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Rebecca Riley was four years old when she died three years ago. She had been diagnosed as having bipolar disorder and ADHD and was being treated with clonidine (a blood pressure medicine sometimes used as a sedative for ADHD) and Depakote (for bipolar). (See Department of Social Services (DSS) case file recounting the timeline of DSS involvement with the family of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley.)

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Rebecca Riley's Mother on Trial

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  • is dr. kifujuki going to have her license revoked?

    I cant stand this man, the father of baby rebecca, I feel compassion for the mother. i think she was abused too and she had no sanity left with her hsuband’s abusive powers of their precious chidlren.. GOD have MERCY :(

  • Only God can save the other children. ARe they all placed together in a foster care home or an adoption agency?

  • WHY????? DIDNT ANYONE SEE SIDE EFFECTS OF ALL THESE POTENT DEADLY DRUGS???? WHYYYY DIDNT THE DOCTORS, THE DPS, THE TEACHERS, THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER NOTICE THESE SIGNS OF UNSTABLITLY TO THESE LITTLE CHILDREN….WE ARE BLIND AS PPL WE ARE HEARTLESS, CARELESS, THOUGHTLESS. SELFISH PEOPLE.

  • Only God can save the other children. ARe they all placed together in a foster care home or an adoption agency? I DOBUT VERY VERY MUCH A TWO YEAR OLD IS BIPOLAR!!!! OR ADHD…IT TAKES TIME TO DEVELOP AND A CHILD CANT JSUT BE BIPOLAR AT TWO. IDWILL NEVER BLVE THIS….ALSO, IF THE CHILD HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY ABUSED AND MENTALLY ABUSED IT IS NATURAL FOR A CHILD TO ACT OUT THEIR MOODS. THEY WILL HAVE FEAR, HOSTILITY, ANGER, WETTING THEMSELVES, AND EVEN BITING BACK TO PROTECT THEIR LITTLE BODIES…PYSCIAL ABUSE IS WHAT CAUSED HER TO ACT OUT AND THE DAMN STINKING DR. GAVE HER PSYCHODELIC DRUGS…THE WITCH.

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