A Michigan couple accused of abusing two of their adopted children has been charged and extradited to the state from Tennessee, according to the Michigan Attorney General’s office.
Jason and Jessica Klimp, ages 47 and 45, were charged with two counts of first-degree child abuse and two counts of first-degree child abuse committed in the presence of another child. The couple had four adoptive children and were initially charged by Wexford County prosecutors in February 2024.
State officials say the couple, who lived in Cadillac, Michigan, were renting a home in Tennessee in February 2024 when one of their adoptive children was brought to the University of Tennessee Hospital and later to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital with signs of malnutrition and severe dehydration. After the incident, Michigan State Police served a search warrant at the Klimp’s Wexford County home, which resulted in child abuse charges…