Sonja and John Kluth wanted blood

**thehesbomb** · February 23rd, 2011, 08:16 PM

Jesus. fucking. christ.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Court documents released on Wednesday outline the severe abuse to three adopted children.

John and Sonja Kluth were arrested on child abuse and child neglect charges on Tuesday. The couple bonded out after lunch the same day, police said.

Prosecutors said the abuse happened from January 2009 through November 2010.

The Canadian County district attorney filed charges against the couple on Tuesday.

The court documents said that the three children, which included a 15-year-old boy, an 11-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, were kept in an underground storm cellar by the Kluths and confined to small dog crates. The children weren't fed for long periods of time and were without proper sanitation, the charges said. But when they were fed, the boys were given dog food, while the girl was fed cat food, the documents said.

According to the affidavit, the children were not allowed to ask for food or tell their adoptive parents that they were hungry. If they did, the documents said, they were punished. The affidavit said the punishment could include beatings, sleeping in a 14-square-foot cellar, deprivation of food or running laps.

The district attorney said in the charges that Sonja and John Kluth would beat the children. Sonja Kluth would beat the children with the buckle ends of belts and broom handles until they lost consciousness, burned the 15-year-old boy's tongue and skin with scalding hot kitchen utensils, squeezed the teen's tongue and genitals with pliers, smashed the teen's fingers and toes with a mallet and struck him in the face with various objects, including a dog bowl, the district attorney said.

The charges filed against Sonja Kluth said that she choked the children with her hands and beat them with her fists.

The court documents said the girl was beaten and thrown to the ground and into countertops and doors by the Kluths. During one of the incidents, documents said, the girl's earring was ripped from her ear, and was struck in the face with a telephone that broke a tooth.

According to the affidavit, the teen boy told police the the Kluths would "get together sometimes and 'slide throw' them across the carpet and that they would get carpet burns.

According to the court affidavit, Sonja Kluth explained to police that in the process of trying to gain control of the children, she had totally lost control and became a monster toward her children.

John Kluth told police in the affidavit that "kids need walls and there is a wall of discipline in the home," the affidavit said.

In one incident, police said, Sonja Kluth was smashing one of the children's fingers with a mallet she said, "Get back up here. You know I want blood."

According to the court affidavit, doctors said that the teen's bone growth was significantly delayed due to the malnourishment the children received. The doctors also noted the teen suffered from a broken hand, the documents said.

Police said they discovered the abuse after finding that one of the children was living in a cardboard box behind a Braum's. After an investigation, officers said they discovered the two other adopted children living in the home.

The bond for Sonja Kluth was set at $9,000. John Kluth's bond was set at $7,500.

http://www.koco.com/r/26966389/detail.html

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**badfish76** · February 23rd, 2011, 08:50 PM

Those bonds are a fucking joke!

What these fucking shit heads need is skinned alive, rolled in salt, beaten with hammers, shocked with electricity and then sand papered JUST FOR STARTERS.

These motherfuckers are EVIL.

**MadeaBecBec** · February 24th, 2011, 02:24 AM

Their mugshots make me think of Nazi Concentration Camp Criminals, maybe that's where they received their parenting skills! You have to wonder where people get this evilness from, who thinks this is discipline? How does a human think that this torture is going to correct any type of bad behavior!! How does that just pop into ones head? Taking pliers to the genitals, heating utensils and burning a childs tongue and mouth? Hell on earth is where these children resided for a time. Dear God, please guide them to a loving and safe environment, Amen!!

So the Misses admits she is a monster!?! Disgusting and vile piece of shit MONSTERS!! Get to reapin' what ya have sown!!

**walkingeagle** · February 24th, 2011, 01:53 PM

YUKON — A Yukon man and woman are accused of beating, choking, whipping and burning their adopted children and feeding them pet food, court records show.

The abuse allegations involve their 15-year-old and 11-year-old adopted sons and 9-year-old adopted daughter.

They live in a trailer home with detached garage in rural northwest Yukon on N Cimarron Road. An aboveground pool sits behind the home.

Prosecutors allege Sonja Kluth strangled the older boy, who at times lost consciousness, burned his skin and tongue with heated utensils, stabbed him with a knife, beat him with a broom and mop handles, squeezed his tongue with pliers and smashed his face, fingers and toes.

