Children’s book author Jennifer Wolfthal and husband exposed for double life in house of horrors

A Florida children’s book author and her husband were each sentenced to more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty to abusing their three adopted children.

Jennifer Wolfthal, the author of “A Real Friend,” and her husband, Joseph Wolfthal, an engineer for Lockheed Martin, pleaded guilty on Jan. 13 to aggravated child abuse and neglect of a child with great bodily harm.

Jennifer Wolfthal, 44, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while her husband got 10 years behind bars, according to the plea agreement.