GUILTY OR - Jeanette Maples, 15, dies of abuse, torture in Eugene, 9 Dec 2009

[tlcya]

The physical resemblance could also have prompted the woman who birthed her to resent her as a living example of who she once was before making all the mistakes in her own life. A sort of reminder of herself - back when she liked herself. Or perhaps she found her threatening. There is a certain type of messed up woman who cannot handle it when her daughter, who resembles her, begins to blossom into young womanhood. They find it threatening and proof that they are old, past their prime and resent the younger version of themselves. Perhaps this woman even found her maturing daughter as competition and felt a need to denegrade her so completely that her husband would not notice the child and perhaps find her appealing. These are all just speculations, no links, stream of conscious thoughts becoming words. That is all.

Regardless, it takes a special kind of evil to perpetuate this sort of torture on a child you birthed and raised for 15 years. A special brand of evil. A special brand of sicko.

 

[mysteriew]

That was kinda my thought Tlcox. Also if the perp hated herself, it would allow her to take her anger out on another version of herself.

 

[tlcya]

That was kinda my thought Tlcox. Also if the perp hated herself, it would allow her to take her anger out on another version of herself.

ty, your post was the one that got me thinking along those lines myself. Self loathing and a convenient outlet other than herself with just a dash of "scapegoating" thrown in as well. Everything in my life that I don't like can be blamed upon her - sort of mentality.

 

[yosande]

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/abuse/publications/children/cirt-jm-initial-report.pdf?ga=t

I am absolutely not buying this report (and I only see one - not one a month!) There is nothing in this report that they did not already know!

CIRT obviously called them to account.
Child protective services did an inadequate job for JM many times, not just once.
They did not follow protocal in this case.
So what now?
Do they need to be trained on a monthly basis on how to do their job?
Do those who did not do their job adequately get a pink slip, after all their neglect caused the death of a child?

Do those who did not follow protocal thus neglecting the welfare of JM get prosecuted for child endangerment? It is my opinion that they should.

Until individuals are held accountable, CPS will continue to not take their job seriously enough. They are on the FRONT LINES, right up there with teachers, doctors, next door neighbors, and other family members.

If everyone did what was right, JM would have been saved years of abuse.

I do so hope her siblings fair better, for they are now wards of the same department that let their sister be tortured, starved, and repeatedly beaten, and having had to sleep on cardboard so as not to stain the carpet with her flowing blood, to no avail..
ugh.
moo

 

[LCoastMom]

The 42-year-old mother insisted: “I didn’t do the injury on the head. I know she probably died from that.”

She said an open wound, which the prosecution called “a hole” in the back of Jeanette’s skull, occurred when the teen fell and struck her head. “There is no yardstick mark on my kid’s head!” she shouted on tape. “I swear to God.”

IOW "I beat, maimed, starved and desecrated my child in every way possible - but I didn't take a yard stick to her head! Who cares? You undoubtedly caused the fall.

Mr McN - you will find no sympathy here. You are a grown man, away on truck hauls most of the time and you allowed the mother of your children to do this in your home to a child you were raising - you could have stopped this at anytime.

May you wish you had received the death penalty in the years to come, as you spend your life remembering what you allowed to happen. Yes, you sir - are as responsible for this death as the monster you lived in fear of. How I hope your new roommates hear all about this and teach you what fear is really about.

Jeanette, I'm so sorry to know the sad truth of your abuse - I'll never forget you.

 

[Sin City]

I'm not one to believe in 'cause and effect', but I do wonder what type of upbringing this mother had. We haven't heard anything about the maternal side of this sad child's family.

The mother has had drug use problems in the past that caused her children to be removed from her care in California. I do wonder, if she was using drugs during the time that this child was being terribly abused. I only wonder this, because I cannot understand why a mother would abuse her child.

Lots of why questions, and I know there probably isn't an answer.

 

[believe09]

Here is the thing, IMO-we will always remember Jeanette. Her mother and stepfather will have no lasting impact on the world with the exception of being an occasional fleeting impression of the worst that people can do to one another. They won't be significant any longer. They will have no relevance-however they have ensured that Jeanette will be the cornerstone for change on many levels. We hope. I can guarantee you that I will be unable to recall their names a week from now, but hers I will never forget. JMO.

 

[tlcya]

well put believe09, well put.

 

[Missizzy]

I think that every foster family in Oregon will be affected by this horrible and preventable death for years to come. Our family has already noticed some changes. Far more oversight. Far more checking in. And our child is in "permanent foster care".

O/T, Believe, the MBP was just one of many many issues. I suspected it for a long time and only learned of it when a psych report was read in court. Abuse is abuse, ITA. The parent was found guilty of emotional abuse but no charges were brought on any of the physical abuse reports. It was taken into account, though, when she lost all rights to see her child again. Being that this was our first foray into foster care, I've learned exactly why we never did it in the past. By the time the children are finally and permanently removed, they've been through the wringer. When I think how our daughter might have fared had she been removed years earlier, it makes me cry. Just like in Jeanette's case, the family moved often and there was disconnect between agencies. It took one psychiatrist and one worker who finally said, "That's it".

