Victims of the Troubled Teen Industry in the United States

While many have to live with the terrible memories of their stay in a residential program, there are those who never made it home.

Below is an incomplete list of teenagers who never made it home. They died attending the residential program, they were sent to. A terrible loss for their families. Many families believed they signed their children up for help. In reality they were fooled and signed their child up for death.

So while operators and referral agencies count their money, the families left behind can only count the memories they have of their lost ones.

This is a non-complete list for the United States only. Work is in progress for other countries.

1970 – 1979

Name	Age	Program	Date	Cause of death (If investigated or published at all)
Lorene Larhette	17	Northwest Outward Bound School	September 1971	Froze to death along Joyce Howden
Joy Evans	17	Forest Haven Asylum	1976	Choked to death after being forced fed lying down
Jonathan S. Lenoff	?	Grove School	1979	Died as result of a fire in the Lodge building
Peter Cooper	?	Grove School	1979	Died as result of a fire in the Lodge building

1980 – 1989

Name	Age	Program	Date	Cause of death (If investigated or published at all)
Connie Munson	14	Bethesda home for girls	August 1, 1980	Died during escape attempt
Robert Doyle Erwin	15	(BA) Vision Quest	November 24, 1980	Downing in the Golf of California
Lyle Foodroy	(age unknown)	(BA) Vision Quest	November 24, 1980	Same as with Robert Doyle Edwin
Robert Zimmerman	17	(BA) Vision Quest	November 24, 1980	Same as with Robert Doyle Edwin
Charles Lucas	16	(BA) Vision Quest	November 24, 1980	Same as with Robert Doyle Edwin
James Lamb	14	(BA) Vision Quest	November 24, 1980	Same as with Robert Doyle Edwin
Bernard Reefer	19	(BA) Vision Quest	November 24, 1980	Same as with Robert Doyle Edwin
Eric David Schibley	17	(BA) Vision Quest	November 24, 1980	Same as with Robert Doyle Edwin
Tammy Edmiston	(age unknown)	(BA) Vision Quest	September 11, 1982	Fall from a bridge
Philip Williams Jr.	15	Elan School	December 27, 1982	Official cause of death was labeled brain aneurysm but no proper investigation was conducted. Was beaten severely in the therapeutic boxing-ring before his death (I have never heard about this concept before but it is true that they had this bizarre concept. A confession to a murder related to the Kennedy family was apparently beaten out of a boy in this ring).
Mario Cano	16	(UK) Vision Quest	April 27, 1984	Died in a Boot Camp – Unknown cause
Leon Anger	(age unknown)	(UK) Vision Quest	September 16, 1984	Unknown cause
Gregory Owens Jones	13	SUWS	July 3, 1985	Fell after the group he hiked with had been without water for 9,5 hours in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees according the local sheriff. It was ruled an accident as Idaho to this day is without rules in that area.
Carey Dunn	15	(A) Victory Christian Academy	September 23, 1988	Killed by building materials falling down over her.
Leroy Prinkley	14	(R) Western Center	September 28, 1988	Restraint
James Tomas Roman	14	Hyde Schools	February 21, 1988	Brain aneurysm.
Joshua Ferarini	13	(R) St. Aemelian Hospital	January 8, 1989	Restraint
Wauketta Wallace	12	(R) Marysville Academy	July 11, 1989	Restraint
Roxanna Gray	17	(R) Family and Children’s Center	July 6, 1989	Restraint
Danny Lewis	16	(A) Vision Quest	June 1989	Accident

