Well, here goes nothing. I am not saying much that you don't already know, but it will be in one place. First I have to say that I am still trying to respect people's privacy and wishes here. All the same I know you need answers. As already posted on the Gibson twins blog there will be an article about Beccah in the Chicago Tribune. I have talked to a reporter from that paper and was asked not to post the info. Hence, I was trying to be courteous of that request. Since it is already known then I guess no harm done. The article may be in Friday's paper. Beccah was interviewed and her father was present to be sure that she could be held accountable and didn't just give a bunch of lies to the reporter. Also, in that article she does clear Ryan and Raechel from having any involvement in this. I hope I have not violated anybodies trust, but I have had enough of all of this.
Secondly Beccah is a severly damaged soul . She has suffered serious trauma in her life and is quite disturbed. The details of her life I would never post as that would only cause more damage. You can be assured that Beccah will be getting the help she needs.
The police are investigating this story. As for an actual prosecution I have no idea. I am not sure that there is enough actual evidence here to warrant legal action, but I guess we will see about that.
Raechel and Ryan will be posting soon along with angie and Jennifer. If that will shed more light on the situation I do not know. I do know that they are innocent and deserve to find peace and return to their normal lives.
I have to say also that unlike other bloggers I had no personal interest in this nor was I wronged by Beccah. My motive was purely to inform her readers and get to the truth. I cannot fathom how broken a person would have to be to have done this. Although she should be held accountable I do feel so sorry for her. I just had to do what I could to make this right. I had nor have no ill will towards Beccah.
As for the other bloggers involved and your comments toward them. I am disappointed that road was chosen. I am a mother and I can't imagine the pain and grief that is suffered when losing a child. Why question the way another person grieves or expresses themselves. As for bloggers making money. Who cares? If you don't like it then don't go there. None of us are in the position to judge.
I have been asked if I am a believer in God. Yes. I am catholic and I love my relationship with God. I have to say that I was very torn about this blog, but in the end decided it was all I could do to get the truth out. I know that I had to do this.
Beccah if you are ever out there reading this I hope you get help and I hope you can find Peace. I will be praying for you.
I already made a similar statement, but I will do so again. This will be my last. I feel continuing this would just breed negativity that I have to move on from. I hope all the followers of April Rose keep their faith. Prayer is never in vain. God knows your hearts and your intentions were good and true. There are people out there thet need prayers and need help. Do not lose sight of human kindness. There is decency in this world. Do not turn your cheek to human suffering. Do not approach everything with skeptisism. Do not let the bad in this story get the best of you. I have been in touch with so many lovely people through all of this. That is what I am going to take with me in the end. Thank you all for listening and trusting in me. I hope you are all able to move on from this. This story in my heart and soul has been put to rest.
Best wishes to you all,
Elizabeth
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omggggggggggggg my jaw is on the floor, my eyes are wide...i can't believe that beccah herself did an interview! i live in canada...and i'll be needing to see that article when it comes out! i hope its online!
ReplyDeletenice work nobody. you deserve a prize or something. seriously, you rock.
Well said. Thanks Nobody.
ReplyDeletethank you. :o)
ReplyDeleteI posted, thanks in advance for reading.
ReplyDeletewell written and much respect to you and your family and thank you again for bringing us all together. I know I have met some new people that I hope to call my blogging friends. Thank you
ReplyDeleteVery well said indeed! If you ever start another blog you definately have a reader in me :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for clarifying everything Elizabeth. We appreciate all that you have done for us, and I am sure that many moms of kids with special needs, such as myself are thankful that you brought light to all of this.
ReplyDeleteYou deserve credit where credit is due. My heart goes out to Ryan and Raechel as I can see quite clearly how they got sucked into this. What an emotional roller coaster they have been on.
It's not fair that they had their emotions played upon the way they were. It's just not.
Thank you again for all of your help clearing everything up.
thanks Elizabeth - I have to say am suprised with the article. Hope this isn't just more attention for her.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting. I appreciate the time and effort you've put into this. I'm sorry you're shutting it down.
ReplyDeleteThank you Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteI will leave this post up for a while for you to continue comments.
