Arevalo, who was a little younger than Beach, started telling her he loved her. He didn't tell her, though, about the time he'd spent in prison on robbery and drug charges. And she didn't take a hint from his nickname, "Rascal." Later, in court, Arevalo's friends would testify that he had used her, lied to her and then dumped her.
But that wasn't the worst of it. Arevalo was a really, really bad boyfriend. According to Beach's later testimony, he plotted a murder and left Beach to take the blame for it.
Now Beach, who had never been in trouble with the law, is sitting in the Topeka Correctional Facility doing life with a hard 20 -- no chance of parole until she's in her early 40s.
Unless a clemency petition filed in May by the University of Kansas Law School is successful, Beach will have decades to wish she had never met Arevalo.
Beach's life had started to go bad months before, on January 15, 2000, when police visited the Raytown home that Beach and her two young children shared with Beach's mother, Carla Simpson. It was about 3 a.m. Beach didn't hear the knocking, but she woke up to the sound of her mother screaming. Officers had just informed Simpson that her son, Beach's 20-year-old brother, Joseph Beach, known as "Bo," had been shot and killed at a house in Kansas City, Kansas.
The killing appeared to be drug-related, and police later arrested two men in connection with the shooting. A brief in The Kansas City Star with the headline "Man Slain" said Joseph Beach Jr. had been the city's third homicide of the year. The family buried Rebecca Beach's brother a few days after she turned 22.
Beach and her younger brother had always been close. They'd navigated a rough childhood that left Beach seeking love and attention from any man who'd give it to her. As grade schoolers growing up in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, they'd watched their alcoholic father yell at and hit their mother, then rip the phone out of the wall so she couldn't call the police. After the family moved to Roeland Park when Beach was in fifth grade, the other girls made fun of her clothes and stuck gum in her hair on the bus. When an older boy offered her a ride home from Taco Bell one afternoon when she was 13, she let him take her to his house to watch a movie and ended up fighting him off when he tried to rape her, she says.
By the time she was 15, she wasn't doing well in school anymore. Soon, she met a guy at the mall, a 19-year-old who drove a convertible. She got pregnant and dropped out of school but broke up with him when he grew possessive and started fights over her. Then, before her son was born, she started dating a guy named Joey Burke, whom she'd known from Argentine. He treated her decently, and when Dylan was born he acted like a father -- as much as a teenage boy could. She got pregnant again, and by 16 she had a daughter, Maranda. She and Burke didn't have much money, and they constantly moved in and out of friends' and relatives' homes with their kids. In the mid-'90s, they split up, and Beach lived with Burke's parents for a while.
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I knew becky when we were teenagers...she was a liar then and she's most likely lying now. She almost screwed up a young man's life by lying and saying he tried to rape her...
Not to be a hater!! But a mother!! Look at facts in court in real focus! Rebecca and Land where the victims!! The judges were paid (very well I might add) and the real killers got off pretty good!? Look deep and see one (that should of been) was never convicted for real!? If it was US!!!????!!! We would be there in prison for ever!!! She never meant no harm and never knew!! Just needed a real lawyer and no paid judges!!!
Rebecca Beach is a murderer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Point blank and she is where she belongs!!!! I hope she never makes it out of prison.
Sincerely Land Grants Family!!!!! We are the victims NOT her!!!!!
Rebecca Beach is a murderer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Point blank and she is where she belongs!!!! I hope she never makes it out of prison. Sincerely Land Grants Family!!!!! We are the victims NOT her!!!!!
This is in response to Donnas comments on July first. I am happy to read that you took the time and read all the info i gave you. I will tell Becky that you are sorry about what you wrote, she is a very good a sweet women and I am sure she will understand and forgive and she will not judge you. If you want to do the right thing you can go ahead and send her a letter or email and tell her that u r sorry for saying what you said. You can find all her details on the KS DOC and if have a problem finding it I can show how to find all u need. As for what she did i cant judge her action neither can you. But one thing is true is that she is did not do any murder and you as a family member should be there to comfort her and not push her away.
