BluesStringer
Les Brers
As you read this story, it may seem out of place in the LEO Encounters sub-forum, but I don't think it is (obviously, since I put it here). It's a story that finds its "justification" in the wider war on drugs, takes several detours, twists and turns and ends up indicting everything from the Child Protective Services near-unrestrained authorities to the foster care system(s) to child abusers and murderers living in our midst to the apathy of the general public that allows these travesties of justice to go on with little more than a shrug of the shoulders with maybe a cavalier "How sad" thrown in to ease their conscience.
After reading the little bit that establishes how and in whose care this little girl died, don't lose interest and bail on reading the whole thing before at least reading the last two paragraphs, which will bring it right back to the war on drugs and what an utter failure it is for our society.
2-year-old taken away from parents because they used marijuana, killed by foster mother
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Cameron Texas- A 2-year-old was killed while in foster care, and her foster mother will now serve a life sentence for the crime.
Alex Hill was placed in foster care after her father admitted to using marijuana according to the Link Removed.
Joshua Hill told Texas child welfare investigators that he smoked after the child was in bed at night. A case worker determined that the father’s marijuana use and the mother’s medical condition (frequent seizures) warranted removal from the home.
The toddler had appeared healthy and happy with her parents, but she was placed into the foster care system in early 2013.
On Tuesday Alex’s foster mother, Sherill Small, was sentenced to life in prison for the July 2013 death of the little girl, who would have turned four on Friday.
Alex’s parents, Joshua Hill and Mary Sweeny, had reported bruises on their child during visitations, but were never told about Small’s Link Removed.
Four months before Hill was set to regain custody he received a call that Alex was in the hospital. Small admitted to police that she had slammed the child onto the floor, saying it was an accident.
Alex’s autopsy revealed several bruises all around her body, and a medical examiner stated her head hit the floor so violently that she had “subdural hemorrhaging, subarachnoid hemorrhaging, and retinal hemorrhaging in both eyes,” according to court testimony.
What may be one of the most frustrating parts of the case, Sherill Small’s husband that lived in the home while Alex was there, was himself a recovering crack cocaine addict and admitted to multiple drug charges.
The couple admitted this information during the home study portion of their foster application, but their home was still considered a “safe environment.”
2-year-old taken away from parents because they used marijuana, killed by foster mother | WPMT FOX43
I gotta git now. I think I'm gonna be sick......
After reading the little bit that establishes how and in whose care this little girl died, don't lose interest and bail on reading the whole thing before at least reading the last two paragraphs, which will bring it right back to the war on drugs and what an utter failure it is for our society.
2-year-old taken away from parents because they used marijuana, killed by foster mother
Link Removed
Cameron Texas- A 2-year-old was killed while in foster care, and her foster mother will now serve a life sentence for the crime.
Alex Hill was placed in foster care after her father admitted to using marijuana according to the Link Removed.
Joshua Hill told Texas child welfare investigators that he smoked after the child was in bed at night. A case worker determined that the father’s marijuana use and the mother’s medical condition (frequent seizures) warranted removal from the home.
The toddler had appeared healthy and happy with her parents, but she was placed into the foster care system in early 2013.
On Tuesday Alex’s foster mother, Sherill Small, was sentenced to life in prison for the July 2013 death of the little girl, who would have turned four on Friday.
Alex’s parents, Joshua Hill and Mary Sweeny, had reported bruises on their child during visitations, but were never told about Small’s Link Removed.
Four months before Hill was set to regain custody he received a call that Alex was in the hospital. Small admitted to police that she had slammed the child onto the floor, saying it was an accident.
Alex’s autopsy revealed several bruises all around her body, and a medical examiner stated her head hit the floor so violently that she had “subdural hemorrhaging, subarachnoid hemorrhaging, and retinal hemorrhaging in both eyes,” according to court testimony.
What may be one of the most frustrating parts of the case, Sherill Small’s husband that lived in the home while Alex was there, was himself a recovering crack cocaine addict and admitted to multiple drug charges.
The couple admitted this information during the home study portion of their foster application, but their home was still considered a “safe environment.”
2-year-old taken away from parents because they used marijuana, killed by foster mother | WPMT FOX43
I gotta git now. I think I'm gonna be sick......
