Please explain to me how this following story can happen :
Missing Baby, 1, Found Under Floorboards by Crowbar-Wielding Police
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
KPTV/Woodburn Police
Kate Higgins shown under her grandparents' floor.
A baby from Oregon who disappeared from her bed was found safe several hours later under the floorboards of her grandparents' home.
Kate Higgins, 1, vanished from her bedroom in Woodburn, Ore., late Sunday night, according to KPTV-TV, the FOX affiliate in Portland, Ore.
Her father, Lawrence Higgins Jr., told police he fell asleep in a room at his parents' house at about 10:30 p.m. with Kate and his two other children, ages 5 and 3. He awoke at around 5 a.m. to discover Kate had disappeared, the station said.
"We were like, 'She couldn't have went anywhere. She can't walk,'" Kate's uncle, Tim Higgins, told the station. "'She's gotta be here unless somebody came in and took her.'"
About 15 officers searched the home, but found nothing until Kate's cough was heard at around 7:30 a.m. from under the floor, KPTV-TV said.
Police used crowbars to tear it up and Kate was extricated unharmed, though dirty, the station said.
The state's Department of Human Services found both the grandparents' and parents' homes to be unsuitable for the children, and the kids were taken into custody, KPTV-TV said.
~~~~Nikki here~~~~~
UNDER FLOORBOARDS???????
I see so many stories about neglected children.....
In my line of work, I am a mandated reporter of child abuse and neglect. If I even suspect it, I have to report it. But I just don't understand it.
I just read a local article the other day that police removed a child or children from a home so dirty and unfit for living in that the officers were sickened. THey said it was the worst they had ever seen? Now if an officer of the law can say that, how bad WAS that house? I'm sure police officers see alot of things in their line of work.
Pray for the children in our country and abroad. People are so concerned about what WILL happen from the outcome of this past election while right now, there are children being abused and neglected as I type on this keyboard!!! Pray Gods hands on these children and pray God's mercy to touch the hearts of the ones who are doing this evil to children.
