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没有一个孩子超过45磅或4英尺. 惨哪.
送交者: 大胖球 2003年10月28日17:32:15 于 [新 大 陆] 发送悄悄话

这对骗钱的夫妇该下地狱.他们的骗子弟弟也是该死. 人间怎么有这种混蛋呢.
新泽西的官僚真是可恨呀. 让我们一起高呼, 打倒kinch, 打倒青锋, 打倒吃人的社会, 救救孩子.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/10/27/neglected.brothers/index.html

None weighed more than 45 pounds; none taller than 4 feet
"We have done a lot and still, we have folks who don't get it," Harris said. "And if they don't get it, they're going to have to leave outta here."

The New Jersey couple who adopted the boys was arrested Friday, two weeks after Collingswood Police found their four emaciated adopted sons, the Camden County prosecutors office said.

Raymond Jackson, 50, and his wife Vanessa, 48, have been charged with four counts of aggravated assault and 14 counts of child endangerment.

The four sons had been starved to the point where none of them weighed more than 45 pounds, said Camden County Prosecutor Vincent Sarubbi.

"The children were extremely emaciated," Sarubbi said. "They were gaunt, they had distended stomachs, you could clearly see the outline of their shoulder blades and their ribs."

Colleen Maguire, special deputy commissioner of New Jersey Children's Services, which oversees DYFS, said she visited the children over the weekend at the hospital. She said doctors believe "that with the appropriate care the kids will grow and develop."

Sarubbi said in a news conference Monday all four of the boys had gained between five and seven pounds as of last Friday.

Maguire said state officials are considering an ongoing assessment policy for children approved for adoption as well as other measures to improve the division.

The investigation began October 10, when the Jacksons' neighbor contacted Collingswood police to report someone rummaging through trash cans for food. When they found Bruce Jackson, 19, police said he was so malnourished they thought he was 10 years old.

Police then found three more boys, ages 14, 10 and 9, at the Jacksons' home. Believing them to be malnourished, they took the four children to a hospital.

Prosecutors said Bruce weighed just 45 pounds, his 14-year-old brother weighed 40 pounds, the 10-year-old weighed 28 pounds and the 9-year-old weighed just 23 pounds.

None of them, prosecutors said, stood taller than 4 feet.

Entrances to the Jacksons' kitchen were locked, authorities allege, and the boys survived on a diet of uncooked pancake batter and oatmeal.

"We've found evidence, and the boys have also told us, that they were eating portions of the wall and the insulation behind it," Sarubbi said.

The Jackson family received a stipend from the state for their adopted children that peaked at around $28,000 a year. It was reduced last year when Bruce turned 18.

A DYFS case worker visited the Jacksons every month over the past two years to ????uate whether the Jacksons could adopt a 10-year-old foster daughter. The case worker never reported the boys' severe malnutrition and has since resigned, state officials said.

Raymond Jackson's brother reportedly defended him and said he provided adequate care for the brothers.

"It has nothing to do with being neglected," he told The Newark Star-Ledger. "They were born with drug addiction and eating disorders. As long as I've known these kids, they've never grown. They've provided everything for them."

However, Sarubbi said doctors examined the children and concluded that "they didn't suffer from any diseases or any genetic defects that would account for their stunted growth."

In addition to caseworkers not reporting the condition of the Jackson children, DYFS officials also failed to notice the youths when a safety assessment of all children in the agency's care was conducted as part of a landmark settlement with the child advocacy group Children's Rights.

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