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For this week's True Crime Tuesday Gary & Shannon talk about the case of 3 teens who vanish from Controversial Treatment Facility in remote California. In 1993, 1994, and 2004, John Inman, Blake Pursley, and Daniel Yuen disappeared from CEDU, a for-profit residential treatment facility.
“CEDU and its offspring programs were notorious for ritualistic abuse and complex emotional trauma which would take even a dedicated adult many years to unravel,” Jen Robison, a youth rights advocate, told LAMag. “Beyond loss of basic rights and autonomy, CEDU children were forced into physical labor, disturbing ceremonial ‘therapies’ requiring complete emotional breakdown, and sexualized group ‘cuddling’ among staff and minors. This was all administered by an intentionally unprofessional staff who were participating in the so-called treatment themselves.”