Candace Clark, Michael Sisk, Michaela Clerc and Felicia Mae Garlin
Oh.
My.
God.
Candace Clark, Michael Sisk, Michaela Clerc and Felicia Mae Garlin all swept into a small rural town in Wisconsin during the month of February in 2007.
They brought with them Garlin’s mother, Tammie Garlin, a tortured-looking 11-year-old boy who happened to be her son, three other children (who belonged to Clark), and a kidnapped girl from Florida.
They also brought with them several warrants for their arrest.
Candace Clark was wanted in Florida for the kidnapping of her 2-year-old daughter from her foster parents, and in Kentucky for financial fraud.
Michael Sisk had a warrant out for his arrest in the state of Colorado, for skipping out on his work-release program.
Over the past year, the group had lived in Florida, Maine, Kentucky, Colorado and Tennessee. In all those states, they were making a living through financial fraud with a series of aliases.
They came to Wisconsin to see snow.
After paying cash for rent on a two-story house in town, they all settled down.
Kind of like the Brady Bunch.
If the Brady Bunch ever started slowly torturing Peter Brady to death.
Tammie Garlin’s 11-year-old son went through some pretty bad times. Before I detail some of the abuse, keep in mind his mother and sister participated in this abuse.
Candace Clark and Michael Sisk whipped the boy daily with belts and extension cords. The kid was beaten, kicked and strangled until his eyes closed and he passed out..
They fed him one meal a day. He was hungry all the time.
Felicia, Candace and Michael forced him to drink gallons of water until he was vomited it all up, then kick and beat the boy while he lay on the floor.
Tammie Garlin’s son would sometimes be hogtied with his hands tied behind his back and tied to another rope which tied his feet together.
He was usually then put into a bathtub by Candace Clark and Michael Sisk and then scalding hot water was turned on.
Everyone participating in the scalding would threaten to drown him if he got out.
Sometimes water would be heated up in a pan on the stove and then he’d be chased through the house until they could throw the scalding water on him.
His sister, Felicia Garlin, thought that was particularly funny and laughed a lot whenever it happened.
The boy told investigators that these burning incidents happened more than ten times.
Pliers were found. They had been applied to the kid’s genitals which were then twisted.
Every night the boy slept naked, without blankets, in his sister’s closet.
And then the lesbian break-up happened.
Damn those lesbian break-ups.
Tammie Garlin and Michaela Clerc were lovers at one point, but had a falling out and broke up, which led Michaela to believe Tammie had cheated on her.
The whole group turned on Tammie Garlin and they started to torture her along with her son.
She began to get the scaldings, to be locked in the closet.
On June 4th, hours after a particularly savage beating, Tammie Garlin still felt sick. Felicia Garlin and Michaela Clerc dragged her into a bathroom, where Clerc slammed her head against the floor on her way out.
Annoyed with her moaning and crying, Michael Sisk went into the bathroom with her and shut the door. He came out a few minutes later and told the others that Tammie Garlin was dead.
Michaela Clerc laughed.
The group figured that they had to get rid of the body before it started stinking up the place, so, after much thought, they buried her corpse in the backyard.
Incidentally, after all this was brought out into the open, their landlord came forward to say that Michael Sisk had approached him with an offer of planting a garden over the spot where Tammie Garlin’s body was later found. Michael Sisk apparently changed his mind later on and wanted to put in a patio.
The patio never got put in, because police had finally tracked the group down for the kidnapping of the little 2-year-old girl and arrested Candace Clark, Michaela Clerc and Felicia Garlin on June 14th. Michael Sisk was captured later at a bus stop in Milwaukee. He had a ticket to Kentucky and was only captured because the bus had been delayed.
After the police took the three women down to the station for interrogation purposes, Clerc revealed during her interview that there was still an 11-year-old boy locked in a closet.
Driving back to the house, police found the boy there, sitting on the floor with his knees pulled up to his chest. He was covered in cuts, burns and scars. His feet were so badly burned he couldn’t walk.
A local 7-year-old girl said she saw them wheel the boy out and was scared. “I seen blood coming out of his forehead,” she said.
Dr. Barbara L. Knox examined and interviewed the boy at a local hospital.
Her examination showed that he had burns over most of his body, including his scalp. He had significant injuries, both old and new that could only be caused by constant, serial beatings.
He was malnourished.
Specific injuries to the boy included:
- a missing front upper tooth
- several burn marks on his face and scalp
- multiple burn and loop marks (from reported extension cord beatings) throughout his torso
- burns on both his hands, which had caused mummification and significant contracture of some of the fingers
- burnt and swollen arms
- burn scars on his legs and knees
- extensive burns on both feet
The boy’s final comment to Dr. Knox during the interview: “I don’t want to hurt no more.”
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They're all going to Hell, aren't they?
- Yes (98%, 1,381 Votes)
- No (2%, 29 Votes)
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And I thought the Munsters and Adams Family were weid!
Injustice in our justice system! NO PLEAS, please! Someone fix this.
They are so hell bound! I hope they burn worse than they burned that poor child FUCKERS!
okay, who voted no?
i cried when i read this story!!!
