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		<title>NYC couple expecting baby boy after nanny kills two of their children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica King</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Krim]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/?p=134187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The parents of slain NYC children Lulu Krim, 6-years-old, and Leo Krim, 2-year-old, announced on Thursday that they are expecting a baby boy after two of their children perished when they were stabbed to death by the children&#8217;s Nanny in October 2013. Nanny Yoselyn Ortega, 50, admitted to stabbing the children, before she made a [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_134189" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-134189" alt="Leo, 2 (far left), and Lulu, 6 (middle) were murdered by their Nanny last fall. Nessie, 4 (right) survived because she was not present. Photo via Facebook." src="http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/images/2013/05/krim+children-300x265.jpg" width="300" height="265" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Leo, 2 (far left), and Lulu, 6 (middle) were murdered by their Nanny last fall. Nessie, 4 (right) survived because she was not present. Photo via Facebook.</p></div>
<p>The parents of slain NYC children Lulu Krim, 6-years-old, and Leo Krim, 2-year-old, announced on Thursday that they are expecting a baby boy after two of their children perished when they were stabbed to death by the children&#8217;s Nanny in October 2013.</p>
<p>Nanny Yoselyn Ortega, 50, admitted to stabbing the children, before she made a weak attempt at ending her own life. Ortega later allegedly confessed to a police offer that she did it because she resented the children and lavish lifestyle.</p>
<p>The children&#8217;s mother, Marina Kim, discovered the bodies of two of her children when she came back from a doctor&#8217;s appointment with her middle child and found Lulu and Leo, in their apartment bathroom, covered in blood.</p>
<p>The children&#8217;s father, Kevin Krim, is a CNBC executive and their mother, Marina, is a physician.</p>
<p>Kevin and Marina Krim made the announcement public via Facebook, saying they are having a baby, an event they hope will turn some of the grief they have into joy, especially for their only surviving child, Nessie, 4-years-old.</p>
<p>The Krims wrote on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lululeofund?fref=ts">Facebook wall</a>, the Lulu &amp; Leo Fund, a charity dedicated to arts enrichment in memory of their two deceased children:</p>
<p>&#8220;We are very happy to let you know that Marina is expecting a baby in the fall. Nessie can&#8217;t wait to welcome her new baby brother. We are filled with many emotions as we look to the future, but the most important one is hope.</p>
<p>We are very grateful to you all for your amazing support.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Cops: Mom gets in car chase with child predator</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elliott Z. Carmichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abductions/Missing Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Albuquerque, New Mexico, mom, took matters into her own hands when her 5-year-old daughter was snatched by an alleged pedophile Wednesday evening. The abduction happened as the little girl was playing outside her family&#8217;s apartment complex on Wednesday night. Witnesses say they saw a man force the little girl into his car. Police believe he may have [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_134185" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-134185" alt="Mother pursues man by car believed to have kidnapped her 5-year-old daughter. Screen shot via KRQE." src="http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/images/2013/05/child_abduction_albur1-300x189.jpg" width="300" height="189" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Mother pursues man by car believed to have kidnapped her 5-year-old daughter. Screen shot via KRQE.</p></div>
<p>An Albuquerque, New Mexico, mom, took matters into her own hands when her 5-year-old daughter was snatched by an alleged pedophile Wednesday evening.</p>
<p>The abduction happened as the little girl was playing outside her family&#8217;s apartment complex on Wednesday night. Witnesses say they saw a man force the little girl into his car. Police believe he may have used a weapon to get the girl into his vehicle. Those witnesses quickly told the mother what happened and gave her a description of the suspect&#8217;s car.</p>
<p>The mom then took off in her vehicle and chased the perpetrator for about seven miles, when she finally got close enough to the perpetrator&#8217;s car, she rammed into it with her own vehicle. After the forced collision, the man reportedly got out of his car and took off on foot. Albuquerque Police say he is still at large.</p>
<p>The mother was reportedly in contact with the police via her cell phone during the pursuit.</p>
<p>Unbeknownst to the mother however, the perpetrator actually let her daughter go shortly after abducting her. Police believe the man pushed the girl out of his car once he realized he was being followed.</p>
<p>Police say they have a description of the man &#8212; in his twenties, Hispanic or Native American.</p>
<p>Police also say the suspect is not involved with the victim in any way and the kidnapping appears to be the act of a complete stranger.</p>
<p>The suspect also matches the same description of a man who kidnapped a 6-year-old from the same complex last week. The youngster in that abduction was able to escape but was sexually assaulted before she was able to get away.</p>