ReplyDeleteOh and your guys are so welcome.
ReplyDeleteFor those that havent moved over, Reachel just tweeted. Looks like there will be another "we three" post.
ReplyDeleteIt took guts to do what you did, and in the long run, I hope it makes life better for Beccah to get her the help that she needed all along.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. It's good to know things are close to being put to rest. Perhaps now, we can all move on and focus our energy on the real things which matter in life. I'm very glad to hear B is getting help, this is good. My heart and prayers continue to go up for her healing and also for Raechel and Ryan...I can't help but feel so bad for them. Thanks again~(((HUG))) G'Ma`rella
ReplyDeleteThank you Elizabeth, for helping us all to find peace out of this awful situation. B broke a lot of hearts, and personally damaged my faith. With each day, week and month that passed that "april rose" was still growing and alive I thought, wow, someone is hearing all of our prayers. Now I hope all that prayer energy and power and be put towards helping B to get the help that she needs. I will be praying for her.
ReplyDeleteThanks again.
Elizabeth. Can you keep the "evidence" posts open and just close comments on all of them, but not delete them? there may be good evidence hidden in comments. just a thought.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to know she's not out doing this to someone else. I pray she does get the help she needs.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your hard work and honesty. I am at peace with this now and look forward to hearing what Beccah has to say in her own words. I hope that I can keep up somehow with all of the ladies I laughed with over Nutella today.
God Bless!
Autumn
Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for all your hard work! It took guts to put this blog up. Also, thanks for sticking with the story so that we could all get some answers and closure.
Jenn
thank you Elizabeth for your work in getting this out. I appreciate it, as well as how much you have done to try to keep this forum civil! (Even though I was rude a time or two!!!) I am glad to know that Beccah will be getting the help she needs. I am so sorry for the pain that she herself must have gone through to be this damaged. I'm even more sorry for the people she dragged into this who have had their lives dissected for merely adopting a dog or trying to help someone in need or be a friend to "B" Thank you (AND Gibson Twins!) for helping us to find out the truth of what happened. I appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteRachel, Washington, DC
thank you for all of your hard work and finding the truth.
ReplyDeleteI agree, i want to read that article..
As painful as it was to sit here and watch Ryan and Raechel take a beating for the last 3 days... I am so appreciative of you, your cause and your kindness.
ReplyDeleteThank you Thank you Thank you.
Aimee,
Ryan's loving big sister
Elizabeth thank you for your time and effort here, above all else, lets hope that B. gets the help she needs, and people who put their faith in her, and believed in her story can now find some peach.
ReplyDeleteOk kids, it was just twittered that the big moment is arriving shortly...
ReplyDeleteAimee, my heart does go out to your sister and you family for the turmoil this has caused them. As a person who despite my biting wit here who has been scammed by a few people like B. it does question ones faith, and can fester a deep distrust. My you all be able to move past that
ReplyDeleteThank you! You did a great Job!
ReplyDeletei found this article, with quotes from Beccah. For some reason I can't copy & paste it...so I hope I type it correctly
ReplyDeletewww.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/06/11/20090611babyscam.html
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/06/11/20090611BabyScam.html
ReplyDeleteThat's the link to the news article in the Chicago Tribune. It really doesn't explain much. And it sounds like she's NOT somewhere now getting help, but that she checked into a hospital for a few days.
An article is already up on www.azcentral.com It's not letting me link to the specific article but I googled Beccah's name and it came up!
ReplyDeleteI was pretty disappointed in the article. It makes her sound too innocent in the entire thing.
ReplyDeleteIf you google "beushausen" under Google news, the Chigago Trib story is already there. Very sad, really.
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ReplyDeletei was KIDNAPPED.
ReplyDeletei was ABUSED for 11 YEARS.
i'm on my 4th "father."
and i never pulled ANYTHING like this.
i'm praying for Beccah - i sincerely, truly am. but i feel like saying she's damaged is giving her an excuse... and there isn't an excuse, no matter what you've been through. if anyone has an excuse, it's me - heck, i could die before my 24th birthday, on top of everything else - but there's no excuse for what she did. period.
i say this not out of hate - i sincerely pray for her recovery & peace. i'm just saying... no matter what you've been through, you can't just use that as an excuse.
