15 Year Old Runs From Island View

[Deborah]

Police search for missing Missouri teen
By Rebecca Palmer
Deseret Morning News
Published: Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 12:24 a.m. MST
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Syracuse police and the FBI in two states are looking for a 15-year-old Missouri girl who was supposed to show up at the Salt Lake City International Airport on Oct. 27.

Emily Graeber, 15, was headed to the Island View Residential Treatment Center in Syracuse when she disappeared. She had been visiting home on leave from the program.

Police have evidence that Graeber's boarding pass was scanned, and they found her baggage but cannot find her. They believe she may have tried to run away, said Syracuse Police Lt. Tracy Jensen.

Graeber's debit card hasn't been used in the two weeks she has been missing, Jensen said.

"We have nothing definite to say she didn't get on the plane," Jensen said. "We just don't know."

FBI detectives are going through about 120 hours of airport security video taken in Salt Lake City and St. Louis in an attempt to get new leads in the case.

They are also talking with teens being treated at the Island View center in hopes that Graeber told them about her plans.

Island View is part of the Aspen Education Group, which owns and operates facilities throughout Utah and in other Western states. Graeber's disappearance is the latest in a series of problems for the company.

On June 27, a 15-year-old California boy died while in the care of a Draper-based Aspen facility. He was sent to bed and given only over-the-counter drugs despite painful bowel and stomach programs. By morning, he had died.

In April of 2007, a boy hanged himself in a Loa-based Aspen facility. Three years before, a 16-year-old teen hanged himself in the Syracuse program.

Police are seeking information from Missouri and Salt Lake residents in the recent disappearance. They believe the girl may be traveling with a companion. Anyone who has seen Graeber is asked to call Syracuse police at 801-825-4400.



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[Deborah]

Teenager disappears after getting on a plane to Salt Lake City
Reported by: Jill Atwood
Last Update: 11/08 7:11 pm  
11/8/07 - Teen disappears from Salt Lake City flight

Teen Disappears from flight to Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (ABC 4 News) - A troubled teenager got on a plane in Saint Louis, heading to Salt Lake City, but turned up missing.

Emily Graeber went home for a visit to Missouri. She's a resident at a Syracuse youth facility. Her boarding pass was scanned by Southwest Airlines in Missouri. Her luggage made it to Utah, but where is Emily?

That's the question to be mulled over by the FBI and police both in Utah and in St. Louis, as they scour airport surveillance tapes, and talk to Southwest Airlines employees.

Emily Graeber is a patient at Island View Residential Treatment Center in Syracuse. She has a history of behavioral problems and running away.

Dr. Jared Balmer says Graeber's therapy was going fairly well, but “I guess something triggered in her mind that said I’m not going back.â€

[Deborah]

http://www.ksdk.com/video/default.aspx?aid=62328&bw=

[Anonymous]

Wonder what the next "step" was for this 15 year old girl?  Return to her own community and school or was she bound for some other program? Odd that she'd want to take her chances on the run with just two months to go but I know other kids on home visits have attempted the same thing.  Sure hope wherever she is, she is okay.

[Deborah]

http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?p=187405#187405
Interesting that I found this site. Anyways, I was at Island View for 13 months from Aug 99- Sep 00. Though I hated my stay there it did do some good for me, I�??m graduating from college this year and attending a graduate program in Psych oddly enough. Despite the positives I received from this program I still have nightmares almost every night where I wake up in that fucking building. For spring break in 2004 I drove from Colorado to southern California and decided to make a quick pit stop in good ole Syracuse UT. Upon arriving in the parking lot I had to get out and puke. Fuck that place, I never wish anyone to have the experiences that I had in attendance. If any of yall remember Tony I am still in contact with him, he abandoned IV soon after I left the program to start up his own.

Speaking of which...
I managed to get in contact with a few of the people
Lets see....

Blake: killed him self 6 months after graduation
Sean: Jail
Mike: Jail
Greg: Jail
Porter: went home for a visit on halloween of 99, did an Extacy binge at a halloween rave.
(all of the above were considered model residents)

Great Program guys, real high success rate.

I also remember that they had me on so many psychotropic that I couldn�??t think half of the time. It was like I was stuck in a shell of a body and was unable to feel anything. Upon graduation I got off of those drugs ASAP and have been doing fine ever since.