<p>Police have also identified a person of interest, 31-year-old David Hernandez.</p>
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		<title>Mom rescues baby from train tracks (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Viral Videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mother and baby were waiting on the platform of the West Philadelphia train station on Thursday when the stroller carrying the woman&#8217;s 14-month-old daughter slid down the platform and fell onto the train tracks. Survelliance cameras captured the scary event, as the stroller started drifting away from the mother, plummeting approximately six feet onto the tracks. [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_134167" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 321px"><img class="size-full wp-image-134167" alt="Video captures baby falling onto train tracks. Screen shot via ABC News." src="http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/images/2013/05/babytrain.jpg" width="311" height="220" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Video captures baby falling onto train tracks. Screen shot via ABC News.</p></div>
<p>A mother and baby were waiting on the platform of the West Philadelphia train station on Thursday when the stroller carrying the woman&#8217;s 14-month-old daughter slid down the platform and fell onto the train tracks.</p>
<p>Survelliance cameras captured the scary event, as the stroller started drifting away from the mother, plummeting approximately six feet onto the tracks.</p>
<p>In the video, the mother appears to be in shock, momentarily paralyzed and looking at the baby for signs of life. The mom then sees her daughter start to get up,  jumps down onto the tracks and lifts her daughter into the air and into the arms of another passenger.</p>
<p>The baby reportedly suffered a gash to her forehead and was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. Lucky for the tot, she landed on the outter rail, which is not electrified.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/">ABC News</a>, trains run about every eight minutes at that particular train stop. The child was lucky she didn&#8217;t fall while a train was approaching the station.</p>
<p>Another bystander, who witnessed the accident, pressed the emergency call button, alerting emergency crews and train personal to halt service and send help.</p>
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		<title>Frat boy abandoned at hospital with post-it note</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stella Martin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aidan Mohr]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unconscious 20-year-old Arizona State University student was abandoned at a Tempe hospital Saturday night after his fraternity brothers left him there with a post-it note attached to his body. Aidan Mohr was found sitting in a wheelchair in the emergency room at St. Luke&#8217;s Hospital with a sticky note that read, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been drinking and [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_134156" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-134156" alt="Frat boy left at hospital with note after suffering from alcohol poisoning. Photo via Katia Grimmer-Laversanne." src="http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/images/2013/05/tequila.jpg" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Frat boy left at hospital with note after suffering from alcohol poisoning. Photo via Katia Grimmer-Laversanne.</p></div>
<p>An unconscious 20-year-old Arizona State University student was abandoned at a Tempe hospital Saturday night after his fraternity brothers left him there with a post-it note attached to his body.</p>
<p>Aidan Mohr was found sitting in a wheelchair in the emergency room at St. Luke&#8217;s Hospital with a sticky note that read, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been drinking and I need some help.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mohr&#8217;s fraternity brothers admitted to leaving him there with the note because they were afraid they would get in trouble. Mohr was apparently suffering from alcohol poisoning after allegedly downing some 20 shots of tequila during a drinking challenge at frat party earlier that evening. When Mohr started convulsing and turning blue, one of his fraternity brothers tried taking him to his house to detox, but later decided that Mohr needed medical help.</p>
<p>The Sigma Alpha Epsilon members were concerned because Mohr had engaged in underage drinking, although it is not clear if the party was officially sanctioned by the fraternity or not reported <a href="http://www.kptv.com/">KPTV</a>. The fraternity has drawn scrutiny and criticism after another one its members, Jack Culolias, 19-years-old, drowned last fall after consuming alcohol at one of their parties. Culolias was apparently asked to leave a party after he was found urinating off a balcony, he was later found dead in the Salt river in Tempe, Arizona.</p>
<p>After consuming 20 shots of tequila Saturday night, Mohr&#8217;s blood alcohol level was .47, over three times the legal limit of intoxication. Mohr is expected to make a full recovery however.</p>
<p>Sigma Alpha Epsilon officials issued a statement on Tuesday, saying the incident was being investigated.</p>
<p>Arizona State University (ASU)) leaders also issued a statement condemning the behavior, claiming it is not indicative of their 73,000 students. They admonished the practice of binge drinking and promoted their substance abuse programs to at-risk students.</p>
