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bluejazz87 · 03-14-2017, 05:32 AM

I just remember what I think was a Lost Loves case about a few children who were in the middle of a domestic conflict between a mother and father I think. Don't believe a social worker was involved. I just remember one of the parents (I think the mom) went over to check on the children at the residence of the separated spouse and discovered the terrible living conditions that the children were living in, including roaches on a mattress, and over dinner plates on the ground. Basically it was a filthy house/apartment. Can't remember the case though. It was one of the early episodes of the series.

unsolved243 · 03-14-2017, 11:31 AM

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I just remember what I think was a Lost Loves case about a few children who were in the middle of a domestic conflict between a mother and father I think. Don't believe a social worker was involved. I just remember one of the parents (I think the mom) went over to check on the children at the residence of the separated spouse and discovered the terrible living conditions that the children were living in, including roaches on a mattress, and over dinner plates on the ground. Basically it was a filthy house/apartment. Can't remember the case though. It was one of the early episodes of the series.

You might be thinking of the Brenda Merrill case. She was the teenager whose mother left her in charge of her five younger siblings in an isolated cabin in Pennsylvania. After an accidental fire, the siblings were all separated.
Two of the children were sent to live with their mother's friend. When Brenda visited them, the room they were staying in was filthy and filled with roaches.

They were later sent to foster homes and Brenda never saw them or another brother again (until the broadcast).

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/w..._Keith_Merrill

bluejazz87 · 03-15-2017, 01:03 AM

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You might be thinking of the Brenda Merrill case. She was the teenager whose mother left her in charge of her five younger siblings in an isolated cabin in Pennsylvania. After an accidental fire, the siblings were all separated.
Two of the children were sent to live with their mother's friend. When Brenda visited them, the room they were staying in was filthy and filled with roaches.

They were later sent to foster homes and Brenda never saw them or another brother again (until the broadcast).

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/w..._Keith_Merrill

Thanks. That must be the one.

Corkys-Place · 03-16-2017, 02:56 AM

Wow, as reunited adults they managed to forgive the mother Betty.

Cori aka ChrisSCrush · 06-18-2017, 02:38 AM

There was a different case in which the mother had a teenage daughter and two younger children. The mother told her boyfriend her irresponsible daughter had these kids and just dumped them on her. The daughter went to where they were staying and found her younger brother and sister neglected and sleeping on a floor crawling with roaches. She told her mother and the boyfriend that they better shape up because "these are not my kids, these are my mother's kids." The boyfriend then confronted the mother for lying to him, and I guess the unsolved mystery was that the kids ended up separated. Were they ever reunited?

DazzlerSparkler · 06-18-2017, 03:08 AM

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There was a different case in which the mother had a teenage daughter and two younger children. The mother told her boyfriend her irresponsible daughter had these kids and just dumped them on her. The daughter went to where they were staying and found her younger brother and sister neglected and sleeping on a floor crawling with roaches. She told her mother and the boyfriend that they better shape up because "these are not my kids, these are my mother's kids." The boyfriend then confronted the mother for lying to him, and I guess the unsolved mystery was that the kids ended up separated. Were they ever reunited?

Its literally right above you my dear. Brenda Merrill

Cori aka ChrisSCrush · 06-19-2017, 04:51 AM

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Its literally right above you my dear. Brenda Merrill

This was a different case I think. The teenager in the case where the old farmhouse caught fire because she tried to burn a tire for heat in the winter was younger (in other words, not old enough for her mother to pass her off as the younger kids' mother) and there were a larger number of brothers and sisters. The teenager in the other case I think had only two siblings and didn't live with them in an abandoned house or a bus.

DazzlerSparkler · 06-19-2017, 08:43 AM

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This was a different case I think. The teenager in the case where the old farmhouse caught fire because she tried to burn a tire for heat in the winter was younger (in other words, not old enough for her mother to pass her off as the younger kids' mother) and there were a larger number of brothers and sisters. The teenager in the other case I think had only two siblings and didn't live with them in an abandoned house or a bus.

