Post by daisy on Mar 28, 2006 7:49:32 GMT -5
tipster noticed caged children in visit
wakeman, ohio - the caller to huron county job and family services last month had an incredible, disturbing story to tell:
during a sales call at a clarksfield township home, he said he had seen a little girl kept inside a homemade cage.
the mid-august phone call triggered an investigation that led huron county authorities to remove 11 special-needs children from the home of their adoptive parents.
inside the two-story house owned by michael and sharen gravelle, nine of the children slept in boxes fashioned from wooden slats and wire netting. some had mats or blankets to lie on, others had nothing, investigators said yesterday.
imagine a dog kennel, only not stainless steel but wood, sheriff's lt. randy sommers said. "none was big enough for a child to stand in."
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wakeman, ohio - the caller to huron county job and family services last month had an incredible, disturbing story to tell:
during a sales call at a clarksfield township home, he said he had seen a little girl kept inside a homemade cage.
the mid-august phone call triggered an investigation that led huron county authorities to remove 11 special-needs children from the home of their adoptive parents.
inside the two-story house owned by michael and sharen gravelle, nine of the children slept in boxes fashioned from wooden slats and wire netting. some had mats or blankets to lie on, others had nothing, investigators said yesterday.
imagine a dog kennel, only not stainless steel but wood, sheriff's lt. randy sommers said. "none was big enough for a child to stand in."
toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050914/NEWS03/509140459/-1/NEWS