The Stories Continue to Come - Our Youth Are Being Failed By A Flawed System
The stories continue to come forward in the news every single day!! Child after child dying at the hands of the ones who are supposed to protect them!!
Here is a variety of stories that I am sharing all resulting in the death of an innocent child. How can this be?
3 year old Ke’Torrius left in a hot car by a DHR worker?
9 year old Melina Frattolin killed by her own father while on vacation?
Florida Griffeth family charged with horrendous abuse of foster children - keeping them in cages and abusing them repeatedly?
Out of Arizona a Six week old baby beaten to death by his own father because he wouldnt stop crying!
This has to stop. We need to step up and be more active and aware of what is happening with our youth. Ask the questions!
If you see something — Say something.
We need to hold the care and protection of our children to a higher standard. Why are we not??? That is the big question.
Please take a moment and read these tragic stories, and remember as you step forward to be more aware and continue to educate yourself on
the reality of what is happening all around us.
God Bless these children.
Lisa Zarcone
Author - Advocate - Public Speaker - CASA Advocate - MA National Ambassador for Naasca
Boy Dies After Being Left in Hot Car While in Child Services' Custody
A 3-year-old boy died in a hot car in Birmingham, Ala., on Tuesday, July 22
Ke'Torrius Starkes, Jr. had been in the care of the Department of Human Resources
"The very system that is in place for his protection was the system that led to his death," his parents' attorney, Courtney French, tells PEOPLE
Cause of Death Revealed for Melina Frattolin, 9, as Father Faces Charges
A preliminary autopsy revealed that 9-year-old Melina Frattolin died from asphyxia due to drowning and her death has been ruled a homicide
Melina was found dead on Sunday, July 20 in Ticonderoga, N.Y., after her father falsely reported her missing during a vacation from Montreal, Canada
Her father, Luciano Frattolin, has since been charged with her murder and concealment of a corpse
On Sunday, July 20, hours after officials issued an Amber Alert for Melina, state police said that she was found dead in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The girl was initially reported missing on the night of Saturday, July 19, by her father, 45-year-old Luciano Frattolin, who said he believed his daughter had been kidnapped.
Florida Family Arrested for Alleged Child Abuse of Adopted Children