[CBFF] A real-life wicked stepmother

[Jerry Madsen]

Sorry.  Shouldn't have sent that to the list.  Just got under my skin.

Jerry

On 9/15/06, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jail?  Why is she even being allowed to breathe?
>
> Jerry
> South Bend, IN
>
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> Judge: 'You should never have been a mother'
>
> GRAFTON, West Virginia (AP) -- A woman who forced her stepchildren to
> gorge themselves on food and drink, then eat their own vomit has been
> sentenced to two to six years in prison.
>
> Venus Critchfield, 35, of Philippi, West Virginia, was also accused of
> beating the children's feet with boards, and using ropes and hooks to
> force them to stand for long periods, said Taylor County Prosecutor
> John Bord.
>
> Circuit Judge Alan D. Moats called the abuse one of the worst cases
> he's seen in 30 years.
>
> "You are like the proverbial wicked stepmother of fairy tales," he
> said. "You should never have been a mother; you are the antithesis of
> everything that is a mother."
>
> The abuse began around 1997 and was "chronic, repeated and
> escalating," the prosecutor said.
>
> It involved all six of Critchfield's children and stepchildren over
> time, Bord said, but only some of the children were willing to testify
> against her.
>
> Critchfield was sentenced to the maximum possible term Wednesday after
> pleading guilty to two counts of felony child neglect with injury. The
> charges stemmed from abuse that occurred between January 2001 and
> February 2002.
>
> Today, the victims range from 11 to 16 years old.
>
> State child-welfare officials had removed the children from
> Critchfield's care in the past, Bord said.
>
> Their father, Jennings Brian Critchfield, is serving a three- to
> 15-year prison sentence for abuse.
>
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