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A Florida children’s book author and her husband were each sentenced to more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty to abusing their three adopted children. Jennifer Wolfthal ...

A Florida children's author – known for penning stories about friendship – was charged alongside her husband for abusing and neglecting their adopted children, authorities said. Jennifer ...

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Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A Florida couple — including a woman who authored children's books — has pleaded guilty to abusing their adopted children inclduing spanking ...

The couple's children said they often went for months without bathing and were seriously malnourished, the arrest report alleged A Florida-based children’s book author and her husband are ...

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