This is in response to Donnas comments on July first. I am happy to read that you took the time and read all the info i gave you. I will tell Becky that you are sorry about what you wrote, she is a very good a sweet women and I am sure she will understand and forgive and she will not judge you. If you want to do the right thing you can go ahead and send her a letter or email and tell her that u r sorry for saying what you said. You can find all her details on the KS DOC and if have a problem finding it I can show how to find all u need. As for what she did i cant judge her action neither can you. But one thing is true is that she is did not do any murder and you as a family member should be there to comfort her and not push her away.
once again Donna Jo, you are listening to a stranger over someone who was there, LIKE ME HER MOM, I am grateful that you are finally seeing how wrong you are and I don't have a clue what you are talking about with the whole ripping your mom off thing, first you said that it was you who was ripped off so don't make you like like a very good choice of charactor,and you really owe the apology to Becky for trying to destroy her charactor on something you knew nothing about...so if you ever get the chance that's who you need to say your sorry to not a stranger that you don't even know...although not perfect your cousin Becky is a good person with a wonder spirit for what she has been through...
once again Donna Jo, you are listening to a stranger over someone who was there, LIKE ME HER MOM, I am grateful that you are finally seeing how wrong you are and I don't have a clue what you are talking about with the whole ripping your mom off thing, first you said that it was you who was ripped off so don't make you like like a very good choice of charactor,and you really owe the apology to Becky for trying to destroy her charactor on something you knew nothing about...so if you ever get the chance that's who you need to say your sorry to not a stranger that you don't even know...although not perfect your cousin Becky is a good person with a wonder spirit for what she has been through...
Abe, and to whom else it may concern,
First, I will say that none of my words came out of hate. I do not hate any of my family members. I do, however, believe that we all have consequences for our actions. That being said, what a fool am I! There is nothing more that I can say other than I apologize for my stupidity on this topic. As I was wrong. Abe, thank you very much for leading me to the case file. That was very informative, and made very good and valid points, both on the prosecution side and Becky's argument. I will tell you that I assumed my source being an immediated family member to Becky will get not only an ear full when I talk to him, he will also be set straight as well. What a horrible lie I was told and the more I researched the more dead ends I came up with.
After reading the case file I was directed to I want to make a couple of points (1) Aunt Carla and her sister, Your right too, I had no right to make them comments about her character. You must understand that when Becky left our house in Indiana my mother was ripped off blind. If someone had ripped your mother off you would be a little angry as well, especially when my parents did whatever they could to help out anyone in the family that asked, and made an effort when able to take trips to amusement parks with all the kids in the family when we would come to town. (2) I believe that there should be consequences for our actions, I am hurt that Becky was even involved in these things while she had her girls at home with her mother, especially after losing her brother so close to this incident. We all had the same choices and opportunities in life, I could be wrong but making money off the sale of methamphetamines is a lazy way of supporting yourself and your children. You can go out and get a job like the rest of us.
After reading much more substantial evidence, yes I believe still that she should have gone away for awhile, although I believe now that the punishment may have been a little harsh for the crime. I have not finished my research on this case, and I hope to continue so please Abe if you should come across more information that would be helpful in that research I would appreciate it if you would pass it along.
Finally, again all I can do is apologize, I printed up the case file for family members that want to give false information, and I intend to make sure that those in Beckys fathers side of the family knows the truth.
Abe, and to whom else it may concern, First, I will say that none of my words came out of hate. I do not hate any of my family members. I do, however, believe that we all have consequences for our actions. That being said, what a fool am I! There is nothing more that I can say other than I apologize for my stupidity on this topic. As I was wrong. Abe, thank you very much for leading me to the case file. That was very informative, and made very good and valid points, both on the prosecution side and Becky's argument. I will tell you that I assumed my source being an immediated family member to Becky will get not only an ear full when I talk to him, he will also be set straight as well. What a horrible lie I was told and the more I researched the more dead ends I came up with. After reading the case file I was directed to I want to make a couple of points (1) Aunt Carla and her sister, Your right too, I had no right to make them comments about her character. You must understand that when Becky left our house in Indiana my mother was ripped off blind. If someone had ripped your mother off you would be a little angry as well, especially when my parents did whatever they could to help out anyone in the family that asked, and made an effort when able to take trips to amusement parks with all the kids in the family when we would come to town. (2) I believe that there should be consequences for our actions, I am hurt that Becky was even involved in these things while she had her girls at home with her mother, especially after losing her brother so close to this incident. We all had the same choices and opportunities in life, I could be wrong but making money off the sale of methamphetamines is a lazy way of supporting yourself and your children. You can go out and get a job like the rest of us. After reading much more substantial evidence, yes I believe still that she should have gone away for awhile, although I believe now that the punishment may have been a little harsh for the crime. I have not finished my research on this case, and I hope to continue so please Abe if you should come across more information that would be helpful in that research I would appreciate it if you would pass it along. Finally, again all I can do is apologize, I printed up the case file for family members that want to give false information, and I intend to make sure that those in Beckys fathers side of the family knows the truth.
