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No Way Out: When a child reports abuse at school, then kills herself, what is the school's responsibility? Kerby Casey Guerra's parents want to know.
The Independent tells the story of Kerby Casey Guerra, a 13-year-old Colorado Springs girl who was incessantly tormented by her peers at Eagleview Middle School. According to her parents, she and her friends were pushed into lockers, cussed at and threatened. Guerra, her parents and her friends parents all spoke with school administrators about their treatment, but the abuse continued. In March of 1999, Guerra killed herself with a deer rifle, driven, presumably, by the constant harassment. Guerra's parents believe the school should have done more to help their daughter because peer abuse has become worse in the late 1990s.
Tags: Kerby Casey Guerra; teaching; school; education; violence; Columbine; death; Colorado Springs; Colorado; Eagleview Middle School
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Children in State of Neglect
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer documents "how abuse and neglect are killing more children across Washington than officials have acknowledged and that too little is being done to prevent -- or even investigate -- such deaths... Part One, Fatal Neglect, told the story of how dozens of children who were supposed to be protected by state Child Protective Services died of abuse and neglect over the last five years in homes known to be unsafe... Part Two, The Truth Dies With Them, examined the flaws in how legal and medical authorities investigate the suspicious deaths of young children across the state."
Tags: Washington; Child Protective Services; law; legal; medicine; medical; state agencies; children abuse; neglect; death; foster care
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Baby Deaths
WBFF investigates how Social Services fails to protect children in Baltimore. The story reveals that in the vast majority of baby death cases Social Services caseworkers were aware of the problems in the families where children died. "Many times, Social services had returned the child to the home where he/she was killed."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; court records; manslaughter; homicides; neglect; abuse; drug addicts; FOI
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The Yates Odyssey
When Andrea Yeates drowned her five children in the bathtub, the country was shocked at what she had done. Time uncovered how this could happen and who is responsible for missing the warning signs.
Tags: murder; crime; child killing; psychosis; psychiatry; psychiatric; mental hospital; therapy; insanity
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The toughest homicides of all
In 1994 in LA County about 40 children were killed by their parents or caretakers. If not for the child death review team, many of the killers would have gotten away with it.
Tags: child abuse; Inter Agency County on child abuse and neglect (ICAN); Los Angeles County Department of health Services; Child abuse prevention program
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An officer, a child, an unexamined death
Philadelphia Inquirer looks at the lack of proper police investigation on a case in which an off-duty police officer driving a sport-utility vehicle struck and killed a four-year-old boy on October 11, 1999. The story finds that Crystal Dixon, the driver guilty of the accident, might have been intoxicated at the time she struck the child. The reporter interviews witnesses who state having smelled alcohol on Dixon after the accident occurred, and quotes a doctor saying that she was on medication that could impair a driver's reactions. Investigators neither questioned Dixon, nor gave her a breath test or a blood test, as they normally would have done, if a civilian had struck and killed a child, reports the Inquirer.
Tags: alcohol; driving; drunk driving; children; road accidents; pain medication; muscle relaxant; Fernhill Road; Germantown
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Deadly Lessons: School Shooters Tell Why
In a two-part series, the Chicago Sun-Times reports on the results of the Secret Service analysis of 37 school shootings, "the findings of the study deserve the attention of every adult. . . In their own words, the boys who have killed in America's schools offer a simple suggestion to prevent it from happening again: Listen to us." The study suggest that there are no stereotypes of a child who kills. They come from a variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, incomes and family lives. Rather, the child sees this as the only option and many of the attacks were planned in advance. In addition, many of the shooters easily obtained guns and often told someone of their planned attack. "The answer, researchers believe, lies more in listening to children, dealing fairly with grievances such as bullying, improving the climate of communication in schools, keeping guns away from children, and investigating promptly and thoroughly when a student raises a concern." Bill Dedman reports more on these issues.
Tags: children; schools; violence; Secret Service; Department of Education; Center for the Prevention of School Violence; teachers; parents; police
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Murder by Neglect: Ariana's Story
The Detroit Free Press tells the story of Ariana Swinson, a 2-year-old girl who was killed by her parents four months after they regained custody of Ariana and her two siblings from state authorities. The Free Press uses the narrative to illustrate problems in the Michigan child welfare system. "At least 22 Michigan children have died of abuse or neglect in the last three years after coming under the protection of the state's system." The Michigan Family Independence Agency won't reveal the identifies of these children or how the system may have failed them due to strict confidentiality laws. However, the Free Press obtained secret files about Ariana's case.
Tags: Ariana Swinson; Ed Swinson; Linda Paling; Detroit; Michigan; child abuse; neglect; children; welfare; safety; juveniles; Michigan Family Independence Agency (FIA)
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A Child's Life and Death
Register reporters found a case of continual physical and sexual abuse that ultimately killed a two year old girl. Medical reports revealed injuries, child-care workers repeatedly called state child-abuse investigators and the mother was investigated seven times for child abuse, but the Iowa Department of Human Services dropped all the allegations. It was only after the young girl died did investigators and the state realize that everything was confirmable. "This report lead to the governor and the Iowa Department of Human Services director announcing a new policy for child-abuse investigators: when in doubt, take them out." Lawmakers and state officials are promising to implement more changes to protect children throughout 2001.
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Who Killed Amy?
One decade has passed since the murder of Amy Mihaljevic in Bay Village, Ohio. "Now, the Bay Village police and the FBI are bringing the full details of the case -- and a startling new psychological profile of the killer -- to the public in hopes of catching a killer."
Tags: Crime; kidnapping; child abduction