19 27 November November NNP 28 30 27 27 CD 30 31 , , , 32 36 1995 1995 CD 43 47 Dear Dear NNP 48 54 Friend Friend NNP 54 55 : : : 62 66 What what WP 67 71 kind kind NN 72 74 of of IN 75 81 people people NNS 82 89 benefit benefit VBP 90 92 by by IN 93 97 your your PRP$ 98 110 contribution contribution NN 111 113 to to TO 114 122 Pleasant Pleasant NNP 123 126 Run Run NNP 133 141 Children Children NNP 141 143 ’s 's POS 144 149 Homes Home NNP 149 150 ? ? . 157 163 Little little JJ 164 168 ones one NNS 168 169 , , , 170 174 like like IN 175 179 Baby Baby NNP 180 187 Jessica Jessica NNP 187 188 , , , 189 195 caught catch VBD 196 198 in in IN 199 202 the the DT 203 211 struggle struggle NN 212 219 between between IN 226 234 adoptive adoptive JJ 235 238 and and CC 239 244 birth birth NN 245 252 parents parent NNS 252 253 . . . 254 259 Older old JJR 260 264 kids kid NNS 264 265 , , , 266 270 like like IN 271 276 Tracy Tracy NNP 277 280 and and CC 281 286 Kerry Kerry NNP 286 287 , , , 288 292 left leave VBD 299 307 homeless homeless JJ 308 313 after after IN 314 315 a a DT 316 322 recent recent JJ 323 337 murder-suicide murder-suicide NN 338 340 in in IN 341 353 Indianapolis Indianapolis NNP 354 361 claimed claim VBD 362 365 Mom Mom NNP 366 369 and and CC 376 379 Dad Dad NNP 379 380 . . . 381 386 Young young JJ 387 393 adults adult NNS 393 394 , , , 395 399 like like IN 400 404 Mary Mary NNP 405 407 T. T. NNP 407 408 , , , 409 410 a a DT 411 418 jobless jobless JJ 419 425 mother mother NN 426 428 of of IN 429 434 three three CD 434 435 , , , 436 442 trying try VBG 449 460 desperately desperately RB 461 463 to to TO 464 468 keep keep VB 469 472 her her PRP$ 473 477 kids kid NNS 478 481 out out IN 482 484 of of IN 485 492 trouble trouble NN 493 495 in in IN 496 497 a a DT 498 510 crime-ridden crime-ridden JJ 517 529 neighborhood neighborhood NN 529 530 . . . 531 535 Real real JJ 536 542 people people NNS 542 543 ! ! . 550 555 There there EX 556 559 are be VBP 560 569 thousands thousand NNS 570 574 more more JJR 574 575 . . . 576 584 Families family NNS 585 588 are be VBP 589 594 being be VBG 595 599 torn tear VBN 600 605 apart apart RB 605 606 , , , 607 610 and and CC 611 614 too too RB 621 626 often often RB 626 627 , , , 628 636 children child NNS 637 640 are be VBP 641 644 the the DT 645 652 victims victim NNS 652 653 . . . 654 658 Kids Kid NNP 659 663 like like IN 664 670 Tommie Tommie NNP 671 673 J. J. NNP 673 674 , , , 675 679 made make VBD 680 681 a a DT 682 686 ward ward NN 687 689 of of IN 690 693 the the DT 700 705 court court NN 706 713 because because IN 714 716 of of IN 717 725 repeated repeated JJ 726 734 beatings beating NNS 735 737 by by IN 738 740 an an DT 741 750 alcoholic alcoholic JJ 751 757 father father NN 757 758 ; ; : 759 764 Alice Alice NNP 764 765 , , , 766 770 sent send VBD 771 773 to to TO 780 781 a a DT 782 787 group group NN 788 792 home home NN 793 795 to to TO 796 799 get get VB 800 804 help help NN 805 812 because because IN 813 815 of of IN 816 822 severe severe JJ 823 831 behavior behavior NN 832 841 disorders disorder NNS 841 842 ; ; : 843 846 and and CC 847 851 John John NNP 858 860 H. H. 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