An Ohio couple has been arrested and charged with murder of their 8-year old adopted son that took place 6 years ago.
John Snyder II and wife Katherine Snyder, both 51, were taken into custody Monday night at Clinton County Jail in New York.
The couple is expected to be extradited back to Hamilton County in Ohio.
Clinton County Sheriff’s Office shared in a news release that Katherine was arrested with help from the United States Marshal Service on a fugitive warrant for felony murder from Ohio’s Springfield Police Department.
“It just shows we never know who is in any community and it’s always in everyone’s best interests to know their surroundings and for people to be vigilant,” said Clinton County Sheriff David Favro.
Officials did not believe they posed a direct threat to the community.
The couple’s arrest stemmed from a 26-count indictment, which also included child endangerment, after the October 2016 death of their adopted son Adam.
According to authorities, they shared five other children, four of whom were adopted, all showing signs of abuse and neglect. The children were also severely malnourished.
John and Katherine didn’t feed Adam for more than a month before his death. A coroner ruled his death a homicide at the time due to blunt force trauma to the head.
The parents unsuccessfully sued the Hamilton County coroner over the cause of death, as they hired medical experts who testified that Adam died of sepsis.
Their other children were removed from their custody at the time of Adam’s death, and their biological daughter Allison said, “My parents were blinded as they were arrested during a court-supervised visit with the remaining adopted children.”
John and Katherine left Ohio and moved to Clinton County sometime after 2017.
YOU PEOPLE ARE FUNNY ON HERE NOW IF THIS STORY WAS ABOUT A BLACK COUPLE Y’ALL WOULD HAD PLENTY TO SAY BUT EVERYTIME IT’S A WHITE COUPLE ALL I HEAR IS CRICKETS AND I AM NOT A RACIST BEFORE YOU SAY ANTHING I AM JUST STATING THE OBVIOUS FACTS, IF I HAD OF BEEN A BLACK COUPLE YOU WOULD HAVE CALLED THEM ALL KINDS OF NAME AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE SAID THEY SHOULD BE BURRIED ALIVE OR THEY SHOULD BE HANGED FOR WHAT THE DID TO THAT CHILD BUT AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS A WHITE COUPLE NOTHING BUT CRICKETS.
I don’t care what color a person is. ANYONE who mistreats a child should be boiled alive.
Amen! No prejudice here!!
Shut up. You sound racist.
True.
So you read race into this? That makes you a racist. Try to get the splinter out of your eye…
IDIOT …why is it always about race…this just proves your a racist…
Racist!!
You are definitely correct and do you ever see people say “it doesn’t matter the race” Whenever a black person does something? Nope! You NEVER hear people say that. Fact! And no, she’s not being racist she’s only stating a fact. You racist people know who you are that calls them N’s every time someone black does something. Fk you guys. You people more than likely live miserable lives anyways…
Thumbs up to you Theresa
When that dope smoker George Floyd was arrested in minneapolis and all these uncivilized black people protested and destroyed public property like a bunch of crybaby savages , that was all over one idiot. 1 black person kills a white postal worker over mail delivery and there was no protesting anywhere. The truth is black people are uncivilized. When president Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth , it was over the slaves being freed and Booth owned slaves. All the slaves should have been shipped back to Africa. Back in the early 60’s our government created the united negro college fund in hoped that blacks would take advantage of trying to better themselves by learning a trade skill. According to our government, very few blacks took advantage of this fund . In my opinion this is because they didnt want to work when they can get free food stamps , free housing and free medical. This is where the term lazy nagger came from.
The reason naggers are so dark and stupid is because their ancestors were to freakin stupid to stand under a tree and get out of the sun. One says we have to kill that antelope so we can eat. The other says can we wait til it gets cooler in the evening.
Your obviously racist. Who gives a shit what color they are… They are abusing children. You’re the one who goes in slaps on color on it. I don’t care what color they are they should be abused themselves so they know how it feels. An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth… We would not have this happening.
This has nothing to do with race. It’s about a murdered CHILD. Stop bringing race into everything. It doesn’t have to be about you all of the time. This is about the child, Adam. Absolutely no one condones killing a child, no matter the race of the child or the murderer(s).
Ain’t that the Truth !!!
It seems alot of churchy white people are Hurting children and now they want to force birth so they have more to prey on.
I guess they cannot quit repeating their History of subjugation and violence aginst other races !
Treat the adults the way they treated the children. Let’s see them starve, not bathed, no clean clothes, and then, just before the die, peel their skin off.
