James White
Martin Lee
Anderson
Giovanni "Joey" Aletriz
(for more
information, click on names above)
On
December 12, 2005, 17-year old
James White died at ViaQuest
Behavioral Health's SummitQuest facility in
Ephrata, PA, of "an
enlarged heart and from natural causes":
It
is uncertain what happened to James, as his death remains a mystery.
Joey's mother learned that James fell down while exercising and died.
According to a
February 7, 2006, article by the
Lancaster New Era,
the
county coroner,
stated James died of "an
enlarged heart and died from
natural causes."
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On January 4, 2006, less than a month later, Martin Lee Anderson died in a Florida
Juvenile
Justice boot camp. Two hours after Martin arrived at the boot camp, he
was
beaten by 6-9 guards as a nurse stood by and watched. He died two
days later.
UPDATE:
Broadsided by an $11 budget cut
VIDEO:
The beating of Martin
Lee Anderson was caught on video
WARNING: This 8-minute video clip
showing the fatal beating of a teenager may be deeply
disturbing to some viewers. Do not play it if children are
present.
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Martin Lee
Anderson (click here for Main
Page)
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to the protestors
Student
sit-in at Capitol enters second day
Students
stage sit-in at Governor's office to seek justice
on behalf of Martin Lee Anderson
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On February 4, 2006,
less than two months
after the death of James
White, less than a month
after the death of Martin Lee Anderson, Giovanni "Joey" Aletriz
died at SummitQuest, the
same facility where James died in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Joey was
restrained because
counselors did not want him to wear his hoodie sweatshirt. He died
later that day.
Giovanni "Joey" Aletriz
(click here for Main
Page)
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16-years old, died on 2/4/06
Giovanni "Joey" Aletriz died two months later, also at SummitQuest. Both of their deaths were investigated
by the
County Coroner,
who, according the
Lancaster County Website, is Dr. Gary Kirchner. In Joey's
case, Dr. Kirchner ruled
Joey's death an accident, saying Joey, too, died of an enlarged heart.
However, Forensic Pathologist Dr. John Shane, was present during
the autopsy. His initial report
indicates that Joey did not die of an enlarged heart, nor did he
die of natural causes. Instead, he
found Joey suffered from compression of his chest, a hematoma on
the side of his face from
his temple to his jaw, marks on his body consistent with that of a
slug or kick, bleeding in his
shoulders, bite marks on his lips and tongue, stomach contents in
his nasal cavity consistent with
being suffocated, and more. An article dated
February 9,
2006, indicated James' death was still
being investigated by the Ephrata Police Department.
A mother’s plea: “let us use the death of my
son, Joey, to
start: a new beginning … no
more restraints … no more deaths … no more injuries.” by
Cynthia Allen
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