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John Bacon, USA TODAY November 17, 2013 A social services supervisor and a nurse face child abuse charges after an 11 year old North Carolina boy was found handcuffed to a porch, shivering, with a dead chicken around his neck, Union County authorities say. Sheriff Eddie Cathey told USA TODAY the child was discovered Friday in frigid temperatures after neighbors complained about animals running loose at the home outside Monroe. Cathey said a deputy began interviewing Dorian Lee Harper, an emergency room nurse and the boy's foster parent, about the boy when another child opened the door and released several dogs that chased the deputy away. More deputies arrived and searched the home, finding five children, ages 14, 13, 11, 9 and 8. Harper and Wanda Sue Larson, both 57, had adopted four of the children and had been fostering the fifth, the child handcuffed to the porch, Cathey said. Larson is a supervisor with the Union County Department of Social Services. Cathey said his deputies had a good working relationship with Larson — and that both suspects were well-respected in their professions. "It's shocking to see how they lived," Cathey said. "The conditions were horrible. Trash, filth, animals and animal waste inside and outside the home. You could barely breathe inside that house." All the children were taken into custody by a social services department from a neighboring county, Cathey said. Both parents are charged with intentional child abuse, inflicting serious injury, false imprisonment and cruelty to animals. Larson also is charged with willful failure to discharge her duty as a public official. Harper's bail was set to $500,000, Larson's at $525,000. Both face hearings Monday. "This investigation has only just begun," Cathey said. "We are fortunate that we were called. Sooner or later, this situation could have ended in a child's death." Photo of creeps: Union County, NC Sheriff's Office" />Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
John Bacon, USA TODAY November 17, 2013 A social services supervisor and a nurse face child abuse charges after an 11 year old North Carolina boy was found handcuffed to a porch, shivering, with a dead chicken around his neck, Union County authorities say. Sheriff Eddie Cathey told USA TODAY the child was discovered Friday in frigid temperatures after neighbors complained about animals running loose at the home outside Monroe. Cathey said a deputy began interviewing Dorian Lee Harper, an emergency room nurse and the boy's foster parent, about the boy when another child opened the door and released several dogs that chased the deputy away. More deputies arrived and searched the home, finding five children, ages 14, 13, 11, 9 and 8. Harper and Wanda Sue Larson, both 57, had adopted four of the children and had been fostering the fifth, the child handcuffed to the porch, Cathey said. Larson is a supervisor with the Union County Department of Social Services. Cathey said his deputies had a good working relationship with Larson — and that both suspects were well-respected in their professions. "It's shocking to see how they lived," Cathey said. "The conditions were horrible. Trash, filth, animals and animal waste inside and outside the home. You could barely breathe inside that house." All the children were taken into custody by a social services department from a neighboring county, Cathey said. Both parents are charged with intentional child abuse, inflicting serious injury, false imprisonment and cruelty to animals. Larson also is charged with willful failure to discharge her duty as a public official. Harper's bail was set to $500,000, Larson's at $525,000. Both face hearings Monday. "This investigation has only just begun," Cathey said. "We are fortunate that we were called. Sooner or later, this situation could have ended in a child's death." Photo of creeps: Union County, NC Sheriff's Office" /> |
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Beedy eyed, small-brained bozos
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Poor kids. What is up with the chicken?
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11-18-2013, 03:12 AM
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Bad enough that they abused these children and animals, but add to that they worked in social services?!?!?!?! Hang them up by their tender bits and leave them to rot in the elements!!
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Do you notice how many of these child abusers/killers resemble each other? Creepy! |
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I have two thoughts, based on nothing. Just guesses. It is either some redneck ritual or what was supposed to be a meal for the child. I thought of, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?," for the second one. "Blanche, you didn't eat your din din!" |
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11-18-2013, 01:29 PM
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I don't get why people adopt kids and then abuse them and neglect them. Like what is the point in going threw all that shit to adopt to just end up like these idiots.  |
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11-18-2013, 02:17 PM
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Because in many cases, you can get supplemental income by fostering/adopting children. They become ways for the adopters to make money without working, as well as having little slaves to boss around. It's a badly broken system. |
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A meal? Ack.
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11-18-2013, 08:43 PM
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This is surely one way as of how to create a serial killer.
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