Hannah Nuszen FOUND! An Accusation Without Evidence, Is Only An Accusation

**Yes.  This is the same article, but it was necessary to repost after accusations that the information I published was "total lies".  I was given an Incident number with the Houston Police Department by the mother, who claims it is still active.  Officer Riojas confirmed that the child is not missing, and that the case is closed. 

The mother is passing out flyers, but the phone number listed is to the father's workplace, not to police.  To verify yourself, the actual number to Houston Police Department Missing Persons is:  713-731-5223

 

On one site the mother claims to not know where her child is.  On another she states she knows where she is but needs people to send her money so she can get her back.

 

To verify the facts in my article below, I went to the source.  To obtain documents in this case you must go to the Harris County District Clerk's Office and refer to cause #2008-51454.  For privacy concerns, and at the request of the family I have redacted much of the information.  A copy of the latest order in this case can be requested using the certified document #58521391.  Click the underlined links for images of the actual documents.

 

Last week a false Missing Child video was published by Miriam Blank, a mother of 5 in Houston, TX who lost custody of her children after a jury trial this past October.  The kidnapping claim continues online, but the missing persons reports filed with the Houston Police Department have been laid to rest.  CPS also followed up with the kidnapping allegations, and found them to be untrue.  The child’s father legally took custody of the 15 yr old and admitted her into an inpatient treatment facility, following the recommendations of Dr. Karen Gollaher in a forensic psychological evaluation completed in 2012.

Apparently Blank lost custody of her children even before the trial started.  According to the order in a suit to modify the parent-child relationship, CPS was named the temporary managing conservator prior to the beginning of the trial, and Child Advocates (CASA) volunteers were appointed as the Guardian Ad Litem in the case. 

Blank had been denying Nuszen visitation with at least 3 of the children since 2008, making accusations of abuse to anybody who would listen.  It appears at least 3 of the children have joined their mother in making these accusations, which professionals in the case say is a result of the brainwashing and psychological abuse by they have been subjected to by their mother.

But, this isn’t the first time Blank has cried abuse.  Blank has a history with CPS, according to both police and Department of Family and Protective Services records.  Accusations that her children were being abused began as far back as 8 years ago, and against several different people.  The first documented allegation of abuse was made in 2005 to both HPD and CPS, against a daycare employee.  There is no documentation of any abuse allegations made against the father prior to the divorce.

Once the couple filed for divorce, the accusations of abuse became too many to count.  The list of accused abusers is also quite extensive.  These complaints name the children’s father as a perpetrator, as well as his new wife, neighbors, a social worker, and friends of the Nuszen family.  Each accusation is unique, including neglect, verbal abuse, physical abuse, drug/alcohol abuse, sexual molestation, rape, sodomy, and even attempted murder.  Blank doesn’t limit the accusations to adults in her children’s life, but has also made accusations that her children have been physically and sexually abused by other children.

DFPS takes every complaint seriously, and follows up every call with a full investigation.  Nuszen claims to have been investigated by CPS over 40 times in the past few years.  He denies every allegation, and even voluntarily took a polygraph test.  Each investigation was closed without any criminal charges being filed.  Understanding the severity of these allegations, the father privately hired a supervisor.  In December of 2009, Miriam Blank was charged with assault against Shannon Orand, the woman hired to supervise the Nuszen children during visitations with their father.  Orand alleges that Blank assaulted her when she came to transport the children to a visit with their father.  Blank pled No Contest, and was ordered to take an anger management course.  Orand says she was continuously harassed after charges were dismissed, but continued to work with the Nuszen family.  Nuszen married Orand a year later.  In a deposition taken in October 2010, Miriam Blank adamantly denies the alleged assault ever happened. 

Blank also denied ever making any allegations of abuse against the father to CPS.  When asked why then CPS was so involved in her family, she explained that CPS was informed of the allegations when she rushed her children to Texas Children’s Hospital after they returned from a weekend visit with their father, which is also mentioned by the child in the posted video.  Judge Jim York of the 246^th District Court ordered this visitation during a motion of enforcement hearing brought by Nuszen regarding Blank’s continued refusal to allow him visitation.  The hospital records document many bruises, but also indicate that several of them appeared to be old.  The father, and a social worker who remained in the family’s home that weekend, state that the bruises were self-inflicted for the purpose of making allegations once they returned home.  They also state that Blank made attempts to sabotage the weekend, calling police to the home multiple times.  Blank adamantly denies making any calls to police during the 2010 weekend, but the Nuszen family was able to obtain audio tapes as well as police records confirming that she and her husband, Eli Blank, did in fact make three calls to 911 that weekend.  Allegations of rape and attempted murder were not mentioned in the hospital records, but were added after the fact when HPD launched an investigation.

In the permanency plan and progress report to the court by CPS, the agency describes their referral was regarding multiple allegations of abuse.  It also states that “Judge York has concerns that there is possible current emotional abuse, but is not sure which home the abuse is occurring in”.  During the assessment CPS learned that one of the youngest children was being treated for continued depression, and indicated thoughts of suicide in psychological testing.  CPS took custody of all 5 children, and placed the 2 youngest with their father.

After a jury awarded sole custody to the father, Blank followed up with a motion for a retrial siting abuse of discretion by the judge, allegations of witness tampering, and religious rights violations.  The retrial was denied.

Despite the court’s ruling, Blank refuses to transfer custody of the children to their father.  In an email from Blank to Nuszen, the mother tells him "it is not my job to bring them to you", and instructs him to pick them up from school.  On December 16, Nuszen did just that.  With legal papers in hand, and 2 hired supervisors, he successfully got Hannah Nuszen into his car.  In a letter sent to Blank soon after, Nuszen explained that Hannah was safe and being evaluated at an inpatient facility.  He also explained that contact with both parents could not occur until the psychological assessment was complete.  He ended his letter to Blank expressing hope that visits with Hannah could occur soon, but that Hannah’s return home would be dependent on their cooperation with her treatment.

If Blank was notified about where the child was, why then did she file a missing persons report to the Houston Police Department?  Why is her video titled “Missing Child” still active?  Family members state that Miriam Blank is mentally ill, and asked that people not give any attention to the erratic behavior she is exhibiting right now.  Lending any credibility to her claims will only cause her to continue on this destructive path.  The family hopes that the recent events will cause Blank to seek treatment herself, which Nuszen agrees would be best for everybody involved. 

Documents in this case have been closed to the public.  Copies of the documents referred to in this article can be paid for and obtained directly from Harris County District Clerk website here.