Submitted by Prentice

HELLO EVERYONE I NEED EVERYONE'S SUPPORT HERE. FIRST AND FOREMOST I AM THANKING GOD I SURVIVED BEING IN FOSTER CARE FOR 16 YEARS. I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW MY LIFE WAS MISERABLE AND IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME. MY AUNT TOOK ME INTO HER FOR THE PURPOSE OF MONEY. AT AGE 7 YEARS OLD EVERY TIME MY AUNT WAS DRUNK SHE WOULD JUST BEAT ME WITH A WHIP ON MY BACK AND LEGS. EVERY OTHER DAY AFTER THAT MY AUNT WOULD INVITE MEN OVER TO GET HIGH USING COCAINE AND INJECTING NEEDLES IN THEIR ARMS. MY OLDEST BROTHER USE TO TRY AND PROTECT ME AND AND OUR OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THESE MEN WERE RAPING BOTH OF MY SISTERS EVERY OTHER WEEK. THEN MY AUNTS HUSBAND THE FOSTER FATHER RAPED MY BROTHER. MY OLDEST BROTHER TRIED TO STOP THIS AND WHEN HE COULD NOT STOP THIS, MY AUNT CALLED THE CHICAGO POLICE TO HAVE MY BROTHER ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL AND I NEVER SAW MY BROTHER AGAIN. AT 16 YEARS OLD I TRIED TO ESCAPE THE FOSTER HOME AND MY AUNT HAD PAID SOMETHING MONEY TO HAVE SOMEONE SHOOT ME IN MY RIGHT FOOT. I ALSO WAS RAPED BY A GROWN WOMAN WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD. THIS IS HORRIBLE WHAT THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND THE COOK COUNTY PUBLIC GUARDIANS OFFICE HAS CAUSED ME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND FOR WHAT. I AM AT A LOST BECAUSE WHEN I WAS HOME I WAS VERY HAPPY AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF MY FATHER AND MOTHER WAS VERY CARING AND UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE. AT AGE 22 WITHOUT MY FATHER AND MOTHER I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD STILL BE HERE ON THIS EARTH. THE MEDIA AND THE POLITICIANS OWE ME MY MOTHER AND FATHER AN INTERVIEW TO HOLD DCFS AND THE PRIVATE AGENCY CHILD SERVE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS RECKLESS DESTRUCTION OF OUR FAMILY FOR UNJUST REASONS. PEOPLE THAT ARE WEALTHY AND CARING IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS THEY WOULD COME TO OUR AId. ONE MORE THING MY YOUNGEST SISTER IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE BECAUSE SHE IS STILL A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING WHILE HER HEALTH IS AT RISK OF DEATH.