gm Creek Dog

Her moustache looks better than his.

The article said it was an estranged husband, not the biological father. He probably used to participate but became 'estranged' and then called it in out of revenge, not compassion for the girl.

Their prison cell will be a whole lot more comfortable than the tiny cage the poor girl was kept in.

Child suffers from microcephaly...takes after the mother, no doubt.

And people are screaming about guns hurting our children?

We need to do an psych exam on every potential parent and make sure they have the emotional stability to raise a child.

You need a permit to have a gun, but any IDIOT can have a child.

Tippie, way to make a villan out of the person responsible for the rescue. I'm sure in your long and personal relationship with the "estranged" husband, he told you all this.

This is what happens when people confuse children with pets. I wonder if they left bowls of water and canned food in the cage.

Meanwhile, their dog is probably treated to the same dinner they eat and gets to sleep on their bed.

I wish the article said what happened to the other children. I certainly hope they are removed from their custody as well. I will never understand why people adopt disabled children just to abuse them. This type of situation happens all too often. Mind boggling.

Michelle from the woods

He said detectives did not know why the girl was left locked in the cage. She and three of Patriarchias' other children had been placed in state custody, he said.

You'd be surprpised what some people will do for money...

I think when people adopt disabled children, they receive state benefits and checks to help them out with the kids.

But in this case, "if you ask me", they treated the kids like animals and kept the cash for themselves and as you said, "this happens all too often".

Looking at her, she looks 55 yrs old and she's actually 33. This says drug addict all over it.

It's also funny when people get busted and when they take their mug shot, they usually have that "surprised" look on their face but she has that "busted" look on hers.

GM CD, Bill

More breeders

dang new mexico set the record for ugly with those two loser's....

GM folks. I really hope that they keep these kids away from this couple for good and they visit their own little cage for a good long time. You don't mess with Gods little angels. I am glad to hear that there were no visible injuries or marks on this poor girl at least.

this is sad, that poor kid has to suffer so she can have a check to blow on the movies....Pityful.

If you don't want to be a parent, figure it out before you have kids. No child deserves to be neglected. Any adult to treats a child like this needs to be beaten!

G' morning C Dog, Bill, Scooter, Bob, Blake.

"How do you like me now!"

Love it, Dawg!

Hey Scooter, is it snowing yet-where U R?

They do get extra money for adopting special needs children. Thank goodness the dad/husband called someone. It is bad enough to mistreat a healthy child, it is a whole other level of sick to mistreat a special needs child. I'm with CD: addicts!

I agree with Tippie2000.I bet the ex participated before he became the ex and is being vindictive.Mom good at picking losers.And why is she even going to the movies when she has kids to take care of.Selfish.I hope the kids are placed in good homes while mom spends time in the govt.appt.cage!

Time to bring back public executions for these types.

For this woman (man?) to be out on bond is unconscionable

Blake 2644, The sad thing is that in 20 or 30 years, "Gods little angles", by learning from what they have been taught by these two slime balls, will themselves be abusing their children.

Amazing how so few people read the article before commenting. The woman was an adopted parent. We don't know the relationship between the girl and the other two men. For all we know, the other children were also adopted.

Once a child is adopted, agencies don't go back and check on them. Even with the Orphan Train children, one agency refused to allow formal adoptions for that reason, so that the the children could be checked on from time to time and removed from bad situations. Children who were adopted were stuck, for better or for worse.

Even back when Bible readings and prayer were in all public schools, there were too many people who were nice and friendly in public and cruel, disgusting scumbags in private.

With the girl having a disability, I would have expected a caseworker to have been checking up on the family, but that's New Mexico; maybe it's not required there.

What a wildebeest

freaking pieces of human garbage..

U don't say-3994780

Hey Scooter, is it snowing yet-where U R?

On this side of the state,( next to the Mississippi ) we had Rain last 24 hours. Hell i went out on the porch and fired up the grill yesterday in a t shirt ( with a cold one of course) turned to snow bout 7 this am. heavy for now but don't i expect much from it. May get 3-5 mid-state from say Iowa city to des moines, not bad. how bout your place on the big blue marble?

why is the wife released.....womens lib

Hey Scooter!

