Girl Posted on Facebook During 7-Hour Welfare-Office Standoff

Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2011-12-09 02:35

Story here. Excerpt:

'A 12-year-old girl whose mother shot and critically wounded her before killing herself made several cryptic posts on Facebook during a nearly seven-hour hostage ordeal at the Texas Department of Health and Human Services office in Laredo.
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Rachelle Grimmer, 38, pulled a gun on the welfare office supervisor, Roberto Reyes, and her two children out of her frustration at being denied food stamps. The office's other employees were able to safely evacuate the building, according to the San Antonio Express.
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But at midnight -- shortly after Grimmer hung up on police -- three shots were fired, causing the police to storm the building.

Rachelle Grimmer was pronounced dead at the scene, while Ramie and her brother, Timothy, 10, suffered critical head wounds and were transported to University Hospital in San Antonio, according to the San Antonio Express.'

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Here are some additional articles on the story that actually acknowledge the father existed. Worst yet, that he allegedly had tried to gain custody and was denied (and while nether article comes right out and says it, it is clear that CPS didn't notice and/or clearly didn't bother contact him when they investigated her living in a tent). One of them also suggests that she abducted the children, as she left Ohio without notifying the father or the courts (again, something that should have come up in a CPS investigation. Yes?No?)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/06/national/a124234S52.DTL
http://www.newser.com/article/d9rg1vv80/authorities-12-year-old-girl-shot-by-mom-in-texas-welfare-standoff-dies.html

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Submitted by Kratch on Fri, 2011-12-09 18:16