If these children had showed up at my house I would have let them in and immediately called the cops and explained the abuse allegations immediately. This is such a sad story. The community failed these children.
I noticed what that man said regarding the 12 year old with missing teeth. The girl (Abigail) smiles with her mouth closed in photos. The mother said that Abigail doesn't want new teeth. Yeah right. Makes me wonder which of the 2 women knocked that poor child's teeth out.
This is the man WHO DID NOT GET INVOLVED! He didn’t care then and only cares now because of the press; the wife’s father is the one who called police and he stated the husband didn’t want to get involved. Shame on him!!
These people are jerks. You can tell the man never cared . It’s funny to him . They would’ve never done anything . Thank God for the Father in law. Wish someone had intervened sooner.
I don't think he necessarily finds it funny based solely on this interview. A lot of people giving interviews about something uncomfortable smile at points. But you're right about his wife's 80 year old father!
Yes and what makes me mad is when the wife says when they saw the new story they knew it had to be them. So, you mean to tell me they knew something like that would happen, yet they did nothing to help these children at all. They shouldn't even be getting an interview. They are disgusting. I can't say that these kids were murdered because of them, but I can definitely say they weren't saved because of them.
@@Gabriellaella23 right giving them food over 10 times until finally they said damn they must be telling the truth. There’s some dumb ass ppl in the world. But the dad/father in law he’s a gem. He really couldn’t rest knowing what they had told him.
Unfortunately this is what we get told, not to interfere in someone's business. I had to live through abuse with my parents. It wasn't so much that I got beaten but my mom was. None of the nice middle-class neighbours said or did anything.(They had disgusted looks on their faces, yes) On the contrary, their children weren't allowed to play with me any longer because I was considered not good enough and they didn't want me to rub off on their nice well-behaved children. Needless to say when anything went missing guess who was to be blamed? And let me tell you I wasn't an aggressive child at all I was severly withdrawn, living in my fantasy world. So for about 8 years I was wandering the hood on my own, lonely to the core. That was 40 years ago and I can remember it as if it was yesterday. Thank you neighbours for not caring but being quick to judge! I guess there are lots of people like this all over the world. I can relate very much to the pain and desperation these kids had to go through. Wish very much for all of them to have a cosy and loving life wherever they are now and may all their needs be finally met!
The guy called the police. What was he supposed to do. Break into their home and abduct kids? Their mothers are responsible for death. But let's not put any blamr to white lesbians who went to BLM protests oh how progressive.
@@martinamoskale2445 ahh man sorry I can relate my uncle killed my aunt that was like a mom to me. But I’m sure all this surely made you a better person
The husband kept claiming he didn't want to get involved. Sickening. I can't stand to look at this guy. The lady's 80 year old father is the one that had the guts to call it in. This guy kept discouraging his wife from getting involved.
The husband is very odd... ZERO compassion... Even in their deaths. His father-in-law had way more compassion and wasn't even there to eyewitness anything.
He was smiling as he told the story. The smile means a lie. A duper's delight. He knows something he isn't telling. Were the children trafficked? Does he know where Devonte is?
He may have saved their lives by getting involved, but the media would have made him out to be just another example of racist white ppl calling the cops on lgbt/poc/blm ppl and he would be canceled immediately and probably killed, with his house getting burnt down at the very least..
Unfortunately the way today's people react to everything you are probably right....social workers FAILED these poor kids...believe me foster parents are allowed to get away with so much more than a biological parent is....cps should be FIRED for allowing those children to stay with these people...imagine had that been a biological parent withholding food from their own children...as soon as cps was called those kids would have been immediately removed.
This interview, along with the other parts of it that I’ve seen, SICKEN me to my CORE! Why in HELL would it take “...a week or so” of a CHILD coming over to beg for food for ANY REASONABLE ADULT to figure out they were “...probably reaching out”?! Why would you not “...know what to do” when a child comes CRYING TO YOU FOR HELP at 1:30-2:00 in the morning, TELLING you that she is being mistreated?!? Why would it only be a little “suspicious” when you ask about the “...missing teeth thing” and are told that she didn’t want them replaced?! Did you even bother to ask how she LOST them in the first place?! I am convinced that this guy is the son-in-law that the older gentleman on the 911 call was referring to, the SIL who didn’t want to get involved, and who returned the little girl to her abusive adoptive mother! That older gentleman is the ONLY one who seemed to be expressing genuine concern for the well-being of these poor kids, and the ONLY reason that this guy probably called CPS is because he was probably tired of the kids asking for his food! And the smirking during the interview...disgusting! You failed these poor kids right along with everyone else (except for the Father-In-Law) and you’re nobody’s hero, so stay off of the cameras!
Jen returned to their house early the next morning with all the kids in tow explaining that the children had mental problems as a result of their traumatic pasts and that the girl who ran away in the middle of the night was in the habit of lying to get attention. She even forced her to write an apology note admitting that she had lied. Of course they should have acted right away but I can't blame the wife for being initially conflicted about what to do as apparently Jen was a very smooth liar. Devonte also begged her not to call the police as he didn't want to be split up from his siblings. The wife may not be a perfect person but neither is she a callous monster. I hope those kids are in a good place now and at peace finally. They deserved so much better than the sad life they had. I hope this will lead to some sort of change within the legal system so these types of parents can't hide abuse as easily.
