Another WS poster brought this horrid story to my attention. It is appalling. Not only the abuse this baby boy endured but the lack of appropriate response from LE and the different agencies involved, IMO. While agencies are squabbling, there is a baby rapist running free in Louisiana. He/she must be stopped and brought to justice. If this person raped once, they've raped again. As a grandparent, I simply cannot imagine the sheer horror of taking a diaper off my tiny grandson and finding this damage. Surely, surely someone knows more.
And bless these grandparents for being a resource for their little guy. I hope he and they are offered all the services they are entitled to.
Please note that the grandparents' full names are used in this story but I've edited them out for confidentiality for the baby. I'll leave it up to the mods as to whether we can and should include them.
http://www.wdsu.com/r/25909790/detail.html
Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Of Toddler Stalls
Grandparents Want Justice For 2-Year-Old
"SUN, La. -- A Northshore couple is demanding action after their 2-year-old grandson was sexually abused. They claim the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office hasn't done enough to protect the boy, and other children, from a potential predator. And more than six months after the offense, an arrest has yet to be made.
DT and CT said they know that sharing what happened to their grandson makes people uncomfortable. It makes them uncomfortable, too. But they believe they had to come forward so no other child will have his innocence taken away...."
and
"..."He ran up to CT and said, 'PaPa, my hiney hurts. My hiney hurts.' And we were like, 'Why does your hiney hurt?'" DT said. "Never had a problem with changing his diaper. Went to go change his diaper (and) it took two of us to hold him down."
"He just went into hysterics," CT said.
"And when he started that, we knew something was wrong. You just know in your heart," DT said.
With tears in her eyes, DT inspected her grandson.
"He had a big bruise around his butt ... around his rectum," she said. "It was torn, bloody."
A couple of weeks later, blisters and lesions appeared on the boy's genitals and buttocks, which was documented in hospital records. The Ts feared it was herpes. Initial tests were negative, but their family doctor insists there is still a high likelihood that the lesions are due to the herpes virus, so testing will continue...."
and
"....The T family claims there was
not even an open case file at the Sheriff's Department, and they demanded a meeting with the assigned detective and [Deputy Chief] Lyons.
"Their exact words (were), '
The baby is 2 years old. He doesn't know. He can't identify the perpetrator. So there is nothing we can do,' DT said....
more at link
