Shane & Jessica Styles Children Removed From Nasty Filthy Home For Second Time

**Sister Iroz** · March 14th, 2009, 06:49 AM

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- A Rock Hill couple is facing charges for the second time after their three young daughters were found living in what police called horrible conditions.

Eyewitness News first reported the arrests of Shane and Jessica Styles in September of 2007. That's when two of their older children were sent home from school with what police called massive head lice.

Officers said they went to the family's home on South Stonewall Avenue and found it crawling with bugs and littered dirt and trash. According to a police report, food was left out on counters and clothes were piled up everywhere.

"There was a tremendous amount of insects, roaches, things like that, and the trash," said Rock Hill Police Lt. Brad Redfearn.

After the three girls, ages, 7, 5, and 1, were taken from the home in 2007, they went to stay with relatives in North Carolina. According to Assistant Solicitor Mindy Hervey, who prosecuted the case, the Department of Social Services ordered the couple to clean up their property and begin counseling classes.

After several visits from officials, the home appeared clean and DSS united the family in spring of 2008. Shane and Jessica Styles pleaded guilty to charges against them and were given probation.

"There were many conditions on them," Hervey said. "You hate to see it happen again."

But Thursday, police charged the couple with unlawful child neglect again, describing many of the same conditions in the home as before.

"Now we're back at the same residence, with the same people, and the same kids in these horrible conditions," Redfearn said.

The front yard is strewn with toys and trash. Kitchen garbage is visible, along with household junk, parts of furnishings and clothing.

"It's sad they would do that," said neighbor Chelsea Rash.

She said she’s seen the two older girls playing outside and was concerned about how they were living.

"You lost your kids once, now twice. You need to be at home with your kids," she said.

Shane and Jessica Styles are being held on $10,000 bond each. Their children are once again in DSS custody.

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/18927146/detail.html

**thebooblady** · March 14th, 2009, 09:01 AM

Link to news story about arrest in 2007: http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/stori....f3e3516a.html

Shane Styles MySpace(private): www.myspace.com/daddyw3grls

I'm glad DSS was following up on these "parents"!

**smallwonder4** · March 14th, 2009, 09:08 AM

I'm far from a clean freak, but the thought of rotting food and roaches and bugs everywhere with children- especially the baby crawling around in it- literally turns my stomach.

**tutkill** · March 14th, 2009, 06:16 PM

Couldn't help it left a comment on his video section of his myspace

Someone buy this man a garbage can

**Silvahalo** · March 14th, 2009, 07:37 PM

Smallwonder4, I'm with you, I'm no clean freak, mostly because I'm using my time with the kids and not fretting over every thing that isn't perfectly clean. Still, I make sure, absolutely sure, boys are not toddling about on dirty floors, always have a clean dishes to eat and drink from and bathrooms, a must to be clean. And never, ever, do I tolerate roaches, ants or other insects in my home.

These children probably don't even know what a normal clean home is supposed to be like and to not have to share clothes and the bed with bugs. So very sad. It is such a disrespect to the children, just another way of saying, you are not important enough to keep a clean home for.

Be happy, clean and healthy where ever your wee heads lay tonight.

**Unamused Cat** · March 14th, 2009, 07:38 PM

massive head lice.

Are these like larger than normal lice? lol

**Dakota Valkyrie** · March 14th, 2009, 08:18 PM

"There were many conditions on them," Hervey said.

Obviously not enough! I wonder if DSS knows what "follow through" means.

I hate bugs in my house. I kill them with deadly force. I would probably hate it even if it was a pretty butterfly. Although, if I had a butterfly in my house, I would probably think it was imaginary and hubby was slipping me drugs - so it would be safe.

**Sister Iroz** · March 14th, 2009, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Dakota Valkyrie

Obviously not enough! I wonder if DSS knows what "follow through" means.

I hate bugs in my house. I kill them with deadly force. I would probably hate it even if it was a pretty butterfly. Although, if I had a butterfly in my house, I would probably think it was imaginary and hubby was slipping me drugs - so it would be safe.

LMAO I hate bugs too. Although the lady bugs I can deal with that come in yearly. Anything else hell no! The ants that coming marching in get killed, get killed. Yes, I'm humming to it as I'm typing this.

**Tazzzz** · March 14th, 2009, 08:50 PM

When my daughter was 5, her best friend's house was like that. My daughter would bring home head lice every couple of weeks. After the 3rd time I got fed up with all the stuff you have to do to get rid of them and wouldn't let her pay there anymore and the little girl wasn't allowed to come in my house until I gave her head the once over, looking for creepy crawlers.

The girl was sent home from school, all the time for it and none of the kids could play with her. Its pretty sad and humiliating for a child to have to go through that kind of shit. Its not her fault her parents are slobs.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · March 15th, 2009, 01:52 AM

Healthbeat Report: Erasing the Stigma of Lice
Parents who hear their child has lice may experience emotions from guilt to anger to panic. But a movement is underway to erase the stigma often associated with lice.
... more and video: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...lth&id=6707547

Schools are no longer nitpicky about head lice
For generations, children with signs of head lice were summarily sent home by the school nurse to their everlasting shame. Now schools have become less nitpicky.
... more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...tssFgD96E62R81

The past month I've seen a ton of lice articles. I hope to keep it that way... all articles, no lice.

**Misskittychaos** · March 15th, 2009, 04:36 AM

Those poor kids! The older two are getting to the point they will be labeled the "stinky/dirty kids", WTG Mom and Dad (I use those titles very very loosely). Everyone went to school with that one kid(at least one) who smelled bad and was always dirty. It usually wasn't their fault, usually the parents sucked but their kids where the ones who got tormented and treated like shit. I would like to have those parents see what it's like to be teased and treated like crap!

While I am not a neat freak(I had a slight issue with transferring clean folded laundry INTO the dresser from the laundry hamper) I never have food left out and bugs in my house would make me have a freaking break down. Hell, my neighbor's cat gave mine fleas and I was so embarrassed and guilty.

**thatsmallgrl** · March 15th, 2009, 10:03 AM

Clearly these "parents" haven't learned a damn thing. If DSS gives the kids back to them this time then they are just as retarded. but of course I'm sure they will. Since just about every social service agency in this country doesn't seem to give a shit about the kids anyway.

**thebooblady** · March 15th, 2009, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Tazzzz

When my daughter was 5, her best friend's house was like that. My daughter would bring home head lice every couple of weeks. After the 3rd time I got fed up with all the stuff you have to do to get rid of them and wouldn't let her pay there anymore and the little girl wasn't allowed to come in my house until I gave her head the once over, looking for creepy crawlers.

The girl was sent home from school, all the time for it and none of the kids could play with her. Its pretty sad and humiliating for a child to have to go through that kind of shit. Its not her fault her parents are slobs.

THREE of my children's neighborhood friends have disgusting, filthy houses. I have not seen bugs, but I am sure they are there. Other than the dirty house, the parents are good parents and the kids are treated well so I let my kids go over to their houses to play. My son told one of the kids moms once "If my room looked like this, I would be in big trouble." Two of the families are both working parents, but one of them is a stay at home mom. I wonder WTF she does when she stays at home. Their house is the worst of the three. Oh, and none of the kids are dirty or smelly so I guess they at least do the laundry and make the kids bathe.

**moonlilly1981** · March 15th, 2009, 10:41 AM

This sounds like the conditions that my girls had to live in when we finnaly got custody of them. We got them at like eleven at night, their jammies were soaked in urine and sweat. Got them home and they had a "massive lice infestation". They were covered in flea bites, and my twins who have exzema and had it flaired up because they were dirty had wounds that were seeping because they were so unclean. The trailer they lived in with their mother was just like the house in this story. Our girls didnt know that it was disgusting and wrong because that is what they were used to.

I feel so badly for those children in this story. No one should have to live in filth like this. There is no excuse except for lazyness. Dad would rather spend time playing on myspace then cleaning his house and taking care of the children he made. Mother who knows whats going on with her!

**Dakota Valkyrie** · March 15th, 2009, 12:24 PM

When I married my hubby, my sister-in-laws told me stories about his ex-wife. I chalked it up to "sour grapes". I had rarely heard horror stories like this home. The few I knew of didn't happen to "normal" people.

