Original Article Nov 11, 11:17 AM EST 6 Fired After Rape at Fla. Detention Center By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Six juvenile detention center employees were fired and five others disciplined after police said a mentally retarded boy was raped by a sex offender who was allegedly assigned to bathe and change his diaper. Tallahassee police have charged Lee Donton, 17, with two counts of sexually assaulting the disabled boy, who has a 32 IQ and was 15 at the time. Guards at the Leon County juvenile detention facility denied they told youths detained there to care for the boy, but more than a dozen stated that Donton bathed the disabled boy and seven said other detainees were also told to care for the boy, authorities said. "It is unlikely this many youths would have similar stories if it wasn't occurring," said a report by Department of Juvenile Justice's inspector general's office. The report was released Wednesday, the day after department Secretary Anthony Schembri announced the firings and other punishments over handling of the boy's care. Among the fired was superintendent Linda Edwards-Ellis. A shift commander, supervisor and three guards were also fired. Two officers were demoted, one was suspended for 30 days and two others were reprimanded. Edwards-Ellis should have developed a plan to make sure the boy was properly cared for and then set up a monitoring system to make sure the plan was carried out, the report said. The investigation also found that a guard heard a youth say Donton had sexually assaulted the boy, but never reported it because he didn't think it was true. Department policy requires to report any allegation of abuse. The report also noted that a cabinet where surveillance tapes are stored was broken into and some tapes were missing, including one for the day one of the assaults is believed to have happened. Donton told investigators he helped the boy, but denied ever touching him. He said he gave him a rag and soap and used motions to show the boy how to wash himself. Guards also witnessed when Donton helped change the boy's diaper, he said. The victim was sent to the detention center after pushing over his grandmother. After the incident, the family tried to have him placed in a group home instead of in Juvenile Justice care. Schembri said the boy shouldn't have been in the detention center. Edwards-Ellis could not be reached for comment; there is no listing under her name in the Tallahassee phone directory.