Throwing Stones: Parental Child Abduction Through the Eyes of a Child

Ken Connelly

Jan 2009 · iUniverse

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Recent stories of long-term abduction have flooded our current news. Everyone wants to know why children stay with their captor even when opportunity presents itself. The media scrambles to get expert and eye witness interviews. We place the child in front of a camera to get that smile of relief. We fail to look deeper and ask the real important questions. The young boy stands there confused and afraid. They have just been ripped from all they know, captivity. That is all about to change. In reading the life story of a former abducted child and revisiting one of the first national cases of child stealing in America, Throwing Stones; Parental Child Abduction Through the Eyes of a Child gives a dark narrative look into the life of a seven year old boy ripped from all he knows, and later returned to a life of hell at the age of eleven. His baby was brother raised to hate a woman he was too young to know. His older sister consumed with her own inner turmoil turns violently on him. Left alone to find his own way he befriends anyone who will give him a sense of self worth. A peaceful and quiet child at the beginning; little Kenny learns to lie, steal and attack anyone who he thinks is a threat. Scared to trust anyone, Kenny goes inward to protect himself. Infected with an internal struggle to hold on to dying memories of a loving mother ripped from him, he gives in. After many lies, little Kenny starts to protect the man he fears most, his Father. Regardless of his outward environment, he finds hope and strength from within. Clear and sobering, this is long overdue. No other book has been written from the childs perspective concerning Child Theft. This case takes place before there was the National Center for the Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). His abduction was the first to involve a multi-state-manhunt and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

About the author

Ken Connelly is an author, national speaker, and child advocate. He has testified and lobbied for child human rights issues in different state legislatures and the United States House of Representatives. Ken and his brother were one of the first interstate parental child abduction cases to result in a successful recovery and felony conviction. Ken has spoken before the Texas and Florida State Legislatures, law enforcement agencies, and child protective services. He has lobbied at the state and federal level on issues close to his heart and childhood experience. Ken is also an expert witness on parental child abduction, parental alimentation and abuse. Ken volunteers his time writing press releases, commentaries and articles for organizations that represent left-behind parents and abducted children. Ken is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Texas District and County Attorney Association (TDCAA), American Society of Public Administrators, Pi Sigma Alpha (the National Political Science Honor Society), and Delta Alpha Pi (honor society for students with disabilities). Ken is also a fraternal member of Pi Kappa Phi, where he served as a Iota Xi chapter advisor at the University of Texas at Dallas. Ken is proud of PKP’s nonprofit charity, PUSH America, which helps provide assistance to the disabled. Ken served as a student board member for his university’s John Marshall Pre-Law Society. While at the University of Texas, Ken interned as a paralegal with the Collin County prosecutor’s office and worked as a Research Assistant in graduate school. Ken returned back to school through the Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation program for disabled veterans. In four years, Ken completed an Associate of Art’s from Richland College; a Bachelor’s of Art, and fast-tracked a Master’s of Art from the University of Texas at Dallas. While in college, Ken often traveled across the country to assist organizations and agencies in understanding the effects of parental child abduction and parental alienation. Ken often competes as a challenged athlete and in 2012, was awarded a certification as a personal trainer from NESTA. Ken lives with his family in beautiful Montana. Ken plans to complete his doctorate in social & public policy in the near future. Ken spends his free time hiking, cross-country skiing and kayaking with his dog, String.

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