AL AL - Brittney Wood, 19, Mobile, 31 May 2012 - # 6

[Brangele]

In the news report, I think it was the DA? who said child victims often tell their stories piecemeal, over a long period. Wouldn't it be great if one of the victims eventually comes out with something they have overheard about Brittney? That would be so much better than any of these people charged being able to strike a deal, I think

Totally agree. Pedophiles don't stop change. Children are their sexual preference. As bad as I want Brittney home and safe and clean and loved, I would rather see future abuse prevented so no other children have to experience the life she had.

 

[bessie]

I don't know that they did. Could have but the information provided for by that Baldwin County website may not be 100% accurate. It accurately has 2 of the charges and they may have simply failed to input the other 2.

I think it's an oversight, too, reedus. The other two charges never were posted. So, it's not as though they were visible once and later removed. This is a direct quote from ADA Heinz on the day of the arrest, 11/29/2012:

"The grand jury met and has indicted her on the child endangerment charge as well as sodomy on a child less than 12, sex abuse on a child less than 12, as well as sexual torture."

http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/nov/29/br-ar-5075693/

I agree with Brangele. No deals for any of them. This madness has to end.

 

[reedus23]

I agree Bessie. I think it was just an oversight. I know the service we use here is at times inaccurate or not updated. I haven't followed cases in every state, but by far, Missouri has the most comprehensive online service I have seen. I don't know if it's the best/most informative out there, but more states need to start modeling their online services off of other states, whether it's Missouri or somewhere else. While I can't see the document itself, I can see every document filed by either side, when hearings were/are to be held, party/attorney information, just about anything.

With all this madness and how rampant it all apparently was, I truly find it amazing that Mendy hasn't been charged with anything yet. For that matter, Chessie either. It is just so pervasive throughout that family.

 

[ChattyWoman]

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/12/derek_wood_ordered_to_remain_i.html#incart_river_default

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- A judge ordered a man charged with second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy to remain in jail without bail today.

Derek Wood, 21, of Mobile, appeared before Judge James Reid this afternoon for a bail hearing.

 

[rolltidemom]

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/12/derek_wood_ordered_to_remain_i.html#incart_river_default

Several family members have been arrested, including last week when Wendy Wood Holland, 33, was arrested in connection with an indictment.

A grand jury has indicted Holland on charges of child endangerment, sodomy of a child less than 12, sexual abuse of a child less than 12 and sexual torture. Holland is in the Baldwin County Corrections Center under a bail of $200,000.

 

[zwiebel]

She won't be home for Christmas then.

 

[zwiebel]

More and more info seems to be coming to light in this case. I can't help feeling something about Brittney is going to come through soon. I think somebody knows something. DH didn't just take all the information with him when he died - that man liked to share.

 

[bessie]

Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear DW will remain in jail and the three charges against WWH still stand. It doesn't bring us any closer to knowing what happened to Brittney, but it's good news just the same.

 

[reedus23]

Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear DW will remain in jail and the three charges against WWH still stand. It doesn't bring us any closer to knowing what happened to Brittney, but it's good news just the same.

I am hopeful news like this will, actually, bring us closer to finding Brittney. My own opinion for some time now has been we will only get information about Brittney when the family members start to truly feel the heat of these other cases. Without these cases, this family would never talk. They didn't even seem to take these cases seriously, even with Wendy's recent arrest. With Derek having to remain in jail and the closer the others actually get to trial, I am hopeful it makes reality set in and someone provides the information we need.

 

[rolltidemom]

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/12/derek_wood_ordered_to_remain_i.html#incart_river_default

I'm not sure when DK's court date is, but hopefully it will be before Christmas and lease: this will be home to him for a while :jail:`With 3 of them in jail maybe some victims can have a peaceful Merry Christmas!

 

[ktgirl]

The discovery yesterday of remains by hunters believed to be the two Iowa cousins who went missing while riding their bikes in July gives me hope that if Brittney's out there, someone a hunter in AL will be find her.

