Malnourished boy rescued at buffet

Orlando Sentinel ^ | 11-21-07 | Amy L. Edwards

[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.

[nuconvert]

I was thinking more of a trap door to Hell, then waiting for the Afterlife.

[Tax-chick]

What they have learned, [Sheriff] Dobson said, is that the boy's father obtained custody of the boy in California. But the father gave the boy to his aunt, who raised him with her partner, Stevenson. Dobson said the aunt died and then Stevenson and the child moved to Baker County.

[csvset]

OMG.

There's a video that shows a pic of the lesbians here at this link.

2 Women Accused Of Abusing 7-Year-Old Boy

It turns out that they had been arrested previously for bad checks.

[csvset]

The two sows.

[CajunConservative]

Not only was the poor kid physically abused he was visually abused by having to look at those fugly hags.

[ovrtaxt]

Oh man. Now I have to wash my eyes out by looking at a Helen Thomas pic. ugh.

[atomic conspiracy]

YIKES!!!

If ugly was pocket change, these two would be richer than Bill Gates.

[Mark was here]

So I take it they’re not going to get the time-share they were looking at?

[Larry Lucido]

OMG. Yes, thank God for this boy’s rescue and thanks to those to took action.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Horrid!!! 1) they look related, 2) they’ve somehow managed to overfeed themselves while starving and torturing a child. Absolutely disgusting beyond words.

[LaineyDee]

Doesn’t look like THEY missed any meals!

[Sherman Logan]

With that type of damage done so early in life, he will struggle forever emotionally.

This is the common perception, but thankfully does not appear to be accurate.

Evidence indicates that a large minority (not much under 50%) of children who are mistreated in horrific ways seem to shrug it off rapidly and go about their lives more or less unaffected, at least as far as we can tell.

To be sure, the majority ARE severely affected, but another large minority of these seem to eventually work through it and then get on with their lives.

The end result is that a significant majority of children mistreated in these ways pull out of it eventually.

Given the unpleasant history of the human race, this is probably an evolutionary adaptation.

[Doohickey]

And I wish Hell had an observation deck...

[silentreignofheroes]

A snowball,,next tree limbs..

Have a Good Thanksgiving Folks,,hope this boy does..

[martin_fierro]

[Popman]

When interviewed by Baker County investigators, Stevenson and Martin blamed each other. Each said the other bound the child's wrists and nailed them to the wall, where he was forced to stand for hours. Each also accused the other of refusing to feed the boy and refusing to send him to school because they feared teachers would see his injuries.

Time to clean up the gene pool, fair trial, ONE appeal, quick execution, unmarked grave, preferable at the county dump

[Shimmer]

wow, read this

[kindred]

[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...]

Bet they are lesbians with the man hating grudge most lesbians have, though not all torture boys. This country is dying quick;y.

[SoftballMominVA]

Uhmmm, they look like mother/daughter which makes this even scarier