 

[believe09]

I think that every foster family in Oregon will be affected by this horrible and preventable death for years to come. Our family has already noticed some changes. Far more oversight. Far more checking in. And our child is in "permanent foster care".

O/T, Believe, the MBP was just one of many many issues. I suspected it for a long time and only learned of it when a psych report was read in court. Abuse is abuse, ITA. The parent was found guilty of emotional abuse but no charges were brought on any of the physical abuse reports. It was taken into account, though, when she lost all rights to see her child again. Being that this was our first foray into foster care, I've learned exactly why we never did it in the past. By the time the children are finally and permanently removed, they've been through the wringer. When I think how our daughter might have fared had she been removed years earlier, it makes me cry. Just like in Jeanette's case, the family moved often and there was disconnect between agencies. It took one psychiatrist and one worker who finally said, "That's it".

I get what you are saying, MissI-I just think MBP is a BS diagnosis. That was my :twocents: on the matter.

 

[legallee]

An update:

http://registerguard.com/csp/cms/si...canulty-death-jeanette-convicted-daughter.csp

Police tape shows forceful side of convicted child-killer

Friday, Feb 11, 2011 01:45PM

OMG, how could anyone much less her mother torture her like this. I hope that ***** gets death...I hope they beat her A$$ everyday in prison....:maddening:

 

[Fairy1]

No one here will ever be able to understand any of this, I know, and there is more than enough blame to go around. But the egg donor is the ONE person with whom Jeanette should have been safe and loved and protected.

I so wish the media would attach pictures of Jeanette with each story they publish. It is her for whom we bear witness and who should be remembered throughout all of these proceedings. I don't care to see the monsters who tortured and murdered her.

 

[Missizzy]

Has anyone seen any updates on this case? I've wondered if the jury has been sequestered and I would think that would be protocol for a DP case, for it to hold up on appeal. In one of the articles, it was stated that the penalty phase could take until Feb. 27th.

I cannot imagine the horror of sitting on that jury. Those poor but brave people have gone where no one wants to go and seen things no one wants to see. I haven't spotted an update today. I was really hoping that they wouldn't permanently ruin Valentines' Day for a large group of people. Their lives will never be the same, though.

 

[Missizzy]

http://registerguard.com/csp/cms/si...3-41/jeanette-mcanulty-sister-girl-angela.csp

Sister fills in disturbing details
McAnulty’s mistreatment of Jeanette Maples began when the murdered girl was 7, according to testimony


"The younger half-sister of a 15-year-old River Road girl who died of abuse and starvation in 2009 testified Thursday that their mother’s harsh treatment of Jeanette Marie Maples began as soon as Angela McAnulty regained custody of Jeanette at age 7 after she spent six years in California’s foster care system.

That sister also told jurors considering the death penalty for McAnulty that days before Jeanette’s death, her mother revealed a quarter-sized wound on the back of Jeanette’s head and told her that if someone was “stabbed in the back of the head with a branch, it would cause brain damage.” By that time, Jeanette was “acting kind of strange,” said the sister, now 13 and living with foster parents...."

and

"....Angela McAnulty’s second daughter said she had some memory of when her half-sister first came back to live with her and her mother in the early 2000s — including the fact that Angela did not allow her daughters to talk to each other. After her mother married Richard McAnulty in 2002, the younger girl testified, Jeanette was confined to a bedroom in the back of their Sacramento home, so she would “not really be part of the family.” She also told jurors that both Angela and Richard McAnulty punished Jeanette by depriving her of food and water, hitting her with shoes and “popping” her on the mouth with the back of their hands, sometimes drawing blood....."

and

"....The younger girl said she felt sorry for her sister, but when she tried to sneak her water, their mother retaliated by yelling at her and beating Jeanette anew. The sister also testified that Angela McAnulty forced her on several occasions to gather the family dog’s droppings from the backyard and that her mother then would smear the feces on Jeanette’s face as the girl stood as ordered with her hands over her head. “Jeanette would cry and say it was disgusting,” the sister recalled....."

and

"....Angela McAnulty reminded her children daily that “what happens in the house stays in the house.” Her trial is scheduled to resume on Tuesday."

more at link (WARNING: graphic description of abuse, also a strange escape plan by the father)


Scapegoating. The worst I've ever read. I pray for this child and her sibling.

 

[tlcya]

do we know what prompted her removal from her incubator when she was younger? She never should have been sent back. Never. That monster spent the next 8 years torturing this child.

 

[Missizzy]

tlcox--I went back over the thread and some of my notes and this is the best I can do:

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/cries_for_help_for_jeanette_ma.html

Cries for help for Jeanette Maples got no answer

January 2, 2011

"....People who know Angela McAnulty, Jeanette's mother, describe her as a high-strung and controlling woman who made little money, once lived in her car, and isolated her children from others.

In Sacramento in 1995, McAnulty lost custody of Jeanette, who was then 1 year old, and the girl's two older brothers because of suspected abuse and neglect. The children's father, A Maples, was in prison for drug offenses and had little contact with his children.

