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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. August Graduates The Official Texas A&M Graduation Announcements Order via the web! http://graduation.tamu.edu Priority orders and payments must be received N/icr o by June 18, 2001! „ o.r „ MSC Box Office J ’ 979-845-1234 M-F11 am-8pm ] -888-890-5667 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. Buses Continued from Page 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 I lealth Center to Sbisa Dim- next to Fish Pond for the M a 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. a — 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 1§ THE Jeff Kempf, Editor in Chief The Battalion (ISSN #1055-4726) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semes ters and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods)? Texas A&M University. Periodicals Postage Paid at College Station, TX 77840. POSTMASTER: Send addiesi changes to The Battalion, Texas A&M University, 1111TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-1111. News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Division of Stude'' Media, a unit of the Department of Journalism. News offices are in 014 Reed McDonald Building. 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