Out of all of the people in the program I would have to say fuck the staff the most, Fuck Kendall, fuck Sherry. I remember once Kenall threw me in that room because we were on 'unit arrest' or what ever it was called because I thanked him for the food he brought me. His justification was that I spoke when we were told to not speak. I got pretty angry about that and asked him "Why are you being so fucking rude?" he picked me up and threw me into wall and told the staff the reason why my head was bleeding was because I did it to myself. ( I was admitted for drugs mostly, but no self mutalation) As a result of this more staff was called in. They held me down and gave me a injection of thorezine and I woke up the next day with bruises on my head. I told my therapist at the time, but he didnt belive me.

Despite the EXTREME negative experiance I had in Utah, I will admitt that there was some good to it. My grades did improve, I got into a good undergrad program and a good grad program, and for the most part I cut down on drugs (I only drink now but Im 22 and that aint illegal). The folks in charge of the IV program seriously because it does have some great potential.

PS
another thing that pissed me off is when my parents tried to convince me that what they did was harder on them that it was on me, that is bull shit. To any parent reading this thread: I understand it is difficult to send your child away, belive me I do (I currently work for a non-prof at risk adolecent program, and I see parents send thier children away quite frequently). You cannot possibly imagine what your child goes through in these programs. For the most part I think everyone whom has attened one of these programs will tell you that it did in fact scar them in some way for the rest of their life. for me, it is the nightmares, I can deal with that. Some people however cannot, my friend Blake for example, have you ever been to a funeral for a 17 year old kid who committed suicide by eating a bottle of the very drug that was prescribed to him by IV? Im willing to bet not. Also to any kid that just got out of that program and is spouting out the usuall RTC high that people tend to get post graduation, wait a year when the nightmares of returning dont go away and then tell me that IV had no adverse side effects.[ This Message was edited by: JFriedlander on 2006-04-12 03:55 ]

[Deborah]

Stettler confirmed Aspen's reputation, saying, "They've had a pretty spotless record."
    Three of four recent deaths at Utah treatment programs, however, happened at Aspen facilities: Blum's and two suicides; one in July 2004 at Island View Academy in Syracuse, and another in April at Aspen Achievement Academy of Loa.

[TheWho]

Teenager disappears after getting on a plane to Salt Lake City
Reported by: Jill Atwood
Last Update: 11/08 7:11 pm  
11/8/07 - Teen disappears from Salt Lake City flight

Teen Disappears from flight to Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (ABC 4 News) - A troubled teenager got on a plane in Saint Louis, heading to Salt Lake City, but turned up missing.

Emily Graeber went home for a visit to Missouri. She's a resident at a Syracuse youth facility. Her boarding pass was scanned by Southwest Airlines in Missouri. Her luggage made it to Utah, but where is Emily?

That's the question to be mulled over by the FBI and police both in Utah and in St. Louis, as they scour airport surveillance tapes, and talk to Southwest Airlines employees.

Emily Graeber is a patient at Island View Residential Treatment Center in Syracuse. She has a history of behavioral problems and running away.

Dr. Jared Balmer says Graeber's therapy was going fairly well, but “I guess something triggered in her mind that said I’m not going back.â€

[Anonymous]

Absolutely horrible, I feel for her and her whole family.  Hopefully she turns up soon and she did this on her own and wasn’t taken by someone.

Although I am not a fan of using escort services, occurrences like these sure make a good argument for using them.  At least the child would be safe, I guess.
Lets just pray this all turns okay for them.



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And hey Who....

[Anonymous]

Sounds like she had something worked out in advance.

C'mon Emily. Let's hope you told no one. Let's hope you're many miles out of there by now.

EMILY - IF YOU ARE READING THIS -

DO NOT attempt to contact your parents until you are over the age of 18!

DO NOT reveal yourself to ANYONE you cannot absolutely trust - THIS INCLUDES ALL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DID NOT HELP YOU ESCAPE - in any way!

DO NOT use your real name if at all possible.

CHANGE YOUR APPEARANCE as much as you can.

LEAVE THE COUNTRY if at all possible!

Assume that your parents WILL send you back to that hellhole if at all possible.

YOU ARE BEING TRACKED BY THE FEDS. Find a new hiding spot if the person hiding you ever showed up with you on any security camera. Don't even let HIM know where you go.

