Remember any of my former rants about this couple?
Well......as it happens.....hopefully.....Doug and Valerie Herrman will go to jail for stealing money from their adopted son, Adam Herrman, while he's been missing since 1999, instead of the court accepting their plea agreement. The judge thought that the mysterious disappearance of their son, along with their ten year failure to report his absence, while cashing checks intended for him every month during that time, was a factor that really set this case apart from others. I have to agree.
Perhaps while sitting in jail, they will remember more details about what could possibly have happened to Adam. Hopefully, they will get no special treatment, and spend their time with the rest of the prison populations where they are housed. How often can it be surmised that a fellow prisoner actually meets someone who has never been incarcerated before, but has been sentenced to the maximum for a first offense which happened to be theft, and is also strongly suspected by the community of being responsible for the disappearance of a helpless child? If I were Doug or Valerie Herrman, I would start talking about Adam's whereabouts very soon. That may be the only way those two can be separated from the rest of the prisoners for their own safety. Well......maybe being locked up won't be that bad for them, but it seems like it will certainly serve them right.
I really hope, after the Casey Anthony trial, that the prosecuting attorneys in Butler County, Kansas put together an airtight case against Doug and Valerie Herrman when they finally have the evidence and statements lined up. I am very encouraged to see Kansas finally begin to send a message to those who would harm children in their care.
