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More Details Emerge In Decade-Old Missing Child Case
The child has been identified as Adam Herrman, who was 11 years old when he was last seen in 1999. The boy's parents claim he ran away. Reporter: Caroline Brady & Associated PressEmail Address: news@kake.com |
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Posted by: me
Location: Ehh
on Jan 5, 2009 at 11:20 AM
assumptions fly.. wow!! well i find it odd growing up in the same community and with the adoptive parents bio kids that the story is suddenly "he ran away" thats a new one!! I am sad for the bio children of this family they are forced to see realities never comprehended by any until you yourself have to look at your parents with their grand children and now question their safety! My prayers go out to the family of the adoptive parents.. as for the adoptive parents... KARMA! You will be found out!
Posted by: Question
Location: kansas
on Jan 5, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Why didn't the father get custody of his children? Why weren't the children placed with him instead of going into the custody of the state and being adopted out to be able to get the money for adoptions. If the father did nothing wrong - the children should have been placed with him - he's going to have one heck of a lawsuit if this child was injured or died after the state knew that this child was being abused in this home and left him there for whatever his fate. Actually I think a lawsuit is just what this state needs to get their attention for what is happening with the children here.
Posted by: Anonymous
on Jan 5, 2009 at 10:44 AM
They moved to the Towanda area from Derby. Think he went to plesant view elementary. Not sure if Adam ever went to school in Towanda.
Posted by: grandparent
Location: wichita
on Jan 5, 2009 at 10:43 AM
My grandson was abused over and over again by his placement and that was OK with Youthville and SRS and the Juvenile Judge. Youthville said that it was altercations between a little child and the placement and had nerve to put that in their documents. If a parent ahd put those huge bruises and marks on a child they would have had the child removed and been prosecuted. There is a problem with the Child protective system here - it doesn't protect children......Actually I'm beginning to believe they enjoy the abuse of the children - other wise why would they allow it to continue. I'd love just once for a legislator to ask to see evidence of wrongdoing and violations of law by these agencys. Ignoring a problem does not make it go away!!!!!!
Posted by: someone needs to be concerned
on Jan 5, 2009 at 10:37 AM
re: Home of the free - read wexler's report of where Deputy DA Ron Paschal stated that 80% of the children removed never go into the system and are returned -if we currently have around 1800 children in the custody of the state - does that mean that they took almost 10,000 children this year? Since they don't care about the children - how about the cost to the taxpayers for the 72 hours and more that that child is traumatized - close to $12-16 million a year just for sedgwick county. How's the budget deficit now? But what's worse is that this child obviously was abused in this home - removed and placed back in more than once. Another case of the 2 girls - with SRS knowing and condoning what was happening to this child. Time for action - contact your legislators and let them know enough is enough - stop the abuse of children by SRS, Youthville, law enforcement and the courts.
Posted by: Anonymous
on Jan 5, 2009 at 09:46 AM
" Which brings me to my final question Why did school officials not report the child missing?" ----- To 'S': I grew up in Towanda and I am the same age he would be now. I don't ever remember a boy by that name being in my class. It is very possible that they moved in during the summer, around the time the mobile home park began. Which means he may have never been enrolled in school at all. How could they report a child that they never knew??
Posted by: Steph
Location: KS
on Jan 5, 2009 at 09:42 AM
Do these "adoptive" parents still have kids of their own? God, I hope not!!
Posted by: Annie
on Jan 5, 2009 at 09:24 AM
"Don't be surprised if..." You have a wonderful since of imagination! Now you are saying they "get money" form people for their kids? Well here is something: "don't abuse children!" Then "SRS" won't take them away! And as for the 30,000.00...thats funny...I am beginning to think Kansas is full of crazy people!
