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$100,000 bond on a charge of
injury to a child. The stepfa
ther, Kenneth Ray Atkinson,
33, is being held without bond
because of an outstanding war
rant for probation violation
and theft from Ellis County.
He also is charged with injury
to a child.
•The child abuse charges car
ry a penalty of up to life in
prison, police said. Lauren was
locked in a mobile home closet
for at least four months, but the
abuse may have continued for
years, they said.
The child’s siblings told in
vestigators that Lauren was of
ten locked in the closet for
“eating too much and running
away.”
The girl has the communica
tion skills of a 3-year-old, ac
cording to court documents
filed Tuesday seeking to remove
the children from the home in
Hutchins, a suburb southeast of
Dallas. Police said Lauren
thinks she is 2 years old and did
not know what a sun and a tele
vision were.
The five other children in
the home are in two foster
homes under temporary CPS
custody.
Police said Kenneth Atkinson
told a neighbor at the Pebble
Creek Mobile Home Park about
the girl Monday evening. The
neighbor, a volunteer firefight
er, went to the fire station and
contacted police.
When police arrived, Atkin
son was feeding Lauren
spaghetti and was arrested. The
girl’s mother was arrested when
she returned home around 2
a.m. Tuesday.
Meisner said the family had
been reported to Child Protec
tive Services at least twice be
fore, in 1995 while they were
living in Jasper County, and in
1996 while living in Wood
County. In both cases, the fam
ily moved before CPS could in
vestigate and remained unde
tected until this week, she said.
“We had very little informa
tion as to who these parents were
and where they moved,” Meis
ner said. In one of those cases, an
unidentified child was reported
ly being kept tied to a bed.
Police said they did not know
if Lauren, or the other children,
had ever attended school. Police
had been called to the Hutchins
home several days earlier to in
vestigate an unrelated child wel
fare case involving a neighbor
family, but saw no signs of her.
Both parents expressed re
morse to police.
“They were very upset. They
knew what they were doing was
wrong,” said Hutchins Police
Chief Gregory Griffin. “The
mother wanted something done
but didn’t take the opportunity
to do so. His (stepfather’s) con
science got the best of him.”
The stepfather told authori
ties he had feared that the
mother would take the children
away from him.
The five other children are
boys ages 23 months and 3
years; and girls ages 5, 6 and 10.
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At least the two youngest chil
dren were fathered by Atkinson,
police said.
CPS investigators were trying
Wednesday to locate Lauren’s
biological father. Lauren and the
other children eventually could
be placed in the custody of rela
tives, Meisner said. CPS has re
ceived hundreds of phone calls
from concerned citizens asking
to help the children.
She said the other children
were doing well, although the
two youngest were especially
distraught about being away
from their mother.
“Whether they were victims
or not, they have been trauma
tized and will he traumatized for
years to come,” she said.
CPS investigators will video
tape interviews with the children
and talk more with Lauren when
her medical condition improves,
Meisner said.
A doctor at Children’s Med
ical Center said that if Lauren
has some communications skills,
the abuse likely did not start at
infancy and the girl has a better
chance at a fuller recovery
Children abused during their
first three years, when 90 per
cent of the brain develops, often
face irreversible cognitive dam
age and below average intelli
gence, said Janet Squires, a doc
tor specializing in abuse cases.
Lauren also faces social inep
titude, difficulty feeling sympa
thy and being able to trust.
“These kids are probably nev
er going to be as functional and
bright as they could have been,”
Squires said.
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With hopes of helping the li
of bus traffic and avoiding (
gestion at the construction 2
Bus ( )perations has reopened’:
passage way from AP. Beic
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next to Fish Pond for the M
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Besides the mall
shuttle this fall, we
will also be provid
ing a van shuttle
service to take stu
dents to various
places from the mall,
movie theater, stores
and restaurants.
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— Gary Jacksor
Bus Operation!
this summer and next year. Jadt
son hopes that they will be ablet
install a type of gate system attfei
passageway in order to keep&f
from going in and out, preventir:
possible accidents.
In addition to the new route,
a new bus will he running tk
fall from campus to PostO:
Mall. Three buses will be allot
ted for this particular route.
“Besides the mall shuttle tk
fall, we will also be providing a v*,
shuttle service to take students!
various places from the rail
movie theater, stores and rest#
rants.’’Jackson said. “This sera'
will be available Thursday, End:
and Saturday from 6:30 to 2 a.m
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