How Could You? Hall of Shame-Canada-6-Year-old Female Foster Child

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 Winnipeg, Canada, a six-year-old female foster child suffered “life-altering injuries” on September 19, 2025.

Her foster father,26, and foster mother,25, were “initially arrested on Sept. 19 in connection with a child abuse investigation.”

“Police said at the time they believed the girl, who was one of four children taken from the home, was injured sometime on Sept. 17 or Sept. 18 and did not receive the medical attention she needed.

The 26-year-old man, her foster father, was charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life.

The girl’s 25-year-old foster mother was charged with aggravated assault, assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life.

The man was released on an undertaking, but following further investigation, he was re-arrested on Nov. 24, police said in an update on Wednesday.

He is now facing additional charges of assault with a weapon and failing to comply with an undertaking in connection with another child under his care who was assaulted, police said in a news release.

A spokesperson for Winnipeg police told CBC News they will not disclose the date of the alleged assault to protect the identity of the child, but said it happened before the man was first arrested on Sept. 19.

Following the initial arrests, Manitoba’s families minister said an internal investigation was being conducted into the circumstances that led to the six-year-old girl’s injuries.

Nahanni Fontaine characterized what occurred to the girl as “abominable abuse.”

Two search warrant documents were filed in October by Winnipeg police, seeking the medical records of two other foster children in the parents’ care, CBC previously reported.

Police allege that one of those children showed visible signs of bruising and injuries “consistent with being struck by a thin belt or a rope,” according to one of the documents.

Another child under their care also showed signs of abuse, the documents allege, including a compression injury to the child’s vertebrae.”

Foster parent arrested in abuse of 6-year-old faces new charges in assault of another child: police

[CBC 1/21/26]

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