Quankeya Case Study

The neighbour remembers that the mother informed her that her, “child smacks his cheeks on the floor” (15) yet he does not look clumsy. It is not possible for both cheeks to be hit on the floor at the same time while falling on the floor therefore the mother is lying. It represents her dishonest and how she would neglect her child to fabricate a suitable image of herself and family in front of others to protect her reputation. Not to mention, the mother veils her son’s burns by stating, “sparks burn starts in his skin” (22). Sparks cannot burn star shapes into skin and it shows the destruction of a vulnerable life. The abuse does not benefit anyone and will influence the child emotionally and physically yet she is not doing anything to support him. Moreover, things are not always the way they seem, which is proven through, “the cast that holds his small bones” (24-25). The injuries that the mother utilizes to conceal the abuse would not break his bones, but damage his skin. The mother does not give her child the proper care to heal from the abuse nor does she show concern. The description portrays his weakness and innocence because he does not deserve it yet other children are supported by their kinds mothers. His mother chooses to act as if there is everything is perfect and ignores her child and mistake of abusing

An emergency call came in at 9:45 am made by Doug Greene who is a neighbor of the victim Anna Garcia claiming that he had not seen Anna Garcia since her normal morning walk at 6:30 am the previous morning and that the dog had been barking for 2 hours, he had also mentioned that Anna Garcia was wearing a sweater when he had seen her the previous morning while experiencing a 92 degree heat wave. Mr.Greene had called Anna’s telephone with no answer, and had also rang the doorbell with no answer. The EMT and local police had arrived to the scene at 9:56 am, needing to break the door down. EMS discovered Anna Garcia laying face down, dead.

Alex Sutherland age 13 months was found dead in his pushchair in front of a blazing gas fire his body charred and burned, he Had been dead for at least three days till he got found. He had faeces on his hands, legs and buggy, had severe nappy rash and had bruising on his head and body. His mother, Tracey Sutherland, 39, was later admitted neglect and was jailed for 27 months. Pauline Newman, the city council’s director of Children’s Services, said it was clear ‘there were areas where we could have done better’

Jeannette Walls, the second oldest child, was chosen to be interviewed next. Jeannette Walls is a tall, skinny, pale, orange haired thirteen year old girl with large scar across her body. Jeannette got this scar from an incident when she was three years old and living in trailer park in southern Arizona. During this time, Jeannette was left unattended and allowed to cook hot dogs and her dress caught on fire, leading to her to receive severe burns that required a skin graft (Walls 9-10). Jeannette Walls, being only three years old at the time, was far too young to be left unattended and allowed to use a stove, which results in her receiving severe burns. This blatant neglect from her parents shows their irresponsibility, due to the fact that they allowed they left a three year old child unattended and allowed her to get into an extremely dangerous situation that could have resulted in the death of the child.

While on the bus the week of 08/17/15, Mattie bumped her head while sitting in her sister’s lap. The child had a gash in her head that bled all over the bus. Mattie may have needed stitches but she was not taken for medical treatment. The bus driver stopped the bleeding and bandaged the child’s wounds; the driver also told Mr. Cleveland what had happened and suggested she be taken to see a doctor. It was rumored that Mr. Cleveland did not take Mattie for treatment and made statements that she would be okay. The reporter believes there may have been a knot on the child’s head from a previous injury and the accident reopened the wound. An incident report was completed and submitted to Ms. Rush. On 08/26/15, Taylor was seen with a brown paper

IRTC spoke with assigned CPS, Myra Townes, voiced that a joint response occurred at the case address with NYCACS and NYPD. CPS stated that Detective Gomes was present with two additional police officers. CPS indicated that the subject child was observe with the injury; the alleged subject explanation for the injury was that the child ran towards her direction while she was cooking food in the kitchen and the grease from the pot burned her face. CPS stated that the alleged subject mentioned that she placed the child in another room to watch television while drinking juice and did not expect the child to enter the kitchen. CPS said due to the severity of the observed injury, Detective Gomes contact his captain for directives regarding this matter.

R/s Bertha Belton is a disabled stroke victim. R/s Ms. Belton is not able mobilize outside of her wheelchair, she needs assistance from others. R/s Ms. Belton is able to feed herself and she can assist in clothing herself. R/s Ms. Belton is not able to stand for a period of time. R/s Ms. Belton attends Adult Daycare Monday-Friday, she has an aid in the home, and she receives meals. R/s Belton’s apartment is smelly and her carpet is wet. R/s the apartment Manager Gloria has been notified but went off on the reporter. R/s it is hearsay that the carpet will not be removed.

