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Vince Gonzales
(HOMESCHOOL-ABUSE/GONZALES, Pierce, Walters) (EVENING NEWS for
10/13/03
air)
(NATS - SCHOOL BUS ON COUNTRY ROAD) bus
The school bus never stopped at the secluded trailer on Hickory
Crossroads
here in rural North Carolina...because for five years Nissa and Kent
Warren
homeschooled their children. Then County workers got an anonymous tip:
better check on those kids.
(SOT/.TOM LOCK/JOHNSTON COUNTY D.A./T1/1 24 30) THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
CASES
THAT WILL ALWAYS HAUNT ME. (2433)
For weeks, the parents tried to keep social workers OUT...until the
day
detectives and District Attorney Tom Lock were called IN.
(SOT DA TOM LOCK /T1/approx 1 03 31) I WAS STUNNED AT THE SQUALOR
THAT I
SAW. // THERE WAS ROTTING FOOD // ANIMAL FECES ON THE FLOOR // (VG)
IS THIS
A LOCATION WHERE YOU COULD EXPECT SOMEBODY COULD BE LEARNING LESSONS
AND
GOING TO SCHOOL?// (LOCK) I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE LIVING IN A
RESIDENCE LIKE
THIS.
A faded sign on the wall reads: "SO THIS ISN'T HOME SWEET HOME:
ADJUST."
(GFX) In the bedroom, fourteen-year-old Brandon had committed suicide
with a
rifle...after killing his brother Kyle and sister Marnie. (END
GFX) Their mother discovered the bodies.
(SOT/neighbor/f-1/151115) SHE STOPPED ME IN THE ROAD. SHE SAID MY
CHILDREN
ARE DEAD.
Nissa Warren told a detective she'd "rather God had them than Child
Protective Services."
(GFX) It turned out the Warrens had homeschooled before-- in Arizona--
where
they were convicted of child abuse. An investigator there wrote: "The
children are tortured physically and emotionally." (END GFX) That's
information North Carolina school officials are not required to
collect.
(OC OUTSIDE NC STATEHOUSE ) SINCE IT BECAME LEGAL IN NORTH CAROLINA
IN 1985
THE NUMBER OF HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS JUMPED, FROM JUST A FEW
HUNDRED TO
MORE THAN 50-THOUSAND BUT THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF
STATE
EMPLOYEES OVERSEEING THE PROGRAM-JUST THREE FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
(SOT/MARCIA HERMAN-GIDDENS/NC CHILD ADVOCACY INSTITUTE/T4/44115) I
THINK
THERES SO LITTLE SUPERVISION THAT THEY REALLY ARE NOT PROTECTING
THOSE KIDS.
(4123)
Marcia Herman-Giddens is on the state task force that reviewed the
Warren
case. (GFX) The conclusion: home school laws "allow persons who
maltreat
children to maintain social isolation in order for the abuse and
neglect to
remain undetected." (END GFX)
(SOT/MARCIA HERMAN-GIDDENS/NC CHILD ADVOCACY INSTITUTE/T4/42020) THEY
DELIBERATELY KEEP THEM OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE BECAUSE THE CHILDREN DO
HAVE
INJURIES THAT ARE VISIBLE AND THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO BE SEEN.
(2030)
(SOT/HAL YOUNG/NORTH CAROLINIANS FOR HOME EDUCATION/T3/3 15 31) I
DON'T SEE
A CONNECTION BASED ON ONE VERY TRAGIC UNFORTUNATE CASE. (1536)
Hal Young, an advocate for homeschool parents says most are loving
and doing
a very good job.
(SOT/HAL YOUNG/NORTH CAROLINIANS FOR HOME EDUCATION/T3/3 1536) I
DON'T SEE A
CONNECTION THAT WOULD SAY THIS IS WHERE THE GOVT NEEDS TO STEP IN.
THIS IS
WHERE THE GOVT NEEDS TO COME TO YOUR HOME, COME INTO YOUR LIFE...
(NATS/f-1/152132 NISSA WARREN OUT OF COURTHOUSE DOOR) NISSA SWATS AT
REPORTER
The Warrens were acquitted of child abuse charges but spent 45 days
in jail
for failing to secure a firearm. Through their attorney declined they
requests for an interview.
(SOT/JONATHAN BREEDEN/ ATTORNEY FOR NISSA AND KENT WARREN T2/2 19 51)
ALL
THEY EVER ASKED WAS THAT THEY BE ABLE TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN IN THE
MANNER
IN WHICH THEY FELT WAS APPROPRIATE.
Tomorrow, how children nationwide have been put in danger, even
killed,
while homeschooling. In Smithfield, North Carolina, this is Vince
Gonzales
for Eye on America






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