Posted by: Peggy
on Jan 5, 2009 at 09:02 AM
Well Well looks like the worthless SRS is back in the news, you all are so right about taking kids that didnt need to be taken, and let me enlighten you, the Judges work with the SRS lawyers and you as a Parent dont have a right, or grandparent, the Child doesnt have a right, just the foster parent does, and even if they (foster Parent) lies and tries to take your kids because they love them, right, the families of those kids love them, and they should have the right to the kids before a worthless Foster parent does. The foster parent wants them because they still get money even if they adopt them, my brother is trying to get his grandson but cant because the judge and srs lawyers and foster parents lie. the System abuse's the kids but the judge wont accept the the proof that foster parents are mean, well when a 3 yrs old tells you things about foster parents then listen you dummies. But know they dont, they just try and run you out of money so you cant fight..GO FIGURE
Posted by: Home of the Free???
Location: America???
on Jan 5, 2009 at 12:43 AM
For those who think CPS is a good thing, I have to wonder.. would you be as supportive of the system if it were your child taken? And don't say 'it will never happen to me'. Every innocent parent who had their child(ren) taken away said the same thing. Statistics show that Sedgwick Co, Ks has the highest rate of child removal of any county in the COUNTRY. It is esstimated that less than 20% of the children taken were ever in any danger to begin with. Yet only 10% of children taken are ever allowed to return home, even when the investigation turned up no wrong doing on the parents. Statistics don't lie. Its time people open their eyes and see the truth.
Posted by: Angie
Location: Wichita
on Jan 5, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Adam's biological parents did not give him up for adoption. SRS took him away from his biological family when he was 2 because his mom allegedly left a bruise on an older child. For 20 years now, his real mother has been beginning and ending her days crying for her lost children. His real name is Irvin, and he wouldn't be missing if he had been left with his real family!
Posted by: Don't be surprised if.....
Location: Wichita
on Jan 4, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Once apon a time in 1999, a group claiming to protect children, I'll call them "SRS", kidnapped a boy named Adam from school because he had a bruise. The parents called 911 and were referred to a special department, that I'll call "EMCU". An investigator told them that they'd better keep their mouths shut and send them $30,000 or they'd lock them up for child abuse and take their other kids too. His scared, helpless parents (aka SRS's puppets), moved out of town. SRS sent Adam to Youthville where his name was changed, and he went from one abusive foster home to the next, until he was eventually adopted out(again). The State of Kansas got a big bonus(again), from the federal government, and lived happily ever after! SRS just now realized after 10 years that the parents/puppets never sent them that $30,000, and they've decided to get back at them by claiming that Adam has been "missing" since 1999! That'll teach those uncooperative parents! Beware, It could happen to you too/next!
Posted by: Fed up with the System
on Jan 4, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Sedgwick County Delegates are holding a public forum on Jan. 6th, Tues at 7:00 P.M. Located in the Jury Room at the Sedgwick County Court House Use North Side Entrance This is a opportunity for anyone to speak out on the problems within the child protection system and family courts. stop ignoring the issues and start working towards solutions to put an end to the unlawful acts committed by all organizations and persons involved with child protection. I know some of you are not in the Wichita area but I wanted you to know about this anyway just in case you want to come or know some families in this area
Posted by: Nannetta
Location: Geary County
on Jan 4, 2009 at 08:06 PM
This is a sad story. Who is to blame the parents or the state? I know that the KS SRS office made a false claim that they took a six year old child of mine in December 2006. The fact is that this child was not mine. I filed a complaint with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board who failed to take action against the SRS supervisor who made the claim. (Geary County) The state of Kansas from the Governor down keeps covering up these stories trying to make half the state out to be loons. The fact is SRS can't keep covering up all of their mistakes. Who knows - ten years though that is a crock of bull that no one said anything about a child being missing.
