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Four Arrested After 9-yr-old Dies Weighing 15 Lbs.

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http://fox59.com/2017/02/22/4-arrested-after-9-year-old-dies-weighing-15-lbs-in-vigo-county/
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At just before 4 a.m. Tuesday, medical teams responded to a home in the 11000 block of E. Lewsader Avenue in Northern Vigo County. The call was in response to Cameron Hoopingarner in cardiac arrest.

Cameron later died at Union Hospital, according to WTHI. Sheriff Ewing said the child suffered from cerebral palsy and was blind.

After an investigation, police served a search warrant at the home. They arrested 33-year-old Chad Kraemer, 56-year-old Hubert Kraemer, 53-year-old Robin Kraemer and 30-year-old Sarah Travioli.

Hubert and Robin Kraemer were Cameron’s guardians.
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[....] charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death and neglect of a dependent.

Chad Kraemer and Sarah Travioli were also charged with failure to report child neglect.
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Sheriff Ewing said photos from the scene reminded him of photos from Auschwitz.

All four suspects are scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning.
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15 lbs??? WTF? It takes effort to starve a poor child to that extent!!

I hope they get nailed to the wall. And starved.
 
That poor child must have known nothing but pain his entire life. I can't imagine what a 15lb 9 year old would look like.
 
Starved on top of all the other challenges he faced. This makes me so sad and angry. He never knew love.
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-4-...ath-of-boy-9-who-weighed-less-than-15-pounds/

Cameron R. Hoopingarner was blind and weighed less than 15 pounds when officers found him Tuesday at a home near Fontanet, 60 miles west of Indianapolis, Vigo County Sheriff Greg Ewing said. The officers were responding to a 911 call about a child in cardiac arrest.

Cameron was pronounced dead at a hospital.

“In my 26 years in this office, the pictures that I saw of Cameron and his condition were terrible, beyond terrible,” Ewing said.

State police and sheriff’s officials arrested four people who live at the home, including the child’s two guardians, Hubert A. Kraemer, 56, and 53-year-old Robin Lee Kraemer, who are charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death and neglect of a dependent. If convicted of neglect leading to death, they could each face up to 40 years in prison.

Their son Chad Allen Kraemer, 33, and his girlfriend Sarah Beth Travioli, 30, are charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death, neglect of a dependent and failure to report child neglect.

Chad Kramer protested his arrest saying “This ain’t right! This ain’t right!” while being led back to the Vigo County Jail following his initial court appearance Thursday afternoon.

The four are being held in the Vigo County jail with bonds of $250,000.
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Cerebral Palsy, blind and starved.
 
Birth mom lives in Illinois, sounds like she gave him up right after birth. Long article here:

http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_...cle_66dba936-0b26-5e81-82c9-426b7014d0d6.html

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[doublepost=1488032420,1487937568][/doublepost]This is one of those cases that is going to haunt me. They had him his whole life. He never knew anything but them. Did they ever love him? Show him affection? When did they withdraw it? When did they decide it was easier to just let him starve and rot?

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Drug charges added in Vigo neglect case
The four adults accused of allowing a disabled child to starve to death in Vigo County face additional charges after testing positive for drugs, according to the sheriff's office.

The suspects were charged earlier this week with two counts of neglect and one count of failure to make a report after a 9-year-old child in their care went into cardiac arrest and died at a local hospital. At the time of his death, Cameron R. Hoopingarner — a child who was blind and afflicted with cerebral palsy — weighed less than 15 pounds.

According to the Vigo County Sheriff's Office, an additional neglect charge has been added for each after drug tests showed that the foursome — Hubert Kraemer, 56; Robin Kraemer, 53; Chad Kraemer, 33; and Sarah Travioli, 30 — had marijuana and methamphetamine in their systems.

Hubert and Robin Kraemer had legal custody of the child. According to the Terre Haute Tribune Star, friends said they had taken care of the child since a few days after his birth. Along with their son Chad and Travioli, his girlfriend, they lived in the same address in northern Vigo County where the 911 call regarding the child's distress came from.

All four suspects are being held in jail. The bond for each has been set at $250,000, with a requirement that the amount be paid in full.
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I don't think these people will get out of jail for a long long time.

Malnourished child tested positive for meth when he died
A disabled 9-year-old who weighed less than 15 pounds when he died had methamphetamine in his system, the Vigo County Sheriff's Office said.

An autopsy found methamphetamine in the blood of Cameron R. Hoopingarner, who was blind and had cerebral palsy when he went into cardiac arrest and died on Feb. 21, the sheriff's office said Monday in a press release.

Forensic pathologist Roland Kohr declined to specify how much methamphetamine was in Cameron's system, but he said it wasn't enough to directly affect his health.

