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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 02:34 p.m. EST, Jan 05, 2009
The death of a Summit County teenager last month at a children's treatment facility has been ruled a homicide, the Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office announced today.
Faith Finley, 17, who was in the custody of Summit County Children Services at the time, died Dec. 13 at Parmadale Family Services in Parma after being restrained by staff members.
The homicide ruling ''merely means the death of an individual at the hands of another individual. Nothing sinister is being implied in this ruling,'' the coroner's office said in a statement.
Finley died while being restrained by staff ''after a reported outburst of disruptive behavior,'' the coroner said. She died ''due to lack of oxygen that was exacerbated by choking on regurgitated stomach content,'' according to the coroner.
The ruling has been shared with Parma police.
After Finley's death, Summit County removed its other children from the facility, which is run by Catholic Charities.
Finley's mother, Antionette, has said Faith and her twin sister were in county custody since last April because of unruly behavior. Her sister was at another facility in Cuyahoga County.
The death of a Summit County teenager last month at a children's treatment facility has been ruled a homicide, the Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office announced today.
Faith Finley, 17, who was in the custody of Summit County Children Services at the time, died Dec. 13 at Parmadale Family Services in Parma after being restrained by staff members.
The homicide ruling ''merely means the death of an individual at the hands of another individual. Nothing sinister is being implied in this ruling,'' the coroner's office said in a statement.
Finley died while being restrained by staff ''after a reported outburst of disruptive behavior,'' the coroner said. She died ''due to lack of oxygen that was exacerbated by choking on regurgitated stomach content,'' according to the coroner.
The ruling has been shared with Parma police.
After Finley's death, Summit County removed its other children from the facility, which is run by Catholic Charities.
Finley's mother, Antionette, has said Faith and her twin sister were in county custody since last April because of unruly behavior. Her sister was at another facility in Cuyahoga County.
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barberton, oh
Posted 03:29 PM, 01/05/2009
someone is in trouble!!
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 04:28 PM, 01/05/2009
Since when is a homicide nothing sinister?
Akron, OH
Posted 04:44 PM, 01/05/2009
homicide is not always sinister...it's a legal term. haven't you every heard of justifiable homicide?
The Great City in, OH
Posted 06:19 PM, 01/05/2009
This is the LINK to the original article and community posts; just to keep everything in perspective.
Posted 06:21 PM, 01/05/2009
May I refresh your memory. A man was in summmit county jail. He was in mental ward. He was shackled to the floor both hands and feet. He was beat and maced until his heart quit working. This was homicide. The officers that did this "sinister" deed all walked. Why do you think this is any different?
Posted 07:27 PM, 01/05/2009
David, its not any different,the article states
The facility does not use straitjackets, handcuffs or manacles to restrain children, Mullen said. Instead, staff members physically restrain them and they are trained to use safe methods, he said.
Some one took their training to far,My gut feeling is that no one checked on her for sometime.I am the mother of a multi-handicapped daughter and would not even consider putting her in a group home.I have even heard stories of how they drug them up.My daughter is not destructive,she has complusvie disorders,papper tearing,baths ext and I am afraid they will do this so she won't do those
behaviors.
......, Oh
Posted 07:28 PM, 01/05/2009
Psssst, David.
"Let's not forget heart disease." and being terribly over weight, No that had nothing what so ever to do with it.
He wasn't beat,and maced till his heart stopped. fact he was an out of control man, attacking the Deputies.
Posted 08:35 PM, 01/05/2009
I pray the authorities engage in a thorough investigation of the death at Parmadale.
Afterward, though, the authorities would be wise to broaden the scope of their investigation to other Catholic Charities facilities, namely St. Edward Village in Fairlawn. There are many problems to be found there, and my family and I would gladly cooperate with exposing them.
Posted 09:48 PM, 01/05/2009
people without patience and self-control have no business working with others. Someone better pay for this. It was stated that the child was restrained and yes staff was supposedly taught how to properly restrain the clients. The mother had complained before about the methods of restraint being used. Apparently someone failed to listen. I wonder if self control is taught as well. It can be difficult at times I assume to work with children and/or others with behavioral issues. This doesnt give anyone the right to exert force to cause harm to the person being restrained. So i personally think of this as a sinister act!!!
I don't know what's srong with the regulatory agencies in this state but they better do something. People are being harmed in these facilities as well as nursing homes and jails.
Posted 07:46 AM, 01/06/2009
If the mother was SO concerned she would have or had both of her children with her.
Posted 08:39 AM, 01/06/2009
CSB should have some culpability since they picked the treatment facility. sounds like the facilities policy and proceedures or lack of should be reviewed.
akron, oh
Posted 09:49 AM, 01/06/2009
Martini gal:
Psst,don't forget the face that was practically caved in from beating...Too many cases of obvious loss of control ,on the part of the police,end up with a cash settlement to the family.
akron, oh
Posted 09:50 AM, 01/06/2009
You wouldn't be intimately connected to the acuused would you?
Akron, Oh
Posted 10:20 AM, 01/06/2009
I am surprised that Lester didnt say anything here he is ignorant
akron, oh
Posted 12:42 PM, 01/06/2009
it used to be the nuns paddled there bare rears. racy wants to know!!!when they started killing instead !!!(@@)
Alliance, OH
Posted 01:20 PM, 01/06/2009
Tracy
Maybe if someone had taught "self control" at home the young lady wouldn't have been in the facility in the first place. It's these children who become adults that the authorities have to deal with over and over again. If houses were actually homes our society would be a lot different.
