Parents Of Teen Testify In Iowa County Trial

The adoptive parents of a 13-year-old girl, who died while in the care of a Mineral Point mother and daughter, took the stand Monday – which was the first day of the trial of 53 year old Laurie Barry and 30 year old Alexis Barry. Lisa and David Kaden are the adoptive parents of Selah Kaden. The girl died in 2018 while being cared for by Laurie Barry and Alexis Barry. Both women face a felony charge of first-degree reckless homicide-party to a crime. An autopsy revealed Kaden died from homicidal smothering or suffocation and blunt force patterned beating. The Kadens, who live in North Carolina, sent the girl to live in Mineral Point with the Barrys due to behavioral problems at home. The two families had been close when they lived in Madison. In court, Lisa Kaden said, at no point in time did they think their daughter was in any danger.