I know very little about adoption processes. Don't they do a complete investigation of the homes they are sending these children to? Does anyone know if this "mother" was the only parent on the adoption documents? I have seen no mention of any.
Sounds like they did more investigation of the biological grandma than the person they gave custody to. Strange.
It's been almost a year, and they just did this? No results that we know of, even nearly two months after the fast track. I am sorry, but I am going to go back to what someone said early on. If this was a white child, no way would he be backburner like this for either media or LE. I am currently following the Abby Williams/Libby German case. The families haven't done a lot of media there, but the media (including national), LE, social media and WS are all over that case. This child? I am a native Arizonan, and I can find only a few media links.
Initially, I was suspicious of the mother, but I could see some of her statements being plausible. I have an autistic son who has "escaped" off and on since he was 7 or 8. He would often leave in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep. He would quickly figure out all locks and alarms we tried. The only fix was for an adult to sleep with him, so that's what we did. When I would call 911 for help, I would always tell them that this was not unheard of for him.
But, then, I thought more. I always called 911, not a non-emergency line. His autism diagnosis was one of the first things I told them. His reason for leaving was that he wanted to "go on an adventure", not that he was hungry.
The thing that hurts the most is that she didn't even show up to the custody hearing. If you loved these kids, including Jesse, wouldn't you fight? Even if you felt you might lose?
I also have sympathy for someone who struggles to pay for daycare, but DES will help with that. And why the hell did the state adopt them out to someone who couldn't provide, especially when the biological grandma has a job? Did the grandmother try to cover for the biological mom in some way, such as the hindering prosecution charges suggest she might be prone to? I don't get why she didn't have visitation. Anyway, it makes me furious at my state all over again. If we cared about children here, maybe our state agencies wouldn't have so failed these kids, especially Jesse.
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