Tucson, AZ- The life of this five year old has not been an easy one. After being removed from her bio units because of abuse, she was adopted by Samantha and Justin Osteraas. Samantha Osteraas, 28, is now facing two counts of child abuse against this poor girl.
From the onset this poor child had it rough. Her bio units fucked up royally and she was removed permanently from their custody. The abuse is reported as such:
- In December 2012, two reports were received alleging neglect to the girl, who was a year old at that time. It is unclear if the allegations were made about her biological parents. That case, which was later found to be unsubstantiated by DCS, was still open when the next report was received.
- On April 2, 2013, a report was received alleging neglect to the child by her biological parents. The girl was removed from the home and DCS filed a dependency petition, which would make her a ward of the state. The allegations were substantiated.
- On Jan. 7, 2015, a report was received alleging neglect to the child by an unnamed caregiver. The investigation resulted in the removal of the child from that caregiver, and the allegations in that case were substantiated.
- On May 15, 2015, a report was received alleging physical abuse to the child by a caregiver. An investigation followed and the child was determined to be safe in the home and the allegation was unsubstantiated.
- On Nov. 23, 2015, a report was received alleging past sexual abuse to the child by her biological father and physical abuse by her biological mother. The allegations in that report were unsubstantiated.
In the summer of 2016 she was officially adopted by the Osteraas'. They already had three other children in the house. It is not specified if they were also adopted or if they were their spawn. All three have been removed from the home and are in the custody of Arizona Department of Child Safety.
On December 29th Samantha did what all normal parents would do, and had bath time for her children. Two of the kids had finished their baths when it was the five year old's turn. According to Samantha, she turned the water on and left bathroom leaving the girl to get into the tub all by herself. By her own admission, she didn't even bother to test out the temp. TV is much more important.
After about 15 minutes of TV time, she went back into the bathroom to turn the water off and said she saw the child was lethargic and hanging over the tub. She said the the girl looked up and said, "hi, mommy." Whether the the poor girl said this or not, that is just absolutely heartbreaking.
Samantha then stated she took the child out of the tub and into the master bedroom, where detectives said they spotted a large blood stain on the spot the child was laid onto the floor. Then she said she went to drain the tub. She said the water so hot in the tub she had to cool her hand off by running it under cold water. Might I add, she took the time to cool her own hand off, while the child lay bleeding on her bedroom floor. Then she stated she called her neighbors and husband, who was at work. Because that's always a better choice than 911..... She eventually called 911 around 8:00pm. She also stated she had drank two beers that night and had a Rx for Adderall.
Officials noted when they got to the scene that the five year old was burned from her upper chest down. They also saw bruises on the child's left arm and neck. There was also bleeding and trauma on her upper lip. Hours after the incident was reported the child was in organ and respiratory failure. She had third degree burns on 80% of her body.
Doctors also came to the conclusion that the burns happened up to six hours before Samantha bothered to call for help. According to her though she called immediately. While interviewing the other children, they said they were playing on an iPad while their sister was in the tub. Detectives have taken the iPad to determine the time table. As of the last update I could find, the girl was in critical condition.
Samantha is being held on a $25,000 bond. She was offered protective custody because of her charges and she declined. This woman is a fucking moron. Other inmates found out why she was in there and threatened her life. They were able to punch her several times and pull her hair. She has since requested protective custody and it has been granted. In the most intelligent move she could've made, she declined to press charges against the inmates that attacked her.
http://tucson.com/news/local/crime/...cle_1c097b1d-f268-5ee6-ad90-6ae23b4dba3e.html
http://tucson.com/news/local/crime/...cle_79902324-3387-5308-86df-ca633efd0522.html
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/...l-on-child-abuse-charges-assaulted-by-inmates
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