OMG, one of my best friends is from Cleveland!!! You are a long long way from me but I would gladly pick you up!!!!!
I am in NW Tn.
That is wild you know about Cleveland, TN. Not many people do.
Sadly one of THE things Cleveland is known for is one of the first child abuse cases (the torture/murder of Melisha Gibson by her step-father and mother) to bring child abuse to light.
I was only 8 at the time, but remember it like it was yesterday. They tortured her, made her drink tobasco sauce, etc. It was horrible.
However, about a year before that, they lived in the apt. behind me & it was a summer night so we had our bedroom window open, which faced hers, and I remember not being able to sleep because I kept hearing a little girl crying.
My mother told me not to worry, she was just probably crying not wanting to go to sleep.
We were wrong. The next morning, police were there and the parents were arrested for "burning her with cigarettes".
Melisha was then placed into foster care while they served an 11 month 29 day sentence in jail. As soon as they got out, she was given back to them.
Within only several months, they killed her.
Like I said, it seems like yesterday. I guess that is why I get so caught up in these cases.
Sorry I went O/T there. Even though it was horrible and tragic, I think some good did come out of it. But, apparently not enough.
Just when you think you have heard the worst, something else comes along.