Adoptive Parents Collected $175K on Foster Children Abused + Missing Over 10 Years - Colorado, Texas

March 2011. Colorado, Texas. Abuse, Torture Allegations in Adopted Foster Children Missing Over 10 Years. Adopted Parents Collected $175,000 on Missing Tots + Not Report Missing. Bryants Arrested on Fraud for Collecting Money For Boys Missing Over 10 Years; No Missing Child Report was ever filed. Authorities in CO have opened an investigation into disappearance of 2 foster children, one of whom appears to have been physically abused. Edward Dylan Bryant who would now be 18YO disappeared in 2001. Austin Bryant, who would be 15, went missing around 2003.
The adoptive parents never reported them missing + falsified records to collect $175,000 adoption subsidies.
The boy's adopted father, Edward Bryant, 58, + mother, Linda, 54, who are separated, were arrested in Texas + currently in jail in Colorado Springs. They are held on $1 million bail. Each face theft + forgery charges.
They've not been charged in the disappearances. The father told authorities Edward ran away in 2001 + Austin in 2003, right before the family moved to Texas. He blamed his wife for any money received since their disappearance and denied knowledge of receiving money for the children, but admitted that he signed documentation stating that the children were in his care in order to continue to receive funds from Colorado DHS.
His wife, Linda, admitted some criminal culpability for not reporting the missing children. She acknowledged she intentionally covered up the fact they were missing to make it impossible for those in position to make a rescue, and offered to take responsibility so her husband could keep the 5 children they still have. [?!!]
The police investigation started shortly after Bryan Pennington, a foster child who knew Austin growing up, reported Austin missing on Jan 22, 2011, after a conversation with another person who knew Austin.
James Bryant, the boys' adopted brother who was interviewed at Fort Campbell, KY, agreed to discuss situation w El Paso Sheriff's office. James told detectives that there has been significant abuse at home. He said Austin was spanked, restrained by being rolled "like a burrito", handcuffed, and denied food 2-3 times a week as a form of punishment. Austin got so hungry, James said, he would eat out of the garbage can. He was also left in the garage days at a time and forced to run up and down the driveway for hours.
The last time he saw Austin alive was in 2003. He said his mother asked him for help to find a friend to pose as Austin for an upcoming DHS visit, according to affidavit.
Pennington told investigators that Austin told him that his parents used a taser on him and showed him welts all over his torso, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit has little information regarding Edward. James told authorities he doesn't know anything about his adopted brother. He was told Edward was sent to ARIZONA to care for an ailing relative. State adoption records are sealed http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/10/allegations-abuse-decade-old-missing-chi...

AFFIDAVIT REVEALS ABUSE OF MISSING FOSTER CHILD. TX. While 2 young boys disappeared nearly a decade ago, no one spoke up until now. Arrest affidavit for the adoptive parents of Austin Eugene Bryant + Edward Dylan Bryant paints a disturbing picture of the discipline that incl use of a Taser + being locked in a trunk.
The adoptive father admitted he and his wife "concocted stories" to cover up the missing boys. When Gainesville police contacted his wife, she said the boys were "doing fine and living with her." She later changed her story to say they "ran away as early as 2003," but she never made a report. She also admitted to "falsified documents" because she came "to rely on the money" Colorado offered families who adopt.
2 other adopted children who lived with the Bryants recalled the torture Austin allegedly endured. The 14-page arrest affidavit from Colorado said the couple regularly abused Austin when he lived with them outside Colorado Springs. The accusations say Austin was handcuffed, Tased and often locked in a trunk. He was denied food, leading him to eat from the garbage.
ONE FOSTER SON TOLD POLICE HE THINKS THE BRYANTS CAUSED AUSTIN'S DEATH. http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Affidavit-reveals-alleged-abuse-of-one-of-two-...

Edward Dylan + Austin Eugene Bryant were special needs kids. They were paid through El Paso County DHS for the boys even though there is no record of them since 2003. Bryants received 121 monthly payments for Edward totaling $107,916. For Austin, 75 monthly payments of $66,890. Tipline (719) 520-7209 http://www.krdo.com/news/27157540/detail.html

April 2011. Many children turn up missing from foster care.
http://coloradocommunitynewspapers.com/articles/2011/04/03/tri_lakes_tribune/...

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[mamasuntwinkle]

April 2011. Many children turn up missing from foster care. When most people think of missing kids the thing that comes to mind are the high profile cases that have received national attention. . .Little attention is given to the1000s of children that have gone missing after placement in foster care. . . Some states don’t report foster children because of privacy laws. Many states will not even inform law enforcement agencies.

coloradocommunitynewspapers (dot) com

[sarahfbear02]

i am moving to Canada now

[JWBjett]

The reason they continued to receive money after there adoption was due to the two boys being "special needs." The label of special needs gave the bryant's a great monthly check from our goverment. Since the boys were adopted the state of Colorado was no longer able to come into the home & check on the welfare of the boys. I want to know why this lady is not facing murder charges? Please answer that question for me.

[ParadiseOrHellFire]

if you cant look after children? please dont have sex. their killing your children by taking them off you...

[blessedmommy73]

I don't understand why these parents were getting money after adopting these children? We were foster parents to our now 3 adopted children, and the day we signed those adoption papers, we were no longer receiving any funding for their care. If they couldn't afford to financially care for these children, how were they permitted to adopt them??? I don't get how they got away with this for a decade, people had to know...

[tashapork]

Another reason we need to have Caylee's law. C. Anthony gets all the attention, but these other cases need it too.

[rilezly]

was the writing in the green true? This is outrageous omg. I had no idea this country was this fucked :(

[1lilleth]

these two ppl are discusting!! there are ppl out there who cnt have kids n these monsters can adopt time after time? i thought it was hard to adopt? and would of thought home checks would be done a couple times a yr? or is that too much work? we are hearing more and more storys of children being abused or killed by thier parents or adoptive parents its frightening. and the you have the ppl with kids who dnt care for them,abuse them for the social cheque they gt each week. kids = ££££££ it seems.

[tedda68]

More missing adopted children that taxpayers are paying for, this is a travesty. Google Adam Herrman missing from KS, same story, just different child. I was not aware that adoptive parents received a government subsidy, until I read the story of Adam. Always assumed that when you adopted, you also took on the financial responsibility. Sounds suspiciously like the selling of children, huh?

Police need to also arrest all of the relatives of these people, because I'll bet they KNEW.

[snakeskin2u2]

Good to know the authorities carry out checks ??

Nobody seems to care - especially the "carers" who are (certainly in the UK) quickly prevented from furthering their careers, - and blacklisted, if they report a problem.

Thanks for posting this !