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Will Skipworth
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Reporter @NewHampshireBulletin.com | Formerly with @Forbes.com, @NWItimes.com & The Missourian | Proud Mizzou alum | Texas born, New England transplant, with stops in the Midwest
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Thank you! It’s a horrific story, but an extremely important issue.
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Read more about my investigation in Part I of the series out now in @newhampshirebulletin.com. Also look out for Part II on Wednesday. (10/10) newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/10/a...
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I also got my hands on thousands of pages of malpractice reports made to the state. They detail allegations of physical attacks, sexual abuse, unsafe living conditions, and so much more. (9/10)
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Another woman, Christine Marie Bill, was found dead in a hot, sealed car outside her care agency, according to a police report. Her caretakers were supposed to check on her every 15 to 30 minutes, but she'd reportedly been there for about six hours when she was found. (8/10)
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Houle was not the only one I learned about. Laurie Raymond, who has cerebral palsy, was allegedly put under water so hot it gave her second-degree burns, according to a malpractice lawsuit filed by her family. (7/10)
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A behaviorist was required to spend an average of six hours each month observing Houle, but billing records show he spent just 2.5 hours with Houle and his team in total over a roughly eight-month period following the abuse depicted in the video. (6/10)
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Additionally, Houle's caretakers were required to complete progress reports on how he was doing on different goals. Many of those reports, which I got ahold of, are verbatim, or near-verbatim, copies of one another. They look copy-and-pasted: (6/10)
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Houle's care agency, Summit New Hampshire, wasn't properly vetted before Houle was put in the organization's care, internal documents from the agency hired by the state to coordinate care indicate. (5/10)
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Houle's tragic mistreatment, which involved daily beatings, psychological abuse and more, (according to police reports) says a lot about this system. Below is his gruesome abuse and in following posts of this thread are some red flags and systemic breakdowns the state missed: (4/10)
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I got my hands on state records that showed 119 people died in this system's care from 2023 through June 2025. Additionally, the state investigated 1,405 complaints of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in that time; 467 were deemed credible after investigation. (3/10)
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I spent months looking into abuse and neglect in New Hampshire's intellectual and developmental disability care system, which is paid for and overseen by the state. Link to the story in @newhampshirebulletin.com no paywall, no ads: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/10/a... (2/10)
A series of tragedies exposes patterns of abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s disability system • New Hampshire Bulletin
A video recorded at a Dunbarton care home for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in February 2019 captured caretakers pinning Lucas Houle to the ground and slapping him repeatedly...
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM