D H S D O G S

DR. DEBBIE LOWEN

February 3, 2011

February 7, 2007

A nice letter arrived today from Pawnee County DHS signed by Mikah McCray.  Titled as follows:

“NOTIFICATION CONCERNING FINDING[S] OF CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT”

I asked how she concluded Elan Schoonover’s broken arm was “inflicted abuse.”

“When we got the opinion from the Justice Center [Dr. Debbie Lowen] that the injury was consistent with child abuse we made that conclusion.”

To inflict an injury with sufficient force to result in a spiral fracture requires a grip on the limb of such force as to cause radial fingerprint bruising of the surface and underlying tissue that would not only be visible for many days and detectable via a fundiscope examination days or even weeks after the injury was inflicted and the visible to the naked eye bruising had long since faded.  Elan Lee Montgomery Schoonover, my son, had no bruising.  I could not have inflicted this injury to my son for which Mikah McCray is trying to hard to take him from me for gain.   It pure and simple malpractice that Dr. Debbie Lowen did not examine Elan’s arm for  any 'tattletale' bruise. 

I have been given notice and a form titled “REQUEST FOR APPEAL” [OKDHS form CWS-KIDS-98, Referral number 1078862] to Mikah McCray’s uncontested declaration of “Confirmed findings of Abuse.”  It is less than the opportunity Jesus had to answer the charges against Him!  In bold print in the center of the page:  “You are not eligible to appeal if there is pending court action regarding the finding[s].”

It is an ignorant twit that will continue to believe that the impossible was performed.  If Mikah McCray is not an ignorant twit then she has an insidious ulterior motive for keeping Elan tormented and deprived of his Natural Father in her custody. Elan is a valuable baby.     I would like for Mikah McCray to prove that it is not for her monetary gain

February 14, 2007

February 23, 2007

Mikah McCray replies to Jon Carter, Attorney, and he advises the “offer”:

If John pleads guilty to this trumped up charge of “Wilfully (sic) and maliciously injuring…using unreasonable force…breaking the child’s arm resulting in a spiral fracture of his arm…” he will be given a suspended sentence equal to  the illegal time he has already spent in prison and will be credited and he will be free to live out his life in peace…or the maximum of life in prison will be asked for. 

Such a “deal” would result in me never seeing my son again.

 My answer to this deal: Go to Hell.  I love my son Elan, I will risk my life for him. 

Cynthia Carroll, MSW

Programs Field Representative

Children and Family Services Division

Appeals Section:

                        Innocent victims of DHS should have no fear of our court systems.  Innocent individuals should have no fear of DHS. 

 “I have been informed that the finding in this investigation resulted in pending court action.”  Your letter of February 12.

February 25, 2007

ANSWER TO DENIAL OF APPEAL FROM DHS

Tell me that I am the only innocent victim you single out and treat this way!

In Court, February 27, 2007:

“That on November 11, 2006, the minor child suffered a spiral fracture to his right arm…John Schoonover, The natural father caused the injury …either through improper handling or carrying said child, or by failure to place said child in a safe place when he left the child unattended which allowed the child to fall and receive the injuries.”

                        The complaining witness: Dr. Debbie Lowen.  The “evidence” on which Dr. Debbie Lowen bases her confirmation of CHILD ABUSE?  Her superficial examination of Elan with a splinted bandage covering his arm and the X-rays she had made *November 21, 2006, clearly showing a multi-fragmented fracture consistent with her testimony that it was in fact separated into more than two pieces.

* Dr. Lowen would not reveal where the X-rays were made; it would be another 22 months, September 10, 2008, before it would be revealed to John Schoonover that the Dr. Debbie Lowen had the X-rays made at St. Francis Hospital under the patient name Elan Wheeler. 

Dr. Debbie Lowen would not allow John Schoonover to speak to her about this injury he had been convinced he caused.  Dr. Debbie Lowen was adamant that it could not have occurred from simply rolling off the bed and that was all that had happened.  Dr. Debbie Lowen was adamant that Elan was grabbed in anger by his right arm with such force as to fragment his arm.  Dr. Debbie Lowen portrayed herself as an expert in the field of Child Abuse and this injury was a result of Child Abuse and nothing was going to change her mind.

Dr, Debbie Lowen had never seen Elan’s Mother, Pamela Brook.  During the next few months John Schoonover, Elan’s Father, was allowed to visit Elan in a tiny cubicle at the DHStapo headquarters in Pawnee under the watchful eye of various case workers.  John Took multiple photographs of Elan . . . many of which were of bruises of unexplained cause.  On his head.  On his back.  Places where bruises should not occur similar to some of which John had seen on two of the Foster Kids put in his care while a licensed Foster Parent in the State of Idaho. 

The worst case he had was a two-year old that had been covered with cigarette burns and beaten so bad he was a mute quadriplegic. 

