He says particular care must be given to the thousands of children who were left behind, many of whom have become traumatized by the events.
VOA: standard.2009.09.25
It appears DeCoster's Iowa and Maine operations were in the red last year, but hemusthave the occasional good year or he (and his bankers) would presumably have long since left the business.
Our first thought was that someone musthave gotten into a fight with a boyfriend and that he had unceremoniously dumped whatever she had left at his house on the street.