This is response to Donna's remarks. I can't talk to what life Becky has had but what I can see is the statements that you are saying is just one lie after the other. If you do a search on google for Becky's name you can find alot about her case and about the courts ruling. If it is so simple that she shot the person point blank then I think the couts have errord in their verdict. Here is a cut from an other case where you can see what the ruling was in Becky's case. If you can read it and understand it you will see that the law is that if during a felony (ie drug deal) a person gets killed even if u r not involved in that shooting u will be charged with murder as if you did it. As you can see from the cut below (I will alos provide the url for the full version) no one ever said during the trial that Becky shot anyone they r just trying to link the time of the shooting to make sure that yes by law she will be considered a murder and charged that way. Here is the cut from that case. "The facts in this case are similar to the facts in Beach. Rebecca Beach was convicted of felony murder based on the underlying felony of selling methamphetamine. The victim, Grant, used Beach to coordinate his methamphetamine purchases. When Grant wanted to purchase methamphetamine, he called Beach, who arranged a meeting between Grant and a supplier. Grant would then pick up Beach, and they would drive to a location that Beach had arranged for the transaction. On the day of Grant's murder, Beach could not contact her normal suppliers, but her companion, Arevalo, told her that he could get the drugs. Arevalo contacted Jiminez, then informed Beach that Jiminez could supply the drugs. Beach drove Arevalo and Jiminez to the location she had arranged for the transaction. Arevalo and Jiminez waited while Beach left to get Grant and return to complete the drug transaction. After Grant gave Beach the money for the drugs, Beach went into the house, allegedly to exchange the money for the drugs. As Beach entered the house, Arevalo shot and killed Grant. Beach then left the scene with Arevalo and Jiminez. At trial, the jury was instructed to convict Beach of felony murder if it found Grant was killed "while in the commission of, or attempt to commit, or in the flight from committing" sale of methamphetamine or aggravated robbery. 275 Kan. At 609.
On appeal, Beach claimed that she did not know Arevalo and Jiminez were planning to kill Grant; therefore, Arevalo's act of shooting Grant was an extraordinary intervening act which broke the causal connection between the drug transaction and Grant's murder. 275 Kan. at 612. The Beach court first noted that the felony-murder rule requires a direct causal connection between the commission of the felony and the homicide. However, unlike the general rules of proximate cause used in civil actions, a defendant will be held liable for a death that occurs during the commission of a felony unless there is an extraordinary intervening event that supercedes the defendant's act and becomes the sole legal cause of death. 275 Kan. at 612. In determining whether there was a causal relationship, the Beach court observed that the "'[t]ime, distance, and the causal relationship between the underlying felony and the killing are factors to be considered in determining whether the killing is a part of the felony.'" 275 Kan. at 613 (quoting State v. Hearron, 228 Kan. 683, 696, 619 P.2d 1157 [1980]).
After considering the time factor between the sale of methamphetamine and Grant's murder, the Beach court concluded that the two events took place at the same time because Beach was on her way to exchange Grant's money for the drugs. Therefore, the time factor supported Beach's conviction. The Beach court noted that Beach had arranged the location for the drug transaction and led Grant to that location. The Beach court then considered the distance between the shooting and the drug transaction and determined that it supported Beach's conviction, as well.
In reaching this conclusion, the Beach court first acknowledged that Beach had a "visceral argument that Arevalo's appearance with guns blazing constitute[d] an 'extraordinary intervening event.'" 275 Kan. at 613. Nevertheless, the Beach court rejected that argument by noting Beach's participation in the drug transaction. Beach had coordinated the plan to sell drugs and had informed Arevalo that Grant would have a large amount of cash. Under these circumstances, it was foreseeable that a person with a lot of cash who was intent on engaging in illegal drug activity would be a target for violence. The Beach court then concluded that Arevalo's act was not an extraordinary, intervening act. 275 Kan. at 613-14. " No one says here that Becky shot someone point blank I guess are talking from a different Becky or the hate inside yourself for her just makes u believe what you say. Here is the URL to that site. "http://www.kscourts.org/Cases-..." and someone already siad if you really want to talk to Becky you can do it via jpay.
