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They both have goatees?

Stepmom Accused Of Beating Teen To Death While His Father Allegedly Overlooked Abuse
Gina Tron  Fri, June 4, 2021, 9:50 AM

A California woman is accused of fatally abusing her teen stepson, abuse that the boy's father allegedly ignored.

Officers were called to a home in Pomona on Tuesday after someone called 911 to report that someone required CPR, a Pomona Police Department press release states.

“Upon arrival of both the police department and the Los Angeles County Fire Department the victim was found not breathing,” police wrote.

The victim, a 16-year-old boy, was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“The investigation revealed that the victim had been assaulted by his step-mother immediately prior to needing medical assistance,” police wrote.

The stepmother, 35-year-old Jessica Grajeda, was charged Thursday with murder and multiple counts of child abuse.

Not only is Grajeda accused of killing her stepson on Tuesday, but she’s accused of physically abusing him for a period of time prior. Meanwhile, the boy’s 32-year-old father George Luis Almaraz has been charged with one count of felony child abuse.

Police say that “the victim’s father was aware of the abuse and injuries and had not taken action to stop it or seek medical attention for his son.”

Both parents are still in custody. Police have not released the boys’ name or disclosed exactly how he died.

In addition to the victim, there were five other children in the home whose ages range from 1 to 13. All the children were put into protective custody.

“It does not appear at this time that any of the other children were being physically abused by their parents,” police noted.

It’s not clear if Grajeda or Almaraz have attorneys.

“They wouldn’t let him call me,” Catalina Alvarez, the boy’s mother, who lives out of state, told CBS LA about her slain son. “They told me he didn’t want to talk to me.”

www.yahoo.com/entertainment/stepmom-accused-beating-teen-death-145000760.html

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I'ma post this one here too........... just as a series of "Why we should all care for one another' kinda thing.


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California police arrested two parents who went to a casino hours after their disabled kid starved to death
Yelena Dzhanova Sat, June 5, 2021, 10:29 AM


Two parents were arrested Friday in California after allegedly neglecting their three adopted kids.

One of the kids - 15-year-old Karreon Franks - was disabled and died from starvation, the Oregonian reported.

Just hours after his death, his parents went to a casino.


Two parents from Vancouver, Washington, were arrested Friday in California on suspicion of second-degree murder and homicide by abuse in the death of their adopted disabled son Karreon Franks.

The Oregonian reported that the parents - Jesse Franks and Felicia Adams-Franks - allegedly hit the casino just hours after Karreon died last November.

Police found Karreon and his two younger brothers, who were also adopted, were severely neglected and malnourished by the adoptive parents, the Oregonian reported.

Adams-Franks on November 27 brought Karreon to a Washington hospital, where he died 14 minutes after admission. At the time, the cause of death was identified as pneumonia, according to the Oregonian, but funeral home staff members later said they had "concerns with his appearance," prompting the police to investigate.

In April of this year, a medical examiner said Karreon, who was 15, died of starvation.

According to court records obtained by the Oregonian, the parents neglected their three kids for years. They restricted access to food and abused them, the outlet reported.

Karreon was autistic, blind, and nonverbal, and a social worker said he looked like a "walking skeleton" when she conducted a review of the family home a week ahead of his death, court records say, according to the Oregonian.

The teen's aunt - the kids' biological mother - allegedly tipped off Washington state child welfare agencies about the conditions that the kids were subjected to while living with her sister. She said her sister had deliberately withheld food from Karreon and his two brothers, the Oregonian reported.

Just hours after Karreon died in November, the parents went to a casino. According to police records obtained by the Oregonian, the two lost about $280,000 over the course of their lifetime gambling.

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and the hits keep coming........

A Florida couple has been charged with child neglect after a 21-month-old boy in their care overdosed on cocaine
Mikhaila Friel Sun, June 6, 2021, 5:27 AM


A couple have been charged with child neglect after a boy in their care overdosed on cocaine.

The 21-month-old was found unconscious and not breathing.

It's thought the boy ingested the cocaine while in the care of the couple, inside the home.

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A couple from Venice, Florida, has been charged with child neglect after a 21-month-old boy in their care overdosed on cocaine earlier this year.

Deputies were called to the home of Kaitlyn Van Dorn, 33, and Blake Pavey, 35, on January 8 after the boy was reported to be unconscious and not breathing, the Sarasota County Sheriff's office said in a statement on its website.

Naloxone, designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, was used on the child after it was suspected that he might have consumed narcotics.

"When we get there, the female defendant who's in the home says, 'He put something in his mouth while we were on a walk, I don't know what it was,'" Sarasota County Sheriff's office community affairs director Kaitlyn Perez told Fox News.

"The area is kind of known for narcotics use, so EMF decided to deploy Naloxone three times on the little boy. And, thank God that they did because he regained full consciousness, was awake and really, really alert," Perez added.

The boy was then taken to the hospital for additional testing.

Van Dorn told deputies that the child had been picking up rocks around the neighborhood using a teal bucket, which was later found inside the home containing a silver spoon and tissue - both items consistent with the ingestion of narcotics - according to the statement from the Sheriff's office.

Perez told Fox News that it is now believed that Van Dorn lied about going for a walk with the boy and that the cocaine was ingested inside the home.

"Then, we looked through video at different houses and businesses nearby to see what time she went on the walk. Did we see where the child picked something up? None of it ever happened. She never went on a walk. We're 100% certain on that," Perez said. "So, we're confident that he ingested the cocaine inside the house at some point."

It took several months for the Sheriff's office to obtain the child's hospital records, which confirmed he had overdosed on cocaine, according to the official statement.