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		<title>Parents allegedly hire disabled people as means to cut lines at Disney World</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stella Martin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[black market tours]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/?p=134134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No, it&#8217;s not a story from The Onion. Wealthy parents, mostly moms, are boasting about the practice of hiring disabled &#8220;tour guides&#8221; so that their own children may receive VIP treatment at Disney World, reports the New York Post on Tuesday. The act of hiring a disabled &#8220;tour guide&#8221; for your Disney World vacation is gaining popularity among the [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_134142" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 395px"><img class="size-full wp-image-134142" alt="Parents hire disabled people so their kids don't have to wait in line at Disney World. Photo via Disney press material." src="http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/images/2013/05/disney.jpg" width="385" height="328" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Parents hire disabled people so their kids don&#8217;t have to wait in line at Disney World. Photo via Disney press material.</p></div>
<p>No, it&#8217;s not a story from The Onion. Wealthy parents, mostly moms, are boasting about the practice of hiring disabled &#8220;tour guides&#8221; so that their own children may receive VIP treatment at Disney World, reports the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/">New York Post</a> on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The act of hiring a disabled &#8220;tour guide&#8221; for your Disney World vacation is gaining popularity among the most privileged families in the U.S.. Many are allegedly using a company called Dream Tours Florida to circumvent the long waits at Disney World. A less nefarious means of skipping the lines is buying the Disney fast passes, which run about $310 per hour. By contrast, hiring a disabled &#8221; tour guide&#8221;, costs about $130 an hour.</p>
<p>One source said of her disabled tour guide experience, &#8220;My daughter waited one minute to get on ‘It’s a Small World’, the other kids had to wait 2 1/2 hours.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This is how the one percent does it,&#8221; the anonymous mom continued.</p>
<p>Disney makes special concessions for people with disabilities, allowing children or adults in wheelchairs special access to attractions. A disabled person can be accompanied with up to six people and gain access to special entrance points, reported the NY Post.</p>
<p>On the <a href="http://www.dreamtoursflorida.com/">Dream Tours website</a>, under VIP tours, where the organization allegedly provided disabled tour guides, a message now reads:</p>
<p>&#8220;Due to inaccurate press and slander, Dream Tours is not offering VIP tours at this time. Our focus has primarily always been providing magical vacations for adults with special needs and helping their dreams to come true.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Parents sue hospital for ‘medically unnecessary’ sex assignment of infant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D.G. Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The adoptive parents of an 8-year-old South Carolina boy are suing the Medical University of South Carolina, Greenville Hospital System and the South Carolina Department of Social Services because they say the hospital and DSS acted irresponsibly and inhumanely when they chose the sex assignment of their adopted son and surgically removed his male reproductive [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_134129" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 384px"><img class=" wp-image-134129 " alt="Boy born with both sex organs had boy parts removed as infant, parents now suing. Photo via tatlin.net." src="http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/images/2013/05/boy_gender.jpg" width="374" height="385" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Boy born with both sex organs had boy parts removed as infant, parents now suing. Photo via tatlin.net.</p></div>
<p>The adoptive parents of an 8-year-old South Carolina boy are suing the Medical University of South Carolina, Greenville Hospital System and the South Carolina Department of Social Services because they say the hospital and DSS acted irresponsibly and inhumanely when they chose the sex assignment of their adopted son and surgically removed his male reproductive organs in 2006.</p>
<p>The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday morning in federal court in Charleston.</p>
<p>At the time, the child was almost a year old when he had the sex assignment surgery. He was in the custody of the Department of Social Services at the time. Doctors chose to remove his male genitalia because he was born with a rare condition called ovotesticular disorder of sexual development (OT-DSD). The disorder is also known as hermaphroditism, where a baby is born with ovaries and testicles, a rare intersex condition.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/">The Post and Courier</a>, the infant was taken from his biological mother because she was deemed &#8220;unfit&#8221; and his father had abandoned him. The baby, who was surgically decided upon to be a girl by his physicians, was adopted by Mark and Pam Crawford who now claim the doctors made the wrong choice.</p>
<p>The baby they adopted as a girl clearly identifies with a male gender, his parents say.</p>
<p>The Crawfords feel the hospital stole the child&#8217;s right to decide for himself which gender he identified with. The surgery is irreversible.</p>