Posted 03:21 PM, 01/06/2009
Jarhead, quit being so judgmental. You do not know the reasons these children were in a home. You do not know the stuggles of the parent/s. You do not know if mental problems were the cause of the child's behavior and if so, if "self-control" was even an option. Even if there was a loving home - which you assume there wasn't without any actual knowledge - some children are just unruly (and with twins, so goes one, so goes the other). No matter how much love and support they receive.
Lets place the blame where it actually lies instead of the victim. Maybe if the home was more careful in the restraining techniques they used, the child they were to care for would not be dead.
Alliance, OH
Posted 04:56 PM, 01/06/2009
Lawcat, As stated in the above article...the mother said they were in custody because of unruly behavior. I am just going by the article and the mother's words. And no, I don't know the struggles of this parent(s), but I raised kids (now 25 & 23). They had friends and classmates that came in and out my door over the years. It's not hard to tell who has a support system at home and who doesn't. And as for being judgemental, aren't most of the comments on here doing the same thing to the employees of this facility. Most are ready to lynch these people that they don't even know. Mr. Mullen said no deaths in 22 years of being associated with this organization, but right away all want to attack the workers involved and as most of society does these days...coddle the child who instigated the situation to begin with. Little Caylee Anthony in Florida might just be alive today if her grandparents hadn't coddled that little wench of a mother of hers. Just my opinion...I could be wrong! Remember spare the rod spoil the child!!!!
akron, oh
Posted 05:53 PM, 01/06/2009
overthetop.... when one of your children die, rethink the smartass comment you made on this page
akron, oh
Posted 05:59 PM, 01/06/2009
OVERTHETOP.....WHEN ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN DIE, RETHINK THE SMARTASS COMMENT YOU MADE ON THIS PAGE
Posted 06:45 PM, 01/06/2009
Jarhead, why so judgemental? Previous articles have stated that the children were in that particualr facility for unruly behavior, not that they were in custody for it. They were in foster homes prior to being moved to Parmadale, that's where the unruly behavior was happening, and apparently continued at the facility.
Children don't get taken and put into facilities like this because they broke the law and were unruly, it's because they are ALREADY in the CSB system and having problems with it.
You seem to have a really jaded view about how todays kids act and why and that's fine.....but don't paint this homicide victim with the same brush, especially when the circumstances are much more complicated than your analogy of bratty kids and absent parents. Sure, that happens, but kids are often victims for NO FAULT of their own, and your blaming of the victim only adds to the problem.
......, Oh
Posted 08:33 PM, 01/06/2009
pssssst Stumpy.
Not related to any of the accused, but I did read the ruling.
If there were to many cases of obvious loss of control, one would think they would have been found guilty.
I also read about Marks loss of control too.
Did you?
Posted 07:53 AM, 01/07/2009
lets all remeber why she was there. she was a problem to herself, her mother and soceity. do think she turned into an angel as she passed through the doors. no. she needed to be restrained and then died. if she would have complied she would be alive now.
funny how the mother cares so much now that there might be cash in it for her. where were you when she was growing up to keep her out of this place. nice, give her the mother of the year award.
Alliance, OH
Posted 02:03 PM, 01/07/2009
Shorty said:
"Previous articles have stated that the children were in that particualr facility for unruly behavior, not that they were in custody for it."
Jarheads Mom says:
"Huh?!?!?!"
Posted 03:07 PM, 01/07/2009
Ok, let me clarify-the children of this family were in the custody of childrens services and placed into foster homes, from what I understand. THis young girl in particular was having behavior issues while in foster care, and the county placed her in this facility so she could be better handled/cared for. She did not break the law and get arrested for unruly behavior and placed at Parmadale-the county put her there after she had difficulty at her foster home, and she was in foster care because the county took her and her siblings away from their mother. This girl was not under legal custody at Parmadale because she broke the law, she was there because the foster family couldn't handle her and CSB placed her in this facility. She had bounced around from home to home prior to her death, through no fault of her own, and the county has trusted this facility for years to handle the unruly children in their custody. Unfortunately, this time it turned into a tragedy.
Please, do not blame the victim for getting stuck in the system and then dying-she had no choice in the matter and clearly wasn't dealing with her situation very well.
Alliance, OH
Posted 11:22 AM, 01/08/2009
ok, so let ME clarify. I wasn't attempting to pass judgement on the young lady persay...just trying to point out that almost everyone commenting was ready to lay blame on the employees. My point was that blame shouldn't be placed until a thorough investigation is complete. Blaming them right away is no different or better than blaming this young girl. No, I don't know her circumstances, but they ended up in foster care for some reason. If it was the mother then she needs to take partial responsibility for what happened just by her own parental actions (or lack thereof). If she truly was unruly and that is why she was placed in foster care (and subsequently Parmadale), then yes the blame lies with the deceased for failure to follow rules, lack of self control, just being a brat...whatever. No one deserves to die by the hands of another, but if you are contributing to the deliquency of your own life and that leads to maiming, death, incarceration...Just remember that Karma is a b!tch...You get out of life what you put into it...Feel free to include your own addage!
akron, oh
Posted 03:20 PM, 01/12/2009
I will repeat my somehow deleted comments from another time .As a provider in the business of caring for our people,there is a bad double standard of accepted care depending on your agency ,has been always will be ..
akron, oh
Posted 03:24 PM, 01/12/2009
I have seen cases where you can't look at some clients a certain way before county or state officials want to nail you.And then get told and disciplined about no restraints allowed ever then here comes this well connected catholic organization killing a poor child with supposed outlawed techniques go figure !!!
