not happy any more!"
Wait there is more this little Rose is now 5 ,I am lucky to still be alive ,December 04 to punish me ,my daddy stalk made me climb high onto my bunkbed ,for breaking the rules ,telling me Rose jump up smash your little tender bud into the ceiling ,my abuse to you is so unrevealing.
Daddy stalk was mad at me for eating my buggers ,it was wrong this Rose agrees,that is no reason for what he did to me ,open your mouth my little Rose hold out your tongue in it goes ,Dawn was my punishment for my crime,It really hurt my mouth big time ,I could not eat the pain was so bad ,My crime for making daddy mad,but wait my momstalk cares,as to the doctor a day later she takes me .She told the doctor an untruth ,she did not tell him the harm to me that daddy stalk had done,and for this justice was none.Why do mommy and daddy stalk always want to harm this Rose ,it's a part of life I suppose.Did my mommy lie because she hates me so ,does my mommy not want me to grow?
Now this little Rose is kept numb by Ritalin ,I never had adhd before ,Why now?? I guess Rose buds are less trouble if they are constantly asleep.Little Rose do not grow while they sleep.

Won't "You" PLEASE help get me back into my family garden where I will be loved, cared for, and nurtured so that I may grow to my fullest potential and bloom into the "Rose" that God created me to be? Why did you take my parent bush from me ,keeping me in a life of misery.This is not healthy for A Rose to grow. I need a home of roses without a bed of thorns
Thank You!
A Torn Rose

Read which senators have their hands in the drug companies pockets.

2005-12-23T16:02:00.000-08:00

Have you wondered why they always put you and your children on addicting drugs and call them pain killers? It's financially advantageous to get you and your children hooked. Have your children had their psychological examination in school yet? Teen screen is now the law......see what they put your children on.

ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability www.ahrp.org FYI On Tuesday evening, 38 U.S. Senators with about $13.4 million in pharmaceuticaql stock holdings approved a sweetheart deal absolving the drug / vaccine industry from liability .
The New York Times reported that Senator Bill Frist (Majority Leader) inserted this shield from legal liability to his favorite industry "even if they are negligent or reckless."
Fortune Magazine confirms our report (October) that "The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it's proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary."
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who served as Gilead's chairman in 1997 when he joined the Bush administration, stands to gain handomely from his stock in Gilead, manufacturer of Tamiflu-- between $5 million and $25 million. The government is emerging as "one of the world's biggest customers for Tamiflu. In July, the Pentagon ordered $58 million worth of the treatment for U.S. troops around the world, and Congress is considering a multi-billion dollar purchase. Roche expects 2005 sales for Tamiflu to be about $1 billion, compared with $258 million in 2004. "
Experts around the world are raising doubts about the drug's efficacy and raising concerns about its safety. But if increasing personal wealth is the main objective of U.S. public officials--who cares if the medicla products being traded on the stock exchange are either ineffective--or defective--or even lethal?
Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav 212-595-8974 veracare@ahrp.org
FTCR: 38 Senators With Up to $13.4 Million in Pharmaceutical Stock Approve Drug Industry's Sweetheart Deal 12/22/2005 3:11:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk
Contact: Carmen Balber, 310-392-0522 ext. 324 or Jamie Court, 310-392-0522 ext. 327, both of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- 38 U.S. Senators with up to $13.4 million in pharmaceutical holdings increased the value of their stock portfolios last night when they approved an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that immunizes drug makers from accountability to the public when they sell dangerous drugs and other products, according to the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR).
"When Senators can vote to harm the health and safety of the American public and line their own pockets while they're at it, the motive behind every vote is in question. No Senator should be able to vote in his own financial interests at the expense of the public," said Carmen Balber, consumer advocate with the nonprofit, nonpartisan Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.
FTCR released an analysis of Senate personal financial disclosures last week, revealing that 42 senators -- 27 Republicans and 15 Democrats -- held pharmaceutical stock worth between $8.1 and $16 million in 2004. Senators earned an additional $2.5 to $7.2 million in capital gains and dividends, and two senators' spouses also earned salaries from pharmaceuticals. View the analysis: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/SenPharma.pdf.
"The fact that Senators had the guts to block oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but failed to eliminate this giveaway to the pharmaceutical industry, shows this body is beholden to drug companies and their personal stake in the industry's profits," said Balber.
The 38 Senators with pharmaceutical stock that voted for the provision are: Allen (R-Va.), Bayh (D-Ind.), Bingaman (D-N.M.), Bond (R-Mo.), Boxer (D-Calif.), Brownback (R-Kan.), Burns (R-Mont.), Carper (D-Del.), Coburn (R-Okla.), Cochran (R-Miss.), Conrad (D-N.D.), Crapo (R-Idaho), Dayton (D-Minn.), DeWine (R-Ohio), Dole (R-N.C.), Ensign (R-Nev.), Feinstein (D-Calif.), Frist (R-Tenn.), Hatch (R-Utah), Hutchison (R-Texas), Inhofe (R-Okla.), Isakson (R-Ga.), Kerry (D-Mass.), Kyl (R-Ariz.), Landrieu (D-La.), Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Levin (D-Mich.), Lieberman (D-Conn.), Lott (R-Miss.), Reed (D-R.I.), Reid (D-Nev.), Roberts (R-Kan.), Stevens (R-Alaska), Sununu (R-N.H.), Talent (R-Mo.), Vitter (R-La.), Voinovich (R-Ohio) and Warner (R-Va.). Four Senators with pharmaceutical holdings did not vote.
The provision grants immunity to drug companies for any vaccine or product, classified by the Bush Administration as necessary to respond to a public health threat, when patients are harmed by dangerous drugs. Its broad language will protect any product considered a "countermeasure," not just vaccines or drugs needed to respond to health emergencies.
Sen. Bill Frist added the provision to the defense conference report, approved by the House of Representatives on Sunday, after conferees had signed what they were told was the final product. Nine members of the Senate conference committee hold pharmaceutical stock.
Sen. Frist's blind trust included stock in drug companies Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson through 2004, each worth $15,000 to $50,000 when the trust was created. Frist also reported holdings in Orthodontic Supply Inc. worth between $1,001 and $15,000.
Congressional leaders tried to provide similar protection to the makers of the vaccine additive Thimerosal in 2002 with an amendment to a Homeland Security bill based on legislation Frist carried. Public backlash forced the Senate to remove the immunity provision.
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NEW YORK (Fortune) - The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it's proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary
Rumsfeld's growing stake in TamifluDefense Secretary, ex-chairman of flu treatment rights holder, sees portfolio value growing.October 31, 2005: 10:55 AM ESTBy Nelson D. Schwartz, Fortune senior writerDonald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences, the California biotech company that owns the rights to Tamiflu, the influenza remedy that's now the most-sought after drug in the world.
Rumsfeld served as Gilead (Research)'s chairman from 1997 until he joined the Bush administration in 2001, and he still holds a Gilead stake valued at between $5 million and $25 million, according to federal financial disclosures filed by Rumsfeld.
The forms don't reveal the exact number of shares Rumsfeld owns, but in the past six months fears of a pandemic and the ensuing scramble for Tamiflu have sent Gilead's stock from $35 to $47. That's made the Pentagon chief, already one of the wealthiest members of the Bush cabinet, at least $1 million richer.
Rumsfeld isn't the only political heavyweight benefiting from demand for Tamiflu, which is manufactured and marketed by Swiss pharma giant Roche. (Gilead receives a royalty from Roche equaling about 10% of sales.) Former Secretary of State George Shultz, who is on Gilead's board, has sold more than $7 million worth of Gilead since the beginning of 2005.
Another board member is the wife of former California Gov. Pete Wilson. "I don't know of any biotech company that's so politically well-connected," says analyst Andrew McDonald of Think Equity Partners in San Francisco.
What's more, the federal government is emerging as one of the world's biggest customers for Tamiflu. In July, the Pentagon ordered $58 million worth of the treatment for U.S. troops around the world, and Congress is considering a multi-billion dollar purchase. Roche expects 2005 sales for Tamiflu to be about $1 billion, compared with $258 million in 2004.
Rumsfeld recused himself from any decisions involving Gilead when he left Gilead and became Secretary of Defense in early 2001. And late last month, notes a senior Pentagon official, Rumsfeld went even further and had the Pentagon's general counsel issue additional instructions outlining what he could and could not be involved in if there were an avian flu pandemic and the Pentagon had to respond.
As the flu issue heated up early this year, according to the Pentagon official, Rumsfeld considered unloading his entire Gilead stake and sought the advice of the Department of Justice, the SEC and the federal Office of Government Ethics.
Those agencies didn't offer an opinion so Rumsfeld consulted a private securities lawyer, who advised him that it was safer to hold on to the stock and be quite public about his recusal rather than sell and run the risk of being accused of trading on insider information, something Rumsfeld doesn't believe he possesses. So he's keeping his shares for the time being.
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Keep Christ In Christmas

2005-12-07T01:44:00.000-08:00

Boycott all stores who will not display Christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ. These companies don't want to offend a handful of atheists and agnostics, but they don't mind offending millions of Christians who celebrate the Reason for the season. They find Christmas an offensive word. I refuse to spend my hard earned money in stores where they refuse to acknowledge the birth of my Savior who shed His blood for my sin and the sins of the world.

The mystery is solved, it's not a holiday, it's our precious Savior's birthday!

