Thanks, guys. I am so very disturbed by this whole situation. These cases have been handled wrong, and they're not really getting the attention they deserve either. It's terrible. I cannot stop thinking about it now.
LadyL, that's just it. What if something awful did happen to these kids? Has foster mama ruined it? At this point, I think maybe the first child, S (that's what MH is calling her) was molested by her bio mom's bf JP. And I say that because his 17 year old former step-daughter recently testified that he raped her at ten or eleven years of age, although she denied sexual abuse the first several times she was asked about it.
The problem here is, foster mama Margie is not trustworthy (to say the least) and she is the driving force behind everything. Just hours after S FINALLY tells someone other than Margie about the sex abuse (and she tells them unprompted, after denying it many times before when directly asked), Margie just so happens to take the children to view the Swinger's Club property because she was looking to buy it, when the children started to recognize the building. She immediately went to the police, who took it very seriously but in the end, felt the accusations weren't true and closed the case. Margie later lies under oath and says, "No, no, no" she never took the kids to the property. What is she doing now when questioned under oath? She is pleading the fifth. So is her husband. Why is she worried about incriminating herself? Recently, 130 questions were asked of her, she pled the fifth to each and every one.
Margie now has permanent stewardship over 3 of the children, and though the prosecutor claims that all children told the same story from the beginning, this is incorrect. Not only that, but it's known that S and the child known as J (who isn't in the C home, thank god) speak on the phone 3 times a week. Now 11, J has now recanted some of her story. She says she remembers in her mind now that the sex kindergarten did not happen, but that she has "no clue" about dancing. She states she may have worn "something sexy or something."
I read in another article on a local news website (I'll find the link) that J said she did not want to talk about it, but that she did not want it to go away either because people will get away with what they do and they deserve prison. Also, at one point, she told the attorney "get to your point."
One of the children (C I believe, who is in the C's care) claims they flew around in the air on brooms, and casted spells from books. Sometimes under oath she confirms this. Sometimes she denies it. Sometimes both. I imagine if a child is told to tell people the Swinger's who made them dance were witches, these are the kinds of details the child might add on.
There are no Swinger's Club witnesses that place ANY one of the accused at the Swinger's Club. Ever. Some of the accused know each other, some have never met. And though one child claims to have danced there some 60 times and worn approximately 20 costumes, and been videotaped, not one witness ever saw any child near the establishment despite the fact that it's located next door to the newspaper, next door to the former hospital, and across the street from a nursing home. If even some of this were true, you'd think there would be atleast one shred of evidence, one witness, something...
And in case you missed it... M & J C had just moved to Texas from California because they were no longer able to have foster children in that state. At the same time Margie made her initial allegations (forgive me, as I'm unclear if it was right before, or directly after) Husband John was accused of molesting 2 of their first foster children back in 1991. Many of the former foster children say Margie is a brainwashing, abusive, puppet master. Who was often hoarse from yelling, and could make you believe anything. 3 of them recall a time when she punched a child in the eye, and had everyone believing that she ran into a door knob, even the one that witnessed it, even the one with the black eye. Why? fear.
Two of John's biological children say that Margie has a volatile temper and does not need to be trusted with children.
Something isn't right here. Many things aren't right here.
At least two of the accused are drug addicted, terrible parents, who neglected and did god knows what else. I don't know very much about the mother-in-law who stands accused, etc. Booger Redd thinks he was named just because the children knew his name. I think he might be right about that. My opinion. But none of them seem to have been involved in a Swinger's Club or Child Sex Ring. And that's what this is about.
You know, I think of myself. Could this happen to me? In my neck of the woods, I am the weirdo. I have no criminal history or anything, but I have wild curly hair, I will not attend the church right up the street like the rest of my neighbors (no matter how much they invite me), an outgoing personality, and sometimes I leave out at 11:00 at night (but for legitimate reasons). I also have 5 cats and sometimes foster more, which many people seem to think is weird. One neighbor asked me recently who I would choose between my husband and my cats, and I said my cats without hesitation. I laughed. Not sure if it's true, but it might be. Point is, I think I'm a memorable person who is probably considered crazy to some, and kids love and remember me. I love them too. If I get a hold of one to play Yahtzee with, it's usually the kid that gets tired of it first. I have many neices, and I'm considered Aunt Brooke by many of my friends kids. If one of them somehow ended up in someone's care like Margie Cantrell and they had to come up with 5, 6, 7 names to go along with some fantasy story, would they name me? Could I be railroaded by the DA? Could I be sentenced to life and forgotten about? I couldn't last in prison. No, really. I'd end up taking up for some underdog or something equally stupid, and killed within the first year. I'd be dead before my case could be overturned!
I don't blame the kids here. One thing I know about kids, is that they have a deep need to please. And they're finally getting some attention, prob have a nice place to live, bows to wear in their hair, maybe some nice clothes... But what is Margie up to here? What is her husband up to?
