Brother of Sabrina Ray, who was starved to death in foster families, gets a settlement

• Sabrina Ray, a 16-year-old girl, died of serious malnutrition in 2017 through her adopted parents
• The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to pay Sabrina's siblings and other children who were abused in the parents' house
• DHS is now required to improve the training of the identification of neglect and malnutrition of children

An adopted siblings by Sabrina Ray, the 16-year-old, who was starving in the house of her foster parents and weighs only £ 56. When she died in 2017, he receives more than 4 million US dollars from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

Sabrina was adopted by Marc Ray and Misty Jo Bousman-Ray, a couple in Iowa, who took up 23 foster children over the course of a decade and described a daycare center for 13 years, which “Rays of Sunshine” called “Rays of Sunshine”.

On the day Sabrina was found dead, Marc and Misty were on their way to Disney World with their adoptive brothers, the report said. It was found on May 12, 2017 shortly before 6:30 p.m. by two police officers Perry.

According to the report, officer Josh Sienkiewicz described what he saw as “the most terrible scene in my entire career and all of my life”. Sabrina was found on a small mattress on the floor and with a diaper and a tank top. Officer Sienkiewicz said that her body was “almost bone out of existence” because the 16-year-old was 56 LBs. and 4 feet, 7½ inches.

Sabrina's mother, Misty, was ultimately living and 20 years in prison, and father Marc was sentenced to 80 years according to the report of the ombudsman. Carla Bousman, Sabrina's grandmother, received a 20-year sentence, while Josie Bousman, the cousin, was sentenced to 14 years and Sabrina's brother Justin Ray received a 10-year prison sentence.

The report showed that DHS had not managed to properly tackle numerous abuse reports against the rays. Witnesses said the rays had allies within DHS and the city of Perry, where there were not many daycare centers. The report also states that the case worker files were inaccurate and not thorough enough, which meant that employees did not identify any abuse patterns.

In 2023, DHS agreed to pay Sabrina's two younger siblings for $ 10 million Of the Moines Register previously reported. These 4 million dollar settlement will tackle a third child in the house, claiming, witness and suffered abuse, which led to physical and emotional injuries.

In 2022, the state also paid 500,000 US dollars to a 10-year-old who, according to the outlet in the daycare center, who were the rays out of their house. According to reports, the child was reported by the couple and refuses to eat.

A lawyer who represented all children in their symptoms against the state, said Scott Wadding the Of the Moines Register The fact that the settlements require DHS investigators to recognize malnutrition and neglect.

“This case is a small step in the right direction to bring our children to safety,” said Wadding, whose law firm donates 300,000 US dollars to the children's rights clinic at the Drake Law School.

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The comparison was approved on Tuesday, but there are still ongoing legal disputes against the rays, reported the outlet. Two of the children use the Mid-Iowa Family Therapy clinic, which they commissioned by the state in the contract to provide the foster children in the House of Ray's services that ignored and suppressed warnings that they were abused.

The clinic rejected misconduct in court files, the outlet reported, and the case is still pending.

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