Bat, Knife, And Belt Used In Torture Of Shackled Teen
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The teen escaped a year of captivity Monday and walked into a fitness center in Tracy, California, bruised and battered, wearing only boxer shorts and with his bloody ankle shackled, police said.Police arrested Caren Ramirez, 43; Kelly Layne Lau, 30; and her husband, Michael Luther Schumacher, 34, in the case. Lau and Ramirez did not enter pleas as they made their first court appearances Thursday. Bail was set at $ 2.2 million each, a court official said.
The boy initially had been removed from his parents' custody in Sacramento, California, by social workers because of abuse and was placed with Ramirez. Police earlier had said that Ramirez was the teen's aunt, but now say she is a family friend.
"He was very dirty. He looked very young, very skinny and was wearing nothing but men's oversized boxers" Leonardo told CNN's Nancy Grace. "He was terrified."
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motherof3sons
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These people need to get life in prison and treated the same way they they treated this boy ... they should feel all the pain, emotional and physical, that they chose to inflict on this helpless kid ! Child Protective Services failed to make sure he was safe after his initial removal from his fathers custody and follow up with him year after year. Even more neglectful of CPS is when they were notified by school staff of believed abuse and did nothing !
He should sue CPS for his continued abuse which started with his father, then the "family friend", then the group home and now this horrible couple ... who did all this in front of their own 4 children. Where's this boys mother ? He has a 19 yr old brother who loves him ... who was caring for this brother all these years ? What will happen to this 17 yr old when turns 18 ? Will CPS wash their hands of him and send him on his way w/out any time or guidance to get an education and develop life skills ? As a mother of 3 sons ages 16, 13, and 7 yrs old, I can't imagine what it was like for this young man minute by minute in total misery. To CPS ... DO YOUR JOB !!! To the abusers ... May you live a long life of physical and emotional pain .... then burn in hell for eternity !!! To the young man ... My heart goes out to you ... I hope you find peace and love !!!! - 1 year ago
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motherof3sons
