3 kids found starving in home, 1 chained to wall

[steve2470]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/21/3-kids-found-starving-in-home/6723177/

SALINAS, Calif. -- A couple under arrest in Monterey County have been accused of severely neglecting their three children, one of whom was chained to a wall in their house.

The 8-year-old girl was skeletal thin and had hardly eaten in months, officials said.

Monterey County Sheriff Scott Miller described the scene as "one of those cases that sticks with you for some time."

"When you've got over 30 years in the business, you've seen way too many of these types of things before," he said. "But this is, in terms of child abuse and neglect, this is toward the top."

OMG, how horrible.

[mercuryblues]

1. thhose poor kids

"When you've got over 30 years in the business, you've seen way too many of these types of things before," he said. "But this is, in terms of child abuse and neglect, this is toward the top."

Not the worst, but towards the top.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. i hope they find loving families for the kids

[Kablooie]

15. The foster home system isn't known for finding loving homes I'm afraid.

[Jenoch]

17. Please do not make assumptions in situations such as this.

My cousin qnd his wife adopted two sisters who had been abused after first being their fosrer parents. Those kittle girls girls have thrived in a loving home.

[Kablooie]

18. That's great to hear! I hope something similar happens to these children.

[WhiteTara]

21. Fortunately, California has a CASA system

and that will help steer the children through the mind field of family court.

[yeoman6987]

26. These two woman need to have the same thing happen to them

The lovers cared about themselves and not the children.

[bpositive]

2. Wtf

Fu@kin monsters.

[LiberalAndProud]

3. Why why why why why?

Only the youngest boy is biologically related to one of the women; the two other children had been adopted, he said.

[Egnever]

5. Good lord.

[JimDandy]

4. And the 2 female domestic partners were clearly

not lacking for food-in fact one looks obese. Those poor children.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. Two of the three kids were ADOPTED.

"Only the youngest boy is biologically related to one of the women; the two other children had been adopted, he said."

I have very little good to say about foster parenting and adoption.

[Token Republican]

9. Subsidies

A lot of people are not aware that some adoptions bring subsidies. When they work, they help families adopt kids who would otherwise face a life in foster care. But when they fail, some use adopted kids as a means of income, sometimes with horrific results.

I've yet to see a solution to this problem that doesn't affect the good people.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

10. I guess. I think the whole adoption/fostering thing is full of corruption

Even international adoptions are corrupt.

[Iris]

16. "Even international adoptions are corrupt"

Why would they be any less corrupt than domestic adoptions? There's money to be made there.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. EXACTLY! nt

[dsc]

22. so should we end having childen due to the abuse of some children

Do you have any evidence at all that adoptees are more likely to be abused by their adoptive parents than those who are with their natural parents are to be abused by them? If so, then maybe you have a valid point, if not, then we should just sterilize everyone so no children are ever abused again.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

24. No, I simply have witnessed and read books on adoption...

and adoption (particularly international adoption) is filled with huge problems. Foster parenting is a nightmare.

What the solution is, I have no idea, but both situations have big problems.

[Cha]

8. Damn.. :(

[Art_from_Ark]

11. How can anyone do that to kids?

Those poor kids.

[GReedDiamond]

12. "Craig and Deanda are being held on $50,000 bail, according to Monterey County Jail personnel"...

"Craig and Deanda are being held on $50,000 bail, according to Monterey County Jail personnel"...

...this should be a no bail case.

Truly sick and twisted.

[steve2470]

13. I agree nt

[redqueen]

23. +1

They are monsters.

[DeSwiss]

14. Terrible.

- K&R

And yet 20,000 die every day.

While 50% of all food produced in the world is wasted..

What does this tell you? Anything at all?

Are you thinking?

At all?

[snooper2]

19. Christian Jessica Deanda and Eraca Dawn Craig

Pictures of the two pieces of shit - spread far and wide so everyone knows their faces




Eraca Dawn Craig


Christian Jessica Deanda

[Aerows]

25. There are some sick people in this world

Those poor children. Who could do that?

[Ecumenist]

27. I heard about this.... I WAS HORRIFIED to hear this. One of the people who was arrested

is a former LEO and the other is a woman who was a businesswoman who was owned carehomes here in California and New Mexico. Those babies have been described as appearing like Auschwitz survivors. SMDH...