Nevermind of they are going to hell – how about how will tis kid live the rest of his life?!!?
This is one reason I could never be in Law Enforcement, or Child Protective Services. I wouldn’t revel in the idea of these people going to prison for the rest of their lives…I would just put a .45 bullet in each of their knees and walk away.
a public beating everyweek is not enough punishment
I agree with Duane, but getting a bullet in the knees would be really really G rated compared to what I would do to them. Not that I condone what they did, but they would see what they did come back to them 20-40 fold. Not too mention the severe systematic raping of them, multiple times a day. With various household items of different sizes and shapes!!! I would take particular ‘care’ in this. :) They would literally wish they were dead with every second that they had conscience thought.
ok, Michael Sisk is my brother.Yall shouldnt be asking if theyre going to hell or not! Its not up to you its only up to one person! My brother Michael might not of even done this stuff.Its all about what theyre saying and that doesnt mean nothing.Candice is a B*tch and Im not scared to say it.She has ruined our family,not just my brothers life all of ours.The only reason my brother left Colorado is because Candice told my brother “If you want to see your kids again your going to come” and she made him go! Candice is a whitch she is into whichcraft.My brother isnt the type of person to do this stuff! He is a quite person and he would never harm anyone!! I just cant believe my brother did this stuff!
you cant believe he did it but yet with all the evidence he didnt try to stop it either
and please dont even start shit about her being a witch and into witchcraft you are only scared of the not knowing
so dont even start you ignorant non spelling piece of crap YOUR BROTHERS GUILTY DEAL WITH IT
My grandmother used to practice witch craft. So did an Aunt of mine. It sure didnt give them power over the men in their lives.
If he didnt want to go with her, he should have just told her to fuck off and called the police.
Your brother is guilty as all shit.
Perhaps you should learn how to spell, before you defend that fat steaming pile of a brother you have. Let’s not use being from Kentucky as an excuse, inbreeder, I bet even sloth from the goonies can spell.
Is it just me, but when ever I hear of people molesting or torturing children? I want some payback; prison is not enough for these people they need to physically feel the same pain they inflected to a defenseless child. I would hope people reading this in prison take my words to heart…
First off, only those that were present and God himself knows exactly what happen in that Portage house. I find shame in the fact knowing others who we shall call “perfect mortals” have been the first to point a finger condemning Candice Clark for this immoral act. I see all of you as being nothing more than an actor yourselves, playing the all mighty role of God. We are to nod our heads in shame that any human could have done such a crime.. which may I remind that you nor I had inherited the power to visually see if others are guilty of anything through a brick wall. I am indeed thankful for the given liberties of a fair trail and also find comfort in the fact that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Nevertheless, I would not only find shame in the fact that anyone could take another’s life, I am also embarrassed to know that my fellow Americans, can find comedy in such a story where I am sure the family of Tammie Garlin have endured horrific pain while dealing with their lose. I also find zero humor in the matter pertaining to my loved and trusted sister, Candace Clark. Shame on my fellow Americans.. Rent a comedy from blockbuster, yes its that simple… I love, believe and trust in you Candace Clark not only because you are my sister but also in addition to the realism that I will never put myself in the same group as all of these perfect simpleton who think they know it all. Also want to think our lord above, we are just weeks away from welcoming our wonderful three nieces back home in Kentucky. I for one, cant find humor in this trouble situation when three innocent little lives will have to deal with this forever. They are the true innocent ones here, however guessing the mentally level of you “want to be comedians,†I am sure you will never be able to comprehend this. For all of you perfect judges who we now know instills some type of telepathic powers and have giggled in all your non-humorous statement, while accusing my sister, Candace Clark of these many sins. Now may I remind you that laughing in such a way, just might find yourself in a position where one need to repent yourself!! Hum ponder that over you Hippocrates. To all of you no-names but big talking uneducated writers, if your so proud of your dim-witted, non amusing blogs, I suggest you acquire the knowledge needed to spell your name therefore you can impute it proudly @ the end of your seeming ridiculous statements. I truly hope that someday day all of you “uneducated want to be heard intellectually challenged individuals†would not continue to be oblivious on the subject your pretend to know so well. Furthermore, I challenge all of you aspired journalists to sign your identity at the end of your labored underdeveloped premature abstracts. I will promptly take on the job of a lobbyist and will not stop until you all get your idiot medal for all your 1st grade mentally level that you so freely speck with.
P.S. Michael is an adult no one made him do anything!!!
Sondra Delaney (Candice Clarks only sister)
Paragraphs. They’re your friend. If you were half as intelligent as you proclaim you would not need to be educated in the matter.
Furthermore, your sister deserves far more than she will get and I hope, for the sake of anyone who managed to fumble through this half-cocked babble, you will get some of it too.
Sondra Rene, cousin, well spoken! Love you baby girl! I don’t for one minute agree with anything Candice did. But I dare not play God and judge her. The courts have already done that. The rest is between God and Candice.
Sondra, I’ll try to get in touch. I don’t know if after all this time you still read this. I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!!!!!!!! i HAVE SEEN THIS BOY AND HE SAID SHE DID MOST OF IT!!