Why on earth didn't they do something!!," kids can do stuff ".... are they really THAT stupid! YES THEY ARE. Those children could of been alive if they reported the children's behaviour. Doesn't matter if it was true or not ! People could of intervened!! Are these 2 parents????
I think you're reading it wrong.... Some people make that face when in a state of shock and incomprehension. Which is clearly the case here. Since everything else about his demeanor (tranced like staring, wrinkled forhead, etc) and what he's talking about shows he isn't actually amused at anything. The only people at fault are dead. Let's not blame the neighbors who could only do and knew so much, especially with the incompetence of child protective services. Anyone can tell they are well meaning, innocent people.
He looks amused. He can’t even look the interviewer in the eyes and is suppressing a smile the whole time. I don’t think most people can grasp that there are fully functional adults who do not see Black people, even children, as human beings. He seemed to enjoy the experience tbh.
I saw somewhere that they didn't call it was the woman elderly father that called the police after she told him, about it because the husband said to stay out of it
This man is smiling or smirking during this interview. Creepy! The obvious next move would be call 911 but there's something way off about this man. How sad that the child couldn't make it to the house that she was originally trying for, they might have stood a chance then....
I dont believe everything these people are saying. I dont see what is funny about a black child asking for food and things. I dont see what is so funny when all the children are dead. I dont see what is funny about them knowing the 12 year old was looking neglected or strange with no teeth and small, yet they have these little chuckles. I dont believe that they cared, I dont believe they even liked those black children, and didnt help them when they knew they were being abused. The man looks bemused and smug, and the lady looks guilty.... like a maternal guilt that a female would get.... therefore i believe there is more to this story. Aside from that it is strange how black children keep being placed with foster families which murder them. Not one or two either, but hoards of black children with one freaking family. This is not the first case. This is some systemic neglect.
F- this guy!! He didn't want to get involved and he kept his wife from getting involved sick world we live in.. Theres a saying that says "It takes a village to raise a child" and these ppl are part of the village and they ignored the signs bc they didn't want to get involved 😤 I mad asf! Maybe if they were of a dif race they would've done something 🤔
It honestly disgusting, the story they got the next morning was apparently about a cat dieing, which is why that girl jumped out a second story window ran through bushes looking for help and shelter. They delivered food to Devonte 10 times before they called 911 again. And my DR. Umar senses tell me it was only because the care package became an inconvenience. There were so many red flags the system failed these children at every turn. And I've yet to hear anyone say they're sorry.
"We had an evening situation that made DANA concerned." He says. Let's be clear, it was Dana who was concerned, not him. (Let's just keep that in mind, right off the bat, folks.) Edit; It wasn’t, "Dana," or her obviously VALIANT, honorable husband here who reached out to 9-1-1 or Child Protective Services, it was Dana's father. (Let's keep THAT information in mind most of all, eh?)
Her husband obviously didn't give a rats ass at any point for the kids safety. Unfathomable. Heartless monster, just as bad as Sarah and Jennifer. Devils
These 2 neighbors are Disgusting. They knew of abuse and didnt say anything but now want to be in front of the cameras for all to see them. Sick attention seeking neighbors!
The little girl tried to go to a different neighbor’s home the second time because she knew these people would not help. This is so sad! Now has it been a child that looked like them we probably would be seeing a different outcome here. SICK
The negligence from the child protective services and the state is crazy. Those poor kids were left to the hands of these racist crazy women. Those poor kids!
I'm sorry to be so harsh with my comment but if these was a bunch of white kids it would have been a different story no I'm not talking about statistically what happens between white children and black children I'm talking about systemically
Let's talk about it. So these children came from an adoption agency that no longer exists so there's no sure way to know how they even received the children into their care. I speculate that the women being lesbians also helped them with getting the children into their care. Nobody wants to offend a minority. These children look like they're mentally behind as well, maybe born to addicted mothers, who knows. What about them? Didn't they lose track of their babies in the first place? That's where the issue began, not with these lesbians, who only took advantage of the sad situation.
I'm just saying...I wonder I there had been more done on their end if they were white children. I try not to go there in this case, but I do not understand how a child comes pleading for help in the middle of the night, begging to not make her go back. Being verbally and physically abused gone out the window covered in blackberry bushes (that hurts to walk and fall through, she was desperate to get out of that house) ..and you're told all this and see all this in a child and nothing in you immediately calls police. Then they come for food, for over a week and you still don't call police, the father in law called police and he wasn't even really involved with the kids. You can tell this guy doesn't care. The disregard for children continously crying out for help, more than one of those children coming to them. Nothing there made them really do anything. I wonder what would have happened differently if this couple actually took the situation seriously and gave a damn. These kids would have had more of chance to escape this. Sickens me
Ok, as soon as a child came to me telling me that their parents were withholding food I would have immediately called child protective services! What in the hell!
You gotta be a special kind of stupid to not know what to do when a kid runs to you begging for food and begging to not say a word to their parents. You see or hear something, you say something and you don’t stop until someone listens and in severe cases when no one does take matters into your own hands. Period.
The neighbors tried calling the police once when hannah came over, but the 911 operation ignored it. only the second time were the police called but by the time anything actually happend Sarah and Jennifer had taken the kids on their final trip.
