I've been periodically checking to see when Jeanette Maples' parents' trial is planned. She was the young teen who was brutally tortured to death last year. I found a bit of an update here in a commentary in the Eugene, OR newspaper. They discuss the Maples case but also mention a case I'd never heard of--that of Kirk Garrison of Waldport.
OK, I live in Oregon--about 150 miles from Waldport. My whole life revolves around adoption and now foster care. I am good friends with case workers and attorneys working in the system. I'm also very attuned to news stories concerning the abuse of children (especially children with special needs) AND I'm an Oregon taxpayer. Why in heck did I not know this? This really hit me broadsides.
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cm...32573-46/foster-garrison-abuse-county-dhs.csp (part 1)
http://special.registerguard.com/turin/2010/nov/22/breaking-down-the-breakdowns/ (part 2)
Foster dad found the perfect prey
In a Waldport [OR] home, according to Lincoln County Circuit Judge Thomas Branford, foster children were given not love but rape and sodomy and sexual abuse
".....Kirk Garrison Sr., a 48-year-old Waldport man to whose home the state sent more than 100 foster children between 1996 and 2006, was sentenced this summer to 44½ years in state prison.
A Lincoln County jury convicted Garrison of repeatedly raping, sodomizing and sexually abusing two of his adopted foster children a developmentally disabled daughter and a son and sexually abusing two of his other foster children.
Garrisons trial in Newport lasted 11 weeks, from March to June, one of the longest trials in Lincoln County history...."
and
"....With virtually no media attention, the case of the 48-year-old Garrison apparently fell under the radar of the states top child welfare officials, despite his trial in Newport this past spring lasting 11 weeks. He was convicted and sentenced in July to 44½ years in prison for raping, sodomizing and sexually abusing an adopted son and daughter between 2002 and 2006...."
more at link (Excellent commentary and investigative reporting, IMO. I highly recommend it for all those in Oregon and anyone in child welfare)
Here's some more info:
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=23546&page=72
I answered my own question. The Oregonian (from Portland), the Statesman Journal (of Salem, our capitol and home of DHS), nor the Register Guard (of Eugene) failed to carry the story. That is appalling to me. This was the longest trial EVER in Lincoln County. Many children were affected. Why would our state's three largest newspapers not carry the story? I would never think to check the tiny Newport News Times. Very very worrisome.
Well, Mr. Garrison is no longer "under the radar". His sorry name is on WS. Shame on him.
OK, I live in Oregon--about 150 miles from Waldport. My whole life revolves around adoption and now foster care. I am good friends with case workers and attorneys working in the system. I'm also very attuned to news stories concerning the abuse of children (especially children with special needs) AND I'm an Oregon taxpayer. Why in heck did I not know this? This really hit me broadsides.
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cm...32573-46/foster-garrison-abuse-county-dhs.csp (part 1)
http://special.registerguard.com/turin/2010/nov/22/breaking-down-the-breakdowns/ (part 2)
Foster dad found the perfect prey
In a Waldport [OR] home, according to Lincoln County Circuit Judge Thomas Branford, foster children were given not love but rape and sodomy and sexual abuse
".....Kirk Garrison Sr., a 48-year-old Waldport man to whose home the state sent more than 100 foster children between 1996 and 2006, was sentenced this summer to 44½ years in state prison.
A Lincoln County jury convicted Garrison of repeatedly raping, sodomizing and sexually abusing two of his adopted foster children a developmentally disabled daughter and a son and sexually abusing two of his other foster children.
Garrisons trial in Newport lasted 11 weeks, from March to June, one of the longest trials in Lincoln County history...."
and
"....With virtually no media attention, the case of the 48-year-old Garrison apparently fell under the radar of the states top child welfare officials, despite his trial in Newport this past spring lasting 11 weeks. He was convicted and sentenced in July to 44½ years in prison for raping, sodomizing and sexually abusing an adopted son and daughter between 2002 and 2006...."
more at link (Excellent commentary and investigative reporting, IMO. I highly recommend it for all those in Oregon and anyone in child welfare)
Here's some more info:
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=23546&page=72
I answered my own question. The Oregonian (from Portland), the Statesman Journal (of Salem, our capitol and home of DHS), nor the Register Guard (of Eugene) failed to carry the story. That is appalling to me. This was the longest trial EVER in Lincoln County. Many children were affected. Why would our state's three largest newspapers not carry the story? I would never think to check the tiny Newport News Times. Very very worrisome.
Well, Mr. Garrison is no longer "under the radar". His sorry name is on WS. Shame on him.