GUILTY WI - Tammie Garlin, 36, murdered at Portage 'house of horrors', 4 June 2007

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I don't believe this one is on here. More background and info relating to all individuals involved.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/seminole/orl-mhellhouse2107jun21,0,4836146.story

Horrifying. Part of me still can't believe that stuff like this really happens.

 

[SewingDeb]

Very informative link, Jules. The roomates were teaching the teenage daughter how to torture and kill. I'm afraid she learned well from them.

 

[OkieGranny]

From September 2011 and earlier:

http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/12508781.html

Columbia County prosecutors accused Candice Clark of helping kill Tammie Garlin and torturing Garlin's young son nearly to death. Clark was sentenced to 55 years in prison in 2008 after reaching a plea deal on multiple charges...

A drifter convicted of helping his gang kill a woman and torture her young son is sentenced to 58 years in prison. Columbia County Circuit Judge Alan White sentenced 27-year-old Michael Sisk on a host of charges Tuesday, including second-degree reckless homicide...

Michaela Clerc... is the first of three adults to be sentenced for their roles in a gruesome murder and torture case uncovered in Portage in June of 2007. She received 37 years in prison, followed by 25 years of extended supervision.

The 15-year-old's case was handled in juvenile court. Here's an update on her brother, from December 2014:

http://www.wiscnews.com/news/local/article_b581c0a6-acee-5fff-abd2-54decb8a00ee.html

At 19, Andrew is constantly in motion. His energy is boundless and he loves being outdoors. It is difficult — if not impossible — for him to be still... His energy helps him work on his adoptive family’s farm with his mother, father and brother, with 80 cows to milk, numerous calf pens to clean, hay bales to move...

From a casual glance, you would never know that he was once a child so severely abused, so near death that some consider his survival miraculous.

A closer look at Andrew reveals hints of his past: Raised scars and discolored patches mar the smooth skin over muscular biceps. The fingertips of one hand are missing. On the rare occasions he goes barefoot, you see seven toes, not 10.

When people ask about these scars, he tells them: “I got abducted by aliens.”