1990 – 1999

#	Name	Age	Program	Date	Cause of death (If investigated or published at all)
1	David Sellers	15	Camp O’Neal	February 19, 1990	Downed in an icy lake during an outing on President’s day 4 adults (staffers and rescuers) also lost their lives.
2	Shawn Diaz	15	Camp O’Neal	February 19, 1990	As above. Downed in an icy lake during an outing on President’s day.
3	Ryan McCandless	13	Camp O’Neal	February 19, 1990	As above. Downed in an icy lake during an outing on President’s day
4	Diane Harris	17	(R) Sequin Community Living Center	April 14, 1990	Restraint death
5	Michelle Lynn Sutton	15	(N) Summit Quest	May 9, 1990	Negligence
6	John Vincent Garrison	18	Vision Quest	May 31, 1990	Unknown
7	Kristen Chase	16	(N) Challenger	June 27, 1990	Negligence
8	Brad Glickman	15	Elan School	July 4, 1990	Shot during escape
9	Anthony Green	15	(R) Brookhaven Youth Ranch	May 12, 1991	Restraint
10	Geoffrey Alan Vorhies	13	(S) Echo Glen Children’s Center	January 8, 1992	Found hanging
11	Paul Choy	16	(N) Rites of Passage (Nevada)	February 4,1992	According to members of the staff he became violent and that he stopped breathing even though they followed carefully drawn rules on retraining residents
12	Christy Scheck	13	(S) Southwood Psychiatric Hospital	March 6, 1992	Found hanging
13	Dawn Marie Birnbaum	17	Elan School	March 23, 1993	Murdered by a trucker during an escape attempt from the facility
14	Dawn Renay Perry	16	(R) Behavior Training Research	April 10, 1993	Restraint
15	Jason Tallman	12	(R) Kid’s Peace	May 12, 1993	Restraint
16	Casey Collier	17	(R) Cleo Wallace Center	December 1993	Restraint
17	Aaron Wright Bacon	16	(N) Northstar Expeditions	March 31, 1994	Neglected illness among more
18	Thomas Mapes	17	(R) Youth Center of Topeka	July 8, 1994	Restraint
19	Jamar Griffiths	15	(R) Allen Residential Center	October 18, 1994	Restraint
20	Shinaul McGraw	12	(R) New Directions 2nd Chance	June 5, 1994	Restraint
21	Lorenzo Johnson	17	(A) Arizona Boys Ranch	June 27, 1994	Downing in a attempt to escape
22	Carlos Ruiz	13	Vision Quest	December 16, 1994	Unknown cause
23	Jonathan Avila	16	(S) Rocky Mountain Academy	July 25, 1994	Found hanging from a pipe
24	Jeffrey Bogrett	9	(R) New England Center for Autism	December 1, 1995	Restraint
25	Earl Smith	9	(R) Children’s Village	January 11, 1995	Restraint
26	Dawnne Takeuchi	18	(A) Vision Quest	June 25, 1995	Fell of a wagon
27	Bryan Jones	15	Broken Shackle Ranch	July 24, 1995	Electrocuted due to faulty wiring
28	Eric Roberts	16	(R) Odyssey Harbor	February 22, 1996	Restraint
29	Will Futrelle	15	(H) Mountain Park Baptist Academy	March 25, 1996	Silenced – properly from other detainees
30	Bobby Sue Thomas	17	(R) Northwood Children’s Home	August 16, 1996	Restraint
31	Rochelle Clayborne	16	(R) Laurel Ridge	August 18. 1997	Restraint
32	Melissa Neyman	19	(R) Private Group Home in WA	July 24, 1997	Restraint
33	Jimmy Kanda	16	(R) Crow’s Nest Family Care	September 20, 1997	Restraint
34	Chris Campbell	13	(R) Iowa Juvenile Home	November 2, 1997	Restraint
35	Robert Rollins	12	(R) Devereaux School	April 21, 1997	Restraint
36	Sakena Dorsey	19	(R) Foundation Behavioral	June 10, 1997	Restraint
37	Jeffrey Demetrius	17	(R) Crockett State School	August 26, 1997	Restraint
38	Kelly Young	17	(R) Brisbane Child Treatment	January 5, 1998	Restraint
39	Dustin E. Phelps	14	(R) Lancaster foster home (Ohio)	March 1, 1998	Restraint
40	Laura Hanson	17	(R) Unknown Facility	November 19, 1998	Restraint
41	Mark Draheim	14	(R) Kids Peace	December 1998	Restraint 1 out of 3 children to die at this facility
42	Nicholas Contreras	16	(N) Arizona Boys Ranch	March 2, 1998	Restraint
43	Ashley Shaddox	14	(SH) Echo Glen Children’s Center	March 1, 1998	Found hanging
44	Andrew McClain	11	(R) Elmcrest Psychiatric Hospital	March 22, 1998	Restraint
45	Tristan Sovern	16	(R) Charter Behavioral Healthcare	March 4, 1998	Restraint
46	Mark Soares	16	(R) Wayside Union Academy	April 29, 1998	Restraint – placed in headlock.
47	Edith Campos	15	(R) Desert Hills	February 4, 1998	Restraint – had a photo of her brother which was against the rules in the group home
48	Chad Andrew Franza	16	Polk County Boot Camp	August, 1998	Found hanging in his cell
49	Kristal Mayon-Ceniceros	16	(R) New Alternatives	February 5, 1999	Restraint
50	Jerry McLaurin	14	(R) New Horizons Ranch	November 2, 1999	Restraint
51	Brandon Hoffman	17	(S) Mount Bachelor Academy	December 16, 1999	Suicide
52	Joshua Sharpe	17	(R) Wisconsin Treatment Center	December 28, 1999	Restraint

