12 year old Wauketta Wallace was labeled as a troubled youth. His death was result of a failed restraint.
There was a probe into this tragedy but his death was ruled as accidential.
It would take additional deaths before a pattern emerged showing that face-down restraints were deadly. Hopefully it was a lesson learned for the staff at Maryville Academy which continues to be in operation today.
Sources:
Victims in 1980s, Fornits Wiki database
Death of boy, 12, in youth home ruled accidental, Chicago Sun-Times - August 12, 1989 (Pay-per-view article)
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