I got the idea (from previous conversations) that we were kinda close 2 each other. I could have posted the same. I'm in the QC.....

why is the wife released.....

Good question. wheres all the "equality" people today? Mention gays and poof there they are screaming " equal rights under law".

should this not be another equal right?

I must reiterate - the child was adopted, which has no bearing on the "breeding" part and the malady is something she may have endured/inherited from her birth parents. However! The new mom should have her head examined. How is it that she was able to pass a battery of tests/processes to be successful in adopting the child? Something isn't right somewhere with this.

"How is it that she was able to pass a battery of tests/processes to be successful in adopting the child?"

Drug money used as a payoff?

Well for the most part, this has nothing to do with Obama and who his supporters were.

All this says is that too many people are getting too damn comfortable with their

pyschotic ways and just going off the deep in with stupidity.Who in the hell puts a kid,special needs or normal in a cage? I'll tell you who, that psychotic and stupid male and female pretending to be good parents!

U Dont say,

shot ya a contact answer.

They are probably in the country illegally. Locking your kid in a wooden cage is probably acceptable in Mexico, so they will just claim ignorance of the law. Wouldn't it be something if the kid they locked in the cage is their anchor baby.

In other news Walmart is missing 2 of its best customers.

You know, this was the perfect opportunity for the estranged husband to beat the living piss out of those 2 folks. If that was his kid, not a jury on the planet would have convicted him for doing it either.

I don't understand why people go through the time and expense of adopting a child if they don't really want one. My only guess is to get more welfare.

Chris from Yucaipa

Chris...But what if he shoots em? then where would ya be?

tap...tap.....tap...

Gmornin, Bill, Scooter, Chris.......

BeachBum,

You pretty much nailed it....

CoRavensFan

They are probably in the country illegally. Locking your kid in a wooden cage is probably acceptable in Mexico, so they will just claim ignorance of the law. Wouldn't it be something if the kid they locked in the cage is their anchor baby.

Might I suggest, before speaking again, you actually go look up the definition of 'anchor baby' and 'adopted' and come back and explain to us how your post made any sense at all. I guess since the the guy has a Hispanic sounding name clearly he must be an illegal. Interesting enough but in all my trips south of the border while living in San Diego, I never noticed any kids in cages. But at least once a month in the US I hear about them being in there, or chained to the floor, locked in a closet, etc.

IA.ScooterTramp

Chris from Yucaipa

Chris...But what if he shoots em? then where would ya be?

Still in California. With an alibi.

This poor child has microcephaly.

At 8 years of age she is probably functioning at a 2-3 year old level. She most likely needs constant attendant care. I'm sure this "cage" wasn't just built so mom and dad could go to the movies for an evening. I can guarantee they have used this cage regularly.

These "adoptive" parents are despicable. Their begavior is lower than any animal on the planet. This mother and father, wheteher biologic or not, deserve to suffer. Leaving this poor child locked up in a cage is brutally inhumane. Neither of them should be allowed near a child ever again.

If it were up to me they would both be getting a special 3 cocktail injection at the local penitentiary in about 3 days.

This type of filth deserves no more sympathy than they gave their own child.

Hmm let me see, poor white trailer park tattooed trash with her criminal border jumping filth boyfriend leave an adopted child in a cage. Then the Po Po let the the female go while El Guapo is held until ICE finishes with his illegal butt. Can't understand why they let the woman go? Because this country is going to hell in a handbasket, that's why.

It's so sickening to read/hear about people like this. I will be VERY lucky to ever have my own children, and it is especially painful to know that there are so many people who treat their little miracles like this. These people need to be locked up and the key thrown away! Even better, let's start making them register as "child abusers" and not allow them to live within a certain distance of schools, etc.....just like we do with pedophiles and other scum-of-the-earth!!!

Disgusting.

