"We believe your husband murdered your son."

Those were the words of Atlanta Attorney, Kenneth Schatten in the presence of Private Investigator, Billy Carter. Schatten had bragged about Carter's experience, that he was featured in the book, "Praying for Sheetrock." Yet later I was advised not to engage the help of police and to keep the matter private. In fact, Schatten wrote, Carter had already collected information regarding the Alabama "suicide," but it would take more money in the midst of a very nasty divorce, to unlock the details.

Will a Cobb County divorce court be the last place you see your child alive? It's what happened to me.

So in Atlanta, when an attorney suspects murder, in the midst of an ongoing divorce negotiation, is he supposed to summons police? Schatten's words were nearly believable, but I suspected instead, my estranged husband and his mistress had opted to make the boy disappear. Little Gerry had knowledge of his father's extramarital affair, had confided the information to me, and he was aware his father had given false information to Cobb County police.

My estranged husband, Gerard J. Sniffen, Jr. was a powerful Norfolk Southern railroad executive at that time, in charge of the railroad's communications and signals systems. He was aware his sons had recently been victimized by a paroled felon (Frederick Grant) involved with cocaine, but at my suggestion he refused to contact Cobb County police saying instead, "I took care of Fred myself."



There were several Georgia attorneys involved during the death and disappearance. When it happened initially, George C. Childs, and Jim Knight of Marietta were my attorneys, and swiftly dropped the case following my son's death and burial- that I was unable to attend because of the legal arrangements, false arrests and harassment. George Childs told Coweta police I had said my son was suicidal which was untrue. Because of lawyers arrangements, I hadn't seen my son nor spoken with him for two months. The last day I saw him alive was in the Cobb County courthouse in Marietta, Georgia. How could I know his state of mind? I had no way of knowing. So why would George Childs be dishonest with police? What was his angle?

And later Kenneth Schatten said Judge Adele Grubbs would be sympathetic in my case because her daughter had also committed suicide. I found Schatten was dishonest as well. It was untrue because I phoned Judge Grubbs and asked her myself.

Schatten took over when Childs & Knight opted out, and the opposing attorney representing the boy's father was Atlanta attorney, Michael Broadbear. Since I have found some Florida connections with some of these attorneys that are questionable, in fact, quite interesting, and some of their other clients are interesting, as well.

So where does "civil" law stop and "criminal" law begin? And are attorneys ever found guilty of crimes or fraud? I sent a copy of the Schatten letter suggesting I should avoid police to the GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation.) Their response:

"Oh, that's a lawyer's tactic."

And if this is how the law operates, then nobody is safe, and not an attorney alive can be trusted. Is anyone safe in Georgia and is this what happens to families and their children when Georgia lawyers handle their cases?

Will a Georgia courtroom be the last place you see your child alive?

And, what's going on in Daytona?