How Could You? Hall of Shame-Jane Doe case UPDATED and Lawsuit

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 Sierra Vista, Arizona, Former foster parent David Frodsham,59, was “taken into custody following an investigation into alleged sexual activity with children.”

“The arrests of Spec. Randall Bischak, 25, and David Frodsham, 59, come after a months-long investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel into the transferring of child pornography using cellphone applications.

A probable cause statement submitted with Frodsham’s arrest contains details about the investigation and indicates that the two men would meet for consensual sexual activity, and that Frodsham would provide underage children for Bischak to have sexual contact with.

Both men were taken into custody on Thursday, with Bischak handed over to ICE and Frodsham’s case being handled by Sierra Vista police.

The investigation began in December, when an HSI agent in Philadelphia investigating activity conducted through a smartphone communication application found a user posting sexually explicit material featuring children.

The application’s parent company was subpoenaed for the user’s information and investigators obtained the user’s IP address and narrowed his physical location to Sierra Vista.

March, after submitting a summons to Cox Communications for the account information associated with the user’s known IP address, ICE agents learned the account was owned by Bischak, and that he resided in Sierra Vista.

Reviewing publicly available social media accounts, investigators learned that Bischak is a musician and a member of the military.

Federal agents conducted surveillance on Bischak’s home in the 1500 block of Paseo La Paz in Sierra Vista and, on April 14, served a search warrant there, seizing computers, cellphones, tablets and CDs.

During an interview with federal investigators, Bischak said he had engaged in consensual sex with a 59-year-old man named Dave, who was later identified by investigators as Frodsham.

Bischak said the two also discussed engaging in sexual activity with children, claiming that at one point Frodsham sent a very young child into the bathroom where Bischak was, in order for Bischak to have sexual contact with the child, according to the probable cause statement.

A review of digital and text messages sent from Bischak’s phone found conversations between himself and Frodsham in which they discuss Frodsham bringing children with him when the two men would meet for sex. There were also messages from Bischak to other individuals in which he claims to have had sex with children.

Based on this and other information, Sierra Vista Detective Tom Ransford obtained a search warrant for Frodsham’s residence in the 1200 block of Sunflower Way.

Frodsham consented to an interview with police prior to being placed under arrest, during which he admitting to knowing Bischak and communicating with him over text messages. He also admitted to bringing young children to Bischak’s home when the two would have sex in a separate room, and of sending him photos of young children Frodsham was watching, but denied possessing or distributing child pornography or involving children in any sexual activity.

Frodsham was arrested on Thursday on charges of sexual conduct with a minor, conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.

Doug Nick, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Child Safety, said Frodsham was a certified foster parent in Arizona from 2002 until January 2015.

“At that point his license was suspended and closed,” Nick said. Confidentiality laws prevent him from explaining why Frodsham’s license was suspended.

Bischak joined the Army in July 2012 and has served in the Military Intelligence Corps Band on Fort Huachuca since July 2015, said Tanja Linton, media relations officer for the installation. Linton also confirmed that Bischak is now also under investigation by Fort Huachuca authorities.

Detective Ransford is leading the investigation into Frodsham.

“It’s an ongoing investigation and we’re looking for additional victims and suspects, which will depend a lot on the digital media information retrieved from the search warrant conducted on Sunflower Way,” he said.

In his probable cause statement, Ransford notes that there are hundreds of cellphone videos of Bischak engaging in sexual activity with multiple other individuals, but it is not specified if these videos included children.

Investigators are working to identify as many possible victims, or possible suspects, in connection to these individuals.

“We are interviewing any child that has ever had any kind of contact with Mr. Frodsham, and the digital investigation in continuing,” Ransford said.

Federal investigators have taken the lead on Bischak’s case, while local investigators are still working to determine how long Frodsham’s alleged abuse has been occurring.

“We’ll follow the leads where they go, but right now we’re just focusing on the last few months. Eventually, we will get to some point where we believe it began,” he said.

Use of cellphone applications and other Internet-based technology by criminals to exchange child pornography is not uncommon, according to the detective.

“Technology is always being exploited by criminals. The introduction of various phone applications and computer applications only expands their ability to transmit and receive this type of material,” Ransford said.

The use of this technology can both make it easier and more difficult for investigators to conduct an investigation such as this.

“Sometimes it’s easier to track an individual when they’re using the Internet to transmit information and sometimes access to the individual is troublesome, based on a number of factors: The cooperation of the ISP, the timeliness of the information received, the honesty of the individuals when they sign up for those applications,” he said.

While Bischak remains in federal custody, Frodsham has been booked into the Cochise County Jail where he remained on a $500,000 bond.

Sierra Vista police are asking for anyone with information about possible unidentified victims to contact Ransford at (520) 452-7500.”

Soldier, former foster parent arrested for child sex crimes [Sierra Vista Herald 4/26/16 by Derek Jordan]

REFORM Puzzle Piece

Update:“Frodsham was licensed to have up to five foster children at a time, male and female, with the ages ranging from birth to 11, the DCS reported. DCS officials said they could not comment further on the case.

