Dead and abandoned kids
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Wow...
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriff-childs-remains-abandoned-siblings-found-home-80766354
The skeletal remains of a child, and three surviving siblings who appear to have been abandoned, were found inside an apartment in the Houston area, a sheriff said.
One of the children, a 15-year-old, called the Harris County Sheriff's Office on Sunday afternoon and told authorities that his 9-year-old brother had been dead for a year and the body was inside the apartment, the office said in a statement.
Deputies responded and found the teen, and two other siblings ages 10 and 7, living alone in the apartment, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters. The other child's skeletal remains were also located.
“It appears that the remains had been there for an extended period of time. And I emphasize extended,” Gonzalez said.
The sheriff said it also appeared that the surviving children were “fending for each other,” with the oldest sibling caring for the younger two. It was unclear whether any of the kids were attending school.
The younger children appeared to be malnourished and had physical injuries, the statement said. All three siblings were taken to a hospital to be assessed and treated.
The mother of the children and her boyfriend were later located, authorities said. Both were being questioned.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Years ago, the state of Louisiana wanted to sterilize any woman on welfare who had her second baby while on the dole, if her first child had been on the state's nickel, too.
Louisiana lost that case in SCOTUS.
I'm not sure the judges were right.
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Amazing...
Woman Killed, Buried Newborn So Her Family Wouldn't Be Mad
A woman who had been keeping her pregnancy a secret from her family has been charged with killing her newborn child last fall, according to police in Leyden Township.
Authorities said Alvory C. Chavez Ramos, 23, suffocated her newborn son and buried him in the backyard of her home sometime between Oct. 31 and Nov. 30, according to medical examiner records.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Chavez Ramos gave birth in a bathtub in her family home and covered the child's mouth and nose to prevent relatives from hearing the baby cry and getting mad at her.
When the baby stopped moving, Chavez Ramos put him in a plastic bag and buried him in the backyard, officials said.
Police did not discover the child's remains until May of 2021 when an autopsy confirmed the child's cause of death was suffocation. DNA tests later proved Chavez Ramos was the boy's mother, leading to the 23-year-old's arrest Saturday.
Police did not immediately respond to questions on how the newborn's remains were discovered.
According to police, Chavez Ramos hid her pregnancy from family because "she did not want them to be angry with her," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
