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JOB OPENING AT
SUMMITQUEST (below),
the facility where 17-year old James
White died December 12, 2005, and where,
less than two months later, 16-year old
Giovanni "Joey" Aletriz died February 4,
2006.
ViaQuest Behavioral
Health, owners of SummitQuest in Ephrata,
Pennsylvania, a facility for boys with
sexual, mental, and behavioral problems,
requires the staff hired for this position
to work with
"the
most challenging cases
of individuals with
behavior and mental
health diagnoses",
with responsibilities that include
participation in crisis intervention - the
same crisis intervention that killed Joey.
What is disturbing is
that a person with
a high school diploma
meets ViaQuest's
qualifications for
again, according to
their own website,
working with
"the
most challenging cases
of individuals with
behavior and mental
health diagnoses".
Knowledge of mental
health, sexual
abuse/abuse-reactive,
and behavioral
health treatment
practices preferred
- not required, but preferred.
See below
It is
uncertain what happened to James, as his
death remains a mystery. All we know at this
time is he fell down while exercising and
died. According to a February 7, 2006,
article by the
Lancaster New Era,
the
county coroner
(who we believe is the same one who ruled
Joey's death an accident, since they were
both at the same facility located in
Ephrata), said Joey died of an enlarged
heart, ruled James' death was due to "an
enlarged heart and died from natural causes"
as well.
Interestingly, a forensic pathologist hired
by Joey's parents sat in on Joey's autopsy.
His initial report indicates Joey did not
die of an enlarged heart nor did Joey die of
natural causes. Joey, he found, had
compression of his chest, a hematoma on the
side of his face from his temple to his jaw,
marks on his body consistent with that of a
slug or kick, bleeding in his shoulders,
bite marks on his lips and tongue, stomach
contents in his nasal cavity consistent with
being suffocated, and more.
Another boy died in Florida in
January 2006 and the county coroner in his
case tried to rule his death an accident and
said he died of natural causes resulting
from sickle cell trait. However, a second
autopsy has revealed his conclusions were
incorrect and the boy did not die of natural
causes.
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