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Posted on April 5, 2017 by clmccracken
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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… Read More
Posted on January 1, 2017 by clmccracken
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Natalie Jasmine Finn, age 16, was imprisoned, tortured, and starved to death by her parents, Nicole Marie Finn and Joseph Michael Finn II. Natalie’s 15-year-old brother and 14-year-old sister were also starved, imprisoned, and tortured. An older brother,… Read More
Posted on December 29, 2016 by clmccracken
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Three children (JTW, a 6-year-old boy; SRB, a 5-year-old girl; and HRW, a 4-year-old girl) were imprisoned, starved, and beaten by their adoptive parents, Joshua Ross Weyant and Brandi Jene Weyant. The children were homeschooled. Five other children… Read More
Updated on December 23, 2016 by clmccracken
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Five children, ages 14, 8, 6, 5, and 4, were starved and neglected by their parents, Donell Barron and Rikki Hart. The children were homeschooled. According to their website, both Barron and Hart have college degrees and they… Read More
Posted on November 22, 2016 by clmccracken
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A boy (b. 2002) was imprisoned, starved, and medically neglected by his adoptive parents, Richard and Cynthia Kelly. His older sister (b. 1997), who was also adopted, was not reported to be abused. The children were homeschooled. The… Read More
Posted on November 15, 2016 by clmccracken
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Two children, a 17-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, were endangered by their mother, Trisha Meyer. Additional children may have been endangered as well. The children were homeschooled. Meyer allowed “three tigers, a cougar, a skunk and a… Read More
Posted on November 2, 2016 by clmccracken
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A girl (b. 2002) was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her pastor, Robert Duane “Bob” Wyatt, who was also her homeschool teacher. Wyatt, an assistant pastor at Agape Bible Church, began assaulting the girl in 2014, when she was… Read More
Posted on October 31, 2016 by clmccracken
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Two girls, S.T. (born Jan. 2007) and a younger girl (born Dec. 2007), were beaten by their father, Jessie Tribby, and their stepmother Anna Mae Patterson. The girls were homeschooled. The couple’s biological child (born Jan. 2016) was… Read More
Posted on August 17, 2016 by clmccracken
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Kyle Gerhart, age 17, and Emily Gerhart, age 12, were shot to death by their mother, Lisa Gerhart, as part of a murder-suicide. The children had been homeschooled for at least eight years and were active in their… Read More
Updated on August 9, 2016 by clmccracken
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At least 11 children (9 girls and 2 boys, born between 1997 and 2008) were physically and sexually abused by their adoptive/foster parents, Daniel Wayne Spurgeon and Jenise Rae Spurgeon. The children were homeschooled (though at least some… Read More
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3 Children of Ryan Rechtzigel and Angela Stewart
Posted on April 5, 2017 by clmccracken
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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… Read More
Category: Food Deprivation, Imprisonment, Physical Abuse Tags: 2016, Minnesota
Natalie Finn, and 4 siblings
Posted on January 1, 2017 by clmccracken
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Natalie Jasmine Finn, age 16, was imprisoned, tortured, and starved to death by her parents, Nicole Marie Finn and Joseph Michael Finn II. Natalie’s 15-year-old brother and 14-year-old sister were also starved, imprisoned, and tortured. An older brother,… Read More
Category: Adoption, Disabilities, Fatality, Food Deprivation, Imprisonment, Medical Neglect, Physical Abuse Tags: 2016, Iowa
3 Children of Joshua and Brandi Weyant
Posted on December 29, 2016 by clmccracken
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Three children (JTW, a 6-year-old boy; SRB, a 5-year-old girl; and HRW, a 4-year-old girl) were imprisoned, starved, and beaten by their adoptive parents, Joshua Ross Weyant and Brandi Jene Weyant. The children were homeschooled. Five other children… Read More
Category: Adoption, Food Deprivation, Imprisonment, Medical Neglect, Physical Abuse Tags: 2016, Pennsylvania
5 Children of Donell Barron and Rikki Hart
Updated on December 23, 2016 by clmccracken
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Five children, ages 14, 8, 6, 5, and 4, were starved and neglected by their parents, Donell Barron and Rikki Hart. The children were homeschooled. According to their website, both Barron and Hart have college degrees and they… Read More
Category: Food Deprivation, Medical Neglect Tags: 2016, Florida
2 Children of Richard and Cynthia Kelly
Posted on November 22, 2016 by clmccracken
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A boy (b. 2002) was imprisoned, starved, and medically neglected by his adoptive parents, Richard and Cynthia Kelly. His older sister (b. 1997), who was also adopted, was not reported to be abused. The children were homeschooled. The… Read More
Category: Adoption, Disabilities, Food Deprivation, Imprisonment, Medical Neglect Tags: 2016, alabama
2 Children of Trisha Meyer
Posted on November 15, 2016 by clmccracken
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Two children, a 17-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, were endangered by their mother, Trisha Meyer. Additional children may have been endangered as well. The children were homeschooled. Meyer allowed “three tigers, a cougar, a skunk and a… Read More
Category: Physical Abuse Tags: 2016, Texas
Girl by Robert Wyatt
Posted on November 2, 2016 by clmccracken
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A girl (b. 2002) was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her pastor, Robert Duane “Bob” Wyatt, who was also her homeschool teacher. Wyatt, an assistant pastor at Agape Bible Church, began assaulting the girl in 2014, when she was… Read More
Category: Adoption, Sexual Abuse Tags: 2016, Colorado
3 Children of Jessie Tribby and Anna Patterson
Posted on October 31, 2016 by clmccracken
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Two girls, S.T. (born Jan. 2007) and a younger girl (born Dec. 2007), were beaten by their father, Jessie Tribby, and their stepmother Anna Mae Patterson. The girls were homeschooled. The couple’s biological child (born Jan. 2016) was… Read More
Category: Physical Abuse Tags: 2016, Wyoming
Kyle and Emily Gerhart
Posted on August 17, 2016 by clmccracken
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Kyle Gerhart, age 17, and Emily Gerhart, age 12, were shot to death by their mother, Lisa Gerhart, as part of a murder-suicide. The children had been homeschooled for at least eight years and were active in their… Read More
Category: Fatality Tags: 2016, Arizona
14 Children of Daniel and Jenise Spurgeon
Updated on August 9, 2016 by clmccracken
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At least 11 children (9 girls and 2 boys, born between 1997 and 2008) were physically and sexually abused by their adoptive/foster parents, Daniel Wayne Spurgeon and Jenise Rae Spurgeon. The children were homeschooled (though at least some… Read More
Category: Adoption, Food Deprivation, Medical Neglect, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse Tags: 2016, alabama, Florida
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