Haleigh Poutre

Incident date: 2005 Sep 11

Child placement type: Adoption

On September 2005, Haleigh Poutre, was hospitalized with severe brain injuries after she was allegedly beaten into a coma by Jason Strickland and Holli Strickland, her step father and maternal aunt respectively, who had legally adopted her. Defying all odds, the brain-damaged girl who was days away from a state order to remove her from life support in 2006, started communicating about the horrific abuse that nearly killed her.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Poutre stepfather gets 12-15 years in prison	2008 Dec 19
Mass. man gets 12-15 years for stepchild beating	2008 Dec 18
Stepdad guilty of abuse in Mass. right-to-die case	2008 Nov 26
Mass. man says he thought girl was hurting self	2008 Nov 21
Judge denies jury-waived trial in Haleigh Poutre case	2008 Oct 30
Jury selection begins in Haleigh Poutre case	2008 Oct 30
Man charged in stepdaughter's beating stands trial	2008 Oct 29
Judge says child abuse victim, Haleigh Poutre, will not be forced to testify against stepfather	2008 Sep 5
The little girl they couldn't see	2008 Jul 6
State hoping Haleigh Poutre will testify	2008 Jul 2
An urgency to fix the child welfare system	2008 Apr 18
Spence sought to stay at DSS	2007 May 24
Hearings open on child abuse	2007 Jan 26
Biological mom denied visitation	2006 Oct 19
Haleigh Poutre's mother pursues visiting rights	2006 Sep 27
Man in the Middle	2006 Jun 25
Report: State let Haleigh Poutre down	2006 Mar 22
Who failed Haleigh Poutre?	2006 Jan 25
State lawmakers want to question DSS commissioner	2006 Jan 22
Accused stepfather fights to keep girl alive	2005 Nov 6
Adoptive parents accused of child beating	2005 Sep 22