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Girl, 14, Found Weighing Just 35 Pounds in Outagamie County
Four adults face felony neglect charges after a 14-year-old girl was found weighing 35 pounds with multiorgan dysfunction, prosecutors said.
- On Nov 13, 2025, prosecutors charged Walter Goodman, Melissa Goodman, Savanna LeFever and Kayla Stemler in Outagamie County with multiple felony counts of chronic neglect causing great bodily harm and emotional damage.
- According to the criminal complaint, household members allegedly confined the victim to a locked bedroom with limited bathroom access, removed her mattress, installed a camera and door alarms, and restricted food and water to specific times.
- At St. Vincent Hospital clinicians found the teen weighed 35 pounds, had a large forehead bruise, low glucose 24, hypothermia, pressure sores, and Children's Wisconsin diagnosed severe malnutrition and multiorgan dysfunction.
- Courts set cash bonds of $150,000 for Walter and Stemler and $100,000 for LeFever, with preliminary hearings scheduled for November 19 and 20; defendants face potential decades in prison.
- The case raises questions about homeschooling oversight because Wisconsin requires registration but not monitoring, Outagamie County Assistant District Attorney Julie DuQuaine called it egregious, and the girl's grandparents said she is recovering.
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Trio Charged in ‘House of Horrors’ After Girl, 14, Weighing 35 Pounds Found, Fourth Suspect Arrested
"She's just laying there with her eyes open all creepy," Walter Goodman told a 911 dispatcher of his daughter, who was found suffering from "severe malnourishment" with a large bruise on her forehead, and multiple bedsores.
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