Three children adopted by Joseph and Jennifer Wolfthal

Incident date: 2021 Jan 1

Child placement type: Adoption

Homeschooling involved: True

Three children, aged 8, 9 and 11 adopted by Joseph and Jennifer Wolfthal, were imprisoned by their adoptive parents, while denying them food, pouring cold water on them and forcing them to do squats. The situation came to light when the youngest child was hospitalized with kidney and liver failure, sepsis, pneumonia in both lungs, malnutrition and open wounds on her legs.

Documents

Title	Publication date
Prosecutors formally charge Florida children’s book author, husband with child abuse, imprisoning 3 children	2021 Mar 19
WOLFTHAL Parents Charged with 9 Counts of Abuse, Neglect, and Imprisonment	2021 Mar 19
Wolfthal complaints	2021 Mar 18
Girl abused by Florida children’s book author hospitalized with infected wounds, organ failure, deputies say	2021 Jan 28
Real Friend children's book author and her husband are arrested 'for abusing and starving their three adopted kids one of whom suffered liver failure and pneumonia'	2021 Jan 27
Children's Book Author And Husband Accused Of Abusing Their Three Kids So Severely One Had To Be Placed On A Ventilator	2021 Jan 27
Arrest report reveals disturbing details of child abuse case in Casselberry	2021 Jan 27
Children’s book author, husband arrested on child abuse charges in Seminole County	2021 Jan 26
Children’s book author, her engineer husband accused of abusing, holding 3 adopted children prisoner	2021 Jan 26
She wrote a book for kids — then she was arrested for abusing her own, Florida cops say	2021 Jan 8