FOSTER
FOSTER FATHER GUILTY OF SECOND- DEGREE MURDER.
DEGREE MURDER. YOU CAN WATCH THE SENTENCING ON
11 WAY LIVE.COM.
>>> AND 4@THEY WERE FILLED WITH
CONFUSION, PANIC AND PAIN.
>>> AUSTIN WAS STRUGGLING ON4@
THE GROUND WITH THE STAFF AND
HIS LIPS TURNED BLUE.
THERE WAS ONE FAMILY'S CALL FOR
BETTER CARE AND TREATMENT, A
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PATIENT.
4@
>>>
>>> AN
>>> AN INQUISITIVE CHILD, OUR SON.
SON.
SON. >>
SON. >> HE TRAVELED HIS OWN LIFE,
TRAINS, PLANES AND FERRIES, 4@H
WENT ON KEY WEST AND
YELLOWSTONE, HE WAS NONVERBAL.
EVERYTHING WAS BY LOOK, FEEL 4@@
TOUCH.
TOUCH.
TOUCH. THAT WAS OUR COMMUNICATION.
HE WAS CURIOUS GEORGE, BECAUSE
HE HAD ONE WORD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ONE MORE.
ONE MORE.
ONE MORE. >> 4@4@LOOK AT DAD.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. >>4@ PUT YOUR ARMS DOWN, GOOD 4@
BOY.
BOY.
BOY. >>
BOY. >> JACK AND KAREN WERE MORE
THAN PATIENTS, THEY WERE
PROVIDING 4/7 MEDICAL CARE.
>> NONVERBAL, ATAXIA, IT WAS A
MODERATE INTELLECTUAL
MODERATE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, HE WAS IMPULSIVE
AND HE HAD A LOT.
THE PROCEDURES, THAT'S WHAT
TRIGGERED THE SEVERE BEHAVIOR4@
>> AT AGE 4@17, AUSTIN WAS PLAC
IN 24/7 CARE AT LAUREL HEIGHTS
HOSPITAL, I ALWAYS THOUGHT I
COULD DO IT, AND DO IT BY
MYSELF AND DO IT BETTER.
AFTER THE SEIZURES, WE JUST
WENT A DIFFERENT 4@AVENUE TO TR
TO FIND DIFFERENT HELP.
>> NEVER IN YOUR WILDEST FEARS
DID YOU THINK HE COULD DIE --
>> NEVER.
>> NEVER.
>> NEVER. >> NEVER, IT DIDN'T CROSS OUR
MINDS.
MINDS.
MINDS. >>
MINDS. >> HE HAD BEEN SAFE WITH US,
SAFE IN4@ MY CARE, AND I RELINK
4@WISHED THAT CARE, TO TRAINED
PROFESSIONALS AND HE DIED IN
THE TRAINED FACILITY.
THAT IS NOT RIGHT AT ANY LEVEL.
>> THE DETAILS OF AUSTIN'S
DEATH 4@4@ARE UNCLEAR.
>> THEY SAID 4@AUSTIN HAD AN
ALTERCATION WITH ANOTHER
STUDENT AND HE 4@CHOKED.
>> WE ENVISIONED HIM EATING
LUNCH AND CHOKING ON HIS FOOD.
>> 4@4@THAT WAS NOT ACCURATE.
THERE'S MORE TO THIS STORY.
>> THE MEDICAL EXAMINER LISTED
HIS DEATH AS A HOMICIDE,
CHOKING ON HIS OWN INVOLVEMENT
WHILE BEING RESTRAINED.
>> HOW MANY OTHER TIMES HAS
THIS HAPPENED?
THIS HAPPENED? HOW MANY OTHER PARENTS --
>> WE FOLLOWED THE CLAIMS OF
ABUSE AT 4@TEN FACILITIES OWNED
BY UHS, THE SERVICES, IT'S ONE
OF 10 MENTAL FACILITIES IN THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. THEY REVIEWED 64 CLAIMS, SOME
INVOLVE CHILDREN AND TEENS, AND
SOME ALLEGE SEXUAL ABUSE.
OF ALL OF THE CASES, WE ONLY
FOUND THREE RESULTING IN AN
EMPLOYEE ARREST.
EMPLOYEE ARREST. UHS RESPONDED SAYING, 4@IT'S NO
ACCURATE TO IMPOSE A BLANKET
CHARACTERIZATION OF ABUSE BASED
UP4@ON A WORD OR WORDS WRITTEN
AN ABUSE REPORT.
WE BELIEVE ONE 4@NEGATIVE
EXPERIENCE OR INCIDENT IS ONE
TOO MANY.
TOO MANY.
TOO MANY. OUR FACILITIES COOPERATE WITH
AUTHORITIES IN ALL CASES.
>> I DON'T WHAT WENT WRONG, I
KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG, BUT IT
HAPPENED SO FAST.
>> POLICE INTERVIEWS RECORDED
WITH THE HOSPITAL STAFF EXPLAIN
THE MOMENTS LEADING TO AUSTIN'S
DEATH.
DEATH.
DEATH. >>
DEATH. >> I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM TO
CALM DOWN, TALKING HIM 4@THROUG
IT, ARE YOU OKAY.
>> HE SWUNG AT ME AND HE4@
ACTUALLY FELL ON THE GROUND IN
FRONT OF ME, SO, I JUMPED ON
TOP OF HIM TO HOLD HIS ARM DOWN
AND THEN ANOTHER MALE STAFF
CAME TO HOLD HIS FEET.
>> I WENT TO RESTRAIN HIM AND
HOLD HIM AND GET HIM IN THE
POSITION TO CORRECT HIM ON THE
SIDE AND ONCE WE GOT HIM, WE
LOOKED AT HIM, HE WAS 4@ --
>> A HOSPITAL SPOKESPERSON SENT
THE STATEMENT:
THEY
THEY COOPERATED FULLY IN THE INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. NO CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE FILED.
WE TOOK A AS4@SESSME4@NT AND
INSTITUTED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
TO THE SATISFACTION OF
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES. >> WE WERE ANGRY, WE WERE UNDER
THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT AUSTIN JUST
HAPPENED TO US, IT DIDN'T JUST @
HAPPEN TO US.
>> WE UNCOVERED 42 4@CASES OF
ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE, AT US
GEORGIA FACILITIES.
GEORGIA FACILITIES. >> WHY DIDN'T YOU EXAMINE OR
CALL THE MISS ON MONDAY.
>> UHS HOSPITAL STAFFERS ARE
WORKING ON HOW THESE CLAIMS ARE
HANDLED.
HANDLED.
HANDLED. >> THIS DOES NOT INVOLVE THE
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. IT'S NOT OUR STANDARD PRACTICE.
>>> BY 4@THE WAY, ON 11ALIVE.CO
YOU CAN SEE OUR FULL STORY INTO
>>> BY 4@THE WAY, ON 11ALIVE.CO YOU CAN SEE OUR FULL STORY INTO@
THE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE AT4@
THESE PRIVATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH