Hello! I am Cadye, one of her children. I appreciate your contribution to this post and concern. My mothers ex-husband, Stan took all of us in. He remarried to a woman named Lucinda (before my mom died), who also had children. There was 7 of us all together. It was chaos, but love. My siblings and I had a rough start and some of us continued on the path of destruction. That's not my story to tell. But I will speak for myself and for Sydnie, who has downsyndrome, we are doing as good as we can. I am in college, own my own home at 19 with my boyfriend, and overall happy. I carry my mother's story with me and it's something I think about everyday. Sydnie talks about her a lot and often says that she talks to her in her dreams. As for the absence of my father's presence, that's fine by me. I am not aware of any domestic violence organizations, but I am aware of Isaiah's House 117. We were not taken there, but it's a place that takes children in after tradegy.

Also, note to the creators/platform in general because I simply reached out to say my name was mispelled and they gave me a log in to see the full page. Good people!

CM, Reading your story does that mean it was your father that committed these atrocities? My God, I'm so sorry you had to endure losing everything like that. Of course, you don't have to answer but I know that sometimes when this happens the siblings get torn apart, I was wondering if that happened to you. I agree, the site owners and volunteers here are pretty amazing. They actually helped my family find closure for my missing brother who we didn't know what happened to him for 7 years. All until one morning, I was having my cup of coffee and decided to google search his name. They walked us through the entire process, from proof of ID to claiming the body. I can attest for us at least it was far better knowing, than not knowing. Prayers for you and your siblings. - EJ