Comments on: Missing Kansas Boy Was Abused, Says Kin

Adam Herrman Allegedly Spent Time Chained Up In Bathroom Of Adoptive Home

[ladyephesus1]

Mrs. Vermann knows what happened to that boy.
You cant run nor hide from God baby!!

[neonink]

People that live in trailers should not be allowed to adopt kids!
Posted by deathofusa

--- I think I agree.

[deathofusa]

People that live in trailers should not be allowed to adopt kids!

[bhrater-2009]

I am amazed these people come out after ten years with their stories, what about them saying something during the last ten years.
They are as lame as the foster parents. It should be investigated by the authorities but I wonder what they can find after such a long time.
Very sad!

[actornaught]

Posted by differnet at 11:49 AM : Jan 07, 2009

Indeed, nothing new under the sun. I''ve read my local county''s history books. There was a story from the 19th century about a little girl that disappeared, and speculation that she was taken by "gypsies".

The depravity that so many lament as new, is far from it. The history of Rome is documented well enough to show how abuse and sexual perversion was rampant. And there''s no reason to think that it was new then.

A case could more easily be made that our information rich civilization is safer, because more people are educated to what is right and fair.

[differnet]

lizzieborden, It''s never been that much better in the past. It''s just more common to read about it because our news media now broadcasts information country and world wide. In the town I grew up in, during my childhood 2 children were kidnapped and murdered. Consider that Jesse James killed his first person at age 14. The past was not necessarily better.

[lizzieborde1]

I posted essentially the same response on a related article yesterday: what has this culture come to? We live in a society resembling the Dark Ages: it has become routine to read about people who disappear/abandon/kill their children without giving a second thought to their behavior or its consequences. Wouldn''t you rather be known as someone who returned his kid to foster care than as one who killed the kid? Apparently this pair doesn''t give a *** how they''re perceived. They remind me of the cons on Law and Order who say, "I can do twenty years sitting down!" No big deal. Pathetic. Sad. Insane.

[centerfall94]

Well, the Wichita, Kansas area seems to be popping up a lot on the freaky evangelistic nutcase news radar.

[farremoved]

I hope the police look in every wall cavity this mason every built..........and if the speculation is true, I very much hope Valarie Herrman gets what''s coming to her in this life..........

[differnet]

I know the people around Adam feel guilty for not questioning the parents about him, but I suspect they were fooled into believing them - partially because they wanted to see the boy removed from the home and were happy to think that he was somewhere else. So, when the parents said Adam was returned to state custody, it made sense to them. Their only shame is for not calling authorities when they saw the abuse. That''s what they should be ashamed of.... Not that they failed to ask after the child. As for the other children, they were as much victims as Adam was and again, they have reached adulthood and are asking questions and telling their truths.

At this point, I don''t know what the parents hope to gain - other than remaining free - by not telling the truth. Their children and family will never trust them again. They will be pariahs in their communities. I''m sure the father will find his business decline greatly. If nothing else, they should be prosecuted for the fraud of claiming a child no longer in their care. I pray Adam is alive, but I have little hope of it. God forgive them. I could not.