Victims

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This page contains a list of names of children lost during program (LDP) or at some point shortly after the program.

This page covers the period from Januar 1, 2010. Deaths which have occured prior to this date has been moved to separate pages.

Other periods

Period	1970's	1980's	1990's	2000-4	2005-9	2010 -
Died during program	3	18	50	37	32	15
Died after program	None	2	1	8	27	4

Please notice that not all deaths are recorded as the news about some deaths are kept out of the media to marketing and settlements. If you have been at a program and know of a death please notice that this pages only include entries which can be verified by links.

Lost during program

#	Name	Age	Program	Date	Cause of death (If investigated or published at all)
1	Taylor Mangham	15	Liahona Academy	January 19, 2010	Brain aneurysm [1]
2	Levi Snyder	17	New Hope Carolinas treatment center	June 12, 2010	Found dead, investigation not complete [2]
3	Carnez Boone	14	Yes Academy	July 30, 2010	Downed during an outing [3]
4	Shanice Nibbs	17	Five Oaks Achievement Center	August 18, 2010	Complications of hypothermia[4]
5	Natasha Newman	17	Sunrise RTC	October 17, 2010	Bizarre car accident [5]
6	Gracie James	17	Sunrise RTC	October 20, 2010	Aftermath of bizarre car accident [6]
7	Michael Owens	16	Daystar Residential, Inc.	November 5, 2010	Complications from a restraint [7]
8	Roger Eugene Benson	15	Unnamed group home in Lynnwood	January 21, 2011	Fell from bridge onto traffic on I-5 [8]
9	Dyskeha Streeter	16	Divine Guidance group home, North Carolina	March 28, 2011	Blood clots in her lungs [9]
10	Benjamin James Lolley	16	Salem4youth	August 26, 2011	Apparent victim of a suicide, according to Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman. [10]
11	Caitlin A. Lee	15	ChildServ	October 30, 2011	Found dead on railroad tracks [11]
12	Daniel Huerta	17	Big Cypress Wilderness Institute	December 8, 2011	Killed in traffic accident during transport. Driver which was an employee of the program had numerous traffic ticket and drove on a suspended license [12]
13	Anthony Parker	16	One Way Farm Childrens Home‎	December 27, 2011	Died as result of an beating by another boy [13]
14	Corey Foster	16	Leake & Watts residential treatment center	January 18, 2012	Died shortly after being restrained. Investigation pending [14]
15	Joseph Winters	14	Rose Rock treatment center	February 1, 2013	Died on his first day at the treatment facility - cause of death under investigation [15]

Lost after leaving the program

Due to privacy issues we don't state cause of death unless it is stated in the reference.

Name	Age	Program	Date	Cause of death (If investigated or published at all)
Jessica Laren Harris	17	Aspiro Wilderness Program West Ridge Academy	March 8, 2010	Complications from a suicide attempt [16]
Brendon Patrick Deasey	24	Carlbrook	April 10,2010	Struggle with illness which should have been cured at the facility [17]
Michael James Perry	28	Casa by the Sea	July 1, 2010	Executed for a murder which took place while he was in jail. Sentence based completely on evidence from a medical examiner who had been caught lying [18].
Mark Allen Selby	21	Catherine Freer Wilderness Program and Santiam Crossing	November 13, 2010	Alleged car accident[19]
Thomas Victor Riley	18	CALO - Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks	December 25, 2010	Died from complications of a lifestyle, which should have been addressed during treatment [20]
Adam Gibbon	22	Second Nature Wilderness program	January 6, 2011	Bilateral bronchopneumonia contributed by oxycodone, alprazolam and alcohol [21]
Michele Tresler-Ulriksen	41	Victory Christian Academy	April 2011	Alleged suicide due to emotional scars from the stay at the facility [22]. Author of the book Reform at Victory
Leslie Carter	25	Cross Creek Programs	January 31, 2012	Undisclosed causes [23]

Missing in action

- moved to a separate page - Missing and wanted -

The Julian Youth Academy campus neglect case

- Main article: Julian Youth Academy campus neglect case -

A mummified body of a 4 day old baby girl was found on the campus of The Julian Youth Academy. Due to the fact that the girl was not enrolled in the program the baby is not recorded on the official victim list.

Straight Inc. and spin-offs

Some of the most deadly program when we are talking of the survival rate among former participants is the Straight Inc. and the spin-off programs.