2005-12-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

LUKE CHAPTER 2 VERSES 9-14
AN ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED TO THEM, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE AROUND THEM, AND THEY WERE TERRIFIED. BUT THE ANGEL SAID TO THEM, DO NOT BE AFRAID. I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY THAT WILL BE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. TODAY IN THE TOWN OF DAVID A SAVIOR HAS BEEN BORN TO YOU; HE IS CHRIST THE LORD. THIS WILL BE A SIGN TO YOU : YOU WILL FIND A BABY WRAPPED IN CLOTHES AND LYING IN A MANGER; SUDDENLY A GREAT COMPANY OF THE HEAVENLY HOSTS APPEARED WITH THE ANGEL, PRAISING GOD AND SAYING, "GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE TO MEN ON WHOM HIS FAVOR RESTS."

Mary Did You Know

Mary did you know, that your baby boy

Would one day walk on water?

Mary did you know, that your baby boy

Would save our sons and daughters?

Did you know, that your baby boy

Has come to make you new?

This Child that you delivered, will soon deliver you

Mary did you know, that your baby boy

Will give sight to the blind man?

Mary did you know, that your baby boy

Would calm a storm with His hand?

Did you know, that your baby boy

Has walked where angels trod

And when you kiss your little baby, you've kissed the face of God?

Oh, Mary did you know.

Mary, did you know The blind will see, the deaf will hear,

The dead will live again

The lame will leap, the dumb will speak

Praises of the Lamb? Mary did you know, that your baby boy

Is Lord of all creation?

Mary did you know, that your baby boy

Will one day rule the nations?

Did you know, that your baby boy

Was Heaven's perfect Lamb

And this sleeping Child you're holding

Is the Great I Am

GOD IS ANSWERING OUR PRAYERS!

2005-11-29T08:55:00.000-08:00

Pray as David prayed because David's prayers were answered. The bible tells us that David was a man after God's own heart.........pray as David prayed if you want your prayers answered!

Judge Kathleen Akao 57 years old from Santa Cruz County, California dropped dead sunday Nov. 27, 2005 for no apparent reason........well the reason is that she has destroyed numerous families by taking their children and grandchildren away from them. We have been and will continue to pray Psalm 109 against all judges, lawyer, therapists, doctors, and especially law makers, senators etc. who continue their evil practice of destroying families for profit. Please go to our website www.godwatchesoverthechildren.org and make a list of all names and continue down in this blog to find all elected officials you MUST pray Psalm 109 against these evil people until God removes them....and HE will! God gave you your children and grandchildren He will restore........read your bible and believe.

Gov. destroyed our families, now they are taking Jesus!

2005-11-23T13:08:00.000-08:00

Several retailers have joined in the push to ban the use of "Christmas"

in their in-store promotions and retail advertising. The new push to eliminate "Christmas" and replace it with "Happy Holidays," "Season's Greetings," etc. is gaining ground with several retailers participating.

Call Target, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Kmart/Sears, Costco, Kohl's and Lowe's about their practice. (Lowe's even refuses to promote their trees as Christmas trees, but calls them "Holiday Trees." Their toll-free number is 1-800-445-6937.)

DO YOU REALLY WANT CHANGE? THEN DO THIS!

2005-11-22T20:03:00.000-08:00

Contact your state elected officials and tell them either change laws or we're voting them out of office. Won't help for just the few of us who do these things........EVERYBODY MUST DO THIS! You must pray against all of these men and women who will not change laws to protect our families, they destroy our families and take your children and grandchildren for profit. Pray Psalm 109 against them and sit back and watch God take them out....and restore your loved ones.

http://www.politics1.com/dc.htm

We must vote the ones who will not help out of office. Send us the responses you get so we can post them on our sites as well as other sites. Send us the report when God answers our prayers as we all continue to pray Psalm 109 against these peole who destroy our families. Name names when you pray God is listening and He is answering. Send us newspaper links to articles. Send all links to answered prayer and all responses from officials campaigning for office to prayer@godwatchesoverthechildren.org We will publish all links and reports we get. Keep up the great work, get on your knees and pray.

