KS - Alex & Jennifer Wood for starving 6 & 7yo girls, Wichita, 2006
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My daughter has food intolerances (celiac sprue)- if we are invited somewhere I always call and explain her diet, and usually bring special food for her as we always worry about cross contamination. Usually we bring extra gluten-free food as others always want to try it!
My youngest child is thin (she is 5, about 3 ft 11 inches tall and weighs only 49 lbs) and I get comments from people constantly asking if she eats well. That is, until they WATCH her eat-she eats more than I do!
They must have kept those poor children locked in the basement all the time-surely SOMEONE along the way would have seen them and called someone? Or maybe folks are just nosier down here in the South...
Shannon
My youngest child is thin (she is 5, about 3 ft 11 inches tall and weighs only 49 lbs) and I get comments from people constantly asking if she eats well. That is, until they WATCH her eat-she eats more than I do!
They must have kept those poor children locked in the basement all the time-surely SOMEONE along the way would have seen them and called someone? Or maybe folks are just nosier down here in the South...
Shannon
You're very welcome for the post, southcitymom. For some reason, this particular case has really grabbed my attention. I've found myself googling like crazy for any crumbs of info I can find and wanted to share with anyone else who was interested...
Here's another article I've found that talks more about the possible effects of this on the kids and what they are going to need:
http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/local/crime_courts/15155218.htm
This one has a picture of the stepmonster (she looks as evil as she sounds!):
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/crime_courts/15141964.htm
P.S. Glad you like the quote. I find it helps me keep my perspective when reading about this and other horrific cases here at Websleuths!
Here's another article I've found that talks more about the possible effects of this on the kids and what they are going to need:
http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/local/crime_courts/15155218.htm
This one has a picture of the stepmonster (she looks as evil as she sounds!):
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/crime_courts/15141964.htm
P.S. Glad you like the quote. I find it helps me keep my perspective when reading about this and other horrific cases here at Websleuths!
southcitymom
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It has grabbed me too. And I was especially flummoxed about no one having boticed what was going on. As TaylorJ4 said, we can be a little nosy here in the south...and sometimes, that's a good thing!Shazzie said:
Why does it seem that time and time again, children get in dire straits (or dead) because an agency hasn't done its job? I don't want to throw stones - I can only imagine that the case workers are grossly overworked. No one wants children to suffer. But still, someone should have checked up on these girls much much sooner. I am glad they are not dead, but it looks like they were close.
And your quite sums up a lot for me. I am fascinated with the cases I find here - always have had this type of fascination since I was a young girl - but I still believe strongly in the goodness of humanity.
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Yes that lady does look evil because she is evil. I must be reading wrong but did it say that the step monster is out on bond?? Please say it isnt so...
This is one of the saddest things I have ever heard.
To deprive anyone of food, and especially water, is SO beyond cruel.
I hope this stepMonster gets what she deserves, and that those poor babies
find a loving home very, very soon.
To deprive anyone of food, and especially water, is SO beyond cruel.
I hope this stepMonster gets what she deserves, and that those poor babies
find a loving home very, very soon.
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So the questions about the biological mom have been answered, it appears she just didn't care.
southcitymom
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On the interview I saw with the biological Mom, she said she was going to do everything in her power to get the girls back. I don't think she doesn't care.Mabel said:
Her exhusband got custody of the girls in the divorce and then he moved away with them. The Mom had no idea he had even remarried. She tried to do numerous things to find him and the girls. I'll try to find the link to the story and the video.
That said, the Mom has not been active in their lives and this may weigh into the Court's decision about what is best for the children. I do not know how stable the Mom is. When she got divorces, she had no job, no education, no driver's license, etc....just very little to offer the girls. Now, she has a roof over her head and employment, so who knows.
I hope the powers that be will FINALLY do what is in the best interest of these children.
Just ran across a story saying that the Governor of KS has ordered an investigation into what happened with those two reports on the girls that were made to the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services in the past year.
WICHITA, Kan. - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Monday ordered an investigation into what she called the state's failure to help two Wichita girls who police say were starved and tortured for months.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/15165487.htm
I was so glad to read that this is happening. I hope the whole story comes out and that those who were responsible for dropping the ball are held accountable and face severe consequences.
As horrific as this story is, I take a *tiny* bit of comfort in the fact that those kids were discovered and rescued before they ran out of time. It's a dirty rotten stinking shame that it took this long, but at least someone finally got there while there was still time to save them. According to everything I've read, they are doing well, and they have a chance for a normal life now. Any other outcome would have been unspeakably tragic.
Sharon
WICHITA, Kan. - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Monday ordered an investigation into what she called the state's failure to help two Wichita girls who police say were starved and tortured for months.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/15165487.htm
I was so glad to read that this is happening. I hope the whole story comes out and that those who were responsible for dropping the ball are held accountable and face severe consequences.
As horrific as this story is, I take a *tiny* bit of comfort in the fact that those kids were discovered and rescued before they ran out of time. It's a dirty rotten stinking shame that it took this long, but at least someone finally got there while there was still time to save them. According to everything I've read, they are doing well, and they have a chance for a normal life now. Any other outcome would have been unspeakably tragic.
Sharon
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This case has really got me upset. I keep thinking about these 2 little girls, everytime I watch my 2 little boys eat or play or jump or laugh or hug me I feel heartbroken to think of someone doing something like that to them. I just can't understand how anyone can do it. My boys are about the same ages as these girls & there is just nothing in their little lives that they could do so wrong to justify any type of behavior like this at all. One thing that I keep thinking is at least they had each other. 
One of the problems I have with the case is the fact that with all the great strides we've made in technology - we still lost two little girls for the period from Sept05 until a few weeks ago. Two little innocent children - for 9-10 months, it was almost as if they didn't exist. The stepmother & father were able to get by with all this - carry on their neat little lives without concern for the two in the basement. The laughter and love upstairs never trickled downstairs!
Can you imagine? You are. You feel. You need. But no one (for all they knew) cared. This really p---es me off!
Can you imagine? You are. You feel. You need. But no one (for all they knew) cared. This really p---es me off!
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cathieq said:
Keep exposing this. We have seen some strides.It takes all of us all the time to make a difference.
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cathieq said:
Keep exposing this. We have seen some strides.It takes all of us all the time to make a difference.
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I found two new newspaper articles on this case. I hope they lock them up and throw away the key.
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/15189233.htm
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/15186004.htm
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/15189233.htm
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/15186004.htm
southcitymom
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Great links, Annie, thanks. I remain dumbfounded by this case and by the amount of time these young children were starved and otherwise abused AFTER authorities were notified that something was gravely wrong. I hope this case causes some changes to be made.Annie said:
My prayers for these beautiful little girls - that they may be introduced to a loving childhood before it is too late.
Jail jumpsuits are color-coded. Green signifies that Wood is not to be around certain other inmates. Jail officials won't discuss security measures involving individual inmates. Falk has said that Wood has been threatened by other inmates.
And i expect her to be threatened by many from other areas than prison for the rest of her miserable life.
And i expect her to be threatened by many from other areas than prison for the rest of her miserable life.
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cathieq said:
This makes me so angry that I could just scream. Look at the sentences that these people got. What in the heck is wrong with the dam system? They starved their children to death. Would they have gotten more of a sentence if they had just beaten them to death! The dam law is placing no value on the lives of these children. I just can't stand it. Why didn't these parents give these babies up for adoption. They obviously didn't want them. The darn parents should just be stood up against a building side by side and shot or put in a room together and left to starve to death. How could even one person treat a baby this way much less do it in numbers.