Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on February 6, 2012 · 9 Comments
What do parents at Carson Elementary School tell their children about the double-murder-suicide of Charlie (age 7) and Braden (age 5) Powell by their father Josh Powell? Charlie and Braden’s mother Susan Cox Powell has been missing since December 7, 2009. According to Cox family attorney Steve Downing, Charlie recently shared what he remembered about … Read more
Category DV in the News · Tagged with child abuse, Divorcing a Narcissist, domestic violence, family court reform, Josh Powell, Judge Kathryn Nelson, KOMO, malignant narcissist, narcissistic personality disorder, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Pierce County WA, pit bull abusers, Steve Downing, Susan Cox Powell, susan powell disappearance
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on December 2, 2011 · 10 Comments
Although the disappearance of Sky Metalwala is playing out in my backyard, I have intentionally remained silent because I was waiting to see whether there was a link between Sky’s father Solomon Metalwala and Glenn Sacks, the leader of the PAS movement. KIRO, the Seattle CBS affiliate, reported tonight that Glenn Sacks and his loyal … Read more
Category DV in the News · Tagged with child abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, family court reform, Glenn Sacks, KIRO, litigation abuse, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Sky Metalwala, Solomon Metalwala
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on November 7, 2011 · 1 Comment
You want a job, right? – Herman Cain Sharon Bialek has a lot of courage. She wants to give a face to the women allegedly sexually harassed by presidential hopeful Herman Cain. She’s an exceedingly attractive woman, but I noticed that the national media has opted to publish the most unflattering photos of her. The … Read more
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 20, 2011 · 3 Comments
Barbara Thompson after coroner’s jury verdict I think if you just keep hanging in there and keep working at it, you’ll finally get the end result that is true justice. – Barbara Thompson What does it take to get an arrest of Ron Reynolds? Washington State Trooper Rhonda Reynolds was murdered in 1998. Her death … Read more
Category DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, activist, Ann Rule, Barbara Thompson, books, domestic violence, In the Still of the Night, Jerry Berry, Jonathan Reynolds, KOMO, Lewis County WA, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, police misconduct, Ron Reynolds, survivor stories, Warren McLeod
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 14, 2011 · 2 Comments
Did you know that the lack of love can alter brain development? The brain scan on the left is of a child nurtured in a healthy environment. The brain scan on the right is of a severely neglected child who had a variation of total global neglect (similar to Dani’s story ~ see below). Anderson Cooper: Can a lack of love … Read more
Category DV in the News · Tagged with abuse recovery, Anderson, Anderson Cooper, books, brain development, child abuse, ChildTrauma Academy, Dani's Story, Depression, Diane and Bernie Lierow, domestic violence, Dr. Bruce D. Perry, emotional abuse, foster children, foster families, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, neurophysiology, Oprah, survivor stories, Therapy
Eight people are dead. Another is clinging to life. It is National Domestic Awareness Month, but you wouldn’t know it because the media prefers the color pink. . .even though there are at least twice as many of us wearing the color purple. We flat out don’t matter until somebody ends up dead. … Read more
Category DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, domestic violence, family court reform, gun violence, litigation abuse, Michelle Fournier Dekraai, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, pit bull abusers, Salon Meritage, Scott Dekraai, Seal Beach CA, Tokepa KS
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on September 29, 2011 · 2 Comments
Chuck Cox Very sad update: Although Chuck Cox did everything possible to try to protect his grandsons, the system ultimately betrayed him. Josh Powell brutally murdered his sons and himself in a house explosion in Graham, WA on February 5, 2012. Chuck Cox has achieved the impossible: he got the criminal “justice” folks in Pierce County, … Read more
Category DV in the News · Tagged with activist, child abuse, child pornography, Chuck Cox, domestic violence, faith-based response to DV, family court reform, Jennifer Graves, John Long, Josh Powell, Judge Kathryn Nelson, litigation abuse, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Pierce County WA, sexual abuse, Steve Downing, Steven Powell, Susan Cox Powell, West Valley City Utah
FLDS leader Warren Jeff’s trial started today in San Angelo, Texas. The San Angelo Standard-Times reports he is being tried on two counts of sexual assault of a child. It appears his attorneys are using every possible legal maneuver to avoid a trial. The charges stem largely from the raid on the YFZ Ranch as well … Read more
Category Book Review, DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, activist, Book Review, books, child abuse, domestic violence, Elissa Wall, emotional abuse, faith-based response to DV, polygamy, Rulon Jeffs, San Angelo Standard-Times, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect Becoming a Teenage Bride and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs, Warren Jeff, YFZ Ranch
Three more people are dead today due to domestic violence in Pierce County, WA. Where the hell are the mainstream media’s investigative reporters? How many dead bodies have to pile up before they get their heads out of their butts and realize something is drastically wrong in Pierce County’s domestic violence system? KING5 continues their … Read more
Category DV in the News · Tagged with Address Confidentiality Program, child abuse, David F. Stewart, domestic violence, Everett Herald, fatality review, gun violence, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Jordan Stewart, KING5, KOMO, Kristy S. Sampels, murder-suicide, Pierce County WA, pit bull abusers, Rikki King, Seattle Times, Spanaway WA, Sydney Sampels, Tacoma News Tribune, WA Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on April 4, 2011 · 4 Comments
Why did I watch the news tonight (Sunday)? I had such a pleasant day. For a moment, I thought the reporters couldn’t get their facts straight. Even I couldn’t fathom that there could possibly be two cases of domestic violence murders in the Roy-Eatonville area of rural Pierce County, WA in one weekend. Toss in a … Read more
Category DV in the News · Tagged with Barbara Ann Clayton, child abuse, Curtis Giffin, domestic violence, Georgia Gunzer, gun violence, Hector Estrada, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, KOMO, Nick Hausner, Pierce County WA, Puyallup WA, Roy WA, Seattle Times, Yolanda G. Patchin