November 24, 2008: I will be be double checking these stats in the next day or so.I am still trying to piece together some serious writing on the Nebraska Fiasco. In front of me right now is a crate of documents that I've managed to file into some sense.It's giving me a big headache. I've been able to ID by name about half of the Big Kids, along with the names of their parents and guardians and other personal information. I am not posting that personal information here.
Some of the Big Kids are adopted and I suspect more are adopted that we don't know about. At least one is a state ward, and some are former state wards. (It's a little difficult to determine past and current state care status, so I'm not including that right now.) Two people have attempted to safe haven themselves (one with her 10 month old son), but self dumping isn't allowed because the law is about "whether an adult will be criminally prosecuted for the act of leaving a child." (I'm sure the state would have eagerly removed the 10-month from the mom, though, if she insist otherwise). I thought AB 157 was about saving the lives of "endangered children." If you're not allowed turn yourself in, why would you turn in your kid?
Here is the chronology of dumps AND attempted dumps. They are part of the Nebraska Fiasco, too, and we cannot forget them.
This is a work in progress and subject to correction...and, of course update.
September 1, 2008 male, 14
Dumper: mother
Place: Omaha police station
NOTE: attempted
September 13, 2008
male, 15
Dumper: custodial maternal aunt
Place: Lincoln Bryan GHMC West
Special family status: in kinship care
September 13, 2008
male, 11
Dumper: maternal grandmother
Place: Omaha Immanuel MC
Special family status: reportedly adopted by maternal grandmother
September 20, 2008
female, 13
Dumper: mother
Place: Omaha Immanuel MC
September 23, 2008
male, 18
Dumper: self
Place: Grand Island St Francis MC
NOTE: attempted
September 24, 2008:
female, 1
male, 6
male, 7
female, 9
male, 11
female, 13
female, 14
male, 15
male, 17
Dumper: father
Place: Creighton UMC
September 24, 2008
male, 11
Dumper: mother
Place: Omaha Immanuel MC
September 24, 2008
male, 15
Dumper: guardian maternal uncle
Place: Omaha, Immanuel MC
Special family status: in kinship care
October 5, 2008
unk, 12
Dumper: male
Place: Lincoln LGH West
October 5, 2008
male, 12,
Dumper: aunt at request of guardian maternal grandmother
Place: Omaha, Immanuel MC
Special Family Status: in kinship care
October 6, 2008:
female, 15
Dumper: unknown,
Place: Lincoln Bryan LGH West
NOTE: attempted
October 7, 2008
female, 14
Dumper: grandparents
Place: Omaha, Creighton MC
Special family status: in kinship care
NOTE: Iowa dump
July 16-October 6, 2008
various
Place: Omaha, St. Elizabeth MC
NOTE: 3 attempted
October 13, 2008
male, 13,
Dumper: mother with grandmother, and aunt,
Place: Omaha Immanuel MC
Special family status: adopted
NOTE: Michigan dump
October 21 2008
female 16 (with baby)
Dumper: self, escorted by aunt
Place Omaha Immanuel MC
NOTE: mother attempted to SH herself and her baby
October 21, 2008
male 10 months
Dumper: mother
NOTE: attempted safe haven with DIY mother
October 22, 2008
male, 17
Dumper: mother
Place: Omaha Immanuel MC
October 25, 2008
male, 12
Dumper: mother
Place: Lincoln Bryan LGH East
NOTE: Georgia dump
October 27, 2008
female, 15,
Dumper: mother
Place: Omaha Creighton MC
October 28, 2008
female, 15
Dumper: father
Place: Omaha Immanuel MC
October 28, 2008
male, 17
Dumper: mother and stepfather,
Place: Lincoln Bryan LGH West
