Alysha Rose Quate (b. 2007) reportedly choked to death after a beating by her father, Jason Scott Quate. Her mother, Elizabeth Odell-Quate, helped conceal Alysha’s body out of fear the Quates would lose custody of Alysha’s two sisters (b. 2004 and 2005), who were also reported to be abused. The children were homeschooled.
Alysha attended public school until October 2011. Her older sisters attended school until January 2013. During that time, child protective services investigated at least two tips from school officials, although a neighbor reported that Odell-Quate “would not allow authorities to enter and check the children’s well-being.” Later, the Quates began homeschooling the children and isolating them from their grandparents. Sometime in 2013, according to the Quates, Jason Quate beat Alysha while she had food in her mouth, and she choked to death. The Quates stored her body in a plastic bin to conceal her death. In November 2015, child protective services told Odell-Quate that her family was again under investigation. The Quates panicked, dumped Alysha’s body in Centreville, IL, and moved the family to Las Vegas, NV in January 2016, where Jason Quate forced Odell-Quate to work as a prostitute and abused his remaining daughters. Quate did not allow them to speak to their mother or leave the house, and he beat, burned, and sexually abused them. When they were rescued they were pale, scarred, and one girl was missing chunks of hair.
Alysha’s death came to light when Odell-Quate went to a women’s shelter to report the location of Alysha’s remains and her husband’s crimes. Both Quates were charged with felony concealing of a homicide; Jason Quate was also charged with felony child abuse and sex-trafficking.
Date: 2013
Location: Belleville, Illinois Read More
Last Updated: January 14, 2020 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
Shaelynn Lehano-Stone
Shaelynn A. Lehano-Stone, age 9, was starved to death by her parents, Kevin Lehano and Tiffany Stone, and her grandmother Henrietta Stone. Shaelynn was homeschooled.
Shaelynn and her brother were removed from their parents’ custody in 2007 after Lehano assaulted Tiffany Stone. Later, Henrietta Stone became Shaelynn’s legal guardian, although her parents lived in the same apartment complex and were allowed to have daily contact with her. Shaelynn attended Hilo Union Elementary School until November 2015, when her family pulled her from school to homeschool her. She was forbidden from leaving her home, starved, and deprived of water and medical attention for about eight months until her death.
The abuse came to light when authorities were called and found her emaciated and close to death. She died a few hours later in the hospital. Lehano and the Stones were charged with second-degree murder.
Date: June 28, 2016
Location: Hilo, Hawaii Read More
Posted: June 16, 2017 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
Alysha Quate, and 2 siblings
Alysha Rose Quate (b. 2007) reportedly choked to death after a beating by her father, Jason Scott Quate. Her mother, Elizabeth Odell-Quate, helped conceal Alysha’s body out of fear the Quates would lose custody of Alysha’s two sisters (b. 2004 and 2005), who were also reported to be abused. The children were homeschooled.
Alysha attended public school until October 2011. Her older sisters attended school until January 2013. During that time, child protective services investigated at least two tips from school officials, although a neighbor reported that Odell-Quate “would not allow authorities to enter and check the children’s well-being.” Later, the Quates began homeschooling the children and isolating them from their grandparents. Sometime in 2013, according to the Quates, Jason Quate beat Alysha while she had food in her mouth, and she choked to death. The Quates stored her body in a plastic bin to conceal her death. In November 2015, child protective services told Odell-Quate that her family was again under investigation. The Quates panicked, dumped Alysha’s body in Centreville, IL, and moved the family to Las Vegas, NV in January 2016, where Jason Quate forced Odell-Quate to work as a prostitute and abused his remaining daughters. Quate did not allow them to speak to their mother or leave the house, and he beat, burned, and sexually abused them. When they were rescued they were pale, scarred, and one girl was missing chunks of hair.
Alysha’s death came to light when Odell-Quate went to a women’s shelter to report the location of Alysha’s remains and her husband’s crimes. Both Quates were charged with felony concealing of a homicide; Jason Quate was also charged with felony child abuse and sex-trafficking.
Date: 2013
Location: Belleville, Illinois Read More
Last Updated: November 8, 2019 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
Sabrina Ray, and 4 siblings
Sabrina Ray, age 16, is believed to have died due to abuse by her adoptive parents, Marc and Misty Ray. Sabrina and her four siblings were homeschooled.
The Rays ran a state-licensed daycare which had been under investigation for inadequate nutrition and corporal punishment since 2013. According to Sabrina’s foster brother Marco Mendez, Sabrina “endured intense physical abuse” and starvation by her parents; she was so hungry she sometimes ate food from the garbage. Her siblings were also reportedly starved. Reports indicate that Sabrina had a disability.
The abuse came to light when Sabrina’s body was discovered in the Rays’ basement. An investigation is ongoing.
Date: May 12, 2017
Location: Perry, Iowa Read More
Last Updated: May 15, 2017 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
11 Children of Alejandro Aleman and Kristen Meyer-Aleman
Eleven children (b. 2002-2016) were starved and neglected by their parents, Alejandro Aleman and Kristen Meyer-Aleman. The children were homeschooled.
Child services had been aware of the family since 2013. During visits, only the oldest child, a 14-year-old boy, could speak comprehensibly; the other children spoke in grunts and gestures. Neighbors reported seeing the children scavenging in trash cans. When they were rescued, several of the children had scabies and their home was covered with feces. A dog was also found caged and covered in feces.
The abuse came to light in April 2016 when the Alemans’ then-youngest child Tayla (b. 2015) stopped breathing and Meyer-Aleman called paramedics. Tayla died on the way to the hospital due to malnutrition; authorities believe her parents deliberately starved her to death. When she died, Tayla weighed 7 lbs. and had sores, a black eye, influenza, pneumonia, and E. coli. The Alemans were charged with murder and child abuse.