The most disturbing thing to me is that she is a SOCIAL worker according to the website. That she had access to children's lives....It just scares me. I hope she gets help, but I'm scared she'll just get the attention she was after with these lies and this scam. It's a horridly sad situation.
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ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing. She is a social worker.
I seriously want to know what she did with all of the gifts people sent here. All of the hand made things like mine that were sent to her. Things that we labored over for a FAKE baby. I'm anger. I'm angery that I took time away from my family to make a blanket and headband for a ficticious baby. My labor of love and everyone else's who sent something is probably in some trash can or has been sold for money. That makes me sick. The article simply outed her after we already did and she is NOT being held accountable for her actions. After all of this dies down she will just go back to her normal life and will have gotten the attention she was seeking.
ReplyDeleteMichelle
ReplyDeletesorry you had to go through all that but you must understand that people handle tragedies differently.
I posted on Gibsontwins, but I need to say this here. That article made me feel worse. It all sounded so innocent. She's sorry, she's getting hate mail? What did she expect? And really the thing that bothers me the most is that she said she thought only a hand full of friends would read it. Her 1st post was about being an unwed pregnant Christian girl. Was she just planning on conning a few friends? Is that in someway better than the thousand she ended up lying to? It was all way to casual. And she checked into a hospital for 2 days after it came out that it was a hoax? Notice she didn't check in because she needed help for whatever drove her to do this. She got caught and needed a place to hide out. Well, I'll guarantee you this, she'll be back!
ReplyDeleteThe article looks to be full of lies. She only expected a few friends to read it my foot! She heavily promoted the site under various screennames!
ReplyDeleteI was NOT impressed with the article. I am sorry, although I am a FORGIVING Christian, this article was almost DEFENDING her! MORE LIES if you ask me...like " oh yes I just started this blog for my close friends, to deal with the loss of my son I lost" Yet the blog was all about the PREGNANCY of a baby girl named April ROSE...Hmm....??? Also, I LOVE Mckmama, Angie, and NOW starting to love Raechel, but I am TIRED of all the vagueness. WE were her readers, WE were JUST as involved(probably MORE) than all of them, EXLUDING RAECHEL because she has EVER right to feel terribly betrayed. I think WE should be the ones getting answers and not having to BEG for the truth
ReplyDeleteI also am in shock that a father would say (paraphrasing) She's just a talented girl and she hit some hot buttons. Just proves to me that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a poorly written article. And when did anyone ever say April survived birth only to die hours later?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that all these people were interviewed and of course, MckMama's got to get her plug in there. How many hits and $$ will she get from this article?
This all leaves a bad taste in my mouth toward mommmy bloggers. Not the innocent ones who are just sharing their stories, but the "big" ones who are making a living through their kids. They are no better than Jon & Kate Gosselin.
I have kept a family blog for over four years and would never place ads on it. When money is involved, it changes everything. And why you would want to place your kids in the spotlight like that is beyond me. All you need is another Beccah, unstable enough to follow your story, track you down, and snatch one of your kids.
If you don't believe me, just google "People Finders". See how long it takes you to find yourself on there. You have to be careful.
Honestly, I'm more irritated with some of these bloggers than I am with Beccah at this point.
I think Kelli might be real though, because the myspace link that was mentioned the other day, had a "Kelli" as a friend, along with Beccah
ReplyDeletejust fyi-thechroniclesofasavedgirl.blogspot is now gone... C must have been here!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure MckMama gives all the money she gets from ads to charities. This isn't about her - it's about Beccah.
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping up this blog, Elizabeth.
thank you to elizabeth for all of your work-you are awesome.
ReplyDeleteI hope you keep this blog so that we can still connect with one another!
Wow. I am MORE angry after her article than I was before... actually I wasn't even that angry before. But that is the biggest BS ever!!!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I received an "anonymous" comment on MY blog (which I'm not linking to this site because honestly I don't want to get dragged into this mess AT ALL) directing me to her site THE DAY IT WENT LIVE. She promoted that site SO heavily, and Jennifer even says that she was adament about driving traffic to her site above all else. So that whole line about only expecting close friends to read it is a huge load of crap.