My husband was deployed during Desert Storm. He left a nice clean home and well fed and cared for kids... although the marriage was on the rocks he never suspected what would come. He had been feeling helpless but trusted his family as they tried to get DSS involved. After 7 months, he was called home by DSS. He did not redeploy or stay married.

I was told stories that the home had 3 feet of filth and the kids were filthy and not going to school... all the usual crap we see on D'D. Family and school reported the mom. She took off! Left the kids! Alone! I was horrified when I ran across the DSS paperwork one day. It was even worse than my in-laws had told me.

I am happy that these cases are brought to light. For many, this type of shit is hard to imagine.

**Silvahalo** · March 15th, 2009, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Dakota Valkyrie

When I married my hubby, my sister-in-laws told me stories about his ex-wife. I chalked it up to "sour grapes". I had rarely heard horror stories like this home. The few I knew of didn't happen to "normal" people.

My husband was deployed during Desert Storm. He left a nice clean home and well fed and cared for kids... although the marriage was on the rocks he never suspected what would come. He had been feeling helpless but trusted his family as they tried to get DSS involved. After 7 months, he was called home by DSS. He did not redeploy or stay married.

I was told stories that the home had 3 feet of filth and the kids were filthy and not going to school... all the usual crap we see on D'D. Family and school reported the mom. She took off! Left the kids! Alone! I was horrified when I ran across the DSS paperwork one day. It was even worse than my in-laws had told me.

I am happy that these cases are brought to light. For many, this type of shit is hard to imagine.

Thanks Dakota, good insight. My mother is a A+ hoarder but the filth expressed in your story and in this one is beyond hoar, its just filth...nasty. I think this goes on far more than we realize.

**Nell** · March 15th, 2009, 01:09 PM

I can't sit in a dirty house. I get really antsy and end up either leaving or cleaning. I clean alot of my friends and relatives houses, because they are just gross and these people don't seem to care or notice.

**Ninja0980** · March 15th, 2009, 04:54 PM

Ahh but hoarding is often an extreme form of OCD. They don't do it because they want to but because they have to. These two have problems of a different kind. That they are selfish pricks that don't care about their kids or their wellbeing. Are they waiting for oen or all the kids to be killed before they never return them?

**thebooblady** · March 15th, 2009, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Nell

I can't sit in a dirty house. I get really antsy and end up either leaving or cleaning. I clean alot of my friends and relatives houses, because they are just gross and these people don't seem to care or notice.

I used to have to clean my dad's house everytime I brought my kids over there. Even when we lived at home, I hated how dirty it was. I cleaned the house more than anyone because I would be embarrased for friends to come over. I remember once I cooked my friend some Ramen noodles and there were sugar ants floating in it. My dad just isn't a good housekeeper. He tries and I give him credit because he was raising two kids, running his own business from the house, and didn't have help in any way from my mom. But then again, I refused to be that way. When I was a single parent working 50 hours a week and at one point pregnant with my thrid, I hired my sister to clean my house once a week. My house is not **** and span, but I can't live in filth.

**akika666** · March 15th, 2009, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by Dakota Valkyrie

Obviously not enough! I wonder if DSS knows what "follow through" means.

I hate bugs in my house. I kill them with deadly force. I would probably hate it even if it was a pretty butterfly. Although, if I had a butterfly in my house, I would probably think it was imaginary and hubby was slipping me drugs - so it would be safe.

I tolerate bugs less and less the older I get. my 5yo had one of those butterfly hatching sets last year, and the caterpillers really were not appealing to me at all, but the butterflies were actually disturbing to me with their legs and fluttering and everything. plus they poop alot, and the poop is bright red. they don't really warn you about that on the box.

I was really relieved when we were able to release them - go figure - I'm now grossed out by butterflies.

**pissedoffindaytona** · March 15th, 2009, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by Tazzzz

When my daughter was 5, her best friend's house was like that. My daughter would bring home head lice every couple of weeks. After the 3rd time I got fed up with all the stuff you have to do to get rid of them and wouldn't let her pay there anymore and the little girl wasn't allowed to come in my house until I gave her head the once over, looking for creepy crawlers.

The girl was sent home from school, all the time for it and none of the kids could play with her. Its pretty sad and humiliating for a child to have to go through that kind of shit. Its not her fault her parents are slobs.