<p>Pam Crawford said of the lawsuit, &#8220;His choice has been taken from him. It’s too late for our child. We want it to stop for other children.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Jehovah’s Witnesses free boy tied to pole</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D.G. Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 12-year-old Miami, Fla., boy was freed after a group of Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses found him tied to a pole on his father&#8217;s property for hours, while his father went shopping. Adolfo Guzman, 40, was arrested on Sunday and charged with aggravated child abuse after allegedly tying the boy up as a punishment. Guzman claims he [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_134121" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 407px"><img class="size-full wp-image-134121" alt="Pole where 12-year-old was chained up as punishment for leaving house without telling father. Screen shot via NBC Miami." src="http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/images/2013/05/guzman1.jpg" width="397" height="322" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Pole where 12-year-old was chained up as punishment for leaving house without telling father. Screen shot via NBC Miami.</p></div>
<p>A 12-year-old Miami, Fla., boy was freed after a group of Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses found him tied to a pole on his father&#8217;s property for hours, while his father went shopping.</p>
<p>Adolfo Guzman, 40, was arrested on Sunday and charged with aggravated child abuse after allegedly tying the boy up as a punishment.</p>
<p>Guzman claims he tied the boy up because the boy left the house without telling his him earlier that day. Guzman told police that he warned his son that he would tie him up if he continued to take off without permission.</p>
<p>The boy says his father is innocent though. The boy claims that he was rightfully punished because he went to a friends house for hours and didn&#8217;t tell his dad.</p>
<p>The boy said, &#8220;[I]t was my fault. He&#8217;s [Adolfo Guzman] innocent, so it&#8217;s all my fault.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.nbcmiami.com/">NBC Miami</a>, a group of Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses saw the boy on Sunday, in a common area of an apartment building, tied to a concrete pole with cable wire used to lock up bicycles. The Jehovah Witnesses flagged down a police officer who spoke to the boy and called the fire department to cut the cable. The boy told police the cable was hurting his ankle.</p>
<p>The Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the case. The family reportedly has no prior record with DCFS.</p>
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		<title>Beyonce allegedly pregnant with second child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stella Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyonce Knowles is allegedly pregnant again reported the New York Post on Monday. Beyonce, 31, and Jay-Z are reportedly expecting their second child by the end of the year, although an exact due date has not yet been announced. Recently, the pop diva and mother to toddler daughter, Blue Ivy, 15-months, said she wanted to [...]]]></description>
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<p>Beyonce Knowles is allegedly pregnant again reported the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/">New York Pos</a>t on Monday.</p>
<p>Beyonce, 31, and Jay-Z are reportedly expecting their second child by the end of the year, although an exact due date has not yet been announced.</p>
<p>Recently, the pop diva and mother to toddler daughter, Blue Ivy, 15-months, said she wanted to have more children and thought it would be good for Blue Ivy to have a sibling.</p>
<p>Rumors started surfacing last month when Beyonce was spotted at a New York event donning an empire waist-ed dress, with a slight tummy bulge.</p>
<p>Beyonce told Entertainment Tonight in Sept. that she wanted more kids, telling ET in an interview, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how many. God knows, I don&#8217;t know yet.&#8221;</p>
<p>Beyonce also expressed her joy in changing diapers, saying of the dirty deed, &#8220;I love changing diapers, I love it. I love every moment of it, it’s so beautiful. I love it all.&#8221;</p>
<p>While sources close to the singer confirmed that the baby news was true, neither Beyonce or her rep have publicly confirmed the rumor. When Beyonce was pregnant with Blue Ivy, she made the announcement at the MTV music awards.</p>
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		<title>Report: Kidnap victim Michelle Knight needs reconstructive surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stella Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Knight, one of the three women who have been held captive in Ariel Castro&#8217;s basement for the last ten years, is reportedly still recovering in a Cleveland hospital after allegedly sustaining some serious injuries while in captivity reported her grandmother on Thursday. Michelle Knight, who has been a prisoner in Castro&#8217;s home longer than the other [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_134096" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 331px"><img class=" wp-image-134096 " alt="Michelle Knight, kidnapping victim, suffers from hearing loss and will need reconstructive surgery. Photo via Facebook." src="http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/images/2013/05/knight.jpg" width="321" height="264" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Michelle Knight, kidnapping victim, suffers from hearing loss and will need reconstructive surgery. Photo via Facebook.</p></div>
