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Foster mother's choices blamed in boy's death http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/07/foster_mothers_c... Globe Staff / November 7, 2007 Jennifer Kadilak smiled brightly yesterday when talking about Dontel "He was just incredibly endearing and very, very cute," Kadilak, who met Dontel left the shelter on Feb. 24, 2005, in the care of his foster Ten days later, doctors met a radically different Dontel: His left eye The doctors at Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester tried for 45 The responsibility for Dontel's death, Suffolk Assistant District "She was the sole caretaker" during those 10 days, Deakin said. "She In his opening statement to the jury, Deakin said that the prosecution's Stephen's "choices caused the death, the untimely, avoidable death of Defense lawyer John Palmer described Stephen in his opening statement as She had a good reputation with Mentor Network Inc., the private child A graduate of Madison Park Technical Vocational High School who had Palmer said Stephen did not batter the child, nor was she responsible "Keep an open mind throughout this entire case," Palmer urged jurors. Sitting in court yesterday were Dontel's grandmother, Agatha Jeffers, After Dontel's death, former DSS commissioner Harry Spence personally DSS got involved in Dontel's life after his biological mother stopped Taken by DSS from his mother's home, Dontel was sent to Bridge Home to The prosecution is not alleging that Stephen inflicted the abuse that Suffolk Superior Court Judge Margaret Hinkle told jurors that The judge also told jurors they will be given the option of convicting CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A CPS Does not protect children... every parent should read this .pdf from http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
Defense denies her responsibility
Jeffers, who was 4 years old and around 3 feet tall when the social
worker got to know him at a Dorchester emergency shelter for children.
Dontel at the Bridge Home shelter where she worked, testified in Suffolk
Superior Court.
mother, Corinne N. Stephen, who was then living on Ballou Avenue in
Dorchester.
was bruised. His face was scratched. Both wrists and one leg had
ligature marks. His intestine had been punctured, releasing poisonous
waste into his body. His throat had interior bruises as if someone had
tried to squeeze off his breath.
minutes to revive the boy, but they were unsuccessful.
Attorney David Deakin said yesterday, lies with Stephen, who is being
tried on second-degree murder charges.
allowed him to suffer bruises. She called no one. Not a doctor. Not a
hospital. Not 911. Not anyone. Until it was far too late to save him."
case would be based on circumstantial evidence and that there would be
no eyewitnesses to what happened to Dontel. But, he said, jurors will
know at the end of the trial that Stephen could have saved the boy's
life but chose not to.
Dontel Jeffers," he said.
a career foster mother who had safely cared for other children.
welfare agency where she worked, he said.
taken nursing classes at Salem State College, Stephen was also a single
mother and a member of the Army National Guard, he said.
for his death.
and other family members who regularly visited the child while he was at
the Bridge Home and who had repeatedly begged the Department of Social
Services to let the child live with them.
apologized to the Jeffers family for the mistakes made, including
failing to tell them that the boy had been transferred into Stephen's
custody.
caring for him properly. Elary Jeffers, the child's father, had been the
boy's primary caretaker, but his father was deported to his native
Caribbean island of Nevis.
be assessed for his next placement. DSS hired Mentor Network to provide
a foster mother.
led to Dontel's death. With no direct evidence as to what happened to
the boy, prosecutors have decided to charge that Stephen failed to
prevent his death.
prosecutors do not have to prove Stephen actually delivered the blows
that harmed Dontel. Instead, she told them they must be convinced that
Stephen knew her actions would have caused the boy's death.
Stephen, finding her not guilty, or convicting her of a lesser charge,
involuntary manslaughter. Second-degree murder carries a sentence of
life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 15 years.
Involuntary manslaughter carries a maximum of 20 years.
© Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company.
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.
connecticut dcf watch...
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...