"It’s not a high enough level that I think it’s been actively administered, but I think he’s been in close enough proximity to someone using it," Kohr said.
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Cameron's legal guardians, Hubert and Robin Kraemer, their son, Chad Kraemer, and his girlfriend, Sarah Travioli, face new charges of neglect, maintaining a common nuisance and visiting a common nuisance in connection with the drugs discovered in Cameron's system, police said.
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I wonder if this was an unofficial arrangement - like child rehoming. That would explain the lack (or withdrawal) of medical and financial assistance and the apparently extremely inappropriate home placement.
 
after starving this child to near death someone finally calls 911?! Wtf seriously? was it made by the ones who starved him or someone else
If it was someone else then ok i clearlY understand but if it was made by the bastards who did it why? Why call now?! You tortured the child and gave no care for him.. hes almost fucking dead and now you want to call for help!? Fuck you. Did someone finally feel guilty and realise what they were doing? I am happy a call was made but I just dont get how they can go from torturing a little boy his entire life to calling for help!!
 
I've noticed there's quite a few of these situations where one of the adults involved calls for help at the absolute last minute. I'd like to think it's a pang of conscience, though it's probably more likely a case of "oh shit he's REALLY sick better do something or I'll really be in trouble" but they're too stupid to realize it's too late...
 
The DA must be just PISSED at these subhumans! To charge them for testing positive for drugs, but didn't say they found any?? My understanding was it's not illegal to use drugs but it's illegal to possess & distribute them. He charged for using. May not stick but good, let them worry.
 
Www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2017/03/16/siblings-indiana-starvation-case-test-positive-meth/99244914/

Even more charges!
Additional criminal charges have been filed against four people accused in the neglect death of a 9-year-old disabled boy at Fontanet.

The two new charges of neglect of a dependent, a Level 6 felony, were filed today in connection to two other minor children in the home being exposed to methamphetamine through drug use by the four adults living there.
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Give the hog beast to me! I'll run some of the fat off of her. I'll also put my foot so far up her ass she'll taste leather. She has a face I'd NEVAH get tired of slapping.
Lock her up...put a tray of delicious foods right in front of her cell...just out of her reach! Make her eat out of a garbage can!
Years back we had a sheriff who was escorting a child abusing scumfuck to court and "accidentally" bumped into him....he fell down the stairs and was in the infirmary for a couple of weeks. No painkillers either. The sheriff had babies of his own and no sympathy for child abusers. I voted for him.
 
Not surprising this is out of Indiana. This is the type of scum that put Pence in the White House, remember that.
 
http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_...cle_8359b897-a44a-599e-8d75-4a2a052b2c93.html

Prosecutors on Tuesday laid out a pattern of missed doctor’s visits, failure to order nutritional supplements and resistance to intervention as the trial continued for a Fontanet woman accused in the child neglect death of a young boy who had been in her care.

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The defendant had told investigators she stopped buying the nutritional supplements prescribed for the boy because her insurance ran out and she could not afford it.

However, Amber Piedy from IU Health Homecare said because the boy was on Medicaid, the food products were shipped free of charge to the family on a regular basis as long as they responded to monthly phone calls saying they needed the products.

Piedy said there was a history of Kraemer failing to respond to phone calls and letters asking for confirmation that the 28- to 30-day supply of nutrition supplement was still needed. After a shipment was sent in July 2015, there was no contact with Kramer until October 2015, when the defendant called to say that more supplement was needed.

Piedy said food was sent regularly for the next three months with the last delivery being in March 2016, about 11 months before the boy died.

Dr. Pablito DeLaCruz testified that it is unknown if the adult food fed to the boy contained adequate nutrition for his needs. The nutritional supplements did have adequate amounts of protein, carbohydrates and fat to sustain the child, he said.

DeLaCruz said it was not unusual for Hoopingarner to be small, considering his multiple medical issues, but the target range for the boy was 22 to 25 pounds at his age. When his weight decreased, DeLaCruz said he added supplements and other strategies.

Since the child was able to swallow food, the doctor said there was no need for a feeding tube.

DeLaCruz said he last saw the child in summer 2015 when he scheduled the child for additional care in Indianapolis. He did not see the boy at all in 2016 or 2017, according to his medical records.
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http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_...cle_10c3321f-f194-5b1a-be80-d13ca15ffb6d.html
Deputy Prosecutor Sabrina Haney presented paperwork showing Kraemer received $773 per month in disability payments to care for Hoopingarner. The child also received Medicaid to cover the cost of his medical care.
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An Indiana woman has been convicted of nine counts of neglect in the starvation-related death of a nine-year-old blind boy with cerebral palsy who weighed just 15lbs.

A Vigo County jury deliberated for three hours Thursday before returning a guilty verdict for 54-year-old Robin Kraemer, of Fontanet.

She faces a potential prison term of 20 to 40 years on the most serious charge, neglect of a dependent resulting in death, when she is sentenced on October 19.

