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What do you think? It looks as if these kids were in on this hoax. Do you think they should be taken into custody?
Should Balloon Boy Parents Lose Kids? - The Early Show - CBS News
Should Balloon Boy Parents Lose Kids? - The Early Show - CBS News
(CBS) The Heene family's saga of a loose balloon and a 6-year-old boy riveted the nation last week. The boy was found unhurt, but the saga continues as new questions surface -- this time of child welfare -- amid police statements that the entire balloon incident was a hoax.
Wendy Murphy, a former prosecutor, addressed on "The Early Show" a growing concern for the family: Can they stay together?
Murphy said parents, Richard Heene and his wife, Mayumi, don't have to be charged with a crime in order for Protective Services to come in and take their children away.
"All they have to have is evidence of neglect or abuse," she said. "And boy, I think they've got plenty of that here."