Dorothy Kifer,Charged Mom Has History Of Abuse Animals, Kids Taken

**Whisper** · July 16th, 2010, 08:54 PM

Toddlers Flown To Hospital After Swallowing Lamp Oil
April 11 2010
Children's Conditions Not Immediately Known
A 2-year-old and 3-year-old were flown to Erlanger Hospital after swallowing lamp oil at their home Saturday at about noon, according to authorities in DeKalb County.
Officials said the children lived at a home on Smith Fork Road near Dowelltown.
Emergency crews said the toddlers were not burned by the lamps.
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http://www.wsmv.com/news/23112724/detail.html

4 Kids Taken Away After Animal Neglect Call
Police Find Dead Animals, Malnourished Kids On Antioch Property
July 15 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- An Antioch woman was arrested Thursday and four children were taken away after Metro police responded to an animal neglect call from neighbors. The call said that horses were running in the road, according to police.
Found In Home
"We had four horses in my yard, grazing," said neighbor Steve Sylvester.
Police said they found four malnourished kids -- ages 6, 4, 2 and 19 months -- on a remote piece of property with three dead dogs and feces everywhere. They said the kids were listless and covered in feces and mud. Police entered the home wearing gas masks.
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Dorothy Kifer, 37, the children's mother, has been charged with aggravated child neglect and faces 26 state charges for aggravated animal cruelty. The kids were taken to be evaluated at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt before being released into custody of the Department of Children's Services.

"The children, when they were removed from the home, were covered in what appeared to be mud and feces," Mumford said. "They appeared to be normal weight, but they were very listless."
Kifer's husband, a National Guardsman, was informed of what happened at his homecoming from Iraq on Thursday.
Animal Control took 15 dogs, eight horses and a donkey from the property. They are providing food and water for the animals.
There was no air conditioning in the house, and it was 95 degrees at the time of the arrest, said police. Metro Health officials said there was sewer and wastewater on the ground and no running water in the home. They said the home isn't fit for humans to live in.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/24273383/detail.html

Charged Mom Has History Of Abuse
Animals, Kids Taken From Dorothy Kifer's Antioch Home
July 16 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The children of Dorothy Kifer, an Antioch woman charged with felony child abuse and felony animal abuse, have been hospitalized before.
Dorothy Kifer, 37, was arrested Thursday after police found her family living in feces and filth with dead animals and no running water. Animal Control said it was one of the worst homes it has ever stepped into.

"The odor, it was an open sewer. There was no furniture in the house, but it was littered with garbage and rotting substances," said Metro police spokeswoman Kris Mumford.

In April, Kifer's children were airlifted to Vanderbilt Medical Center for drinking lamp oil in DeKalb County, according to authorities there. In 2008, she was convicted of animal abuse in Dickson County.

The Department of Children's Services confirmed that she's been investigated several times over the years.

All of the animals are OK, and some of the dogs will be up for adoption immediately.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/24289206/detail.html

Video at link

**Mystica43229** · July 16th, 2010, 08:57 PM

Eeeew

**thehesbomb** · July 16th, 2010, 10:48 PM

Open wall. Wow, people are going NUTS.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.p...all&ref=search

ETA: I feel really bad for the dad - comes home from armed forces to this clusterfuck. :(

**Tundratot** · July 17th, 2010, 02:58 AM

The lamp oil business sounds familiar. . .

**tg1998** · July 17th, 2010, 11:00 PM

Tundratot: How does the lamp oil sound familiar?

I looked but couldn't find any records or other references to the 2008 animal abuse conviction in Dickson county. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

**Pene784** · July 17th, 2010, 11:41 PM

ETA: I feel really bad for the dad - comes home from armed forces to this clusterfuck. :(

I dont feel too bad for him.This family has been investigated by children services several times and the mom has been charged with animal cruelty before. This stuff isn't new to this family and I am sure the husband was aware bad shit was going down for awhile.

**Tundratot** · July 18th, 2010, 04:48 AM

See below.