Why is it that in almost every case like this the 'perps' are SO FAT ??? what's up with that??

Ya got it beachbum..... scamming the system is a way of life for far too many.

Good comeback chris....made me smile for a change. got some free snow here if you want it. you pick up of course.

In todays world one needs a license to drive, to fish, to hunt and a vast amount of other things. As teens are going into adulthood everyone should get a license to have sex. It should explain the responsibility of having sex and the outcome that could happen. This makes sense to me that there can't be enough sex education!

For all the folks asking why she is out and he isn't - she paid the bond.

He may not have the bucks, may be an immigration issue, may have other wants/warrants . . .

Nice to see a board where everyone can agree on something: scumbags.

This is where the law must be swift and stern. Child abuse is not enough here. If she was getting some type of public assistance then this is a case of child exploitation as well. I would like to pile on as many charges as possible and just smother these "people". We argue about the 1st and 2nd Amendment on here all the time. This is one of those times when I find myself wanting to revisit the 8th Amendment. What scares me is some lawyer may find a way to spin some tragic case for these two and get sentences reduced or possibly dismissed.

"Gmornin, Bill, Scooter, Chris......."

That hurts, Dawg. (mock crying)

;-)

tippie2000,

Must be a man's fault right?

And Chris, while I agree in theory, she would just claim to be the victim and the jury would convict him for being a guy and hurting a woman, even though she would definitely deserve it in this case. He did the right thing, called the cops, and got all the children removed from those people.

Interesting, the adoption part. Not uncommon for scum like this to load up their double-wide with FOSTER children because the state/county pays a LOT to help raise these poor kids. Recent case here in Northern CA (shut up!), woman had 8 foster kids (mostly teens who had NO apparent adult supervision) and used that money to live in a half-million $ house, with a pool (AND a pool boy!), driving her lazy a$$ around in a $80,000 MBZ. All with no job. Were these two losers pulling the same tricks, with their 3 other kids? And who let them adopt a needy child in the first place. Please, if you feel the need to reply to this, keep Obama, Bush, Romney, or any other political bullshot out of it.

And good morning to you, Creek Dog.

G' morning Mr Burns!

"Northern CA (shut up!),"

(snicker)

The girls lucky she's adopted..This mother is one of the ugliest I've ever seen..

NEA Exec- How do you know her birth mom? You said the girl has the condition must have taken it after the mother. This article doesn't mention her birthmom. Its about her ADOPTED mom. I agree with Creek Dog these two are addicts. You can look at them and see that they are stoned. Look at their eyes. I wish they hadn't given the Adopted mother bail and let her out cause the girl couldn't have bail or any other excuse to get out of her cage. SICKOS!

Poster child for courthouse kanings, eye for an eye, same size cage. Forced to hear all of these comments in public

I don't see how a case of child abuse can turn into a political discussion?? People you all need to get real a child was ABUSED !! It saddens me that we as Americans are so caught up in the political rhetoric that we are missing the pertinent issues. Child abuse is a world problem that needs to be addressed.

My question to all of the people who are bringing in politics " What are you doing to make it better? If all your doing is spewing your rants on the internet, than your part of the problem ! If you are volunteering in your community than I appologize, if not get a life!!!

@CoRavensFan - what part of the clearly Caucasian woman in the photo, along with the last name Patriarchias, immediately leads you to think illegal immigrant from Mexico?

Keep hearing more and more of this........"parents" locking their kids up in cages, rooms, etc. Don't babysitters exist anymore? If you can afford to go to a movie then you can surely afford a babysitter!!

I am sure this poor child was adopted so mom can get extra $$$ off the government for adopting a special needs child. Happens all the time.........unfortunately.

Creek Dog,

Unfortunately, the likelihood of either of those people being sentenced to time behind bars is minimal. They will almost certainly only receive probation.

@Stunner,

Guilt by association?