TO THE FBI: Fucking investigate Island View itself while you're at it, huh?

(Shades of Anne Frank...)

[TheWho]

Hmmm... Bain Capital.  I did a quick google search and wala:::::::::::::::::::

http://http://www.baincapital.com/





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[Anonymous]

Quoting for top-of-page.

Sounds like she had something worked out in advance.

C'mon Emily. Let's hope you told no one. Let's hope you're many miles out of there by now.

EMILY - IF YOU ARE READING THIS -

DO NOT attempt to contact your parents until you are over the age of 18!

DO NOT reveal yourself to ANYONE you cannot absolutely trust - THIS INCLUDES ALL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DID NOT HELP YOU ESCAPE - in any way!

DO NOT use your real name if at all possible.

CHANGE YOUR APPEARANCE as much as you can.

LEAVE THE COUNTRY if at all possible!

Assume that your parents WILL send you back to that hellhole if at all possible.

YOU ARE BEING TRACKED BY THE FEDS. Find a new hiding spot if the person hiding you ever showed up with you on any security camera. Don't even let HIM know where you go.

TO THE FBI: Fucking investigate Island View itself while you're at it, huh?

(Shades of Anne Frank...)

[TheWho]

I have read these posts about Islandview and how horrible you were treated, but Islandview is one of the best treatment places around. There are places that actually abuse children, such as Tranquility Bay in Jamaica. Although I admit Islandview was filled with some of the lowest times in my life, I learned a lot from there. You can't expect this one place you are at for a year or less to completely change your thought. If you went to this program, only half invested, then that is all you will get out of it. I had the hardest time getting over the fact that my "freedom" was taken away, but what "freedom" did I reall have? Before Islandview I was trapped within my negative self, that I couldn't talk myself out of. Would I ever want to go to Islandview Again? No!! Did I hate being there? Yes!! But I can't deny that the program didn't help me, because It truly did. I am a more mature person and I now have the chance to give myself the future I deserve.

Found this on another thread

[Anonymous]

And it's shill bullshit, almost certainly not written by any actual inmate. Why bother reposting it, Who? Not even you can seriously believe that at this point.

It galls me that even here, where your mistreatment has forced a girl to run away, you'll still keep spewing the same crap.

[TheWho]

I have read these posts about Islandview and how horrible you were treated, but Islandview is one of the best treatment places around. There are places that actually abuse children, such as Tranquility Bay in Jamaica. Although I admit Islandview was filled with some of the lowest times in my life, I learned a lot from there. You can't expect this one place you are at for a year or less to completely change your thought. If you went to this program, only half invested, then that is all you will get out of it. I had the hardest time getting over the fact that my "freedom" was taken away, but what "freedom" did I reall have? Before Islandview I was trapped within my negative self, that I couldn't talk myself out of. Would I ever want to go to Islandview Again? No!! Did I hate being there? Yes!! But I can't deny that the program didn't help me, because It truly did. I am a more mature person and I now have the chance to give myself the future I deserve.

Why does everyone constantly disrespect survivors here on fornits by disbelieving their stories.  We should let the kids talk and get an understanding of their side of it.

[Anonymous]

Quoting for top-of-page.

Sounds like she had something worked out in advance.

C'mon Emily. Let's hope you told no one. Let's hope you're many miles out of there by now.

EMILY - IF YOU ARE READING THIS -

DO NOT attempt to contact your parents until you are over the age of 18!

DO NOT reveal yourself to ANYONE you cannot absolutely trust - THIS INCLUDES ALL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DID NOT HELP YOU ESCAPE - in any way!

DO NOT use your real name if at all possible.

CHANGE YOUR APPEARANCE as much as you can.

LEAVE THE COUNTRY if at all possible!

Assume that your parents WILL send you back to that hellhole if at all possible.

YOU ARE BEING TRACKED BY THE FEDS. Find a new hiding spot if the person hiding you ever showed up with you on any security camera. Don't even let HIM know where you go.

TO THE FBI: Fucking investigate Island View itself while you're at it, huh?

(Shades of Anne Frank...)

She will never read this. You should re-evaluiate the advice you give, even though nobody important will read it, it's wrong and can get people hurt or worse. Not that you care, that much is obvious.