My daughter always had thick long curly hair, One day she had a friend over, I came home from work and passed by the couch and looked down at them watching tv, The friends head was covered in lice that I saw from a distance!!I freaked the fuck out and told her to get the fuck off my couch and get the fuck outside, I called her mother and bitched her ass out, I had to deal only once with lice and it was a nightmare..

**flawed_existence** · March 15th, 2009, 07:25 PM

Nope, can't do it, won't do it. My 14 year old has white blond hair past his ass. I just might KILL anyone who gave him lice. There's no way we'd cut that hair after all he's been through since his last haircut in kindergarten. But getting rid of lice would be nightmare!!!

Silva and I were discussing this kind of situation today. I have a LOT of dogs. I also have a HUGE house. I mop my floors EVERY SINGLE DAY. (Hoover Spin-Scrub Hard Floor Cleaner. I've been through 3 of them in four years!) I use BLEACH on my 100 year old hardwood floors. And I don't even have small children who naturally spend time on the floor. Keeping a clean house can be easy or difficult, depending on how many people/critters you care for, but it's a job that HAS to be done. It's just not optional.

I KNOW I was/am a fanatic about the way my children look when they leave the house, and about the kind of home they live in in general, but DAMN! Like my Mama used to say: A bar of soap is cheap...

**akika666** · March 15th, 2009, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by pissedoffindaytona

I had to deal only once with lice and it was a nightmare..

We had a scare once - my kids were visiting a friend one day and they played in sleeping bags and pillow/blanket forts the whole time. When we got home from the visit, the kid was found to have lice and the mom called me to tell me at about 10 pm.

I was told to soak my daughters' heads with hair gel or mousse and let it soak for awhile, the theory being the alcohol and air occlusion would kill any bugz. It was super fun doing that in the middle of the night. "Mommy why are you doing this to me?"

As I examined their scalps closely for days afterwards, I got sort of paranoid that I wouldn't see the lice till they grew too big. I was like Sherlock Holmes with a big magnifying glass, not really even sure what a louse or nit looks like. Luckily I never found out.

Knock on wood of course.

**Tazzzz** · March 15th, 2009, 10:17 PM

They arnt pretty to find or see. Nastey little buggers. Not sure what you do if your african american. You have to get a FINE tooth comb to get the eggs off the hair strands.

**akika666** · March 15th, 2009, 10:24 PM

Thanks! the pictures are coolio, but how big are they? when they show pix or drawings of them, it never gives you a real scale, other than to emphasize their tinyness. And do they move around? are they always white?

that's why I was so afraid I'd overlook them. Even though EVERYONE says "oh no, you can't miss 'em." lol

**Dakota Valkyrie** · March 15th, 2009, 11:33 PM

DAMN TAZZZZ! That is nasty! You could have at least shrunk it down in size so it wouldn't take so long to scroll past. *shudder*

I, thankfully, never had to deal with lice. The school would send notices but I never found anything.

One thing I have learned at D'D... don't use gasoline: http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=14560

**Sister Iroz** · March 15th, 2009, 11:40 PM

Ewwwww, Tazz you sure are determine to make my hangover worse. I hate bugs and I didn't need to see those. LOL

**Misskittychaos** · March 16th, 2009, 12:34 AM

I have CURLY CURLY hair all the way down to the waist of my jeans, I am SUPER paranoid about getting lice. I'd have to shave my head, I can't get a comb through my hair even when it's straight. Ick, once my little sister had lice, I refused to go near her for two months lol...I am such a bad big sister.

**twinklestars** · March 16th, 2009, 01:06 AM

::shudders:: I hate lice. I remember having it in middle school..so embarassing. Then my mom cut my hair SHORT and I looked like a boy. I hated that year because I couldn't really tell everyone that I got my "cool" haircut because my mom went bat shit over head lice..ugh

Any who I found this helpful pic..adult bugs next to a dime

**akika666** · March 16th, 2009, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by twinklestars

::shudders:: I hate lice. I remember having it in middle school..so embarassing. Then my mom cut my hair SHORT and I looked like a boy. I hated that year because I couldn't really tell everyone that I got my "cool" haircut because my mom went bat shit over head lice..ugh

Any who I found this helpful pic..adult bugs next to a dime

yeesh those are bigger than i thought. yuckkkkkkkkkkkk.

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