Color is NOT a factor here.
It shouldn’t be, but she is correct, if you go to any story where the perpetrators are black, the comments are usually nasty racist comments, with little regard for the actual victims.
what about the black children dying in chicago by the hands of other black folks…CRICKETS!
So true!
Blacks are uncivilized. They still have their ancestors genetics that keep them dancing around a fire with a spear like they did when they set buildings on fire and destroyed cars in minneapolis Blacks are killing each other at an alarming rate but when a white person kills a black thats racist and blacks want to claim that black lives matter. Jim Carrey said it best, STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE. The letters BLM means BUREAU of LAND MANAGEMENT and those letters belong to the United States Government. BLDM black lives dont matter to other blacks when they are killing each other. Just a few days ago, 10 miles away a black was killed by another black, drove up to guys house and pow. Lets make a dope deal. Get a job a pay your own bills instead of laying in bed playing screw your neighbors wife and looking for free government cheese, section 8 housing and free medical. Blacks need to put bleach on their skin like Michael Jackson did, white is right. When you go take a crap, what color do you see, BROWN, a nice BBB, brown baby boy.
And White Christians still have it in their DNA to Molset as many children as they can and covort around starting wars and trying to control everyone
That’s kind of…well…racist. I know what you’re trying to say but even if it’s not racist it’s at least very much overly presumptuous. It hadn’t occurred to me at all what color they were until you said something. In order for racism to go away we all have to lay the issue to rest at the same time. It won’t work if either side of the issue has a chance at the last word. It’s a leap of faith but it’s the only way. It would be so beautiful….
Wendy, blacks are to STUPID to STOP KILLING EACH OTHER. Blacks do not have the ability to use rational thinking . Their brains still have their ancestors genetic irrational thinking , kill each other with a spear after they dance around a fire.
You tried very very hard to get a reaction out of black person so they could respond to your foolishness. You’re so tough behind your keyboard. You truly are an idiot and you make us look bad. You’re the problem with America. The sad part is that you truly believe what you’re saying and I’m sure you’re teaching your children this same mentality. This story was about a WHITE couple who murdered their adoptive child. But you insisted on going on and on about blacks this and blacks that. You have white kids going into schools doing mass shootings. Worry about your own messed up race and the false narrative of history that you believe to be true. You’re showing all that self hatred and trying to put it on blacks because you’re a miserable soul whose going to hell because you don’t know how to love the human race no matter the color. EVERY RACE has some messed up culture and bad ways. Your problem is you think you’re a God. Go dig a grave for yourself and go to hell with the rest of the people who think the way you do. I’m sure you don’t believe in a higher power, let me guess you think we all got here because of science. I’m sure blacks wish they could have stayed their ass in their own country and not have to deal with our shit at all. That’s how you want the world to look anyway. You only what the white race to exist. If given the opportunity I’m sure you would kill off every race just so the earth was filled with whites only.
Whilst are inherent Child masters you racist Asshat.
I’ll bet your a child sex offender.
Horrible. The State probably paid them to care for the children. Children torturerers and murdererers recieve protective custody treatment due to Everybody wanting to dish out a justice. Costing taxpayers millions. Bring back capital punishment, why feed evil?
Y’all are so off subject. Let’s focus on the courage the parents had to turn in their phone own son. Thank you for doing what is right. This could possibly save many children’s lives.
When our laws don’t serve everyone equally there
Will be civil unrest. Just like we are seeing today. A two tiered justice system. If you can’t understand
That there is good and bad in every race you are deliberately being unreasonable.
Between 2013-2018 over 20,000 people were shot in Chicago. FACT ! This has been going on for years while the Democrats stand by and watch with seldom every anything to say.
Drugs and illegals are pouring over our southern border while the cartels are making Billions 💰.
Children are being abused and one side doesn’t want to even acknowledge the issue.
I was raised to believe that everyone is a different individual and deserves respect until they prove otherwise ! No matter the color of their skin or their beliefs.
I spent 29 years of my life wearing a badge serving the public and risking my life to make this country better. There is good and bad in every RACE ! PERIOD. We have a GOD in Heaven and a Devil in HELL and that old Devil is hard at work to destroy our society, our country and keep us divided.
WTH did it takes six years to get these useless mfers off the streets and in jail? They need to have every hair plucked out one at a time then their nails yanked out one at a time the 1 square inch of skin cut off until no skin is left. Then they need to be staked out in the dessert over a fire ant bed.