What he considers the second worst was a 14-year-old who had healed scars from his lower legs to his neck from all manner of beatings from various instruments one would find on a farm/ranch.

Among the photographs taken of Elan it was later revealed that one was of a potentially lethal head injury consistent with the results of a subdural hematoma being a common factor, from what was supposed to be a head-first fall out of a sand-box onto a concrete slab in a play area. 

Of Course, it should be common knowledge that all states have safety rules against concrete in play areas . . . but this fact was ignored and the most important thing at the time of the head-first fall on an illegally placed surface in a play area was to seek immediate proper professional medical attention to ascertain the severity of the head injury. 

Tari Hughes, CASA worker, was my adversary fighting me to prevent my Court Motions demanding professional medical attention. 

Nonetheless, photographs of this and other injuries to Elan were presented by Elan’s Mother, Pamela Brook, to the secretary of Dr. Debbie Lowen at the Childrens Justice Center on South Sheridan in Tulsa. 

Dr. Debbie Lowen came out of her office with the photographs and approached Pamela Brook and the first words out of her mouth was, “How long has this abuse been going on?” 

I stepped up and answered, “Ever since DHS took Elan from me; I am John Schoonover and I am his father.”

Dr. Debbie Lowen ordered us out of the building; we were escorted by two guards armed with automatic weapons.

It seemed that it makes a difference when a child becomes injured as to who has custody at the time.  A parent has custody?  Hang the parent.  DHS has custody?  Look the other way.  That is what Dr. Debbie Lowen was paid to do!

Please remember that at this time John Schoonover had been convinced that his son’s arm was broken from rolling off the bed the evening of November 14, 2006. 

John is considered a liar by the professional opinion of Dr. Debbie Lowen that Elan could not have caused this injury to himself. 

John presents the fact that while Elan was helpless in the womb his Mother became an habitual drug addict.  Crack Cocaine, Methamphetamine, and opiates.  Such could have serious ramifications to the innocent fetus.  One well known detrimental physical fact is a diminishment of bone density.  Elan’s father, with his knowledge and experience, handled his precious and potentially fragile son with extra thick ‘kid gloves,’ so to speak, just as a precaution. 

This was not considered a factor.  It was, however, John’s only explanation how Elan’s arm could have been so badly broken from a mere roll off the bed. 

A life sentence was what District Attorney Larry D. Stuart was going to ask for upon conviction unless John Schoonover volunteered to give up his son.   Dr. Debbie Lowen was more than willing and available to provide the testimony Larry Stuart needed for a conviction.   

Dr. Debbie Lowen had already verified for the Oklahoma DHS her confirmation that they declare this a case of Child Abuse . . . and John Schoonover was guilty. 

Dr. Debbie Lowen held this conviction in her mind that John Schoonover does not deserve to have his God-given right to raise his own son.  He needs to go to prison for life and she supports District Attorney Larry D. Stuart in his goal to accomplish convicting John Schoonover and sending him to prison. 

“Life”?  At age 70, just how long is that? 

Postponement after postponement on the charge of Child Abuse, it is held over John Schoonover’s head like the Sword of Damocles.  To fall any time at the whim of District Attorney Larry D. Stuart.

Meanwhile, John Schoonover must attend certain child parenting courses designed to correct abusive parents. 

John Schoonover must attend anger management courses to correct anger that caused the Child Abuse.

John Schoonover must have a thorough psychological examination to determine if he is capable of raising his child. 

Courses justified if John Schoonover did in fact, either accidently or deliberately or dis-concerned neglect for his son,  allow the serious injury to his son’s arm to occur that peaceful evening of November 14, 2006 for which Dr. Debbie Lowen has judged that he deserves to die in prison.

Then, following one of the many postponements, the morning of September 10, 2008, on the third floor of the Pawnee County Court house, Assistant District Attorney David K. Robertson approaches John Schoonover and Nancy Brook, and hands to Nancy Brook a large brown envelope stating simply, “You may want these.”  Turning and walking away, he adds, “There are more at St. Francis.” 

It was an X-ray envelope from Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa containing a dozen X-rays of Elan Wheeler, dated November 15, 2006.  Two of the X-rays are of a perfectly healthy right arm. 

The Right arm of Elan Lee Montgomery Schoonover that Mikah McCray told everyone John Schoonover broke.  The Right arm Donna Pace swore that John Schoonover broke.  The right arm that Larry D. Stuart swore in his arrest affidavit that “John Schoonover did willfully and maliciously use such excessive force as to break the child’s arm” and his primary prosecuting witness is none other than Dr. Debbie Lowen of the Childrens Justice Center of Tulsa who testified for District Attorney Larry D. Stuart stating that as Elan’s arm was broken into multiple fragments he could not have caused this injury to himself!