Posted by: Anonymous
Location: Wichita
on Jan 4, 2009 at 07:21 PM
I think we need to focus on who is at fault. The adoptive parents are at fault for not reporting this. They adopted this child before he was three years old so they had him 8 years. Follow up does not go on for 8 years nor should it. Not all adoptive or foster parents are like this. We hear more about abuse and deaths from bio families than we do foster or adoptive families. Usually boyfriends of the mother. Thats the one I see most frequently. Bad choices of boyfriends or girlfriends. Domestic violence families or extremely rigid and violent parents. Be careful this does not turn into a witch hunt of the system. Our system can always use improvement, but you only hear one side and not the whole story. This child should have been reported missing, period.
Posted by: Will
Location: Wichita
on Jan 4, 2009 at 07:02 PM
First, children do run away. 2nd and most importantly, PARENTS REPORT IT. Im sure they did get a lawyer because they realize the gig is up...
Posted by: S
Location: Wichita
on Jan 4, 2009 at 04:39 PM
This story makes me so sad. The parents said the child frequently ran away. The article says the child disappeared in 1999, the same year the parents moved away. My question would be what month the child disappeared in? I know you are innocent until proven guilty, but what kind of parent(s) would not report a missing 11 year old child? What about the other 2 children, did they never mention to friends, family or school officials their brother was MIA? Which brings me to my final question Why did school officials not report the child missing? I am a teacher and if a child was absent from my class for day after day I or the social worker would make a home visit. Again, how sad this story is.
Posted by: Annie
on Jan 4, 2009 at 03:43 PM
I was just reading the comments here and I have to put my two cents in. I do think the parents or foster parents, whatever they were, this child was placed with them to care for. When they did not call law enforcement to find their son, wether it was the first time or the hundredth time he ran away, they were/are at fault. As a mother of 3, I know child can be a handful, but you love them no matter what and you would do whatever you had to do to help them and find them. SRS and sheriffs department can not do anything if they don't know about it. The parents did not report him missing. They are hiding something. It doesn't take a real smart person to figure that one out. But, stop pointing fingers at law enforcement and SRS. Point fingers at the horrible parents that allowed this to take place.
Posted by: Quigley
Location: Wichita
on Jan 4, 2009 at 03:00 PM
We are adoptive parents. If either one of our children went missing, even for a short period of time, I would call everyone I could think of. These people who adopted Adam give a BAD name to those of us who have solid, stable loving homes. Not all of us are the horrid monsters that the news media portrays. Yes, there are bad parents everywhere, whether they are bios. or adoptives.
Posted by: Anonymous
on Jan 4, 2009 at 01:35 PM
PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN IN THE FIRST PLACE AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
Posted by: t
Location: kansas
on Jan 4, 2009 at 12:41 PM
OK HERE i GO AGAIN. THE DA AND SRS IS A FORMAL STATEMENT AS A JOKE WITH POWER.HOWEVER, THEY TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE LAW AND THEY HAVE IN THERE EYES.HOWEVER, WE AS CITIZENS NO THE TRUTH AND THEY TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD A LIERS POINT OF VIEW.IF THEY PROVE THE FOSTER PARENT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT THEY ARE COVERED BY THE STATE.THEY WILL USE THAT DEAD CHILDS AS MOTIVE THAT ITS THE CHILDS FAULT ON WHY HE'S DEAD ANOTHER LIE.THE WORSE THING ABOUT THAT IS IT WILL BE ANOTHER 10 YEARS BEFORE WE HEAR THE TRUTH ABOUT ALL THIS OR WE WON'T DUE TO THE LOST ALL THE PAPERWORK TO CONVICT THE REAL PEOPLE INVOLVED.AND I WOULD LOOK AT THE SRS AND DA OFFICE AND EVERYBODY AROUND THAT LAUGHS ABOUT THIS CHILD THAT NO ONE CAN FIND.MAYBE THATS WHY THE DA HAS TO DRINK SO MUCH /GUILT MAYBE.DON'T KNOW BUT READ HOW MUCH THE DA IS IN THE TALKS ABOUT SRS AND THERE FINDINGS.I KNOW ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE OUT OF THE DA'S OFFICE BUT IN DUE TIME THEY MIGHT BE.DUE TO THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL AND SHE CAN'T TRY NO1 ELSE.
