Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Clearwater Police Department as the agency leading the criminal investigation into Jacklyn and Jerold Logemann.
Pasco County mom Jessie Herbert started 2024 ready to continue her ongoing fight to regain custody of her 14-year-old son.
But she said in a matter of weeks, she went from fighting to get back one child to fighting to get back four.
“I just want my kids to come home. This isn’t fair,” she said.
But to understand how she got here, we have to take you back to 2018.
At the time, she said she was struggling with addiction and lost custody of her kids for about 5 months.
The following year she relapsed and lost custody again.
But she said she worked to get her kids back. And in 2021, Herbert was reunited with her three daughters but not her son.
“He has refused all contact with Mom,” said Herbert’s attorney, Valentina Villalobos.
In January 2023, Herbert’s son was removed from his long-term foster home, along with 8 other kids, after their foster parents were accused of abuse.