The Ohio Women Hostages

[andres]

One of the most puzzling and intriguing parts of this situation is the 6 years old child of one of the women. We are led to believe that she is the child of the accused man . He apparently used to take her to the park and also to see his family. Told them she was his girl-friend's child. The women in the house were told not to tell the child their names in case she repeated them.
Now ,how on earth do you stop a six years old child from noticing what was going on in that house ? How would you stop her from answering simple questions? e.g. ''Where do you live ''?,'' Which school do you go to ''?
I know that it would be difficult to ''gag'' my six years old grandchild.

[Goodsoulette]

Because what she grew up in was normal, it would be some form of conditioning. Never leave her alone with the family etc, distract them with sweeties and toys etc.

[DJHawkes]

a child grows up and is used to the life it lives, the poor child knew nothing else but that life of a captive.

[Brinjal]

Exactly conditioning and to her the environment would be normal.

[sara3]

who asks random kids in the park, "where do you live? which school do you go to?"

[DJHawkes]

exactly sara, kids go ignored pretty much.

[andres]

It's not exactly 'normal' to see your mother chained up, which is what he was supposed to do when he went out .

[Hopkirk]

I agree. There is a lot about this story that just does not ring true.

[andres]

I didn't mean people in the park would be asking questions .More like her grandma(although she didn't know at the time that she was her gran).

[ChuckFickens]

You're forcing what you think is normal on a situation that is far from normal.

[sara3]

what would the child know about "normal"?

and what are you suggesting?

[bibblebub]

by the way, DNA tests have proved that she is the child of the accused man

[ladybirder]

headwreck perhaps the women confirmed the two brothers had nothing to do with it. Too early to get the whole story yet.

[bibblebub]

Perhaps his mother, his 8 siblings (including those 2 brothers), his other children and his 5 grandchildren all knew what was going on too, or (more likely) they were all unaware of what was happening.

[ladybirder]

I suppose if he went to a supermarket he'd get away with it. Or bought a bit here and a bit there. It doesn't seem as if he fed them properly anyway. I read that one of the women lost a child because she was so malnourished. Well that and the good kicking he gave her just to make sure!