Posted by: Anonymous
on Jan 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM
"The state is now more involved than it has ever been in the raising of children, and children are now more neglected, abused, and mistreated than they have been in our time. This is not a coincidence, and, with all due respect, I am here to tell you: It does not take a village to raise a child. - It takes a family." - By Senator Robert Dole Protected to Death by Child Protective Services: http://protected-to-death-by-cps.memory-of.com/About.aspx
Posted by: Donna
Location: Wichita
on Jan 4, 2009 at 11:35 AM
In response to RE:Donna, I did read the article, I think you need to get educated, children are first placed in foster care, states custody and then adopted after the rights of the biological parents are terminated. And just because a parent loses custody to the state doesn't mean they didn't love them, in many, many cases the parents love their child/children deeply but the state, police, srs, courts they abuse their power and remove children all the time, just talk to all the parents who's lives have been destroyed due to the corruption involved with child protection. I think you need to do some research and see for yourself that so many children are being abused in foster care that were NEVER abused in their own homes. American children deserve to be protected and also they deserve to be raised by their own parents NOT THE STATE and NOT FOSTER PARENTS, don't get me wrong, some children must be removed, and by all means remove them, but these children also have extended family.
Posted by: Home of the Free???
Location: America???
on Jan 4, 2009 at 03:41 AM
Another example of the incompetence of a corrupt system. Would Adam be 'missing' if he were still with his biological parents? Why was he adopted out in the first place? Were the allegations against his parents substantiated? Were there even any allegations to begin with? Or did SRS just come in and take him out of a safe, loveing home like they have done to hundreds of other innocent parents. How many more children are we going to let SRS kidnap... how many more have to be abused, neglected, raped, tortured or come up 'missing' before something is done to stop this out of control communist regime? SRS will tell you that they don't have time to check up on all the children already in foster care because there are too many children in the system to keep track of. They will tell you how over crowded and over stressed the system is. They don't have time to follow up and check on every child. But, they have plenty of time to go out and find more children to take. Missing 10 yrs? I doubt it.
Posted by: Judy
Location: canada
on Jan 4, 2009 at 03:07 AM
If this was biological parents - this story would be on CNN 24/7. Obviously, there is something very wrong here - you don't just ignore a child that age running away, or dismiss it - you call the police, the media and anyone and everyone. Too many of these adoptive parents and foster parents have taken, with the help of CPS, children and babies from good, loving parents, who - like the children - will suffer for the rest of their lives because of the heartbreak of being ripped so ruthlessly from the ones they love. CPS is engaged in child trafficking, all over the world - there are hundreds of thousands of parents who have lost their children for no reasons - correction - had their children kidnapped, so that CPS can get funding for foster 'care' and adoption. This is humanity's greatest crime, ever.
Posted by: Dee Clasen
Location: Wichita Ks.
on Jan 3, 2009 at 08:22 PM
I will never understand a family not reporting thier child missing.My girl (April Wiss) will be missing 9yrs on Jan.-11th and they are not a day goes by that I don't think of her.Anyone that reads this pleas help me in lighting a candle for this child and all that are missing.
Posted by: Angel8
Location: Wichita
on Jan 3, 2009 at 07:40 PM
Lets just have a Federal investigation into Sedgwick County. Seems like a good idea. How many children have beeen involved in issues like this? We will never know because of the corruption.