Cameron Hoopingarner, the special-needs boy who was in Kraemer's care, passed away on February 21 as a result of severe malnutrition, according to the results of his autopsy.

Kraemer was the boy's guardian through an agreement with his birth mother from the time Cameron was three days old, reported Tribune-Star.

She testified Wednesday that she felt 'over her head' caring for the severely disabled, non-verbal child and admitted smoking methamphetamine days before he died.

The autopsy report showed that Cameron had trace amounts of meth in his system, likely from second-hand smoke, when he went into cardiac arrest and died.

Kraemer said she gave Cameron daily massages, baths and multiple feedings at her home near Terre Haute, but lost help when her mother died and her husband was hospitalized last year.

During closing arguments, prosecutor Sabrina Haney urged the jury: 'don't let your sympathy for her and the tragedies she has experienced rule your judgment.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...man-convicted-neglect-death-15-pound-boy.html
 
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OMG so all she had to do was respond to ONE phone call once a month and they shipped his food and supplements to her FREE? And she couldn't even do that? Christ on a cracker.
 
http://www.wbiw.com/state/archive/2017/10/woman-who-starved-child-sentenced-to-36-12-years.php
October 20, 2017
Robin Lee Kraemer was sentenced to a consecutive 36-1/2 years Thursday in a child starvation case.

"I'm so sorry for everything that's happened," says Robin Lee Kraemer during her comments to Judge Michael Lewis.

She plans to appeal the sentence. The maximum sentence was up to 54 years.

A jury found Kraemer guilty on nine counts, including neglect of a dependent resulting in death, on Sept. 21.
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A March 5 sentencing date has been set for a Vigo County woman facing up to 11 years in prison in the February 2017 starvation death of a disabled 9-year-old boy.

Sarah Travioli pleaded guilty Monday to four criminal counts in Vigo Superior Court 6, including a new charge of neglect of a dependent as a Level 5 felony.

Travioli admitted during the hearing she introduced methamphetamine into the home where Cameron Hoopingarner, 9, was exposed to the drug. A toxicology report showed the boy tested positive for meth on the day he died at the Fontanet home of his caregivers.

Travioli lived in that home with her boyfriend, Chad Kraemer, his father, Hubert Kraemer, and Chad’s mother, Robin Kraemer, who was the child’s primary caregiver. The minor children of Travioli and Chad Kraemer also lived in the house.

Two Level 6 felony counts of neglect of a dependent were charged against Travioli in connection with two children, ages 2 and 5, who lived in the home and tested positive for methamphetamine.

Travioli also pleaded guilty to a charge of failure to make a report, a Class B misdemeanor, for failing to report Hoopingarner’s critical physical condition.

A pre-sentence report has already been prepared for Travioli, as have evaluations for placement in community corrections as a sentencing option.

Meanwhile, a June 25 trial remains set for Hubert Kraemer, 57, while Chad Kraemer, 33, returns to court Feb. 22 for a sentencing hearing.

Chad Kraemer also pleaded guilty to charges of neglect of a dependent and failure to make a report.

All four adults lived in the same house on Lewsader Avenue where Robin Kraemer had cared for the boy since he was 3 days old.

Hoopingarner died Feb. 21. He weighed about 15 pounds, and an autopsy determined he died of severe malnutrition.

Medical records showed the boy had weighed about 24 pounds months before his death. Because of his medical conditions, his target weight was only 22 to 26 pounds.
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http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_...cle_cc3f2979-e7eb-570e-b2c2-a1a6187cc553.html
 
An Indiana man charged with neglect in the death of a malnourished nine-year-old boy suffering from cerebral palsy has reached a plea agreement in the case.

Hubert Kraemer, 58, who was expected to go on trial in October on nine charges, including neglect of a dependent resulting in death, now is scheduled to appear on December 14 in Vigo Superior Court.

Under the conditions of the agreement with the prosecution, Kraemer will plead guilty to lesser counts, among them neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury.

The plea deal does not specify the length of his sentences for each count, but they all must run concurrently, according to The Tribune-Star.

Kraemer also will receive credit for time served in jail since his February 2017 arrest.

The victim, Cameron Hoopingarner, was blind and weighed less than 15lbs when officers found him at the family's home near Fontanet, Indiana, on February 21.

Kraemer's wife, 54-year-old Robin Kraemer, the boy's primary caregiver from the time he was three days old, is serving more than 36 years in prison after being convicted of neglect of a dependent resulting in death in September 2017.

The Kraemers' adult son, Chad, earlier pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent and failure to report child abuse. He is set to be released from prison in 2021.

Chad's girlfriend, Sarah Travioli, also pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent. Her release date is listed at August 2019.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...alnourished-boys-death-reaches-plea-deal.html
 
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