families eagerly offering to give him a home. time for the next chapter to begin. and what a chapter that is. it begins on the day after christmas in 1995, the day after his birthday, michael found himself in court. i asked a few questions, suggested that he put the gameboy down and involve himself in the proceedings. michael appeared before juvenile court judge frederick addone, whose job was to find the boy a better life. as he would respond to questions, the timbre and the quality of the voice was a little unusual. and that s when it became a little more curious, a little more suspicious. suspicious? judge oddone was bothered by his misdemeanor, by the way he avoided the judge s eyes. and he noticed that while michael had been given a medical exam, it was not complete. wouldn t take his clothes off? absolutely not. would not even consider it. by the morning of the 27th, judge oddone s suspicions had grown and he wasn t alone. we were making meals for the
country and kind-hearted people were eager to help. can we adopt the boy? can we take him home? i must have this boy, they would say. maybe because it was christmas. maybe because some people do care. it was as if love had finally arrived and people all over salt lake began to get a sense of real joy about what was being done. it was amazing, really, that a destitute boy could find himself alone and abandoned here at a city bus station and not a week later have opened christmas presents, had two trust funds set up in his name and have families eagerly offering to give him a home. time for the next chapter to begin. and what a chapter that is. it begins on the day after christmas in 1995, the day after his birthday, michael found himself in court. i asked a few questions, suggested that he put the gameboy down and involve himself in the proceedings. michael appeared before juvenile court judge frederick addone, whose job was to find
set up in his name and have families eagerly offering to give him a home. time for the next chapter to begin. and what a chapter that is. it begins on the day after christmas in 1995, the day after his birthday, michael found himself in court. i asked a few questions, suggested that he put the gameboy down and involve himself in the proceedings. michael appeared before juvenile court judge frederick addone, whose job was to find the boy a better life. as he would respond to questions, the timbre and the quality of the voice was a little unusual. and that s when it became a little more curious, a little more suspicious. suspicious? judge oddone was bothered by his demeanor, by the way he avoided the judge s eyes. and he noticed that while michael had been given a medical exam, it was not complete. wouldn t take his clothes off? absolutely not. would not even consider it. by the morning of the 27th, judge oddone s suspicions had