Evil Mother Realizes Children Escaped And Found Police

We have kids to talk to you, okay? Right now, both are going to be under arrest for a few days. Police are at the home of Keith and Candy Holt, the parents of a children. They don't know yet, but one of their kids managed to contact police, alerting them to the cruelty happening behind closed doors. It's what I do when I pick care of kids. It's all my education. That's everything I've ever done. What officers don't realize is that Keith and Candy's home is considered a safe house. With a documented history of caring for children, if investigators can't prove the abuse, the couple could walk free and go right back to running their house of harmers. What about Beth getting knocked in the bathroom for three days? No, never happened. So when you said that you hadn't spanked anybody in a year, that was not a correct statement. So if someone said that you had kids with a two by two board, would that. It's January 2024, and police are receiving a series of alarming calls from residents in Blackwell, Oklahoma, reporting that eight children under the care of pastor Keith Holt and his wife, Candy, have been left home alone for days. Officers visit the home on January 14th and 15th. But nobody responds. On the morning of the 16th, they return once more, and this time, Keith opens the door. During the visit, officers spot bruises on several children, and on one of them, a black eye concealed beneath makeup. A few hours later, they return with a warrant and arrest them. Ah, we're back. No. What? All right. Right now, both are going to be under arrest for. You can go with these two gentlemen. Turn out to have one of the eight children now. The two of them on the way. When I get to the police park. Yeah. Mine right here. You're going to be under arrest. I'm not putting in front for you guys. What do you need? I have to keep my shoes. I'll just put them on front so it's more comfortable to do that. Are you here? Let's go out here. I'm going to put him in my car. You don't have anything on you? No, I don't. Okay, no wallet, no purse, no nothing. No. Just be. Please, we have the cash you need to take with you. No. Please be careful with CJ. Candy seemingly protective comment about CJ immediately stood out to investigators. It aligned with one of the injured children head told officers earlier that only the oldest kids were punished while the youngest, like CJ, were not. That small detail revealed a clear divide in how the children were treated. Now, detectives had to determine the full extent of the abuse and whether both Keith and Candy were involved and to what degree. You don't have a mom? My, my, my hand. If you need a sit down real quick and adjust. I'll put it in the front so you're able to do whatever you need to do. It's just what I do. I put care of kids. And this is absurd. It is not fair. And CJ is the one who doesn't understand. Please. We'll have the kids to talk to you, okay? No, I just want him to be protective. All right, ma'am, I got out here, okay? Candy appears visibly distressed, disoriented, and unable to collect her thoughts. What investigators didn't realize at the time was that this was just the start of a carefully crafted facade designed to win sympathy, manipulate the truth, and avoid accountability. Surprisingly, it would go on to help them avoid the full consequences of their crimes later on. Keith and Candy were both successfully detained, and all late of the children were removed from the home and brought to safety. Human services had already rolled the injuries as unmistakable signs of. Multiple bruises at different stages of healing, a black eye, they were patterns no one could ignore. Despite the serious allegations, Keith and Candy remain oddly composed, immediately denying everything and painting themselves as protective parents. To investigators, it was clear, these two wouldn't crack easily in the interrogation room. Officers take note of this, realizing that getting Keith and Candy to turn on each other could be the key to making them confess to their horrific actions. Detective started the interrogations with Candy, thinking she'll be easier to crack. Today, in this room, we're going to talk about some things, and how you manage those questions could impact the rest of your life. These are serious allegations. So I need you to be honest with me. Why would all five of the older kids all have the exact same story? It's boring. That this being hit with a two by two, that they showed me was behind your TV, all five of them. I know. They're all telling the exact same story, separate of being hit with that piece of voice. I have never seen him hit them with that piece of wood. I'm be honest with you. I'm not seeing them wrong. I'm just saying, I have not seen him hit them. The only thing I've seen him hit them with is the belt. We start to get a clear look at Candy's denial of how serious the situation in her home really was. As detectives begin to pressure her, she shifts the blame to Keith, saying she seen him use his belt as a form of punishment, but underplays the severity of the situation. What Candy doesn't know is that one child has revealed everything to the detectives, details of neglect far more severe than spanking with a belt. Now detectives plan to use this information to trap her in a web of lies she can't escape. No, never happened. So they're all the kids who I know. I don't know what's going on, but that they never been knocked in a bathroom for three days. None of them, but that doesn't even make any sense. It's just hard to believe that all five of them have the exact same story. Well, that's over multiple incidents. Do you see you've never seen Keith at the kids? I've seen Keith spank the kids. Oh, yes, on the butt. One at a time because we don't discipline in front of each other. And I've never seen him get him with a piezoly. I've never seen him other than the belt. I'm down on it. And that is so rare. Candy acts as if the children are lying. She continues to downplay the severity of the neglect and dismisses everything the detective say. Detective step out to rework their approach. They know that Candy is still protecting her husband, so they decide to give her one final opportunity to turn on Keith and defend herself instead. I don't think you can be in her for some honest with me. I don't know what to say. I think there's a lot of stuff that's going on in that house that maybe you turns blind to. When we take those kids to the children specialist, and they say, yeah, they've got bruises that are consistent with them. I mean, that's hard to get past. That's what I'm saying. That's what I mean. Because the problem is, they're going to come to court. They're going to testify that these bruises are consistent with you. What I mean by what I'm saying is I think there's stuff going on in that house that you know about. That maybe you haven't seen, maybe you've heard it. And