Seven children taken from cockroach infested Goodman home, mother, aunt, uncle face felony charges

Three Goodman residents were charged with seven counts of endangering the welfare of a child and seven counts of child abuse following a law enforcement visit that was prompted by a Children's Division report.

A $10,000 cash bond has been set for Brandi Jo Rudd (DOB 1983), who is described as the mother of at least some of the children, according to the probable cause statement. The others who were charged, Kyle W. Condreay (DOB 1982) and Christina Bennett (DOB 1989), are described in the document, which was filed today in McDonald County Circuit Court, as the children's uncle and aunt.

The Children's Division was alerted by the Neosho R-5 School District which reported one of the children said she was struck in the head repeatedly, kicked and forced to sleep on the floor with no blanket "for disciplinary reasons."

Conditions in the home were described by the Goodman Police Department in the probable cause statement:

After securing the suspects in the patrol units, Sgt. Ledford and I conducted a walk-through of the residence in search of anybody else inside. I immediately noticed that there was marijuana paraphernalia on the kitchen table. 

Just beyond the table the floor of the house was falling in, with plants growing through the walls. The kitchen was covered with cockroaches, dirty dishes, and broken appliances. 

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Just off of the kitchen was a room that was later confirmed as {the children's} bedroom. In the room was a particle board wood floor covered in dog feces and urine. 

In the comer of the room was a "blanket" that the victim stated was her "pillow." Further walk through led us to observe the bathroom in which a majority of the floor was missing around the bathtub and the toilet. There was also human feces located. 

There was also a hole in the wall directly to {another} bedroom. The "adults' room" was littered with trash and clothing, and it appeared that the ceiling was collapsing. The back bedroom had four bunkbeds; all had a small blanket however no sheets or pillows were observed by me. 

When the Goodman officer learned that Bennett was headed to the school to pick up the children, the Neosho Police Department was called and asked to pick up Bennett and not allow the children to go with her.

Interviews at the Children's Center indicated all seven children "were subject to abuse by being hit in the head for punishment with an autistic child being the primary target, according to the probable cause statement.

One of the children, who had recently been kicked was having problem breathing and was sent to a hospital to be checked for possible broken ribs.