The Springfield Township 16-year-old, who had autism and died last month, was "treated worse than an animal," Hamilton County's prosecutor said Monday.

Jeremiah Moore died Feb. 6 after he was chained to a cot and starved, investigators said. His adoptive mother, Tamara Moore, and a man, William Turnage, have been indicted in connection with his death.

“Words alone cannot describe the level of depravity displayed by these two defendants," Prosecutor Melissa Powers said in a statement. "My heart breaks for this little boy. He was treated worse than an animal, forced to live in a basement closet -- unwanted, unloved, and denied the most basic of necessities."

Moore, 52, appeared in court Tuesday as she pleaded not guilty to murder, endangering children, involuntary manslaughter, and failure to report a crime or knowledge of a death.

Minister Lahbib refers to the Hague Adoption Convention, not the UNCRC

When everything else had been tried and failed, my wife said, "Why don't we adopt?" This began a complicated process full of bureaucratic hurdles and years of waiting that continues to this day.

Once, I thought, now's the time. That was about a year ago, on January 26, 2023, to be exact. There was an email in my inbox from Ms. Barth, an employee of the adoption agency Eltern-Kind-Brücke. I went over to my wife's study and said, "We have news from Thailand!" She asked, "Good news?"

Hard to say.

Ms. Barth wrote, "Thailand has given us some information on the current situation. Do you have a spare moment for a phone call in the next few days?"

The Family and Social Services Ministry has reported that the number of children under state protection is 14,761, while 9,981 children are in foster care and 19,689 children have been adopted as of February 2024.

The ministry has revealed that children make up 26 percent of the nation's population, with recent figures from 2023 indicating a gender-balanced composition of 10.8 million girls and 11.3 million boys.

Highlighting their commitment to child welfare, the ministry informed that 14,761 children are under their care, with 9,981 in foster care and 1,689 successfully adopted. Emphasizing the importance of family-oriented support, the ministry prioritizes services aimed at fostering psychological and social well-being among children, striving to cultivate self-confidence and self-sufficiency.

"Children in need of protection are primarily evaluated within the scope of Family Oriented Services. Foster Family and Adoption Services are carried out for children who are not supported by their families to live in a family environment," the ministry said in the written statement.

Efforts to provide children with stable family environments extend to offering social and economic support to families in need. In February, the ministry disbursed 1.7 billion Turkish Liras ($52.5 million) in support payments to these families, along with an allocation of 186 million liras ($5.7 million) to foster families responsible for children under the ministry's guardianship.

Flor and Jazmin were among many children separated from their parents during El Salvador's civil war, and put up for adoption in the US and Europe. Now, nearly 40 years later, they and many others are searching for their birth families. But has anyone been searching for them?

Flor Wolman has a small scar the size of a quarter dollar coin on the left side of her stomach. Some of the girls at her school in the US used to tease her that it looked like a second belly button.

It's actually a gunshot wound she received when she was a little girl, and it still hurts, says Flor. It's also a constant and painful reminder of her harrowing family history.

"I just want to know what happened, why was I separated from my parents," the 42-year-old says. "And what the scar had to do with my adoption".

She was born Flor de Luz Acosta in 1979 in San Francisco Lempa, a tiny settlement of adobe houses and infertile hillsides in northern El Salvador. It was at the start of the country's bloody civil war. The rugged mountainous region where her family lived was the scene of fierce fighting between Marxist rebels and the US-backed military. Civilians caught in the middle were often regarded as rebel supporters.

When everything else had been tried and failed, my wife said: Why don't we adopt? This was the beginning of a complicated process full of bureaucratic hurdles and years of waiting that continues to this day. The desire for a child became a never-ending story.

By Jochen-Martin Gutsch • 12.04.2024, 13:00 • from DER SPIEGEL 16/2024

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