And we've already shown that she DID make money off of it, not to mention all the stuff she got - what did she do with ALL those baby girl things she received?!?
Ugh, and her father's comment - that's insane! I can tell you, as a mother, that if my daughter ever did something like that, I don't care how old she is, I would make her apologize until she was in tears. The word "talented" would NOT be used in that conversation!!!
Like a previous poster, I have endured abuse as a child. I have had a child in intensive care who has had many operations. That is NO excuse for acting the way that she did. She doesn't even admit that she's psycho - she just basically said she was hiding out in a hospital because she couldn't deal with the pressure of people finding out she's a big fat liar and sending her hate mail.
There was not an ounce to sincere regret in that article, and I really couldn't care less what else she has to say, if she writes another blog post.
This went on for MONTHS! It involved manipulating vulnerable and hurt people (I'm not mad that she duped ME, but I am angry that she took advantage of Rachael and others). It was very calculated, obviously involved lots of research and time and planning and effort.
She is sick - but not because of any trauma she's endured (if I hear that excuse one more time, as someone who has also endured life trauma, I will vomit!) - she is sick because she's a sociopath. And she will never be cured. Chances are, especially with her father's attitude about THIS, that she'll resurface again and again doing crazy attention-getting things like this. Honestly, my biggest prayer right now is that she doesn't ever have children, becuase she is exactly the type of person who could end up with munchausen by proxy. She is an attention-seeking crazy person who obviously has no capacity to feel empathy.
The only good thing that comes from all of this is that your Google identity lives for a long time...so any future boyfriends or employers or friends who look up her name will find out about this.
I'm very thankful for the twins site and this one for exposing her REAL identity - because, like I said, the ONLY good thing about all of this is that the real her has been exposed to the world and this WILL haunt her for the rest of her life.
Oh My she spun it so it is like a pro-life thing??
ReplyDeleteRemember ~
ReplyDeleteA Reporter is assigned and prepped by the Editor, people are interviewed, the Reporter writes, an Editor reviews and changes it, the Reporter reviews, the Editor reviews .... ultimately it's the Editor and powers that be at the Newspaper that guide the direction of an Article.
That's the reality of life of the news business.
Oh you know what else is funny... she said she "didn't know how to stop" - well how about not dragging it on for almost THREE WEEKS past your "due date" LOL! That wasn't someone trying to stop, that was someone trying to keep the gravy train from stopping!!!
ReplyDeleteAs for the other bloggers involved in this... I think regardless of what you think of them otherwise (the beauty of the blog world is that you can read whatever you want, and if you hate Jennifer you can just not read her blog!!) I think they handled this just fine. MANY people passed on the April Rose link/story/prayer request, and these two have totally made up for driving people to her site IMO.
ReplyDeleteBut Raechel actually POSTED to the fake blog, she actually KNEW Beccah, and I totally agree with what many others have said - she should give more of an explanation. I am MOST hurt/angry for her, because she was SO taken advantage of, and I think that is really, really sad and dispicable. So I hold no ill feelings toward her. But considering the extent to which she and Ryan were involved in perpetuating this whole scam (unknowingly!!) I just feel like EVERYONE would just totally move on and leave them alone if they posted their OWN down-to-earth post. No preaching about how we should respond or what God thinks about all of this (again, I am a Christian, I have NO problem with preaching - I do it on my own blog!) I'm jsut saying if they just said "okay, here's how all this started (like specifics - we got a phone call, we talked to B, this is what she said, this is how the whole Monday night convo went down, this is how she managed to convince us it was still true when others knew it wasn't, etc.) this is how hurt we are by it, and how sorry we are that so many people were involved" and then leave it at that... Just something more personal from the two people who were actually involved, instead of hiding behind these co-written posts.