John Kluth is accused of punching and slapping the boy, choking him, throwing him to the ground and whipping him with a horse whip.

The younger boy was punched in the face and strangled by Sonja Kluth and had his tongue pinched by pliers, according to court papers. Prosecutors accuse John Kluth of spanking and striking the boy “in an unreasonable manner.”

Sonja Kluth is accused of beating the girl with belts and broom and mop handles, throwing her to the ground, choking her, smashing her head against doors, walls and counter tops, ripping an earring from her ear, punching her in the face and hitting her in the face with a telephone, breaking her tooth. John Kluth is accused of spanking and striking her and throwing her to the ground.

Prosecutors allege the Kluths confined the boys to an unlit underground storm shelter for long periods and provided them with only dog food to eat. Court papers state the 15-year-old occasionally was locked in a dog crate and the girl was not given properly fitting shoes to wear and was sometimes only provided with cat food to eat.

The Kluths were not at home Wednesday evening, and a neighbor declined to speak on their behalf without their permission.

CONTRIBUTOR: Staff Writer
Matt Dinger

http://newsok.com/adoptive-parents-c...#ixzz1Etr4etfZ

**biteme** · February 24th, 2011, 02:13 PM

Ok whoever set the bond needs to be placed in the care of John and Sonja Kluth for at least a year
Oklahoma from what I've seen has a real issue with punishing child abuse, it's not just one judge
it's the whole LE/judicial mentality in that backward state

**walkingeagle** · February 24th, 2011, 02:19 PM

I could not even begin to tell you why this happens. We have a truly skewed system! If I were caught with a Hustler magazine that showed any penetration my bond would be higher than that!

**Miss Anthrope** · February 24th, 2011, 02:50 PM

Are you fucking kidding me? What kind of bail is that against the monsters who methodically tortured and abused these children? Even the Guantanamo prisoners are treated better than this - these people should NEVER be let out to see the light of day again! Fuck Oklahoma - I am guessing it is still acceptable to fuck your sister there too.

**walkingeagle** · February 24th, 2011, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by Miss Anthrope

Fuck Oklahoma - I am guessing it is still acceptable to fuck your sister there too.

Looking at those mugs makes you wonder?????? I'm tempted to grab a sledge and my fencing pliers and show this judge what the kids went through. I'm just not real clear on which judge! This doesn't seem like Cunningham.

**walkingeagle** · February 24th, 2011, 03:55 PM

Can't wait to see which attorney takes this one on! Mr. Box or Cantrell will likely get them out with probation.

**badfish76** · February 24th, 2011, 04:19 PM

If those motherfuckers get probation I am moving over the state line when I graduate and initiating a one woman reform movement!

**walkingeagle** · February 24th, 2011, 04:26 PM

This is happening within walking distance to me!

**badfish76** · February 24th, 2011, 04:27 PM

Start writing letters to the DA and your senate and congress people NOW, before it is too late!

**walkingeagle** · February 24th, 2011, 04:35 PM

I did not think of it until you mentioned this, but I may have 1 string to pull in that DAs office! I know someone that used to work there!

**Miss Anthrope** · February 24th, 2011, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by badfish76

If those motherfuckers get probation I am moving over the state line when I graduate and initiating a one woman reform movement!

Awww comeon Badfish76! Don't keep all of the fun to yourself! I am sure the two of us can come up with lots of creative justice for these two!

**low** · February 24th, 2011, 07:38 PM

fuckin monsters!

**Mega Ultra** · February 24th, 2011, 08:05 PM

nice to know favoritism is going on here in the states too - feeding only the girl cat food.

These POS's need to be subjected to some of their own torture - a way of reform, however, they'll never be "reformed" so we could dole out the punishment indefinitely.

**Morgana** · February 25th, 2011, 12:55 AM

What we need in court rooms with today's technology is 3D live reenactment of crimes, because hearing about torture of children and reading it or seeing still photos of injuries just isn't vivid enough for the average dumb mother fucker! We have to show live torture,see the blood gush and hear the anguish to believe it? That's what you're saying? Get the fuck outta here with this bail shit!

