The ranch markets itself with:
- A rural setting
- An on-campus school
- Structured homework time
- Family style outings
- Structured therapeutic recreation
- Boys Scout Troop
- Basketball goals
- Tennis courts
- Covered pavilion
- Recreation Center
- Athletic fields
- Sunday morning worship
- Wednesday evening chapel
It certainly sounds nice, but for the boy and one of his friends the distance and isolation from their family and friends - their entire social network became too much.
They were killed when they were hit by a train. Was it a suicide or an escape attempt going wrong?
We cannot know.
What we do know are that it was a tragedy for their family and a reminder to us to do everything possible to avoid residential care.
May they rest in peace.
Sources:
- Victims 2005-9 (Fornits Wiki)
- Chief Of Police Talked To Azleway Runaways Killed By Train (KLTV 7)