David K. Robertson resigned from the Pawnee District Attorney Larry D. Stuart’s office. 

What about Mr. Robertson’s statement, “There are more at St. Francis”?

Those at St. Francis were unaware that Elan Wheeler was actually Elan Schoonover.  They were unaware that Elan had a Father.  All they could tell me was what their records show, that his Foster Parents, Tanya and Gary May, of 109 Skyline Hills Avenue, Perry Oklahoma, 73077, brought him to the hospital the first time November 21, 2006, crying his eyes out in pain and he was X-rayed to find his right arm had been freshly broken into three fragments.  “Freshly broken” because the examination revealed no healing process had transpired to indicate it was not “freshly broken.”

St. Francis kept Elan Schoonover for over eleven hours before releasing him back to the May Foster Parents.  His arm was set; splinted and bandaged and he was then taken to Dr. Debbie Lowen at the Childrens Justice Center of Tulsa where she was told by Mikah McCray that John Schoonover, the child’s Father,  caused the injury.  She viewed the X-rays and concluded that in her opinion it was an open/shut case of Child Abuse and was ready to send Elan’s Father to prison for life. 

It was not until shortly after September 10, 2008, that Dr. Lowen learned of the OSU Medical Center X-rays generated November 15, 2006, the day that Mikah McCray took Elan without any court order, that show a perfectly healthy baby in all respects at that time; obviating the fact that the accused that she testified against could not have possibly inflicted the injuries she swore under oath were inflicted as “He [Elan] could not cause these injuries to himself.” 

Dr. Lowen still refused to allow an interview with John Schoonover. 

John Schoonover then named her in what is called in Federal Court a 1983 tort.  Dr. Debbie Lowen succeeded in avoiding being served several times; eventually, John Schoonover was able to have her served and her response was like a child “just doing my job” type of denial of any responsibility and John Schoonover answered one of her denials of responsibility with the following document, copied in part:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT

IN AND FOR

THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA

                                                                                   FILED

John E. Schoonover U.S.N. Ret.                           ]           04 / 14 / 10        

An individual; and John E. Schoonover            ]       

Appearing as Natural Father and                       ]                 

                                                                                        ]             CASE No.

                                                                                       ]                  10 CV 054 JHP TLW

                                      Plaintiffs                               ]

                                             vs                                      ]      

                                                                                       ]

Brad Henry, Governor of Oklahoma                  ]

his agents or assiginees   et ali                              ]

RESPONSE TO DEBBIE LOWEN

[06-03-2010]

Dr. Debbie Lowen is accurate in her statement of facts as she has been told; except that the “stipulated” his son was a deprived child.  The only “stipulation” this Father made was to the facts of what happened the evening of November 14, 2006. 

All Dr. Debbie Lowen further states in her “Statement of Facts” pertaining HAW are not attached to Debbie Lowen in any manner.

The X-rays taken via the orders of Dr. Lowen was eight days following the date DHS’ Mikah McCray took ELMS into custody, without any court order.  Dr. Debbie Lowen was unaware of two facts:  1, The absence of any court order, and 2, the existence of the X-rays taken at OSUMC showing, according to the original 4-physician radiologist’ report, “No Fractures.”  This report was discovered by this Plaintiff when he questioned why the physicians at OSUMC were deleted from the witness list and replaced with only Dr. Debbie Lowen. 

Had Dr. Debbie Lowen known of these OSUMC X-rays her testimony would have had to be the same; based on the X-rays she had taken, as she quotes in her statement, “arm was broken into different fragments, and that he [elms] could not have caused the injury to himself.”

In light of the fact that the OSUMC X-rays / original report show no fractures [or anything else, for that matter] wrong with ELMS at OSUMC November 15, 2006, Dr. Lowen has to know she has been condemning the wrong person for over three years.  

Numerous times this Plaintiff has attempted an interview with the Doctor.  Just as he has tried to confer with those physicians at OSUMC. 

This refusal, on both parties, has perpetuated the labeling of this Plaintiff as a member of the National Register of “Child Abusers.”

Perhaps it does not bother Dr. Debbie Lowen to cast aside her oath of Hippocrates and have those pleading for a simple consultation to be met at the front door by two armed officers with Glocks ordering those suffering off the premises.    Perhaps that is not a crime.  Perhaps it is not a Constitutional violation to unwittingly conceal a crime. 

The Statute of Limitations has not expired due to the fact that it was not until September 11, 2008, that the Pawnee District Attorney kept secreted in his office for 22 months the facts and whereabouts of her treatment of ELMS and that tolls the Statute of Limitation.  Dr. Debbie Lowen also was unaware of the fact that the mother of ELMS was an habitual user of Crack Cocaine plus a variety of others during the entire time ELMS was but a pinworm in her womb.  The Prosecutor knew it.  DHS knew it.  The foster parents who brought him in to be X-rayed did not know it.  Dr. Debbie Lowen did not know it.  Tylenol #3 would be appropriate to prescribe administering a tender child who is in excruciating pain and staying in the hospital for eleven hours.  Under most circumstances. 

