NUBIA DOCTER - 10 yo twin/ Accused:Jorge Barahona - Palm Beach FL

Caretaker details abuse child says he endured

[color:6fa6=#999]Posted: Yesterday at 10:30 pm EST
MIAMI (WSVN) -- The caretaker of a 10-year-old boy who was allegedly
abused by his adoptive parents has provided new details about the abuse
he said he and his murdered sister endured.

Katia Garcia was the temporary guardian who took care of Victor after
the 10-year-old boy was found doused with chemicals and severely burned
in a pickup truck on the side of Interstate 95, near West Palm Beach, on
Feb. 14, 2011.

The body of Victor's twin sister, Nubia, was found in the back of the
truck, which belonged to the siblings' adoptive father, Jorge Barahona.

The children's adoptive parents, Jorge and Carmen Barahona, were
arrested and charged with murder and torture. Meanwhile, Victor was sent
to live with Garcia.

Garcia made several audio statements to prosecutors in June, several
months after Nubia's death. Garcia informed prosecutors that Victor told
her what he remembered about living with the Barahonas. "His father
used to put a bag over his head and that he used to choke him, and he
says that there were a couple of times that he was very close to dying,"
said Garcia.

According to Garcia, Victor always referred to Jorge Barahona as "Dad,"
but that he nor his sister ever saw any signs of affection from their
adoptive parents or heard them say "I love you."

Victor told Garcia about his sister Nubia and how she looked when he
last saw her. "He stutters, because he's so angry. She had this big scab
on her forehead and on her face and different parts of her face as well
as smaller ones," Garcia said, "and he is very clear about that being
what she looked like and how she was found the very last time he saw
her."

Victor also talked about how he and his sister could barely walk after
they were tied up for so long, Garcia said: "He would walk like
hunchback because of the position that he had to remain in for so long."

Garcia continued, "He says that while they were in the bathtub, his dad
would pour cold ice water on top of him and his sister."

In addition, Garcia said, Victor mentioned that Jorge Barahona would
also pour other liquids on them while they were in the tub. "Like
Clorox, like Drano," she said.

The abuse did not end there. "His father used to pour hot sauce in his
ears, eyes, nose and mouth. His dad, his father, made him eat a
cockroach," Garcia said Victor told her.

On another occasion, Garcia said, "[Victor] saw some of my eyelashes and then, he said that his was shut with like Krazy Glue."

According to Garcia, on Victor's birthday, all he could think of was
Nubia. "That he missed her and that he thinks about her," she said. "He
cried a couple times on his birthday."

Victor is now living with relatives in Texas.

Miami-Dade prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Jorge and Carmen Barahona.

http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21006626802259/caretaker-details-abuse-child-says-he-endured/#ixzz1lgSRpetv

They should have both been living in Texas all along.

I still want to find our what DCF's explanation is for not allowing this to happen and even fighting in court to keep these children with these monsters.

I'm sure it will be sugarcoated at best.