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CPS Being Investigated For Kalamazoo River Intentional Drowning
44-year-old Ineza McClinton drove her car into the Kalamazoo river on purpose. It was a tragic choice, with heartbreaking results. But what made it even worse, was the fact that her 9-year-old twin daughters, Angel and Faith, were in the car with her, unable to escape. Unlike their cousins, who had been dropped off at…
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Family Suing CPS For Threatening Neglect Charges After Adopted Son Says he’ll Kill Them! (Pt 2)
If you follow our blog, or read the local news, then you’re probably already familiar with this story – we talked about it last week in an article that outlined what one Detroit family is up against with CPS. Greg and Tonya Burnett’s adoptive son, Alex, after the initial ‘honeymoon’ year with the family was…
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Detroit Family Suing CPS For Threatening Neglect Charges After Adopted Son Says He’ll Kill Them! (Pt 1)
Every foster and adoptive parent who takes on a child coming out of an abusive background, knows that there will be challenges. Kids coming out of abusive and neglectful homes have psychological and emotional damages they have to overcome before being able to settle into any kind of “normal” routine. But some damage is lasting,…
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Mom Charged With Abuse For “Unnecessary Medical Treatments”! (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about a case that’s unfolding right now in our neighboring state of Wisconsin regarding a mother who is accused of abusing her daughter by subjecting her to unnecessary and invasive surgical procedures. In essence, it’s a classic case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, or that’s…
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Mom Charged With Abuse For “Unneccessary Medical Treatments”! (Pt 1)
Actual cases of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, where a parent is accused of seeking or administering unnecessary medical treatments to a child to get attention are incredibly rare. That’s not to say that they don’t happen, just that they don’t happen very often. So when medical staff claim that a parent (usually the mom) is…
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Mom of Dead Baby Has Prior CPS Record, But no Agency Workers Held Accountable!
Jackson Farrey was born in El Paso. He died that same year, not even a year old, and simply disappeared. His parents, Jenna and Jeffery Farrey, also disappeared around the same time, but they resurfaced later here in Escanaba, Michigan, where they set up home with their son Blake. No one questioned anything, until baby…
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Baby Found Alive Beside Dead Parents in Hotel Room in Michigan
One of the gripes people seem to have with CPS in Michigan is their inability to get it right when making decisions about which kids are at risk and which kids aren’t. They will fight a loving parent tooth and nail, sometimes for years, trying to remove a child who’s in no danger, but on…
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How The Opioid Crisis Affects Michigan’s Children, And Our Child Welfare System
Every year in the United States, about 80 deaths are reported as a result of tornadoes. About 17 people are killed by hurricanes, and lightning causes an average of 55 fatalities annually. But when it comes to opioid abuse, the numbers are staggering. No less than 42,000 people lose their lives every year to opioid…
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Accident or Neglectful Parenting? What Happens When a Child Goes Missing?
Whenever a child goes missing in the movies, the story tends to focus on the frantic manhunt, and the relief parents experience when the child is finally found. Which makes sense, because that’s what parents and loved ones are experiencing when a kid turns up missing. At first it’s all denial and horror and anxiety,…
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Should Michigan Child Abuse Laws Change For Cases Involving Vulnerable Children?
When a person is convicted of abusing or neglecting a child in Michigan, there are rather specific sentencing ranges that Judges have to use when sentencing them to prison. First Degree Child Abuse can be punished by up to life in prison, but Fourth Degree Child Abuse is only a misdemeanor, and doesn’t get more…
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