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The Short Life of:
Angellika Nicole Arndt
March 3, 1999 to May 25, 2006

       

Read "Bubbles in my milk" (click here)

DRW Report - (click here)

Angie was restrained one to two hours for "gargling milk!"
She was restrained again the next day and died during the restraint.
Cynthia J. Allen, asks a very good question: "Where is the outrage?"

NEWS ARTICLES & INFORMATION:  

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May 14, 2009 Lawsuit filed over child's death
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December 8, 2008 Restraints still used after girl's death
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November 26, 2008 REPORT: A tragic result of a failure to act: The Death of Angellika Arndt
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August 11, 2007 Pelishek: Our systems collapse, our children suffer
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March 12, 2007 Wisconsin clinic fined $100,000 in girl's death; employee gets 60 days jail
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March 12, 2007 Jail time and fines leveled in death of Wisconsin girl
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March 12, 2007 Counseling center, staffer sentenced in girl's death
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March 11, 2007 A call for change, for Angie
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February 10, 2007 State's mental health system fails girl
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January 31, 2007 Angellika "Angie" Arndt: Answers to what really happened on her last day and a Call for Help
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January 2, 2007 Advocates of the Month for January 2007: Rick & Jo Pelishek, Wisconsin
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December 31, 2006 What we'll remember
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December 27, 2006 Sentence delayed until March 2
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December 15, 2006 Counseling center, employee plea no contest in death of Angie Arndt
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December 15, 2006 Clinic, staffer enter 'no contest' pleas in conjunction with child's death
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December 13, 2006 Very few answers in child's death and Clinic, staffer plead 'no contest' in child's death (2 articles)
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December, 9, 2006 Resource and information packet:
"Bubbles in my milk": The short life of Angellika "Angie" Arndt
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December 8, 2006 Restraint ban sought
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December 7, 2006 Company, worker enter 'no contest' pleas in death
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December 7, 2006 Double Guilty Verdict In Rice Lake Girl's Death
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December 7, 2006 Staffer, clinic guilty in death of girl, 7 : Victim repeatedly restrained over behavior problems
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December 6, 2006 Charges filed following investigation of death at treatment facility
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December 6, 2006 PRESS RELEASE: ATTORNEY GENERAL PEG LAUTENSCHLAGER ANNOUNCES: NORTHWEST GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING CLINIC, INC., FOUND GUILTY IN DEATH OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD RICE LAKE RESIDENT
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December 6, 2006 Counseling center, staffer convicted in girl's death
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December 6, 2006 Attorney General says Rice Lake clinic found guilty in girl's death
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December 1, 2006 Counseling center, staffer charged in girl's death
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December 1, 2006 7-year-old's death brings charges of negligence : A counseling center and employee are charged; use of a choke hold is alleged
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December 1, 2006 Restraint death charges filed : Counseling center, staffer accused of negligence in death of girl, 7, in Rice Lake, Wis.
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December 1, 2006 Clinic, staffer charged in patient death
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November 30, 2006 Rice Lake counseling center, employee charged in restrained girl's death
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November 30, 2006 DA says criminal charges will be filed in girl's death
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November 29, 2006 Affidavit of John Knappmiller, Chief Investigator for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Wisconsin Department of Justice
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November 26, 2006 Rice Lake sign in memory of Angellika Arndt
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November 21, 2006 Rice Lake Treatment Center won't reopen
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September 27, 2006 Where are flowers for Angie?
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August 2006 Marriage and Family Health Services, Ltd., News From the Mikan Program & Outpatient Services Newsletter
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August 5, 2006 State issues suspension notice against clinic
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August 3, 2006 Clinic loses certification
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August 2, 2006 Death of 7-year old Angellika Arndt results in closure of Northwest’s Rice Lake Clinic
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August 2, 2006

State closes Rice Lake clinic: NORTHWEST COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE CLINIC: The state says the center failed to address shortcomings found after a girl's death there in May

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August 1, 2006
Rice Lake center to shut
Girl fatally hurt there in May
 
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August 1, 2006 Wis. Clinic Where Girl Died Closed
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August 1, 2006 Rice Lake, Wis., clinic suspended in girl's death
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August 1, 2006 Northwest Counseling and Guidance Clinic in Rice Lake will close
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July 30, 2006 Rice Lake clinic submits policy update plans
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July 22, 2006 Clinic submits plan to fix violations
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July 17, 2006 Randall Cullen, M.D. Review of Rice Lake Day Treatment Program
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July 15, 2006 Group urges closure of center after girl's death: Advocates cite 'pervasive failure' at treatment facility; multiple inquiries under way
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July 10, 2006

Before she died, Angie had finally found her place:
Foster family says 7-year-old still had tantrums but was making progress
 

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July 8, 2006 State finds deficiencies at clinic where girl died
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July 7, 2006 Young Girl’s Death Prompts Questions
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July 5, 2006 Patient Death Raises Questions About Restraints
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July 5, 2006 Patient death highlights question about restraints
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July 5, 2006 Girl's death revives debate over restraining out-of-control kids
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July 5, 2006 Controlling out-of-control kids: When is restraint OK?
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July 2, 2006 Initial report in girl's death are disturbing
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June 26, 2006 The Short Life of Angellika "Angie" Nicole Arndt
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June 24, 2006

Clinic cited in girl's death: 7-year-old dies after being restrained by staff at Rice Lake, Wis., center (note: Angie was restrained for gargling milk two days prior to her death, not the day before her death. She was also restrained the day prior to her death.)

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June 24, 2006 Girl who died at counseling center was restrained nine times
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June 24, 2006 Reports Show Girl Restrained Multiple Times
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June 24, 2006 Update to "Countdown to Justice"
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June 24, 2006 Ladysmith girl was restrained eight times before her death (click here)
June 24, 2006 Girl who died at counseling center was restrained nine times
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June 23, 2006 Report says clinic violated state code in treatment of girl who died (click here)
June 23, 2006 Report: Clinic 'Failed' Girl Who Died
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June 15, 2006

Foster Parents Question Girl's Death

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June 15, 2006 Homicide charge possible in girl's death
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June 14, 2006 Restraint led to child's death
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June 10, 2006 Charges pondered in death of girl, 7: Physical restraint at facility reviewed
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June 10, 2006 Prosecutors weigh homicide charges in suffocation
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June 9, 2006 Rice Lake Death Called a Homicide
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June 9, 2006 Girl's death prompts order to restrict counseling center's use of control hold
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June 9, 2006 State puts restrictions on use of control holds at Rice Lake clinic

 
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June 9, 2006 Child's death in Rice Lake ruled homicide
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June 9, 2006 Restraint leads to homicide: Examiner: Death caused by holding down child
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June 9, 2006 Death Of Restrained Girl, 7, Ruled Homicide
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June 9, 2006 Prosecutors weigh whether child's death was criminal homicide
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June 5, 2006 Officials Looking Into 7-Year-Old Girl's Death
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June 2, 2006 Investigators will review death of girl, 7
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June 1, 2006 Girl who was restrained later passes out and dies
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May 31, 2006 Police: Patient Died After Taken To Hospital
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