**Dakota Valkyrie** · February 25th, 2011, 07:40 AM

The Canadian County couple accused of abusing their three children were receiving $4,500 a month support money from the state of Wisconsin, where they adopted the children before moving to Oklahoma, Canadian County Sheriff Randall Edwards said Thursday.
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In an affidavit filed with the charges, Sonja Kluth told investigators she had “totally lost all control” when trying to deal with the children and had “become a monster.”
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John Kluth admitted to investigators he excessively punished the children but blamed the most severe abuse on his wife and said that “didn't fly with him,” according to the affidavit. He told them he and his wife were going to be accused of abusing the children, but the children came to them already damaged.

The children were adopted from Winnebago County, Wis., Edwards said. Oshkosh, Wis., is the county's principal city.
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The Kluths were not receiving any financial assistance through the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, DHS spokeswoman Sheree Powell said.

She said the agency had no contact with the family until receiving a complaint on the child abuse hotline. Powell was unsure when that call came in but said DHS has worked with law enforcement since the beginning of the case.

Canadian County deputies became aware of the case when the Kluths called them Nov. 28 to report their oldest son had run away, according to the affidavit. The teen was found the next day sleeping in a box behind a Braum's in Oklahoma City, and the children were taken into DHS custody after the oldest boy told them about the abuse.

The Kluths had told authorities they homeschooled the children, but that was not the case, Edwards said. The middle child told investigators he had not been taken to the doctor since the family moved to Oklahoma. The affidavit does not state what year the family moved to Oklahoma, but says the crimes were committed in Canadian County between Jan. 1, 2009 and Nov. 28, 2010.
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The 15-year-old boy is less than 5 feet tall, and hospital professionals told investigators it likely was because of malnourishment, the affidavit states.

http://www.newsok.com/article/3543732

"They have been raised worse than dogs," Canadian County Sheriff Randall Edwards told CNN of the three malnourished juveniles, who are 9, 11 and 15.
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"We are certainly not happy with the low bond," Edwards said.
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The kids are illiterate, although Sonja Kluth said she was home-schooling them, Edwards told CNN.
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One of the children was told by Sonja Kluth that he should commit suicide, the statement said.

The sheriff also said that three biological children of the couple, who are now adults, urged Wisconsin officials to investigate their claims that they were abused while living at home.
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The Kluths' biological son, Bill, told CNN Oklahoma City affiliate KWTV he was not shocked by the allegations.

"These people were basically out just for the money. They weren't out for taking care of these kids," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/24/...ma.abuse.case/

**DSC** · February 25th, 2011, 06:42 PM

From what I've read, it sounds like the kluth's had the children since at least 2006 and if the biological kids allegations of abuse are true, I have a feeling the abuse started long before January 2009.

Even after allegations of abuse were reported to Wisconsin officials, sparking what Canadian (Oklahoma) County Sheriff Randall Edwards called "a very limited investigation," and after the family left the state, Wisconsin continued to pay the couple $1,500 a month for each of the three children.
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It is unclear when the adoption occurred, what alleged abuse reports were filed in Wisconsin, what kind investigation was conducted by whom and what services, if any, were provided to the Kluth family.

source

However, when the Kluths first moved to Oklahoma, neighbors said, they didn’t appear to be any different from a normal family.The Kluths moved to a neighborhood just outside of Tuttle in 2006.

source

**walkingeagle** · March 1st, 2011, 11:11 AM

Natural son says he was not abused by Canadian County couple

http://newsok.com/natural-son-says-h...#ixzz1FMR79Rms

YUKON — The natural son of a Canadian County couple facing child abuse charges said he was never abused by his parents, nor saw them abuse their three adopted children.

Wisconsin native Bill Kluth, 35, said Monday he and his two siblings have been estranged from their parents for about seven years, after disagreeing on the way their parents were secluding the two adopted boys from the rest of the family.

“We were literally not allowed to speak with them,” Kluth said. “We told them ‘you don't treat kids that way' and we haven't spoken since.”

Authorities allege the Kluths beat, choked, whipped and burned the children, and made them eat pet food. They claim the Kluths confined the boys in an unlit cellar for months at a time, and locked the oldest in a dog cage. The children did not attend school.

The couple are free on bail, and the children are in the custody of child welfare services.

Calls to the Kluth's attorney, Bill James, of Yukon, were not returned.

Bill Kluth said he and his siblings stopped speaking with their parents shortly after they adopted the second boy, and weren't aware they adopted a daughter until notified about the couple's criminal charges.

