Thursday April 19, 2007, 7:39 am
I have been following this poor girl's sad saga. She went from one abusive situation to the next, she really didn't have a chance with the family she had been given. It breaks my heart to see she still is denied justice.

Thursday April 19, 2007, 7:50 am
is there any actionw e can take/

Thursday April 19, 2007, 7:51 am
This is just abominable. And sickening. And sad.

Thursday April 19, 2007, 10:31 am
Here is the contact information for a local organzation that has been involved with the case. ITHey may have plans petition the court on her behalf. Currently the father and his wife are in jail awaiting sentencing in her death so action may be delayed until that case is finished.
Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota
1821 University Avenue West. Suite 202-S
Saint Paul, MN 55104
(651) 523-0099 office
(800) 621-6322 toll-free
(651) 523-0380 fax
Email: pcamn@pcamn.org for more information.

Thursday April 19, 2007, 2:25 pm
It is possible that she wasn't raped. Her father certainly couldn't be considered a trustworthy source or guardian.

Thursday April 19, 2007, 2:52 pm
I understand that he is not trustworthy, but I think the allegations were based on Jordan's testimony and police report. I have a feeling she was sexually abused, she was killed/punished for behavior indicative of such. She was sticking potato chips in her underwear, which her "guardians" deemed as an act punishable by scalding/death. It is so senseless, and I do not wish to justify the actions of any of her so called guardians as I feel they fell way short of duties entailed in parenting in many ways.

Thursday April 19, 2007, 3:26 pm
According to the article, she made a videotaped statement. I have evaluated hundreds of children in child custody and/or sexual abuse cases. Interviewers vary widely in their ability to conduct a valid interview. There is also a suggestion that she might have been coached by her father. It certainly sounds like he would be a person to be afraid of. She was killed by her father who was accusing the mother's boyfriend. People should be prosecuted on evidence, not feelings. The children of the mother and her boyfriend were still in the home which would indicate that authorities may have had some doubt about the charges. Other than the abuse accusations, I didn't see any mention of problems in the mother's home. She may or may not have been a good guardian.

Friday April 20, 2007, 12:47 am
Could it be possible her father raped her and coached her into saying it was her mother's boyfriend? I just wonder since he killed her / allowed her to be killed by putting her in a scalding bath. Take away the victim / only witness and there is no crime?!?!?!?!? I just can't imagine torturing such an innocent being. No child should die at the hands of their own parents or be tortured or abused by someone their parent is dating or remarried to. It's just sick and sad what that poor little girl went through. I hope justice is served in some way, shape or form.

Friday April 20, 2007, 7:36 am
My intention was not to post this in order to argue the case. I am not a court or CPS insider and do not have more information than you can gather for yourself. I have formed my opinion from all the information that was released from when the incident occured in July. I suggest that you do a search of the archives in the star tribune to gather the same information and create your own opinion on this. I feel this argument of the semantics of the case takes away from the reality that is SO EVIDENT. She was an inocent child, she was abused, she is dead and she deserves justice. Justice is what it is -- arguing the child sex abuse case seems like a tangent and I feel it unnecessarily is subjecting her to more scrutiny. She deserved better. She was a victim -- let us not continue to victimize her with suposition. No one will really know what happened besides this little girl and she is dead.

Friday April 20, 2007, 7:41 am
My heart cries when I hear sad stories like this. No children should ever have to suffer in any way, EVER. The horrors of abuse we hear everyday is so disturbing it makes me want to reach out and strangle all those that commit crimes against children.

Friday April 20, 2007, 8:09 am
How can anyone hurt a child, or animal. Im very protective of kids and youth, I have a son that is special needs, cause of a idiot in California, my son had a shot dpt and it was infected with something, and yes this man is in prison, but this Jordan Im sure did what she was taught to do, "GO and tell someone" and she did, and she now is not with us no more, cause of her Mother didnt protect her, and how can a MOTHER not protect her children? I just dont understand.

Friday April 20, 2007, 8:55 am
I just can't believe this. Her parents should go to jail this life and the next one!

Friday April 20, 2007, 9:33 am
Oh my god, this poor child had no help or love all the way around! Her mother and her father should be buried under the jail!

Friday April 20, 2007, 12:03 pm
Everyone who failed this child will one day answer for their actions.