I am not perfect. I never will be. But i dont tourture little children. That makes me better than these scum. So yeah i feel alright about judging them.
Before you worry about our 1st grade mentality level, why not pay some attention to your 1st grade spelling ability?
Its Trial, not Trail.
Its Loss not Lose.
It Simpletons not Simpleton.
Our Lord deserves the respect of using a capital. He is not merely lord.
And what the hell is a ‘hippocrite’?’ It must have something to do with a large African animal and the word you were actually looking for was hypocrite.
I personally dont find any humour in the actions of your ‘loved and trusted sister.’ She is a cruel bitch as far as im concerned. At what point could she not have helped this child and protected him from his persecutors? Thats what real women do when a child is being hurt.
All your badly used big words and attempts to sound intellegent were wasted here at PYSIH,because we see right through you and your pathetic attempt to support your sister.
Your right that its not my place to send her to hell, and to be honest, i dont even believe in hell. But she deserves all that the Justice System can deal out to her. And she definately deserves to be the object of hatred and derision.
Amy the Aussie (supporter of abused children)
Amy, you said it all. The “I’m smarter than you” arguement always blows up in some idiots face. Sondra here made little sense, but tried really hard to sound intelligent. I won’t be posting my last name on here, though. Maybe this website has made me paranoid… I don’t put my last name on my myspace page, either. Or my exact location. Sorry, Sondra, I still feel that I have the right to say whatever I want to. My name at the bottom isn’t gonna mean it makes more or less sense. It certianly didn’t make you seem any more intelligent.
And I forgot- lol to “1st grade mentally level that you so freely speck with.” Good one, Sondra.
LOL @ ‘speck’… i missed that one.
Thank you for that brilliant defense you presented for satan, oops I mean Candace. My advice about you’re grammar it’s called a dictionary use it, that is if they have those in Kentucky. I spoke to you some years back, and you were less than supportive of that sociopath. Oh that’s right I think you live in Florida, how did you afford that. One day you was shooting at some food, and up through the ground came a bubbling crude, oil that is. Anyway if you think the Clampett’s are raising my daughter, you are sadly mistaken. You might not remember who I am, but you soon will. The mortifying thing is I shared a bed with that monster. Thanks alot Candace thanks for the memories….lunatic.
We’re fairly positive that you meant to say “hypocrites.”
And we freely admit that are uneducated and dim-witted, but we’ll be DAMNED if we’re ever non-amusing!
After all. We have folks like you crawling in from time to time.
Oh, lordy. The perps have suffered such anguish?
I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that the victim might have suffered more anguish.
I am also going to suggest that nobody finds humour in the actual crimes…. but that sarcasm and irony are helpful tools when trying to deal with the concept of people who choose to rape/murder/molest. Because normal people cannot understand or condone evilness, even though it is obviously PC to do that now.
It may surprise you to know that you are on a website where the majority of people are very negative about POSs that commit crimes.
Surprise!
(The name of the website should have given you a clue.)
c
I voted no. Why?
1. The question was whether everyone is going to hell. The tortured boy probably wouldn’t, nor would the 2-yr old girl, I’m guessing.
2. There is no hell and you’re all full of it.
You’re an idiot.
Actually, anyone who would believe in an unseen, unfelt, unknown, unending alternate reality that consists of fire, suffering, and the “spirits” of cruel people is an “idiot.”
Frankly, the whole notion of heaven and hell is delusional.
People, there’s a REAL world that exists right in front of you and it needs a lot of attention (as illustrated by the story above). Let’s stop exhausting our mental capability, physical energy, and emotional stability focusing on “make believe” concepts and start addressing the real issues.
Dont call ppl idiots b/c they beleive in the “unknown”, like you said. Unknown means that you don’t know if it exists or not…. hence it COULD exist.
I dont believe in hell. I do however believe in God and creation and yes, i even believe in heaven.
Im with Casper on this one. Unknown means exactly that. It may not exist…but then it just might.
I agee with your point that we should focus on the real world in front of us. God gave us free will, hard work and a posetive spirit CAN bring you heaven on earth, and evil and bad deeds will cause you to feel like your in a living hell. People don’t seem to appreciate the life they have and don’t stop to enjoy the little things. One of my favorite trivial things is eating candy and junk food for dinner with my girls. (once or twice a year) I have learned to appreciate all of the good and let go of the bad, I hate to bragg, but I have been blessed. Good health, good family, not that rich, but the bills are paid.
Very well put Penny.
I feel the same way about my life. I think its because we do appreciate what we have in life, instead of complaining about what we dont have. I am more than content with my life. There are a lot of people in the world who cant say the same.