;-)

I see Scooter is familiar with my favorite saying -

'Stupid People Shouldn't Breed!' (Yes, I know, the child in question was adopted, but we don't know for sure about the other three - or more, since it says 'three of Patriarchias' OTHER children', which seems to indicate there are more.)

I question the intelligence used in allowing a special needs child to be placed with someone living in a GD Trailer (pardon me, Mobile Home) with minimally three other kids! That's a healthy environment? That's living like sardines!

IA.ScooterTramp

Good comeback chris....made me smile for a change. got some free snow here if you want it. you pick up of course.

No., I've accepted the reality that no matter what the forecast claims I'll get, not matter how much I hope, and no matter how many chickens I sacrifice, I'm not going to get any snow this winter.

/sob

"I've accepted the reality that no matter what the forecast claims I'll get, not matter how much I hope, and no matter how many chickens I sacrifice, I'm not going to get any snow this winter."

LOL

I wonder how many other kids like this are experiencing similar abuse and no one knows...

eh, it's just easier to pretend like there are no problems and not give a @!$%#.

I mean, if we went after child abuse - which encompasses so much, from abuse, neglect, molestation, rape, trafficking, kidnapping, ect - like we do terrorism, we might actually give the impression we give a sh!t

Creek Dog, normally you do not get money for adopting children although because of this child's disability, the scum may have been getting SSI. You get paid for raising foster children, not adopted children.

eddie keites said "why is the wife released.....womens lib"

Have you thought that maybe the guy has a prior record and that is why they are keeping him? By the way, I haven't heard the term womens' lib since the 70s.

This is very strange. I know perfectly nice people who have had trouble getting approved as adoptive parents. So how did these people manage it? The article says they live in a trailer, wtf? In some cases this sh*t happens and you would never guess but in this case its really obvious there's a problem.

Hi Scooter, CD, DB, Chris, mpa, U don't say...

This is such a sorry story on top of the others so far this week.

You guys are correct. By adopting this child she is guaranteed payments for the life of the child through various agencies.

Between this story and the "gun" stories I'm probably going to just vote for you guys today and avoid trying to comment and reason with the rabid rabble.

Take care and be safe my friends.

Another article (on Fox News) stays, "A police spokesman said Patriarchias had been trying to adopt the girl but hadn't been able to reach the girl's birth mother to get her consent."

This article also states that "three of Patriarchias' other children had been placed in state custody" which indicates that she has more than three other children (otherwise it should have said "her three other children: instead of "three of her other children").

Also, just a a point of clarification, the parent is adoptive, and the child is adopted. Adoptive refers to the person doing the adopting; Adopted refers to the person being adopted. (Grammar lesson over)

I'm puzzled though. Why would the estranged husband return the girl to the woman's custody at all? She may be the girl's adoptive mother, but she's not the girl's mother. If the man was at all concerned, why not tell her: "here, you won't go back there, we're going to the police right now and I may not be your dad, but I'll protect you in any way I can?"

That's what I would've done. Call me family or not, if I've lived with someone's child, and I suspect abuse, I'll go to hell first before returning that kid to an environment like that.

And let's ensure she can't get pregnant--give her a couple of cuts free (I'd pitch in!) and I'll even pitch a few bucks for her hubby's vasectomy, too.

tippie2000... Has it ever occured to you that assumtion is the mother of all f**kups?

CoRavensfan... "probably acceptable in Mexico" That goes for you, too. Have you ever been to Mexico or do you just live inside your own head and assume the worst?

"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer

"avoid trying to comment and reason with the rabid rabble."

(snicker)

G' afternoon Scremin'.

Sam - yes I have been to Mexico. And if Mexico is so great and civil, why are the Mexicans risking their lives to come to the US?

"if Mexico is so great and civil, why are the Mexicans risking their lives to come to the US?"

I have often wondered this myself.

I especially love the travel agencies pushin' Acapulco & Cancun.

Gee I guess if the blondes really want 2 disappear, it would B cheaper than going 2 Aruba. (sarcasm)

I wonder what kind of help was this woman getting while raising a special needs child. Kids like that need care 24/7

I don't want my tax dollars taking care of these sick people.

