Friday night I came across these pieces of garbage and while it was an extremely long weekend at work I left the tabs open in my browser detailing what these two did. I find that I am just as disgusted this fine Monday morning as I was late Friday night when I first ran across them.
62-year-old Philipe and 42-year-old Sherrine Mathieu are the definition of Child Neglect, which is exactly what they have been charged with. 863 counts each as a matter of fact, which signifies every night that their 16-year-old daughter has been forced to eat, sleep and use the bathroom outside since she was 8-years-old.
DCF were called to the Mathieu’s home back in November on a report of family violence and other weirdness but at the time they say their was no indication that anything out of place had been going on. Apparently that is as far from the truth as you can get. For the last few years the family have all been sleeping together in a Pontiac Grand Am parked in front of their home. They used buckets to go to the bathroom and a hose to bathe with.
According to Philipe his wife is a compulsive cleaner and refused to allow anyone in the family inside their duplex in Miami, forcing them to live in a car, which was hidden by sight by other cars and a tarp. He says he allowed it to continue because he didn’t want problems with his wife.
The duplex itself was weird. One end was almost empty and disgusting inside, filled with jugs of dark water, plastic garbage bags, loose garbage and mildew. The other half was very clean, had electricity, nice furniture and hot water. This is the side that the family would use when DCF would visit.
The Mathieu’s are currently lodged in the Miami-Dade jail and their daughter has been taken into protective custody by DCF.
