Foster Parents Abused 6-MO Baby
WESTPORT — The foster parents of four children were arrested this week for allegedly injuring a 6-month-old boy so severely he had bleeding on the brain and endangering the welfare of the other young children. Debbie DeCarvalho, 42, and Mario Leone, 38, of 1040 Post Road East, turned themselves in to police Wednesday and were charged with first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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