Again, I have no ill feelings toward any of them - I see these guy as the REAL victims here, WAY more than the rest of us. I just think for THEIR sake if they really want people to move on and leave them alone and forget about all of this, a personal blog post that explains their involvement would allow people to move on.
i agree. the article didn't do anything for me. just full of 'pity party'. i understand she's had 'things' go on in her life. and we all deal differently. but seriously...she hit a 'few' hot buttons! like a few thousand. really disappointed in the article. it's so frustrating. that's really what it boils down to for me. more frustration.
ReplyDeletei'm not going to hold my breath for that "one last post to fess up and appoligize" she told the reported she was going to write!
ReplyDeleteRead the latest post on the gibsons twins blog:
ReplyDeletehttp://gibsontwins.blogspot.com/2009/06/april-rose-scam-update-june-11-2009.html
ReplyDeleteMan, I didn't think I was EVERRRR going to get back on the computer today! First my computer tried to croak (scariest moment of my life.. MY PICTURES! THEY'RE NOT SAVED!!!), then my child was being very demanding of my every living, breathing second (no nap today, he decided. Not a fan of this new trend he's got goin' on.) THEN we had to do, like, OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE stuff, like go to walmart and such. Then SYTYCD came on, and even Beccah's not important enough to miss THAT. (I'm not cool enough for DVR.) FINALLY got my kid to bed, THEN my husband watched Way of the Dragon on the computer til nearly 11pm! AND I MISSED THE PREMIERE OF ALL THE GOOD STUFF!! But at least I'm catching back up now. Whewwww.
ReplyDeleteAnd see? I said I'd be happy with "I'm sorry I'm a liarpants." Too bad she didn't use that exact phrase. :(
PS: Thank you, Nobody, for opening so many people's eyes. I'm so glad you got to be a part of the interview/article as well, because with all of your hard work, you DESERVED to be there. I'm sorry that this is the way you got your name in lights, but hey... it's something, I suppose. :)
ReplyDeleteMy Lord! I'm gone for half a day with a sick child and it takes me nearly an hour to read all the posts!
ReplyDeleteEven if she does apologize, it won't mean a thing until she returns people's money and gifts. Until that moment, she's still a lying, thieving, sociopath.
That article just made me annoyed. I hope it doesn't make people forget that she is, in fact, a criminal and should still be prosecuted. I absolutely don't believe she just got "carried away" with the fame. If that were the case, she would've never accepted money in cards, and especially not from the t-shirt sales. It would've all gone to PASS. Robbing everyone blind emotionally for the "fame" is hugely different from taking their money.
Nope. No matter what, she was (and still is) a lying, thieving, sociopath.
And how in goodness is she able to get away with sounding so remorseless in that article? "Oh, whoops! I robbed you! I just wanted some attention. Oh well. Anyone wanna buy land in a Florida swamp?"
My question is "how much of that article is true""
ReplyDeleteBecause if all the interviewed are quoted right R&R changed their story.
From "B helped me through a rough spot, so I wanted to be there for her too" to "I heard from someone B was going through a difficult pregnancy"
Who was that someone and why change the story ?
Maybe she will use the money for her treatment..LOL j/k Though She really does need serious help...I have a CJ degree and these are the type of people that need to be off the street before they hurt someone for more attention..Ugg she makes me sick...
ReplyDeleteRachael and Ryan stories are not adding up. Not for a single minute. The newspaper article reaks of untruth as well.
ReplyDeleteI've lost respect for Mck and company. This is all about ratings and driving in viewers. The hyping up of the "pending" posts and the "answers" that are coming...rediculous.
And why can't any of them speak for themselves? Why the "group" emails? Sounds like someone is trying to hide behind the others. They need to all grow up.
That article is a load of ****!
ReplyDeleteThis morning before I read it, I was thinking "ok, maybe Beccah is just a screwed up person who needs some help." But after reading this I'm back to thinking she really has a personality disorder. She's going to be a liar until the day she dies.
I'm really mad that the article makes it sound like some big pro-life thing. WHAT????
After finding a link that has some of Raechel and "B" last post it is INSANSE the detail B was giving Raechel about her "labor". And Raechel chose not to explain half of what happen? That is what gets me. I went to this blog everyday and read nothing but LIES. Lies that were in such detail it could of been a freaking book! And we get no answers on how B pulled this off. I just don't believe she had no one helping her pull off such a scam!