For the first time, someone has not only agreed, but asked, to see the X-rays taken at OSUMC and compare them with the St. Francis [D. Lowen] X-rays. 

                        . . . The entire document is on record.

Dr. Debbie Lowen failed at wiggling out of responsibility and made a feeble attempt at a monetary settlement for damages totally unacceptable to John Schoonover. 

The attorney she hired succeeded with an enormously large rebuttal and on one extremely minor technicality, that of adding to the original complaint an injury to Haley Wheeler, John Schoonover’s daughter, also in the May foster home, who was burned by the actions or inactions of the May parents with second degree scalding coffee from her neck to her navel.  John Schoonover felt that although this permanently scaring of his daughter was not the direct fault of Dr. Debbie Lowen, but if Dr. Debbie Lowen had known she pointed her finger at the wrong party in 2006 the same adults that were responsible for Elan’s broken arm November 21, 2006, would not have been able to acquire possession of Elan’s baby sister, Haley Wheeler.  It was a domino effect.  Dr. Debbie Lowen’s decision to ignore John Schoonover when he learned the truth supported the Pawnee DHStapo act of placing Haley with Elan in an unsafe home. 

An attempt to re-file a corrected 1983 action against Dr. Debbie Lowen met with the difficulty of serving Dr. Lowen.  It was too late learned that she fled the state of Oklahoma to avoid the ‘embarrassment’ of a justifiable cause of legal action against her medical mal-practice acts and only recently it was learned that she sought refuge at the Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital in Memphis Tennessee where she continues to blindly side with  . . .with the same ignorant arrogance of the Queen of Hearts [“Evidence?  We don’t need evidence.  Sentence first, evidence later] when she condemned . . .with credibility comparable to evidence presented by the accusers in the Salam Witch Trials …

Dr. Debbie Lowen may have been nothing but a peon pawn for the Pawnee DHStapo officer Mikah McCray and District Attorney Larry D. Stuart.  She may have not known the District Attorney knew the truth about the two X-rays that exonerate Elan’s Father from the false allegations of Child Abuse. 

She may have been a “Doubting Thomas” right up to the minute her high-dollar attorney asked to see the OSU Medical Center X-rays of November 15, 2006.  But at that point, like so many ‘before/after’ advertisers on TV, the “before X-ray” 11/15/06 proving no injury at the OSU Medical Center the day Mikah McCray took Elan without any Court order and the “after X-ray” of a severely broken arm eight days after Mikah McCray kidnapped Elan, it was obvious Dr. Debbie Lowen had been barking up the wrong tree.  Her true character was exposed then and there when she chose not to publically recant her condemnation of this innocent Father of Elan Schoonover and victim of the Pawnee DHStapo but attempt to hide under their cloak of immunity and flee Oklahoma to avoid a lawsuit that would ruin her. 

NO!  I would not have proceeded with the lawsuit had she simply apologized and joined me in making the DHS conspiracy deception public.  Fact is, as the St. Francis facility was up front and honest with me I voluntarily dismissed them as Defendants with prejudice.  “With Prejudice” is a legal term meaning absolute and the charge could not be re-filed at a later date. 

Had Dr. Debbie Lowen acted in the best interest of the child, she would have quickly learned she was being used as a pawn by Mikah McCray.  Medically it was her duty to ‘get a history’ and the only way she could do that would be to interview the one who was the care-giver at the time Elan was taken from his Father.  The ‘history’ would include his visit at the OSU Medical Center where he received a clean bill of health 11/15/06 and it would be obvious to Dr. Lowen who did NOT inflict the injuries she testified were inflicted as Elan could not “do this to himself.” 

This atrocious failure on her part is the only way the Pawnee DHStapo was able to “Confirm” Child abuse and accuse this victim and take his children from him.  Just who broke my son’s arm and how is not known by me but speculation is that Dr. Debbie Lowen was correct in that . . . as Elan had been taken from and deprived of his loving Father and being subjected to God knows what; he more than likely cried a lot; something he did not do when he was with me.  Someone probably got angry at losing sleep and did exactly what Dr. Debbie Lowen stated, grabbed him by one arm with excessive force and pulled him out of a crib not knowing the fact that his bone structure was perhaps a bit weaker than normal.

Dr. Debbie Lowen’s medical negligence in this matter resulted in the destruction of this once happy and natural Father-Son-Daughter family.   

                            What innocent victims is "Dr." Debbie Lowen  terrorizing now?

                                                                                       To be continued

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