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A MAN WELL-KNOWN TO CHILDREN
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body parts" ... he touched her vagina and that he put his
finger inside her vagina.... Nelly stated that when she was
10 and 11 years old, at night time when everyone was in
bed, Jarrett Webb called her into his room a couple of times.
When she didn't come into the room he then told her to
come in or he would whip her. ... She stated that Jarrett
Webb pulled the sheet down and pulled her on top of him.
. . . She stated that she could feel his hair against her leg
and knew that he didn't have any underwear on.
When Nelly was 15, she told Tooley, Jarrett Webb punished
her by ordering her to undress and lie on the bed, and then
beating her with a rubber strap. Next, he made her lie on her
back, put her legs in the air, and "he pressed himself between
her legs," and "started 'humping her' .... He started beating
her again with the strap.... He then started sucking on her
breasts. . .. Nelly stated that she started crying and that
Webb left."
When, in February of 1986, the Department of Social Services
requested immediate and emergency removal of Kendra*
and Michael Webb from the Webb home, it listed eight separate
concerns, among them:
2) Repeated allegations of physical abuse told to our
Department by six children during separate interviews: a) of
being struck for long periods of time while naked, by various
objects, including a belt, rubber hose, and the "railroad
prop"; b) denial of meals in the home
3) Sexual abuse of Nelly by Jarrett (supported by a polygraph
test given to Nelly 1-30-86)
4) The intense concern by the children out of the Webb
home for the physical and emotional well-being of the children
remaining in the home....
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DSS memos show that the Webbs aggressively sought to
terminate their status as adoptive parents of Nelly and Kimberly,
starting immediately after Nelly's flight in November
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