A Sacramento judge gave a nonprofit law firm the go-ahead to start a trust fund for a teenager who in December escaped from a central Tracy home where he said he had been held prisoner for more than a year.
Donors from around the world have helped raise $34,000 for the boy identified in court records as Kyle R., who made headlines when he appeared bloodied, emaciated and shackled at In-Shape Health Club begging for help.
Sacramento County took protective custody of the 16-year-old boy, who has been a ward of the state since his mother died several years ago. His former legal guardian is one of his four alleged captors, who police say drugged him, beat him and chained him to a fireplace for as many as 18 months.
The teen is now one of 5,000 children in the care of Child Protective Services in Sacramento County.
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Donors from around the world have helped raise $34,000 for the boy identified in court records as Kyle R., who made headlines when he appeared bloodied, emaciated and shackled at In-Shape Health Club begging for help.
Sacramento County took protective custody of the 16-year-old boy, who has been a ward of the state since his mother died several years ago. His former legal guardian is one of his four alleged captors, who police say drugged him, beat him and chained him to a fireplace for as many as 18 months.
The teen is now one of 5,000 children in the care of Child Protective Services in Sacramento County.
Full Article and Source:
Fund OK'd for tortured teen
See also:
2008 Top Stories
2 comments:
It sounds like a good idea -- there's $34K for this teen and someone has to oversee it.
Was it last year, tho, when a study was done in MA on these type trusts -- and all the money was gone?
We have to figure out a way to stamp out greed. How do we do that?
You're onto something Anon. I have the same feeling; I hope we're wrong but the only way to know is to have access to this particular case and see how it evolves, which is a long shot.
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