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I have so many questions about this! Where was the mother?! Why was this CHILD kicked out of her house? <modsnip: No link to an approved source for information stated as fact> How does this happen?! How does "the system" keep failing so horrendously? And, while I'm not laying blame...

Can I just have a side bar here and see if any of you are reminded of Tommy Lee Jones' character in The Fugitive when Chief D is on the screen?!? If TLJ had white hair and colorful sport coats ... because they sure sound alike! Wonder if we could get him to do a sound byte: "What I want from...

Voluntarily missing or not, the kid is 13/14 years old - not legally able to make that decision! He should be considered missing and in danger. I realize that kids run away all the time, but it seems pretty cavalier to imply, "Well, he wanted to live off the grid, so ... "

I totally get what you're saying, but more than that, we need to teach our sons better! Men: "I'm afraid a woman will laugh at me!" Women: "I'm afraid a man will kill me!" It has always bothered me that the burden is almost always on women - self defense, personal protection, clothing...

It may be that I'm just a weirdo, but I had a couple of knotted hand towels for kittens and puppies to play with and gnaw on. My guess is, he placed the knot strategically over her wind pipe and twisted from behind.

Reminds me of "A Boy Called 'It'." There wasn't, as far as I can recall, a "reason" they abused him, and there were other siblings in the home as well. Evil, as far as I'm concerned, is the only "reason." I hope this child hasn't reached the point of no return, with regards to his nutrition...

Last week, I would have said no. After this gem of an article ... I think we haven't even scratched the surface.

He's attending another school and the (great?)grandfather is worried about having to move. I'm shocked, appalled and disgusted with this entire situation where the school and this family is concerned. But even more so, I'm LIVID that ADHD is being blamed for this awful event. The mother, who...

My son was formally diagnosed at 4. It was not an easy or quick process by any means, but it can and has been done. It took many evaluations, tests and scans. At the end, we were told that if you lined up 100 kids and 100 was your average neuro-typical child, and 1 was "worst case scenario," my...

Could the charges on only her be because the gun belonged to and was registered to her?

RSBM His comment should read: "The job description doesn't entail becoming victims of ANY kind of violence." Because she endured other types as well.

I wonder if the other adults involved in investigating the possession of the gun were afraid to call the police themselves? Fear of getting into trouble by the principal or superintendent? It's easy for me to sit here and say that that is what I'd do, but being faced with that whole tragedy of...

Has anyone searched around the mother's home/area? I want to say that I read where she lives in DC, but I can't remember for certain. If they're suspicious of BOTH parents, I hope they have a parallel investigation going on where she lives. There's been enough time lapse that she could have...

Daaaaang ... that school just threw the counselor right up under the bus!! There were MANY people that missed the signs, not just the counselor.

I am disgusted by the so-called parents of all of these poor kids. And pretty much all of the other adults in their lives. I understand that she blocked them, but you can't tell me that they didn't have common friends that knew where she was. Personally, I hope CPS and the courts refuse ANY of...

I'm curious ... what "else" do you think it is? And who else?

I just listened to the TCG podcast about this little boy and I was horrified!! One thing kept coming back to me ... if the dad was a trucker, that poor child could be anywhere along any route he drove.

From early on, I really felt like we were all being punked. I still feel that way.

How is there not more info floating around than the Amber alert info?!?

Just a side note: I have two sets of friends, both going through the foster/adoption process. The amount of paperwork they had to fill out, the vetting and the hoops they had to high jump through were unbelievable. CPS told them that prospective foster families are required to meet and maintain...