There's A Special Place In Hell For People Like This

From Madison.com: A Madison man and his wife have been arrested for allegedly torturing and starving the man's 15-year-old daughter, who told authorities she was forced to live in the basement of their home on the city's Southeast Side for years.
The girl, who weighs about 70 pounds, told authorities she was forced to drink her urine and eat her feces, according to a police affidavit. She said she was forced to live in the basement of the home at 4609 Treichel St. since about 2006, eating only what she could pick off the floor, find in the laundry or take out of the garbage, and that she has been physically injured by both her father and stepmother.
Chad G. Chritton, 40, and Melinda J. Drabek-Chritton, 42, were being held Tuesday in Dane County Jail. Bail for each was set at $20,000.
Joshua P. Drabek, 18, the girl's stepbrother, also was arrested on an alleged probation violation.
A doctor specializing in child abuse who examined the girl Friday said she suffered from "serial torture with prolonged exposure to definite starvation," Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.
Dr. Barbara Knox of American Family Children's Hospital told police the malnutrition the girl suffered "poses a significant risk of death" and that chronic starvation had caused her puberty to be arrested, the affidavit states. Knox also said that because of the starvation and severe malnutrition, the girl would be at high risk for other disorders and complications that can lead to death.
DeSpain said a passerby notified McFarland police after seeing the girl walking barefoot and wearing only pajamas a few blocks from her home on Feb. 6. Paramedics were called to evaluate the girl, who was taken to a Madison hospital.
According to the affidavit, the girl told authorities she fled the residence because she was afraid "Melinda was going to throw me down the stairs." She said she had been let out of the basement to "clean some papers" for Drabek-Chritton, who became angry because she wasn't doing it fast enough and threatened to throw her down the stairs.

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It is so sad to see stories like this, but there are evil people out in the world who think children have no feelings and can't feel love or pain.  Hopefully, there will be a special place in Hell for these parents.

However, that's not the end of the story as it appears our wonderful government- you know, the those kind and caring government employees.

Further from the Wisconsin State Journal:State probation agents made three visits since mid-December to the house where prosecutors say a 15-year-old girl was tortured, starved and abused by her parents and stepbrother, according to the state Department of Corrections....

In a separate matter, Drabek, 18, had been sentenced Nov. 15 by Dane County Circuit Judge Julie Genovese to three years of probation for having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl in Deerfield.
Drabek was required to wear a state-issued electronic monitoring bracelet as a condition of his probation. Two probation agents conducted a residence assessment on Dec. 13, DOC spokeswoman Linda Eggert said. An agent visited the house to conduct a standard visit on Jan. 10 and Jan. 19.
Residence assessments typically include a thorough on-site inspection of the residence and neighborhood, including a visual inspection of the offender's sleeping quarters, Eggert said. 
It's unclear why evidence of abuse wasn't detected by the agents. Further details of the house assessment and subsequent visits are not available as the DOC conducts investigates whether Drabek violated his probation, Eggert said.
The family also had several contacts with county social workers going back to May 1997. The first case was substantiated, but six other reports of abuse or neglect were either deemed unsubstantiated or did not go through a formal assessment.

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So, the department of Corrections and Dane County Social Services has had contact with the family from hell and they found nothing?

Further, the girl is 15 years old, so where was the school district?  How come they never did any follow up on why she didn't go to school or if she did go to school, why wasn't it noticed that the girl was severely malnourished?  I guess it was just not their job and they didn't want to get involved.

I know, at the school I teach at, and I am also sure it is true at most other Clark County Schools, they do follow ups and they will go to a students house to find out why they are not going to school.  this is for regular and special education students.

So, you have the schools, probation and social workers government workers missing signs of abuse and neglect and will any of them be fired?  Well, since this happened in Wisconsin, where new work rules went into effect, it's possible the probation employees might be fired but because the school and social workers work in local Dane County or the Madison Public Schools, where worker rights come before abused and neglected kids, nothing will happen to these employees.

I just hope that this poor 15 year old child will get enough counselling that she may lead a productive life and for the thug parents and brother, may they rest in Hell for the torture they put this girl through.