Steven Bennett
4 year old boy adopted by special education teacher and former state social worker Wanda Bennett, who beat the boy regularly with shoes and tied him up with old socks to keep him from eating. The boy weighed 35 pounds when police removed him from the home. At All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, doctors reported finding six recent fractures and cigarette burns on his back. Wanda Bennett had 4 adopted children.
Date: 2001-03-07
Placement type: Adoption
Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse
Abuser: Adoptive mother
Placement
Organizations: Lifelink international adoptions
Location
Bradenton, FloridaUnited States
See map: Google Maps
| Document | Date |
|---|---|
| Teacher accused of abuse gets jail | 2002-05-14 |
| Many missed signs of boy's abuse | 2001-07-10 |
| 'She covered it up so well' | 2001-06-03 |
| Teacher facing abuse charges is fired | 2001-05-25 |
| Teacher is charged with abuse, neglect | 2001-03-30 |
| Brother says teacher is a 'loving mother' | 2001-03-10 |
| Police say teacher hit, starved son | 2001-03-09 |
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