I have followed this story very closely. What really disturbs me is that the adults were pointing fingers at Tammy’s children as being “in on the whole thing†when it is obvious that they were victims here too. Why do you think Felicia was moved to juvenile court and all charges were dropped? The truth came out; she could not be the mastermind of such horrors. I saw articles where the boy was accused of abusing his mother… I think the adults in this home set standards by which these kids had to live by. They were pretty low standards and it was life or death. You did what you were told or you died. I understand that all the families involved have to live with what has happened. The problem is that the adults who lived in the home either participated or let it happen. All human beings in our society have a moral obligation to stop these things from happening. I am sure at some point in the lives of these people that they may have been upstanding members of our society, but not anymore. They committed acts of atrocity on others in front of children and to the children themselves. As a treatment foster parent I am disturbed by this. I have kids who are abused, neglected, molested and worse that live in my home. We work hard to help them get through the pain and torment and then get past it. An important message that we should send is that more people need to help keep our society on track. It needs to start at home so our kids learn how to be productive and moral members of our society. Teach parents how to parent and we can cut down a lot of this abuse. Foster parents are asked to clean up the mess that biological families have left behind. We are not always successful and not all foster parents are ethical either, but there are more good than bad. All we can do is provide loving and stable homes and a shoulder to cry on. Hours and hours of intensive therapy will be provided to these kids. If the babies in the house go back to the biological family then the bio family better be prepared to step up and provide a better and safer home. I suggest some parenting classes for all. As a foster parent I have social workers in my home every week, quarterly meetings with county workers and bio families and still keep up with continuing education requirements, we went through intensive background checks which are updated every two years. Parents can have sex and have children… does this make them a parent? The goal is always to reunite the children with their biological families. I have not had one child come into my home where the bio family was an appropriate place to go back to. So while I hear a lot of things being said here I haven’t heard many say they want to step up and help out. Think about it… all of our futures depend on upcoming generations of children. Doesn’t that scare you just a little bit?
I agree with Someone Who Cares – I too have seen too many situations where the bio family was not an appropriate place to go back too – Histories of abuse follow a pattern and cycle. Abusers learned to abuse. But the law is to reunited kids with biological families – and until the governing powers wake up and smell the coffee – kids will continued to be treated like they are property. The cycle continues to go on.
yeah but thats when you need to start watching the kid closely. making sure he/she didn’t pick up on any of the things that the parents inflicted on him/her. as soon as that kid starts killing birds and cats then it’s probably too late.
Foster parents like someone who cares are true heroes in our society, fixing up children damaged by their parents.
I can’t understand the apologists for the perpetrators, even if they are relatives.
MY NAME IS LISA-SAD TO SAY THAT CANDACE IS MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.SHE MARRIED MY SON “BRANDON CLARK”APRIL,2004………THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER TOGETHER HER NAME IS “COURTNEY CLARK”I AM HER GRANDMOTHER AND I’VE NEVER GOT TO SEE HER.BECAUSE CANDACE HAS BEEN ON THE RUN FOR SO LONG.I’VE CALLED FL.KY.AND WI. TO TRY TO GET SOME INFORMATION AS TO WHERE COURTNEY WAS,AND TO SEE IF I COULD GET HER TO TAKE CARE OF HER.I’VE BEEN LIED TO FROM ALL THE OFFICALS.ALL THEY WOULD TELL ME IS SHE WAS IN A HOMELESS SHELTER.I’VE CALLED ATTORNEY’S,SOCIAL WORKERS,STATES ATT.GENERALS,I CAN’T GET ANY-ONE TO CALL BACK OR E-MAIL ME BACK,I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.I HAVE ONLY 1 PICTURE OF COURTNEY,AND I GOT THAT OFF THE INTERNET.I WOULD BE SO HAPPY JUST TO HOLD HER IN MY ARMS 1 TIME AND GIVE HER A BIG HUG.NOW I KNOW HOW YOU CAN LOVE SOME-ONE YOU’VE NEVER MET.THIS IS A VERY MESSED UP SITUATION.I HAVE PRAYED,CRIED ALOT,HOPED,WISHED,AND DREAMED OF SEING CORTNEY AND VISIT WITH HER.I HAVE NOT AND WILL NOT LOOSE MY FAITH,I KNOW GOD IS A BIG GOD AND HE CAN DO ALL THINGS……I HATE TO SEE HER CHILDREN AND FAMILY GO THROUGH HER MESSED UP LIFE.MY HEART AND PRAYERS GO TO THE 11 YEAR OLD BOY THAT SHE AND THE OTHERS TORCHERED , IT IS SO SAD FOR WHAT THEY DONE ,I JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW I DO CARE AND I AM SORRY FOR ALL THEY’VE HAD TO GO THROUGH MY HEARTS DROPS EVERYTIME I THINK OF THE 11 YEAR OLD BOY I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD DO TO HELP HIM.IF I EVER GET THE CHANCE I WOULD LOVE TO HOLD HIM IN MY ARMS AND LOVE ON HIM.WE ALL NEED TO SHOW COMPASSION,AND DEEP LOVE ,JUST LIKE JESUS HAS FOR US ALL.THEY ALL NEED ALOT OF PRAYERS,ESPECIALLY FOR THIER SOULS.I AM NOT ONE TO JUDGE ANY-ONE THAT’S GODS’ JOB.ANY-WAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL,LOTS OF LOVE……LISA G.DALTON-STANLEY
MY QUESTION IS HOW FAIR OR RIGHT IS IT THAT THE MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER HAS MORE RIGHTS THEN THE PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER.SHES’ KNOWN ABOUT THE CHILDREN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,WHILE I AM LEFT IN THE DARK ABOUT EVERY-THING.I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET THAT KNOWS ABOUT THE CASE OF COURTNEY AND THEY TELL ME THAT I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING.I JUST WONDER WHY?SINCE CANDACE IS STILL MARRIED TO MY SON AND COURTNEY IS MY GRAND-DAUGHTER!!!!!!YES I AM MAD AND ANGRY ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION.BECAUSE I CAN’T GET ANY-ONE TO DO ANYTHING AND IN THE MEAN TIME CANACES’MOM IS DENYING ME VISITATION RIGHTS……..
