Steff Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=768386 Slain Florida Girl Sarah Michelle Lunde Suffered Years of Abuse, State Records Show TAMPA, Fla. May 18, 2005 — A 13-year-old girl who was killed and dumped in a pond last month suffered years of abuse that included reports of beatings and witnessing violent fights between her parents, records show. More than 1,000 pages of files from the state Department of Children & Families were released Tuesday detailing the family of Sarah Michelle Lunde and the background of David Lee Onstott, the convicted sex offender accused of strangling her. Sarah's body was found April 16 in an abandoned fish pond near her family's mobile home in Ruskin. She was last seen April 9 after returning home from a church trip. Onstott had dated Sarah's mother, Kelly May, who divorced the girl's father, Richard Lunde, in 1997. The reports released Tuesday date as far back as 1992, when the family lived in West Virginia. In the girl's early days, the documents said, social workers reported she and her siblings were beaten and described the girl walking around for days at a time without a bath and in soiled clothes. Documents allege that Richard Lunde beat his wife with a 2-by-4 while the children looked on. He also broke her ribs and injured her in other ways, the allegations said. Sarah and her siblings allegedly were beaten on several occasions with belts, boards and fists. In 1999, an anonymous caller reported that May and a boyfriend used drugs in front of the children. The caller also said the boyfriend was abusing the children, and that Sarah had been forced to sleep outside under a tree, according to the documents. When state workers went to investigate, Sarah told them the boyfriend hit her 11 times with a belt the night before. Sarah was placed in foster care for a time. Onstott, 36, is not cited in records involving Sarah's family. But separate records indicate he allegedly gave another girlfriend's 16-year-old daughter a black eye in 2002 and was accused in 1990 of driving his 16-year-old stepdaughter down a dirt road and kissing her. He was convicted in 1995 of raping a 25-year-old woman. More at link.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 If there has been that much documented abuse in the household WTF was she still allowed to live there?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 People f***ing suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sec159row2 Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 she's better off now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ May 18, 2005 -> 12:43 PM) People f***ing suck. These people should have sucked more and screwed less. When it is so damn easy to not conceive, I just don't see why some people stay parents. If you have to abuse a kid, give the baby up, if you are a care giver, get another job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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