VERY RIDICULOUS comment!! you do not blame the drunk person driving the vehicle!!! I AM sure they would have been labeled racists!!!! whites skeptical of blacks........ HOW about in another state_ they "returned" left at therapy office ANOTHER FOSTER CHILD !!! abandoned her!!
Why are they lying . Her dad made the CPS call . He stated his son-in-law didn't want his daughter to make that call but he coudn't let those children in danger and was making the call in behalf of daughter. I listened to that audio : Dad's neighbour is the one that made the call . Man has some nerve answering that interview! He and his wife knew for a while already when dad called CPS
The father of Dana Dekalbs, all the way in Texas, cared more about these kids than the neighbors watching it first hand. The husband in particular. Listening to the fathers 911 call was eerie, because he knew something needed to be done. That isn't in everyone, this is furiating watching them get interviewed. I wouldn't even want to show my face after that display of not giving a fuck.
They seem like good enough people but that's the whole problem. Even a couple like this doesn't give any credit to the voice of a child. The kids weren't in school or anything. Their neighbors were the only ones they could reach out to. Who returns a child to the person they come asking you to protect them from. I don't care if its my best friends kid. I know she's a great mom but if her kid was truly scared and trying to get away (like the way they describe this young girl desperate enough to stay hidden she'll injure herself in the blackberries) I sure as shit wouldn't return her and ask her claimed abuser what's going on.
From what I understand these 6 kids represent 2 sets of biological siblings. Devonte, Jeremiah, and Sierra had the same biological mother, and their biological aunt tried to adopt them. She lost her court fight when social services found out that the kids had contact with their biological mother, who was dealing with a drug addiction. The other 3 children shared the same biological parents. All six of them came from Texas. The state of Texas paid these women about $270,000 over the past 10 years to help care for these kids. Apparently the state pays families when they adopt children out of foster care. www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/04/jennifer_hart_likely_got_over.html
cloudziinmyize, Enough people called CPS over the years that this can only be considered a system failure. CPS would visit the 2 women and they would come across as caring loving parents. They knew how to act like concerned parents. I know that the siblings Devonte, Jeremiah and Ciera (all 3 are biological siblings) had been in their care for 10 years. Many calls later from concerned neighbors and teachers and the whole family is dead.
I can't comprehend a child showing up and begging me to hide them and then just taking a parent's word and letting them go without calling anyone. If that baby had come to me, even if I'd never seen her before, I'd KNOW something was wrong, I'd ignore them looking for her outside and keep her safe inside, call the police and encourage her to tell them the truth from the safety of my house and encourage the police to separate the kids and ask them in my home too or away from those parents. I feel like not only not wanting to get involved but ignorantly gobbling up the 'drug babies - have issues' story is such a racial biased that it helped kill these children. Just like how they were ripped from their blood relative simply for one NON-abusive incident, if those lesbian moms had been black, those babies would be alive because they'd been ripped away from them the first signs of abuse or even a hint of abuse.
Glade everyone knows their face and where they live so everyone knows how heartless and careless they are. They should have called the cops instead of CPS and told them they witness them starving and beating them.
The man just doesn't care I don't know why he is smiling! And it was his father in law who called 911 even after this man said he shouldn't. But still the police did nothing
“What’d she say?”...2:24...”Hannah told the woman’s husband that she had been whipped with belts and that her mothers were racists, and begged the woman not to force her to return home.” (NY Times)
“Kids can do stuff at a certain age” sure but they don’t normally struggle to get outside at 1:30am to beg neighbors for help and talk about being abused unless they need help…like what tf
The girl who came to their house and looked like she was 7, Hannah, was not 12. She was 16! The mothers lied about her age to the neighbors because she was so tiny. Poor kids.
mila renolds you are absolutely correct about that! Had the situation been completely reversed, and two Black women had 6 adopted White children, the authorities would have been noticed IMMEDIATELY! These two women were probably viewed as some sort of martyr-saviors, and the kids were probably just viewed as troubled children who were lucky to have been adopted. 😒
He's smiling because he probably had his hands in the dirty work and he k M ows he's in the clear now that they are dead. These people knew what was happening for sure, if anyone black moved around there these folks would show their true colors. This is the devil.
He is a racist and she scared of him why is he smiling and they really think this is funny I would feel awful if I were them need to lock they ass up to for not reporting it to for basically knowing and not telling I don’t like him
I feel like the son in law is really racist and probably sadistic as well, and that they probably heard/saw more of what was going on considering they live next door
These neighbours need to be interviewed again by journalists. They did the right thing but they were also fearful of meddling. Someone needs to interview the wife again and ask her how Devonté was treated because he is the only one that was seen outside, according to them. That means either he was their golden child OR they were punishing him by keeping him indoors. I want to see the lives of these 6 black children given the respect and honour they deserve. They deserved parents who loved them. I also think their biological parents should be traced.
Yeah, how as two adults did your antennas not go up when multiple kids reached out? Common sense is far from common, and everybody involved with this story failed the children, EVERYBODY
What is wrong with these people? Where is their common sense. These kids blood is on your hands. You could have saved these babies! The girl tried to get away and ask you for help and you failed her. How can you sleep at night? 💔 horrible people!
All i know is, if your kid shows up at my house begging for food or help, you'll be getting a visit from the law. And if i don't think they do enough, I'll call them again and a freaking gin!!! No!! It's F-ed up that they didn't try to do more!!! 😡😡😡 Honestly i think me and Jennifer would have probably went at it. Hell I'd have been knocking on their door!!
Had those kids been white, old man would’ve called the cops on day one, AFTER kicking in the lesbians’ door with a shotgun and ordering the kids to hide in his house.
I have known people who have gotten involved in similar situations who were sued and accused of abuse themselves. It is sad but finally, the rancor should be directed at Jen and Sarah and the system that allowed them access to six children. How much investigation was there done to assure that these two women were capable of giving these poor children a stable home?
Well they bombed at helping these children...I hope they have nightmares...No way could I see that go on, and turn away, not help those children fight back against the evil put on them🤬😱😡🤢🤮😭😭😭😭😭
I see someone trying to remember his script. Still, I must say: the acting is of a slightly better quality than usual. I guess it pays to use older actors.
I understand a nosey neighbor is the worst but If you see somethings wrong why tip toe around... This dude is dealing with a bunch of kids and women but still keeps his toes straight forward and wait to see how things pan out in time... You have the strength to do the right thing, just do it, this dude could demolish them physically and in court when the time came but instead let it go on.
Appalling.Typical of the ignorance and obliviousness of most privileged people in this country. They should have called the police RIGHT AWAY. They blew the chance to save their lives.
The man is a coward. The first time the kid asked for food secretly, the man shoulda picked up the phone. What a selfish coward.
If these children had showed up at my house I would have let them in and immediately called the cops and explained the abuse allegations immediately. This is such a sad story. The community failed these children.
You have common sense.
MelieSue Exactly
And then the cops refer it to CPS and we know they would have turned their backs on them
And the 911 calls from his father in law describes how this guy "didn't want to get involved" so the father in law ended up calling.
I wouldn’t. I’d be scared i was being set up. I would call the police but my door would be shut.
If the kids asking for help were little white kids I’m sure they would of helped more. This couple should be ashamed of themselves.
Lawn Guylanda absolutely these two make me sick
Bruh they probably didnt know what to-do. This woman was a saint helping these kids... Watch "a thread of deceit".
No evidence in the least to sugget these people were racists, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
@@anlace3447 im not tho. Not one bit. And I never said they were racist. Jus didn't want to have to deal w kids apparently.
@@nicholasmilillomusic sorry , my commet was directed at the original poster!
Why is he smiling the entire time.
it's disturbing. He didnt do it but how can he not feel slightest guilt??
I hope it's just that his face is like that
He’s not all with it !!
He's enjoying the attention?
#DupersDelight is a smile on someone deceitful. He is hiding a secret. Maybe he knows something we all need to know, esp the police.
@@khm2128 People also smile when they’re nervous or uncomfortable; I had this habit when I was younger and it got me in trouble often.
I noticed what that man said regarding the 12 year old with missing teeth. The girl (Abigail) smiles with her mouth closed in photos. The mother said that Abigail doesn't want new teeth. Yeah right. Makes me wonder which of the 2 women knocked that poor child's teeth out.
Probably Jennifer.
This is the man WHO DID NOT GET INVOLVED! He didn’t care then and only cares now because of the press; the wife’s father is the one who called police and he stated the husband didn’t want to get involved. Shame on him!!
Shame on him.
No, he did call 911. There's a call.
He literally said he called CPS in this interview....
@@montega. he Literally Lied ..
These people are jerks. You can tell the man never cared . It’s funny to him . They would’ve never done anything . Thank God for the Father in law. Wish someone had intervened sooner.
I don't think he necessarily finds it funny based solely on this interview. A lot of people giving interviews about something uncomfortable smile at points. But you're right about his wife's 80 year old father!
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Yes and what makes me mad is when the wife says when they saw the new story they knew it had to be them. So, you mean to tell me they knew something like that would happen, yet they did nothing to help these children at all. They shouldn't even be getting an interview. They are disgusting. I can't say that these kids were murdered because of them, but I can definitely say they weren't saved because of them.
@@Gabriellaella23 Right? Thank God for Dana's father. An angel. Those poor poor kids.
@@Gabriellaella23 right giving them food over 10 times until finally they said damn they must be telling the truth. There’s some dumb ass ppl in the world. But the dad/father in law he’s a gem. He really couldn’t rest knowing what they had told him.
People not wanting to “get involved” is what allows child abuse to continue unaddressed. They are responsible for their deaths!
and he’s smiling the entire time what a sociopath
Unfortunately this is what we get told, not to interfere in someone's business. I had to live through abuse with my parents. It wasn't so much that I got beaten but my mom was. None of the nice middle-class neighbours said or did anything.(They had disgusted looks on their faces, yes) On the contrary, their children weren't allowed to play with me any longer because I was considered not good enough and they didn't want me to rub off on their nice well-behaved children. Needless to say when anything went missing guess who was to be blamed? And let me tell you I wasn't an aggressive child at all I was severly withdrawn, living in my fantasy world. So for about 8 years I was wandering the hood on my own, lonely to the core. That was 40 years ago and I can remember it as if it was yesterday. Thank you neighbours for not caring but being quick to judge! I guess there are lots of people like this all over the world. I can relate very much to the pain and desperation these kids had to go through. Wish very much for all of them to have a cosy and loving life wherever they are now and may all their needs be finally met!
@@martinamoskale2445 I’m sorry this happened to you, you are not alone
The guy called the police. What was he supposed to do. Break into their home and abduct kids?
Their mothers are responsible for death. But let's not put any blamr to white lesbians who went to BLM protests oh how progressive.
@@martinamoskale2445 ahh man sorry I can relate my uncle killed my aunt that was like a mom to me. But I’m sure all this surely made you a better person
If a child showed at my front door, for any reason, I'm going to help them. There's no way would I let them be abused...NOT ON MY WATCH!
The husband never gave af
Sorry POS, he is.
The husband kept claiming he didn't want to get involved. Sickening. I can't stand to look at this guy. The lady's 80 year old father is the one that had the guts to call it in. This guy kept discouraging his wife from getting involved.
Obviously
The husband is very odd... ZERO compassion... Even in their deaths. His father-in-law had way more compassion and wasn't even there to eyewitness anything.
He was smiling as he told the story. The smile means a lie. A duper's delight. He knows something he isn't telling. Were the children trafficked? Does he know where Devonte is?
Should have called cops when that girl showed at up 1:30 am complaining of abuse.
Yep,. right then the cops should have been called, but they weren't
He may have saved their lives by getting involved, but the media would have made him out to be just another example of racist white ppl calling the cops on lgbt/poc/blm ppl and he would be canceled immediately and probably killed, with his house getting burnt down at the very least..
Unfortunately the way today's people react to everything you are probably right....social workers FAILED these poor kids...believe me foster parents are allowed to get away with so much more than a biological parent is....cps should be FIRED for allowing those children to stay with these people...imagine had that been a biological parent withholding food from their own children...as soon as cps was called those kids would have been immediately removed.
@@mourningst4r dnt make excuses..
This interview, along with the other parts of it that I’ve seen, SICKEN me to my CORE! Why in HELL would it take “...a week or so” of a CHILD coming over to beg for food for ANY REASONABLE ADULT to figure out they were “...probably reaching out”?! Why would you not “...know what to do” when a child comes CRYING TO YOU FOR HELP at 1:30-2:00 in the morning, TELLING you that she is being mistreated?!? Why would it only be a little “suspicious” when you ask about the “...missing teeth thing” and are told that she didn’t want them replaced?! Did you even bother to ask how she LOST them in the first place?! I am convinced that this guy is the son-in-law that the older gentleman on the 911 call was referring to, the SIL who didn’t want to get involved, and who returned the little girl to her abusive adoptive mother! That older gentleman is the ONLY one who seemed to be expressing genuine concern for the well-being of these poor kids, and the ONLY reason that this guy probably called CPS is because he was probably tired of the kids asking for his food! And the smirking during the interview...disgusting! You failed these poor kids right along with everyone else (except for the Father-In-Law) and you’re nobody’s hero, so stay off of the cameras!
Jen returned to their house early the next morning with all the kids in tow explaining that the children had mental problems as a result of their traumatic pasts and that the girl who ran away in the middle of the night was in the habit of lying to get attention. She even forced her to write an apology note admitting that she had lied. Of course they should have acted right away but I can't blame the wife for being initially conflicted about what to do as apparently Jen was a very smooth liar. Devonte also begged her not to call the police as he didn't want to be split up from his siblings. The wife may not be a perfect person but neither is she a callous monster. I hope those kids are in a good place now and at peace finally. They deserved so much better than the sad life they had. I hope this will lead to some sort of change within the legal system so these types of parents can't hide abuse as easily.
Why would 01:30-02:00 be called the morning? That's the middle of the night there buddy.
You need to stop
Why on earth didn't they do something!!," kids can do stuff ".... are they really THAT stupid! YES THEY ARE. Those children could of been alive if they reported the children's behaviour. Doesn't matter if it was true or not ! People could of intervened!! Are these 2 parents????
@@Alexander_Tronstad in America anything after 12:00a.m. is considered "morning"
These adults should be arrested!!
It's a shame their neighbors were so callous. He seems amused by it, smirking the whole time. What a sicko.
I think you're reading it wrong.... Some people make that face when in a state of shock and incomprehension. Which is clearly the case here. Since everything else about his demeanor (tranced like staring, wrinkled forhead, etc) and what he's talking about shows he isn't actually amused at anything.
The only people at fault are dead. Let's not blame the neighbors who could only do and knew so much, especially with the incompetence of child protective services. Anyone can tell they are well meaning, innocent people.
@@montega. wrong
His demeanor is really disturbing. He could not keep the smile off his face
@@ocky88 you’re looking too deeply into things
He looks amused. He can’t even look the interviewer in the eyes and is suppressing a smile the whole time. I don’t think most people can grasp that there are fully functional adults who do not see Black people, even children, as human beings. He seemed to enjoy the experience tbh.
So true
my thoughts exactly. disgusting.
Exactly he seems like he has a smirk on his face the entire time ! His wife looks more passionate than his a$$
That man is doing lot of smiling and it took them months to call child protective services
I saw somewhere that they didn't call it was the woman elderly father that called the police after she told him, about it because the husband said to stay out of it
The husband smirk don’t sit well with me. Ther probably in on it. U know dam well 6 kids not coming out the house is not right
I thought the smirk was appalling as well
This man is smiling or smirking during this interview. Creepy! The obvious next move would be call 911 but there's something way off about this man. How sad that the child couldn't make it to the house that she was originally trying for, they might have stood a chance then....
