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Lighthouse of northwest florida (fka VCA )/ Rebekah / Roloff ) / VCA reality news
« on: February 07, 2005, 03:37:00 PM »
Good job on getting the news out!
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Thayer Learning Center / Thayer Learning Center LAWSUIT--PLEASE READ
« on: February 07, 2005, 03:30:00 PM »
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Thayer Learning Center / Thayer Learning Center LAWSUIT--PLEASE READ
« on: February 07, 2005, 02:33:00 PM »
I found this in today's paper. Very Sad.
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs ... 033/NEWS01
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, Santa Rosa, CA
Boot camp sued in SR teen's death
Suit says Missouri center failed to give prompt, competent medical care, also abused youth
Monday, February 7, 2005
By PAUL PAYNE
and CAROL BENFELL
The parents of a Santa Rosa youth who died at a military-type boot camp in Missouri have filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging the camp denied their son proper medical care.
Roberto Reyes, 15, died Nov. 3, less than two weeks after he was enrolled in the Thayer Learning Center Boot Camp in Kidder, Mo.
Medical examiners said his death was probably the result of a spider or insect bite. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Buchanan County, Mo., alleges that Reyes would have lived if he had received prompt, competent medical care.
"He collapsed. His death was called at the hospital, but he stopped breathing at the school," Kansas City attorney James Thompson, who represents the Reyes family, said last week before the lawsuit was filed. "No one knows when he was bitten."
A Missouri child fatality review panel, made up of state and county officials, reviewed the circumstances of Reyes' death and in December concluded that "earlier medical treatment at the Thayer Learning Center may have prevented this fatality."
Symptoms of Reyes' failing health "would have been present for a significant period of time prior to his death," according to the lawsuit.
The Caldwell County District Attorney's Office and the Missouri Department of Social Services are investigating the death.
The attorney for Thayer Learning Center, Ed Proctor, could not be reached Sunday for comment. He previously told the Kansas City Star that "every child at Thayer has immediate access to medical care at any time."
Aside from inadequate medical care, parents Gracia and Victor Reyes claim their son was dragged, hit, placed into solitary confinement and "forced to lay in his own excrement for extended periods of time."
"Abuse has been alleged by prior employees. The claims are very specific and graphic," Thompson said.
The tops of Reyes' toes were scraped, indicating he might have been dragged. The bottoms of his feet were blistered, as if he had been doing heavy exercise barefoot, Thompson said.
The Reyeses could not be reached for comment about the lawsuit Sunday.
"Their reaction is shock," Thompson told the Kansas City Star on Friday. "As more and more information comes to light, they cannot even comprehend it."
The lawsuit is the latest in a series of complaints against Thayer, which promises to instill discipline in willful young people at a cost of some $50,000 a year.
Former Thayer employees have told investigators that children were required to sit in their own urine, dragged, hog-tied and placed in solitary confinement, Thompson said.
Missouri is home to several teen rehabilitation programs, many of which are drawn to the state because of a lack of regulations.
The fatality review panel also called for new legislation giving juvenile authorities and social service workers greater access to such programs.
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http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs ... 033/NEWS01
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, Santa Rosa, CA
Boot camp sued in SR teen's death
Suit says Missouri center failed to give prompt, competent medical care, also abused youth
Monday, February 7, 2005
By PAUL PAYNE
and CAROL BENFELL
The parents of a Santa Rosa youth who died at a military-type boot camp in Missouri have filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging the camp denied their son proper medical care.
Roberto Reyes, 15, died Nov. 3, less than two weeks after he was enrolled in the Thayer Learning Center Boot Camp in Kidder, Mo.
Medical examiners said his death was probably the result of a spider or insect bite. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Buchanan County, Mo., alleges that Reyes would have lived if he had received prompt, competent medical care.
"He collapsed. His death was called at the hospital, but he stopped breathing at the school," Kansas City attorney James Thompson, who represents the Reyes family, said last week before the lawsuit was filed. "No one knows when he was bitten."
A Missouri child fatality review panel, made up of state and county officials, reviewed the circumstances of Reyes' death and in December concluded that "earlier medical treatment at the Thayer Learning Center may have prevented this fatality."
Symptoms of Reyes' failing health "would have been present for a significant period of time prior to his death," according to the lawsuit.
The Caldwell County District Attorney's Office and the Missouri Department of Social Services are investigating the death.
The attorney for Thayer Learning Center, Ed Proctor, could not be reached Sunday for comment. He previously told the Kansas City Star that "every child at Thayer has immediate access to medical care at any time."
Aside from inadequate medical care, parents Gracia and Victor Reyes claim their son was dragged, hit, placed into solitary confinement and "forced to lay in his own excrement for extended periods of time."
"Abuse has been alleged by prior employees. The claims are very specific and graphic," Thompson said.
The tops of Reyes' toes were scraped, indicating he might have been dragged. The bottoms of his feet were blistered, as if he had been doing heavy exercise barefoot, Thompson said.
The Reyeses could not be reached for comment about the lawsuit Sunday.
"Their reaction is shock," Thompson told the Kansas City Star on Friday. "As more and more information comes to light, they cannot even comprehend it."
The lawsuit is the latest in a series of complaints against Thayer, which promises to instill discipline in willful young people at a cost of some $50,000 a year.
Former Thayer employees have told investigators that children were required to sit in their own urine, dragged, hog-tied and placed in solitary confinement, Thompson said.
Missouri is home to several teen rehabilitation programs, many of which are drawn to the state because of a lack of regulations.
The fatality review panel also called for new legislation giving juvenile authorities and social service workers greater access to such programs.
Get home delivery of The Press Democrat -- the North Bay's news source.
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The Troubled Teen Industry / New Folder for VCA/Victory Christian Academy
« on: January 24, 2005, 04:52:00 PM »
Ginger, I'm not sure if you saw the above post, but I went through and located other VCA related threads for our very own folder.
Thanks again for creating this for us! You rock!
Thanks again for creating this for us! You rock!
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Lighthouse of northwest florida (fka VCA )/ Rebekah / Roloff ) / Lester Roloffs Rebekah Home for Girls Survivors-Cult-mindcon
« on: January 13, 2005, 03:37:00 PM »
You have a very valid point! My parents kept me at Victory for 22+ months, way past when they initially promised I could come home. Most girls stayed past their year. Since communication is so stifled, my parents listened to Mrs P when she recommended that I stay there til graduation. I had been counting down the days til my year and when I got busted 3 weeks before I was to be sent home (buddy, dorm silence, etc.) they let me come home for a visit to california and Houston since they already had the plane tickets, then sent me right back! My aunt wanted to keep me in Houston and not put me on the plane but my mom made her do it. They said if I was good I'd get to come home at Christmas. Christmas came around and they let me come hopme for a week, then sent me back til I graduated. If they had told me from the beginning that I would be there til graduation, my PACES would have been done by my year!
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