2000 to 2004

#	Name	Age	Program	Date	Cause of death (If investigated or published at all)
1	Michael Ibarra-Wiltsie	12	(R) Eckerd Youth Alternatives	February 5, 2000	Restraint – 300 pound staff member restrained the 65 pound boy by lying on the top of him
2	Sabrina E. Day	15	(R) North Carolina Group Home	February 10, 2000	Restraint
3	Randy Steele	9	(R) Laurel Ridge	February 6, 2000	Restraint
4	Willie Wright	14	(R) Southwest Mental Health	February 4, 2000	Restraint
5	Candace Newmaker	10	(R) Evergreen Attachment Center	April 18, 2000	Died during re-birth
6	Joseph D. Bolt	17	Alpine Boys Ranch	August 2000	Downing
7	William “Eddie” Lee	15	(R) Obsidian Trails Wilderness Camp	September 18, 2000	Restraint
8	Dionte Pickens	14	(S or M) Three Springs Detention	October 2000	Suicide or murder. The leather belt he was found hanging from was not supposed to have been in his cell
9	Tanner Wilson	11	(R) Facility in Gerard, Iowa	February 2, 2001	Restraint. A staff member – Lori Ann Ingham – was charged
10	Stephanie Duffield	16	(R) Shiloh Residential Treatment Center	February 11, 2001	Restraint
11	Ryan Lewis	14	(S) Alldredge Academy	February 13, 2001	Found hanging
12	Angela Miller	17	(S) Echo Glen Children’s Center	March 1, 2001	Suicide
13	Tony Haynes	14	(N) America’s Buffalo Soldiers (Arizona)	July 1, 2001	Heat stroke. Staff was sentenced, which are rare.
14	Valerie Ann Heron	17	(A) Tranquility Bay, Jamaica	August 10, 2001	Official recorded as accident, but several vitnesses have seen a suicide note being destroyed by staff
15	Aaron Albert Grey	16	(N) Alberta Children’s Group Home	December 21, 2001	Frozen to death during an attempt to escape
16	Katherine Lank	16	(N) Red Rock Canyon School	January 13, 2002	Fell to her death
17	Victoria Petersilka	14	Maryville Academy for Girls	February 9, 2012	Found hanging from a rope
18	LaTasha Bush	15	(R) Daystar Residential Treatment Center	February 14, 2002	Restraint
19	Matthew Goodman	14	(R) The Lindens	February 6, 2002	Restraint
20	Erica Harvey	15	(N) Catherine Freer Wilderness Program	May 27, 2002	Neglect
21	Kiley Michelle Jaquays	17	Integrity House	December 24, 2002	Fell from rock
22	Ian August	14	(N) Skyline Journey	July 13, 2002	Neglect – heat stroke
23	Jeremy Gaulin	15	Summit School and Children’s Residence Center	October 3,2002	Fell from a window after being pushed by a fellow students
24	Charles “Chase” Moody	17	(R) On Track Wilderness (Brown Schools)	October 14, 2002	Restraint
25	(Unknown)	15	Catherine Freer Wilderness	October 20 2002	Unknown reason
26	Jamal Odum	9	(R) New Hope For Children S.C.	2003	Restraint
27	(Unnamed girl)	?	Red Rock Canyon School	March 7, 2003	Had been ill for some days at the school. Was pronounced at the arrival of the hospital
28	Orlena Parker	15	(R) Devereux Cleo Wallace	March 10, 2003	Restraint
29	Corey Baines	16	(A) Catherine Freer Wilderness	March 26, 2003	Head crushed by tree – recorded as accident
30	Daniel “Danny” Jack Matthews	17	(B) Pinellas County Juvenile Detention	May 31, 2003	Fatal fight in prison
31	Jerry Trivett	15	(R) High Pointe, Oklahoma	June 1, 2003	Restraint
32	Omar Paisley	17	(M) Miami Dade Regional JDC, Florida	June 2, 2003	Ruptured appendix
33	Maria Mendoza	14	(R) Krause Children’s Center	October 12, 2003	Restraint – ruled homicide
34	(Unknown from Virginia)	17	The Family Foundation School	March 4, 2004	Maybe suicide – fell from second story balcony
35	Unidentified Boy	16	(S) Island View	July 2, 2004	Hanged himself at the facility. The facility promised to conduct an evaluation
36	Karlye Newman	16	(S) Spring Creek Lodge	October 8, 2004	Found hanging
37	Matthew Meyers	(unknown)	(UI ) Lonestar Expeditions	September 9, 2004	Unknown cause
38	Roberto Reyes	15	(N) Thayer Learning Center	November 3, 2004	Neglected illness
39	Garrett Halsey	13	(R) Grafton School, Inc	December 23, 2004	Restraint

