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NUMBER OF CHILDREN ABUSED AND NEGLECTED IN STATE CUSTODY MISREPRESENTED, DOCUMENTS REVEAL
DHS underreported abuse BY RANDY ELLIS, NOLAN CLAY AND ROBBY TRAMMELL Staff Writers
Copyright 2011 © The Oklahoman DHS officials greatly misrepresented to the public and their governing commission the number of
children abused and neglected in out-of-home state custody, documents reveal. Last December, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services issued a news release stating “99.8 percent of children in out-ofhome care did not experience maltreatment while in care” dur-
ing 2009. The agency proclaimed Oklahoma was one of 24 states that met a national standard of having at least 99.68 percent of children in custody not experience confirmed abuse or neglect in out-ofhome care. The claims were false.
DHS actually ranked among the worst states in the nation, as it has for several years, The Oklahoman has confirmed. Preliminary data for 2010 indicates the state once again will fail to meet the national standard.
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A SOFT TOUCH BRINGS A DELUGE OF MEMORIES Clarence “Bud” Stark, of Norman, leans on the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va. Stark, a Marine during WWII, was on Iwo Jima when the flag was raised. Stark and other veterans from WWII took an Oklahoma Honor Flight on Wednesday and visited memorials in Washington and Virginia. See Pages 14-15A. PHOTOS AND STORIES Scan this QR code to read more stories and view a photo gallery of the veterans’ trip.
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Mom trades her life so her baby could survive BY SONYA COLBERG Staff Writer scolberg@opubco.com
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months that followed. Many were joyful but then the bone-chilling messages came in during the predawn hours. She said severe headaches and double vision tortured her while tremors wracked her entire body. “I’m worried about this baby,” she texted. “I hope I live long SEE BABY, BACK PAGE
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Stacie Crimm called her brother with astonishing news. “You’re not going to believe this,” she said. She laughed and cried all at once that day in March as she explained that five pregnancy tests showed she would be having a
child. It was a joyous surprise at age 41 but even more so because she’d been told she would never be able to get pregnant, said her brother, Ray Phillips. But even as she shopped for clothes for the child she longed to hold in her arms, she knew something was not right. She sent 159 text messages about her pregnancy to her brother in the
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Racing for a cure Carolyn Newell, who’s fighting breast cancer, gets a hand bump from her fiance, Shane Corrotto, on Saturday after finishing the 1-mile walk of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Oklahoma City. For more on Saturday’s events, see Page 8A. For results from the race, see Page 17B. PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN
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