While I am sure his brother loves him, I am not sure that it is a good idea for Kyle to live with anyone other than accountable adults for a long time now. He is going to have to be monitored, go through extensive counseling, and has a long road ahead him. You have to stop the cycle in his head. Poor fella.
I totally agree with you, SeriouslySearching.
Austin is only 19 years old. He lives with his girlfriend and does not have a job. Frankly, I don't think there is
ANY 19 year old boy who would be capable of responsibly, and lovingly parenting a 16 year old who will be struggling to recover from such severe torture.
I would hope that Austin could become a huge part of Kyle's life -- but as a loved/trusted brother, NOT a parent.
Austin has been away from the abuse for only 3 years, himself. IMO, Kyle needs a great deal more love, understanding and guidance than a 19 year old boy and his girlfriend can give him. Granting custody of Kyle to Austin would be unwise, and unfair to
BOTH boys.
Ideally, Kyle needs two extremely compassionate parents who have been extensively TRAINED in dealing with severely abused children. With all the publicity about Kyle's lifelong abuse, I am hoping that the CPS organizations involved will have at least a few genuinely caring parents willing to take on the monumental task.
Furthermore, it's quite possible that Kyle has suffered sexual abuse. The published search warrant listed a gross
'sex toy' that was recovered from the floor near the table to which Kyle was often chained.
When I first heard of this atrocious torture my immediate reaction was that drugs - sex - child *advertiser censored*, (or all three) were also involved. I cannot imagine how Caren from Citrus Heights and Kelly from Tracy would become longtime house buddies through a mutual friend unless the friend was their drug source.
Supposedly, Caren's only source of income was her approximate $800 per month SSI check -- hardly enough to rent a dumpy one bedroom apartment in Tracy. What else was she offering the Schumachers?
When Caren skipped out on her probation requirements around the same time Kyle
'ran away' from his foster group home, Caren should have been tracked down through the SSI checks she was continuing to receive.
I'm not surprised no one bothered. Child abusers and tortured children have never been very important in our
look-the-other-way-society.
Kelly Lau claimed she was afraid of 5 foot tall 98 pound Caren and that's why she too abused Kyle. She was very surprised to learn that Black Caren was not blond-blue-eyed-Kyle's biological mother. That's ALL total baloney! All three of these adults are sadistic monsters from Hell!
IMO, there is waaay more to this tragedy than what's been reported. Since the judge has ordered an extensive gag order, we won't hear more details until the trial. It could be years before a trial begins. This is California, after all.
I know all of us extend our very biggest heartfelt best wishes to both Kyle and brother Austin.
How terrible that Anthony Walters is a local youth football coach.