 

[rachaellouise]

I still am curious as to what the hell Chessie is doing, keeping chummy with those family members.

 

[ktgirl]

I still am curious as to what the hell Chessie is doing, keeping chummy with those family members.

My guess is that this family has one big old case of dysfunction (obviously) and co-dependency and that's why she's still keeping chummy with them all. Which is really too bad for BW as well all the children involved. Even the adults who aren't in on the child sex ring can't seem to function without swimming in the dysfunction of their family members all around them. I have to wonder if the adult members of this family would even know how to survive away from this dysfunction & their family members/circle of friends (you know, around normal people who don't abuse kids & use drugs) because they are so ingrained in that culture & in co-dependent relationships.

That's all I can think of because if I was BW's mom you can bet I wouldn't be talking to Wendy & co except maybe to keep screaming at them to tell me where my child is (but I'm not sure I could even keep my cool to do that so it'd be better for LE to do that). I would show up for their court hearings but NOT to show support for them.

I really wonder what BW's dad has to say about all of this. I know he's in no way a perfect person (has his own arrest record from a while back - but not for anything sex crime-related best I know). He seemed to be the only person from BW's life who was calling her mom's side of the family out. I seem to think he started to see that family for what they were a long time ago (although even he probably didn't believe the extent to the family's sickness).

 

[zwiebel]

I think he felt he was banging his head against a brick wall most of the time. Certainly looks like the family view him as an outsider now and have circled the wagons against him. Stepmom seemed to have the most success in opening lines of communications, but I think that's fallen apart now too.

All this time, rows and charges later, we still see CW standing by the side of her sister in court, and I get the impression the three sisters are still standing firm together. No wonder LE have taken a long time to break this case.

Does anyone have any idea what kind of sentence WWH could get if she is found guilty of the charges? We don't have felony charges in England so I'm not sure what the difference is from 'standard' charges.

 

[reedus23]

My guess is that this family has one big old case of dysfunction (obviously) and co-dependency and that's why she's still keeping chummy with them all. Which is really too bad for BW as well all the children involved. Even the adults who aren't in on the child sex ring can't seem to function without swimming in the dysfunction of their family members all around them. I have to wonder if the adult members of this family would even know how to survive away from this dysfunction & their family members/circle of friends (you know, around normal people who don't abuse kids & use drugs) because they are so ingrained in that culture & in co-dependent relationships.

That's all I can think of because if I was BW's mom you can bet I wouldn't be talking to Wendy & co except maybe to keep screaming at them to tell me where my child is (but I'm not sure I could even keep my cool to do that so it'd be better for LE to do that). I would show up for their court hearings but NOT to show support for them.

I really wonder what BW's dad has to say about all of this. I know he's in no way a perfect person (has his own arrest record from a while back - but not for anything sex crime-related best I know). He seemed to be the only person from BW's life who was calling her mom's side of the family out. I seem to think he started to see that family for what they were a long time ago (although even he probably didn't believe the extent to the family's sickness).

Co-dependent or possibly a future co-defendant? I wouldn't be surprised. Her son. Her sister. Her brother. Her brother-in-law. Her nephew. All arrested on sex crimes. Is it possible she's only thinking of herself and not Brittney and trying to avoid jail herself and is thus the reason for still being chummy with those arrested? She can't break ranks with them because they'll spill the beans on her? I don't know. Just speculating.

 

[reedus23]

Randall Scott Wood
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Incest - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years

Donnie Holland Jr.
Incest - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year

Dustin Kent

Incident 1
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Incident 2
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Incest - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years
Incident 3
1st Degree Rape (Mobile County) - Class A Felony - 10 to life
1st Degree Sodomy (Mobile County) - Class A Felony - 10 to life

Derek Wood
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Probation Revocation - n/a

William Brownlee
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
Failure to Appear - Traffic - n/a

Wendy Wood Holland
Endangering Welfare of a Child - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Torture - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Abuse of Child < 12 yrs old - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years

Those are the standard sentencing guidelines for each class of felony/misdemeanor. However, whenever a a deadly weapon is used OR the victim is a child under 12, the minimum allowable sentence for a Class A Felony is 20 years and for a Class B Felony is 10 years. For a Class C Felony involving a deadly weapon, the minimum sentence again is 10 years. Additionally, if convicted of a Class A Felony criminal sexual offense involving a child under 12 or is otherwise designated a sexually violent offender, they must serve an additional 10 years of supervision after release from incarceration.

