Posted on 11/22/2007 4:57:23 AM PST by atomic conspiracy
The inside of his ears had been burned with cigarettes. He was forced to drink shampoo. >His caretakers bent two of his toes to the point that an amputation may be necessary, according to reports.
When a Westgate Resorts administrative assistant spotted the 7-year-old trying to serve himself cereal at the buffet in their Osceola County sales center earlier this month, the first thing she noticed was his trembling arms. They were too thin. His eyes were sunken.
"He was really skinny," said Westgate employee Hilda Berrios. "He looked like one of those kids you see on TV." "As I focused, looking on him, I noticed the bruises and the cuts. I just kept noticing one thing after another. I was like, this isn't right."
Berrios contacted her manager, who contacted Westgate security, which called the Sheriff's Office.
The Department of Children and Families on Tuesday said Berrios and two other employees -- Steve Siegel and Humberto Garcia -- likely saved the boy's life.
The boy, who was alone when Berrios spotted him, had a large bruise on his temple and dried blood on his head. His legs were black and blue. Berrios asked the boy if he knew where his mom was. He didn't. She asked if he could spot her in the room. "There was no one," she said. "No one."
Two Baker County women who cared for the boy, Suzette Renee Stevenson, 45, and her girlfriend, Jamie Lynn Martin, 26, are accused of leaving the child in a car while they toured Westgate's time-shares Nov. 6. Each woman was arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse. Martin is being held at the Columbia County Jail, and Stevenson is jailed in Baker County.
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I think that one on the right is my ex-husband. Did I say that out loud?
more like IS a DUmmie poster...
God protect children being raised by lesbians.
You're right. Unless they robbed a bank, or committed some other type of money crime, they won't do much time most likely.
And probably been correct.
My 6th grader is reading “The Hiding Place” this month.
Let me guess...these women were lesbians weren’t they?
Something we should learn in almost all public policy issues is "SOME ARE, SOME AREN'T"
When someone says "illegals are hard-working family people" the right answer is "some are, some aren't." When some one else says "illegals are disease-ridden drunk drivers and rapists" -- SoOme are, some aren't.
The one thing you can says for all is: -- they're here illegally. And that's what policy, and commentary, should focus on.
Why were two lesbians taking care of this boy?
Because he was mostlikely a foster child and they were getting a check from the state and a child to take out their man hate on.
Poor kid.
Uhmmm, they look like mother/daughter which makes this even scarier
They look like father/daughter to me.
Actually it does. You will be able to see what goes on there if you wanted to.
To make it a bit more clear, if another plane is crashed into a building it is much more likely that the evil doer is a muslim between the ages of 18 and 40 and not an Amish grandmother.
Something we should learn in almost all public policy issues is "SOME ARE, SOME AREN'T"
In most every case some are more likely than others.
If you awoke one morning and your spouse informed you that there was a rape in your neighborhood, a normal person would start thinking about a woman being assaulted by a man or men. They would probably be correct. However, if one pictured a really tough 13 year old girl raping a couple of gay body builders then they would probably be wrong.
Take a data set and apply common sense and experience and one can beat the odds on predicting the outcome of certain situations.
Simple, no?
The face of evil.
I have always, in my heart of hearts, had a hard time with the doctrine of Hell, but this kind of story sure makes me waver.
That's interesting and offers a bit of hope... can you post more about this?
I read Wilfrid Sheed's memoir about his parents, Frank and Maisie (his parents were the publishers Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward) and the father, Frank was like that. His dad (that would be Wilfrid's granddad) was a mean drunk, improvident, foul-mouthed, and physically violent --- and somehow his son Frank turned out to be a truly loving and lovable man, and an outstandingly good father to his own children.
A miracle of grace, I guess you could say. I'd like to understand more how that works.
Sounds like a day-care center that should probably be shut down for not reporting child abuse.
That's because you're rationally trying to balance two competing values - liberty vs. the need to intervene in cases like this to protect the innocents.
If you ever do come up with an answer, I'm all ears. I suspect that the current system is the absolute worst, except for all others.
I’ve read several studies on this subject, but don’t really have the details available.
I made my original post on the issue because I get so tired of the common assumption that any child who goes through a really rough time is doomed to a miserable life as a result.
Quite a few children appear to be almost unaffected, and probably most of the rest come out of it eventually. I have known people of both types in my life.
I suspect genetics has a lot to do with how people react to these experiences. As with other challenges people face in life, the very worst thing you can do for them is convince them that their own attitude and efforts cannot make a difference.
Amen to that. God Bless them and the young boy they rescued. Good to see the system work as it’s supposed to, now I hope the little guy can find a good home to care for him.
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