Amber Nicklas back in Foster Care
Amber Nicklas has learned her true name and is being given therapy to cope with the trauma of leaving the only family she remembers, an investigator said Monday. Amber was placed with an undisclosed California foster family until authorities can determine where she finally will live, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Capt. Patrick Maxwell said.
He had no immediate word on how the girl was acclimating after being taken weeping last week from the home of a Phoenix couple who run a palm-reading business. County child welfare officials have provided the girl with a therapist, he said.
“No matter what these people were in Arizona, to this little girl, they were the only family she knew,” Maxwell said. “In her eyes, she was taken from her mother and father, and a brother and a sister.
“We do feel bad about that, but we have to remove her from that house to make sure that nothing else was going on,” he added. “They had a missing child for almost 7 years and we have to look at the full circumstances.”
It is unclear how long Amber will remain in foster care. To be continued…
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