Melissa Chandler, a Kokomo mom, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty for binding two four year olds with zip ties and holding them in a closet. Last May, Kokomo police arrested Chandler and three other adults after officers discovered the children who, according to Grant County Judge Jeffrey Todd, would have died within days had they not been found. Chandler's sister, Jennifer Leonard, also received a similar sentence. No motive for such truculent behavior has been revealed.
I cannot comprehend what would propel a mother to torture a child as Chandler did. What further blows my mind is the number of other rational adults that stood idley by while Melissa Chandler deprived her children of food and water for extended amounts of time. The fact that this behavior takes places sickens me, and I am glad Chandler will spend time bound in handcuffs stuck in a jail cell, just like her children spent time bound with zip ties stuck in a closet.
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