<p>Michelle Knight, one of the three women who have been held captive in Ariel Castro&#8217;s basement for the last ten years, is reportedly still recovering in a Cleveland hospital after allegedly sustaining some serious injuries while in captivity reported her grandmother on Thursday.</p>
<p>Michelle Knight, who has been a prisoner in Castro&#8217;s home longer than the other two women, Amanda Berry, 28, and Gina DeJesus, 23, who joined her one and four years later respectively, was reportedly chained and bound for many years in a basement until Castro started giving her a little more freedom after being beaten into submission. Knight disappeared in 2002, when she was 22-years-old. She is now 32-years-old.</p>
<p>Knight&#8217;s grandmother, Deborah Knight, told <a href="http://www.19actionnews.com/">WOIO TV</a> that Knight was beaten so badly, she is hardly recognizable.</p>
<p>Deborah Knight said, &#8220;When she was severely beaten, he had beat her so bad in the face, she has to have facial reconstruction, and she&#8217;s lost hearing in one ear.&#8221;</p>
<p>Knight reportedly had five miscarriages after she was abducted and imprisoned by Castro. According to <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News</a>, the miscarriages were a result of Castro starving Knight for two weeks and repeatedly punching her in the stomach.</p>
<p>Knight also reportedly told police that when Amanda Berry, who joined Knight in captivity in 2003, got pregnant, she was forced to help deliver the baby with a warning from Castro. Castro allegedly told Knight that if the baby died, he would beat her to death. Knight said she had to issue CPR to the infant to prevent the baby from dying. That baby is now 6-years-old and was with her mother, Amanda Berry, when a neighbor helped her escape.</p>
<p>Knight is reportedly also being treated for severe anxiety.</p>
<p>UPDATE: Michelle Knight was reportedly released from the hospital, late Friday afternoon. Her whereabouts have not been disclosed because she wishes to undergo her healing process in private.</p>
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		<title>Sister of boy killed in Boston bombing finally stable after horrific injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D.G. Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The younger sister of bombing victim, Martin Richard, 8, who perished on April 15 when two men set off explosives near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, has just undergone a monumental surgery to close up a wound, left open after she lost her leg in the terror attack nearly a month ago. Jane [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_134084" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 419px"><img class=" wp-image-134084 " alt="Boston bombing victims, the Richard family. Jane (standing in front of her mother, Denise), is starting to recover after her leg was blown off. Photo via Richard Family Updates." src="http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/images/2013/05/richard_family.jpg" width="409" height="402" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Boston bombing victims, the Richard family. Jane (standing in front of her mother, Denise), is starting to recover after her leg was blown off. Photo via Richard Family Updates.</p></div>
<p>The younger sister of bombing victim, Martin Richard, 8, who perished on April 15 when two men set off explosives near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, has just undergone a monumental surgery to close up a wound, left open after she lost her leg in the terror attack nearly a month ago.</p>
<p>Jane Richard, 7, suffered a limb loss after the bomb killed her brother and blew off her left leg off from the knee down.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://gma.yahoo.com/">ABC News</a> on Thursday, Jane was in a medically induced coma for two weeks after the injury. Jane&#8217;s parents, Bill and Denise Richard, explained in a prepared statement, that their daughter had a lot of difficult questions when she woke up.</p>
<p>Denise Richard, 43, a librarian, lost sight in one eye but is said to be recovering well.</p>
<p>The Richard&#8217;s older son, Henry, 12, was the only family member who wasn&#8217;t hurt. He has reportedly resumed classes at his school, which his parents hope will help Henry regain a modicum of normalcy.</p>
<p>The Richard&#8217;s also revealed that their daughter Jane, has undergone 11 surgeries in 23 days and in the process of treatment, has contracted several infections and endured numerous other medical complications, which has been a barrier to her final surgery before being released. Doctors have finally been able to close the wound in Jane&#8217;s leg, which will start the process of preparing Jane&#8217;s leg for a prosthetic and setting the groundwork for future rehabilitation.</p>
<p>The Richard&#8217;s wrote in a statement on <a href="http://richardfamilyboston.tumblr.com/post/50015339258/may-9-2013-statement-from-the-richard-family">their website</a>, &#8220;After not being able to communicate with Jane for the first two weeks, she woke up with difficult questions that needed to be answered.  There are not words to describe how hard sharing this heartbreaking news was on all of us.&#8221;</p>
<p>The family also took time to acknowledge their many well wishers and supporters, saying, &#8220;Well-wishes reach us, and they help more than anyone can know. &#8221;</p>
<p>They also saluted the volunteers and Good Samaritans who took vigil over Martin&#8217;s body, so he didn&#8217;t have to die alone.</p>
<p>Their daughter Jane was an avid Irish dancer and will now be faced with the herculean task of coming to grips with losing her brother and her leg and learning how to walk and function with a prosthesis.</p>
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