Date: April 1, 2016
Location: Loxahatchee, Florida Read More
Posted: April 14, 2017 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
Jeffrey Franklin
Jeffrey Franklin, age 16, who went by ‘JR’, is believed to have been murdered by his adoptive parents, Ernest Franklin II and Heather Franklin. Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride confirmed by phone that JR was homeschooled.
Ernest Franklin was an Iraq War veteran and Heather Franklin described herself as a “stay-at-home, homeschooling mom.” JR came to live with the Franklins in 2010 and was formally adopted in 2012. JR was Deaf and autistic. In February 2017, the Franklins watched the film Manchester by the Sea, in which a character accidentally kills his children in a house fire. Within hours after they watched the film, JR was dead from unknown causes, and the family’s home was on fire.
The Franklins were charged with murder and arson.
Date: February 28, 2017
Location: Mount Upton, New York Read More
Posted: April 11, 2017 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
2 Children of Joseph Myhre
Two children, a 13-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl, were tortured, beaten, and imprisoned by their father, Joseph Myhre. The children were homeschooled.
The abuse began in 2011. Myhre shocked them with electric dog collars, beat them with PVC pipes, “strangled them until they passed out,” and smashed their fingers with pliers. Myhre also forced the children to sleep in “closed-off wooden boxes.”
The abuse came to light when Myhre’s wife went to the emergency room on March 15 after Myhre fractured her skull by beating her. After an investigation revealed abuse of the children, Myhre was charged with assault, unlawful restraint, and child endangerment.
Date: April 7, 2017
Location: Collegeville, Pennsylvania Read More
Posted: April 5, 2017 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
13 Children of Anna Marie Lloyd
A 10-year-old girl was physically abused by her mother, Anna Marie Lloyd, who also allowed the girl to be sexually abused by her brother. The girl was homeschooled.
Lloyd was a member of the Arkansas new religious movement run by Tony Alamo until shortly before it was raided in 2008. Around that time, while living in Oklahoma, Lloyd lost custody of many of her 13 children. Lloyd subsequently moved to Wisconsin, where she was living in November 2016 with her 17-year-old son, 10-year-old daughter, and a 2-year-old. The 10-year-old girl was not legally registered as a homeschooler; however her mother claimed to be homeschooling her despite the fact that she “could not read, write or count and would have used a computer program for homeschooling but did not know the password.” Lloyd frequently punched the 10-year-old and the 2-year-old in the head, and stated that she “was aware another one of her sons had sexual contact” with the girl, saying the child was “fine with it.” She also encouraged the girl to smoke marijuana.
The abuse came to light in November 2016 when the girl’s school district notified child protective services that the girl was not being legally homeschooled. Lloyd was charged with child abuse.
Date: November 3, 2016
Location: Juneau, Wisconsin Read More
Posted: April 5, 2017 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
3 Children of Ryan Rechtzigel and Angela Stewart
A 5-year-old girl was imprisoned, starved, and physically abused by her parents, Ryan Rechtzigel and Angela Stewart. The girl was homeschooled. The girl’s siblings, ages 2 and 7 months, were not reported to be abused.
The girl had been removed from her parents’ home when she was 6 months old due to their methamphetamine use. She was returned to their custody in April 2016. In October 2016, Stewart withdrew her from school stating that she would homeschool her. The girl was kept in an unheated boarded-up room and deprived of food. Her parents beat her, smeared her with feces, and forced her to do squats with a heavy bin on her head. When she was rescued, she had a broken elbow and “cuts, scrapes, burn marks and missing hair.”
The abuse came to light in November 2016 when Rechtzigel’s parole officer could not find him to question him about a parole violation. The police had also received a tip from a family friend concerned that the girl had not attended her parents’ wedding, so authorities went to the home and found the girl locked up. Rechtzigel and Stewart were charged with a combined 12 felonies including child neglect, false imprisonment, and attempted manslaughter.
Date: November 18, 2016
Location: Ostrander, Minnesota Read More
Posted: March 31, 2017 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
David Martinez
David Alfonso ‘Davie’ Martinez, age 8, died of malnutrition and medical neglect. A criminal investigation is ongoing. Davie was homeschooled.
Davie lived with his mother, Rachell Martinez, and his stepfather Steven Zahara. Davie had four siblings. He died from complications of an infection caused by malnutrition and neglect.
Date: September 7, 2014
Location: Lowell, Massachusetts Read More
Posted: March 23, 2017 by clmccracken Leave a Comment
Elizabeth Thomas
Mary Catherine Elizabeth Thomas (b. 2002), who went by Elizabeth, was beaten and imprisoned by her mother, Kimberly Thomas. Thomas also beat four of Elizabeth’s siblings. Elizabeth and her nine siblings were homeschooled.
According to Elizabeth’s older sister, Brandy Landauer (b. 1998), the 10 children were homeschooled all their lives “but they played sports and went to church three to four days a week.” Documents show that, in November 2015, Elizabeth “told investigators her mom banged her head into the agitator of the washing machine and said her mother threw her down the basement stairs and locked her down there.” Thomas is also “accused of forcing her children to strip in front of other people.”
Thomas was charged in January 2016 with four counts of child abuse and lost custody of her five youngest children, including Elizabeth. The other five were already adults. The children’s father, Anthony Thomas, was granted full custody, and Elizabeth began attending public school for the first time in September 2016. There she was groomed, sexually abused, and abducted by her teacher, Tad Cummins.
Date: November 2015
Location: Maury County, Tennessee Read More
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