State admits Bones found on the grounds of state-run institutionfor mentally disabled people belong to a teenager who disappeared more thanfour years ago...

State admits bones found at Marianna center belong to teen
The Associated Press

http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/76201.html

MARIANNA, Fla. --
Bones found on the grounds of state-run institution for mentally
disabled people belong to a teenager who disappeared more than four
years ago, and officials plan to apologize to his parents for the
uncertainty over his whereabouts.

Franklin Weekley, a severely mentally disabled 18-year-old with a
seizure disorder and a history of difficult behavior, vanished from
Sunland Training Center in Marianna on Dec. 6, 2002 - the day after he
suffered a cut to his ear while being physically restrained by workers.

Nearly two years later, contractors found human remains in a basement in
a building on Sunland property. Franklin's underwear was found near the
bones, and a medical examiner concluded teeth found on the site matched
the teen's dental records.

Despite the evidence, state lawyers, faced with a possible lawsuit,
refused to formally acknowledge the bones belonged to the teen.
Meanwhile, his parents, also mentally disabled, held out hope that their
son was alive.

Now, state officials are admitting they know the bones' DNA pointed to
Weekley.

"I'm glad they found out it was definitely him," Eddie Weekley,
Franklin's father, told The Miami Herald. "It made me feel better. But,
there is still a bad hurt there, knowing we will never see my son again."

Jane Johnson, head of the state Agency for Persons with Disabilities,
and Bob Butterworth, secretary of the Department of Children & Families,
will meet next week with Weekley and the teen's mother, Charlotte
Williams, to apologize in person, spokeswoman Erin Geraghty said Saturday.

The agency heads also offered to settle a 3-year-old lawsuit filed by
Weekley and Williams, and mediation is set to begin next week.

"The intention on the part of the two secretaries is to apologize to the
Weekleys for their loss, and emphatically apologize for taking so long
for the state to make not only an admission, but also to offer regrets
for what happened," said George Sheldon, DCF's assistant secretary for
operations. "They want to bring as much closure to the family as they
possibly can."

Artie Shimek, the parents' attorney, calls the meeting with the agency
heads "a step in the right direction," but says the parents want to know
what exactly happened to their son.

Sheldon told the newspaper his agency heads will do everything possible
to provide the family an accounting of Franklin's last days.









CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.

BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...