Posted by: Bambi Hazen
Location: corrupt county ks
on Jan 3, 2009 at 04:34 PM
This is exactly why I will fight for my daughter you can read about why I went to Jail for protecting my Daughter from the state of Kansas and the very same District Attorneys office that approved this boy's adoption reported by USA TODAY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NOT IN WICHITA THEY DONT WANT THE EXPOSURE HERE http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/states/kansas/2008-12-12-1120627356_x.htm#uslPageReturn !!! These lying, corrupt, malicious, monsters that unlawfully remove children from their homes dont care 1 bit about the victims of their madness he had a name it was Adam but to them he was a number and now In my opinion Im sure Adam is just a business casualty to them, and the last name Herrman raises questions in my book same last name as a prosecuting attorney in my case hmmmm ???? They CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM LIABILITY IN THEIR CORRUPT ACTIONS SEE FOR YOURSELF http://www.futureamericanhistory.net/cpscaselaw.htm audit in Progress into D.A's office by Legislation
Posted by: Concerned
on Jan 3, 2009 at 02:11 PM
How many other children have gone missing after being adopted by abusive homes? We'll never know because those aren't stats that SRS Don Jordan keeps. It's a 99.6% safety rating - right "donnie"? By the way it's time to get rid of legislators like Brenda Landwehr that have been working on the children's committees for 12 years and it keeps getting worse on her watch. These legislators keep renewing the contracts regardless of the abuses by the contractors and their foster homes.
Posted by: Child trafficking
on Jan 3, 2009 at 02:05 PM
Re:Donna... if his parents loved him they would have lost him to state custody in the first place? Where have you been? The state takes the children from parents for income from the government. SRS, Governor Sebelius, the district attorney's office, Juvenile judges are all involved in "child trafficking" right here in Kansas. It's time to impeach the governor and have an outside investigation and prosecution of those responsible.
Posted by: SRS destroys families
Location: Wichita
on Jan 3, 2009 at 01:58 PM
SRS doesn't even nearly adequately investigate families they place foster kids with, nor adoptive families. Why? Because they don't HAVE to...they police themselves!!! Most likely the poor kid was traumatized by SRS taking him away from healthy, loving parents and he was running away to find them. Believe it or not, people, SRS does this ALL THE TIME. And the truth is going to come out about them. It's only a matter of time. This case also shows they don't care who they place kids with. They are poor judges of character because most of the workers have no character themselves and are too busy hob nobbing with the DA's office and being "bullied" by them to lie on CINC affadavits. Now THAT's a lack of character!
Posted by: Concerned mom
Location: Towanda
on Jan 3, 2009 at 12:47 PM
How could a child disappear from a community, from a school for Gods sake and not get noticed. That poor child has gone ten years without being missed. The 'parents' never even reported Adam missing! That in itself is nearly an admission of guilt!
Posted by: Re:Donna
on Jan 3, 2009 at 12:28 PM
I strongly encourage you to READ the article. He wasn't in state custody, he was adopted. And the last thing on this earth that his parents were would be VICTIMS. Maybe liars, but not victims. BTW, if his real parents loved him, they would have "lost" him to state custody in the first place.
Posted by: Donna
Location: Wichita
on Jan 3, 2009 at 11:43 AM
This story proves that children in states custody are NOT safe, how could a child go missing and no one know? This story angers me, where are the real parents? Did this child really need to be adopted out? Was he a victim of kansas child protective services? Was his parents victims of child protective services. I hope and pray the real parents know about the child and I hope they come forward if their child should of never been removed from their care like so many children are.
Posted by: Cheryl
Location: Wichita
on Jan 3, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Excuse me. The parents are hiding something must be. We have children and we are responsible for them until the age of 18. So if the boy is 11 then they should have filed a missing report, and by not doing so just holds them much more accountable. And if he had a disability all the more reason. Even if he did run away there should have been a report file. Where is our LAW system and what are you going to do about it. THey are our children to apoint in this day and age they need protected by our LAW system . So get busy and stop just slapping parents on the hands when they do wrong and make it right. Start making it right.
Posted by: Elaine
Location: Wichita
on Jan 3, 2009 at 08:59 AM
How sad that they never reported the child missing and they couldn't look out for what was the best interest of the child but now they need an attorney.
Posted by: Debby
on Jan 3, 2009 at 05:51 AM
I believe that any child that is missing should be reported missing. No matter what the age. Especially an 11 year old child. This would give me cause for concern immediately and should have gave cause for concern prior to now. If my adult son was missing, I would report it to the police. This is a no brainer and I hope the truth is found out.
