ROSEVILLE – Two parents in Roseville have been arrested for abusing and killing the 9-year-old boy they adopted.
It came as a surprise to most of the neighbors who lived on New England Drive, but one neighbor who did not want to be identified said she heard the alleged verbal abuse.
That neighbor told CBS13 that Kimberly and Cory Blakley had seven children in total, including several children who were adopted in August.
They were often seen playing outside on their bikes with other neighborhood kids.
“The neighborhood feels like they were the perfect family. That Kim was a great mom, but reality is the front yard mom, was the exact opposite of backyard mom,” said one neighbor who lived near the family. “There was always beating on the walls, beating on the windows.”
The neighbor said she called the police once about the parents just a few weeks ago when one of the youngest girls was locked out of the home on the back porch on a cold, rainy night.