Amy Baker put under gag order
She can't discuss welfare of 3 kids during custody case

The judge who will decide whether Amy Baker gets her three children back
has ordered her not to say anything about their medical condition -
either physical or mental - while in foster care.

Baker, 25, is also barred from discussing "the details of any contact,
in person or by telephone," with her kids - a 7-year-old girl, a
6-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl.

The children have been shuffled among at least three foster homes and
schools, suffered physical ailments and have not regularly received
counseling to help them cope with exposure to the death of 3-year-old
foster child Marcus Fiesel, Baker's family has told The Enquirer.

Judge Stephanie Wyler's gag order was sought by the court-appointed
guardian of the legal interests of the kids, Anita Bechmann, and backed
by Clermont County Children's Protective Services, which put the
children in foster care.

The gag order, issued April 12, also applies to Brian Baker, the
estranged husband of Amy, and their court-appointed attorneys. The
Bakers are each allowed to visit with their kids every other week.

The request for the gag order by Bechmann, an assistant public defender,
followed an Enquirer story in which Amy Baker's stepmother, Tracy
Ramsey, said she and Baker's father, Bob Ramsey of Brown County, worried
about the welfare of their grandkids.

Amy Baker told the grandparents her kids weren't being treated properly,
Tracy Ramsey said in a March 18 Enquirer story.

Tracy Ramsey also said Baker has photographs documenting a physical
ailment the kids suffered in foster care.

The Ramseys want custody of the children if the Juvenile Court judge
doesn't return them to Baker.

Bechmann asked the judge to prohibit the Ramseys from talking about the
case, citing their interview with the newspaper. In an April 9 court
filing, Bechmann said the kids could suffer psychological harm if the
public were to learn details of their circumstances.

The gag order doesn't mention the Ramseys, who haven't been allowed to
see their grandkids. But the Brown County residents were upset by
Bechmann's request, and they told The Enquirer they are now afraid to
talk about the kids.

They were taken from Baker on Aug. 29, the day after Liz and David
Carroll Jr. were arrested in the death of their foster son, Marcus.
Baker and her kids had lived in the Union Township home of the Carrolls,
their four kids and Marcus.

The jailing and subsequent murder convictions of the Carrolls left Baker
homeless, and she had no job to support her children.

A pretrial hearing on the Baker custody case is scheduled for May 7, the
same day as a hearing involving custody of the Carroll children.

Liz Carroll's father, Delbert Sims of Ohio Township, is seeking custody
of them, as is David Carroll's mother, Debbie Hounshell of Union Township.

CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA/CIA
WIRETAPING PROGRAM....

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