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doxydad

(1,363 posts) Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:07 AM Jun 2014

Police: Fire-loving Florida mom brands kids with hot stick so people will know they are hers

A Florida woman is facing child abuse charges after investigators alleged that she branded her children with a hot stick as a form of identification.

WBBH reported that 23-year-old medical assistant Kayla R. Oxenham had told her children, ages 5 and 7, that she “forgot how much she loved fire.”

The children said that Oxenham used a lighter to burn a stick, and then touched the stick to their arms, according to a Port Charlotte police report.

The report said that Oxenham told the kids that she had to burn them so that they could have ice cream, and so that they could be identified as hers.

goddamnit, Florida....goddamnit.

Watch the video below from WBBH, broadcast June 18, 2014.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/19/police-fire-loving-florida-mom-brands-kids-with-hot-stick-so-people-will-know-they-are-hers/

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Police: Fire-loving Florida mom brands kids with hot stick so people will know they are hers (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP

Aw, teahadist Floridians! Is there anything you WON'T do? derby378 Jun 2014 #1

To be kind malaise Jun 2014 #2

To be kind, enlightenment Jun 2014 #4

Gave birth @16, 18? Not saying it excuses her behavior, just noticed. uppityperson Jun 2014 #3

Yeah, at age 16-18, she should be torching local vacant houses and abandoned cars, not having kids. FSogol Jun 2014 #6

I understand the despair, nilesobek Jun 2014 #5

Is Florida Mom Florida Man's wife? KamaAina Jun 2014 #7

I guess she's preparing for the all clone society. Javaman Jun 2014 #8

derby378

(30,252 posts)

1. Aw, teahadist Floridians! Is there anything you WON'T do?

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:10 AM

Jun 2014

Seriously, I wish all good Floridians would rise up against these freaks and chase them into the sea.

malaise

(268,856 posts)

2. To be kind

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:10 AM

Jun 2014

She looks the part-runaway bride bat shit crazy

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)

4. To be kind,

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:21 AM

Jun 2014

consider if you would say the same if this was a picture of a woman in a magazine and not a mug shot. Judging her character on her appearance is uncool.

Does she have a psychiatric disorder? Maybe - but it's not tattooed on her face.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

3. Gave birth @16, 18? Not saying it excuses her behavior, just noticed.

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:19 AM

Jun 2014

FSogol

(45,468 posts)

6. Yeah, at age 16-18, she should be torching local vacant houses and abandoned cars, not having kids.

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:35 AM

Jun 2014

(in keeping with the spirit of her interests)

BTW, I think everyone on DU is jealous that she is a cooler Mom than they had.

nilesobek

(1,423 posts)

5. I understand the despair,

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:34 AM

Jun 2014

frequently I find myself lamenting Idaho the same way.

The Pretenders have a song on youtube called, "My City was Gone," in which Crissy Hynde cries, "way to go Ohio."

I just substitute "Idaho," for "Ohio," throughout the song.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

7. Is Florida Mom Florida Man's wife?

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:13 PM

Jun 2014

Javaman

(62,510 posts)

8. I guess she's preparing for the all clone society.

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:33 PM

Jun 2014

another human that shouldn't have been allowed to procreate.

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