Posted on 04/29/2008 7:34:43 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
One phase of FLDS work is complete SAN ANGELO, Texas The last of the extra Texas state troopers, child welfare investigators and others involved in the massive effort of caring for Fundamentalist LDS Church children in custody have rolled out of town. "The demobilization of resources in San Angelo was completed only (Monday)," said Gov. Rick Perry's spokeswoman Krista Piferrer. "It was a large scale effort with a tremendous law enforcement presence, nonprofit presence and (Child Protective Services) workers from all around the state. We basically transformed a coliseum into a shelter.
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Boys located
Attorneys identified Monday the location of an 11-year-old boy whose name had not been included in a master list of the children and the foster care facilities where they were taken.
We're not exactly sure about what happened. His name was just removed from the list for some reason," said Cynthia Martinez, communications director for Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. The group represents the boy's mother and nearly 50 other FLDS mothers. The mother called looking for information about the boy and his 16-month-old brother but their names weren't listed and no one could provide her answers.
The toddler is believed to be at one of the facilities, but authorities still aren't sure where. There are three children in custody with the same or similar names.
CPS workers insist the two boys have always been safe, but because of confusion with many of the children's names and birth dates, it's been difficult to properly identify all of them. Many of the mothers and children provided false or different information at various times, they say.
"The placement list we have might not agree with the mothers, but that's the information we were given by them," said CPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins. "It's certainly understandable and probably frustrating, but I don't think you can consider those children were ever unaccounted for or missing."
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Crimmins said as of Monday afternoon, six FLDS children removed from the YFZ Ranch were in hospitals. None has serious health issues. One child has an ear infection, another has respiratory issues. Crimmins said he did not know specifics about the other four.
"In all of these cases but one, the mother is either with the child or is being kept up to date on the child's condition," he said. "I don't know about visitation of the children but that will be arranged if we can do it."
Criminal charges urged for YFZ, new "prophet" film, debate over legalities of raid, Bountiful, BC fLDS group, reason in religious beliefs, former fLDS member shares insights, more on the Short Creek raid, documentary about group on WE TV.
4/27 thread with articles on:
Gene disorders in group, child custody processes, appeal to Gov. Perry, unusual way of life in YFZ, possibility of children held at YFZ whose parents were forced out, sheriff says authorities had spy inside sect.
4/26 thread with articles on:
Cost of care for the children of the sect, charges that two kids might be missing, how members of the sect dress, court rejects requests of mothers to stay with children, appeals court cancels hearing, Canadian involved in sect, culture shock for kids, oil drillers last laugh, possible involvement in human trafficking and drugs at Colorado City, Rep. Kay Granger's request to investigate financial ties to USG
4/25 thread with aritcles on:
Courts allowing state to place children in foster homes, legal challenges to the raid, beliefs on polygamy, protests against the raid and removal of children, Warren Jeff's appeal, portions of the Texas Family Code4/24 thread with articles on:
Seized polygamous sect kids face tough adjustment, articles on how and where the children were placed, Carolyn Jessup on Canadian children possibly at the ranch, legal aid group challenges judge, interview with Benjamin Bistline, 40 women choose to go to safe house instead of back to cult, 25 girls claimed to be adults, now found to be minors.
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Hmmmmm, resources roll out of town and are demobilized - still no arrests ! WTF!
That may change when the DNA results come back. When they start trying to round people up though they may not be able to find them.
I suppose you wait to arrest people until you have finished your investigation....
susie
This whole disparity between the numbers of the boys and girls found on the ranch is a huge issue, getting little press. Yes, it seems that many of the girls suffered greatly, but what of the boys? Why is the whole nation not aghast that of 400+ children seized, only 20 some were boys?
I keep hearing about all the boys being booted out of the camp when they reach puberty, and yes, that's disturbing enough. But what about all the prepubescent boys? Where are all the 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11, and 12 year old boys? Certainly there should be more than 20 some of boys in those age categories, even if all the teen boys are kicked out.
I’ve been thinking the same. I wonder how many are up in Canada already....
What are the possibilities that little boys were all sent off somewhere else? Certainly more than 20 were born out of 400.
Hmmmmm, resources roll out of town and are demobilized - still no arrests ! WTF!
Well the wheels of criminal justice turn slowly it seems. But on another note John Ford has reported to a federal prison in Pollock LA to start his 5 1/2 yr sentence.
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Thanks deport..quite a difference in the 14-17 age group, huh?
I wonder why they didn't want to go back?
Exactly,
lets see....treated like humans with a bit of respect and the food is probably better too.
Plus, maybe they also want to stay and protect the younger ones too.
Notice they start disappearing in the 10-13 age group. Some escapees have said that boys are thrown out on the street with absolutely no skills before they even hit their teens.
Well, Jeffs picked the inhabitants of the Eldorado compound from among his “elites”, according to reports...he would hardly send boys over to the “Virgin Ranch” IMO. It has been reported that there are children that were either taken from or given by their parents for that purpose. SICK!
I just noticed....”In before the pictures of the nekkid bunny women”!
My thoughts...if they were allowed to stay til maturity (for them 18) at the yfz...then I wonder (hope I am wrong) but these two young men may be ‘chosen ones’ who were not abandoned at 14 or 15. So maybe they are using their ‘leadership’ skills and keeping the younger boys in spiritual line...and act in absentia for their ‘fathers.’ I hope I’ wrong and you’re right...
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