That face would make a freight train take a dirt road.

Yeah, that lucky guy is hitting that.

She used the money he made for taking care of these kids to post bail for herself, but the boyfriend is still sitting in jail.

She's already been released on bond, the boyfriend is still in jail.

She should NEVER get those children back.

@Nicole loves USA....so only Obama supporters are cruel to children? Party lines has no place in here...this is a story about an innocent child was abused....grow the f^ck up...where is your empathy for this child?

She's already been released on bond, the boyfriend is still in jail.

Why is that? they do the same thing here, both are guilty yet she goes free. Why? What happened to "equality"?

Jen - Nicole's comment has been blocked (thank God) but I must say, the trolls will use every story to throw in their crummy two cents about the POTUS

Jen - Nicole's comment has been blocked

Bury head in sand approach, BTW it was collapsed not blocked.

(thank God)

For that little piece of censorship,...( providing of course you view this site as a link to "god")

but I must say, the trolls will use every story to throw in their crummy two cents about the POTUS

Like that?

@IA.ScooterTramp You are demented. This story has nothing to do with 'equality' or your broken understanding of it. Go push your idiocy elsewhere.

IA.ScooterTramp, I noticed that you've posted twice about inequality because she's been released on bond and he hasn't. Did it occur to you that she had the money to get out and he didn't. Or that she had a family member get her out and he didn't. They aren't married, just girlfriend/boyfriend so she apparently doesn't feel under any obligation to bail him out. Has nothing to do with equality and everything to do with bail money.

This story has nothing to do with 'equality' or your broken understanding of

When a man is held and a women is not, though both are charged with the same crime. ....your right it certainly isn't equality.

name calling? a sign of true idiocy.

abanksone

You may have a point, however it also says nothing about bail so your theory although functionally sound is just that...a theory.

For the record ScooterTramp, bail is the cash payment paid by the defendant to the court and bond is the bondsman’s pledge to make good on the bail if the defendant doesn’t appear. The article stated "Patriarchias was released on bond on Tuesday" so she apparently made some type of arrangement with a bondsman which would include paying some type of bail.

Tramp -

I mostly enjoy your posts, but you are missing something here. Say you visit your neighbor and see that he is abusing his animals. You don't do anything about it.

He is guilty of the abuse, you are not.

The man here was charged with negligently "permitting" the abuse.

Why he is still in? No money, other charges/wants/warrants . . . .

MPA,

funny you should bring that up, my neighbors are no longer allowed to own pets. took 6 months and more phone calls then you could possibly believe to make certain that happened.

abanks

sorry i missed it. it happens.

Which makes you a human being who knows to do the right thing.

Edmond Gonzales - not so much.

BTW - local paper indicates that they both had the same "cash only" bond requirements.

I get closer and closer to supporting that idea.

I also do believe the penalty for conviction of child abuse should be forcible sterilization, in addition to jail time and having all minor children removed from the abusers' custody. In addition, such criminals should be forever barred from adopting minor children.

Already ruled Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the early 60's.

That's something I like about China's ONE CHILD Policy. We should institute it here. Potential parents should be screened for mental stability as well as financial stability.

Time to revisit that Supreme Court ruling...

TEvil

and why doesnt the country do forced sterilization?

Because the President and Congress can't agree about who gets to choose the subjects.

and why doesnt the country do forced sterilization?

Because the President and Congress can't agree about who gets to choose the subjects.

Yet.

The article actually says, "...three of her other children." Let's hope there aren't MORE than three others!

"and why doesn't the country do forced sterilization?"

It wouldn't have helped in this case because the girl was adopted. Someone at the adoption agency dropped the ball as well, and hopefully will learn from this situation. I wonder if the other children were adopted as well?

"I also do believe the penalty for conviction of child abuse should be forcible sterilization, in addition to jail time and having all minor children removed from the abusers' custody. In addition, such criminals should be forever barred from adopting minor children."

I nominate SteveR as Poster of the Day!