ReplyDeleteFew things bother me about this article (actually , many things bother me about it , but i will only touch on a few)
ReplyDeleteFirstly , it was said that the "pressure of being exposed" lead Beccah to check into "hospital" for 2 days.
Well , it is clear that she is NOT sorry. It was "the pressure of being EXPOSED"....reallly?? So , Beccah did NOT check into a facility because she realized how ill she is? It was all about HER....being caught???? 2 days is going to heal a troubled soul? I don't think so.
Secondly , every paragraph of this article is a contradiction to the previous one. First , it tries to spin the story into an advocation for pro-life. Then it turns it into Beccah , voicing a "true to life story" that had occurred years before , but she was only now just voicing her story. Then it turns it into a case of a lie that "got out of hand" when more viewers tuned in than Beccah had ever expected. then it kinda took the route of Beccah being such a "talented writer".... It NEVER got into just how deep this web of lies was spun..and most of all , it never really stated WHY. It was wishy-washy at BEST!!!
Third> I don't ever remember where it was said on Beccah's blog (or anyone's blog) that little April Rose had died hours after birth.
I am very disappointed in this article , to say the least.
My heart does go out to Beccah though , because if anything is certain here , it is that she is a very damaged soul , in need of more than just a 2 day stint in hospital.
I hope that her family are able to take in the extent of her deceit , and not just chalk it off as a "very talented writer".
i am assuming that beccah is out of hospital , considering a photo was taken of her on Wednesday outside of her home. My only hope is that she checks herself into a reputable facilty that can take care of her needs and help her heal from whatever trouble she has had in her life. if not , I fear that Beccah will strike again , in ways that we may never know , but potentially more damaging than what has happened here.
Perhaps Beccah should feel sorry for all the people that she has hurt , and not feel sorry for HERSELF. (I took it that she felt sorry for herself because she had to mention all the "hate mail" that she has received)
I'm not trying to be a head-hunter here, i promise you that. my only concern is that there is a very sick individual out there that could potentially harm herself , and others again. Yes , to me , it is THAT serious. If it were just some half-baked blog that she had written , i would be more apt to just say "move along , get over it". However , the extent in which beccah went to get "her story" accross is extremely disturbing. From fake belly photo shoots to photos of a doll , this was VERY elaborate.
I am fearful for Beccah's future , and somewhat pessamistic in the hope that she is sorry and will get help. I am also doubtful that this will never happen again.
in any case , i guess this is now in the hands of God. I will pray that her troubled soul finds some peace , and that nobody will be hurt by her again.
oh , and kuddos to McKmama for plugging her own blog!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a way to sell yourself!!
6turners - I agree. I dearly hope that she gets the help she so desperately needs, but if she doesn't even feel bad for what she's done (and it sure sounds that way from the article) - how is she going to get that help?? I continue to pray for her, but I also pray that nobody else will be hurt by her again.
ReplyDeleteAnd again, thank you Elizabeth for this blog. If you do decide to start another blog, will you post the link here so we can all find it?
I don't know if anybody is still around, but I wanted to let you know that I think the article is a load of crap! It is full of lies! More attention for poor little Beccah!
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure that she never gave birth to a baby boy either.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth - agreed. Have you seen the Gibson Twins blog post? UNBELIEVABLE. Beccah needs help. She REALLY needs help.
ReplyDelete(from the Gibson Twins blog post)
The Chicago Tribune article is mostly lies. Beccah never gave birth to a son in 2005, she had a miscarriage. Her father was not present during the interview, nor did she say she was planning to write a final blog. She was also never a social worker. This writer twisted many things that Beccah said. And I assure you that he has no access to a computer or the internet. -- this is a direct quote from a trusted inside source.
I think that any and everything that could be done to the woman (law wise) should be done! Anyone that gave their money to her made her something..anything..should all stick it to her!
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ReplyDeleteI did see that and knew most of that info. I just really thought this thing was done, There will be more accurate media coverage on this I am sure.