Not much is known about this maybe 10 year old boy who died at Linton Hall Military School. It is not known whether he was 9 or had reached his 10 years birthday. Not even the specific day of both his birth and death is known. His gravestone is in good condition. Maybe his family who happened to live far away from the school might have seen it.
The military boarding school was discontinued in 1980's. Today it is a dayschool.
It is unfortunately and a tragedy when such a young life is cut short.
May he find peace where he is now.
Que Dios te bendiga, Eduardo. Descansa en paz. as it is stated in a blog entry covering the school's history.
Source:
The boy who died at Linton Hall Military School: Eduardo Facha García, 1944-1954 (Linton Hall Military School alumni memories)
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Benjamin James Lolley - 2011
Benjamin James Lolley was only given 16 years in this life.For reasons unknown he was forced to attend Salem4youth. It is a residential program based on religious belief combined with isolation. For the first 6 weeks the teenagers are not allowed to communicate with their parents.
In the past there had been a case of misconduct at the ranch. Something made it impossible for this young man to graduate and go on in life. We don't know the reason but it seems that he made a tragic decision. It seems awful that such a young life should end distanced from his family but sadly it was the case.
May he find peace where he is now.
Sources:
In the past there had been a case of misconduct at the ranch. Something made it impossible for this young man to graduate and go on in life. We don't know the reason but it seems that he made a tragic decision. It seems awful that such a young life should end distanced from his family but sadly it was the case.
May he find peace where he is now.
Sources:
- "Suicide is Painless' to no one anytime, anywhere (Woodford Times)
- Salem for youth ranch (Fornits Home for Wayward Web Fora)
- (Fornits Wiki)
Saturday, August 9, 2014
George Owen Smith - 1940
This is an odd post for this blog. Normally a post appears on the yearday the child died, but we don't know what date poor 14 year old George Owen Smith died.
We also don't know how George Owen Smith died.
All we know is that he was found in an unmarked grave at the now closed Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.
Think about his family for all those years didn't know where to go with their grief over losing a son and a brother. His mother was denied this for her entire life.
Of course he committed a crime and deserved some kind of punishment. But not even in Florida they have a death penalty for stealing a car.
The questions are:
According to survivors a lot of boys were beaten almost to their deaths at the so-called white house. Maybe the guards went too far in their introduction ceremony to the reform school and buried the boy to hide their crime? It is most likely the explanation.
Now the family can meet around a marked grave as his body has been relocated to the family grave. Unfortunately not everyone in his family lived to see this day. They died before the truth about his destiny was learned.
Maybe the spirit of George Owen Smith will now find peace.
More than 50 bodies found on the campus of the reform school still are unidentified. We can only hope that they also will identified so they can be reunited with their families.
Sources:
We also don't know how George Owen Smith died.
All we know is that he was found in an unmarked grave at the now closed Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.
Think about his family for all those years didn't know where to go with their grief over losing a son and a brother. His mother was denied this for her entire life.
Of course he committed a crime and deserved some kind of punishment. But not even in Florida they have a death penalty for stealing a car.
The questions are:
- How did he die?
- Why were his body hidden from his family?
According to survivors a lot of boys were beaten almost to their deaths at the so-called white house. Maybe the guards went too far in their introduction ceremony to the reform school and buried the boy to hide their crime? It is most likely the explanation.
Now the family can meet around a marked grave as his body has been relocated to the family grave. Unfortunately not everyone in his family lived to see this day. They died before the truth about his destiny was learned.
Maybe the spirit of George Owen Smith will now find peace.
More than 50 bodies found on the campus of the reform school still are unidentified. We can only hope that they also will identified so they can be reunited with their families.
Sources:
- Boy's remains identified from shuttered Florida reform school (CBS News)
- Factsheet about the reform school (Fornits Wiki)
- 94 (1000 places You don't want to be as a teenager)
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Elisa D Santry - 2006
While most of the children named on this blog had been placed in residential programs involutary Elisa D Santry made the choice to enter an outward bound program on her own. Her family was ensured by the company Outward Bound USA that the program was safe. It was untrue. There had been 24 deaths. Short time before she entered the program a boy lost part of his leg.
The group she was placed in was no consisting of teenagers with the same level of endurance. One of the rules were that the group had to stay together when adults were not present. Still she was alone when she died from a heat-stroke. Then there is the question of the temperature that day. Down in the canyon temperatures reaches 43 degrees celcius and she wore a heavy backpack. She had no experience to determine whether she drank enough. She should have been under supervision from an adult.
The company which arranged the hike continue to send teenagers on wilderness programs.