If this scenario happened in an outpatient clinic or urgent care center and there were physicians who were more dedicated to patient safety a report to child protective services may have been made regarding the child’s injuries. This child deserves to have her rights observed and

R/s Donald Burgess has peripheral vascular disease, COPD, chronic pain, left side weakness, reoccurring blood cloths, and fluid retention in left leg. R/s Mr. Burgess is living in his enclosed garage. R/s Mr. Burgess warms by a space heater and an electric blanket. R/s it was reported that the space heater is no longer working. R/s it was reported that Mr. Burgess hadn’t bathe in some time now, his pants were torn, and the garage is very dirty. R/s Mr. Burgess uses a bedside commode. R/s Mr. Burgess can only wash up, he doesn’t have a bathtub or shower. R/s Mr. Burgess are not supposed to drive due seizures. R/s

REPORTER: The reporter/ School Counselor (Dawn) called with concerns for the victim, Daquarius. According to the reporter, on yesterday (11/19/2015), the child pointed to his scar and said his grandfather burned him. The reporter said the child was in speech class and they were looking at pictures in a book; the child saw a shaving razor and he pushed up his sleeve to show he knew what to do with the razor. The child said people can shave their hair with the razor. Then he began talking about his burn; the teacher noticed the scar and another mark that looked identical to it. The child said he was burned there also. The child said his burns hurt, and the reporter said the scars appeared to be old scars marks. The scars were round and consistent

IRTC spoke with the assigned CPS, Nancy Rios, who reported that she made a visit to the case address on 6/22/17 and spoke with the family regarding the alleged choking incident. CPS expressed that the subject child’s younger sister indicated that she observed the incident and the alleged subject did grab the subject child by the neck and choked him during the altercation. CPS conveyed that she spoke with the subject child who reported that he was not choked during the incident and he was maneuvering like the “Matrix” when the alleged subject tried to grab him. CPS uttered that the subject child said that both he and the alleged subject eventually grabbed each other by the clothes and they were tussling. CPS articulated that she spoke with the

REPORTER: The reporter/ FPS (Stephen) called to report physical abuse for the victim, Vantonio. According to the reporter, around 1: am this morning (01/26/2016), it was reported by the D’Iberville Police Department (Sergeant Crawford) that the victim was in a physical altercation (no details given) with an older adult. The child refused to go home. Sergeant Crawford called the reporter for assistance. The child wanted to go home with an older adult that he knew, but it was reported that she was under the influence of marijuana. His mother (Robin) was unable to pick him up, due to not having any transportation. Vantonio refused to go home because he says his mom’s boyfriend (unknown) abuses him and has left marks (unknown when). It is unknown

Michael (father) had Leilani for three days. The reporter got her back on 7-22-15, and noticed her with a swollen left eye and a bun on the tip of her tongue. Leilani's eye is red and puff, with a blue ring around it. The maternal grandmother thinks the burn looks like a cigarette burn. Michael claim to not notice the bruises/burn until the reporter mentioned it. It stated it was a bug bite that had Leilani's eye swollen. The reporter gave Leilani antibiotics and Benadryl; but the swelling has not gone down. Michael stated he did not known what happened and that he left Leilani in the care of Amber (his friend) while he went to work. Leilani did not have any bruises prior to him going to work or when he got her from the reporter. There is no

R/s Nicole (mom) and Arrian (9) are homeless. R/s Nicole has mental issues. R/s Nicole is very combative, she is threatening people, and she is calling the police on people. R/s Nicole is allowing Arrian to talk to her father, Lorenzo and be around his family. R/s Arrian is not allowed to have contact with neither her father nor his family due to him being in jail for molestation. R/s Nicole will lay in bed all day and doesn’t feed Arrian.

Taylor looked down. Through the flimsy hospital gown, she could see all of the charred skin on her arms. There was some on her legs, too. The nurse brought her an aloe plant, and she said to put it on her wounds. She started thinking about the crash, and then she realized something. All Taylor needed was the car, and she would figure out the case. The car, and she would know who caused the death of her adored cousin and her cherished parents.