Read the article. It is about an adopted child. For all we know, the others might be adopted as well. Sterilization would not make a difference.

"Sterilization would not make a difference."

"In addition, such criminals should be forever barred from adopting minor children."

But sterilization AND barring them from adopting/being a foster MIGHT actually help.

Sterilization WOULD make a difference in preventing these peopel from re-entering the gene pool at a later date. This woman at 33 still has multiple years of fertility left, but clearly has not gained the insights necessary to be a reasonable parent.

AS for the bleeding hearts out there - who worry that the repentent offender would not be able to have children once he/she "sees the light"- there are very easy, cost-effect long-term reversible contraceptives (including implantable subcutaneous hormonal treatments as well as intra-uterine devices) which are highly effective and reversible. In the case of an IUD, placing one take about 20 seconds and no incisions are required. If the state is supporting these trolls (in or out of prison) I think it is reasonable for the state to require some reasonable measures of self control.

Some people want to ban birth control but its ok for forced sterilization? How about teaching people accountability for their actions. It should be a required class for all 4 years of high school. Because it seems like allot of people don't know where kids come from. Here is another case of where free birth control might saved a child this type of abuse.

Smitty -

I've now seen you advocate for "free" birth control several times. Who are these benevolent pharmaceutical companies, latex manufacturers who provide all these free birthcontrol products?

mpa ....you advocate for "free" birth control.........

Go to your county health department and one can get "free" condoms. Plus they should offer women free oral contraceptives. Contraceptives are cheaper than a child on welfare. So what would you rather pay for contraceptives or a child on welfare?

Smity -

My point is simply that there is nothing "free." Somebody is paying for it.

Personal preference? My wife and I have taken care of that permanently through surgeries. I prefer personal responsibility.

mpa I prefer personal responsibility.

If you read my post 3.14 you would read that I speak of teaching people accountability. Accountability and responsibility are the same thing.

As for paying for it. I don't mind that a portion of my taxes goes for contraceptives like I said its cheaper than a child on welfare.

"My wife and I have taken care of that permanently through surgeries. I prefer personal responsibility."

"I speak of teaching people accountability. Accountability and responsibility are the same thing."

It seems (2 me) that the 2 of U R on the same page, but different paragraphs..........

I am in agreement but I think it should B taken 1 step further. We, as a society, can now have DNA proof of the guilt of rapists & pedophiles. When this proof is found (INSIDE their victims) I think that mandatory sterilization should B done. I also think that the child-labor laws (as well as the welfare system) needs 2 B updated. If a 14-year-old can have a baby, she can certainly work 2 pay 4 it; DNA testing should B done 2 determine the father (if SHE can't identify him) and he can work 2.

TEvil, Rick and U don't say... Careful, you're skating on thin ice here. Sounds like Bremerhaven, 1938. The "Fuhrer" would have loved it.

skibum609... Thank you. It's amazing how many folks here aren't up to date on current laws and statutes, isn't it? Why am I not surprised?

Janine... "screened for mental stability as well as financial stability"

Sound like discrimination to me. Do you believe that financial stability has anything to do with child abuse, or that wealthy people aren't capable of it? I'm having trouble connecting those dots.

Smitty... Would you please stop making sense? Your posts are entirely too rational for some folks.

"The "Fuhrer" would have loved it."

Sorry Sam, but no where in my post did I say that 'whitey' was exempt. But since U went down this road......

I have a grandchild that is very Autistic. This is not my grandchild by blood-as I have no offspring. She is the grandchild of my hot, sexy, bed warmer. ;-) Sometimes U (not U personally) can get through & sometimes U can't. Her parents R stupid. Plain & simple; HER PARENTS R STUPID. They have been heard saying things like: "She'll B better when she's older & has grown out of it." WTF??? This child cannot care for herself. I shudder at what would happen if she was raped & became pregnant. She cannot care 4 herself; How would she care 4 a baby? i think she should B sterilized-4 her own protection. I don't believe she should have 2 go through all the pain over something she may or may not understand-just 2 have a baby that she cannot take care of. In this world, we all know that children cannot B safe 24/7.

