Children Dead in SE Washington

[barncat]

The woman was mentally ill, and more often than ever before, they are sticking mentally ill out on the streets to live next door to us, expecting them to just take medication for their issues. The new thinking, medication brings a happier life, doesn't necessarily mean they are going to take the medication as directed, go to treatment and follow proper social norms and responsibilities.

I quickly glanced at the various statements made, and granted, they are just random, fact less statements at this point, but in one report, the Social Worker wouldn't just hand over her case file or reports on anything, which I wouldn't either, but I think/feel/suspect that she was just like the 1000's and 1000's of others who are stuck out there to fin for themselves instead of being locked up in a pill distributing environment. This is what your/my tax dollars get sucked up on We basically support a large majority of mental ill people out in society, stuck on extremely high numbered caseloads, give them money, welfare, benefits, medical insurance for them and their children, cross our fingers and hope nobody becomes a victim of their delusions.

Being a nut isn't a crime ya know!! And, Maryland has very few mental health housing options. You have to be WAY out there to get in, not just a potential nut, but pretty much a certified nut.

When she didn’t move, somebody should have been on the horn to check the welfare of everyone, her, the kids, sooner. How in the HELL can 4 dead bodies be up rotting in a house, on the system (welfare/housing/all of it I call the system) and not one effing person say “maybe we should meet with the kids see how they are doing???” I blame the high case numbers, the system in general and the competency of some of those people behind the responsibility. Basically, you get what you pay for and hearing that family actually DID call, I lean more towards some lazy ass person not doing their job.

The system failed those children… Sure the mother is a loon but the system failed, seriously failed, can not sway me to believe otherwise.

After reading more information I agee with you. Everyone's pointing fingers and not wanting to admit blame. We will never know who dropped the ball on this one, but someone surely did.

 

[Pandora]

I got several responses in karma on my prior posting but one I want to address openly here. Part of a comment posted in my karma (name withheld).

The woman would not allow family or city workers to check on the girls. As a nut, she is the only responsilble person here

If she wouldn't let city workers in to check on the girls, there is another option. It is called a police escorted check the welfare. You have the police go into the home with the caseworker who have this authorization. No search warrant is needed and no other grounds for entry are required.

The one thing I have zero tolerance for is laziness. There is a responsibility that goes along with these human services positions and from what I have read and heard, it seems they didn’t use the available resources to the best of their abilities. Nobody should have shrugged their shoulders and given up when they were not allow to check on those children.

Of course she is responsible for what she did here and should be punished to the fullest extent under the law but I also what you to consider something else. This woman was sucking on the tits of governmental services. My money/YOUR money provides the surplus for that to happen. We as taxpayers should be mad that our money is given away so freely and without any follow up process whatsoever. You don't let caseworkers in, then you are not playing by the rules, therefore your funding is cut off immediately, no exceptions, PERIOD.

The mayor is going to have a job, at least one job after this if not more.

 

[LexiGirl75]

I stand corrected. My aunt tells me the crime scene happened in the houses and not the apartment buildings (something about the children only used the back door to leave out) and so I researched it using the google map of the scene given on Fox5's website. So, it's not the same building as my grandmother's but my recollection is that they were all apartment buildings in that particular vicinity of the street. It really doesn't matter but I didn't want to mislead. The two pictures show where my grandma lived and where the crime took place.

My apologies.

Children Dead in SE... 01-12-2008 01:49 AM who cared

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