:welcome: to the forum, Semi! Thanks for posting as another voice for Erica. It may be too late, or she may be out there somewhere. Either way, She Deserves Our Notice and Our Speaking Up For Her.
I don't know if Erica was sold or disposed of in a more permanent way, but we are glad to have you with us, watching and calling for justice on her behalf.
I have just read about this poor girl today and I am just horrified by what I have read.
Am I alone in worrying about these younger children being in the care of their grandparents? - these people did nothing when they did not hear from their granddaughter for 1 1/2 years. In that time did they try to get her a birthday or Christmas present? Ask to speak with her on her birthday, holiday or just to say hello? There is no way my MIL would allow a year to go by with no contact with her granddaughter.
I cry for this child because she had so many people who let her down. Not just her parents. She has a brother older then James who never helped or reported her missing. Her relatives knew who the bio mom was -- no one thought to contact her to find out how to reach Nana? No neighbors or friends knew she was missing?
There should be some sort of oversight for homeschooling. No one who "learns" their daughter to walk should be homeschooling any of their children.
I just wish there was something I could do for this poor girl. Sadly, she is most likely no longer with us. One of the cruelties of life is there are many people who would love to have children but cannot, yet there are people like this who have children and treat them horribly.
This is the first post I've felt compelled to make since joining this site six months ago. I spent all day yesterday reading the tragic circumstances of this poor girl's life. My personal opinion is that she was sold, like the dogs and the other babies, these people made their living as puppy mill and baby mill operators. The only reason they took Erica in the first place was for the monthly supplement (money) and when they got a offer for her they sold her. I believe the adoptive mother (sic) is the ringleader of all the evil and the father (Sandy) is just a spineless follower. The only reason they want their younger children back is that is those kids are their "bread and butter." No kids, no government support and that is all they've even known. How a woman with a grade school education (as evidenced by her vocabulary and grammar)could be allowed to home school is a joke. That woman is rotten to the core. Poor Erica was hated and abused by that woman her whole sad life. She gave her to whoever would take her several times and only took her back because she was worried about losing the income she got for having her. She belongs in jail. Regardless of whether she killed the child herself or sold/gave her to someone else that ultimately killed her, she needs to be charged with wanton disregard for human life and made to answer for the way she has treated all the precious children that have had the unfortunate fate of having crossed paths with her. She needs to be made an example of to show others out there that you can't get away with mistreating another human under your care. LE has charged many people with a lot less, they need to get off their swivel chairs and find a charge of the dozens of possible and lay it on her NOW!!
I am sure most people who homeschool are completely capable and competent enough to do so but someone like Casey Parsons comes along and makes others question everything about it. People should be able to at least pass some sort of general education requirements themselves before being allowed to school others.