Court-Ordered Not to Possess Firearms; But He Shot Them Anyway

Nice condensed summary of this case (below).  There are two women, two children and one man dead because this man, who did have a RO against him from a third woman, broke that RO and carried a gun anyway.  So, apparently someone knew he was violent!

This is happening far too often!  We as a society need to wake up and do something about our families being killed all over the place.  Many think this is only someone else’s issue; until it happens in their family or on their block.

Then when it does happen close to them, many people sit around and say things like, ‘we are so shocked, he was such a good man’.  Well let me tell you something...and I want you to really think about this and apply to those around you...good people do NOT kill their families and loved ones, good people do NOT beat their families and loved ones, good people are NOT violent and verbally abusive to their families and loved ones.

Most of the time this violence and abuse is going on behind closed doors, but we all need to be aware of domestic violence on a whole and be prepared when our friend, co-worker, family member, or neighbor comes to use and tells us that they are being abused.

Hat tip to Annie for finding this article.

Father Murders Two of His Children and Their Respective Mothers … While Court-Ordered Not to Possess Firearms

Posted by Janet Langjahr. Filed under Domestic Violence & Orders of Protection.

Father has toddler Daughter with Girlfriend.

Father has Other Daughter, also a toddler, with Other Girlfriend.

Daughter and Girlfriend can’t be accounted for.

Then Other Daughter and Other Girlfriend’s bodies are discovered. Shot.

Then, hours later, Daughter and Girlfriend’s bodies are discovered – in Father’s trunk.

A few days later, Father’s body is found, an apparent suicide.

Father has been involved in child support litigation with Girlfriend and Other Girlfriend.

Father has also been unemployed for several months.

Yet another woman had a domestic violence restraining order against Father at the time of his death. That order prohibited Father from having firearms in his possession.

But Father managed to overcome that restriction.

Read more in this Associated Press article: Wis. man linked to 4 slayings charged in 2 deaths and this Wisconsin State Journal article: Murder suspect Tyrone Adair found dead in Cottage Grove.

Rapist Calls Victim’s Mom While Masturbating

This guy is just SICK!  First he rapes his ‘estranged’ girlfriend; duct-taping her arms to her body, and calls the cops right afterward to tell them what he had done.  His 7 year prison sentence was stayed...so he only got probation for that...which is not up yet.

So, then he decides it would be a good idea to call his victims mother while masturbating...he says he did that because he thinks she is ‘hot’.  WOW!  This guy may need a mental eval...or to be locked up permanently...because obviously he isn’t going to stop harassing and possibly raping women. 

I’m still confused about how he ended up on probation to begin with when others are being sentenced to long prison terms for doing lesser crimes....

Sex offender charged for allegedly calling rape victim's mother

Sheboygan Press staff • December 10, 2009

A 30-year-old sex offender from Sheboygan was back in court Wednesday after allegedly making harassing phone calls to the mother of the woman he raped.

Shawn C. Heule, of 3025 N. Ninth St., Apt. B4, told police he was pleasuring himself during the middle-of-the night calls and contacted the mother because he thinks she is hot. He is charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct, which carries a maximum two-year prison sentence due to a penalty enhancer for the prior conviction.

Heule was convicted in August 2004 of raping the woman's daughter, who at the time was his estranged girlfriend. A criminal complaint said Heule duct-taped the woman's arms to her body before raping her on Dec. 26, 2003, then called police to report what he had done.

Heule remains on probation for that offense, and could be sent to prison if the Wisconsin Department of Corrections deems the new allegations serious enough to revoke his probation. A seven-year prison sentence was imposed and stayed in the sexual assault case, meaning he would be sent to prison immediately if probation is revoked.

According to the new complaint:

The sexual assault victim's mother, a town of Sheboygan woman, said Heule called her at 2:30 a.m., 4:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. Dec. 2. He hung up the first time, but during the second and third calls Heule asked about her marital status and whether her husband was home, claiming he was the mail guy from the woman's workplace.

When interviewed by detectives, Heule admitted making the calls and said he did so because he found the woman attractive. He said he was pleasuring himself while making the calls.

Heule spent more than a month in jail for probation violations in late 2006.

Sex offender charged for allegedly calling rape victim's mother | sheboyganpress.com | Sheboygan Press

UPDATE 2: A Nightmare in Oconto County

I previously posted A Nightmare in Oconto County which gave the history of what this mother and daughter have gone through in trying to free themselves from abuse.  Now the mother has been jailed because of the daughters refusal to visit her dad.  The mother has not prevented the visits, the daughter refuses.

My first UPDATE: A Nightmare in Oconto County  was a press release giving further details and announcing that Lorraine Tipton had in fact been jailed. 