IT’S NOT UP TO ANY OF US TO SEE THEY HAVE THIERE PAYBACKS,GOD HAS VENGANCE AND HE WILL SEE THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DONE.AS FAR AS THE OTHER GRAND-MOTHER “DANA “HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU NEVER GOT TO SEE YOUR GRAND-DAUGHTER OR IF YOU FOUND OUT SOME=ONE ELSE HAD HER JUST LIKE YOU HAD COURTNEY AND YOU NEVER TOLD ME!!!!!!!!!!IT’S NOT RIGHT THE WAY YOU DONE ME,YOU JUST LIKE EVERY-ONE ELSE HAVE VIOLATED MY RIGHTS TO MY GRAND-DAUGHTER,SO MAYBE YOU NEED TO WALK IN MY SHOES FOR A WHILE.CAUSE GOD HAS VENGANCE IN ALL AREAS…WHAT YOU DO COMES BACK TO YOU GOOD OR BAD…….
That is so sad that one Grandma had the kids and did not tell the other. So that she could see them too. Hmmmmm Wonder how she would fill if she never got to see her son again………….
I cant believe that someone could be this cruel. How would she feel if someone done this to her Daughter. To be honest I dont think that it would faze her… And as far as the Paternal GrandMother goes. She has been done Dirty. She has rights too. And she should be able to meet her Grand baby. I hope that she gets to have her FOREVER. And Candace is put away till the end of time. And yes God will judge her. And I sure wouldnt want to be in her shoes. She is less than a human…..LET THE GRAND MOTHER SEE HER GRAND DAUGHTER.
YES GOD was there and he saw all and heard all. Thats why they all will pay for the hell they put these people through. NO ONE shouls have to endure what they went through. PEOPLE ARE SICK SICK SICK. Mentally screwed up.
Chalk me up to one that cried too. Nothing more I can say and thats fairly unusual for me…
This story truly made my heart hurt. I hope that little boy will get to experience what it feels like to be loved.
Candace Clark plead no contest Thursday July 3, 2008 http://www.wiscnews.com/pdr/news/294693
Trial would have begun on Monday July 7th and was to be televised nationwide on TruTV (formerly Court TV)
Facing a maximum sentence of 78 1/2 years – Clark will be 102 if she is ever released.
Sisk’s trial is scheduled for August.
No contest in WI means GUILTY. WI has jail terms – no death penalty here.
For her relatives proclaiming her innocence – she’s had her day in court and has pleaded which cancels her trial.
Looks like she was forced to plead straight-up guilty on all the charges that involved the kid. No way were they going to give her the slightest chance to cop out her responsibilty on that stuff, which is as bad as the murder IMHO. With “No Contest”, you’re not required to admit any guilt, so you can always say I took the plea for whatever BS reason you can think of. It’s the Judge that finds you guilty. The advantage to the prosecution is, because you copped the plea, you can’t ever appeal.
You know, I read a lot of fucked up shit on the internet because I am an information junkie. It amazes me how this type of abuse (or any abuse for that matter) can still happen these days. I tucked in my seven year old daughter last night and just sat there next to her bed after she fell asleep. A tear actually fell from my eye knowing my baby NEVER had to endure that upon my hands. How can anyone have a child and torture them the way these people have done is beyond me. I have a hard time raising my voice at my daughter, let alone hit her. That’s a big no-no.
How these people managed to drag all these kids across the US, the whole time beating them and torturing them and NO ONE saw or heard anything. I have a hard time believing that. I really hope that these people burn in hell for hurting that boy the way they did. He will never be normal. He will never feel loved. Imagine being beat and belittled by your whole family! Where else do you have to go?
My God, it’s just so sad.
What the FUCK!! I hope they all get beaten to death. No chair, no hanging, no jail. They should endure the same pain they put that boy through, and then they should be killed. They are scum, and deserve to die.
They all plead out. I’ll be surprised if any of them do over 10 years. Good work DA’s.
Meth. Meth. Meth.
Candace Clark pled no contest and was sentenced to 55 years on Nov. 11. She’ll have to serve at least 47 years before she’s eligible for release.
Hope she kills herself.
I think it is amusing to see these rantings of innocence and excuses made by the family and/or friends of the accused/convicted. Meth? Witchcraft? (correct spelling) Right. There always is an excuse, oh they weren’t hugged enough as a child, or they didn’t have any idea what they are doing. Bullshit. Evil people do evil things. Deal with it. But rest assured that good people also do things to maintain the balance. That is justice.
