Foster home and adoptive home abuse cases
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FOSTER HOME & ADOPTIVE HOME ABUSE CASES
A series of articles published in various media October 28, 2003 February 4, 2005
NJ
Pair Accused Of Starving Kids
CBS
News article
A couple whose adopted teenage sons weighed less
than 50 pounds have been arrested on charges of starving four boys they adopted
through the state Division of Youth and Family Services, New Jersey's troubled
child welfare agency.
More
Charges In Starved Kids Case?
State officials were investigating whether a
caseworker ignored evidence that four malnourished boys were being starved by
their adoptive parents to determine if criminal charges should be filed, the
governor said Monday.
"It's inconceivable how a case worker could go there and not detect these
atrocious conditions," Gov. James E. McGreevey said during an appearance
in Jamesburg.
Case
Workers Fired In N.J. Abuse
By Tom Bell
The state's troubled child welfare agency blames the
latest horror — four badly malnourished boys found in their adoptive home — on
its own incompetent, uncaring or dishonest employees.
N.J.
Starved-Kids Couple Indicted
A couple
accused of starving their four adopted sons was indicted Wednesday by a grand
jury, a prosecutor said.
Raymond and Vanessa Jackson were each indicted on 28 counts of aggravated
assault and child endangerment in a case that inspired widespread outrage and
was a touchstone for efforts to reform New Jersey's child welfare system.
Abuse
Claims At Noted Foster Home
By Woody Baird
A little more than a year after
Tom and Debbie Schmitz were profiled in heartwarming news stories as religious,
caring foster parents, 18 children have been removed from their home amid
charges of abuse and neglect.
Couple
Accused Of Torturing Kids
By Vickie Cachere
Five children were starved, shocked
and hit with a hammer by a couple who disappeared after they were confronted by
authorities, officials said.
John Dollar, 58, and his wife Linda Dollar, 51, remained missing Friday, four
days after they skipped a hearing with the Department of Children & Families,
the Citrus County Sheriff's Office said. The Dollars are wanted on felony
charges of aggravated child abuse.