12-02-2010, 03:41 PM
Someone needs to do something about DSS in the area where Zahra lived and possibly other parts of NC.
My uncle is a news photographer for the Charlotte Observer and also does news videography for WSOC, WCNC and several other stations (all of it freelance). I used to hang around and work a bit in his studio when I was growing up and there in my hometown was a well known case of child abuse.
The little boy was only like 3 or 4 and was severely beaten by his dad (Fred Gammons). His name was Travis and had been abused and neglected all his life. Fred finally bean him half to death resulting in a coma, severe brain damage, blindness and various other things.
It had been reported many, many times to DSS and became a big news story. It was only several counties away from where Zahra ended up living her last days.
Zahra's dad couldn't have moved to a more perfect place to do harm to a child and get away with it. It's almost like the 'perfect storm' of a child abuse scenario.
My uncle is a news photographer for the Charlotte Observer and also does news videography for WSOC, WCNC and several other stations (all of it freelance). I used to hang around and work a bit in his studio when I was growing up and there in my hometown was a well known case of child abuse.
The little boy was only like 3 or 4 and was severely beaten by his dad (Fred Gammons). His name was Travis and had been abused and neglected all his life. Fred finally bean him half to death resulting in a coma, severe brain damage, blindness and various other things.
It had been reported many, many times to DSS and became a big news story. It was only several counties away from where Zahra ended up living her last days.
Zahra's dad couldn't have moved to a more perfect place to do harm to a child and get away with it. It's almost like the 'perfect storm' of a child abuse scenario.