No,  Dr Chy-Koa, what WOULD have been sufficient would have been you doing your job, protecting an innocent child from those who he TOLD you were abusing him, reporting the abuse to CPS and saving the life of this little boy. He's dead and YOU are partly to blame for that!  If you did nothing wrong, you would STILL be working for the Highland Medical Practice, you're not. Prosecutors were trying to decide if charges should be filed against Dr. Chy-Koa, though a gag order eventually prevented them from talking about it and a two year statute of limitations was most likely going to stop the charges from being filed.

Christian Choate was 13 years old when he was beaten to death and buried by his parents outside of their
trailer house.  At that point, the family had been getting regular visits from CPS for more than ten years.  If a family is getting visited for TEN years, isn't that a red flag? There is a file which is said to be over an inch
thick about the visit CPS paid to the family over ten years. The file consists of allegations of abuse and/or
neglect from 1999 to 2009.  Many opportunities were missed that could have saved the life of Christian,
once again, a child was failed over and over by those who are PAID to protect him.

Christian's parents were charged with murder after his older sister, who was 17 at that time, told the police
what happened when he died. It was less than one year before his death that DCS records shows that a
visit was made to the family home to interview Christian, his parents and his siblings to check on a report
that Christian was being help under "house arrest".

Prosecutors say that Christian has been beaten every day, had been given very little food, often had accidents
in his pants and was locked in a cage that was three foot high and would normally hold a dog. In the report
was mention of Christian having been to the doctor on many occasions from 2007 to 2008. The doctor noted
that Christian was losing weight on a consistent basis and that he had told the doctor someone had hit him
with the door in his bedroom, just two days before a visit in February of 2007. It was only one month later
when the doctor noted that he was angry all the time and that he was being locked up at night.

Christian was caged naked or chained to a bed frame at night and didn't dare make any noise for fear he was
going to get beaten. Police say that the abuse took place over a three year period. Riley Lowell Choate, who
was 39 at that time and Kimberly Leona Kubina, who was 45 at that time, were charged with murder, battery,
neglect of a dependent and criminal confinement, in Lake County, Indiana.

There were witnesses who reported to police that Riley would slap Christian in the face when family members
said that Christian had molested a relative. Considering that Riley was accused of abusing his nieces, I would
say he had a double standard going on. The abuse that Christian suffered got worse as time went on and
Riley and Kimberly began to fight a lot. Riley took everything out on Christian.

A witness told police that Christian had lived in the dog cage, which was bought from a neighbor and had
seven locks on it, for over a year. Why didn't this witness tell police BEFORE Christian died? I just don't get
it! Christian's 17 year old sister, Christina Choate, was made to chain him to a bed frame at times. The sister told police that she was the one who had to feed Christian, take him to the bathroom, help him to exercise and even do the physical punishing of Christian if he disobeyed. The sister says she was abused when she didn't do what she was told to do to Christian. The sister said that Kimberly told the other children that Christian was as dog and that was why he needed to be locked up.

Christian was denied food as the beatings got worse and at times was naked or in a diaper in the cage. At times
he was gagged with a sock and duct tape. While the other children tried to sneak him food, Christian could be
heard at times screaming from being given an ice cold bath and his hands were beginning to turn purple from the
amount of time he spent tied to the bed frame. His sister states that she would at times hit him once and then
choke him until he would turn blue. A video camera was often used to record the abuse he suffered. The tapes
were eventually taped over though several devices were taken from the family home including computers, digital
cameras and cell phones.

The day before he died, Christian was refusing to eat anything at all. Riley became angry about this and punched
him in the head several times before he was forced back into the case. April 5, 2011 was no different. Christian
refused to eat cereal brought to him by his sister who then slapped him and put him back into the cage. After
checking on his several times, the sister noticed that he was not breathing and called her stepmother and aunt.
CPR was attempted with an air mattress pump, it was unsuccessful. Christian's sister was told by her stepmother
to wrap him in a blanket and put him inside black, plastic trash bags which would be secured with duct tape.
Christian was then buried, covered with cement and the family eventually moved away.

Kimberly told her other children that Christian had run away. A witness says that Kimberly asked Riley if he
thought they would get caught and he replied by asking her what she was talking about. Kimberly mentioned
the "thing" about Christian. The children were told that Christian's running away was a family thing and they were
all going to work through it and no one was to talk about it "This goes to the grave" she was quoted as saying.
Christian was missing for two years and no one even noticed.

Aimee Estrada, Christian's biological mother said that she left Riley after he started to abuse her. Riley had
custody of their two children and was not allowed to see them after 2005. On May 1, 2011, she contacted the
police after her daughter told her that Christian was dead.

CPS claims that they saw no signs of abuse at all in the household.

Family, friends and strangers all gathered to say their final goodbyes to Christian. Christian's biological mother
was there to greet mourners with hugs and tears. A photo album showed pictures of Christian throughout his life
before his life became one of misery and abuse. One card celebrated his birth! Pictures of Christian in a Winnie
The Pooh onsie, a Kit Kat Bar Halloween costume and baseball clothing were shown.

Next to Christian's casket was a beautiful flower arrangement with white Chrysanthemums and red carnations
with a large red bow. The card read: "To Christian, you're safe now". Mourners walked by his casket and cried.