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GROTON, Conn. (AP) _ The state's medical examiner has ruled thata 2-year-old Groton girl's death was a homicide by drowning.
Death ruled homicide by drowning
10:28 AM EDT, September 19, 2007 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wi...,6479032.story GROTON, Conn. (AP) _ The state's medical examiner has ruled that a 2-year-old Groton girl's death was a homicide by drowning. The ruling was released after an autopsy Tuesday on the body of Treau Bemis, who was found unresponsive in a bathtub Sunday night. State child welfare officials say the girl was living in a house with her aunt, Kimberly Bemis, and her aunt's boyfriend, Craig Betancourt. Betancourt, 32, has been charged with capital felony murder. Police said Betancourt confessed to killing the toddler while baby-sitting her. During Betancourt's arraignment in court Monday, the prosecution described her death as a "cold-blooded murder." Kimberly Bemis has had custody of the girl since a probate judge removed Treau from the custody of her parents late last year because of alleged negligence. State child welfare officials said that Kimberly Bemis filed papers to obtain custody of her niece in probate court in December 2006. The court asked the state Department of Children and Families to conduct an assessment of Bemis' home prior to placing Treau there. State social workers did a routine criminal background check and reported to the court that Betancourt had a criminal record but the charges were related to arrests that were 10 years old and did not involve any violence against people or children, according to Gary Kleeblatt, a DCF spokesman. Kleeblatt said DCF is launching its own investigation into Treau Bemis' death and whether her case was handled properly. Such reviews are mandatory any time a child with an open or recently opened DCF case dies, he said. ___ Information from: The Day, http://www.theday.com CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA 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. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON... 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... |
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