How Could You? Hall of Shame-Jayme Kushman and Jamie Sena UPDATED

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Texico, New Mexico, foster parents 37-year-old Jayme Kushman and 29-year-old Jamie Sena were arrested for “beating and chaining up children in their care. Six children between five and 16-years-old were living in the Texico home with Jayme Kushman and Jamie Sena.

The children included Sena’s children, Kushman’s family members and at least one foster child. New Mexico State Police investigators say they uncovered videos of the children being beaten and chained to their beds. The children reported they were chained to keep them from taking food from the kitchen when they were hungry. NMSP says they found filthy conditions in the home, including no running water, a toilet backed up with human waste and bedrooms smelling of urine. Kushman and Sena were arrested Monday.[August 22, 2022]”

Two New Mexico women accused of beating, chaining children to bed
[KRQE 8/24/22. by Isac Cruz]

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Update:“Two women in eastern New Mexico will spend years behind bars after reaching plea agreements in a case accusing them of beating children in their care and chaining them to their beds, prosecutors said.

Jayme Kushman, 38, pleaded guilty to five counts of child abuse and was sentenced Thursday to 15 years. Jaime Kay Sena, 30, pleaded no contest to four counts of child abuse and received a six-year sentence earlier this month, prosecutors said.

The case stemmed from an investigation that started in 2022 when state child welfare workers received a tip about children locked in cages. New Mexico State Police served search warrants at a Texico home near the Texas border and found six children, ranging in age from 5 to 16, living in unsanitary conditions with the two women.

Authorities uncovered three days of security footage showing the children being starved, beaten and chained for long periods of time, District Attorney Quentin Ray said in a statement.

Prosecutors played segments of video in court showing some of the abuse. They also said a child was chained to his bed for 14 consecutive hours with no food, water or access to go to the bathroom.

The victims included Sena’s children, Kushman’s family members and at least one foster child.”
New Mexico abuse case ends with prison sentences for 2 women accused of chaining children

[Koat 7/17/23 by AP]