In a phone interview, A Maples said his two sons, Jeanette's brothers, grew up in foster care after they wrote a letter to the family court judge overseeing their case pleading to not be sent back to their mother.

Jeanette spent 5 1/2 years in foster care in Sacramento before she was returned to her mother in 2001, A Maples said.

By that time, Angela McAnulty, who was a cashier at a discount store, had another daughter. Sometime after being reunited with Jeanette, Angela met Richard McAnulty, a truck driver, and the two were married in 2002. Angela and Richard had a son, and the family moved to Eugene in late 2005...."

more at link


I did some sleuthing months back and learned that A Maples, Jeanette's biological father, seems to be doing much better now and was in involved in church and sports but had no contact with Jeanette. At some point it looks like the family lived in Southern California, in Ranch Cucamonga.

I'd totally forgotten about the two biological brothers. I really wonder why they were separated from Jeanette. This so often happens and there are actually much tougher federal mandates to prevent it at all possible now. And it looks like the younger sister, the girl who testified this week, must be another man's child. It doesn't sound like she's McAnulty's daughter.

The one fact that glares out at me is that Jeanette spent 5 1/2 years in foster care!! That's a huge amount of time. She was one year old at removal and 6 1/2 at return. That's almost unprecedented, IME. Unless the mother had been maintaining a strict schedule of visits and court hearings and parenting classes, I can't imagine her having much bond with this child. I don't know how many foster homes Jeanette was placed in but it's highly likely she was far more bonded with foster parents than her bio mom.

The laws have now been changed to reflect the absolute failure of this practice--the languishing in care. Judges are held to a time table for parents to get their act together. In fact, the moment a child enters the system, now, concurrent planning starts. This means that while reunification efforts are made, the workers are also preparing for the possibility that the child will not return home. All these changes were intended to shorten the stays in foster care.

So, the sorry fact is that California and Oregon (who have a reasonable relationship in DHS matters) both failed this child. McAnulty was an extremely unstable woman. To hand her back a child she hardly knew at age 6 1/2 was extremely foolish, IMO. That's asking for tragedy. Plus she would have had a new young toddler daughter, who seemingly was favored, for whatever reason. A recipe for disaster. As we've been witness to.

 

[Missizzy]

A bit more. Lots of red flags, IMO:

http://special.registerguard.com/cs...3629-41/jeanette-mcanulty-angela-lynn-son.csp



"....Richard McAnulty’s cousin, MF, said she introduced him to Angela after both women met nearly 13 years ago in a Catholic-run maternity home for unwed mothers in California.

MF recalled that Angela McAnulty complied with all of a judge’s requirements to regain custody of Jeanette after the girl and her two older brothers were removed from their Sacramento home in the mid-1990s...."

and

"....During that period, Jeanette’s biological father, A Maples, was in and out of prison for drug-related crimes. Jeanette’s older brothers were raised by foster families.

“I think about (Jeanette’s death) every day. It hit me hard,” said her brother, B Maples, 17, a California resident who had not seen his sister or mother in several years, and has few memories of them. “I wonder why did this have to happen to her?” he said. “Why couldn’t she get help like I did?”

MF said Angela McAnulty always had a short fuse when it came to Jeanette, even when the girl was very young. She said Angela McAnulty would pull Jeanette’s hair when she became angry with her, and stuff hot peppers in her mouth when she caught her in a lie. “I always told (Angela), ‘If you can’t handle Jeanette, give her to me,’ ” MF said. “I should have taken her a long time ago.....”

and

"....After Richard and Angela Mc Anulty married in 2002, they lived in the California communities of Colton and Rancho Cucamonga before moving to Oregon. On arriving in Eugene, they enrolled Jeanette and her younger half-sister — who’s now 12 — in school. A son they had together in 2004 also began attending public school this year...."

more at link

 

[tlcya]

ty Missizzy. So sad. So many things went horribly wrong with this one. Her brothers spared by a letter to the judge from them, I assume some loving foster parent assisted them with this. Imagine how very different things may have gone if only little Jeanette had been old enough or had had help to articulate her own letter. Unfortunately, being younger than her brothers, and having been gone from her incubator for so long, she may not even have had the recall of how awfully her own mother had treated her before. May not even have known the danger she was facing being returned to this montser.

Such a tragic failure, all the way around.

 

[LCoastMom]

These poor children - how can they move on from here and have a normal life after what they were forced to witness and worse yet, to participate in? Jeanette's sister and brother are in my prayers. Her incubator and partner are evil, evil, thugs.

I can't even imagine what people who tried to intervene are going thru.

These jurors must be very strong people - viewing and listening to the facts of this case are the things nightmares of epic proportion come from.

Missizzy - California is far, far from being children's advocates when it comes to reunification. I was a volunteer for C.A.A.N. of Vta Co until I had to quit - what officials allowed to happen in the name of "family" is nothing short of a crime - so many children have died or disappeared out of state, once returned to bio's. Just heartbreaking.

 

[tlcya]

Reunification can be a very very dirty word IMO as relates to DCF mandates.

:shakehead: