Jennifer Kukla Gets Life

Jennifer Kukla was a single mother living in a trailer with her two kids, 8-year-old Alexandria and 5-year-old Ashley. Jennifer had a hard time paying bills as a McDonald's employee and with one of the girl's father in prison and the other absent, caring for the girls was hard. Child Protective Services had taken her children before, for not having a clean residence, and she was afraid that they were going to take her two daughters away again. On top of all this, her car had broken down and she may have lost her job. On one cold morning in February, Jennifer finally snapped. Fueled by the stress, alcohol and a possible mental illness, Jennifer grabbed a large knife from the kitchen and [Read more...]