Posted by: interesting
Location: Wichita
on Jan 2, 2009 at 09:59 PM
The parents know what happened to the child for one reason they never really followed through with the missing peoples report seriously it seems and now all of a sudden they are getting an attorney to protect themselves I am sure. Hmmmmmmm pretty fishy to me.
Posted by: A mother
Location: KS
on Jan 2, 2009 at 09:49 PM
There's a difference between search & rescue dogs and cadaver dogs. google it. After 9 years, these weren't S&R dogs.
Posted by: CC
Location: Wichita
on Jan 2, 2009 at 09:29 PM
How sad for this boy that no one cared enough to call the police. Perhaps a crime was covered up and hope they will find justice for this child.
Posted by: Anonymous
on Jan 2, 2009 at 09:27 PM
We have our own Cayley Anthony case right here is Kansas!! Maybe the "nanny" took him...
Posted by: Momma
Location: Garden City
on Jan 2, 2009 at 08:43 PM
Yes, 11-year-olds do run away, but usually the parents are concerned enough about the child's well-being to report them missing. The parent's story doesn't add up. They are hiding something.
Posted by: hmm
on Jan 2, 2009 at 07:50 PM
must be looking for bones
Posted by: Anonymous
on Jan 2, 2009 at 05:26 PM
Jail the 'parents'.
Posted by: PT
on Jan 2, 2009 at 04:42 PM
To bring the K-9 unit in after 9 years? What are they are really looking for?
Posted by: Lisa
on Jan 2, 2009 at 04:27 PM
Clearly there is a lot of the details that are not being released yet. And yes there are 11 and 12 year olds that run away, we don't know the situation or the circumstances.....remember that before you post comments!
Posted by: Anonymous
on Jan 2, 2009 at 12:46 PM
I would think they should investigate the family, because happy well adjusted 11 or 12 year old kids don't just run away.
Posted by: ?????
on Jan 2, 2009 at 11:29 AM
no one noticed that this child was missing
Posted by: Bob
Location: ICT217
on Jan 2, 2009 at 07:36 AM
How is it that a child goes so unnoticed that it takes ten years to investigate on whether the child is missing/dead/or grown and moved away? |
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Re: Angie at 12:37...assuming you read the comments again....so you knew his bio family? holy cow. i really feel for them; that really must be tough. they certainly have my prayers. As for the system...i worked for it for awhile and I do know that the (most) of the workers in the agency (St. Francis Community Services) really do care about the families and children. However, when it comes to SRS...I always had my suspensions about their concerns about their "numbers" around June.
Am I missing something???? The adopted parents did not want the child to know that he was adopted, the child was 11 when he was adopted, would he NOT know??? The sister should have known something was up then........hello!!!!! How could a 11 year old not know that he was in foster care then had new parents!! She should have done more to contact him.
Well first ANNIE dont comment on something you probably no nothing about, I do first hand and its a very sure bet these other people do too, if you havent lived it or know someone who has then NO you wont understand, but if you have lived it then you know what kind of hell the system puts you through. And the Kids. I hope CNN finds out about the meeting tonight and attends it, if that is what takes us to get this cleaned up before they KIDNAP anymore kids. Im so glad this has came out, now maybe just maybe with the attention were getting they may be forced to clean it up. I hope they dog us out on TV, so our higher ups will do something. Remember the meeting tonight at 7 I believe, jury room,but please check, I saw it in here, lets blow them away with our attendance, lets help Adam and all the other Adams. Call CNN any news media outside here of course. See you their...
Only in Kansas would someone living in a trailer park be allowed to adopt a child. I have friends who have been on the waiting list for YEARS waiting for a child.
