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Child abuse cases present familiar story as incidents decline yet fatalities hold steady

Colorado Springs Gazette·Debbie Kelley·about 1 month ago
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Seven months after the father of Wendy Oliver’s three children left the family home due to domestic violence, her oldest son, who was 14 at the time, hung up after talking with him on the phone and said, “I’m so glad Dad doesn’t live here anymore because when he did, he used to look at my privates.” Her 7-year-old daughter, who was standing nearby, followed that chilling statement with, “When he lived here, he used to touch my privates.” And Oliver’s 10-year-old son chimed in with a story about how during a recent visitation, his dad had brought lotion along. “One minute he was rubbing my feet, and the next minute he was up by my groin,” the boy told his mother.…

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