I will admit, when I took on the blog and joined the grassroots effort to help families in need, I never expected the crap that would be thrown in our direction. Supporters of unethical and illegal adoption are indeed a strange breed of people. When they can't lie to the public about their cause or get caught in their lies, they resort to insults, attacks against personal lives, professional lives, etc. Nothing is sacred. I've seen with my own eyes attacks on spouses, children and whatever petty nonsense they could find.
Sonya's case is closed. She can now live happily with her mom, dad and extended family. The couple that held her hostage for over eight years of her life no longer have any legal options available to them in their efforts to gain access to her. Supporters of the kidnapping foster parents are mad in their death throes. Twitter is alive with the rantings of one or two of the more vicious Hodgin supporters, hell bent on savagely attacking anyone who supports Sonya's right to remain with her true family. Even with the court documents presented that finally prove without a shadow of a doubt that the Hodgins themselves were responsible for Sonya's lengthy term as a foster child, they refuse to acknowledge it. Even with the proof that Sonya's paternal grandmother was approved to take her and that DCS and the courts had planned for Sonya to be transferred back to Nebraska, supporters of the kidnappers still insist she was never approved and nobody ever came to get her.
It amazes me the level of denial. The proof is right there in their faces. Grandma was approved. The Hodgins thwarted reunification. DCS OPPOSED their adoption attempts. There is solid documented proof that the Hodgins lied to their supporters from day one and yet the more die-hard supporters refuse to even entertain the idea that the Hodgins were in the wrong. They focus on the fact that they managed to hold the child hostage for most of her life and that alone should give them superior rights over the child's own father, mother and legal state of residence.
One thing I've learned is that when something is dying, it can snap. Frightened and unsure of itself, it lashes out. That is the case with some of the Hodgins more psychotic supporters. Supporters of kidnappers resort to underhanded means in an attempt to intimidate and bully. We saw it a year and a half ago during the Veronica Brown kidnapping and we're seeing it again now. Supporters of kidnappers have gone as far as to find out where the opposing side lives and works in an attempt to bring the fight into our personal lives. Seems unreal, yeah? Those who supported Dusten and Veronica were actually reported at their places of employment, had spouses and even ex spouses contacted.
About a week ago, in the wake of Sonya's victory over her kidnappers, it was discovered that someone had contacted the former employer of a member of our team in an attempt to locate them. The former employer was able to contact the team member and give them a heads up. I am not at liberty to mention the suspect behind this or how this person was possibly able to obtain the information. The matter is being investigated.
Yesterday, an alternate Facebook account messaged Sonya Is Home, the support page for Sonya and her real family. This message led the Sonya Is Home administrator to the alt account's page that revealed what appeared to be a list of names with a bloody target. A dozen or so of the most vocal supporters who support family preservation and rally against unethical/illegal adoption were on this list, mine included.
This is how far some are willing to go. Scare into silence. Luckily, the administrator was able to obtain screenshots of the list and this was quickly passed on to law enforcement and everyone on the list is working with investigators in their home states as well as where the alternate account originated from. Word of the "hit list" was made public on Sonya Is Home as a way to warn everyone involved just how dangerous some of the kidnapping supporters have become. The support page for the Hodgins, Bring Sonya Home, is of course scoffing at it. Demanding proof. Claiming it's nothing but a lie, an effort to discredit them. We were advised against making the screen shots public due to what is now an ongoing investigation into the threat.
Supporters of the Hodgins have encouraged kidnapping Sonya back and escaping out of country. Encouraged those local to where Sonya lives to stalk her and harass her. And now they are resorting to stalking supporters of Sonya's family and hinting that they plan to cause physical harm to us. Knowing their moral compass is so skewed they'd support someone snatching the child back against her will, finding out that someone is making threats against her supporters should not come a surprise. The evil and depravity of the Hodgin's circle of supporters clearly knows no bounds. Willing to silence us by any means necessary.
If you're reading this, know that you will be found and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. This is being taken VERY seriously and everyone on the list is working with law enforcement to track you down. You will not silence us with half assed put together scare tactics. It only proves that you and those who believe as you do will stop at nothing to shut us up.
It isn't going to work.
You've only made us louder.
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