Keenan’s Free
Keenan’s Free
After serving nine months in a Missouri DYS program over $100 in alleged property damage (including labor), Keenan is finally free and home.
He was released on what Missouri calls “aftercare,” which in practice functions as parole. Missouri uses softened terminology to avoid openly criminalizing youth, yet still treats them as convicted offenders.
From the very beginning, I made it clear to Union, Missouri that Florida never wanted Keenan back. Despite this, Santa Rosa County, Florida misled Union and Franklin County into believing otherwise — and Union went along with it. Union, Missouri knowingly attempted to send Keenan back into Florida’s juvenile system — a system with a documented history of abuse and deaths in custody.
Let us not forget this:
Union, Missouri’s actions contributed directly to Keenan’s attempted suicide.
I will acknowledge that Missouri often claims to operate one of the top DYS programs in the nation. In this case, however, the system failed — and the truth survived. It backfired, didn’t it, Union and Clayton.
CPS:
Stay far away from our family. The world is paying attention now.
Systems built on unchecked power do not last forever. One day, families and children will be safe from institutions that destroy rather than protect.
Clayton County and Sarah Renschen must be held accountable for Keenan’s abduction and forced drugging.
Judge Marci Goodman, Lisa Howey Rigby, and Catina Wilson — your actions fractured this family permanently. These decisions carry consequences that do not end when courtrooms empty.
And finally:
Amy is no longer here to see Keenan free. She did not survive what this system put our family through.
Amy left this world on Christmas morning. Not because she was weak — but because the damage was irreversible. One day, when all excuses are gone and all authority fades, you will have to answer for this.
Amy is in Heaven now.
And Heaven remembers.
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August 21, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Oh, thank goodness! Congratulations! Way to go, Rick! Your poor baby…. Welcome home, Keenan! Hopefully your are having only sweet dreams!
August 8, 2024 at 3:15 am
Thank you kindly Jill.
March 16, 2012 at 2:54 pm
I just found your blog today. What a nightmare! How is Keenan doing these days?
There are so many tragic stories of families harmed by CPS & the juvenile/family courts. Our child protection system needs to be scrapped and re-designed so that it becomes open and accountable. I’m pleading with everyone who reads this to follow what’s going on in your state and federal governments. Write your congressmen and senators. Support good child-welfare legislation, and oppose legislation that chips away at parental rights. Go to websites like parentalrights.org or familyrights.us to see what you can do to help change things.
In my county, there are convicted rapists and drug dealers who got lighter sentences than Keenan. This is so wrong. My heart goes out to you both.
March 16, 2012 at 2:58 pm
When I wrote, “lighter sentences,” I was including Keenan’s drugging and incarceration in the hospital, not just the nine months for the bike.
August 8, 2024 at 2:47 am
Thanks for your humble concern! Updates coming soon.
August 8, 2024 at 2:49 am
Thank you for your kind words. What country are you from?
April 9, 2013 at 7:45 am
Yeah. He wasn’t sentenced to nine months it TOOK him nine months to finish a 4-6 month program. This guy leaves ALL sorts of information out of his posts as a way to avoid responsibility for his sons behavior.
June 5, 2013 at 8:20 pm
how does a guy we have never met write his own page he knows nothing about? what other information does this guy want, the victims names, phone numbers & address?
October 30, 2019 at 12:29 pm
you’re a true moron!
October 30, 2019 at 12:29 pm
you’re a true moron!
August 8, 2024 at 2:32 am
Glad you have netter info than I have firsthand! We have a real winner here!
December 27, 2024 at 8:50 am
families should be allowed to use their children however they wish without outside interference. end CPS now!!!!