If any child showed up at my house, unattended, for any reason, I’m gonna call authorities and keep that child with me.
I dont believe everything these people are saying. I dont see what is funny about a black child asking for food and things. I dont see what is so funny when all the children are dead. I dont see what is funny about them knowing the 12 year old was looking neglected or strange with no teeth and small, yet they have these little chuckles. I dont believe that they cared, I dont believe they even liked those black children, and didnt help them when they knew they were being abused. The man looks bemused and smug, and the lady looks guilty.... like a maternal guilt that a female would get.... therefore i believe there is more to this story.
Aside from that it is strange how black children keep being placed with foster families which murder them. Not one or two either, but hoards of black children with one freaking family. This is not the first case. This is some systemic neglect.
@femylafi you said it best 💯
Apperently she was 16!
@@purplelove3666 who was 16?
@@femylafi the little gurl who showed up at the house for helped with her teeth missing
Like they had to hear screams and yells from the children and see them literally “slaving” away in the abusers backyard. They think it’s funny
F- this guy!! He didn't want to get involved and he kept his wife from getting involved sick world we live in.. Theres a saying that says "It takes a village to raise a child" and these ppl are part of the village and they ignored the signs bc they didn't want to get involved 😤 I mad asf! Maybe if they were of a dif race they would've done something 🤔
It honestly disgusting, the story they got the next morning was apparently about a cat dieing, which is why that girl jumped out a second story window ran through bushes looking for help and shelter. They delivered food to Devonte 10 times before they called 911 again. And my DR. Umar senses tell me it was only because the care package became an inconvenience. There were so many red flags the system failed these children at every turn. And I've yet to hear anyone say they're sorry.
"We had an evening situation that made DANA concerned." He says.
Let's be clear, it was Dana who was concerned, not him. (Let's just keep that in mind, right off the bat, folks.)
Edit; It wasn’t, "Dana," or her obviously VALIANT, honorable husband here who reached out to 9-1-1 or Child Protective Services, it was Dana's father. (Let's keep THAT information in mind most of all, eh?)
Her husband obviously didn't give a rats ass at any point for the kids safety. Unfathomable. Heartless monster, just as bad as Sarah and Jennifer. Devils
He got so much to say now. Ugh
Devonte was a little hero a little super man, RIP sweet babies❤️
These 2 neighbors are Disgusting. They knew of abuse and didnt say anything but now want to be in front of the cameras for all to see them. Sick attention seeking neighbors!
Listen to her (female neighbor interviewed) father’s 911 call. This woman needs a new husband. “He doesn’t want to get involved,” by the way.
This is the same man that SAID he didn't WANT to get involved. A-hole.
@@butterflymustfly_1232 Exactly! These were children who needed help.
The little girl tried to go to a different neighbor’s home the second time because she knew these people would not help. This is so sad! Now has it been a child that looked like them we probably would be seeing a different outcome here. SICK
Facts Goddess
These 2 have something to do with it. Why would the gay couple move beside them? Then what grown ups hear shit like that and not help
There was a second time?
The negligence from the child protective services and the state is crazy. Those poor kids were left to the hands of these racist crazy women. Those poor kids!
1:30 am in the morning and they didn’t call police.
I'm sorry to be so harsh with my comment but if these was a bunch of white kids it would have been a different story no I'm not talking about statistically what happens between white children and black children I'm talking about systemically
Let's talk about it. So these children came from an adoption agency that no longer exists so there's no sure way to know how they even received the children into their care. I speculate that the women being lesbians also helped them with getting the children into their care. Nobody wants to offend a minority. These children look like they're mentally behind as well, maybe born to addicted mothers, who knows. What about them? Didn't they lose track of their babies in the first place? That's where the issue began, not with these lesbians, who only took advantage of the sad situation.
cool thanks for your comment
I'm just saying...I wonder I there had been more done on their end if they were white children. I try not to go there in this case, but I do not understand how a child comes pleading for help in the middle of the night, begging to not make her go back. Being verbally and physically abused gone out the window covered in blackberry bushes (that hurts to walk and fall through, she was desperate to get out of that house) ..and you're told all this and see all this in a child and nothing in you immediately calls police. Then they come for food, for over a week and you still don't call police, the father in law called police and he wasn't even really involved with the kids. You can tell this guy doesn't care. The disregard for children continously crying out for help, more than one of those children coming to them. Nothing there made them really do anything. I wonder what would have happened differently if this couple actually took the situation seriously and gave a damn. These kids would have had more of chance to escape this. Sickens me
Yes if they were white it would’ve went down differently
Is this the man that "didn't want to get involved?" 🤔
Yes
Ok, as soon as a child came to me telling me that their parents were withholding food I would have immediately called child protective services! What in the hell!
You gotta be a special kind of stupid to not know what to do when a kid runs to you begging for food and begging to not say a word to their parents. You see or hear something, you say something and you don’t stop until someone listens and in severe cases when no one does take matters into your own hands. Period.
The neighbors tried calling the police once when hannah came over, but the 911 operation ignored it. only the second time were the police called but by the time anything actually happend Sarah and Jennifer had taken the kids on their final trip.
