Show H'l i m p r ? r r p w -- ml V I ! M P' P i March 5 1998 — Page 5 ' V' - V The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday KIIthouqhtllldrseenlitfalll Trenton neighbors t V By Miriam Rand staff writer 4 ! By Lance Pitcher SaJI wan wnif leaving a Logan ihetter liat fall Peny arid He would not disclose where that home is but said foe r- - y A Trenton girl found locked in a baaement roiferini non malnotiitiou and her old sister will be put up for adoo-tioo atate ofiiciali lay Aa part of a plea bargain that got Becky Tucker — foe girls' adoptive mother — lighter improved dramatically since she was taken from the Tuckers "You wouldn't recognize her as the same gM” ftny laid When the wai taken from foe Tuckersr she weighed only 32 poundi had trouble charges foe couple gave up parental rights to kith girls "They hive no claim or right to those childnn anymore raid standing upright and could take only a few atepa on her own She wai suffering from malnutrition a Logan pediatrician testified her hair wu foil of Ike her poorly Assistant Attorney General Karl who worked with the state Division of Child and Family Services on the case In addition the court ordered the Tuckers to have no contact with the girl and her half-sistwho have been in fos- developed teeth wets Once the paperwork terminating the ’nickers' complete the for adoption f “ r tyet Give tensen said The case wu blown out of proportion according to Christensen who caused 3rd District Court Judge Leslie Lewis to cringe and cover her eyes when viewing them for the first time in court Wednesday said he doesn’t deny the family wu in the wrong and committed a crime But he uid he feels the crimes they committed were not of the caliber reported AP photo Becky Lynn Tucker luff triu not to weep wNte pleading guilty to felony child abuse Wednesday In 8alt Lake CKy The And the Richmond woman - Jensen knew the home years before the Tuckers even moved to Utah since Gary's brother had lived there “It wu a basement home to begin with" Gary Jensen said of the house near which he hu lived for 68 years "It hid two bedrooms a bathroom a kitchen I don't know where they got their information They need to get their detectives up here and investigate this thing right" The Jensens also said they had seen the girl and didn't believe she had been locked up "A week before this whole thing happened she wu out riding horses Florene said "That little girl was not locked up" Kathy Merrill who also lives next door to the Tuckers said if the had been abused as badly as reported the state wouldn't let the family's natural children remain in the home this is such n criminal case why are the two boys still in the houu7" she asked She said the state's priorities are messed up if officials care more about adopted children than natural children Christensen said he had information that could prove the innocence of the Tuckers and pleaded with the defense attorneys to contact him They didn’t however and he uid he wu not going to release his information to the public bsanT close to this would be a child from a German concentration camp" Ferry said "We're Just ill glao we got her out before she died It could have been a matter of days" It was the photos of the girl taken Just after she was taken from the Tuckers' home that ter care for more than three including a dark basement supplied with nothing but a filthy pail of water and a box spring Florene and Gary house he ownsnext to his own "I know that they're innocent it’s been a huge Joke" her emaciated body was scarred "The only pictures that come er Among the incorrect reports and details one family has noted are the conditions the girl lived in TRENTON — Although Chris and Becky Tucker have pleaded guilty to child abuse charges they still We the support of their friends and neighbors "We're still 100 percent behind the Tuckers" Loren Christensen said this morning Christensen has been an acquaintance of the Tuckers since they moved to Utah in December 1996 and rented a girl'i coaditioa hai ' more than misdemeanors" en miik-Christens- who first suspected the abuse and ' turned the Tuckers in had to push the pictures away when she wu asked to identify the girl at a preliminary hearing in 1st District Court in November doubt we’ll see anything like it again" Perry said At least I ’ hope not" ' the girl’s placement will ly be decided by a state com- mittee that reviews adoptions a If said "The things they did were wrong but they were nothing 1 ulti-mate- process that usually narrows adoptive' parents from a list of at HmM JoimtmI map placement with the Tuckers or other relatives is no longer being sought by foe atate as state law : For the most part that is a good law” Perry said Tn most k - cases kids are bonded and it would be traumatic to remove them (from their extended fimi- “ The girl’s natural grandparents 'had least three potential families Fri- -' ority will be given to keeping the two girls together "That would be the ideal" Peny said the Tuckers'' two Means natural children will remain with nmnti pending A civil hearing in April will decide their' placement if both ini interekf inu expressed"ttt Hs ? 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