Posted on 04/21/2008 10:38:16 PM PDT by Politicalmom
Ping.
Do you realize this mess has almost as many attorneys there and involved as children??? Over 300 lawyers and 416 children.
This will drag on for years...
I had not heard about ‘Lost Boys” until El Dorado. There needs to be a shelter with information out there on how homeless boys from all over the country can get help.
ping
I just found a treasure trove of polygamist articles.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/specialReports/view/212740
I agree with you on that. It is so sad to hear about this. I wish I was younger & had room because I would gladly try to help a Lost Boy if I could.
This is heartbreaking.
It reminds me of that story about the boy and his brother trying to get to boys town.
Polygamy always has the problem of excess boys. Islamists solve that problem by sending the boys on suicide missions.
Oops! Texas officials now discover 21 more FLDS children than they thought they had.
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695272578,00.html
Thanks for the ping, Pandy.
A sad side aspect to the case.
However monstrous it may seem, it is not against the law.
If they would promote sex with minors, in blatant violation of the laws in most any state in the country, what else would they do?
Seems awfully convenient to prevent legal authorities from having any access to birth records, marriage records, legal names of the occupants.
Seems awfully convenient to have an on-site crematorium, where autopsies and death certificates are strictly forbidden.
Or maybe they had the crematorium built, but don’t use it.
Any thing is possible, facts are still hard to come by.
As someone else remarked, this could take a long, long time to resolve.
But we must resolve it, no matter what the outcome.
Are you saying it isn’t against the law to abandon children by the side of the road?
“Are you saying it isn’t against the law to abandon children by the side of the road?”
Technically, I don’t know. Child abandonment comes to mind.
I suppose the difficult part would be proving they abandoned a 12+year old boy, as they could insist that the child simply ran away of his own will.
Someone who is a legal expert could explain what the rules are for determining a case of Child Abandonment are.
Maybe you know?
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I totally agree & I wonder when & if any parents in AZ are going to step forward & claim any of these children. I am sure Warren Jeffs could tell them a lot of information on this ranch but I doubt he ever will sadly.
Another thought.
If you can’t prove who your parents are by legal records, or DNA, how can you prove they abandoned you?
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