Dustin E. Phelps - 1998

14 year old Dustin E. Phelps died when the owner of a Lancaster Foster Home strapped him into a blanket and a mattress held together with straps. He was left unattended for 4 hours.

It remains unclear if there ever was an investigation into this tragedy or the system just forgot him.

14 years is not alot to be allowed to live.

May he rest in peace.

Sources:

• THE SILENT DEATH OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN (Presented to the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, Los Angeles, 13 November, 2002)
• Children in treatment