Interesting that the defense has put Joseph's sister (also called Jennifer) on the stand. Yesterday Joseph's mother Mary Jane Rosenbaum testified that she has custody of her daughter's two children, because of
neglect. Mull asked her this earlier today, after asking her if Millie and Laila had stayed with her, at her mother's house -
Mull: Do you have children of your own?
J: (crying) I do.
Mull: How old are your children?
J: I have two biological children, one is 15 and one is 12, and then I have an adopted daughter who is 16.
Mull: So you know how to take care of children?
J: Yes Ma'am.
Yesterday's testimony from the mother, link below with relevant timestamps
39:40
Mull: How many grandchildren do you have and what are their ages?
MJR: I have two, my daughter's children, and right now they're 12 and 14.
58:49
Mull: You said if you saw any abuse you would have reported and turned in both Jennifer and Joseph.
MJR: I would, yes.
Mull: And have you done that before?
MJR: Have I done what?
Mull: Have you turned in a family member before, to DFCS or to..for abuse?
MJR: I didn't turn her in, but I've dealt with DFCS before for a family member.
Mull: Ok, and it involved children, correct?
MJR: Yes. But it wasn't abuse.
Mull: It's fair to say it was neglect?
MJR: Yes... yeah.
Mull: And in fact you have worked with DFCS and gotten to be one of the people that the children are allowed to be with?
MJR: I've had DFCS at my house looking around see if it was appropriate for children, asking me and my husband all kinds of questions, I'm sure they did a background check for both of us. Whatever it is they do I'm sure they did, because I have two grandkids that I have custody of.