When Your Son is Transported Out of State by a Stranger
One Woman's Nightmare
Apparently Annette Blankenship's son Jeff became involved with Keith and Carol Thomas's daughter "Boo." Both Jeff and Boo are only 17 years old. Annette states that Keith and Carol "drove from Ohio to Virginia, along with their daughter Boo to pick up her 17 year old son, and held him against her will."
A Reynoldsburg detective got involved and had Jeff removed from the apartment where he was, and Child Protective Services returned him home to his family in Virginia. Jeff is starting school soon and will be in the 12th grade, and has learning disabilities.
Annette stated that both Keith and Carol seemed like it was no big deal, and it didn't bother them to leave their daughter alone with someone she had recently met online without supervision at their home. Annette feels "lucky" that she got her son back, and feels some parents are not so lucky.
On "Munchies" Myspace she has a picture of Boo and Jeff that Annette wants removed and has asked for help in getting her sons picture removed "from this grown woman's profile." She also has quite a few other teenagers on her top friends list.
So when you read about all the other Myspace "nightmares" remember this one. Some grown adults are less responsible than the children. Be careful who your dealing with, and who your kids are dealing with on those social networks. Blankenship stated the state of Virginia didn't seem too concerned about this matter even though Jeff was taken from one state to another.
Source:
Munchie's Myspace
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=401800850
Conversations with Annette Blankenship with permission to publish
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- Jeff was transported across state lines
- Adult couple came to pick Jeff up from Virginia
- Who would do this without parential permission?
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Post a CommentThanks for the heads up on yet another horrible reason kids need to be very careful when they are on the internet. It looks like this one is very controversial. I will check out the blog space.Great article
Another nightmare is for strangers to be able to transport other peoples' daughters across state lines for abortions without the parents' knowledge. They say they do this because all parents are stupid childbeaters who will throw their daughters out if they are pregnant. But many girls are just afraid to talk to their parents, most of whom would be loving and caring, and these strangers convince them not to!
Very informative story and based on the comment very controversial. Great article!
sexual offense, we won't ever know. I guess it is easier that way. AND, as Mr. Bray states about the email, his quote is only PART of an email where Annette was trying to NEGOTIATE for the return of her son. No wonder victims are always so scared to report.
I was asked to post the following, some people seem to be having problems posting:
I am confused about something. Mr. Bray says there was parental consent, but the mother says she didn't give consent. In fact, the email he refers to as giving consent was an email in which Annette demands her childs return. Is Mr. Bray relying solely on the word of the runaway, J.B., that there was consent? I mean, Mr. Bray claims there were two others in the house including the stepfather. Did Mr. Bray talk to the other two people who were in the house? I DON'T THINK SO. Did mr. Bray talk to the noncustodial parent, J.B.'s biological father. Again, I don't hink so. In fact, I believe Mr. Bray even refused to take the laptop which was secured by Annette so that authorities could see if there was any perverted/sexual conversations between these adults and J.B. It is my understanding that Mr. Bray and the authorities have REFUSED to check the content on the laptop. So, if the was a sexual offen
Mr. De Blasio has raised the medication issue. Jeffrey's mother consented to his trip to Ohio. Her e-mail to Ohio confirms it. Jeffrey also confirmed it in speaking to me. She told me she was not in her right mind when she let him go. Apparently she believes her consent was not valid because she was in shock, but that is an incredible viewpoint. His mother failed to see that he took his medication with him. She failed or refused to mail the medicine to him in Ohio. She filed to arrange for a refill in Ohio. She failed or refused to provide a medical consent to the couple in Ohio, yet she provided one to Mr. DeBlasio and showed it to me. I simply don't know why she fails to take responsibility for her own actions.
Mrs. Blankenship's e-mail to Ohio, in part:
"So you know, if I wanted to be ugly about it he would have not went, police would have been called, you would had mad trip for nothing , and not been up in my house nor would we would have been nice. You and your family do seem as if your are a good family as I stated, that is why I let Jeffery go. Now I have given you a date via text that I have saved of when he needs back home. he is expected that week, if he is not home than he is being held against my will and the proper action will be taken. "
What mother consents to her son going out of state with strangers? Anything that happened later, in Ohio, is beyond my jurisdiction.
I ran out of room: what I was trying to say in closing is that if this had been involving Marijuana I am certain Mr. Bray would have been Gung-Ho in prosecuting the case. That is the problem with these over zealous prosecutors in this country: if this country would focus on the pedaphiles and national security instead of locking away non violent drug offenders, perhaps this would be a safer country for children as well as everyone else. What a prick!
Okay, so Mr. Bray wants to bang on about Ms. Blankenship allowing her son to go on the trip. So, lets play Devil's Advocate, shall we? So Jeffery's mom lets him go. That is neither here nor there. Mr. Bray doesn't want to look at the fact that this "family" in Ohio, refused to get Jeffery back to Virginia, nor did they seem to give a damn that this kid did not have his medications with him. I was there the day these people came to pick him up, and both Ms. Blankenship and I were out right shocked, by the lies that her son told these people to get them to come all this way to get him. When the family arrived they had car trouble and were here for an hour while Jeffery's step-father had to repair the vehicle. It was during this time that Jeffery "ran off" because it had been revealed to his mother of the lies that he told these people. Her fear was, that if she were to forbid him to go, he would simply run away or harm himself in a fit of depression. I guess Mr. Bray would have b
Annette asked me to post the following comment, her browser is not allowing her to post:.
"I never gave parential consent, and W Bray is twisting my words around"