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2 Ontario women on trial, accused of 1st-degree murder of boy they were trying to adopt | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48291473

The story gets sadder the more you read.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

"Emaciated" doesn't happen overnight. I don't understand how Children's Services could not see this coming.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's pretty obvious that the people who should have been responsible for these kids' safety dropped the ball in a big way. "People in the boys’ lives — including a therapist and teacher — saw red flags and, deeply concerned, alerted CAS, [the Crown attourney] said. But the boys stayed in [the accused]’s care for years." That's damning. Either utter incompetence or outright anti-Indigenous racism on someone's part.

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    It gets worse if you read these details also.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/cooney-hamber-trial-9.6946950

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Bloody hell..

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    [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Fuck. :(

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    Read the article. Wish I hadn't, but it's important to keep them in our collective memory so they remain as people, not victims of monsters.

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    My kids can be a handful sometimes and drive me nuts, but what drives a person to this level of depravity. My heart goes out to J.L. for having to continue living on without his older brother.

    I’m literally in tears thinking about this.

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