2005 to 2009

#	Name	Age	Program	Date	Cause of death (If investigated or published at all)
1	Travis Parker	13	(R) Appalachian Wilderness Camp	April 21, 2005	Restraint
2	Linda Harris	14	(R) Chad Youth Enhancement Ctr.	September 18, 2005	Restraint
3	Shirley Arciszewski	12	(R) Group Home, Charlotte, SC	September 2005	Restraint
4	Kasey Warner	13	(UI) Via Quest Behavioral Health	October 8, 2005	Under investigation
5	Willie Durden	17	(M) Cypress Creek Juvenile Correctional Ctr.	October 13, 2005	Medical
6	Christening “Mikie” Garcia	12	(R) Star Ranch Youth Camp	December 4, 2005	Restraint
7	James White	17	Summit Quest Academy (PA)	December 12, 2005	Undiscovered enlarged heart
8	Martin Lee Anderson	14	(R) Bay County (Sheriff’s) Boot Camp	January 6, 2006	Restraint
9	Joey (Giovanni) Alteriz	16	(R) Summit Quest Academy	February 4, 2006	Restraint
10	Richard DeMaar	16	Laurel Ridge Treatment Center	April 9, 2006	Possible suicide
11	Angellika Arndt	7	(R) Northwest Counseling & Guidance Clinic	May 26, 2006	Restraint
12	Lenny Ortega	12	(A) Star Ranch Youth camp	May 30, 2006	Accident
13	Natalynndria Lucy Slim	17	(UI) Presbyterian Medical Services	July 13, 2006	Under investigation
14	Dillon Peak	14	(UI) De Soto Outward Bound Camp	June 17, 2006	Neglected Illness
15	Elisa D. Santry	16	(UI) Outward Bound Wilderness	July 16, 2006	Under investigation
16	Rocco D. Magliozzi	12	(M) SUWS Idaho	July 28, 2006	West Nile virus treated too late
17	Alex Cullinane	13	(M) Back to Basics Christian Military Academy	August 12, 2006	Untreated illness
18	Harry Tyrone Rutledge	15	Azleway Boys’ Ranch	September 2006	Run over by a train
19	Christopher Ladell Hill	17	Azleway Boys’ Ranch	September 2006	Run over by a train
20	Darryl Thompson	15	(UI) Tryon Boys Juvenile Rehabilitation Center	November 18, 2006	Possible death due to restraint
21	(Unknown male)	16	Aspen Achievement Academy	April 2007	Found hanging
22	Caleb Jensen	15	(UI) Alternative Youth Adventures	May 2, 2007	Neglected infection
23	Brendan James Blum	14	(UI) Youth Care/Aspen Education Group	June 28, 2007	Neglected illness
24	(Unnamed boy)	?	Red Rock Canyon School	December, 2007	Found hanged
26	Ashlie Bunch	15	McGraw Center of the Seattle Children’s Home	January 2008	Suicide
27	Katherine Rice	16	(OD) KidsPeace	May 2, 2008	Overdose
28	Faith Finley	17	Parmadale Family Services	December 13, 2008	Restraint
29	James Richard Shirey	14	Diamond Ranch Academy	January 10, 2009	Unknown
30	(Unnamed girl)	?	(Unnamed facility)	July 23 2009	Found hanged
31	Sergey Blashchishen	16	Sagewalk	august 28, 2009	Waiting for police investigation
32	Alexis Evette Richie	16	SSM DePaul Health Center	October 26, 2009	Restraint, left unsupervised after being medicated

2011 to 2019

#	Name	Age	Program	Date	Cause of death (If investigated or published at all)
1	Unidentified	15	(U) Liahona Academy	January 19, 2010	Some random cause of death determined by a local coronor
