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Toddler physically, possibly sexually abused; Family holds ChildProtective Services [CPS] responsible... |
Toddler physically, possibly sexually abused; Family holds Child
Protective Services [CPS] responsible...
http://www.kget.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=845d854c-851c-4044-b6aa-a76db3f426aa
BAKERSFIELD - A Tehachapi family is outraged Friday night after finding
bruises on their little girl when she was returned to them from a foster
home.
The 2-year-old toddler was placed with her grandmother earlier this week
after Child Protective Services found bruising on the girl during a
foster home visit last week.
The grandmother said the toddler was emaciated, bruised, her head shaved
bald, and possibly sexually abused.
We want to warn you, some of the pictures may be graphic.
“I couldn’t even think,” said Heather Yeck, the toddler’s mother. “I was
in shock. I couldn’t even cry. I was just sick.”
Yeck is talking about her reaction after seeing these pictures of her
daughter taken by her grandmother, bruised from head-to-toe and also in
areas we can’t show you.
“She was totally black and blue,” said Cynthia Miller, grandmother.
“Underneath her diaper and her ankles and her legs were covered with
bruises.”
Her grandmother said the 2-year-old should not have been taken away in
the first place. A Tehachapi Sheriff’s detective took the toddler away
from her parents in late January and placed her in the hands of Child
Protective Services when a thin fracture in the leg was found after she
tripped over a wire—an indication of abuse in the past, but not so
anymore. She reads a report from a county doctor.
“This is a very common accidental fracture in toddlers, and may occur
even with an apparently minor fall and twist of the tibia,” the report
stated.
The girl is staying with her grandmother now, and even though it has
been a few days, you can still see remnants of her bruising but it’s
nothing compared to the condition she came in with that Tuesday afternoon.
Her parents are furious.
“These people say they’re supposed to be Child Protective Services? And
they take away my little girl because she falls on a little carpet strip
and get a little spiral fracture which is really common,” said Sonny
Wright, stepfather. “But they try to say we’re dangerous, we’re
neglecting our kids, yet when we get her back, she’s not even the same
little girl.”
“All I want to say is I want justice for my baby,” said Yeck, mother. “I
want someone to suffer for this just as she has.”
We tried to get CPS’ side of the story, but they declined an on-camera
interview and a statement, citing that they were prohibited by national
laws from discussing the case. They did say over the phone a social
worker checked on Savannah weekly, CPS discovered and reported the
injuries during a visit last Thursday and acted immediately when
injuries were discovered, and they are conducting their own
investigation into what occurred at the foster home.
Bakersfield Police are also investigating the case.
The foster home was local.
BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEIR
"FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
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