He Who Demands Your Rights Aims To Take Your Security

2005-11-22T19:15:00.000-08:00

He Who Demands Your Rights Aims To Take Your Security

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2005-11-22T18:59:00.000-08:00

Defend Your Family

There is a trade and traffic in children and adults being conducted bygovernment officials. This website is invaluable for it's thorough documention of this slave trade.The site provides enormous amounts of reference information and resources for those attacked by the slave traders. Don't Miss It Your Family May Be Next http://erikdravn.cendra.net/packets/

Email Cecile gemni@sover.net

Fighting for our kids

2005-11-22T14:29:00.000-08:00

While we are in this fight with our ungodly government who is selling our children and destroying families, we must honor God if we expect Him to:

Destroy this evil government and restore families by returning our children they kidnapped and sold, return thousands of innocent people in prison for decades for crimes they never committed and return the finances, your ability to work and make right more atrocities than I can think of we MUST; Stand up for God by boycotting Wal-Mart. They refuse to allow their employee's to say Merry Christmas......why then do we reward them by turning around and give them our hard earned money? General Mills must be boycotted......all products! They have a new commercial out for Total, which I bought until I seen this new commercial. A woman takes God's name in vain 4 times in this commercial. Do you really expect God to work for you while you will not take a stand for Him.....why should He? Get a back bone! Lois Hafler

Court Room Ball

2005-11-20T22:26:00.000-08:00

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Excellent website created by Cecile in her battle fighting for our children. Thanks Cecile you're a blessing.

Court Room Ball
Come one come two come three come all,
We will take your kids to the court room ball.
The State makes claim The judge complies,
The hearts ripped out the family dies.
The sheriff's department they say very stern,
Go home get out this court's adjourned.
The children's life's are now in danger,
First from the cops, CPS then in the hands of a stranger.
There was nothing wrong the children were fine,
They say if we keep them, we'd abuse them in time.
With their crystal ball and some money from gov.,
They cast them in homes, We pray they get loved.
They TPR you - You did nothing wrong,
They are cold hearted and cruel,
Now your family is gone.
Come one come two come three come all,
We will take your kids to the court room ball.
This is all so profitable easy and fun,
It's also illegal but it's to help every one.
So the families get hurt that's a small price they say,
When you look at all the money the feds will pay.
After all there are really children who are being abused,
There are children who you see and hear on the news.
It's the wrapper on the candy that makes people say,
It's OK to take the rights of the families away.
Cecile Allcock

Letter to Uncle Sam

We saluted the flag
We sang the song
We pledged the pledge
How did it all go wrong?

They took our rights
How can this be?
Now even God is gone...
Can nobody can see?

A court without justice
Now tell me please this...
For if she is now blind
The truth's been dismissed?

She takes nether side
Partial they say
Liberty and justice...they
Were great in their day!

We had our laws
The truth was set down.
The Constitution was formed
Our rights they were bound.

Now they are gone
So too
our freedom it would seem
It wasn't so long ago
it was the American dream.

They have taken it all
Calling it, The Patriot Act
We were once given our freedom
but it has been now taken back.

The States are corrupt
Stealing children and all.
You can tell them the truth
But they won't take your call.

So please tell me this
I send out my plea
Without justice for all
How can we call ourselves free?

I don't have a flag
any more on my land
The people that love it
they don't understand

It brings tears to my eyes
When I see it fly high
Men fought so hard for it
So many of them died

It was the symbol of freedom
It use to fly proud
There is not much to look up to
Now that God's not allowed

So I stand here before you
and ask you this day
How was it so easy to
Take our freedom away?

Cecile Allcock
Bellows Falls, VT
gemni@sover.net

2005-11-19T12:12:00.000-08:00

Please, if you do nothing else......DO THIS!

www.lc.org go to right side of page where it says;Request Legal Assistance
www.lc.org/mdsbio.htm

After looking at these websites call this lawyer fighting for our constitutional rights and the preservation of the traditional family. They have attorneys in ALL 50 states. They need to get thousands of calls to know that this is a worthy effort. This is from their website.....NOTE: To contact our attorneys for legal assistance involving religious freedom, the sanctity of life or traditional family values, call our office. Do not rely on email. Your request may not reach us due to technical reasons. Be sure to include a telephone number.
407-875-2100

God Watches Over The Children

2005-11-14T23:50:00.000-08:00

Please use this blog to post your stories about CPS atrocities. The links are here to assist you in your search for help. Remember thousands of families are suffering as you are suffering. By banding together, sharing our hurts, praying together and working as a team we can overcome! We must get busy and contact all elected officials and candidates with our demands. You can find all your elected officials and candidates on the following two sites.

http://www.uselections.com/pa/pa.htm

http://www.politics1.com/pa.htm

The following sites are just a few of the sites with information that others have gathered from going through what you are going through. We pray that together we all will benefit from what we all have learned.

www.godwatchesoverthechildren.org

www.headsheldhigh.org

www.avoiceforchildren.com

www.familyrightsassociation.com

More links will be added and feel free to post your links BUT only if they are about CPS abuses. We will not tolerate profanity.

Please listen to Justice Enforcers Radio over your computer. Week nights 5-11 P.M. eastern time.

http://familyrights.us/news/archive/2005/oct/justice-enforcers.htm

God Watches Over The Children

2005-11-14T23:17:00.000-08:00