b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Lifestyles Channel Subscribe to this Feed

Parents Behaving Badly

January 28th, 2007

Francina Katina Shepard, Known Abuser, Kills One Twin and Beats Other

Hot tipper Norma gave me the lowdown on one Francina Katina Shepard, who is apparently well known by Child Protective Services in Detroit, Michigan: three of her kids have been taken from her in the past. But that didn’t stop Shepard from bearing twins, and beating them both so severely that the 16-month-old boy died. […]

By admin -- 20 comments

January 17th, 2007

Elizabeth Dillon Leaves Three Kids in Car for Over Three Hours, Doesn’t See Anything Wrong with That

Here’s one for the ages from Sand Lake, Michigan. 28-year-old Elizabeth J. Dillon can’t understand why authorities are so angry that she left her three kids, twins age 6 and a 22-month-old - in a running pickup truck for over three hours while she waited for a saddle shop to make her parts for a […]

By admin -- 10 comments

January 11th, 2007

Twins of Adoptive Mom Tamika Shuntell Williams Tell of Cigarette Burns, Other Horrifying Abuse

Here’s another story that should make all well-meaning people ask the question: “Why would you adopt kids just to treat them like this?” Today’s case involves Tamika Shuntell Williams of Warren, Michigan, who adopted two twin girls, now 8, because Williams herself couldn’t conceive. How did Williams treat her precious gifts? According to quiet, fearful […]

By admin -- 6 comments

January 4th, 2007

Allison Quets Abducts Her Twins After Giving Them Up for Adoption

When I wrote for Blogging Baby, I found that there was a whole cadre of folks who are virulently anti-adoption. They believe that the adoption industry is an inherently evil, immoral entity that tears families apart. I hadn’t encountered these folks again, though, until today, when MCA alerted me to the case of Allison Quets. […]

By admin -- 48 comments

October 26th, 2006

New Zealand Twins’ Dad Charged in Their Murder

I wish I had some light story about parents wigging out at their kid’s soccer game to share this morning. Instead, all I’ve got is a tale of two dead twins - and the father who stands accused of their murder. Chris and Cru Kahui died five months ago at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital. The twins […]

By admin -- 4 comments

October 20th, 2005

I…um…well…it’s…oh, just read on. I’m speechless.

I’m not lambasting April Gaede for naming her twin girls Lynx and Lamb. I don’t even have an issue with her name choice for her youngest daughter, Dresden. No, really, I have absolutely nothing horrible to say about Lamb, since clearly that’s the worst of the the three. My reason for […]

By Candace -- 6 comments