By Ken Brown

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Dr. Gretel Stephens, who formerly worked with the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office - and conducted the autopsy on 8-year-old Adam Snyder in 2016 - was the continued focus of questioning during the trial’s seventh day on Monday.

It was Stephens’s second day on the stand in the trial of John and Katherine Snyder, who are accused of killing their 8-year-old son.

Prosecutors worked to rule out other explanations for Adam Snyder’s death, while defense attorneys said other health issues were the cause, such as aspirational pneumonia.

“Based on what you reviewed at this point, do you believe the child was suffering aspirational pneumonia?”

by: Jonathon Sharp

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4) — A Utah woman accused this month of child abuse — and who pleaded guilty in the death of her foster child three years ago — will remain in custody after a judge denied her bail Tuesday.

Lisa Jo Vanderlinden, 46, of Roosevelt, was arrested and charged last week with a misdemeanor count of child abuse after her 9-year-old adopted son told investigators that she struck him so hard it left a mark on his face for days.

This accusation violated her 14-year probation sentence for a 2020 conviction of child homicide in the death of her 2-year-old foster son, Lucas Call.

Grant Charles, the Roosevelt city attorney, said before the court Tuesday that the new allegations facing Vanderlinden are similar to the ones she faced with Call.

Karreon Franks died of starvation, neglect in November 2020

By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor

The murder and abuse trial continued Monday for the adoptive parents of a 15-year-old Vancouver boy who died from starvation and neglect in November 2020.

Felicia L. Adams, 54, and Jesse C. Franks, 58, are facing domestic violence charges of homicide by abuse and second-degree murder in Karreon Frank’s death and two counts of second-degree criminal mistreatment of Karreon’s brothers, then 14 and 13 years old.

Their joint trial began Oct. 16 in Clark County Superior Court.

by Skyler Shepard

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Timothy Ferriter — the father at the center of "The Boy in the Box" case — will stay behind bars.
 

A judge decided on Monday morning that Ferriter will not be let out of jail while waiting to be sentenced.

On October 19, Ferriter's attorneys said he is able to pay a bond of $100,000, is willing to surrender his passport and wear a GPS tracking device while he’s out.

Ferriter and his attorney have been trying to get him out on house arrest after he was found guilty on charges of aggravated child abuse, child neglect and false imprisonment for locking his teenage adopted son in an eight-by-eight box.

KEVIN GRASHA   Cincinnati Enquirer

Between 2014 and 2016, John and Katherine Snyder adopted six children from China, all with serious medical problems.

Katherine Snyder’s attorney described the couple as loving parents who opened their Springfield Township home to children who were orphans.

From the outside, it all seemed perfect. But it wasn’t, prosecutors said. And less than a year after an 8-year-old boy they adopted arrived in the U.S., he was dead.

by Kayla Winn, KUTV

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A woman who previously admitted to causing the death of her 2-year-old foster son is now facing allegations of abusing her 8-year-old adopted son.

In July 2020, Lisa Jo Vanderlinden was sentenced to one year in jail, with 14 years of probation and a $10,000 fine for her prior conviction after pleading guilty.

The new charges were filed on Oct. 18 after Vanderlinden was arrested on one count of suspicion of child abuse.

Reports from the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office indicate that Vanderlinden allegedly slapped the child, leaving a visible mark for two days. Additionally, court documents suggest that the child had been struck by his adoptive father with a spatula.

by: Jonathon Sharp

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Utah woman who pleaded guilty in the death of her two-year-old foster child in 2018 is facing new child abuse allegations after she allegedly slapped her young adopted son.

Lisa Jo Vanderlinden, 46, of Roosevelt, was charged last week with a misdemeanor count of child abuse in violation of her probation, court documents filed in Duchesne County show.

Vanderlinden allegedly hit her nine-year-old adopted son while he was at her home for a weekend visit.

The child reported to investigators with Utah Children’s Justice Center that Vanderlinden struck him when he was 8 years old, slapping him with an open hand twice. The hits, the child reported, “left a red mark on his face for two days.”

By Ken Brown

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – The sixth day in the trial of two Springfield Township parents facing charges in the 2016 death of their adopted son saw a former Hamilton County Coroner’s Office employee take the stand.

John and Katherine face 26 total charges in connection with the death of their adoptive son, 8-year-old Adam Snyder, according to the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office.

Adam was one of five children with learning disabilities the couple adopted from China, court documents show.

Prosecutors claim Adam died after Katherine slammed his head for soiling himself on Oct. 4, 2016.

By The Associated Press

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The trial has started for parents accused of starving a boy to death nearly three years ago in Washington state.

Prosecutors in opening statements this week said 15-year-old Karreon Franks weighed 61 pounds when he died from starvation and neglect, The Columbian reported.

Felicia Adams, 54, and Jesse Franks, 58, are charged with domestic violence, homicide by abuse and second-degree murder in Karreon’s death in November 2020. They are also charged with two counts of second-degree criminal mistreatment of Karreon’s two younger brothers.

Adams is the children’s aunt. She adopted them in 2012 in California, and after that she moved with them and Franks to Vancouver, according to prosecutors.

BYAKEMI TAMANAHA

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Timothy Ferriter, the adoptive father to a Vietnamese son, was found guilty on all counts in an aggravated child abuse trial.

Ferriter, who is from Jupiter, Florida, was convicted of aggravated child abuse, child neglect and false imprisonment on October 11, WPTV reports.

Police arrested Timothy Ferriter and his wife Tracy Ferriter in February 2022. Tracy will face a separate trial.