Friday April 20, 2007, 12:13 pm
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TKS. MLM

Friday April 20, 2007, 12:20 pm
What a sad story, i feel so sad when awful unfair horrific offence like this happens... because nothing happened that makes it easy for the same thing to happen to another victim.... just scald and kill and it'll get thrown out... what about that couey guy who buried Jessica Lundsford alive at least he's not walking free

Friday April 20, 2007, 12:32 pm
AS far as I can see there's nothing redeemable about ANY of the people involved with this child.If there had been any justice, she would have been taken away from the whole bunch. What a despicable lot!

Friday April 20, 2007, 1:10 pm
I did check the archives and you have to pay to search them. If you have other articles about this, would you please post them. Any way you looked at it, what happened to this child is an absolute tragedy. However, in my experience CPS tends to make two big mistakes - failing to rescue abused children and making false accusations of abuse. It would be a shame if this mother lost custody of her child, the child was murdered, and now people are attacking her if the allegations were unfounded. Now that the father has murdered her, the mother and her boyfriend have lost the opportunity to challenge the allegations. It is innocent until proven guilty still, even though CPS does not operate this way.

Friday April 20, 2007, 5:09 pm
This is absolutely terrible!! So, her father killed her so she couldn't testify? What is wrong with our world!?!? That is one of the saddest things I have heard in a really long time. What is wrong with this judge? Why wasn't she taken away in the first place? She might still be alive.

Saturday April 21, 2007, 2:51 pm
My mind is reeling just picturing her last painful moments of life. I can only imagine her desperation at realizing no one was going to save her.

Human beings can be so cruel to their peers, but to torture a child is inexcusable!

Like Cynthia, I too, would like you to keep us updated.

*C*

Monday May 7, 2007, 12:29 pm
Please keep us updated on this horrific story, how could her parents do this, and her dad scalding her he must have a heart of stone, to hear her screams, may she be in peace now.

Monday May 7, 2007, 12:36 pm

I can't tell you how happy I am to see that 95 people (at this writing) noted this story.

She may have felt unloved in life, but she has touched us all in death.

Monday May 7, 2007, 12:43 pm
Pedophilia seems to be "accepted" in some "family values" circles ...

STOP REPUBLICAN PEDOPHILIARepublican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable. Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation. Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy. Republican petition drive manager Tom Randall pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business. Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano was arrested for sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl. Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls. Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester. Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls. Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls. Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17. Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor. Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida. Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered. Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor. Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl. Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child. Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile. Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. Republican advertising consultant Republican activistLawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s. Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail. Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos. Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children. Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child. Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page. Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter. Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography. Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped. Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD. Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography. Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.Republican talk show host Jon Matthewspleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her. Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison. Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl. Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.Republican legislator Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl. Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters. Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl. Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison. Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000. Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession. Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet. Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter. Republican campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken was convicted of having sex with two underage girls. Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison. Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer. Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women. Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency. See excerpt of one prisoner's report here and his full report here. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/

Monday May 7, 2007, 12:58 pm
WHAT THE HECK Blue - - Kind of Off topic aren't we? This is not appropriate here -- WE DON"T EVEN KNOW IF HER PARENTS WERE REPUBLICANS, and this story has NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICAL PARTIES!!!! Your post disrespects this poor girl and MINIMALIZES HER SUFFERING to throw your politics in our face. Rather selfish isn't it add to the pain of others for personal gain! I guess that places you hand in hand with the republicans you hate.

Friday June 15, 2007, 6:53 am
UPDATE: Father gets 30 years for daughter's scalding death

An Anoka County judge handed down a sentence Thursday twice as harsh as guidelines called for in the case of a little girl scalded to death.

Last July, 10-year-old Jordan Gonsioroski died after being submerged in a tub full of hot water. According to the criminal complaint she had burns over 70 percent of her body.

Now, nearly a year later, her father Jason has been sentenced to three decades behind bars.

Jordan was living with her father and his girlfriend Julie Meier in Blaine when she was killed.

According to the criminal complaint Jordan was burned, and then died because her father and Meier did not call for help right away. The medical examiner said that if she had received the proper medical care, Jordan would have survived her injuries.

After her father was sentenced Thursday, Jordan's family remembered a little girl who was full of life and who one day wanted to become a doctor.

"If she knew you, you'd get hugs. Very seldom was she down, but if you'd talk to her she'd smile again...she's very much missed in our family," Jordan's great-grandmother Florence Cohen said.