2	Levi Snyder	15	(U) New Hope Carolinas treatment center	June 12, 2010	Found dead
3	Carnez Boone	14	Yes Academy	July 30, 2010	downing
4	Shanice Nibbs	17	Five Oaks Achievement Center	August 18, 2010	Heat stroke
5	Grace James	17	Sunrise Residential Treatment Center	October 20, 2010	Car Crash
6	Michael Keith Owens	16	(R) Daystar Residential, Inc.	November 10, 2010	Restraint
7	Roger Eugene Benson	15	(S) The Cyprus House	January 21, 2011	Ruled suicide
8	Dyskeha Streeter	16	Divine Guidance Integrative Services	arch 28, 2011	Lack of interest in her health by the employees
9	Benjamin James Lolley	16	Salem4youth	August 26, 2011	Ruled suicide
10	Caitlin Lee	15	Childserv	October 30, 2011	Found dead on railtracks
11	Daniel Huerta	17	Big Cypress Wilderness Institute	December 8, 2011	Traffic accident
12	Anthony Parker	16	The One Way Farm	December 27, 2011	Died as result of a fight
13	Corey Foster	16	Leake & Watts residential treatment cente	January 18, 2012	Restraint
14	Joseph Winters	14	Rose Rock Academy	February 1, 2013	Restraint
15	Paige Elizabeth Lunsford	14	Carlton Palms Educational Center	July 6, 2013	Restrained until death
16	Unidentified	14	Grandfather Home for Children	August 5, 2013	Downed
17	Unidentified	ND	Diamond Ranch Academy	September 6, 2013	Suicide
18	Kenneth Barkley	15	OhioGuidestone	anuary 19, 2014	Restraint
19	Khalil Todd	12	The Lighthouse	March 10, 2014	Traffic accident
20	Unidentified	15	Summit School	September 5, 2014	Ruled suicide
21	Cristian Cuellar-Gonzales	15	Brookhaven Youth Ranch	October 12, 2014	Died as result of a fight
22	Alec Sanford Lansing	17	Trails Carolina	November 23, 2014	Froze to death after an accident during a runaway attempt
23	Nicholas Grant	16	Circle C Youth and Family Services Group Home	January 14, 2015	Died as result of a beating
24	Logan Volpe	15	Concept House	February 8, 2015	Ruled suicide
25	Del’Quan Seagers	15	AMIkids Sand Hills	November 25, 2015	To be investigated
26	Shaquan Allen	16	Lake Villa campus, Allendale Association	March 30, 2016	Restraint
27	Janaia N Barnhart	15	Advoserv (now Bellwether Behavioral Health)	September 12, 2016	Difficult to determine due to destroyed evidence
28	David Hess	17	Wordworth Academy	October 13, 2016	Restraint
29	Paul Choy	l5	Rite of Passage camp	February 4, 2017	Was restrained in 1992 and ceased to function, died 2017
30	Jeremiah Flemming	15	North Spring Behavioral Healthcare	November 19, 2017	Restraint
31	Raven Nichole Keffer	17	Newport News Behavioral Health Center	June 29, 2018	Medical neglect
32	Andrew Potter	15	Devereux Cleo Wallace	August 31, 2018	Hit by a car during an escape attempt
33	Diane Ramirez	17	Morris Small Family Home	April 6, 2019	Medical neglect
34	Kayla Neal	15	Shodair Children’s Hospital	July 15, 2019	Traffic Accident
35	Kirsta Simons	17	West Ridge Academy	November 14, 2019	Ruled suicide

