European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Portrait of abuse violent death of a 3-year-old by Gary Langer associated press y the time of nil in Cre Jjo in a. I i 3 year old body Herr Molnr u i ration ill abuse i to i i , shattered i la li1-i int lung damaged. Lar body covered Wilh More slim 70 Brut Joi Corr nor Kwh l no Mcd Ihn chill said i had suffered the worst Hall rim rho had fiver ii would have been tar More Humora a prosecutor would Gay Laler in Kenneth s Pat urls simply had Shol two the loiter parents were conv clod task june of tilling Ihn Hoy Bui in was Ihn cily s own welfare system Ihal placed or Jurj Kenneth Wilh he couple find Ihal later Lai cd to Suli itar Lialo a report of abuse in the family a re Perl that Mir jul have saved turn the Way society responds to child abuse under renewed rational scrutiny this fall because of the death of e Lisa Bolh Steinberg a 6-year-old who allegedly died at i he hands of her adoptive parents a lawyer and an editor Elizabeth known As Lisa wan Iron Page news strangers shed Longs Lor her. Few know or cried Lor Kenneth Crespo or Iho other 112 children who died of neglect or abuse in now York City last year Kenneth s Case is among the most troubling of All it is one of "12 in 198g in which the cily investigated prior re polls of Mattro Almena Bill failed to substantiate them. Those children remained with choir parents and the died. Ii is True thai Many of Iho cases known and children die anyway. Thai s a Lagic truth said Eric Deputy commissioner in charge of the City s child and family programs. But it s Only port of the truth " thousands of Oiler children saved by inter Lenhon he said. New York s difficulties in responding to child abuse a microcosm of the nations critics say. Social workers underlined overworked and quickly Burn out in new York 60 pc Cen i leave their jobs each year. These workers called upon to penetrate the fear shame and loyalty thai Lead children to deny their Abuso. The workers must Fry to see beyond Iho facades of normalcy that abusive parents can project. And they Lorn Between keeping families together or removing children to a much Canh sized Loster Home system there s a horrible sys comic Inadequacy said Fober Isons . No in ar.,-,-i.tlirtn in finn Cli Chat Dick an advocacy group that has sued the City Over is Protection of children. You have poorly hair cd harried Woi Kors asked to play god in determining the life of s child " while the City struggles to investigate reports of abuse involving 70.000 children a year Many other cases never oven reach its attention most deaths last year Brilt Schneider noted were in Lam Hes where no abuse was import act previously that nol the Case with Kenneth . Much of whose Short life was spent under the Wing of the City s Weilage Agency Thi. Irom could records arid interviews with Envoi cd of and of hrs in ,1 to Rorai of his abuse. Kenny As he was Rio a via bom Inlo trouble according to dish Man. It Jas the Soult of an adulterous affair by Hin Moloci. Glands Cioppo Lor which her husband a ,. Duo iced her she Kepi their three jul. And the toy Early in 19bg Chr City found her until As a Mother and placed the children m Fosler co that summer when a now los Tor Home Vas needed social workers approached Talor to agreed to take his girls and inc boy As Well on july 22. 1986, the children placed in or temporary custody. And a Penn uni i custody hearing wa1 set for sept Estjer Bui Kenny did not live that inn the City had placed thu in Iron in a Silva lion Taylor had his apart sent. But f of Irujo tn-"3 wards lived Insl of the Horne Ivich his Gul a fid Pinci i Salley. And Hei child in in to r ohm in sur Ohrn welfare hotel theban Horowi High in three of Tiv. Child in Ili per a the on july 31 a social worker i to in.,. an last year 113 children died of neglect or abuse in new York City. Allegation that one of Salley s girls Thea 14, was being abused before the worker arrived Taylor and Sally made sure Thea. Kenny and most of the other children were not Home prosecutors later charged. The social worker did nol substantiate the report of abuse and left the children to remain with Taylor and Naficy in court 11 months Laler. Thea testified Ihal Taylor had been beating and sexually abusing her regularly. Waiker there was another missed Chance to intervene in March according to prosecutors and Thea. A complaint by her aunt prompted her school s assistant principal to Call her in Lor an examination the girl said bruises on Hei Lor came irom a fall. Why did you Cay Ihal " prosecutor Damet Saunders later asked Thea in court 1 because did i Wigint them to Laurch Al me because lot a there is no indication in the trial record the assistant principal Al hark Hopkins Junior High school. Dorothy so Raker. Reported inc Case to the stale s child abuse Holline As is required when abuse is impeded Straker who retired in Juno declined to say in a Telephone interview whether she reported the when asked that question she said. Well the Chirt said Ihal she wasn1 abused " apparently no one Ever reported Kenny s Abuso. Perhaps there was no time in a month with Taylor and Sasley. Saunde a told the jury he sub ocl to almost daily beatings and abuse with an oct l that was Al hand with shoe Wilh a Flash Lyhl paddle that was reinforced l ipe Wilh a Hairbrush with a Bill with a Bat Hail a and Witti feel s Lunfors suggested that Taylor or Lamg ins in Jer at g i of Crespo out on her child Nanri 1s. 1936. Taylor Sumpod in Konn j to punish him for moving or had Botin loll to to still. According to testimony Horn , boy s9 your old Hail Gisler tailor. I no foot-4 and Woi Jas 260 pounds Lydia raid Otie saw Kenny Jaik a pm i was no unti three Day Lacr. Al 12-55 am on air monday december 14. 1987 21. That Taylor and Salloy brought Kenny to Coney Island Hospital the boy was dead Coroner Tamara Bloom s Rupprl was lie Ait Ion Dirig even in its clinical detail some of Kenny s bruises were Frosh others she estimated were 2 to 5 weeks old they overlapped making in impossible to count them All. Kenny s thigh Bone was broken blood had accumulated in his spinal canal he was poisoned by internal bleeding his blood contained a nearly Lone level of tylenol apparently Given him in his final Days his Sisters said he had complained of a headache there was a Gash on his forehead where the girls said Taylor in Ilu. A i in Wmk. ,-.h.j d la
