Locked in a coffin, beaten with an iron skillet: The tragedy of an abusive childhood
Kim Strong, York Daily Record
Published
11:23 pm UTC Apr. 4, 2021
Kim Strong, York Daily Record
Published
11:23 pm UTC Apr. 4, 2021
Grace Wild remembers the large metal box her father built in the basement to threaten his children. If they talked to anyone about his abuse, they would be locked in that coffin.
She spent three days in it.
Her father, Eugene Wild, abused his wife so badly that he went to jail for it, and after she died, his 12 children had no one to protect them from his abuse and assaults.
Foster kids starved, beaten and molested, reports show Few caregivers are punished
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In spring 2020, Kristine Cook thought she would finally be reunited with her kids. A year earlier, after a relative had sexually abused three of her four daughters, protective services in Greene County, Mo., had placed her children in foster care. Cook was recovering from a decade of domestic violence and drug, alcohol, and mental health problems, but she said she was still able to care for her daughters. Since then, she has attended therapy, parenting classes, and drug treatment. She was doing everything to prove to the authorities that she was capable of rebuilding her family.
Supporters of San Pasqual Academy rally to fight closure
A person walks toward the front entrance of San Pasqual Academy in Escondido in this 2013 photo.
(Bill Wechter)
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The news last week that San Pasqual Academy would need to close this fall took staff and students by surprise, and by late last week they joined former students and others in a campaign to save the boarding school for foster children.
Citing declining enrollment and recent changes in state and federal law, California regulators notified San Diego County child-welfare officials early this month that they must close the academy by Oct. 1. The Escondido campus
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The news last week that San Pasqual Academy would need to close this fall took staff and students by surprise, and by late last week they joined former students and others in a campaign to save the boarding school for foster children.
Citing declining enrollment and recent changes in state and federal law, California regulators notified San Diego County child-welfare officials early this month that they must close the academy by Oct. 1. The Escondido campus
was the first-in-the-nation residential home for dependents of the Juvenile Court.
A pilot program that had allowed the 20-year-old institution to operate was slated to expire Dec. 31, but state officials told the county earlier this year that the project would be ending even sooner.
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