I still hold those neighbors responsible ...this is nonesense they should of send help in the early stages man
It would not have mattered. There were many reports
VERY RIDICULOUS comment!!
you do not blame the drunk person driving the vehicle!!!
I AM sure they would have been labeled racists!!!!
whites skeptical of blacks........
HOW about in another state_ they "returned" left at therapy office ANOTHER FOSTER CHILD !!! abandoned her!!
You’re absolutely wrong!!!
The only one's responsible are the adoptive parents and CPS
@@debrabaron5967 not true
Why is he smiling there is nothing to smile about!
Because they were lil black kids and he probably got a kick seeing em that way.
So sad all children need to be protected.
Why are they lying . Her dad made the CPS call . He stated his son-in-law didn't want his daughter to make that call but he coudn't let those children in danger and was making the call in behalf of daughter. I listened to that audio : Dad's neighbour is the one that made the call . Man has some nerve answering that interview! He and his wife knew for a while already when dad called CPS
Yup
The father of Dana Dekalbs, all the way in Texas, cared more about these kids than the neighbors watching it first hand. The husband in particular. Listening to the fathers 911 call was eerie, because he knew something needed to be done. That isn't in everyone, this is furiating watching them get interviewed. I wouldn't even want to show my face after that display of not giving a fuck.
They seem like good enough people but that's the whole problem. Even a couple like this doesn't give any credit to the voice of a child. The kids weren't in school or anything. Their neighbors were the only ones they could reach out to. Who returns a child to the person they come asking you to protect them from. I don't care if its my best friends kid. I know she's a great mom but if her kid was truly scared and trying to get away (like the way they describe this young girl desperate enough to stay hidden she'll injure herself in the blackberries) I sure as shit wouldn't return her and ask her claimed abuser what's going on.
The other child who begged to be taken to Seattle might have biological family there. I hope the police follow up
From what I understand these 6 kids represent 2 sets of biological siblings. Devonte, Jeremiah, and Sierra had the same biological mother, and their biological aunt tried to adopt them. She lost her court fight when social services found out that the kids had contact with their biological mother, who was dealing with a drug addiction. The other 3 children shared the same biological parents. All six of them came from Texas. The state of Texas paid these women about $270,000 over the past 10 years to help care for these kids. Apparently the state pays families when they adopt children out of foster care. www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/04/jennifer_hart_likely_got_over.html
cloudziinmyize, Enough people called CPS over the years that this can only be considered a system failure. CPS would visit the 2 women and they would come across as caring loving parents. They knew how to act like concerned parents. I know that the siblings Devonte, Jeremiah and Ciera (all 3 are biological siblings) had been in their care for 10 years. Many calls later from concerned neighbors and teachers and the whole family is dead.
@@Thatsswell-hr9ev
One of them majored in Psychology so she knew how to manipulate.
He smiling like that sickens me😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬 ugh I hate them
You mean... white people?
Yeah me too it looks staged af
Let’s admit the obvious. These neighbors would have shown way more compassion had these children been…..you know 😢
That's simply your (racist) take. What evidence can you offer that your post doesn't cone entirely from your own bias? It's certainly not here.
I can't comprehend a child showing up and begging me to hide them and then just taking a parent's word and letting them go without calling anyone. If that baby had come to me, even if I'd never seen her before, I'd KNOW something was wrong, I'd ignore them looking for her outside and keep her safe inside, call the police and encourage her to tell them the truth from the safety of my house and encourage the police to separate the kids and ask them in my home too or away from those parents. I feel like not only not wanting to get involved but ignorantly gobbling up the 'drug babies - have issues' story is such a racial biased that it helped kill these children. Just like how they were ripped from their blood relative simply for one NON-abusive incident, if those lesbian moms had been black, those babies would be alive because they'd been ripped away from them the first signs of abuse or even a hint of abuse.
Why not take the kids in + call the police? They’d investigate further. 8 months of this behavior doesn’t tip you off? Sad 😞 story all around.
Glade everyone knows their face and where they live so everyone knows how heartless and careless they are. They should have called the cops instead of CPS and told them they witness them starving and beating them.
The man just doesn't care I don't know why he is smiling! And it was his father in law who called 911 even after this man said he shouldn't. But still the police did nothing
“What’d she say?”...2:24...”Hannah told the woman’s husband that she had been whipped with belts and that her mothers were racists, and begged the woman not to force her to return home.” (NY Times)
The autopsy report showed scarring on the children's legs.
People PLEASE PLEASE be aware of your surroundings and observe observe observe those around you!!! Especially look out for the children!!!
“Kids can do stuff at a certain age” sure but they don’t normally struggle to get outside at 1:30am to beg neighbors for help and talk about being abused unless they need help…like what tf
You gotta be one EVIL ROTTEN PERSON to do this Especially to kids. Wow. Nasty people
They killed their selves because they were going to get caught ! And they took those poor innocent children because they are evil ! And sadistic
Yes but they woulda Got probation again.
She "believed they were evil." How very perceptive she was.
So why not call the cops ASAP? Further, why did nobody else detect that?!!
Truth. No little boy, or girl, wants to be raised by a sexual deviant.
The girl who came to their house and looked like she was 7, Hannah, was not 12. She was 16!
