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Me And My Siblings Are Being Severely Abused And No One Will Help Us Not Even The Police

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I apologize if this post is a little bit lengthy but I am begging for any advice and I need to tell the full story. I will put a TLDR at the bottom.

My sisters (15F and 13F) and I (17F) live with my grandparents in Location: Maryland who have been physically, mentally, and verbally abusing us for the past 8 years. The rest of my family turns a blind eye to this, claiming that they "saved" us because we were being sex trafficked by our mother. While living with our mother, we called CPS 3 times before we were ever removed, even when we told them everything.

My sisters and I have been preparing evidence for years to make sure we will surely be taken away. Initially I was going to wait until I turned 18 (next March) and just move out, and work with my two siblings grandparents (we have different dads) to make sure they get out safely. Recently, the abuse has gotten significantly worse and we decided that it was time to go. This is my burner phone and the only people who's numbers I have on it are my siblings grandmother, my best friend who was going to allow me to live with her, my boyfriend, and my cousin.

I thought that I could trust my cousin, so I asked her if I could hide my bags in the woods so that when I escape she could come get them and bring them to me later. This fucking asshole, KNOWING that I just told her that we have been being abused, called my grandmother to warn her that we were calling CPS. Thankfully, this call was on speaker phone, so I heard and was able to run away. I ran deep into the woods and called my sisters grandmother and begged her to come get us and call CPS. She was 2 hours away and couldn't so I called CPS myself. They connected me to a social worker who told me to go somewhere safe and call the police, so my best friends mother picked me up and called the police.

I told the police everything and they made some calls to CPS. The police went to my house and then instead of talking to my sisters, they simply asked my grandparents if they were beating us, to which they lied and said no. They looked at our house, and since there was shelter, some food, and running water, they told me I had to go back home. I told them I wasn't going anywhere until they called my other grandmother and even though she confirmed the physical abuse that was happening, they told me domestic abuse was not a reason to be taken from your house. They then forced me back home where they interviewed my sisters who confirmed everything, yet they still did nothing. I sent to show them the book of documented evidence and I found that my grandparents took it from my room. When the officers asked, they lied and denied it.

I begged everyone in my life who knew about the abuse to call CPS and tell them whatever they could. My sisters who were home told me they were more worried about CPS coming than they were my safety. This morning, my grandmother was using the notebook of evidence and trying to intimidate my sisters into "admitting" that they were lies. My best friends mother sent an officer for a welfare check who did nothing. I've been trying to call for help all morning, through CPS, the Department of Human Resources, and literally every other organization that's supposed to help abuse victims.

First of all CPS told me they couldn't even confirm that a case had been opened for us, and they told me it could take up to five days to even begin looking into opening an investigation. Everyone else I called just kept giving me numbers and no one could give me any help. Eventually, the numbers led back to the same place, who simply got mad at me and told me that I had already called today, and they couldn't do anything and hung up. Everyone has failed me, even the fucking police. Someone please help me and tell me to get out of this, I have literally tired everything. No one is trying to protect us.

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