Canadian Woman
Living In
Garabito Kept
Child Like An
Animal
The Fiscalía de Garabito is investigating the case of a Canadian woman
identified by
her last name
Kuckuck,
suspected of
abandonment and
simple assault
of a child
following a raid
by the Organismo
de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ)
responding to
complaints of
neighbours.
The 50 year old
woman has her
residence and a
local store
called Surf City
and is accused
of keeping the
four year child
in an wooden
enclosure, just
like a caged
animal.
The
identification
of the minor was
not possible as
no record of the
child was found
in the Registro
Civil and
believed to be
the child of an
indigenous
family of the
area, who are
said to have
gifted the child
to the Canadian
woman.
Records of the
Patronato
Nacional de la
Infancia (PANI)
- child welfare
services -
indicate that
the woman had
tried to adopt
the child since
2006, but the
adoption process
was never
started and the
child remained
in her
possession
since.
The criminal
action against
the women began
in March of this
year, according
to the PANI
press office, as
neighbours
complained to
the child
welfare agency
that he was not
interacting with
other children
of the area.
The charges
filed against
the woman, who
despite her
arrest is was
set free by a
judge, followed
an inspection by
the PANI at the
end of last
month.
The minor is now
in the hands of
the PANI and was
found to have no
signs of
physical abuse
or violence
during a
preliminary
evaluation and
will be held at
a Puntarenas
shelter where he
will undergo
further
evaluations.
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