This is response to Donna's remarks. I can't talk to what life Becky has had but what I can see is the statements that you are saying is just one lie after the other. If you do a search on google for Becky's name you can find alot about her case and about the courts ruling. If it is so simple that she shot the person point blank then I think the couts have errord in their verdict. Here is a cut from an other case where you can see what the ruling was in Becky's case. If you can read it and understand it you will see that the law is that if during a felony (ie drug deal) a person gets killed even if u r not involved in that shooting u will be charged with murder as if you did it. As you can see from the cut below (I will alos provide the url for the full version) no one ever said during the trial that Becky shot anyone they r just trying to link the time of the shooting to make sure that yes by law she will be considered a murder and charged that way. Here is the cut from that case. "The facts in this case are similar to the facts in Beach. Rebecca Beach was convicted of felony murder based on the underlying felony of selling methamphetamine. The victim, Grant, used Beach to coordinate his methamphetamine purchases. When Grant wanted to purchase methamphetamine, he called Beach, who arranged a meeting between Grant and a supplier. Grant would then pick up Beach, and they would drive to a location that Beach had arranged for the transaction. On the day of Grant's murder, Beach could not contact her normal suppliers, but her companion, Arevalo, told her that he could get the drugs. Arevalo contacted Jiminez, then informed Beach that Jiminez could supply the drugs. Beach drove Arevalo and Jiminez to the location she had arranged for the transaction. Arevalo and Jiminez waited while Beach left to get Grant and return to complete the drug transaction. After Grant gave Beach the money for the drugs, Beach went into the house, allegedly to exchange the money for the drugs. As Beach entered the house, Arevalo shot and killed Grant. Beach then left the scene with Arevalo and Jiminez. At trial, the jury was instructed to convict Beach of felony murder if it found Grant was killed "while in the commission of, or attempt to commit, or in the flight from committing" sale of methamphetamine or aggravated robbery. 275 Kan. At 609. On appeal, Beach claimed that she did not know Arevalo and Jiminez were planning to kill Grant; therefore, Arevalo's act of shooting Grant was an extraordinary intervening act which broke the causal connection between the drug transaction and Grant's murder. 275 Kan. at 612. The Beach court first noted that the felony-murder rule requires a direct causal connection between the commission of the felony and the homicide. However, unlike the general rules of proximate cause used in civil actions, a defendant will be held liable for a death that occurs during the commission of a felony unless there is an extraordinary intervening event that supercedes the defendant's act and becomes the sole legal cause of death. 275 Kan. at 612. In determining whether there was a causal relationship, the Beach court observed that the "'[t]ime, distance, and the causal relationship between the underlying felony and the killing are factors to be considered in determining whether the killing is a part of the felony.'" 275 Kan. at 613 (quoting State v. Hearron, 228 Kan. 683, 696, 619 P.2d 1157 [1980]). After considering the time factor between the sale of methamphetamine and Grant's murder, the Beach court concluded that the two events took place at the same time because Beach was on her way to exchange Grant's money for the drugs. Therefore, the time factor supported Beach's conviction. The Beach court noted that Beach had arranged the location for the drug transaction and led Grant to that location. The Beach court then considered the distance between the shooting and the drug transaction and determined that it supported Beach's conviction, as well. In reaching this conclusion, the Beach court first acknowledged that Beach had a "visceral argument that Arevalo's appearance with guns blazing constitute[d] an 'extraordinary intervening event.'" 275 Kan. at 613. Nevertheless, the Beach court rejected that argument by noting Beach's participation in the drug transaction. Beach had coordinated the plan to sell drugs and had informed Arevalo that Grant would have a large amount of cash. Under these circumstances, it was foreseeable that a person with a lot of cash who was intent on engaging in illegal drug activity would be a target for violence. The Beach court then concluded that Arevalo's act was not an extraordinary, intervening act. 275 Kan. at 613-14. " No one says here that Becky shot someone point blank I guess are talking from a different Becky or the hate inside yourself for her just makes u believe what you say. Here is the URL to that site. "http://www.kscourts.org/Cases-and-Opinions/opinions/supct/2005/20051209/91919.htm" and someone already siad if you really want to talk to Becky you can do it via jpay.
