How Could You? Hall of Shame-Charles Rickett

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 Bozeman, Montana, former foster child Charles RIckett,24, escaped from the Bozeman prerelease center on Sunday July 8, 2012 after midnight. He allegedly entered his former foster mother’s home at 7 AM “ordering her to the ground, and then tying her, Duct-taping her arms and legs together, and taping a blindfold to her face, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Rickett then reportedly told her he would burn her if she tried to escape and waved a gas can in her face for her to smell.

Although she didn’t see his face, the woman said she recognized the man’s voice as that of a foster child that lived with her several years ago. She noted that the intruder was familiar with the house and “recited an old maxim that she used to tell her foster children,” court papers state.

The woman was able to escape after the man left in her car. Gallatin County Sheriff’s deputies found her car one block away parked in front of a driveway. They found the man on foot about two blocks from the vehicle, according to court papers.

Rickett reportedly admitted to being an escapee from the prerelease center but would not answer any further questions. He was taken to the Gallatin County Detention Center.

Inside the woman’s residence, police found Duct tape, a rope, a gas can, and a bottle appearing to contain bleach or some other type of cleaning product. They also found an address book labeled with Rickett’s name.

Rickett appeared in Gallatin County Justice Court Monday morning and was charged with kidnapping. He is being held in the Gallatin County Detention Center on $50,000 bond.”

Bozeman escapee arrested, allegedly held former foster parent captive

[KRTV 7/9/12 by Erin Schattauer]

Hopefully we will hear some of the backstory on this case as having the former foster son recite a “maxim” raises a red flag on what had happened in this house previously.

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