**Tundratot** · July 18th, 2010, 05:13 AM

I can't find it either, tg. I was thinking there was a case of a mother forcing her son (5 years?) to drink lamp oil as punishment, but I can't find it. I did find a somewhat humorous one about a family whose 10 year old tried to poison them with lamp oil and BAM! after they left him to go on vacation. Rhonda Lehman case in 2008.

**tg1998** · July 28th, 2010, 01:10 AM

Hi Tun, I just saw this when I ran through my bookmarks... I thought I'd get notification when there was a reply, sorry, didn't mean to diss ya.

Thanks for the link, that is pretty fucked up, but at least no one died...

**DogMom** · August 7th, 2010, 11:21 AM

Antioch woman's bond reduced in child neglect, animal cruelty case

A judge reduced the bond for an Antioch woman accused of allowing her four children to live in filth with dead animals in the house.

Dorothy Kifer, 37, was charged with 18 counts of aggravated animal cruelty and one count of aggravated child neglect after police responded to a neighbor's complaint that Kifer's goat and seven horses were roaming the neighborhood.

Davidson County General Sessions Judge Leon Ruben reduced Kifer's bond from $420,000 to $210,000 after her husband testified he could not afford the higher bond.

If she makes bond, she is forbidden from having contact with her children until the case is resolved, Ruben said.

The woman's husband, Jesse Kifer, told the court that he didn't know about the living conditions because he had been on duty in Iraq as a National Guardsman since February and returned to Fort Campbell the day his wife was arrested.

The children are in foster care, and most of the dogs have been adopted from Metro Animal Control.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20...l-cruelty-case

**ImmortalOne** · August 7th, 2010, 11:29 AM

He was away only from Feb till July? I wonder if that is going to hold up. I guess those situations could have gone to hell like that quickly.

**cubby** · August 7th, 2010, 02:02 PM

both of my brother-in-law's recent deployments have been for over a year each time, how did he get off so quick?

It was probably a mess when he left. Just with him there more was getting done and when he left she couldn't keep up with it.

**Momof4Ts** · August 7th, 2010, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by cubby

both of my brother-in-law's recent deployments have been for over a year each time, how did he get off so quick?

It was probably a mess when he left. Just with him there more was getting done and when he left she couldn't keep up with it.

I wonder that too, my husband has done 12 month and 18 month long deployments, although some groups like special forces only go for a few months at a time, so I guess it all depends and Fort Campbell does have special forces (we were stationed there for over 6 years) I dont think he couldnt have known about any of it, someone would have contacted his unit and they would have contacted him overseas, and you have contact with your families, so he had to have known something.

**VXIII** · August 7th, 2010, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by thehesbomb

Open wall. Wow, people are going NUTS.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.p...all&ref=search

ETA: I feel really bad for the dad - comes home from armed forces to this clusterfuck. :(

Oh yeh, he had to know it was going on before he left, everyone who goes to Iraq isnt an Angel...

**blackthunder** · August 24th, 2010, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by ImmortalOne

He was away only from Feb till July? I wonder if that is going to hold up. I guess those situations could have gone to hell like that quickly.

jesse kifer knew bout the conditions. He told a friend he was coming home early to move his family to Florida. He needs to be locked up with her. The 2 oldest kids are his step kids. Jesse has no credibility since he was cheating on his previous wife when Dorothy got pregnant on his 4 yr wedding anniversary with his previous wife

**cubby** · August 24th, 2010, 04:49 PM

thanks blackthunder, keep us apprised.

**Whisper** · August 24th, 2010, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by blackthunder

jesse kifer knew bout the conditions. He told a friend he was coming home early to move his family to Florida. He needs to be locked up with her. The 2 oldest kids are his step kids. Jesse has no credibility since he was cheating on his previous wife when Dorothy got pregnant on his 4 yr wedding anniversary with his previous wife

TY Blackthunder Ive been gone a week and just catching up on threads

**blackthunder** · August 30th, 2010, 01:32 PM

Jesse Kifer is just as guilty so I'm praying they don't give the kids to him and the DA can send both of these lunes away. From what I know Dorothy even stole her hubby's ex wife's Identity to stop the VA from foreclosing on the house Jesse had with his ex. Dorothy has an open myspace acct at http://myspace.com/dalytraining