Overview
- Walter Goodman, 47, Melissa Goodman, 50, Savanna Lefever, 29, and Kayla Stemler, 27, were arrested Nov. 10 on multiple felony counts of chronic child neglect with great bodily harm and emotional damage.
- Recent hearings in Outagamie County were postponed for Goodman and Stemler to allow for counsel and preparation, and all four remain jailed on cash bail set at $150,000 for the Goodmans and Stemler, and $100,000 for Lefever.
- First responders on Aug. 21 found the teen severely malnourished at 35 pounds with hypothermia, hypoglycemia, bruising, pressure sores, and signs of multi-organ dysfunction, according to the criminal complaint.
- Charging documents cite a locked bedroom under video surveillance, bolt-lock holes on the door, no documented medical visits since 2020, no in-person schooling since the pandemic, and texts discussing withholding food and using a belt.
- The girl has been released from the hospital to relatives’ care, with family reporting her weight has roughly doubled and that the Oneida trailer has been posted unsafe with police tape still in place.