How Could You? Hall of Shame-Argentina-Foster Daughter UPDATED

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

 From Argentina, “police in Argentina say they have rescued a 15-year-old girl who had been starved, beaten and kept in a garage for nine years by her foster parents.

The girl weighed only 20 kilos (44 pounds), and said she had been fed only bread and water in her captivity.

Her only company had been that of a dog and a monkey, and she said she was beaten with a belt if she tried to eat the leftover food thrown to the pets.

Her carers have been arrested and charged with slavery and abuse.

The teenager was found in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, by one of her biological sisters, who had lost track of her.

The girl, who has been hospitalised, said she had been out of the garage only twice in nine years.

According to officials, her foster parents took the girl into care provisionally in 2001 after a court found that her biological parents, who had seven more children, were financially unable to look after her.

At first, the two families kept in contact, but it is unclear what happened after 2005 and why her biological family reportedly lost track of the girl.

Her foster parents were waiting for the girl’s adoption papers to be finalised.”

Argentina rescues girl kept for nine years in garage[BBC News 4/16/14]

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Update: “A girl who was beaten, starved and imprisoned with a dog and a monkey in a garage from the age of six for nine years by her foster parents has been rescued by Argentinian police.

The girl, who weighed just 20kg (44lb) when she was found in the garage in Buenos Aires, said she had been fed only bread and water.

Now 15, she said she was repeatedly beaten with a belt if she tried to eat the leftover food thrown to the pets in the garage.

According to officials, her foster parents took the girl into care provisionally in 2001 after a court found that her biological parents, who had seven more children, were financially unable to look after her, the BBC reported.

The girl was found after one of her biological sisters raised the alarm.

Her biological family lost track of her after 2005.

The child has been taken to a local hospital for treatment. Her would-be guardians have been arrested and charged with slavery and abuse.

Her foster parents were awaiting for the girl’s adoption papers to be finalised when she was found.

They were reported to be devotees of St Death, or Santa Muerte, a female saint venerated by millions of people in South America.

Santa Muerte is associated with healing, protection, love and safe delivery to the afterlife by her followers.

The Vatican and the Protestant church in Mexico have condemned the cult of Santa Muerte as satanic and anti-religious.”

Satan Cult Foster Parents Locked Girl in Garage with Dog and Monkey for Nine Years[International Business Times 4/17/14 by Ludovica Iaccino]