I’m sure that the interviews of the suspects by detectives had an equal amount of mutual finger-pointing. Why is it that no one in this world ever just admits that they were wrong? Pride and a lack of caring is the problem. The success of evil only requires the good to do nothing.
I only hope that somehow, somewhere, this boy finds peace. I can also hope that somehow, these people who did these terrible things, either are tortured and killed in prison; or are forced with a life equal to that which they made this boy live, and hope everyday is their last.
If they somehow see daylight again, they will truly find out what pain is. There ARE those on this earth who keep the balance, and we will continue to do so, as long as true evil exists.
“Aequitas per populas”
I know michaela and the only thing that I can say is that she is not in her right mind mentally. She is like mildly mentally retarded. I believe that she was vulnerable to the antics of Candice and Michael because she probably feared for her well being. I am not making any excuses for her, but I do understand why she was sentenced alittle but more leniently than the others, plus she had the charges for murder dropped, she only was convicted of participating in the abuse, which the only thing she really did was stand guard at the door and watch the other children while Candice, Felicia and Michael tortured the boy. I believe that Michaela truly is sorry for not going to the authorities, but she really was a hostage and was not able to go anywhere by herself. And myself, being a victim of domestic abuse, I understand how fear can get brainwashed into you and you truly may feel trapped. You really do feel like you have no recourse. Just thought since I knew michaela from the columbia county jail.
um. no.
Mild mental retardation does not make one evil. Michaela is evil. The klan turned – not on her, but on her ex lover when they broke up? Was that a coincidence, or was Michaela a manipulator? Michaela just watched while the others did the “bad things”. Right. Except, according to the story she dragged Tammie into the bathroom, slammed her head, and then laughed when she was told Tammie was dead.
If Michaela got a lesser sentence, it was because she was the first to rat out the others. That’s how it works. The cops look for the weakest link, and give them a little sweetener to make their investigation easier.
Now, as far as you… You get some brownie points for kind of admitting that Michaela was wrong, but Jeez Louise, woman!! How can you possibly defend an abuser, when you clearly say that you were once the abusee. Do you see why that makes no sense to people? Of all people who SHOULD understand that abuse is bad, frightening, frustrating, painful, etc. etc. etc… you would think it was the person who got the wrong end of it.
I am afraid to ask why you were in jail, but I seriously hope it was because you killed the guy that was hurting you, and NOT because you turned your rage around and beat up your babies or something. Hopefully that comment offends you. Because if it offends you, then there is hope for you.
Anyway, Michaela might be mentally challenged. But that does not mean that she is not evil. She is.
well in all due respect, you do not know me and I was in jail on a probation violation for not reporting in a timely manner, but whatever, the point is, I know that she is not the evil that is portrayed in the other people that I read about MYSELF in the OFFICIAL police reports, not just heresay on a website. I read Michaela’s Pysch evaluation and I know that she is not all there. she is a follower, you know the kind, they will do anything to fit in, INCLUDING failing to report a crime that is being committed and i truly think that she did not realize that there was a way for her to get out of the situation without being hurt herself. If she did laugh, I would imagine that it was out of nervousness when she saw the psychos that she had hooked up with. I don’t see it here, but Michaela and Tammy met the other two on the internet and that is how they ended up hooking up together. This all happened in Portage WI. Anyways, like I said before, i am in no WAY justifying what she did because I wanted to kick her ass myself, and I forced her to show me the police reports which I felt showed the abuse always happened at the hands of Michael, Felicia and Candace. The little boy said so himself in the police reports. Otherwise, Michaela knew that i was going to be in a jail for a long, long time for trying to kill HER in the jail. Not that two wrongs make a right, but they would have made me feel a lot better, knowing she could have never done this again, if she was indeed responsible. Candace was in a seperate part of the jail, and I have to believe that is because God never gives us more than we can handle, and He knew that I couldn’t have handled being around her without beating her ass.
WHO WILL GET CUSTODY OF THE LITTLE BOY ?
Not sure about that. Right now he’s in Foster Care. That may end up being the best place for him, even though I believe he has grandparents on at least one side of the family.
i’m really confused about who is who and how they’re all related to each other… can someone explain, by referring to the pics as pic 1, pic 2, pic 3, etc. ?
Pic 1 is Candice Clark
Pic 2 is Michael Sisk – Sisk and Clark were boyfriend/girlfriend and had a child together. They both pled No Contest to the murder of Tammy Garlin (See Update at http://pysih.com/2009/03/03/update-michaela-clerc-candace-clark-and-michael-sisk-are-sentenced/)
Pic 3 is Michaela Clerc – She was having an affair with Tammy Garlin. Their breakup lead to Garlin’s murder. She’s much heavier now
Pic 4 is Felicia Mae Garlin – Teenage daughter of Tammy Garlin. Her case was transferred to juvenile court at the request of prosecutors
Hope that helps…
What part did Felicia Mae Garlin play in all this, and how old was she at the time? Shank the other three but I’m not sure about Felicia.