The survivor community have a list of names on their memorial site. The people who have moved to the next world are tagged with RIP ^[24]

External Links

• Info: Holy the Children, Teen Advocate USA
• Info: In Loving memory off
• Info: In Memory: These children died In the government’s care in the name of “safety”, Almost Tuesday blog
• Info: The case for Foster Care reform written in Stone
• Info: Today a child died, blog with essay's about some of the deaths on this page

References

1. ↑ Memorial event will help raise awareness about brain aneurysms, BY SUSAN MCFARLAND, The Keller Citizen, January 18, 2011
2. ↑ Teenager found dead at Rock Hill psychiatric center, by Cleve R. Wootson Jr.,Charlotte Observer, June 12, 2010
   Teenager found dead at center, a thread on the Fornits message boards
3. ↑ Mom suing after son dies in summer drowning, by Jan Ransom, Phllly.com, February 5, 2011
4. ↑ Teen who collapsed at residential treatment facility dies, by Terri Langford, The Houston Chronicle, August 18, 2010
   RTC teen dies: 8-13-10, a thread on the Fornits messageboard
5. ↑ Girl from troubled youth center killed in rollover, By Paul Koepp, Deseret News, October 17, 2010
6. ↑ Obituary - Gracie James, legacy.com
   Gracie James, whose writing gleamed with insights; at 17, By Bryan Marquard, The Boston Globe, November 5, 2010
7. ↑ Boy Dies Of Restraint-Related Asphyxiation. by Emily Ramshaw and Terri Langford, Houston Chronicle, November 8, 201
8. ↑ The boy who killed himself on I-5, The news Click Seattle, February 28, 2011
   Group home security:, a thread on the Fornits Home for Wayward Web Fora
9. ↑ Neighbors Report Weekly Yelling From Suspended Group Home, By: JIM NIEDELMAN , WNCT STAFF, Eyewitness 9 News, March 30, 2011
   Girl dies at Divine Guidance Integrative Services, March2011, a thread on the Fornits Home for Wayward Web Fora
10. ↑ Ben Lolley, former EHS student, dies, By DeWayne Bartels, Woodford Times, August 29, 2011
    Benjamin James Lolley, Find a Grave
11. ↑ Caitlin A. Lee, Obituary
    Suicide at ChildServ, a thread om the Fornits Home for Wayward Web Fora
12. ↑ 2 killed, 6 'Swamp Boys' injured in SUV rollover crash in Everglades canal, Naples Daily News staff report, December 9, 2011
    Trip to athletic event turns tragic for Lee County youths, by Mark S. Krzos, Marcos Island Florida, December 9, 2011
13. ↑ More charges may come after teen death from beating, By Hannah Poturalski, Middletown Journal, December 29, 2011
14. ↑ Leake & Watts boy's death: 'I can't breathe,' boy shouts after staffers piled onto him, witness says, by Will David and Shawn Cohen, New York's Lower Hudson Valley, April 19, 2012
    Death at Leake & Watts, Fornits Home for Wayward Web Fora
15. ↑ Teen boy with autism dies at treatment facility, by La'Tasha Givens, KFOR, February 5 2013
16. ↑ Frozen In Time, One Perspective blog
    You Make My Life Worthwhile, Becoming Stefanie Despain blog
    Obituary, Tributes.com
17. ↑ Brendon Patrick Deasey, obituary
18. ↑ Michael James Perry Executed, by Jessica Molinar, KFOX14, July 1, 2010
19. ↑ Mark Allen Selby, Gazette Times, November 17, 2010
    Pathway to Peace, By Jennifer Moody, Albany Democrat-Herald, Gazette Times, November 20, 2011
20. ↑ Obituary, Tributes.com
21. ↑ Long Valley's Gibbon Went Through Life-Changing Journey as a Teen, By Jason Koestenblatt, LongValleyPatch, February 22, 2011
    Autopsy: Long Valley Native Acquitted in Death By Auto Died of Pneumonia, LongValleyPatch, February 16, 2011
22. ↑ Michele Tresler-Ulriksen (41) died from an overdose of Valium mixed with Grey Goose vodka, Mydeathspace, April 08, 2011
23. ↑ Leslie Carter, Wikipedia
24. ↑ Kids of Bergen County / KIDS of North Jersey partipants list is here