Sentenced: 10yo special needs foster child slept on the floor in the storage room; he didn't have a bed

[Sugar Cookie]

A Macy, Nebraska, husband and wife have pleaded not guilty to locking a 10-year-old foster son in a basement storage room.

Krista and Charles Parker face charges of kidnapping, child abuse/neglect and false imprisonment.

According to court documents, authorities on Sept. 15 were called to the Parker home about a report of a boy locked in a storage room.

Officers found the boy locked in the dark, windowless room, amid trash, a few toys and human feces. The room stunk of urine and feces, court documents said.

Krista Parker was found passed out upstairs.

Parker confessed to locking the boy in the room a few hours earlier, court documents said, but denied confining the special-needs boy, who had been in her foster care for nine months, in the room previously.

Charles Parker told officers he was unaware that his wife had confined their son in the room that night, but he said that they occasionally locked the boy in the room for several hours and maybe for a night one time, court documents said.

The boy told a forensic interviewer that the storage room was his bedroom and that he slept on the floor because he did not have a bed.

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[Granmaw]

Bless it. Too bad those foster "parents" won't have to sleep on a cold, hard floor. THAT would be justice.

 

[AussieKat]

My foster parents gave me a disused photography darkroom for a bedroom. How I hated the acidy chemical smell, and never knowing what time it was because not a speck of light came into the room. So sad for a special needs kiddy to experience what is described in the story.... by definition he had SPECIAL needs.... and if he was in care you just know he's already had some terrible life experiences. Hope he ends up with people who just love him to pieces this time round.

 

[Sejanus]

...and of course turd and whiz!

Animals!
Chain them to a post outside

 

[Sugar Cookie]

If the child was actually a foster child the agency overseeing him has some explaining to do.

Home visits would have been done to the home and the child interviewed at the very least on a monthly basis.

They would had to have checked the child's sleeping quarters and overall appearance of the home.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A northeast Nebraska husband and wife accused of locking a special-needs foster child in a basement storage room have pleaded guilty.

Krista Parker, 36, pleaded guilty to three counts of child abuse. Charles Parker, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts.

The 10-year-old boy was found Sept. 15, 2018, in the basement room of the Macy home by Omaha Nation Law Enforcement Services officers. Krista Parker was drunk and asleep in an upstairs bedroom, authorities have said.

The Parkers told investigators they only occasionally locked the boy in the room, but officers found the room covered in human feces and urine. The boy, who had been living with the couple for nine months, told officials that the room served as his bedroom, where he ate his meals and slept on the floor.

Couple accused of locking boy in basement plead guilty

A northeast Nebraska husband and wife accused of locking a special-needs foster child in a basement storage room have pleaded guilty.

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[Sugar Cookie]

Hopefully when they are sentenced there will be an update on the boy.

I am curious what the foster agency knew and did not know.

If the boy is legally freed for adoption and if he has been placed in another foster home or sent to a group home.

 

[roadsidehorror]

this shit hurts my heart. I hope he gets some genuine people and real love after this.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Macy, Nebraska, couple were sentenced to six years in prison Friday for multiple counts of intentional child abuse against their foster child, including keeping the 9-year-old locked in their basement.

In September 2018, officers responded to the home of Neil Parker, 39, and Krista Parker, 36, after receiving a report from a party guest of the couple that a child was locked in the basement, according to a press release from U. S. Attorney Joe Kelly.

Officers found the couple's foster child locked in a utility room in the basement, the door secured with an eye-hook latch on the outside and a contact alarm that sounded when the door was opened.

The room had a concrete floor, no windows and no ventilation. The child had two urine-soaked blankets on the floor to sleep on, and the floor and walls were soiled with urine and feces. Two toys, an empty chip bag and an empty soda bottle were also inside the room. A wall had stick figure drawings and tally marks, and the door had scratch marks dug into it on the inside.

Krista Parker was found by officers intoxicated and asleep in another room of the house. During an interview the next day, she first said that the child must have wandered into the room and gotten locked in by mistake, but later admitted to locking the child in the room because she wanted to “have one night of fun” after a stressful week at work, according to the release. She had sent her biological children to their grandmother’s house for the night.

Charles Neil Parker could not be located on the night of the report, but during a subsequent interview admitted that the Parkers locked the child in the room sometimes due to his behavior, according to the release.

The child, who has cognitive delays and is believed to be on the autism spectrum, reported that he always slept and ate in the room and wasn't able to leave to use the bathroom.

The victim was identified as a foster child placed in the Parkers’ care by Omaha Tribe Children and Family Services. At the time, Krista Parker was employed with Children and Family Services as a case aid.
United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced the couple to six years in prison. After they are released from prison, they will each serve an 18-month term of supervised release.

Rossiter described the Parkers’ treatment of their foster child as “horrible” and “unforgiveable.”

Nebraska couple sentenced to 6 years in prison for multiple counts of child abuse

Officers found the couple's foster child locked in a utility room in the basement with two urine-soaked blankets on the floor to sleep on.

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[Sugar Cookie]

These monsters treated this child like he was less than and did not deserve dignity and respect and when they were given these pathetic sentences the court showed it felt the same way as well.