She was 15 when the crimes were being committed. It’s hard to say what her involvement was, or how willingly she would have gotten involved. There’s been alot of talk of her being sexually abused – personally, I can’t see how Sisk and Clark could have kept their hands off a pretty young girl like Felicia. And Micheala too, for that matter.
1)Stupid sarcastic comment dude.
2)Apparently there IS a hell and it exists right here on Earth.Just ask the little boy.Dipshit!
And one more thing….
I am deeply ashamed of my fellow countrymen and women right now.As in the James Bulger story,so many people should have seen something odd about them.So many people should have known SOMETHING.There is absolutely NO excuse for this to have happened.And as for Felicia,maybe someone did something similar to her and she lost her sense of right and wrong.i doubt it.i think they were all in on it equally,their culpability lying in the fact that they all participated in the boys’ abuse,or was aware of it, and all knew of the murder after the fact.Even psychopaths know right from wrong,even though they cannot APPRECIATE it because of their URGES.Didn’t anybody ever go to the store?if they did,couldn’t they have stood in the center of an aisle and screamed “help me,they murdered someone and i am scared!”???
I will close by saying this quote from a book by Reid Meloy.”Psychopaths have a core,aggressive narcissism that is fundamental to their personalities.If you remove the narcissism,you don’t have a psychopath.”To further that quote i give you the definition of narcissistic personality disorder,as expressed by psychopathic individuals such as Ted Bundy and the like:Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a long-term pattern of abnormal thinking, feeling, and behavior in many different situations. Narcissists are generally contemptuous of others. This seems to spring, at base, from their general lack of empathy, and it comes out as (at best) a dismissive attitude towards other people’s feelings, wishes, needs, concerns, standards, property, work, etc. It is also connected to their overall negative outlook on life. Narcissists are hostile and ferocious in reaction, but they are generally passive and lacking in initiative.* Narcissists are totally and inflexibly authoritarian. In other words, they are suck-ups. They want to be authority figures and, short of that, they want to be associated with authority figures.In their hearts, they know they can’t think well, have no judgment about what matters, are not connected with the world they inhabit, so they cling fanatically to the opinions of people they regard as authority figures.If you’re still thinking of the narcissist as odd-but-normal, this shirking of responsibility will seem dishonest and craven — well, it is but it’s really an admission of weakness: they really mean it: they said what they said because someone they admire or fear said it and they’re trying to borrow that person’s strength.*(This last one,I believe,may well apply to Felicia.She just wanted to be like them,be the boss.)
God Almighty himself cringed when he saw what his children have done.And Jesus wept……..
(continued) Narcissists feel entitled to whatever they can take. They expect privileges and indulgences, and they also feel entitled to exploit other people without any trace of reciprocation.(see this article on Attatchment disorders,it may shine a light: http://www.syix.com/adsg/symptoms.htm )Narcissists don’t volunteer the usual personal information about themselves, so they may seem secretive or perhaps unusually reserved or very jealous of their privacy. All these things are true, but with the special narcissistic twist that, first, their real life isn’t interesting to them so it doesn’t occur to them that it would be interesting to anyone else and, second, since they have not yet been transfigured into the Star of the Universe, they’re ashamed of their real life.It’s very hard to have a simple, uncomplicated good time with a narcissist. Except for odd spells of heady euphoria unrelated to anything you can see, their affective range is mediocre-fake-normal to hell-on-Earth. They will sometimes lie low and be quiet, actually passive and dependent — this is as good as it gets with narcissists. They are incapable of loving conduct towards anyone or anything, so they do not have the capacity for simple pleasure, beyond the satisfaction of bodily needs. There is only one way to please a narcissist (and it won’t please you): that is to indulge their every whim, cater to their tiniest impulses, bend to their views on every little thing. There’s only one way to get decent treatment from narcissists: keep your distance. They can be pretty nice, even charming, flirtatious, and seductive, to strangers, and will flatter you shamelessly if they want something from you. When you attempt to get close to them in a normal way, they feel you are putting emotional pressure on them and they withdraw because you’re too demanding. They can be positively fawning and solicitous as long as they’re afraid of you, which is not most people’s idea of a real fun relationship.Narcissists are noted for their negative, pessimistic, cynical, or gloomy outlook on life. Sarcasm seems to be a narcissistic specialty, not to mention spite. Lacking love and pleasure, they don’t have a good reason for anything they do and they think everyone else is just like them, except they’re honest and the rest of us are hypocrites. Nothing real is ever perfect enough to satisfy them, so are they are constantly complaining and criticizing — to the point of verbal abuse and insult.Narcissists hate to live alone. Their inner resources are skimpy, static, and sterile, nothing interesting or attractive going on in their hearts and minds, so they don’t want to be stuck with themselves. All they have inside is the image of perfection that, being mere mortals like the rest of us, they will inevitably fall short of attaining. Narcissists are impulsive. They undo themselves by behavior that seems oddly stupid for people as intelligent as they are. Somehow, they don’t consider the probable consequences of their actions. It’s not clear to me whether they just expect to get away with doing anything they feel like at the moment or whether this impulsiveness is essentially a cognitive shortcoming deriving from the static psychic state with its distorted perception of time.
