Stalling Police Investigations Is Good Behavior In Kansas

Adam Herrman was born in June, 1987, taken away from struggling parents for undetermined reasons, and given to known child abusers by the state of Kansas before he disappeared in late 1998 or early 1999. Despite the fact that Adam's dad, who lived in another state, wanted him, Kansas refused, without a solid reason, to give him his child, and proceeded to adopt him out to people who lived in an already overcrowded trailer and had criminal records. In other parts of our great nation, people with criminal records are screened out of the adoption process and not used as foster parents. Why is Kansas taking children away from parents who do not have criminal records and giving them to families who not only don't have space for more children, but don't obey the law? Ah......the rhetorical questions!

 Adam was not reported missing until 2009, when one of his biological sisters stood up to a cursing and screaming Valerie Herrman, the adoptive "mother" and insisted to know her brother's whereabouts. When the information was not provided, and it became clear from the testimony of other members of the Herrman family that Adam had not been seen in over ten years, Adam's sister reported him to the proper authorities as missing. After about two or three years of futile searches for Adam, the prosecuting attorney in Butler County, Kansas, decided to charge both Valerie Herrman, and her husband, Doug Herrman, with theft, because they never stopped collecting the stipend for some physical problems Adam may or may not have had. They thought they would avoid prison by copping a guilty plea, and the attorney we pay to keep scum like the Herrmans from interacting freely with the rest of us simply accepted it. But Judge Ricke, of Butler County, did not accept it and sent the pair of lovebirds to prison, anyway. Sadly, he could not try them for anything connected to their adopted son's disappearance, as the charges that were brought against them were merely for theft and embezzlement. He still deserves credit, though, for putting them away as long as possible. That was only seven months for Missus and nine months for Mister.

So why is Missus Herrman out of jail, already, if she went away on August 1, of last year? According to this, her cellulite covered body parts got out of jail on January 27! There are people who go to jail longer just for stealing candy bars! And the same article tells us that Mister might be out of jail as early as March 20, for "good behavior"! Now; in other states, "good behavior" involves cooperating with police investigations. Both Valerie Herrman and Doug Herrman failed to alert police or Adam Herrman's natural siblings when he first went missing, then they refused to cooperate with law enforcement after someone else reported him missing. They haven't even given the FBI a timeline of events describing the last day either of them saw Adam. Perhaps I have misunderstood Kansas, but isn't this an ongoing investigation until Adam is FOUND? And until some useful testimony is proffered by either of the Herrmans, how can we give them credit for "good behavior"? Their testimony is key to an ongoing missing persons investigation!

If Missus Valerie Herrman was truly exhibiting "good behavior" in a legal sense, Kansas must not really be making any serious efforts to find Adam Herrman.