A chilling nightmare unfolded in rural Wisconsin — inside what neighbors now call a “house of horrors” — where a 14-year-old girl was allegedly locked away, starved, and left to waste away to just 35 pounds while her family ordered multiple grocery deliveries a day.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Mail, the girl’s own father, Walter Goodman, 47, called 911 on August 21 after claiming his daughter — whom he described as autistic — was “almost comatose.” When police arrived, they found her skeletal and barely alive, confined to a bedroom under constant camera surveillance.
Officers said the teen’s bones were visible and she looked closer to six years old than fourteen. Inside the Green Earth Trailer Court home in Oneida, investigators found the girl’s mattress removed, a bucket in her room for vomiting, and security cameras monitoring her every move.
Her father, stepmother Melissa Goodman, 50, adult stepsister Savanna LeFever, 29, and LeFever’s partner, 27-year-old Kayla Stemler, were all arrested on charges of chronic child neglect.
Messages between the four allegedly showed them coordinating her starvation — ordering each other to “only give her water at specific times” and to “keep her in her room at all times.”
Prosecutors say the girl had not been outside in at least two years. Neighbors said they were stunned, having seen daily grocery deliveries but no sign of a child. “They carried her out… she looked so small,” recalled neighbor Pam Medina. “I didn’t even know a child lived there.”
At the hospital, doctors discovered the girl was severely malnourished, suffering from multiple organ failure, hypothermia, and acute hepatitis. She wrote notes to nurses saying, “I’m hungry,” “Can I have a snack?” and “When can I eat?” When told she’d now have three meals a day, she reportedly asked for pancakes, tacos, and M&Ms — but whispered, “My dad will be so mad.”
Despite the horrifying details, the teen told police she still loved her family — but didn’t want to be locked up anymore. Her father allegedly justified the cameras as “safety measures” and called his wife “a wh*re” when questioned about her whereabouts.
Social media posts paint a bizarre contrast — showing Walter and Melissa celebrated online as devoted parents by their son, who once battled cancer and praised them for their “unbreakable love.”
Assistant District Attorney Julie DuQuaine told Fox 11 News the girl “looked like a skeleton… just skin and bones at 35 pounds,” but confirmed she has since been released from the hospital, gaining weight and beginning to recover.
The family members appeared in court earlier this month and are due back in the coming weeks as the case continues to unfold.
Source: Daily Mail
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