How Could You? Hall of Shame-David Norman Elliott

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 Mountain View, California, “a 59-year-old Mountain View man and foster parent is behind bars after being arrested on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts on a boy 47 years his junior, according to police.

Police said they arrested David Norman Elliott on Oct. 8 after the boy’s mother contacted them about the alleged acts. Elliott was booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail, where he remained Monday.

Elliott has been a foster parent in the county for the past five years and police are looking for any additional victims who may have been in contact with him during that time. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Marco Garcia at 650-903-6395 and reference case no. 15-5889.

In a news release, police stressed the important of communication between parents and their children.

Mountain View: Police arrest foster parent on suspicion of lewd acts on child [Daily Democrat 10/12/15 by Jason Green]

“A South Bay foster parent is accused of performing lewd acts on a 12-year-old boy and police are asking for help finding additional victims.
David Norman Elliott, 59, was arrested earlier this month after the boy’s mother contacted Mountain View police to report “inappropriate behavior” between her son and Elliott. Upon further investigation, Elliott was arrested at his mobile home off Moffett Boulevard, police said.

The boy Elliott is accused of molesting has relatives who live in the same mobile home park.

Elliott has been a foster parent in Santa Clara County for the past five years, authorities said. The alleged 12-year-old victim was not a foster child, but police said Elliott was recently a foster parent for another boy, a 17-year-old who ran away.

“I suspect there are more victims, because he was a foster parent who served the county for several years,” said Mountain View Police Detective Marco Garcia. “So we want to talk to any other victims about what was going on inside that home.”

Elliott is charged with making an obscene video with a child and felony kidnapping after he apparently took the 12-year-old victim on a trip to Oregon. He remains in custody at the Santa Clara County Main Jail, police said Monday.”
hSanta Clara County Foster Parent Accused of Lewd Acts on Child [NBC Bay Area 10/12/15 by Marianne Favro]

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