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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Charges in death of adopted son
PORT ORCHARD -- An adoptive mother pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of homicide by abuse and first-degree manslaughter in the 2002 death of her 8-year-old son.
Kimberly A. Forder, 44, who was charged in Kitsap County Superior Court, was jailed with bail set at $1 million.
"A young boy died at the hands whom society had entrusted with his care," Kitsap County Sheriff Steve Boyer told reporters. "It went beyond abuse. It was torture."
Forder's adopted son, Christopher M. Forder, died of pneumonia after repeated abuse, Boyer said.
The family reportedly had five adopted children in addition to three biological children at the time of Christopher's death.
The Sheriff's Office had been working on the case for nearly four years and had a breakthrough recently, Boyer said. In July, the Sheriff's Office learned that the parents and seven adopted children had recently been living in Liberia.
On Aug. 9, the Sheriff's Office received a referral report from Child Protective Services in Oregon, in which the couple's eldest biological daughter came forward with information about Christopher's death.
According to court documents, prosecutors now allege that the boy spent days outside or in the basement as punishment, without food, water or blankets. He was forced to clean his soiled clothing in a bucket. He also was reportedly beaten with a stick or belt.
Last week the Sheriff's Office learned that Kimberly Forder was returning to the U.S. from Africa for medical treatment. They contacted her in Medford, Ore., and she agreed to return to Kitsap County.
When she arrived Saturday, she was booked into jail.
Spokesman Steve Williams at the state Department of Social and Health Services said the couple had a state foster care license from 1997 to 2002.
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