Nicole Marie Embum
- May 10, 2001
Why did a drug addicted mother, who had
been turned
in to Child Protective Services for using Methamphetamines among other
things, get away with the murder of a beautiful, healthy, happy four
month
old baby girl? Because apparently the
state Department
of Social and Health Services and legal authorities feel it is
perfectly
okay to be addicted to Methamphetamines, give birth while addicted,
raise
a baby while addicted and roll over on top of your baby and kill her
while
addicted and high.
Nichole's family tried to help her by
calling Child
Protective Services making complaints about how her mother was high
again
and that the baby needed help:
"We all knew something was
going to happen.
They wouldn't do anything"
Eloise Pugh - Nicole's paternal
grandmother
Caseworkers claimed they were not
able to remove
Nicole from the custody of her mother because they could not prove that
she was neglecting her. How could that be? Two days before giving
birth,
Nicole's mother had been visited by CPS because she had bragged about
using
Methamphetamines before her doctors appointment. CPS
visited her, she denied doing drugs and
nothing
was done. What about a drug test? Why wasn't that done?
After her birth, Nicole and her
mother moved often,
living with friends or relatives, whoever would take them in. Nicole's
mother was no stranger to CPS, during her own childhood, CPS had
visited
her home at least nine times:
"She's not had a chance in her
life either.
She wants
to change, but she needed
protection, too"
Eloise Pugh
When she was only three weeks old,
Nicole was sick
with a viral infection. Nicole and her mother moved in with Eloise Pugh
who helped take care of Nicole:
Eloise Pugh with another of her
granddaughters Justine.
"She was a happy little
baby. She laughed
and played"
Eloise Pugh
On March 13, 2001, Eloise called CPS
and made a complaint
about how Nicole's mother was using drugs again and was running around
with a much older man. After making a few calls, the caseworker decided
that Nicole wasn't in any danger. Three weeks later, Cody Embum,
Nicole's
father, called CPS and informed them that he had
found a hypodermic needled in Nicole's
diaper bag.
Cody told them that he was worried that something was going to happen
to
Nicole. The CPS caseworker claims to have been unable to find Nicole
and
her mother:
"Certainly we were concerned.
But we're at
a disadvantage with people who are difficult to find"
Mike Crowe - Children's
Administration regional
administrator
On May 10, 2001, Nicole's family
called CPS and the
police to inform them that Nicole's mother was high and was refusing to
leave her with them. Within a few short hours, Nicole would be dead.
During
the night, Nicole's mother, who was high, was sleeping on the couch
with
Nicole next to her. Rolling over on top of Nicole, she killed her.
The next morning, someone noticed that
Nicole was
no where to be found. Rolling her mother over, they found her precious
little body. Eloise now wants the truth of what happened to her
granddaughter
to come out:
"If it will save some
other baby, we can't
just let it go"
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"We all knew something was going to
happen. They wouldn't do anything"
Eloise Pugh
No charges were filed against the mother
of this little Angel. The death of Nicole Marie Ebum was ruled to have
been an accident.
The last reported news about this
case, that I could
find, was that Nicole's mother was pregnant again and wouldn't make any
comments about the death of Nicole. NOWHERE have I been able to
find the name of Nicole's mother.
For information
about preventing
child abuse in the state of Washington, click the links below. If they
can't help you, ask for someone who can. NEVER give up looking
for
help for an abused child!
Call
this number
to report child abuse ANY WHERE in the United States!
1-800-4-A-Child
1-800-422-4453
   
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