This story is just awful. It is always so depressing to be reminded of how people can treat each other. And her own kids too.

Unfortunately, there's really nothing to prevent this kind of thing from happening. Imagine the same situation except the father left (and didn't want contact with the children) and the neighbors didn't notice or care.

They never would have found the girls.

It makes me want to vomit to think about how many cases are going on like this RIGHT NOW and yet we haven't discovered them yet.

As much as I'm against the death penalty, this is one case where the perpetrators need to die. Or at least suffer the exact same treatment that they doled out, even if it IS illegal.