you've got an idea that's going on, but he's the sole provider for the house. You have all these children. You're not going to rock the boat either. With the rest of the interrogation being censored by the Blackwell Police Department, it's unclear what more exactly she confessed to. What is clear, however, is that Candy implied Keith was the main perpetrator. But Detective strongly suspected Keith was still hiding key details about the neglect. If they couldn't build a strong enough case, there was a real risk he could walk free. And returned to the same home with the same children and continue the cycle of. It was on the detectives to stop that from happening. They needed to extract a confession. How long have you been in Blackwell? Eight months this time. How long you and Candy've been together? Eight years. Eight years. Seven, eight years. And how is your relationship with all the kids? I know some kids are some biological kids, some are guardianship. Can you just kind of tell me about that? Beth and John are my biological. So Beth and John are years. What about the three little kids? K-Lin, Patements, Colton, how did y'all come about then? That's my wife's niece's kids. And you guys got all full custodial. Everything. Imagine setting your makeup, then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new groupie setting mist from Mavily New York. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours, with flexible, all-day-gum fee grip. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue. Just plump, dewy, hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new groupie setting mist from Mavily New York. Maybe it's Mavily, what district court would I have been, would I have been Baxter County? Yeah, Baxter County. What about Tabitha and Thomas and Timothy? Their mom and dad both died and it was in the wheel that we would take them and raise them. Your relationship with the eight kids, what kind of, I mean, are they pretty trustworthy kids? I would say so. So, they're not, you don't catch them in lies and they're not, you know, bad. Not normally? Not normally. I mean, you know, they'll, like if we'll have cookies or we'll have chips or stuff, you know, we'll say, okay, who took it? And they'll, I didn't take it. So you would say they're more fit than, come out and block, just lie to you. Just come out lying and they'll always come back later on and eventually they'll confess and say, okay dad, I took the chips. But other than just likely come out lying though. Detectives steer the conversation towards the children's honesty, hoping Keith will take the bait. By implying the kids might be lying, they test whether he'll react with anger, justify punishments, or reveal deeper resentment. But instead, Keith admits his kids weren't the type to make up lies. So detectives shift tactics and confront him with hard evidence of oops and his reaction would be more than telling. When was the last time you think you had to spank one of the kids? Always been months, months, months, maybe even over a year that I had to spank one of them. You know what? You said you had to spank the kids at all at this house. I can't recollect that I have. So if someone said that you, the kids with a 2x2 board, would that, why would someone say that? Why would anybody say that? Especially to a kid. Well it's coming from the kids, the other ones are saying that. All five of the older kids. Said that I put them with a 2x2 and they provided me the board that was behind the TV. That I beat them. Have you hit them with that board? I did, I did John. So when you said that you hadn't spanked anybody over a year that was not a truthful statement. So my right, how was it? Here's the thing, partner. We're going to tell you very, very simple. We know a little bit more than what you think we did. We're just asking for your cooperation to be honest with us. I mean, he's asking you all these questions because we would kind of already know the answer to a lot of them. We're just trying to get you to be as honest as you can to help yourself out. Right? Right? Yes. Okay. And then? And thinking. Thinking back. Thinking back. Yeah, I had to spank John and I had to spank Beth. What circle John? What why did you have to spank him what he did? I don't even remember why I had to spank you, but it's with that board. Uh, it could be it. Keith admits to the accusations. One story that detectives were already familiar with. During Candy's interview, she partially confirmed hearing some of the abuse herself. Now detectives would use the information Candy told them to further incriminate Keith. Did John get in trouble? Yeah. He had in trouble. What was that punishment? Did he get spanked? Yeah. Did he get punched? No. I didn't. This big punch him. As far as punching him, I didn't. I just pushed him backwards. And that way did you tell him he was disgrace? I don't remember what he told me. He's a disgrace. Candy said she heard it. I don't remember saying those words, but he did. You don't recollect a lot of stuff. You got a short timber. I don't think so. Meet new grippy setting mist from Mabelie, New York. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours, with flexible all-day comfy grip. Try new grippy setting mist from Mabelie, New York. Maybe it's Mabelie. Do you ever get mad with the kids that you, when you start spanking them, maybe you black out? Don't realize how hard you're hitting them or how much you're hitting them? I don't think so. I just don't understand why five kids that you and Candy have both said that are trustworthy kids. Why they would come together and all could cock this while the story of all these separate instances, if it's not true. No. The interrogation would continue for another 35 minutes, with Keith denying all other allegations made against him by the children. However, when Keith was finally left alone for a few minutes, cameras captured something unexpected that would show just how manipulative Keith really was. To Keith, the real betrayal isn't the children he traumatized, but that his wife Candy finally stopped protecting him. Keith would be taken back to jail, where he would be held on charges of abuse, kidnapping, and neglect. With his confession during the interrogation, the children's testimonies, his wife's statement, and physical evidence of the injuries, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison with three years suspended. As for Candy, she would also be held on similar charges of enabling an abuser. Detectives would determine that while Candy was aware of the abuse happening within the home, she too felt threatened by Keith, during an interview with one of the children she confirmed that Keith would also punish Candy when she would make simple mistakes. Candy would eventually work with law enforcement and was forced to undergo a mental health evaluation. In the end, she served just one year in county jail, with the rest of her 10-year sentence suspended.