Re: Rowan Ford Update:Hotline call was for lice


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ItsJustMe wrote:
http://www.ky3.com/news/local/11386126.html

SPRINGFIELD -- After Rowan Ford of Stella was found raped and murdered last week, some people wondered whether anyone had raised concerns about possible abuse of the 9-year-old girl before she disappeared. Documents made public by the Missouri Department of Social Services on Thursday show investigators found no evidence that she was abused.
In response to a Sunshine Law request by KY3 News, DSS sent 36 pages of documents that detail its contacts with Rowan's family. The bottom line is DSS investigators didn't feel like Rowan or her siblings were in any immediate danger. DSS reported "there are no children likely to be in danger of serious harm."

A DSS worker had contact with Rowan's family in March 2000 and reported some hygiene problems with Rowan and her sisters. Other than that, the worker found the family was fine. At the time of that investigation, David Spears was not in the home. Spears is now one of two men charged with raping and killing her. The other is Spears' friend Chris Collings.

I wonder how it was determined the family was fine if no contact was had with Rowan's family since March 2000.

I'm horrendously bored this evening ...
There are 2 reports-both for chronic lice. I'm assuming one was for her older sister(2000)as it speaks of Adam(whoever the hell he is) as having to walk 3 miles to Family Dollar for diapers for Rowan, and the second in 2006 for Rowan.

I ran Adam Chichawhatever through Family Watchdog. I didn't find an Adam, but I did find a Steve in California(2 counts of annoying and molesting children), which is the state they moved from.

Says Adam planned to adopt both children as father's are not involved emotionally or financially....guess that didn't happen. There is a name redacted, I don't know what it could be. Sometimes they show Ariane, so I wonder if thats not her.

So we have Colleen McLoed Spears
Adam Chichasomething -
Ariane Parsons
Janice Shaffer
Rowan Ford

Where are the other 2 kids and how many last names are involved


That pdf documents looks pretty primitive considering, even in 2000, the higher tech typewriters/computers.

The document states a couple different times Adam having bad body odor. There was lice and poor hygiene reported in the family, but the house was neat and clean?!?!?!? Sounds like the person doing the evaluation didn't want to be bothered with anything.

The document also states

....family assessment services needed (unreadable) initial 30 days.
.....Adam Chichanowski (name of #2)

They blank out Colleen's SSN in some of the document, but leave it in another part (lawsuit waiting to happen). They don't even do that with convicted murders. The document also has Chichanowski's dob and SSN (HUGE HUGE legal no-no) Huge law suit waiting to happen.

This is also what I get out of that document, what I could read....

Colleen and Adam don't own a vehicle.
Adam walks to school to pick up Rowan when she has to be sent home.
Unreadable ( A? ) has to walk three miles to Dollar General Store to get Diapers for "B"
Adam (#2) has bad body odor.
Reporter suspects household has hygiene problems.
Reporter says Colleen (#1) and Adam (#2) use dog shampoo to treat head lice.
Reporter states family's expectations of child may be unrealistic.
Adam is unemployed and primary caregiver.
Reporter feels family is not intentionally neglectful.
Family recently relocated from California. Extended family in Eastern part of US, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania
Colleen's oldest daughter planning to move to area from New York.
School officials feel family need some assistance in receiving appropriate services.
Adam does not have a valid driver's license.
Adam plans to adopt both (?) and Rowan afer some time......
Home is sparsely furnished but neat and clean...

Reporter states family working diligently to rectify problem?? There is nothing, NOTHING in that doc stating the family is working diligently, and unless there is another doc that's not being shown, it doesn't show any more contact after 3/2000.

***Later in the document (dated 1/18/2006) it mentions David Spears. What the heck happened to Adam??....

Chronic head lice reported in 2006, Rowan has five absences due to head lice. Reporters think parents are not cleaning the environment. (what happened to the previous reporter stating the house was clean?)

Child neglect reported 1/18/2006, poor hygiene. Chronic head lice.

Reporter states girl goes to elementary and the 16-year-old goes to high school.

No behavior problems with Rowen.

Rowen shows up at the nurse at school with monthly head lice problems.

Reporter states children observed to be clean. Living conditions to be clean. No vermin infestations.

"Observed family strengths: Family has bonded to each other. Good communication skills observed. Parentrs working to bring home an income to meet the needs of the fmialhy. Children in school and are are appropriate....."

There isn't a whole lot in the document other than "symptoms" which don't always mean the end result is going to be what happened. But there are faded warning signs and the mom, I don't care how downtrodden she seems to be, needs to be investigated and charged also.

I'm curious as to their background in California, why they moved to Missouri.

What a mixed up report

Chocolic

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    ... SPRINGFIELD -- After Rowan Ford of Stella was found raped and murdered ... I ran Adam Chichawhatever through Family Watchdog. ... Reporter suspects household has hygiene problems. ... Reporter states family's expectations of child may be unrealistic. ...
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