MT - James Hurley, 12, tortured to death, W. Yellowstone, Feb 2020 grandparents & uncle arrested #1

[Trudie]

The place you reference is a group home located at 426 South 26th St in Billings, named for Ted Lechner, a longtime juvenile officer and judge.
The place you are looking for is sometimes called the "Yellowstone County Youth Services Center: located at 217 North 27th St. Ted Lechner was the driving force behind it's creation, but it is not named after him. There are other facilities for housing youth offenders at that address, but I do not know their names. The entire top floor of the Yellowstone County Courthouse is devoted to youth detention facilities, while the entire floor below is deliberately kept vacant. Neither floor can be accessed by public elevators or stairways, and one of those floors cannot be accessed from the other. It provides utmost privacy, yet at the same time provides residents breathtaking panoramic views of Billiings and the entire Yellowstone Valley. IMO

Seems like the juvenile facility in a Billings is shrouded in secrecy.......
Tysm @Dave F.

 

[Trudie]

1437325164
Yellowstone County Youth Services Center (YELLOWSTONE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES CENTER) is a behavioral health agency in Billings, Montana. The NPI Number for Yellowstone County Youth Services Center is 1437325164. Behavioral health centers are responsible for assuring the delivery of community based mental health, mental retardation, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services to individuals with those disabilities.

The current location address for Yellowstone County Youth Services Center is 217 N 27th St, , Billings, Montana and the contact number is 406-256-6825 and fax number is 406-294-0967. The mailing address for Yellowstone County Youth Services Center is Po Box 30856, , Billings, Montana - 59107-0856 (mailing address contact number - 406-256-6825).
Yellowstone County Youth Services Center in Billings, Montana - Behavioral Health Agency Address and Contact

@Dave F. Evidently Billings prefers not calling the facility a “detention center” for whatever reason. It is all but impossible to find info about it.

 

[Trudie]

LOOK! This is a MUST Read

A West Yellowstone grandmother charged in the death of her 12-year-old grandson told investigators that her own children learned to beat and torture the boy by watching her, new documents filed in the case Thursday reveal. Prosecutors said the death penalty is a possibility for the grandmother.

Prosecutors detail allegations in 12-year-old's torture, death

 

[Trudie]

More from above link

Those details include a neighbor’s claim that Batts, Sasser III and Alex’s 18-year-old aunt beat and dragged Alex back to their home on Buffalo Drive near Hebgen Lake after Alex tried running away in December.

An investigation uncovered videos of family members and Roush torturing Alex at the home, where Alex’s aunt and 6-year-old uncle also live, court documents allege.

Batts told detectives the family recorded Alex to use as evidence when they took him to “get help.” Batts said Alex needed mental help.

Batts said she pulled Alex out of school in September to homeschool him after he got in trouble for groping a girl, according to charging documents. Batts struggled with the task and said she would make Alex do jumping jacks and “wall sits” if she caught him not doing his school work. Batts forced Alex to stand in front of fans half naked and squirted water at him. She told detectives, “That’s what they do with cats, right?” court documents say.

 

[Trudie]

So, @mickey2942 is PB trying to protect #3? Or as I suggested earlier, did #3 learn said abuse from his mom?
Notice “children”, plural”. Why why why is Madison not incarcerated?

 

[shotgun09]

No words right now...

 

[Dave F.]

1437325164
Yellowstone County Youth Services Center (YELLOWSTONE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES CENTER) is a behavioral health agency in Billings, Montana. The NPI Number for Yellowstone County Youth Services Center is 1437325164. Behavioral health centers are responsible for assuring the delivery of community based mental health, mental retardation, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services to individuals with those disabilities.

The current location address for Yellowstone County Youth Services Center is 217 N 27th St, , Billings, Montana and the contact number is 406-256-6825 and fax number is 406-294-0967. The mailing address for Yellowstone County Youth Services Center is Po Box 30856, , Billings, Montana - 59107-0856 (mailing address contact number - 406-256-6825).
Yellowstone County Youth Services Center in Billings, Montana - Behavioral Health Agency Address and Contact

@Dave F. Evidently Billings prefers not calling the facility a “detention center” for whatever reason. It is all but impossible to find info about it.

This picture is seventeen years old, but the background gives a good view of what a portion of the facility is like. This is most likely the area holding JSIII.
County youth center lays off 2 employees

 

[Trudie]

And

This picture is seventeen years old, but the background gives a good view of what a portion of the facility is like. This is most likely the area holding JSIII.
County youth center lays off 2 employees

Lol newer info can’t be found. Tysm!

