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Boy and girl adopted by Richard and Christine Dodson

4 year old girl and 5 year old girl adopted by Richard and Christine Dodson were abused by their adopters. The girl's leg and arms were broken and the boy was being starved and beaten. Both children were home-schooled. The boy was made to sleep on a mattress in a closet.
Date: 1995-07-01
Placement type: Adoption
Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse, Non-lethal deprivation
Abuser: Adoptive father, Adoptive mother
Home schooling: yes
Fundamentalist faith: yes

Placement

Organizations: Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services

Location

Round Rock, Texas
United States
See map: Google Maps
DocumentDatesort icon
Taking a stand: Community involvement needed to alleviate child abuse2014-11-18
Littlest victims: Kate Belus still feels pain of neglect decades after abuse by parents2014-11-16
Littlest victims: Kate Belus didn't run from the beatings2014-11-15
Dodsons convicted of abusing their adopted son1996-06-20
CORRECTION1996-06-13
Neighbor testifies child's punishment had racial overtone1996-06-12
Grandfather takes stand in couple's abuse trial1996-06-11
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