Loading ...Child Protection: Meg’s e-mails reveal that she has been attempting to alert child services to an abused child that she babysits. Duncan and Veronica pick up the case. The child isn’t physically or sexually abused, but he is negatively reinforced with harsh punishment. They come up with a list of people who Meg has previously [...]
Child Protection: Meg’s e-mails reveal that she has been attempting to alert child services to an abused child that she babysits. Duncan and Veronica pick up the case. The child isn’t physically or sexually abused, but he is negatively reinforced with harsh punishment. They come up with a list of people who Meg has previously babysat for and Veronica gets to work on getting handwriting samples. After marking off various families, the culprit seems to be the Goodmans, whose son seems cripplingly obsessive compulsive out of fear of punishment.
This leaves Duncan and Veronica to attempt to steal a book which the parents forced the abused child to write degrading things over and over again in from Meg’s home. Veronica realizes that the writing is female. The abused child in question was actually her sister, Grace. Veronica and Duncan find her locked in a small room in the closet. Before they can help her, the Mannings come home early from church and call the police. Lamb arrests them, and Veronica tips him off about the hidden room. Lamb escort Veronica and Duncan from the Manning house, returns and discovers the room. He let’s Veronica and Duncan go before returning to the Manning house and is last seen parked outside.