Ok, generally speaking I am all for new reform of our pathetic SRS system, however we cannot expect the small number of social workers employed to take care of every single child. It is also our job as friends, family, the people next door, parent of friends,..........on and on and on to keep an eye out for anything suspicious or out of place. It's easy to blame and point fingers but when it all comes right down to it, it was society who let this child slip through the cracks. You cannot tell me that somebody didn't notice something odd or strange about the whole situation. Shame on those people for not coming forward when they had the chance, instead they put their blinders on and pretended that they didn't see anything. These people who in some perverse way call themselves parents to this child make me ill to my stomach. How they can think that the things that are even cut and dry, such as govenment fraud and in my opinion, child endangerment by not reporting this is ok. shame on them
TO ANONYMOUS @ 2:15- You don't have to be a bad parent to lose your kids to the State! They collect kids with no evidence of abuse/neglect whatsoever. $R$ can send the police to your house claiming that they got an "anonymous tip", the police rush your kids off into "protective custody", the EMCU and $R$ interrogate your kids until they "admit" that they were abused, the DA files charges against you, therapists at youthville write up reports that the kids are traumatized and afraid to go home, the judge orders you to complete a long list of court orders that cost you $thousands to complete; during the 12-24 months it takes you to complete all the orders/parenting classes, etc, the "foster parents get attached" to your kids. DCCCA decides that it's best for your kids if they get adopted by the new parents because youre just a stranger (and poor) now. You lose your kids and the state collects a huge $grant for taking them! That's how $R$ works, and also why they're under investigation!
Just curious how in 1999 the family lived in a trailer park and 10 years later after collecting money for bankruptcy and divorce they live in what looks like a pretty decent home.
OK how "logical" is this-- The Adoptive parents continued to rake in the cash even though he "Ran away" The Eagle reported that the couple continued to claim the child years after he disappeared, first in bankruptcy proceedings filed in 2002, and later in a divorce case filed in 2003. The divorce case was later dropped.
Lookie all the "Anony-mou-sies" are arguing with each other lol.
uh huh, and why would they continue to look for him and send his pic to nat'l news in hopes of someone recognizing him if they had his remains. lets try to use a little logic, please.
I'm sorry, elle, did I miss something? Not sure what "a man's color or race" have to do with the story. Just ranting about whatever comes to mind, eh?
I think they did find hid remains and now they are calling in the biological family memebers to give DNA samples to prove identity. Either way something is very wrong here. Will the adoptive parents be held accountable?
You guys sound like a bunch of raging rednecks with your conspiracy theories! Don't beat, abuse or NEGLECT your kids and SRS will leave you alone! Here's a HINT: Don't let them run around unsupervised having sex, doing drugs, skipping school and committing crimes. That's NEGLECT you ding dongs! You can love 'em all you want to but if you wanna keep 'em them you gotta PARENT them!!!
A child should not have to suffer at the hands of their parents, state or any agency involved in their situation. We scream we want change, well, change will come when we finally get tired of the representation we have in our State and Fed agencies. It's up to the ppl to make sure we put the right ppl in office. A child's well-being should be of the utmost importance, its not, the State makes a mistake and the workers cover their own backside, they don't care about the child or the consequences of their actions. Change will come through the ppl, but we have to stand up for it and make it happen. It must start with us and we have to become sick and tired of the way things are right now. Change won't come because of a man's color or race. Its when we stand together, not divided. Its when we care about mankind and each other. Its when we stand up to the power to be and tell them no more. We are responsible for the change. We voted them in, we can vote them out.
ok i agree that CPS do wrong at times but because of bad parents they go over board they have given kids back to parents to find out that the child is being starved and have to take them back into CPS they go over board because you never know who to believe i am a adoptive parent of a child in CPS and i love this child as if they were my own they dug into me and my husband to make sure we were a proper fit. these people have obviously have done something really bad to this poor boy and need to be behind bars i just think unless you work or have been through the system you have no clue what these people go through everyday to protect kids they go home crying some nights because they dont know what to do they do what the state tells them they have to do and sometimes it sucks i just pray that people grow up and take care of all the kids in the world