2020 –

#	Name	Age	Program	Date	Cause of death (If investigated or published at all)
1	Cornelius Frederick	16	Lakeside Academy	May 1, 2020	Restraint
2	Naomi Massa Wood	17	Lakeland Teen Challenge	May 19, 2020	Found unresponsive, case buried by the local authorities
3	Monrius Rendon	15	Cape Cod Adolescent Treatment Center	May 30, 2020	Downed during an outing with the facility
4	Timmy Montoya-Kloepfel	12	Tennyson Center for Children	June 12, 2020	Hit by a car during an escape attempt
5	Jared Camacho	12	Steps Academy	September 11, 2020	Traffic accident
6	Clay Hensley	15	Great Circle – St. James	September 16, 2020	Killed by other residents during escape attempt
7	Rylan Harris	13	Tulsa Boys’ Home	December 8, 2020	Downed during escape attempt
8	Mia Gabrielle Fontana	15	Grove School	May 20, 2021	Alleged suicide. Under investigation
9	Unidentified girl	15	Shodair Children’s Hospital	May 2021	Alleged suicide. Under investigation
10	Unidentified girl	17	Reflections Academy	June 25, 2021	Alleged suicide. Under investigation
11	Joshua Hancey	9	Roost Services	Between July 11 and 20, 2021	Found dead in a hot car
12	Unidentified	?	Maple Lake Academy	January 16, 2022	Not given proper care
13	Connor Bennett	15	Sequel TSI, now known as Brighter Path	April 11, 2022	Suicide
14	Ja’Ceon Terry	7	Brooklawn	July 16, 2022	Positional asphyxia, investigation still pending
15	Summer Rose Lambert	15	Oak Plains Academy	November 29, 2022	Overdose with medication from the facility
16	Raiden Toms-Moonin	15	Oak Plains Academy	November 30, 2022	Overdose with medication from the facility
17	Taylor Goodridge	17	Diamond Ranch Academy	December 22, 2022	Under investigation. Had been sick before she collapsed

Additional names will be added to this list as soon as we get it from one of our partners