Brenda. Merrill.

dynoguy88 · 06-19-2017, 09:18 AM

I watched this one last week. It had been a while since I'd seen it. Brenda was a pretty amazing woman, even at age 16. And the mother, Betty Nickerson, may be one of the worst mothers ever profiled on UM.

She gets tired of being a mom so she throws her six kids in a farm house in the middle of nowhere. Then she orders her oldest child, still a minor herself, to quit school and raise the rest of the five kids, two of them practically toddlers. While the mother starts a successful business in town, she never visits the kids and never sends them any money while Brenda is forced to hunt wildlife for food and burn a tire swing just to keep warm. Once the mother has no choice but to take in the youngest children, she eventually sends them to untrustworthy neighbors who make the children sleep in an empty room with cockroaches.

I was kind of amazed at how the younger siblings were able to forgive their mother and Brenda said if they could forgive her, she will too. At least there was a happy ending and all six siblings were reunited.

amandab1234 · 06-19-2017, 01:24 PM

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Brenda. Merrill.

I dont know why this made me laugh so much

Cori aka ChrisSCrush · 06-19-2017, 07:00 PM

Is this the case where all six siblings were found but only five would agree to appear on camera, or was that another case? There were so many....

unsolved243 · 06-19-2017, 07:57 PM

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Is this the case where all six siblings were found but only five would agree to appear on camera, or was that another case? There were so many....

Haha yeah, there are a lot of different lost love cases involving siblings being separated. Brenda's case is on Amazon Prime in Season 5 (called Brenda's Bunch).

The case that you just mentioned is probably Billy and Joey Rogers (also on Amazon Prime, Season 2 called Locust Grove). There were six siblings that were split apart after their mother committed suicide. At the time of the broadcast, four of the siblings had found each other, but one didn't want to be on camera.

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/w...nd_Joey_Rogers

DazzlerSparkler · 06-20-2017, 01:52 AM

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Is this the case where all six siblings were found but only five would agree to appear on camera, or was that another case? There were so many....

That one is NOT Brenda Merrill

03-14-2017, 05:32 AM	#1
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03-16-2017, 02:56 AM	#4
Corkys-Place Unsolved Mysteries Fan Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 23, 2010 Posts: 790	Wow, as reunited adults they managed to forgive the mother Betty.

06-18-2017, 02:38 AM	#5
Cori aka ChrisSCrush Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 30, 2001 Location: USA and still trying to be proud of it! Posts: 2,071	There was a different case in which the mother had a teenage daughter and two younger children. The mother told her boyfriend her irresponsible daughter had these kids and just dumped them on her. The daughter went to where they were staying and found her younger brother and sister neglected and sleeping on a floor crawling with roaches. She told her mother and the boyfriend that they better shape up because "these are not my kids, these are my mother's kids." The boyfriend then confronted the mother for lying to him, and I guess the unsolved mystery was that the kids ended up separated. Were they ever reunited?

06-19-2017, 09:18 AM	#9
dynoguy88 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 01, 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 3,675	I watched this one last week. It had been a while since I'd seen it. Brenda was a pretty amazing woman, even at age 16. And the mother, Betty Nickerson, may be one of the worst mothers ever profiled on UM. She gets tired of being a mom so she throws her six kids in a farm house in the middle of nowhere. Then she orders her oldest child, still a minor herself, to quit school and raise the rest of the five kids, two of them practically toddlers. While the mother starts a successful business in town, she never visits the kids and never sends them any money while Brenda is forced to hunt wildlife for food and burn a tire swing just to keep warm. Once the mother has no choice but to take in the youngest children, she eventually sends them to untrustworthy neighbors who make the children sleep in an empty room with cockroaches. I was kind of amazed at how the younger siblings were able to forgive their mother and Brenda said if they could forgive her, she will too. At least there was a happy ending and all six siblings were reunited.

06-19-2017, 07:00 PM	#11
Cori aka ChrisSCrush Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 30, 2001 Location: USA and still trying to be proud of it! Posts: 2,071	Is this the case where all six siblings were found but only five would agree to appear on camera, or was that another case? There were so many....