 

[Trudie]

No words right now...

ditto! And she MUST get the DP. Moo
How I wish she had taken the video to a doctor....maybe Alex would be here. Imagine the horror any person viewing her videos would feel?

 

[shotgun09]

Money was involved, or poor Alex would have been sent home. Monster woman! " That's what they do with cats"

 

[Trudie]

More from above link

Those details include a neighbor’s claim that Batts, Sasser III and Alex’s 18-year-old aunt beat and dragged Alex back to their home on Buffalo Drive near Hebgen Lake after Alex tried running away in December.

An investigation uncovered videos of family members and Roush torturing Alex at the home, where Alex’s aunt and 6-year-old uncle also live, court documents allege.

Batts told detectives the family recorded Alex to use as evidence when they took him to “get help.” Batts said Alex needed mental help.

Batts said she pulled Alex out of school in September to homeschool him after he got in trouble for groping a girl, according to charging documents. Batts struggled with the task and said she would make Alex do jumping jacks and “wall sits” if she caught him not doing his school work. Batts forced Alex to stand in front of fans half naked and squirted water at him. She told detectives, “That’s what they do with cats, right?” court documents say.

quoting my post , so Alex tried to escape in December, possibly almost making it for help! Why the neighbor did not call LE after observing Alex “dragged”, escapes me.

 

[Trudie]

Money was involved, or poor Alex would have been sent home. Monster woman! " That's what they do with cats"

speculating she has a most severe alcohol or RX addiction.....
Moo

 

[Dave F.]

1437325164
Yellowstone County Youth Services Center (YELLOWSTONE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES CENTER) is a behavioral health agency in Billings, Montana. The NPI Number for Yellowstone County Youth Services Center is 1437325164. Behavioral health centers are responsible for assuring the delivery of community based mental health, mental retardation, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services to individuals with those disabilities.

The current location address for Yellowstone County Youth Services Center is 217 N 27th St, , Billings, Montana and the contact number is 406-256-6825 and fax number is 406-294-0967. The mailing address for Yellowstone County Youth Services Center is Po Box 30856, , Billings, Montana - 59107-0856 (mailing address contact number - 406-256-6825).
Yellowstone County Youth Services Center in Billings, Montana - Behavioral Health Agency Address and Contact

@Dave F. Evidently Billings prefers not calling the facility a “detention center” for whatever reason. It is all but impossible to find info about it.

Here is a picture from Wikipedia of the building at 217 North 27th Street, Billings. I have not been inside the youth portion facility in many years; but my best guess, from memory, is that JSIII would be housed in the area I have marked with an arrow. JMO
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...County_Courthouse_and_the_Courthouse_Park.JPG

 

[Trudie]

Here is a picture from Wikipedia of the building at 217 North 27th Street, Billings. I have not been inside the youth portion facility in many years; but my best guess, from memory, is that JSIII would be housed in the area I have marked with an arrow. JMO
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Billings,_Montana._The_Yellowstone_County_Courthouse_and_the_Courthouse_Park.JPG/800px-Billings,_Montana._The_Yellowstone_County_Courthouse_and_the_Courthouse_Park.JPG

I think you should get a PT job so we get deets!

 

[Niner]

Don't PB & JS jr have a court hearing today? Arraignment? Any news on that? TIA!

 

[shotgun09]

speculating she has a most severe alcohol or RX addiction.....
Moo

IMO since first reading of this horrific murder, it was evident to me that there was an alcohol problem. Typical addict behavior, blaming others for the lack of their own stash. PB has many issues, and she needs to be put down

 

[Trudie]

I think PB will accept a plea (if offered) to avoid the DP. She has spoken, apparently cooperating with LE.
JR will get the lightest sentence, imo. I’m not sure of his involvement. It seems he did nothing & by nothing I mean he made no attempts to stop the abuse.
I now wonder if the six yo boy was abused?
Moo

 

[Trudie]

she needs to be put down

Right. That’s what they do to old, savage animals......

 

[mickey2942]

So, @mickey2942 is PB trying to protect #3? Or as I suggested earlier, did #3 learn said abuse from his mom?
Notice “children”, plural”. Why why why is Madison not incarcerated?

Still not too late to charge Madison.

As for why no one called the police before, is that most people MYOB here. Maybe that isn't a great thing. But the bar probably needs to be pretty high before folks are going to call the police on neighbors.

At least in Montana, a call to CPS will be followed up on.

 

[Trudie]

Don't PB & JS jr have a court hearing today? Arraignment? Any news on that? TIA!

@Niner I’m having trouble reading entire articles. The latest updates I found on Newsbreak, but it also started forwarding me to paywall articles I’m looking......