Overview
- Jessica Klimp entered a no-contest plea to two counts of first-degree child abuse on Monday, May 11, completing no-contest pleas for both defendants in Michigan.
- Jason Klimp is scheduled for sentencing on June 16 in Wexford County, while a Michigan sentencing date for Jessica has not been set.
- The investigation began in February 2024 in Tennessee after one adopted child was hospitalized with severe dehydration and malnutrition.
- Michigan State Police say a search of the couple’s Wexford County home found dog cages, a homemade straitjacket, and door alarms that appeared to be used to confine the children.
- Both defendants previously pleaded guilty in Tennessee and received 10-year prison sentences that will run at the same time as any Michigan sentence, and officials say their parental rights have been terminated.