He said the children were not given usual freedom.

“Whenever one of us would point that out, they'd say they had to follow a regimen in a book they were given,” he said.

Kluth said the book was supposedly from child welfare services, but he never saw it.

The boys were made to play quietly in a corner during family holidays, and often the oldest was sent to another room to write repetitive sentences as a form of punishment, he said.

Kluth said the childhood that's been described for his adoptive siblings is nothing like the one he experienced with his parents.

They lived a middle-class life. John Kluth was a postal worker and Sonja Kluth worked as a hotel manager, he said.

“Honestly, we never went through any kind of abuse,” Kluth said. “Everything was pretty normal. We never really had rules. We got allowances, played outside with our dirt bikes and never got stuck in a dog crate.”

In an affidavit filed with the charges, Sonja Kluth told investigators she had “totally lost all control” when trying to deal with the children and had “become a monster.”

Kluth said if his mother did lose control, she should have stopped and gotten help.

“If they did do what's being alleged, then they should be punished for it,” Kluth said.

**carolinablue** · March 1st, 2011, 12:05 PM

Whenever I read a story about child abuse I read the same thing over and over; that there were people who knew things weren't right, weren't surprised this happened, told the parents not to do those things... they come out of the woodwork afterwards.
Y'all go after the parents, I want the people who knew/suspected the abuse was going on and did nothing. The parents are monsters; the relatives, kids, agencies who saw/heard/suspected abuse and did not intervene may not be legally culpable, but they enabled the abusers and are a bunch of goddam cowards.

The Kluths' biological son, Bill, told CNN Oklahoma City affiliate KWTV he was not shocked by the allegations.

“We told them ‘you don't treat kids that way' and we haven't spoken since.”

Even after allegations of abuse were reported to Wisconsin officials, sparking what Canadian (Oklahoma) County Sheriff Randall Edwards called "a very limited investigation," and after the family left the state, Wisconsin continued to pay the couple $1,500 a month for each of the three children.

**DSC** · March 1st, 2011, 04:42 PM

Video of Carla, who works at Braum's and found the oldest boy behind the restaurant. The first minute is why I posted it -

Carla: Where's your parents?
12 yr. old: I don't have any.
Carla: Where's your home?
12 yr. old: I don't have one. Can I go home with you?

Beyond the first 58 seconds, is a reporter trying to squeeze as much as possible out of story with limited public info and annoying.

In the next video, a biological son, Charles Kluth does not address whether he or his siblings were abused as kids or not but did say, "His mother is a 'Power hungry monster'"

The video also mentioned the adopted children being doused with gasoline but wonder if it's taken out of context from this statement:

One child said that he told Sonja Kluth he wanted to kill himself. She told him to get a gas can and go to the cellar while she located a lighter, according to court documents.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/116933068.html

**Whisper** · May 7th, 2012, 08:14 PM

Trial For Yukon Couple Accused Of Child Abuse To Begin Monday

YUKON, Oklahoma -
The trial for a Yukon couple accused in a disturbing case of child abuse and neglect is scheduled to begin on Monday.

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Canadian County officials say the couple burned, beat and cut the children. The Kluths are also accused of locking the children in an underground storm shelter and feeding them dog and cat food.

The abuse was discovered when one of the boys was found sleeping in a box behind a restaurant in northwest Oklahoma City.

http://www.news9.com/story/18159631/...o-begin-monday

**Whisper** · June 4th, 2012, 10:45 PM

Trial Postponed For Yukon Couple Accused Of Child Abuse

YUKON, Oklahoma -
A judge has decided to postpone the trial for a Yukon couple accused of child abuse and neglect.

John and Sonja Kluth were scheduled to stand trial on Monday. A new trial date is not available at this time.

The two are facing a number of charges for allegedly abusing their three adopted children.

2/23/2011 Yukon Parents Accused of Child Abuse, Feeding Children Dog, Cat Food

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http://www.newson6.com/story/1869178...d-trial-monday

**Whisper** · June 11th, 2012, 09:54 PM

EL RENO, Okla. (AP) - Jury selection is under way in the trial of a Canadian County couple accused of abusing their three adopted children.

