Comments on: We cared too late: Remembering Marcus Fiesel

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sun, 13 May 2007 23:29:35 +0000

Jo, thanks for your powerful words—-your are right, what could be a greater gift to us than our children?

By: jo

jo — Sun, 13 May 2007 21:25:49 +0000

I have a demanding family they drive me nuts imy children are aged 19 down to 3yrs 8mths. My youngest is autistic. I have 5 children in all and they are my world i have had to mainly bring them up themselves my ex was never there for me or them. But hurt them? No. Kids are the greatest gift and achievement we as parents will ever be given. I see parents collect their kids from school and start verbally bullying them as soon as they are out the gates, they havent seen them all day! Why do people have children if they havent gor the patience for them?? I like awake at night thinking about kids i dont want to mentally picture their pain but i do> Too many blind eyes are turned cos people dont want to get involved.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:41:54 +0000

“Six days after the boy’s foster parents were hauled off to jail, charged with killing him in a crime so chilling it stunned the region, the clearest picture yet of the 3-year-old is emerging.

At age 1, he lived in a flea-infested home that reeked of mold and feces.

More than once, police had come to the house when Marcus’ mother, Donna Trevino, called to complain that her boyfriend was hitting her or threatening to.

On one visit, the house smelled so bad that police asked Trevino where the animals were.

There weren’t any, she told them.

Police were so concerned about the mass of flea bites covering the arms and legs of Marcus’ 9-year-old brother, Michael, that they strongly suggested the family move.

By the time Marcus was 2, police were still responding to domestic problems at his mother’s home. During a visit on Sept. 29, 2005, they found severe bruising on Marcus’ left buttock.

Police weren’t the only ones worried.

Child welfare workers were investigating complaints from Trevino about physical abuse, too, reports show.

As he approached his third birthday, a foster family in Clermont County offered Marcus a safe, new life away from the turmoil with his mom.

That’s not how things turned out.”

This is a quote from the local newspaper. She wasn’t fit to parent him either.

By: Autism Vox » What if Marcus Fiesel had not been taken from his mother?

Autism Vox » What if Marcus Fiesel had not been taken from his mother? — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:54:36 +0000

[...] Marcus Fiesel, the 3-year-old autistic boy who died in August while in the care of foster parents Liz and David Carroll, should never have been taken from his mother, Donna Trevino, according to Richard Wexler, executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. Marcus’ burnt remains were found in a remote area after the Carrolls had claimed that he had wandered off in a park some days earlier. Marcus is alleged to have been left, bound in a blanket and tape, in a closet while his foster parents attended a family reunion for two days. Said Wexler as reported in today’s Cincinnati Enquirer: “Donna Trevino had real problems. Doing nothing was not an option either. But in thousands of similar cases, children have been kept safely with their parents. In fact, the track record for safety for real family preservation programs is far better than foster care.” [...]