Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > News Items
Julian Youth Academy employee arrested in death of baby
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---A few comments by "StalwartVet" on one of these last two articles from the Record Searchlight lend some insight...
--- End quote ---
Two comments posted by StalwartVet:
StalwartVet writes: November 9, 2011 12:31 a.m.
I personally worked there at Julian Youth Academy close to about a year ago. I knew this women as a coworker and knew her boyfriend pretty well. I understand her stress from working up there and having a baby. They express to you the sort of image you need to portray while employed there. I personally had a baby girl out of wed lock and was told to NEVER let any of the students know of my "sin". For her being so far away from home, renting out a small house way up in the woods, and having only this one job as her source of income. She would have lost it all if she told the truth. I'm not at all saying what she did was right. She is an intelligent adult and should have known that those kind of actions bring about these kind of reactions. I am almost guaranteed that she this sad sad state of affairs came about due to peer pressure.StalwartVet writes: November 9, 2011 1:18 p.m.
in response to DrSeuss:
Julian Youth Academy workers found the baby in a pile of blankets in the staff dorm room, sheriff's logs said. An employee called authorities Sunday to report the find, but the baby was gone when she went to check.
AND
The employee who called authorities reported other employees had said they found the baby Friday evening. The baby appeared not to be fully developed and one of its arms was disfigured, sheriff's logs said.
So others at this facility found/saw the baby on Friday and nobody called authorities until Sunday? What is wrong with the people that saw this little one on Friday? Why didn't THEY call on Friday? Almost makes it look like someone was trying to cover up this whole mess. Could be wrong, but sure looks odd.[/list][/size]That is very possible. If you read my post before this one you will see I was forced to "cover up" the fact I had a baby out of wed lock cause it was considered a "sin" and not a good example to the kids. Even though I was at the time happily married to the mother of my beautiful daughter and still am that didn't matter.[/list][/list]
Ursus:
The Sacramento Bee
Sheriff: Shasta woman neglected newborn to death
The Associated Press
Published: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 - 3:01 pm
Last Modified: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 - 4:02 pm
REDDING, Calif. -- A Shasta County woman faces a possible murder charge after authorities said she neglected her newborn daughter for four days until the baby died.
Sheriff's deputies arrested Jessica Bradford, 23, on Monday after the child's body was found in a dormitory where she lived and worked, The Record Searchlight of Redding reported. The baby had been dead for more than a month.
Bradford worked at the Julian Youth Academy, a boarding school in Whitmore for troubled teens that she once attended.
According to detectives, Bradford gave birth in mid-September without telling anyone, including her boyfriend of three years, that she was pregnant.
"She did not want to tell her boyfriend about the baby because she did not want to affect his life and her life," Sgt. Steve Grashoff said in a statement.
Bradford kept the newborn in a vacant residence on the academy's campus and checked on the newborn occasionally between going to work, socializing and taking at least two road trips to Redding, Grashoff said. Bradford told detectives that she didn't feed the baby but gave her water when she cried, Grashoff said.
After the baby died, Bradford kept the body in a laundry basket for weeks before moving it to a utility closet because she feared that other school employees might see it, detectives said.
An employee found the body under a pile of blankets and called authorities Sunday, but when the employee returned to check on it, it was gone. Deputies responding to the call found the body of the baby, which appeared to have been fully developed at birth.
Academy director Phil Ludwig declined to discuss Bradford's position at the school.
"This had nothing to do with the school," Ludwig told The Record Searchlight. "This was a private residence she rented; it did not directly involve the school in any way."
Bradford was being held on suspicion of murder and willful harm to a child. She has requested a public defender, but one had not yet been appointed.
Bail was set at $1 million.
Copyright © The Sacramento Bee
Ursus:
Comment left for the above article, "Sheriff: Shasta woman neglected newborn to death" (Nov. 9, 2011; Associated Press/Sacramento Bee):
judychapman · 11/09/2011 11:22 PM
She deserves whatever punishment she gets for murdering her baby. You know that abortion is legal. That is much more humane than letting your baby starve to death. Who in the world would want to be with a woman who has murdered her own child.
Copyright © The Sacramento Bee
Oscar:
We have received a comment on our blog as response to this entry:
--- Quote ---California group home: Psyc evaluations of employees needed
The recent discovery of a mummified baby left by one of the employees of a Christian residential treatment facility leaves the question why there is no rules about a mandatory psychological evaluation of people who want to work with vulnerable teenagers.
The Julian Youth Academy has been controversial for some years. An article in LA Times resulted in a massive debate.
The facility took private paid clients and the job consisted in preventing the teenagers from leaving and inform the authorities until the teenagers surrendered to the special Christian belief they taught at the facility.
It is time to demand stricter rules for facilities like Julian Youth Academy. Mandatory background checks and evaluation of the mental conditions should introduced at once.
Otherwise it is only a question of time before the next case hit the frontpages.
--- End quote ---
Comment:
--- Quote ---I could not agree more. I went to this "academy" AKA brainwash facility, and I can tell you that most of the staff are not qualified for such a responsibility of caring for "troubled teens."
It is beyond sad and disturbing what happened recently with Jessica Bradford. She went to the program herself, graduated, came home to go to cosmetology school for a year, and was invited back to be full time staff. She was around 19 years old...
This case has a lot to do with the school, even though the CEO of the program is denying it left and right. Phil Ludwig, CEO of Teen Rescue Inc, shut down the website and also blocked former students on a private facebook page after we asked real and important questions regarding the murder. What is he scared of? Jessica Bradford led a double life, it's time for the program (or I like to call it, jail) to be accountable for this.
Another interesting nugget...the baby was found on November 4 by a fellow staff. Police weren't called until November 6. The director of the program, whom I know personally, claimed "it was around halloween" and suggested that it was thought to be a prank because when they went back to look at what was found, it was gone. Hmmmm...4 days after Halloween? Decaying body in a laundry basket under blankets? Are they serious?
We mourn the death of the innocent deeply and pray that justice will be served to the FULLEST.
I have a lot more to say about this matter. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask. This isn't going anywhere.
--- End quote ---
LizzieH:
Wow! I don't know why people like her is until now living. I pity the poor baby who was so innocent enough just to be killed by an irresponsible parent. I think she was so young for being a mother and for her young age, she was maybe under an alcoholic substance or maybe she's into drugs that time. I hope she pays for what she did.
However, this issue really proves that teenagers nowadays are being so violent. In a recent study of adolescents and young adults, one group of experts has found that by the age of 23, as many as 41 percent of people were imprisoned. These arrests could indicate an increase in criminal behavior, or a willingness of police to arrest younger individuals.
You can read this here: Up to 41 percent of 23 year olds have been arrested at least once
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version