October 29, 2008
male, 17
Dumper: Legal guardian grandmother
Place: Nebraska MC
NOTE: already state ward
November 2, 2008
female, 16
Dumper: Mother
Place: Papillion, Midland Hospital
NOTE: Arizona dump; girl previously lived in Papillion area and she and her mother returned from living in Arizona a few days ago
November 2 , 2008
male, 16
Dumper: father
Place: Omaha Children's Hospital
female, 15
Dumper: legal guardian
Place:
Unknown, 18
Dumper: unk
Place:
NOTE: Attempted
Male, 8
Dumper: mother
Place: Omaha, Bergan Mercy Hospital
NOTE: Indiana dump
November 7, 2008
Female, 11
Dumper: mother
Place: Omaha, Bergan Mercy Hospital
November 9, 2008
Male, 17
Dumper: mother
Place: Omaha, Creighton MC
November 10, 2008
Female, 18
Dumper: mother
Place: LincolnLGH West
NOTE: attempted
November 13, 2008
Male, 11
Dumper: father
Place: Lincoln, Boys Town Research Hospital
NOTE: Florida dump
November 13, 2008
Male, 14
Dumper: mother
Place: Omaha, Methodist Hospital
NOTE: sister, 17 escaped before dump was complete (below)
November 13, 2008
Female, 17
Dumper: Mother
Place: Omaha, Methodist Hospital
NOTE: attempted (brother, 14--above--was successfully dumped)
November 13, 2008
Male, 5
Dumper: Mother
Place: Omaha, Immanuel MC
November 18, 2008
Female, 15
Dumper: Guardian aunt
Place: Grand Island, St. Francis Medical Center
November 22, 2008
Male, 14
Dumper: Mother
Place: Kimball County Hospital
NOTE: California dump
Post law dump:
November 22, 2008
Male, 12
Dumper: self
Place: Omaha Childen's Hopsital
NOTE: Boy attempted to SH himself
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AGES OF DUMPEES:
0-1: 1 (+1 attempted)
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
9 1
10 0
11 5
12 3 (+1 attempted)
13 3
14 3 (+1 attempted)
15 7 (+ 1 attempted)
16 2 (+1 attempted
17 5 (+1 attempted)
18 0 (+2 attempted)
unk 0 (+4 attempted)
"OFFICIAL" DUMPS: 35
ATTEMPTED DUMPS: 13
TOTAL: 48
DUMPEES BY SEX
male: 22(+3 attempted)
female: 11 (+4 attempted)
unk: 0 (+5 attempted)
DUMPERS BY SEX
Male: 5 (=1 attempted)
Female: 19 (+7 attempted)
Both: 2
Unk: 2 (+4)
CURRENTLY KNOWN FAMILY STATUS OF DUMPERS (as reported)
Mother/Stepmother: 14 (+6 attempted—1 with baby)
Father/Stepfather: 4
Parents together: 1
Aunt: 2
Uncle: 1
Grandmother 2 (may be adoptive mother of grandchildren)
Grandfather: 0
Grandparents together 1
Unk 2 (+4 attempted)
Self: 0 (+3 attempted)
CURRENTLY KNOWN FAMILY STATUS OF DUMPEE (as reported)
Adopted: 2
Kinship care: 5 (2 may be adoptive mothers of their grandchildren)
Current state ward: 1 (in physical kinship care)
Biological: 11 (+1 attempted)
Unk: 16 (+10 attempted)
Self: 0 (+3 attempted)
PLACE OF DUMP:
Grand Island St. Francis MC: 1 (+1 attempted)
Kimball Countyh Hospital: 1
Lincoln Bryan LGH East: 1
Lincoln Bryan LGH West: 3 (+2 attempted)
Lincoln Boys Town Research Hospital: 1
Papillion Midlands Hospital: 1
Omaha: Bergan Mercy Hospital: 2
Omaha Children’s Hospital: 1 (+1 attempted)
Omaha Creighton UMC: 12
Omaha: Immanuel MC: 10 (+4 attempted)
Omaha: Methodist Hospital: 1 (1 attempted)
Omaha: Nebraska MC: 1
Omaha: St. Elizabeth MC: 0 (+3 attempted)
Omaha Police Station : 0 (+ 1 attempted)
REPORTED HOME OF FAMILIES:
Burt County: 1
Douglas County: 22 (+7 attempted)
Hall County( 1) ) (+1 attempted)
Lancaster County: 4 (+2 attempted)
Pima County, Arizona (Sarpy County): 1
Davis/Yolo County, California: 1
Miami-Dade County, Florida: 1
Smyrna, Georgia: 1
Washbash County, Indiana: 1
Council Bluffs, Iowa: 1
Southfield, Michigan: 1
unk: 0 (+4 attempted)
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