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Saturday October 1, 2005

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

State: $12.5M deal with allegedly starved children

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) -- New Jersey has agreed to give $12.5 million to four boys allegedly starved by their adoptive parents, state officials told The Associated Press on Friday.

Tuesday November 16, 2004

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Man accused of starving children has stroke, pastor says

CAMDEN, N.J. -- A man accused of starving his four adopted sons was unconscious Monday after suffering a massive stroke the day before, according to officials with his church.

Sunday October 17, 2004

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

DYFS workers could get immunity in family starvation case

COLLINGSWOOD -- As Raymond and Vanessa Jackson stand accused of starving their four adopted boys, prosecutors are considering granting immunity to Division of Youth and Family Services employees intertwined in the family's lives for years, a state official said.

Sunday October 10, 2004

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

N.J. starvation-case brothers thriving

A year ago, 19-year-old Bruce Jackson weighed 45 pounds. He stood 4 feet high.

Tuesday December 2, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Jackson family confounds even child-abuse experts

Contradictions & opposites abound

Monday December 1, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Couple accused of starving adopted sons

PHILADELPHIA - (KRT) - Every day around 5 a.m., Raymond Jackson awakened his four adopted sons for an hour of Bible study and prayer.

Friday November 21, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Emaciated teen continues physical emergence

Happy Bruce Jackson has tacked on 23 pounds and inch in height

Thursday November 20, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Faith plays central role in Collingswood family

Like the other seniors in Woodrow Wilson's class of '71, Raymond Jackson wrote beneath his yearbook picture a short description of himself and his dreams for the future.

Thursday November 13, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Starving children got medical care before adoptions

Treatment ended with child's adoption

Sunday November 9, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Jacksons’ friend: Videos portray a loving family

The camera zeroes in on the boy with a skinny face and tiny features, sharply concave neck, jutting bones, and eyes darting from place to place.

Saturday November 1, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Adoptive couple deny charges of starvation

Their church pastor and relatives defended them.

Tuesday October 28, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

New Details In Collingswood Starvation Case

COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. (AP) When authorities found Bruce Jackson looking for food in a garbage can around 3 a.m. on Oct. 10, he was 4-feet tall and weighed 45 pounds. A typical 7-year-old boy, they thought, giving him one of the stuffed animals the department uses to comfort child victims.

Monday October 27, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Starving case stirs disbelief, scrutiny

COLLINGSWOOD - Two portraits of Raymond and Vanessa Jackson emerged yesterday.

Sunday October 26, 2003

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

Boys found severely malnourished

Collingswood couple held on endangerment, assault charges

Raymond and Vanessa Jackson:

DYFS fails 4 starving children

Camden County couple arrested, 5 state workers suspended in case