MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS ERICA PARSONS DIED FROM HOMICIDAL VIOLENCE

[Judi Lynn]

Source: WWAY News

By WWAY News -January 10, 2018 3:29 PM



It's been more than six years since Rowan County teenager Erica Parsons was last seen alive.
(Photo: WSOC)

ROWAN COUNTY, NC (WSOC) Its been more than six years since Rowan County teenager Erica Parsons was last seen alive, and following the release of her heartbreaking autopsy report, the district attorney is one step closer to filing charges against her adoptive parents.

The Rowan County Sheriffs Office told Channel 9 that Ericas adoptive parents, Sandy and Casey Parsons, will likely face new criminal charges but that it could take months.

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According to the report, which was released Tuesday, Erica was tortured and malnourished, and suffered through beatings that were so horrific they broke her bones. The medical examiner discovered she had broken and fractured bones from her face to her fingers.

The report also said Erica was choked, thrown, forced to sleep in a closet and eat dog food and was beaten with a belt buckle.



Read more: https://www.wwaytv3.com/2018/01/10/medical-examiner-says-erica-parsons-died-from-homicidal-violence/

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Detailed story published after the child's body was discovered:

Missing nearly five years, Erica Parsons found buried in rural S.C.
BY MARK WASHBURN

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 08:32 PM

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 05:11 PM

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article105048256.html

(I felt it's necessary to share this information with anyone who is concerned about how all this could happen to one helpless child with absolutely nowhere to turn. Something must be done, somehow, to make life more possible for people in this child's situation.)



Sandy (husband) and Casey Parsons

[sheshe2]

1. ...

[moriah]

2. I saw she had more stereotypical facial features than either of my siblings...

... both of whom have fetal alcohol syndrome, I Googled... and it looks like part of the reason she was able to be abused and it not be discovered was that despite her documented intellectual disabilities, NC homeschooling law allowed her to have nearly no supervision from authorities.

https://petroleusesletter.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/homeschool-disability-and-homicide-the-story-of-erica-parsons/

Erica Lynn Parsons was born on February 24, 1998 in Moorseville, North Carolina, to Carolyn Parsons and Billy Dean Goodman. Carolyn did not feel she could adequately care for Erica, along with her three other children, and Billy Dean Goodman had serious problems with substance abuse and was regularly in trouble with the law up to his recent death in January 2016 from natural causes.Wary of putting Erica in foster care, Carolyn instead agreed to have her ex-husband Steve Parsons’ brother Sandy, and his wife Casey, adopt Erika in 2000. Erica was born with disabilities, including hearing loss, which was discovered when she briefly attended public school. Based on her features and reports of intellectual disability, it is likely that Erica also had Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. According to the Charlotte Observer, Sandy and Casey Parsons received federal money to assist with Erica’s disabilities. They also received money from the state to care for her due to her status as adopted. For unknown reasons, Casey, Erica’s adoptive mother, pulled the child from public school when she was little and registered her home as a “Christian Homeschool”. Due to the limited laws in North Carolina that govern homeschool regulations, it was not difficult for Casey to establish a homeschool at her rural home outside of Salisbury.

Erica was likely not educated at this homeschool, and certainly was not accommodated for her disabilities. Instead, she was routinely abused, starved and neglected up to her disappearance, often kept in a closet and fed dog food. Federal testimony from family members and those who knew the Parsons indicate that Erica was left out of family activities, and that her adoptive mother hated her and said she wanted to kill her. Casey Parsons’ sister, Robin Ashley, testified in court that Casey “couldn’t stand the sight” of Erica’s face, refused to let Erica call her “Mom”, and admitted to assaulting her. According to Robin, Erica reminded Casey of Carolyn Parsons, whom she did not like, and told Robin she was afraid she might lose control and kill her.

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The abuse inflicted on Erica by her parents escalated to homicide, as we now know, but for years, no one outside the family was aware that Erica was missing, including her biological mother. After she was finally reported missing by her brother Jamie in 2013, law enforcement looked into her disappearance. Jamie reported to police that he had not seen Erica since 2011. Casey and Sandy maintained that Erica’s biological Grandmother Irene “Nan” Goodman had taken Erica to live with her in Asheville, and all was well. The FBI were not able to find evidence that Nan existed. There was no Irene in the Goodman family, as relatives from that side reported.

Since Erica was homeschooled, that was one way in which her disappearance was kept hidden. North Carolina homeschool law does not require the state to make sure that children in homeschools are necessarily being educated, treated well, or accommodated for their disability.

Poor little angel. My two siblings found loving homes in NC's foster care system and were adopted by the same family. I admit we, too, were afraid of what could happen to them in foster care, but at least there's *some* form of home study, supervision, and a hearing before adoption...

[lunasun]

3. Let's get them in jail. Throw away the key. I also cannot believe the lax

way the state handles homeschooling

[shenmue]

4. ...

[GaryCnf]

5. ...

[MontanaMama]

6. RIP baby girl.

[iluvtennis]

7. Yes, rest in peace sweetie, rest in peace.

[sprinkleeninow]

8. Unspeakable.

'Little Sparrow,
Blessed Be Your +Memory Eternal+.'

[JI7]

9. fucking scum

[ET Awful]

10. Reminds me strongly of the Sylvia Likens case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sylvia_Likens

[Midnight Writer]

11. Wonder who they voted for? Sorry, but my first thought when I saw the photos.

[lunasun]

12. Yes probably deplorable in many ways . Inhumane and threatening