Regarding Wendy specifically, I presume her charges involve a child under 12 because one charge specifically states that. If that's true, she's looking at < 1 year, minimum of 20 to life, minimum of 20 to life and minimum of 10 to 20 years. Of course, a Judge can decide those sentences run consecutively (add up all those years) or concurrently (serving sentences on all charges at the same time i.e. serving 20 years one time for all charges)

 

[rolltidemom]

Randall Scott Wood
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Incest - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years

Donnie Holland Jr.
Incest - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year

Dustin Kent

Incident 1
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Incident 2
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Incest - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years
Incident 3
1st Degree Rape (Mobile County) - Class A Felony - 10 to life
1st Degree Sodomy (Mobile County) - Class A Felony - 10 to life

Derek Wood
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Probation Revocation - n/a

William Brownlee
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
Failure to Appear - Traffic - n/a

Wendy Wood Holland
Endangering Welfare of a Child - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Torture - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Abuse of Child < 12 yrs old - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years

Those are the standard sentencing guidelines for each class of felony/misdemeanor. However, whenever a a deadly weapon is used OR the victim is a child under 12, the minimum allowable sentence for a Class A Felony is 20 years and for a Class B Felony is 10 years. For a Class C Felony involving a deadly weapon, the minimum sentence again is 10 years. Additionally, if convicted of a Class A Felony criminal sexual offense involving a child under 12 or is otherwise designated a sexually violent offender, they must serve an additional 10 years of supervision after release from incarceration.

Regarding Wendy specifically, I presume her charges involve a child under 12 because one charge specifically states that. If that's true, she's looking at < 1 year, minimum of 20 to life, minimum of 20 to life and minimum of 10 to 20 years. Of course, a Judge can decide those sentences run consecutively (add up all those years) or concurrently (serving sentences on all charges at the same time i.e. serving 20 years one time for all charges)

lease:they all serve many many years but really praying Wendy and Dustin get life or close!!!!!!!

 

[reedus23]

lease:they all serve many many years but really praying Wendy and Dustin get life or close!!!!!!!

Considering the fact that any DA's worth their salt have a conviction rate of over 95%, I would imagine these people will ultimately be spending a majority, if not all, of the remainder of their life in prison. DA's just don't file charges unless they are that confident of getting a conviction. That's the politics of the DA's office. If there's a doubt of getting a conviction, they usually won't file or plead it out relatively quickly.

 

[rolltidemom]

Considering the fact that any DA's worth their salt have a conviction rate of over 95%, I would imagine these people will ultimately be spending a majority, if not all, of the remainder of their life in prison. DA's just don't file charges unless they are that confident of getting a conviction. That's the politics of the DA's office. If there's a doubt of getting a conviction, they usually won't file or plead it out relatively quickly.

It would be great if they understood this and it persuaded them to tell what they know about what happened. Sadly, I don't think they ever will.

 

[reedus23]

It would be great if they understood this and it persuaded them to tell what they know about what happened. Sadly, I don't think they ever will.

I'm holding out hope one of them will. But they won't understand this fact until those trials get closer. Until then, it's just not real to them. Here's the thing. While I could be wrong, the one I see as most likely to tell what they know is DK. I could be way off because I've obviously never met the man(term used loosely), but he doesn't seem to be the kind cut out for prison. He also has the most at stake given the number and nature of his charges. The rub is, what kind of deal would you give the person with the most and worst charges in exchange for that information?