THE SCENE POLICE HAVE NOT SAID WHETHER THE VICTIM IN THE KILLER KNEW
EACH OTHER. IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION YOU’RE ASKED TO
CALL THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. NEW RIGHT NOW
IN THE CASE OF A 6 YEAR-OLD
GIRL WHO WAS BAKER ACTED AT HER
DUVAL
COUNTY SCHOOL. POLICE BODY
CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS THE LITTLE
GIRL BEING WALK TO A PATROL CAR
LOVEGROVE ELEMENTARY
LAST WEEK. NOW THE NEWS 4 JAX I
TEAM IS LOOKING INTO
THE NONPROFIT THAT MADE THE
DECISION TO COMMIT TO A MENTAL
HEALTH FACILITY.
WE FOUND THE DISTRICT IS CALLED
THAT NONPROFITS HOTLINE MORE
THAN A 1000 TIMES SINCE THE
START OF THE
SCHOOL YEAR. DARK IS STANDING
BY THE NEWSROOM WITH A LOOK AT
QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICE BODY
CAM VIDEO BUT NEWS 4 JAX ITN
REPORTER KELLY WILEY BEGINS OUR
COVERAGE OF THIS STORY KELLI
SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT AND
CEO OF THE NONPROFIT ABOUT HOW
THEY MAKE THESE DECISIONS
KELLY.
>> WE’LL TALK GUIDANCE IS AN ACCREDITED NONPROFIT THE DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOLS IS SUPPOSED TO
CALL WHENEVER THEY FEEL A CHILD
IS AT RISK OF HURTING
THEMSELVES OR HURTING SOMEONE
ELSE. WE FOUND THE DUVAL COUNTY
SCHOOLS HAS MADE A CALL TO THEM
MORE THAN A 1000 TIMES IN JUST
THE SCHOOL YEAR. BUT WE ALSO
FOUND A MAJORITY OF THE TIME
THE CASES DO NOT END WITH THE
CHILD BEING COMMITTED TO A
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.
>> YOU DON’T BE GIVING YOU NOT WANT THE AIR AROUND LIKE YOU TO GET IN THERE ARE YOUR BODY
CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS 6 YEAR-OLD
NOT YOU KEEPING QUIET AND CALM
BEING ESCORTED BY JACKSONVILLE
POLICE OUT OF HER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO
90’S MOTHER THE 6 YEAR-OLD WAS
BAKER ACTED TAKEN TO A MENTAL
HEALTH FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS
COMMITTED, BUT THE DECISION TO
VOLUNTARILY COMMIT NADIA WAS
NOT THE SCHOOL’S DECISION.
THE SCHOOL SAYS HE CALLED ITS
CRISIS HOTLINE WHICH CONNECTED
THEM TO CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER
EEK A FLORIDA NONPROFIT AGENCY
WITH LICENSED HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS. TRADE IN DIGS ID
DISORDERS DELINQUENCY ISSUES
AND BAKER ACT DIVERSION.
THEY MADE THE DECISION AFTER
COMING TO SCHOOL TO COMMIT HER
TO A MENTAL
HEALTH FACILITY. HER MOTHER
SAYS SHE STAYED FOR
2 DAYS, THE NEWS FOR JAX’S I
TEAM REQUESTED DATA FROM THE
CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER AND FOUND
SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL
YEAR IN AUGUST. DUVALL SCHOOLS
HAS CALLED THE CRISIS HOTLINE.
1140 TIMES OF THOSE CALLS A 187 RESULTED IN THE LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. COMING TO
THE SCHOOL TO ASSESS
THE STUDENT OUT OF MORE THAN
800 ASSESSMENTS. 155 HAVE
RESULTED IN A CHILD BEING
COMMITTED TO A HEALTH
CARE FACILITY. DOCTOR TERESA
REALLY AND IS THE PRESIDENT AND
CEO OF CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER,
THE PRIMARY FIRST AND THIS IS
TO DE ESCALATE THE SITUATION
WHAT WOULD LEAD TO A BAKER ACT
IF THERE IS SOME OTHER TYPE OF
OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER THAT IS
ESCALATING ON TOP
OF THAT.
>> THAT IS AND PUTTING THE
CHILD IN DANGER.
>> NO YOU’RE NOT ALONE IN JAIL,
YOU WILL NOT GO
TO JAIL.
>> I THINK IT’S NOT ALWAYS
UNDERSTOOD
BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT A
BAKER ACT SITUATION, IT IS NOT
A PUNISHMENT IT IS
NOT IN ANY WAY MEANT TO TRY TO
CHANGE BEHAVIOR. IT IS AGAIN
AND I KNOW I KEEP SAYING IT,
BUT IT IS AGAIN. HOW TO PROTECT
THIS PERSON. >> IN THE IMMEDIACY DOCTOR RELIEVE CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT ANY
SPECIFIC CASE INCLUDING NOT HE
IS THE VIDEO SEEMS TO SHOW NOT
YET CALMLY TALKING TO
THE OFFICERS. THE OFFICER
TAKING HER TO THE MIDDLE HEALTH
CARE FACILITY, EVEN COMMENTS
THEY CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHY SHE
WAS BEING BAKER ACTED.
>> SHE’S PART. SHE SAYS.
>> I’M NOT HIS MOTHER’S
QUESTION TO THE HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS. BAKER ACTED HER
6 YEAR-OLD IS WAS
IT NECESSARY. I STILL DON’T
HAVE IT SAYS.
♪
>> AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THE CEO OF THIS NOT
PROFIT WAS WHERE DO PARENTS FIT
INTO THE MIX HERE. SHE SAID
THEY WANT TO INCLUDE PARENTS IN
THESE DECISIONS AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE, BUT THEY ARE NOT
THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE A
DECISION WHETHER THE PARENT IS
THERE OR NOT IS SOMETIMES
BEFORE THE PARENT GETS THERE
THEY SAY IN THESE CASES THIS
IS A THIS IS A LICENSED HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONAL MAKING A
MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND THEY SAY
IF THEY FEEL IN THAT MOMENT
THAT BEHAVIOR IS BEING SHOWN
THAT THE CHILD IS A SAFETY RISK
TO THEMSELVES
OR OTHERS. THEY WILL GO AHEAD
SIGNED THE PAPERWORK AND GET
THE PEOPLE WERE GOING FOR THEM
TO BE BAKER
ACTED TAKEN TO A MENTAL HEALTH