Tulsa television station KOTV reports (http://is.gd/DxrIcS ) that proceedings began Monday in the trial of John and Sonja Kluth. Both face child abuse and neglect charges.
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http://www.newson6.com/story/1875629...ild-abuse-case

**Krystal** · June 12th, 2012, 09:07 AM

And they let these two adopt children? Seriously, I was told that I could not adopt or foster because I have a child with Asperberger's Syndrome, formerly called high-functioning autism, never once has he been violent, nothing, but they give these two assholes 3 precious children. Makes perfect sense to me, how about everyone else?

**Dakota Valkyrie** · June 12th, 2012, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by Krystal

And they let these two adopt children? Seriously, I was told that I could not adopt or foster because I have a child with Asperberger's Syndrome, formerly called high-functioning autism, never once has he been violent, nothing, but they give these two assholes 3 precious children. Makes perfect sense to me, how about everyone else?

To be fair, I doubt there is a crystal ball in all the world that would have told officials that a couple was going to do such a thing. Before this happened, they already had natural children that they treated well. Nothing has pointed to any problems before the adoption. How was anyone to know this was going to happen?

**Icy** · June 13th, 2012, 12:36 AM

Child Testifies Against Yukon Couple

YUKON, Oklahoma -

A child testified against his adopted parents in Canadian County. The Yukon couple is accused of beating, burning, and cutting their three adopted children. John and Sonja kluth are each charged with six counts of child abuse and neglect.

6/12/2012 Related Story: Testimony Begins In Child Abuse Trial Of Yukon Couple

The oldest child, a 16-year-old son took the stand and while facing his adoptive parents told the court the countless ways he remembers being abused in the Kluth home.

The child told the courtroom for punishment Sonja Kluth would take a mallet and have any of her three adoptive children put their hands or feet on a cutting board and then use "great force" to bash them.

The child explained he has scars including whip marks on his hands, "a reminder on his big toe," a deformed finger, and a shriveled pinky, knife point marks and burn marks.

The child swiveled in his chair as he explained how Sonja Kluth heated a spoon and then "made him pull down his pants saying she was going to burn his genitals and bottom."

The child testified Kluth burned his side, back, and bottom. The child says he and his siblings were also put in dog crates and sprayed with urine as punishment for wetting their pants because they were waiting for permission from the Kluths to use the restroom.

The other two adoptive children are listed as witnesses. We are told they are expected to testify on Wednesday.

http://www.news9.com/story/18771878/...ild-abuse-case

**Icy** · June 13th, 2012, 10:29 PM

Trial Continues For Yukon Couple:

EL RENO, Oklahoma -
The trial for a Yukon couple accused of child abusecontinues Wednesday.
John and Sonja Kluth are accused of beating burning and cutting their three adoptive children.
During testimony, one of those adoptive children revealed more allegations of abuse, including a list of scars he says he got when the Kluths whipped him with extension cords, burned him with hot spoons, and cut him with a tooth scraper

http://www.newson6.com/story/1877821...of-child-abuse

**Icy** · June 15th, 2012, 11:04 PM

Yukon Woman Accused Of Child Abuse Takes Stand:

OKLAHOMA CITY -

A woman accused of abusing her adopted child took the stand in her own defense on Friday.

On the stand this Friday, Sonja kluth systematically addressed the allegations of abuse and neglect made against her this week.

Sonja Kluth sometimes teared up as she talked about challenges she faced with the severe behavioral problems with the children. She said they all suffered from reactive attachment.

The oldest was the worst. She said he had was aggressive toward other kids, displayed sexual behavior even when he was young, and would purposely urinate and defecate all over the house.

She said she would put the two boys in the storm cellar because they were urinating all over the house. And nothing else they tried would get them to stop. She said she didn't think this was an unsafe thing.

And she and John Kluth Would check on them and tell them if they wanted to stop urinating, they could come up, and they said they wanted to stay.

She says there was never a dog crate down there.

Sonja says she didn't originally know the boys were eating dog food. He was doing it on their own. She said the oldest was eating trash, but she couldn't get him to stop. She said she would buy him boxes of twinkies so he would stop. But he wouldn't because she said he wanted to prove to them that he was stronger.

Sonya said she did not rip out the girl's earring, and she didn't knock out her tooth with a phone, she accidentally hit her with her hand, and Sonya Kluth showed jurors a scar on her hand.

Testimony will continue on Monday morning.

http://www.news9.com/story/18802377/...ld-takes-stand