As of yesterday I was made aware that Lorraine was released from jail because her daughter had went to her abuser.  This child remains, as far as I know, with her abuser now.  Their plight has not improved and is far from over.

Please include this mom and daughter in your thoughts, prayers, meditations, etc.!

UPDATE: Nightmare in Oconto County

I previously posted A Nightmare in Oconto County which gave the history of what this mother and daughter have gone through in trying to free themselves from abuse.  Now the mother has been jailed because of the daughters refusal to visit her dad.  The mother has not prevented the visits, the daughter refuses. 

Another update and discussion can be found here:  WI: Judge jails mother over daughter's refusal to visit father

Please support this protective mother by signing this petition.

The below press release has been issued by Stop Family Violence.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 19, 2009

Contact:
Irene Weiser                     
Stop Family Violence
iw@stopfamilyviolence.org

WHY IS THIS MOTHER IN JAIL?

(Oconto Falls, WI) Today an Oconto County family court judge sentenced a mother to jail because she was unable to force her daughter to court mandated visitation with her abusive father.  The daughter will be sent to foster care if she refuses to live with her father while the mother serves her sentence.

Circuit Judge David Miron sentenced Lorraine Tipton to 30 days in county jail for contempt of court, for her failure to follow the custody order requiring her daughter to live every other week with her father, Craig Hensberger.

“She’s terrified of going;  she has night terrors and severe anxiety” says Tipton, who admits her daughter hasn’t visited with her father since August. 

“I thought the court was supposed to look out for the best interests of the child, not the best interest of the father,” Tipton continued.  “I thought once I got out of the abusive relationship everything would be fine.  Instead, my abuser is continuing his abuse of me and my daughter with the help of the court.” 

Over the course of their on and off 8 year relationship Hensberger was arrested three times for domestic violence and once for child abuse.  Since their separation in 2005, Hensberger has been arrested twice for DWI, including once while the daughter was in the car. 

Although the court has ordered Hensberger into alcohol treatment and ordered “absolute sobriety” when having visitation, the daughter claims he continues to drink to excess when she is visiting.   The father told the court he had stopped drinking completely.  The mother recently had a private investigator follow the father, who found that the father drank heavily on a night he was scheduled to have visitation.  In court today the father admitted to his continued drinking; nonetheless the judge still sentenced the mother to jail. 

Hensberger achieved his local 15 minutes of fame in Oconto in March of this year, when he forced his daughter to enter 3 different fishing tournaments using the same fish so that he could collect the money - a story covered widely by local news.   While the local media angle related to his transportation of fish against DNR regulations,  Ms. Tipton’s concerns were for the well-being of her daughter, who was  being taught to lie, cheat and steal by her father.  Since this incident, the daughter’s relationship with the father has deteriorated, Tipton claims.

Additionally, the father’s employment is irregular, his house is in foreclosure and he currently resides with his mother.  The daughter claims she is forced to sleep on the floor in the living room or in the unfinished basement since there is no bed or private space for her in the small 2 bedroom house.

“Sadly, this case typifies the problems we are seeing in Family Courts nationwide,” says Irene Weiser, executive director of StopFamilyViolence.org. “Family court judges are failing to recognize signs of abuse, and are placing children in harms way.  Even worse, instead of investigating the abuse allegations, they accuse the parent making the allegations of being vindictive and punish them for taking actions to protect their children.  Often judges seem more concerned with maintaining the child’s relationship with the father than ensuring the child’s safety.”

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StopFamilyViolence.org is a national activist organization that works to ensure safety, justice, accountability and healing for victims of family violence.   Irene Weiser coordinates the Family Court Reform Coalition, a coalition of advocates, professionals and organizations formed in response to the national crisis in the custody court system, where all too often, judge’s order children to live with abusers and punish, silence, or jail the parent who tries to protect the children from harm.

Irene Weiser

Executive Director

StopFamilyViolence.org

331 W. 57th St #518

New York, NY 10019

iw@stopfamilyviolence.org

"A Citizens Voice"

 

"A Citizens Voice" IS BACK-Monday Nights on WLIP Radio 1050 AM

MOMS, we have a voice again!

Beginning next Monday, October 19, 2009 from 6-8 PM (CT)...listen and call in to "A CITIZEN'S VOICE" on WLIP Radio 1050 AM-Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Media personality, Terry Florio (formerly known by his stage name as FRED FLANNIGAN), will host the discussion of the cover-ups of domestic violence, child abuse in our family courts, with Catherine Campbell and Karyn Mehringer.   Both moms have experienced and witnessed the cover-ups, and the retaliation by the system when you report and expose their activity.  Catherine and Karyn will report the federal and state laws that were passed that have created this crisis.

Share your input and/or your horror stories from America's family courts and the legal system.  

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