About a week ago, I received a text message
from my daughter, stating that she was going to send me
some pictures that I wasn't going to like very much.
She sent me pictures of my three
and four-year old grandchildren.
My babies were in locked cages.
(crying)
It's just sickening
and I'm so angry.
Just the fact that they were in those cages
and you could clearly see the locks on 'em.
How could anybody do that to a three and four-year old?
This was neglect, abuse.
I love my daughter very much, but,
I knew it was gonna get her into trouble.
I had no choice but to turn the photos in.
Kids come first.
I reported it to the Department
of Health and Human Services.
The children were pulled from the home that evening.
I think Pam and Jim are monsters.
The 30 plus years that I've known the Bond family,
out of all of them,
Pam has been the most vindictive and two-faced.
She's not a good person.
Pam Bond is a manipulator.
Jim kind of just goes by what she tells him.
You don't put children in cages.
It's beyond gut-wrenching.
I'm at a loss for words.
There are no words for this.
I most definitely think they're child abusers
and are gonna get what they deserve.
They deserve to go to prison for this.
See what they think of being locked in a cage.
(dramatic music)
Teresa, these children are
your daughter's children, correct?
Correct.
And you say that you received a text from your daughter
of these pictures saying that you
were not going to like them.
Why did she send you these pictures?
She was incriminating herself.
She was incriminating herself and when she sent me
the pictures, she had begged me, please do not turn
the pictures in to authorities for at least two weeks
because she was trying to find housing
for herself and her eight-month old.
How many children does she have all together?
She has a total of five children and she
is pregnant with her sixth.
Not that you're supposed to know the answer to this,
but do you have any idea why she continues to have children?
I have no idea.
I've told her for years, you don't take care
of your children the way it is, so, you know, be done.
Exactly, she has children and she can't take care
of the ones that she has. Exactly.
Then you would think that she would think,
maybe I need to get my life in order before I continue
to bring children into this world.
Correct.
She lost custody of four. Correct.
So, these four children, then,
become custody of these two great grandparents.
Correct.
Did she have a key to the lock?
Honestly, Dr. Phil, I have no idea.
Did you ask her? I did not.
I mean, why did she not just open the cages and say,
"You're not gonna put my kids in a cage?"
I don't know if she felt because she doesn't
have custody of the children or,
and, I'm not really sure.
I'm not sure how to answer that question.
She may not have custody, but she has common sense, right?
Well-- _ It takes common sense
to know you don't cage children up.
Exactly.
Okay, so you got a text on Saturday and you reported
it on Monday. Correct.
And they came in for a wellness check.
They went in and saw the cages
and pulled the kids that evening.
Okay and the children are now in foster care.
Correct.
This is her text to you on January 11th, 2020.
You say, "Send me copies."
"Yeah, I told you."
You say, "I am blank pissed."
Kylla, "I told you there ain't blanking CPS will do here."
Okay, now you're talking about the pictures--
Correct. You got here.
And Teresa says, "I'm reporting it.
"I'm gonna show the senator, too.
"Something will be done even if it means I get custody
"and you move back up here eventually."
Kylla, "Yeah, I know.
"I wouldn't care if you got custody of them,
"but something needs to be done."
And you say, "Oh, something will be done all right.
"By the way, where did you get your shoes?"
You lost me there?
She had sent me a picture of a pair of shoes
that she bought from work that I liked.
So, my grandchildren are in cages
by people I consider monsters.
Where'd you get your shoes?
Were you taking it seriously?
I was, Dr. Phil, otherwise,
I would have waited to turn it in.
Yeah, okay, so did you talk to her after she was arrested?
I have not talked to her since she was arrested, no.
What do you think her attitude is now?
I found out yesterday that she
is currently on suicide watch.