How Could You? Hall of Shame-11-Year-old Foster Boy case-Child Death

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 Greenville, Texas, an 11-year-old boy died while residing in the Thompson’s Residential Treatment Center.”In a Greenville movie theater during an outing the day before Thanksgiving, according to three people who are familiar with the investigations. Other boys who lived at the center told Joe Sterner, the Lone Oak school district’s police chief, that the boy had complained about a stomach ache and had sustained a head wound in recent days.

“I guess when they were about to head out to go to the movies, he was in the bathroom, crying real bad that he was hurting real bad and they still told him to get on the van,” Sterner said.

It is not known if the child died from an underlying illness related to stomach pain or from a wound that he had on his head before he entered the Greenville movie theater.

The boy and his fellow housemates watched the movie and by the time it ended, the child was dead, one of the people familiar with the case said.

“The lights came up and the child had blood coming down his nose and he was deceased,” said one source, who spoke on condition that their name not be used because they do not want to hurt their professional relationship with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, which oversees the state’s foster care system operations.”

That center has been shut down.

“Public records suggest it is owned by Chaun Thompson, who spent seven years in the NFL playing first for the Cleveland Browns, then the Houston Texans until he was sidelined by an injury in 2009. He also could not be reached.“[What the f@ck!]

“All 20 children who were living at Thompson’s were removed within a week of the death and placed elsewhere, according to the agency.”

“Thompson’s had 84 reported deficiencies with more than a third of them reported in the past year and 12 of them were considered the most severe. There were 117 reports, 1 assessment, 10 self-reported incidents and 69 inspections.”

Foster child death linked to state-contracted home prompts criminal investigation
[Texas Tribune 2/7/25 by Terry Langford]

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