Breen said several foster children of various ages were living in the home when Calderon’s child was there, including one other toddler. Frodsham was licensed as a foster parent in Arizona from 2002 until January 2015, when he was arrested on charges of aggravated drunk driving. His license was then suspended due to suspension of his fingerprint clearance card.

Frodsham was later charged with sex crimes after federal authorities, in 2016, alerted Sierra Vista police about his alleged involvement with Bischak, a former U.S. Army specialist. The Department of Homeland Security was investigating Bischak for allegedly producing and distributing child pornography.

Frodsham, who was indicted on seven counts related to sex crimes against children, pleaded guilty in June 2016 to three counts, including two counts of sexual conduct with a minor and attempted sexual conduct with a minor, said Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre.

Frodsham is now serving a 17-year prison sentence with the Arizona Department of Corrections and will be required to register as a sex offender for life.”

Horrors scalded Tucson girl faced included living with sex offender[Arizona Daily Star 2/1/17 by Patti Machelor]

Update 2:“Child Protection Services in Arizona have come under fire after they snatched a girl away from her loving parents, leaving her to die [not true ! She lived! ]at the hands of pedophile foster parents.

In one of the most horrific examples of state-sponsored child abuse in recent history, a lawsuit alleges that Arizona’s Department of Child Safety placed a toddler with a man who ran a “pornographic pedophile ring” out of his home. According to the lawsuit, the foster mother burned her with scalding water over 80 percent of her body, which eventually led to her death.

Courthousenews.com reports: Fleming and Curti PLC, court-appointed guardian of Jane Doe, sued Arizona, its Department of Child Safety, other state agencies, the Christian Family Care Agency and a host of other institutions and people, in Pima County Court.

The Department of Child Safety, formerly Child Protective Services, removed Jane Doe from her biological mother’s home in 2013, when she was 2, and placed her with David and Barbara Frodsham, a state-licensed foster home, according to the June 16 lawsuit.

The state allowed Jane to stay with the Frodshams for 18 months, despite her biological mother’s complaints of “Jane Doe’s repeated documented urinary tract infections,” the complaint states.

“Instead of investigating Jane Doe’s biological mother’s concerns of abuse, [DCS] and the defendant caseworkers accused her of making false and exaggerated reports to DCS,” according to the complaint.

The state did not act until David Frodsham, driving drunk, left 3-year-old Jane and another child in his parked car while he was collecting his foster parent check in a state office, while “visibly drunk and acting belligerent.” Police were called and found Frodsham had a .28 blood alcohol concentration. They removed Jane from his care but did not investigate his home, the complaint states.

It continues: “Later, David Frodsham was arrested and accused of sexual misconduct with a minor, procuring minors for sex, and possessing and/or manufacturing child pornography. Law enforcement’s investigation revealed a video made by David Frodsham of a 3- or 4-year-old girl being penetrated by an adult male and screaming for her mommy. David Frodsham pled guilty rather than face a trial and has been sentenced to 17 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections. David Frodsham was part of a pornography ring involving numerous children in his pornography and the procurement of sex for the ring.” (Citation to sentencing document omitted.)

Four more state and federal cases involving a child placed in Frodsham’s home are pending against him, and more are expected to be filed, according to the complaint.

Unfortunately, things did not improve much when the state moved Jane into the care of Justin and Samantha Osteraas, her guardian says. According to the complaint, “Defendant Samantha Osteraas submerged and held down Jane Doe, a 5-year-old, in a bath of scalding hot water. Jane Doe suffered severe burns over 80 percent of her body. When police arrived, there was blood on the floor and piece of Jane Doe’s skin were falling off her body. There were bruises to her neck and arms along with other signs of trauma.”

Jane had to be placed in a medically induced coma, suffering from organ failure. She lost her toes to amputation “and will undergo lifelong operations to replace 80 percent of the skin on her body and will need incredible amounts of care for the duration of her life as a result of the abuse she suffered in the Osteraases’ home.”

Samantha Osteraas, 28, was arrested in January this year and charged with child abuse. The state then removed her three biological children from her home, according to the Arizona Daily Star. She is awaiting trial.

Jane’s guardian seeks punitive damages for negligence, respondeat superior, breach of duty, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery, and constitutional violations.

Here are the defendants: State of Arizona; Arizona Department of Child Safety; Arizona Department of Economic Security; Child Protective Services; Division of Children, Youth and Families; Christian Family Care; Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc.; St. Nicholas of Myra; Mark Brnovich; Gregory McKay; Charles Flanagan; Clarence Carter; Jeannette Sheldon; Eva Pena; Katherine Mayer; Cassie Dixon; Monica Reyes; Norel Alviti; Rosette Codner; Jack Roddy; David Frodsham; Barbara Frodsham; Samantha Osteraas; and Justin Osteraas.

Jane is represented by the Cadigan Law Firm and Carillo Law Firms of Tucson, and by Manly, Stewart & Finaldi in Irvine, Calif.

A DCS spokesperson said the agency does not comment on pending litigation.”

Girl Taken From Parents By CPS, Murdered By Pedophile Foster Parents