They may have tightened supervision and safety but for 16 old Miss Santry it was too late. She died neglected by the program.
May she find peace where she is now.
Sources:
The group she was placed in was no consisting of teenagers with the same level of endurance. One of the rules were that the group had to stay together when adults were not present. Still she was alone when she died from a heat-stroke. Then there is the question of the temperature that day. Down in the canyon temperatures reaches 43 degrees celcius and she wore a heavy backpack. She had no experience to determine whether she drank enough. She should have been under supervision from an adult.
The company which arranged the hike continue to send teenagers on wilderness programs.
They may have tightened supervision and safety but for 16 old Miss Santry it was too late. She died neglected by the program.
May she find peace where she is now.
Sources:
- Special Report: A Death at Outward Bound (National geographic)
- Dangers That Can Cause or Lead To… (Boston Magazine)
- Elisa Santry News Files (Teen Advocate USA)
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Natalynndria Lucy Slim - 2006
A tragedy unfolded when 16 year old Miss Slim was found hanging by a computer cord at the Adolescent Residential Treatment Center operated by the Presbyterian Medical Services. An investigation into whether it was suicide was started.
On Find-a-grave this obituary was found:
Natalynndria Lucy Slim, our beloved daughter, sister, granddaughter and niece passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2006, in Farmington. She was born Oct. 20, 1989, in Shiprock to Jacaranda Sloan of Shiprock, and Nathaniel Slim of Teec Nos Pos, Ariz.
Natalynndria was born into the Naakai Diné' (Mexican Clan), and born for Kinyaaaanii (Tower House) clan. She was raised in Shiprock and had completed her sophomore year at Aztec High School. She also attended Bloomfield High School and Shiprock High School. She was an active basketball and volleyball player. She was also a member of the National Honor Society Organization. She participated in the school orchestra as well as being a skater.
Natalynndria enjoyed being among family and friends. Her hobbies were listening to music, shopping, drawing, writing poems, writing song lyrics, singing hanging out with her skater friends and chatting on the Internet.
Natalynndria was a brilliant and talented girl with so much potential and many goals. She loved animals and had dreams of becoming a veterinarian; she was also very photogenic and had dreams of becoming a photographer.
We will miss her sweet and pretty smile, her sense of humor, her laughter, companionship and her willingness to lend a hand with open arms and an open heart. We will always love you Baby "Gurl!"
Natalynndria is preceded in death by her father, Nathaniel Slim of Teec Nos Pos; maternal great-grandmother, Sarah D. Slowman of Shiprock; maternal grandfather, David Sloan Sr. of Mexican Hat, Utah; and paternal grandparents, Thomas and Lucy Slim of Teec Nos Pos.
She is survived by her mother, Jacaranda (Jackie) Sloan and significant other, Gilmore Morgan of Shiprock; sisters, Natasha Slim of Teec Nos Pos; Tanya and Vanessa Lister of Shiprock; brothers, Ryan J. Lowe and Aralias D. Morgan of Shiprock; grandmother, Nellie Sloan of Shiprock; and great-grandfather, Elwood Slowman of Shiprock.
She is also survived by her godmother, Clara S. King of Farmington; maternal aunts, Jackie Benally, Aqunetta Tom, Garianna and Karrie Martin, all of Shiprock; maternal uncles, David Sloan Jr. and Alonzo Sloan, both of Shiprock; her other maternal grandmothers, Loretta Bennett and Marietta Lister, both of Shiprock; Clara S. King and Lucita Slowman, both of Farmington; paternal aunts, Rita Slim and Lorraine Tsosie, both of Farmington; and paternal uncles, Edison Slim and Melvin Willie, both of Teec Nos Pos; and Alvin Willie of Kimbeto.
She will missed by numerous cousins, nephews and nieces.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., today, at Victory Life Fellowship Church (Rattlesnake) in Shiprock. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. A reception will follow in Shiprock at Slowman's residence on Mesa Farm Road.
Pallbearers will be David Sloan Jr., Lanfort J. King, Sheldon Benally, Michael Walker, Justin Dedios and Alonzo Sloan. Alternate pallbearers are Charles Wilson Jr. and Sterling Benally.
Honorary pallbearers are all family, relatives and friends.
Natalynndria is in the care of Cope Memorial Kirtland Chapel in Kirtland
May she find peace where she is now.
Sources:
- I'm Not Going Away, Would You? (Ezine articles)
- Natalynndria Lucy Slim (Find a grave)
- Victim list 2005-9 (Fornits Wiki)
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