My wife-to-be and I attended the candlelight vigil at the school. I was pleased at the turn-out, not only by many members of the community but also many from surrounding areas, as well as a fairly large contingent of law enforcement officials. The question of "how can something like this happen" looms even larger for a small, quiet community such as this.
We've followed the story closely from the beginning, and the family ties in this tragedy are confusing to say the least. From what I have gleaned-and this is from a variety of sources, so feel free to correct me-the mother (CV) had five children from a previous marriage who were given over to the sister (BV) and later were all adopted out. This occurred some 11 years ago. Then she met JW, and in '05 they lost their first child (a son) in infancy. They later had five more children. The two oldest reside with JW, and the three younger (including Kenny) were sent to stay with BW. The now 18 year-old came to stay with BV when he was around 8. (All the above is from the various family-member Facebook pages, most of which are now private).
What I definitely don't know is what role Child Protective Services played in any of this. According to one post, JW was scheduled to be in court this coming Tuesday in regard to custody of the three younger children, but I've also read (as has been posted here) that both parents missed their court dates.
Again, I dont how much of the above is fact and how much is fiction.
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