Dearest Doves, I am forwarding on this email I received tonight from my best friend. This little girl is in dire circumstances as you will see from her dad's letter. If anyone has any ideas please write her. I was unable to send the photo of Hayleigh because it was 2.5 MG, so if anyone else has high speed internet like I do, but also has editing tools that can reduce the photo to a decent size jpg, let me know and I'll send it to you for reduction.
Most of all PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS DARLING CHILD to get out of her dangerous situation and be returned to her father immediately. I hate to think of the hell she is living in, and the possible danger she's in. We need to bind Satan's power over whomever may harm this child, and ask Jehovah God to bring her home safely and unharmed in Jesus' precious name.
Thank you!
IHS, Kay
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This is my granddaughter's story. My son Brian and his wife have run into dead ends everywhere they turn. They are not financially able to fight this much longer and really need help finding SOMEONE WHO CARES about this little girl. She is so sweet and just an angel. Living with a convicted sex offender just isn't right in my book. How about in the law books?!! If anyone knows of anyplace that they can contact or someone who can help them get my little granddaughter out of that danger, please email them and have them email me at jonesandboy@cox.net . Thank you so much. p.s. I have attached a photo of this precious little girl.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 1:59 PM
Subject: Hayleighs Story Please Forward to anyone you know
Hayleigh’s Story
I am writing this story in hopes that somebody out there might be able to assist our family. I am currently fighting a custody battle for my 5 year old daughter Hayleigh. This battle started back in May of 2006. I was informed by family in the state of Missouri that my ex had married a man who was a convicted sex offender. He committed statutory sodomy on a 12 and 14 year old victim. This man was just recently released from prison in May of 06. It is important to understand during the coarse of this story that I am a resident in Oklahoma with my wife, my two beautiful step children and our 2 year old son. The minute I found out that my daughter was being put in danger by being around a convicted sex offender I set out on a mission to get her out of the situation. I retained an attorney in the state of Missouri because unfortunately an Oklahoma attorney was not licensed to handle the case with it being an interstate case. I then proceeded to contact the director of Department of Family Services in Missouri. I was under the assumption that this office was put in place to help keep our children safe. Apparently I was very incorrect. I was informed by the Department of Family Services that unless I had physically watched my child being molested by this man that there was nothing they could do. At this point we were dumbfounded as to how a system that is put in place to save our children could be failing ours so badly. We were turned away with not even so much as a caseworker to at least do home checks and make sure our child was safe. I then proceeded to contact Governor Matt Blunt’s office the Governor of Missouri. His offices could do nothing except transfer us to several different departments resulting in a lot of frustration and still no answers. We contacted Matt Blunt’s office in May and we have still have not even been given the courtesy of a call back after the several messages that we left for the governor. We finally decided that we needed to contact a child advocate. Through the help of a very close friend we were able to contact one that worked in Tulsa. She heard our story and was very concerned for the safety of our daughter as well. Of coarse with her being in another state as well she could not step in on our particular case but she advised us we needed to get something done for the child immediately. She advised us to contact the police department in Jackson County Missouri, The Sheriff’s Office, and the FBI if all other avenues failed. We contacted Independence Police Department they acted like we were idiots for even trying to contact them and that we were wasting their time. We then contacted the Jackson County Sheriffs office with our information and unfortunately we were once again turned away. You can imagine where I am going with this. Every state office that we contacted could give us no answers. The only answers we could get was that if the child ended up dying or being raped they could try at that point to step in and help. We have went as far as the FBI in Kansas City and in Oklahoma City with still the same run around responses. Our Attorney is only able to offer a limited amount of help. She is governed by the state of Missouri’s laws as well. Now let me get to a very sad part of this story. We recently got the opportunity to spend a wonderful weekend with Hayleigh. During this weekend she told my wife and I that she doesn’t really have a home she gets to go home to every night. She does not have a place to call her own or her own bedroom to sleep in. She sleeps at whomever’s house her mother drops her off at for the week. Her biological mother has made it a very clear point that she will not be divorcing the child molester. “She loves him”. I am making a desperate plea for anyone’s advise, suggestions, or referrals. We are so discouraged. Every night as we are tucking our other three children in bed all we can do is pray that Hayleigh will be safe for one more day. Our legal system outrages me. We can continue to pass all of these laws to protect our children but until we get out the loopholes and get the correct people to enforce them it is a pointless battle. I wonder several nights how many children have to die before the children have a voice in this world. Please keep our family in your prayers and pass this email to as many people as possible. This is a nation wide issue that needs to be handled immediately. If anybody has any helpful suggestions or advise it would be greatly appreciated. We as citizens of the United States need to take a strong stand to stop the neglect and abuse of our children. The more links that are added to a chain the stronger the chain gets.
Sincerely and Thank you for reading,
Brian D. Williams
405-789-3128
renegadecowboymarine@yahoo.com
williamshandcrafts@yahoo.com
If you are going through a similar situation please feel free to contact us. I know this can be a trying time for families and sometimes it helps just to have someone there to talk to.