| gardenia 2004-08-31, 10:06 pm |
| would you like to come down to galveston and talk with Rick's friends and
co-workers? its the talk of the campus and the community... also, check
out channel 13's website.. there's posts from her neighbors and his
neighbors friends and co-workers
windswept wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
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> "cal" <cal1360@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2phn43Fl0nr8U1@uni-berlin.de...
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> A friend of the family and the boys attorney were interviewed this
> morning. It takes a lot to get a kid to shoot a parent - if you think
> about it. The attorney is well known here in Houston and not a
> shyster type. He has done some preliminary investigation and
> interviews and what he has come up with so far is a history of abuse
> complaints to CPS and police which were ignored and police
> investigators who counted on CPS's information to make their
> determination - not unusual in Harris County. He has also talked at
> length with the boy. What the family friend said was the boy was very
> upset because the father was turning his attention to the younger boy
> and the older one thought that the younger one would be safe if he
> would take the abuse. The neighbor's have reported screaming rages by
> the father. There was allegedly both physical and sexual abuse. The
> 10 year old child had been on prosac for some time. He is presently
> in custody - the attorney was not called until late Sunday night and
> he was not able to move things along to get him out yesterday - the
> next hearing will not be for 10 working days - detention hearings are
> spaced 10 days apart for juveniles in Harris County.
>
> I'll post and let you know what I hear - the person who interviewed
> the attorney and family friend this morning is trying to get an
> interview with CPS - I doubt that he will be able to. I have a
> couple of friends who work for CPS and I will probably see them next
> weekend - they don't work in the investigation end of it, but they
> may have heard some agency gossip.
>
> I can tell you there are two divisions in Harris County where payoffs
> have been known take place, one is probate court and the other is
> family court. Something was dreadfully wrong for this boy to be on
> Prosac - I'm sure more will shake out about this story one way or the
> other in the next few days here.
>
> It seemed to me that there had to be more going on here than just a
> divorce - apparently there was..... or maybe its all made up, but I
> have a funny feeling its not. I hope they clear away all the smoke
> and the answer becomes clear.
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