ZoriahNZ
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There's a detail here, that is possibly being misreported. It might be a good idea to contact the newspapers involved if they got their facts wrong:
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article208704089.html
I'd presumed this was a typo and meant to be "step-mom". But now the local fox outlet (who appears to be regurgitating the Wichita Eagle article) has used the word "biological" mother.
http://fox4kc.com/2018/04/16/new-details-emerge-about-missing-5-year-old-kansas-boy/
Most likely this is a mistake because it has been clearly stated by both EG and JO in the original article JO had not seen Lucas since Dec. So how would she be the one reporting back to the school nurse about injuries incurred while in EG's custody on Jan 22? It doesn't make sense.
I've seen people bring this up elsewhere on SM. If this is an error, it needs to be corrected before more people make the wrong assumptions.
Jan. 22, 2018: Lucas came to Beech Elementary School with nine abrasions and bruises, according to an interview of the school nurse by a DCF social worker on Feb. 20, three days after his stepmother reported him missing.
Lucas and his mother said he had fallen off monkey bars, but the school nurse said, “It looked like he had been in a fight.”
The nurse measured the abrasions or bruises on his left elbow, right knee, forehead, left upper eyelid, left eyebrow, left cheek, right eyelid, right cheek and nose. The bruises on his cheek and right eyelid were swelling. The largest injury — the scrape on his nose — was about 3 inches long.
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article208704089.html
I'd presumed this was a typo and meant to be "step-mom". But now the local fox outlet (who appears to be regurgitating the Wichita Eagle article) has used the word "biological" mother.
The next month, Lucas arrived at Beech Elementary School with nine cuts and bruises, according to an interview with the school nurse by a DCF social worker on Feb. 20, three days after he went missing. Lucas and his biological mother said he fell off monkey bars, but the school nurse said, “It looked like he had been in a fight.”
http://fox4kc.com/2018/04/16/new-details-emerge-about-missing-5-year-old-kansas-boy/
Most likely this is a mistake because it has been clearly stated by both EG and JO in the original article JO had not seen Lucas since Dec. So how would she be the one reporting back to the school nurse about injuries incurred while in EG's custody on Jan 22? It doesn't make sense.
I've seen people bring this up elsewhere on SM. If this is an error, it needs to be corrected before more people make the wrong assumptions.