This is Becky's mom I tried to post on here the moment I seen these horrible lies that Donna Jo has posted..I can't believe Donna that you have the nerve to say such things about Becky and shame on you for doing so, my sister Debbie is right, you have absolutly no right what so ever to say things that you know nothing about you were not around you moved to Ind. when you were very young and just because you seen Becky and Bo a few times after you moved doesn't warrant you saying you grew up with them..you also have no right to say anything about what happened with me and your Uncle Jo..were you there when he broke my jaw, how about when he broke my hand squeezing it, or when he punched me in the face and factured my cheek bone,or blacked my eyes or threw me down stairs only to drag me back up them by the head of my hair,or kicked me in my butt so hard with his steel toed boots it hurt to sit down for a couple of weeks, you weren't there for the 15 years that I took that off him..and you darn right I finally started fighting back it called SURVIVAL...you weren't there but my poor kids were there for every second of it...also I don't remember one of you Beach's in the courtroom when my daughter was going thru her trial..I think Joe made it once or twice couldn't put the beer down long enough to sit through it and now finally after 10 YEARS he is finally been up to see her a few times...now I suggest you don't go telling tales about something you don't have a clue about and don't you dare ever say again that Becky had anything to do with my Bo's death...SHE MOST CERTAINLY DID NOT...her biggest crime was to trust and believe that man she thought loved her...that's what happens to alot of women who never knew the love from a FATHER who cares...I hope this message gets to you...AND I SAY SHAME ON YOU...Carla
This is Becky's mom I tried to post on here the moment I seen these horrible lies that Donna Jo has posted..I can't believe Donna that you have the nerve to say such things about Becky and shame on you for doing so, my sister Debbie is right, you have absolutly no right what so ever to say things that you know nothing about you were not around you moved to Ind. when you were very young and just because you seen Becky and Bo a few times after you moved doesn't warrant you saying you grew up with them..you also have no right to say anything about what happened with me and your Uncle Jo..were you there when he broke my jaw, how about when he broke my hand squeezing it, or when he punched me in the face and factured my cheek bone,or blacked my eyes or threw me down stairs only to drag me back up them by the head of my hair,or kicked me in my butt so hard with his steel toed boots it hurt to sit down for a couple of weeks, you weren't there for the 15 years that I took that off him..and you darn right I finally started fighting back it called SURVIVAL...you weren't there but my poor kids were there for every second of it...also I don't remember one of you Beach's in the courtroom when my daughter was going thru her trial..I think Joe made it once or twice couldn't put the beer down long enough to sit through it and now finally after 10 YEARS he is finally been up to see her a few times...now I suggest you don't go telling tales about something you don't have a clue about and don't you dare ever say again that Becky had anything to do with my Bo's death...SHE MOST CERTAINLY DID NOT...her biggest crime was to trust and believe that man she thought loved her...that's what happens to alot of women who never knew the love from a FATHER who cares...I hope this message gets to you...AND I SAY SHAME ON YOU...Carla
OMG I can not even believe what this $@*^H_is saying about my niece! This Donna CHICK doesn't even know my niece. She never grow up with her and has no idea what Becky was like before or after my nephew Bo was shot to death! Becky was no involved with drug dealings before my nephew Bo was killed in cold blood! And he most certainly not murdered because of Becky!
Becky never shot this girl and the girl said so in court! Her words were the mexican guy shot her and right before he did he said to her DIE BITCH! This girl walk into the court room so tell me how she could be parayzed????? I should know I was there everyday during the trial! Was you there Donna????? HELL NO you were not ther! Becky never grow up with any of these girls (so called cousins) they were never ever in Becky Jo's life or my newphew Bo's life. My side of the family was always there for these two not the Beach family especailly Blanch Beach the grandmother she was to far up Cindy's kids ass to even know that she had grandkids by the names of Rebbeca and Joseph Beach! I don't know why Donna would even think about saying anything about my neice or my nephew she has NO RIGHT or NO ROOM to speak of any of this. What she is saying is rediculous! And she furthur more has no right to even mention my dead nephew that she hardly even knew at the time of his death! Really Donna you need to keep your fat pie hole shut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When you figure out how to do that you might get a real life!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will never have the chance to speak to Becky regarding this matter you DO NOT DESERVE to speak to her. May god forgive you for these untrue words you have spoken against my beautiful niece Rebbeca! Everyone has made mistakes in their lives even YOU *@H!!!!!!
