Abused children, one forced to eat vomit

Verden, Okla.-- Investigators say five children suffered extreme physical and emotional abuse at the hand of 65 year old Carol Schmidt. Court documents reveal unspeakable violence.

Sgt. Kevin Daniels with Grady County Sheriff's Office said, "Two boys living in the house were locked in their bedroom at night. A red five gallon bucket was placed in the bedroom where they had to use the bathroom."

In the affidavit the children detail their abuse.

One child said, "{Schmidt} took her head and hit it against the corner of the door, then chocked her."

Another child said he was told she would "...get a child molester to come play with him."

It continues with accusations of Schmidt flushing their heads in the toilet and beating the children with a kitchen spatula and a screw driver.

But the harsh treatment didn't stop there.

"One kid had a stomach problem and had a hard time chewing and swallowing food,” said Daniels. “He would often regurgitate. She thought the best form of punishment was to make the kid lick and eat his vomit.”

Neighbors are speechless.

"I'm just shocked beyond words," said Melinda Bohnett.

She's lived next to the suspect for about a decade.

"I had the impression she was a nice woman who took in foster kids. I could never imagine that would happen here,” said Bohnett.

Police said Schmidt adopted the children because they were in an abusive situation in the home of their biological parents.

Investigators say the abuse lasted five years until the teenage girls ran away and got help.

That prompted a visit from police and DHS.

Schmidt is charged with one count of child abuse, if found guilty she faces life in prison.