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Parents Behaving Badly

May 12th, 2007

Jon Phillips and Sarah Berry Starve Child to Death: Seven-Year-Old Weighed only 30 Pounds

Jon Phillips, 26, and Sarah Berry, 21, were arrested in the death of a seven-year-old boy and are being charged with first degree murder.
Paramedics were called in to resuscitate the boy who was in cardiac arrest. He later died at the hospital.  Police told reporters that the boy weighed about 30 pounds and appeared to be malnourished. […]

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January 15th, 2007

Foster Mom Joyce Luvern Burks Allegedly Let Girl Die While Washing Blood-Stained Blanket

Today’s horror comes courtesy of Sinthyia. Straight outta DeSoto, Texas, we give you 41-year-old Joyce Luvern Burks, whose 4-year-old foster daughter, Katherine Frances, died after a vicious beating from Burks’ 14-year-old son that left Katherine with a fractured skull and brain damage, among other injuries.
Police were disgusted to learn that Burks might have […]

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December 1st, 2006

Sheriff Testifies at Michael and Sharen Gravelle Trial about Child Cages

Thanks again to mgraber for this update in the case of Michael and Sharen Gravelle, the beautiful people charged with keeping their 11 special-needs foster kids locked in cages. You know, because God hadn’t been cruel enough to these kids already. This morning, Huron County Sheriff Dick Sutherland took the stand and described why the […]

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September 13th, 2006

Foster Parents Indicted a Year after Baby Dies

More tales of Foster Parents Behaving Badly, I’m afraid. This case brings with it some serious questions about why it’s taken the district attorney’s office so long to file charges. Emily Mays died in Tucson, Arizona on August 24th, after being brought to the hospital with brunt force trauma to the head. Doctors said immediately […]

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September 7th, 2006

Foster Child Marcus Fiesel’s Murdering Parents Indicted

You’ll remember the heart-rending story of Marcus Fiesel, the poor three-year-old boy who was stored in a closet like merchandise for two days while his so-called "foster parents" attended a family reunion out of state. Today’s news reports that the fosters, Liz and David Carroll, have been indicted on charges of murder and kidnapping for […]

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January 4th, 2006

Gravelles Willing To Give Up Kids’ Cages

It’s been a while since my last post, and I thought that coming back to PBB would be a challenge, but once again the Gravelles have helped a brother out!
You remember Michael and Sharon Gravelle, the foster parents who loved their kids so much that they gave them nice safe cages to sleep in. Let […]

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