Now the really sad part: HER PARENTS R STUPID and they R currently fighting over custody of the 2 girls. My baby & I have come 2 the conclusion that the only reason either parent is fighting, is 4 the SSI check. As soon as "dad" got the first check, instead of buying his girls warm clothes 4 winter-he went out on a shopping spree. "Mom" isn't any better. When she was getting the check, she was using the money 2 support her partying. (sound familiar?)

My baby & I have also come 2 the conclusion that WE R gonna end up raising these girls. I don't think I could do any worse.

Yeah, there's no possibility that the police did ask them and they refused to answer.

of course.

Although adoption is regarded with hearts and flowers as the "forever family" for children allegedly abused or neglected, and although most adoptive parents are responsible, even ideal, parents, the realities are: 15% or more of adoptions ultimately fail, and a small percentage of adopters turn out to be vicious abusers.

Child was "special needs". They are very difficult to adopt out. Child services was probably happy to get the kid off their hands..... Idiots - they are just pure evil idiots.

I get that this is a special needs child and Child Services was probably happy to see her adopted - but don't they check out where the child will be living? When did a mobile home housing the adoptive parent, three other children and the boyfriend (who they may not have known was living there, if he really was) become an acceptable home environment? To call it cramped already is to understate the facts, so you actually allow a special needs child to be placed there?! WTH??

SLUGGO, I am wondering if this woman was attempting to (or did) adopt this child in order to collect a monthly check which she would be entitled to from the Federal government for having a disabled child in her care. She didn't seem to want the child to provide her with a loving home. Adding the cost of having someone sit with the child while the rest of the family went to a movie would have been a small cost but they chose to put the child into a cage instead. I have to wonder how many times this solution has been used.

This is not the first time this sort of thing has happened. The point of adoption was collecting easy money from the government. The point of the cage was to minimize any effort or expense the people had to expend on the child. No doubt a pair of sociopaths that need to be removed from society.

These stories sicken me and cause me no small amount of grief. The day that stories like these stop shocking and horrifying people is the day I give up living on this wretched planet.

these two little piggies need to go wee wee wee all the way to the chair..........ZAAAAP!

@ Sluggo & Holly - Sluggo's remark makes it make a bit more sense now. I will bet that this "Family" wanted to go out on the town. Either felt they couldn't take the handicapped child or didn't want her along with them so they caged her up while they were out having fun so she wouldn't hurt herself or damage the house. (I would bet the latter is the primary reason.) I'll bet they felt it was OK. I'll bet they don't understand why they were arrested.

God help us....

While I agree with sentiments expressed here, and think it likely there was a money motivation in the attempted adoption (birth mother is nowhere to be found), don't think "night on the town." The creeps took the other three kids (biological) to see a movie at the kids' elementary school.

Sometimes it isn't about evil so much as poverty and stupidity.

NBCLite here never provides detail. Thankfully there are still journalists - you can find details on this case at "International Business Times" (of all places), the "Spartanburg Herald, the "Las Cruces Sun-News."

Kelly -

"Considering our LEGAL system . . ." If there is any justice found in our system, it seems to be random at best.

Kelly and mpa... Truth spoken here: "The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced." Frank Zappa

we were allowed to adopt a shelter dog after a background check and 2 "home visits"....wonder what these two subhumans were required to do to gets KIDS?

Texas... "Don't overestimate the decency of the human race." H.L. Menken

I agree. I know quite a few foster parents, some of whom adopted the children they were fostering and they have very big hearts to do what they do. One family exclusively fosters/adopts children with fetal alcohol syndrome and they are really helping the kids to live up to their potential socially and scholastically. Very inspirational.

Ugh!! You have to be kidding! I will join you in that dark alley.

very well said "backtobasics". I totally agree.

The scum adopted her. She's not a foster child which are assigned a social worker. No one from the state or county was looking out for this child.