A survivor finds motivation in tragedy
CHICAGO (MCT) — The poem Joshua Travis read to other teenage alumni of the state’s child welfare system described in his own words how his mentally ill mother killed his 3-year-old brother.
Amanda Wallace waved goodbye and hanged him from the transom of their West Side apartment.
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