OMG I can not even believe what this $@*^H_is saying about my niece! This Donna CHICK doesn't even know my niece. She never grow up with her and has no idea what Becky was like before or after my nephew Bo was shot to death! Becky was no involved with drug dealings before my nephew Bo was killed in cold blood! And he most certainly not murdered because of Becky! Becky never shot this girl and the girl said so in court! Her words were the mexican guy shot her and right before he did he said to her DIE BITCH! This girl walk into the court room so tell me how she could be parayzed????? I should know I was there everyday during the trial! Was you there Donna????? HELL NO you were not ther! Becky never grow up with any of these girls (so called cousins) they were never ever in Becky Jo's life or my newphew Bo's life. My side of the family was always there for these two not the Beach family especailly Blanch Beach the grandmother she was to far up Cindy's kids ass to even know that she had grandkids by the names of Rebbeca and Joseph Beach! I don't know why Donna would even think about saying anything about my neice or my nephew she has NO RIGHT or NO ROOM to speak of any of this. What she is saying is rediculous! And she furthur more has no right to even mention my dead nephew that she hardly even knew at the time of his death! Really Donna you need to keep your fat pie hole shut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When you figure out how to do that you might get a real life!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will never have the chance to speak to Becky regarding this matter you DO NOT DESERVE to speak to her. May god forgive you for these untrue words you have spoken against my beautiful niece Rebbeca! Everyone has made mistakes in their lives even YOU *@H!!!!!!
You can see Becky's progress looking at KDOC Kasper Website...You can also contact her via e-mail using jpay...
You can see Becky's progress looking at KDOC Kasper Website...You can also contact her via e-mail using jpay...
I'm confused by the previous comment. In all the accounts of this case there is not a single mention of Rebecca shooting anyone, including Margaret Thomas. Or that Margaret Thomas is paralyzed. It seems that that little bit of lying destroys the posters credibility on all other points.
I'm confused by the previous comment. In all the accounts of this case there is not a single mention of Rebecca shooting anyone, including Margaret Thomas. Or that Margaret Thomas is paralyzed. It seems that that little bit of lying destroys the posters credibility on all other points.
First off, I find it amusing that she has such a sad life story. This is my cousin, we practically grew up together. Her father was no more abusive to her mother than she was to him. Furthermore, using her brother, my cousin Bo, as a sympathy ploy for why she could have done this is simply rediculous. The truth is, he died in vain, because of her. She had been involved with drugs and drug deals before he died. I also find it amusing that you forget to add the part where she point blank shot the girl who is now paralyzed, while the girl begged her not to. Beckys troubles are because of the bad choices she has made. She visited my family in Indiana after she had already had her children, and before she left she stole what she could. Becky will be better off when she starts taking responsibility for her own actions. Her fathers side of the family was always a part of her life and did all they could, she was just born a bad apple. Please feel free to respond, or if there is any way to contact Becky online I would love to chat with her. She is exactly where she needs to be and when she accepts that and takes responsibility for her actions in heart I think things could change for her.
Donna Stump(McFarland)
First off, I find it amusing that she has such a sad life story. This is my cousin, we practically grew up together. Her father was no more abusive to her mother than she was to him. Furthermore, using her brother, my cousin Bo, as a sympathy ploy for why she could have done this is simply rediculous. The truth is, he died in vain, because of her. She had been involved with drugs and drug deals before he died. I also find it amusing that you forget to add the part where she point blank shot the girl who is now paralyzed, while the girl begged her not to. Beckys troubles are because of the bad choices she has made. She visited my family in Indiana after she had already had her children, and before she left she stole what she could. Becky will be better off when she starts taking responsibility for her own actions. Her fathers side of the family was always a part of her life and did all they could, she was just born a bad apple. Please feel free to respond, or if there is any way to contact Becky online I would love to chat with her. She is exactly where she needs to be and when she accepts that and takes responsibility for her actions in heart I think things could change for her. Donna Stump(McFarland)