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« on: October 08, 2013, 11:10:07 AM »


http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20131008/US-Malnourished-Boys/

Parents of malnourished boys due in court

DENVER (AP) — A Denver couple accused of starving their four sons and keeping them in squalid conditions are due in court to face charges Tuesday morning.

Wayne Sperling and Lorinda Bailey have each been charged with four counts of felony child abuse

The boys are 2, 4, 5 and 6. An affidavit says they weren't toilet trained, had no schooling and spoke in "their own language" of grunts to each other.
 
Authorities found the children living in a residence full of cat and human feces, urine, and flies. All have been placed in protective care.
 

OMG!  I don't even know what to say.  How can this happen?  Before we start issuing new legislation, we need to take care of making sure the innocent children are taken care of.  We need to enforce the laws we already have to protect them before we start with more unfunded and underfunded laws.  These children didn't have their basic needs taken care of.

My heart goes out to all of these children!

God please take care of our little ones.  We are not doing such a good job of it ourselves.  Help our babies!

        

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« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2014, 02:37:39 PM »

 

http://www.wfaa.com/news/national/241640641.html
Parents of boys in filthy home plead not guilty
January 23, 2014

DENVER (AP) — Two parents accused of neglecting their four young boys and keeping them in a filthy Denver apartment pleaded not guilty to felony child abuse charges on Thursday.
Wayne Sperling, 66, and Lorinda Bailey, 36, arrived separately for their arraignments and sat in different rows as they waited for their case to be called. They stood before the judge, separated by their two lawyers, and they did not speak to each other during the hearing. They declined to comment as they left.
The boys, ages 2 to 6, were removed from their home in October after an emergency room doctor asked social services to check on the family after Bailey took her youngest son to the hospital for a cut on his forehead. The doctor noticed that the boy was unwashed, smelled like cigarette smoke and had bruising behind an ear consistent with pinching.
Court documents say the apartment was found to be filled with cat feces and flies and that the children could communicate only in grunts, were malnourished and weren't toilet trained. Doctors couldn't find any medical records at all for the 5-year-old.
Sperling told investigators he was the primary guardian for the boys. Lorinda Bailey said she was living in another apartment in the same building but saw the boys most days.
Neighbors have said they previously called social services with concerns about the family, but the agency has refused to discuss that or its previous involvement with the family, citing confidentiality reasons.
Sperling and Bailey have lost custody of other children amid similar allegations.
 

Sperling and Bailey pleaded guilty in June 2007 to misdemeanor child abuse and lost custody of their three oldest children. In addition, a baby they were expecting at the time and another child who followed were taken care of temporarily by a foster family before being returned. They later had two more sons. Those four children are the ones they're now accused of abusing.
The case is not headed to trial anytime soon. Defense attorneys and prosecutors expect a number of motions to be filed and will discuss them at a hearing scheduled for April 18.
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2014, 10:20:00 AM »



http://www.wfaa.com/news/national/241640641.html
Parents of boys in filthy home plead not guilty
January 23, 2014

DENVER (AP) — Two parents accused of neglecting their four young boys and keeping them in a filthy Denver apartment pleaded not guilty to felony child abuse charges on Thursday.
Wayne Sperling, 66, and Lorinda Bailey, 36, arrived separately for their arraignments and sat in different rows as they waited for their case to be called. They stood before the judge, separated by their two lawyers, and they did not speak to each other during the hearing. They declined to comment as they left.
The boys, ages 2 to 6, were removed from their home in October after an emergency room doctor asked social services to check on the family after Bailey took her youngest son to the hospital for a cut on his forehead. The doctor noticed that the boy was unwashed, smelled like cigarette smoke and had bruising behind an ear consistent with pinching.
Court documents say the apartment was found to be filled with cat feces and flies and that the children could communicate only in grunts, were malnourished and weren't toilet trained. Doctors couldn't find any medical records at all for the 5-year-old.
Sperling told investigators he was the primary guardian for the boys. Lorinda Bailey said she was living in another apartment in the same building but saw the boys most days.
Neighbors have said they previously called social services with concerns about the family, but the agency has refused to discuss that or its previous involvement with the family, citing confidentiality reasons.
Sperling and Bailey have lost custody of other children amid similar allegations.
 

Sperling and Bailey pleaded guilty in June 2007 to misdemeanor child abuse and lost custody of their three oldest children. In addition, a baby they were expecting at the time and another child who followed were taken care of temporarily by a foster family before being returned. They later had two more sons. Those four children are the ones they're now accused of abusing.
The case is not headed to trial anytime soon. Defense attorneys and prosecutors expect a number of motions to be filed and will discuss them at a hearing scheduled for April 18.

these poor children . . . I just pray foster care is being good to them!
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