Timmy - there's no catchy title

It's Saturday here.  We were awake and planning our day.  The family was excited to hang out with Timmy.  Should we go to the beach or to the park.  Never made up our mind, but decided to go and pick him up and head to the mall for a few errands.  Not knowing what would be in store. 

We went to the safety house.  The man came out and told me that Timmy wasn't there.  His mom came and picked him up to take him to the doctor.  Apparently he was still sick from a fight that he had at school the other day. 

I decided to go to the hosipital and make sure there was nothing that I could do to help.  On my way there, I got a text saying, "Hey, Timmy is at the yellow house and upset.  He can stay here as long as he needs during the day.  Shall I tell him you're on your way?"  "YES" was my reply.  I had already phoned one of my co-workers to see what he thought and he said as long as she did take him to the hospital then it all seems ok, but if for some reason he didn't go, than we have a problem.(She had never taken him to the hospital!)

On the way back to the yellow house I called another co-worker to see if he was around and could come help me translate to Timmy.  He was out of town but gave me the name of some ladies around the house that could help me. 

We spent about an hour with Timmy.  It was visible to everyone that something was wrong.  Nothing was the same.  Gone was the smiley, excited, talkative boy that I had come to know.  Today he cried,  non stop for hours.  He was quiet.  He was mixing up days and events.  Remember, Timmy is 12 with the mind of preschooler.  Coco spoke with him while I started making phone calls.  What to do and who to call.  I called my co worker, he said to start with the after hours social worker.  They were not much help.  Unless there was something that happened at the safe house, there would be no need to remove him from there.  Until Timmy was able to explain what happened there was not much anyone could do. 

I wasn't getting very far with Timmy.  All I knew is that his mom picked him up and he never went to hospital.  The lady translating said there was clearly something, but Timmy wasn't talking.  I drove quickly to the safe house and made it clear, to the person that he was staying with, that under no circumstances was he allowed to leave with the mother until we spoke with his case worker on Monday.  I told him we were taking Timmy out for the afternoon and would be back in a couple of house.

Back at the yellow house, we got Timmy and he sat in the front seat.  This never happens.  He always rides in the back and coco rides shotgun.  Not a huge thing, but again just clear that something was off.  On the way to the mall, I told him that I had his back and wanted to do what ever we could to keep him safe, but I needed to know who the bad guys were.  He told me he didn't want to play with Larry any more.  I said did you play with Larry today?  "yes".  Were you playing the same game that you were playing last time I caught you guys?  "yes".  At his house? "yes". " Now that you told me we are going to have to tell some other people, but you just have to tell them the same thing you told me ok?" "ok" he said.

I called the SVU detective that took my statement on Friday.  He was out, but the other officer told me I must first go to the police station and they would take a statement and then call them if they needed to.  I called the truma room counselor who I had spoken with about the case already.  She said nothing to eat or drink and that his body was evidence and she would meet me at the police station in 30 minutes.  I had coco give Timmy some music to listen to with headphones so that he couldnt hear the conversations I was having on the phone.  He fell asleep before we reached the station. 

At the station, the SVU detective showed up.  At this stage unless he heard from Timmy directly there was nothing he could do.  He left.  Timmy was now not talking at all, to anyone.  I went to get the man where Timmy was staying to see if he could help.  He was technically the temporary guardian. They wanted me to get the mom, but I didn't think that was wise.  I had gotten reports that she was trying to find Timmy.  Eventually, they called in another counselor/social worker and after about 45 mins they sent Timmy out.  I went into the office and she said Timmy confirmed that he had been raped again yesterday by the same boy from the first time.  She also said Timmy told his mother what had happened. 

Now that there was another confession to a social worker, the SVU ordered a Doctor to do an examination.  We proceeded to make the 45 minute drive to the hospital.  We tried to buy him food, but he couldn't eat.  By now, I think its around 5:00PM.  Timmy fell asleep for about the forth time.  If he was awake he was crying.

The Doctor visit was short, about an hour maybe in total.  The Dr. confirmed that there was evidence of trauma.  The SVU dectective said that they would meet with Timmy and try to get a statement from him on Monday and possibly even speak with the perpetrator. 

So, what does a win look like if if Larry is convicted?  He will spend two weeks at an after school program for sexual offenders for 2 hours each day.  Thats it, THE END!. 

What happens to Timmy?  At this moment that decision will be up to social services, I think.  Their last statement to me was the only place for him to go long term would be an instituation, where more than likely he will continue to be raped by strangers.Yep, that was their answer!!!

Why do I share this story?  This is only 1 story in  an area of about 50,000 people.  It's only one story that I know about. But this story literally happened right in front of me.  This is not the only other rape case, we have a handful of them just from the past few weeks!  This is a huge deal.  What makes Timmy's case even tougher for me to swallow is that he is also mentally handicapped and has the mind of a 4-5 year old.  The principal from the school Timmy's school told me there are at least another 6 cases, like Timmy's, at the school.  Social workers have told me there at least another 12 cases there.  We need a solution to protect these children.  Any list that I have ever seen, that is used to judge which children are the most vulnerable automatically put mentally and physically challenged children at the top of the list.

Please won't you pray with us.  Pray for the funds to start an immediate safe house specifically for  mentally disabled children.  This is just a start, but for the moment we need to start with the most vulnerable.  We could definitely fill about 5-6 safe houses immediately with the abuse cases in our area. There are at least a dozen cases that need immediate removal, that are still in the same abusive environments because there is no where for them to remove the child too. Let that sink in for a moment. These kids need to be removed, it is dangerous and unsafe but could take up to 6 months before they have a safe home to be removed to.

Pray and share this story! Tell people you know to pray! We need help with this we cant do it ourselves. Now that we know we must act!