And I can’t stress this enough….A clue: Run for cover when they start acting normal, maybe expressing a becoming self-doubt or even acknowledging some little fault of their own, such as saying they now realize that they haven’t treated you right or that they took advantage of you before. They’re just softening you up for something really nasty. These people are geniuses of “Come closer so I can slap you.”
If you think this is bad, you should look up “Sylvia Likens”
I am so grateful for this news article. My son met Candace and she took him to Florida. She kept him away from the sickness and shared her bedroom with him. She managed to keep my son from catching on to the fraud and identity theft. One of the lesbians was jealous of him and the next thing I knew my son was really sick and started having seizures for the first time in his life. He was taken to the hospital. Thank God for his realization something was terribly wrong and he was disliked by all of them. He told me that he was the only person to take care of the young children, Candace totally ignored them.
When my son left Candace she went to the bus station and pleaded with him not to leave her. Luckily her boyfriend was in jail in Colorado because I am convinced they would have killed my son.
As soon as I heard he was in the hospital for seizures my motherly intuition kicked in and my first thought was they caused it.
Continuation of comments:
While my son was with Candace she had a fit everytime he would use her many cell phones. She convinced my son she was pregnant to keep him around longer. Next thing I know she claimed to be carrying twins but she didn’t stop there. She claimed she was carrying triplets. She was not pregnant at all.
She was extremely jealous of anyone my son talked to on the phone and you could hear her screaming in the background.
It did not stop there. I was on vacation in North Carolina to visit my grandchildren (by my son) just last week. I was informed by one of the mothers that she had received papers from the Kentucky Social Services claiming that my son had a child living with relatives of Candace.
All the iformation I have found in articles is all I need to track down this child. Of course; we are screaming paternity test. But indeed if the child is my grandchild we want the child with our family.
I truly believe that the apple does not fall far from the tree so the thought of her family having a grandchild of mine sickens me.
I have been sickened and horrified by what I have read. It all seems surreal. But I am truly grateful that my son is alive.
She was vicious to him one day and then the next she was serving him dinner. ALARMS ARE BLASTING. He finally could not take her violence towards him any longer. She had the strength of a man. She was lucky I raised my son not to strike a woman.
I have received blessing from the heavens, God or the universe. My intuition is strong and I can sense when something is going on with my friends and my family.
Words fail me….sounds like your son had a lucky escape. If this child is indeed your sons i too would fight tooth and nail to get him/her away from that family. Your son needs to be choosier about who he jumps in he sack with.
Debbie: You sound like another Grandmother who may have been robbed of her opportunity to know her grandchild. If what you have written about your son is accurate, I feel deeply for you.
This scum, all 4 of them, should be thrown to a caged family pack of wolves. No mercy. I’d be happy to witness them being torn apart.
They came to Wisconsin to see snow.–haha. Poor little boy…. Nice touch of humor to lighten the mood.
Candice is where she belongs in my book! I”m one of her Florida victims! If she is ever released several felony warrents waiting for her.Michael was in jail when she got into my bank accounts.Sister Sondra, werern”t you the one that said :I”m not a thief like my sister Candice is:?Grandma of Cortney or Aliza ,born March 25th I can tell you lots! She tried to change her plea last week ,the judge didn”t buy it! Sondra you say :some people have to repent: What is your loving sister doing now?! God works in ways only he understands. Or should I say, what goes around, comes around!! Tell her to call the unknown Dec. Faye Cates, she”ll get her out !! No mercy for any of them! Debbie, four cel phones put on my Verizon bill! Michael was in jail in Grand Juntion Colorido, bet the phones were in my nane!! One positive note, at least she can”t pop out more babys!!
this shit makes me so mad. that boy will never hurt anymore. I cant even start on what I would like to do to those fucking people. Yes I would love the time we could spend together. With morphine and adrenelin shots we would have a beating party that would stun the world.
Debbie: I agree with Amy! Fight tooth and nail for this child if it is your sons. Prayers for your family and I’m praying too. This story haunts me deeply. K
To hell they go.
These people are the very definition of inbred trailer trash.
I went to school with Candace when we were in middle school and it was obvious that she was crazy you could see it in her eyes! She was always trying to get me to be her friend, I am so very thankful that I was wise enough to see the wickedness in her. I also happened to run into her at wal mart near this time and looking into her eyes creeped me all the way out! Im assuming it was right before this happened, but I have forgotten how many years ago it was that I seen her. I try to forget the feeling of looking into her eyes to be honest. When I heard of the story I was truly not even surprised of her involvement, I knew it was within her capabilities.
this is just sick theyshould all rot in hell
Thank you for your comments and are valuable to me! you are right you have to have stability to be able perfect the outcomes.
The thing that brought tears to my eyes was when the little boy said to the doctor at the end of the examination “I just don.t want to hurt anymore” Imagine what that child went thru, and then you get some dumb relative coming on this site trying to convince us that there relative didn.t participate. And i say “bollocks The fact that they did fuck all makes them as guilty as the rest of those hillbilly dumb fuck’s” (Karma) They’ve got to convince the rest of their fellow convicts that they are not child abusers and twisted fuck’s.