a really random true or false
1980
‘Grossly retarded’
child found in unheated house is the article headline from the Minneapolis Star and Tribune
AP Associated Press
Philadelphia, Pa.
A “grossly retarded” 12-year-old
girl who weighed only 39 pounds was found Monday in an unheated and abandoned
house. Police said the screaming child was curled into a fetal position among
debris infested by roaches.
reads like a dystopic horror
Officers responding to a report
of a possible burglary discovered “a screaming child curled in the fetal position”
Kimberly Bowie in a rear upstairs bedroom of a two-story brick rowhouse, said
Capt. Dorothy Cousins of the Juvenile Aid Division. The house had no
electricity or heat, and temperatures overnight were in the low 30s. -- his
brother-in-law texted him 38 degrees overnight at your place deserves a place in
your resume
The girl’s mother, Denise Bowie fingers crossed not a
relative of James Bowie of Alamo fame 27, surrendered to
police yesterday afternoon and was charged with attempted murder, recklessly
endangering another person, endangering the welfare of a child and abandonment,
according to the Juvenile Aid Division.
Why surrender?
She was arraigned last night and
held in lieu of $25,000 bail for a Jan. 9 hearing. bail
bondmen could have released her on $2,500 – bag of dicks to suck
Bowie, who has four other children
(27 – has five children), told police she had gone to her mother’s house
about 15 blocks away for the holidays. She said she had not taken Kimberly
because she “felt ashamed and guilty and upset (Kimberly is 12),” police said.
She said she had tried to get
help for her daughter through mental health agency. She said she had sent food back every
day and had left the heater on, adding she didn’t have money for oil, police
said.
Defective Jerry Whartenby said
there was no sign of physical abuse, just neglect (“charged with attempted
murder, recklessly endangering another person, endangering the welfare of a
child and abandonment”). He said the child Kimberly
– she has a name does not talk, but screams.
She was admitted to
Hahnemann Hospital for tests and her condition was termed “good, a ‘12-year-old girl who weighed only 39 pounds’ ” said Phyllis Fisher, a
hospital spokeswoman.
true or false
hed say later
2156, Thursday,
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