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Custody Move, Then Death
Girl's Drowning Ruled Homicide; Parents Had Lost Custody To Aunt

By COLIN POITRAS | Courant Staff Writer
September 19, 2007

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...0,629112.story


GROTON - A 2-year-old girl found drowned in her aunt's bathtub Sunday
had been temporarily placed in the relative's home because of concerns
about her parents' ability to properly care for her, sources said Tuesday.

Treau Bemis died of asphyxiation due to submersion in water, according
to autopsy results provided by the chief state's medical examiner on
Tuesday. The manner of death was given as homicide.

Craig Betancourt, the 32-year-old boyfriend of Treau's paternal aunt,
Kimberly Ann Bemis, was charged Monday with murder and capital felony.
The latter charge relates to the killing of a child under 16. If
convicted, Betancourt could face the death penalty.

Betancourt, a cook at a Groton fast-food restaurant who lived with Bemis
at 164 High Rock Road, was believed to have been babysitting the child
while Bemis worked at her job at the casinos, sources said.

Betancourt called police about 10:20 p.m. Sunday night to report the
unconscious child and later confessed to the killing, police said. He
could not post $3 million bail and was being held pending an appearance
in Superior Court in New London on Oct. 9.

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.

Those arrests included a felony reckless endangerment charge in 1995, a
minor larceny charge in 1996 and a charge of failing to appear in court
in 1995, sources said. The endangerment charge is believed to have
involved Betancourt firing an air gun, sources said. State workers also
reported that neither Betancourt nor Kimberly Bemis had any prior
charges of child abuse or neglect, Kleeblatt said.

Based on the DCF report, the probate judge granted temporary custody of
Treau to Kimberly Bemis in March of this year, Kleeblatt said.

In June of this year however, DCF investigated a report of neglect
regarding Treau and her mother. The Day of New London identified the
child's parents as Loretta Stollar-Bemis and Timothy Bemis. The
allegations are believed to have included Stollar-Bemis' arrest on a
charge of driving while intoxicated with children in her car, sources said.

That case remained open at the time of Treau's death.

Timothy Bemis on Tuesday said he has hired a lawyer regarding Treau's
death and has been advised not to discuss the matter.

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.

Contact Colin Poitras at .






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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