Part 5 of 5
anything regarding this case in several months.  They have agreed as of
this month that Frank only has to report in person once a month, but 
that creates a problem for him, since his livelihood is being a truck 
driver, and requires that he go out of state for training to get a new 
job. 
The case was back on the docket again in Feb 96, but the lawyer says
he doesn't think it will go this time, either.  There is a new develop-
ment.  The original charge against Frank was Sexual assault of a child.
It's now Sexual assault of another person.  The lawyer isn't even 
sure when that happened or why.  And he still won't file for a dismissal,
because he says it might only make the DA decide to go to trial.  
Frank is to the point he's not sure he cares.  At least, if it went to
trial, it would be over one way or the other.    
There it is.  Is all of this a case of abuse by government agen-
cies-or not?  The very agency that is supposed to protect children 
virtually ignored our son during the entire matter, giving him a pro-
bably life-long distrust of government agencies of any kind.  We lost 
our financial stability, and now realize that we must be very careful 
who we leave our daughter with-make sure that it's not someone with an 
axe to grind that will use our daughter's trust against us.  I 
pulled her out of public school and am teaching her at home in an 
attempt to keep the government from getting their hands on her.  
She still insists that nothing happened, but can't tell us why she 
said what she did, except to mention on more than one occassion that she 
was told to say it by several different people, which I think I can 
believe, since she's so easily led. 
During what little research we've been able to do, we've come to think
that had our daughter been normal, she would have been removed from the
home and placed in foster care.  But since she's not she would have been
difficult to place or adopt out, as that is what we've discovered 
happens many times in these types of cases.
Sorry for the episodic nature of this, but so much has happened over the
last three years-this nightmare began on Jan. 6, 1993-and it's now March 5,
1996.  In all this time, there has been no contact by any police department,
nor any direct contact by the Denton Co. District Attorney's office.  There
was NO investigation beyond whatever was in CPS's report, and no questioning
of any of the people personally involved, especially my husband.  
If you need any further information, my telephone number is (903) 675-9387.  
Nancy and Frank Eddy
Rt. 3 Box 3415
Athens, TX 75751
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
* LAKOTA v1.3
--- Alexi/Mail 2.02b (UNREG)
---------------