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Monday, Octobers,]
School slow to act on assaul
punishment, attorney says
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — School officials have failed to
punish seven teen-age boys suspected of sexually
assaulted a special education student at a Houston
middle school, an attorney for the seventh-grade girl
said.
L. Mickele Daniels, a Houston lawyer
representing the 12-year-old girl and her mother,
said a group of students aged 13 to 15 pulled the girl
into a boys' bathroom at E.O. Smith Middle School
during school hours on Sept. 28.
Once inside, he says, the three boys held her
down while four took turns raping her.
Daniels also said a teacher walked in on the
assault and, after telling the students to get dressed,
agreed not to report it when the boys told him it
would never happen again.
"They never called the police or anything else on
the little boys," he said. "They (told the girl's
mother), 'Your daughter was assaulted and we're
going to investigate it,' and that's it."
Houston school officials have confirmed they are
investigating a "series of sexual episodes," invote
the girl and the boys. But it was still unclear if poli
were investigating the matter.
Daniels said he would talk to a dept
superintendent about the incidents Monday.
Houston Independent School Dislr,
spokeswoman Vernell Jessie said the district foi
that some of the boys had sexual intercourse witki
girl in the bathroom during school hoursandi
another location.
Daniels and the girl's mother said Saturday tie
were outraged by the actions of the staffatft
northeast Houston school.
"They were all acting like, 'Oh that happened,n
big deal!"' Daniels said. "It's as if it would beswf \
under the rug."
Daniels says the girl was sexually assaulted ape
on her way home by two of the boys behindl
school's stadium bleachers.
The attorney said the boys threatened to killlii
girl if she told anyone about it.
The attorney said the incidents were broughtto i
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Deaths drug related, neighbors say
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Four people died Sunday in a
shooting spree at a house in an area where some
neighbors said drug activity was taking place.
The victims were two brothers, a male friend
and a woman described as one of the brothers'
grandmothers, police said.
The pregnant wife of one of the male victims
discovered the bodies about 1 p.m. Sunday in the
kitchen of the house in Dallas' southeast-side Oak
Cliff section.
Dallas police Sgt. Bobby Little said one of the
"relatives came over here to the house to pick up
one of the victims to carry him somewhere with
them. When they went in the house, they found
the four people shot."
Homicide detectives said the three men were in
their early to mid-20s, with the grandmother inte
mid-60s. The dead were not immediately identified
pending notification of all next-of-kin.
"We were down there when one of the mote
in-law called and said they found the two brothers
dead," said Ivis Cleveland, a neighbor who was
one of the first to enter the home after the shoot
ings.
"When I came in there, I saw that all four of
them were dead and two of them were face-down
and two of them were on their backs," he said
"Everybody's in suspense now. What happened to
them?"
Some neighbors, who asked not to be identi
fied, told WFAA-TV that the deaths were drug-re
lated. Several Dallas homicide detectives were
working late Sunday to confirm a motive in the
shooting deaths.
Spring
Break in
London?
An informational reception will be held for all interested
students wishing to participate in the
London Cultural Trio
sponsored by the MSC L.T. Jordan Institute.
Drop in anytime between 11 and 1 p.m.
on Tuesday, October 6,1992
in the Jordan Collection, MSC 223F.
♦Estimated cost of trip is between $1400-$ 1500.
♦Tentative dates are Thursday, March 11 through Friday,
March 19 (Spring Break).
♦Funding options such as loans, grants and scholarships will
be discussed.
♦Possible trip sights include theatre productions, tours of
Parliament, The Economist, and Lloyd’s of London.
For more Information, contact the
MSC L.T. Jordan Institute Office at 845-8770.
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