"This is so wrong. She had a life to live and she will never, ever have it. We will never, ever see her grow up," Jordan's aunt Nancy Nelson said.

It's still not clear how Jordan got in the tub, or why. Jason Gonsioroski and Julie Meier both pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second degree murder, but have pointed the finger at each other.

Meier still faces sentencing sometime in the next few weeks.

Jason Gonsioroski was sentenced to 30 years in prison and will be eligible for supervised release in 20 years. That is double the usual sentence for this type of crime. The court determined that because of the cruelty involved, because Jordan was so vulnerable and because this happened in front of her siblings, her father should get more time.

In court, Gonsioroski's attorney said while his client's actions were reprehensible, he was more passive than active in what happened to Jordan.

Friday June 15, 2007, 8:11 am

Dawn,

THANK YOU so much for following up on this. I will never forget that story!

Even though it was a very stiff penalty for the sadistic a**hole, it was still too kind . . . and much better than he deserved. I hope his time in prision is pure hell and makes him wish he were dead every time he opens his eyes in the morning!

*C*

Tuesday July 24, 2007, 9:46 am
Here is an Update to the Story - http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_6447621?nclick_check=1
Blaine / Girlfriend gets 22½ years
Woman convicted in 2006 scalding death of boyfriend's 10-year-old daughter
BY MARY BAUER
Pioneer Press
Article Launched: 07/24/2007 12:01:00 AM CDT


A Blaine woman was sentenced Monday to 22½ years in prison for her role in the scalding death of her boyfriend's 10-year-old daughter last July.

In handing down the sentence, Anoka County District Court Judge Lawrence Johnson noted that the public likely will never know exactly who placed Jordan Gonsioroski in a tub of lethally hot bathwater.

Her father, Jason Gonsioroski, and his live-in girlfriend, Julie Ann Meier, blamed each other. Meier's sentence is about eight years shorter than Gonsioroski's.

Johnson acknowledged the domestic abuse Meier, 25, likely suffered from Gonsioroski. And he noted that Meier was the only one of the two who showed remorse for Jordan's death.

"I've failed everyone in this courtroom," a weeping Meier told the court. "I failed Jordan. I failed my own children."

Gonsioroski and Meier pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder in Jordan's death. But they pointed fingers at each other. In June, Gonsioroski was sentenced to 30 years in prison, twice the time called for in state sentencing guidelines. He will be eligible for parole in 19 years.

Paul Young, an Anoka County prosecutor, argued that Meier should receive a sentence equal to Gonsioroski's sentence.

He said there was no evidence to support Meier's claims of abuse at Gonsioroski's hands and no way to tell which of them was more to blame.

But most domestic abuse victims tell no one, Meier's attorneys said. They pointed out that Meier stayed with Jordan when the girl's father ran and hid.
"He went to smoke marijuana," said Bryan Leary, an attorney with the Anoka County public defender's office. "She never left. She never forgot Jordan."

Relatives who spoke on Jordan's behalf said they were satisfied with the sentence. Some said they believed Meier's story of abuse but said she should have put Jordan's safety above her own.

"A mother fights to save her child's life," said Sharon Voigt, Jordan's maternal grandmother, noting that Meier was raising Jordan with her biological children. "She could have run. She could have sought help. She just didn't do that."

In his sentencing, Johnson recalled a doctor's testimony that Jordan's burns - over 75 percent of her body - likely caused pain worse than almost any other kind of injury.

But Johnson said Meier's dazed and unresponsive expressions in her initial court appearances indicated she was in shock. Meier also took some responsibility, never minimizing her role in the girl's death, he said.

With credit for a year already served in custody, Meier will serve 14 years in prison before she is eligible for supervised release. She also must pay $6,194 to the Minnesota crime victims reparation fund.

She surrendered her parental rights to the three children she had with Gonsioroski. One of Gonsioroski's sisters was awarded custody.

"I loved Jordan," Meier said. "I only wanted her in my house to help her."

Jordan started living with Meier and Gonsioroski in 2005 after Isanti County officials removed her from the Braham, Minn., home of her mother, Amanda Johnson, and her mother's live-in boyfriend, Randy Johnson.

Jordan's autopsy results suggested the girl was underweight, had likely not eaten for several days and was malnourished at the time of her death.