The mothers lied about her age to the neighbors because she was so tiny.
Poor kids.
mila renolds you are absolutely correct about that! Had the situation been completely reversed, and two Black women had 6 adopted White children, the authorities would have been noticed IMMEDIATELY! These two women were probably viewed as some sort of martyr-saviors, and the kids were probably just viewed as troubled children who were lucky to have been adopted. 😒
@@ConservativeAnthem right. This why I hate this lgbt shit
Why is the guy smiling. What's funny about all that took place
He's smiling because he probably had his hands in the dirty work and he k M ows he's in the clear now that they are dead. These people knew what was happening for sure, if anyone black moved around there these folks would show their true colors. This is the devil.
I feel like he’s in some type of klan
😳👀 Is he well?
Nope!!
All of these adults failed these kids.
CPS failed these kids.
The law failed these kids.
Dude u own father in law say u did no want be involved in this went they come knock at u door at 1:30 in the morning..shame on u too ..
Jen, Sarah and CPS are who's responsible for the murder of these children.
And the neighbors
I hope they live with this every day horrible human beings.
Whats the matter with them??? They should have rang the police!!!!!! Cant believe im seeing something like this omfg!!!!!
What kind of people are they? They sleep well at night cause they don't give a F!
Those poor babies. I am disgusted.
So many other options, should have never taken them away from their biological family, period...
He is a racist and she scared of him why is he smiling and they really think this is funny I would feel awful if I were them need to lock they ass up to for not reporting it to for basically knowing and not telling I don’t like him
So many people failed those children smh
Why is he smiling!!!!!
I feel like the son in law is really racist and probably sadistic as well, and that they probably heard/saw more of what was going on considering they live next door
These neighbours need to be interviewed again by journalists. They did the right thing but they were also fearful of meddling. Someone needs to interview the wife again and ask her how Devonté was treated because he is the only one that was seen outside, according to them. That means either he was their golden child OR they were punishing him by keeping him indoors.
I want to see the lives of these 6 black children given the respect and honour they deserve. They deserved parents who loved them.
I also think their biological parents should be traced.
They didn't do right at all
Yeah, how as two adults did your antennas not go up when multiple kids reached out? Common sense is far from common, and everybody involved with this story failed the children, EVERYBODY
I don`t believe these people..
What is wrong with these people? Where is their common sense. These kids blood is on your hands. You could have saved these babies! The girl tried to get away and ask you for help and you failed her. How can you sleep at night? 💔 horrible people!
All i know is, if your kid shows up at my house begging for food or help, you'll be getting a visit from the law. And if i don't think they do enough, I'll call them again and a freaking gin!!! No!! It's F-ed up that they didn't try to do more!!! 😡😡😡
Honestly i think me and Jennifer would have probably went at it. Hell I'd have been knocking on their door!!
Had those kids been white, old man would’ve called the cops on day one, AFTER kicking in the lesbians’ door with a shotgun and ordering the kids to hide in his house.
The husband smile too much
The system let the kids down they didn't do their job and they didn't care🙏
These kids cried for help many times on deaf ears. This community failed them.
Little bit too late now ...to help this kids ..unbeliveble
I have known people who have gotten involved in similar situations who were sued and accused of abuse themselves. It is sad but finally, the rancor should be directed at Jen and Sarah and the system that allowed them access to six children. How much investigation was there done to assure that these two women were capable of giving these poor children a stable home?
She probably regrets helping.
I can barely hear this at certain parts.
They didn’t shit to help these kids smh
Who is writing the scripts for these stupid news stories, they should be fired! These so-called neighbors should be fired also. Terrible actors.
This is very suspicious - could be a divide and conquer set up.
An attack on homeschooling?
Well they bombed at helping these children...I hope they have nightmares...No way could I see that go on, and turn away, not help those children fight back against the evil put on them🤬😱😡🤢🤮😭😭😭😭😭
I see someone trying to remember his script. Still, I must say: the acting is of a slightly better quality than usual. I guess it pays to use older actors.
Yikes...you know some shit
I am not finished that child was not missed from their family please prayers are with the family
Not wanting to get involved but he's fine with doing a interviews after the fact 🙄
They are just as guilty as these women
Neighbors seem to be afraid to mention to report the new protected class of people to the authorities.
that's part of it yup
Neighbors in on it
This ppl should be ashamed of themselves. God puts you in position to save these babies and you “didn’t know what to do”’. Lies
You failed. Shame
I understand a nosey neighbor is the worst but If you see somethings wrong why tip toe around... This dude is dealing with a bunch of kids and women but still keeps his toes straight forward and wait to see how things pan out in time... You have the strength to do the right thing, just do it, this dude could demolish them physically and in court when the time came but instead let it go on.
What does the Spider means on his shirt?
Shame on both of these ‘people’
*They should feel really guilty but they using the parents complexion for protection... **#demdemons*
Maybe the one time somebody correctly
referred to the Fakebook Stars as EVIL
These 2 never called CPS.
These kids could have not had worst neighbors
Can’t believe they fucking killed these children
Appalling.Typical of the ignorance and obliviousness of most privileged people in this country. They should have called the police RIGHT AWAY. They blew the chance to save their lives.
Wonder what the man finds funny.
If you see something say something. Gosh darn it 😢
I think these neighbors have something to do with it
This is disgusting