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Tasia Keaton, a 17-year-old former resident of Vista Maria whose 2025 escape from the facility and subsequent discovery at a 62-year-old pervert’s home kicked off the initiative to look into the facility, had once again disappeared. But who would blame you for running away from the world when you were abused, verbally berated, and had your skin branded with a scalding hot metal pen - all while you were still a child.Trisha, Tasia’s former caretaker, and Janine, another former resident of Vista Maria, join Greg in the studio to discuss Tasia’s disappearance and the horrors that she and so many other girls encountered in that dark, foreboding place.🕊 Trauma should have no expiration date.✍ Sign the petition and help us demand change: https://c.org/xc6Rkk96rG#MoreThanJustLuck #GregWier #TraumaSurvivor #MentalHealthAwareness #TrueStory#TroubledTeenIndustry #HealingJourney #MentalHealth #TrueCrime #fyp #janedoe #Cornell #InstitutionalAbuse
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