A System That Failed Its Duty: The Complete Documentary Record of the Ronnie Earle Custody Case in Jefferson County, West Virginia

Family courts, Child Protective Services, and guardians ad litem exist for one stated purpose: to protect children.

In Jefferson County, West Virginia, the custody case of Ronnie Earle shows what happens when every safeguard in that system fails — not once, but repeatedly — even when evidence, admissions, medical findings, and neutral third-party observations are placed directly in front of decision-makers.

This article documents that failure using court orders, sworn motions, supervised-visitation records, subpoenas, audio transcripts, and statutory requirements.

No claims here rely on speculation.

They rely on the record itself.

Case Overview

• Father: Ronnie Earle

• Jurisdiction: Jefferson County Family Court, West Virginia

• Children: Child 1, Child 2, Child 3

• Key Officials Involved:

• Judge David Camilletti

• Judge Christina Glover

• Pamela Games-Neely

• Gregory Bailey
  

This was not a routine custody disagreement.

It became a case about documented injuries, suppressed disclosures of abuse, investigative failure, non-enforcement of court orders, and the exclusion of neutral evidence.

Medical Findings That Triggered Mandatory Duties — and Were Ignored

The escalation of this case followed documented medical concerns involving Child 1.

Medical professionals identified patterned and linear bruising, findings that — under West Virginia law — trigger mandatory reporting and investigation requirements. These are not discretionary standards. They are statutory duties.

Those duties include:

• Obtaining and reviewing medical records

• Conducting a full CPS investigation

• Interviewing relevant parties

• Taking protective action where warranted

What happened instead was systemic non-action.

CPS testified they had not completed basic, mandatory steps to investigate these reports, testifying in the Final Hearing that:

• Medical records were not obtained

• Investigative steps were incomplete

• Required follow-up did not occur

Judge David Camilletti said on the record that CPS had not unsubstantiated or properly investigated the complaints — then adopted Findings of Fact from Greg Bailey claiming CPS had.

Despite this claiming being proven untrue on the record, it would be the reason given to strip Ronnie Earle of custody. 

“Unsubstantiated” Was Used to Erase Risk, Not Assess It

In child-welfare practice, unsubstantiated does not mean false.

It means the agency did not reach a substantiated finding — often because the investigation itself was incomplete.

Yet in this case:

• CPS investigative gaps were treated as exculpatory

• CPS testified they were unaware that medical providers had made the complaints

• The absence of agency action was used to justify further inaction

This inversion of responsibility is a recurring theme in family court failures nationwide.

Guardian ad Litem Pamela Games-Neely: Recorded Admissions vs Court Filings

The most damning evidence in this case does not come from Ronnie Earle.

It comes from the Guardian ad Litem herself.

Recorded Admissions

In multiple recorded conversations, Pamela Games-Neely acknowledged that:

• The children disclosed that their mother hit them in the head

• She agreed that this conduct “crossed the line”

• She recognized it as physical abuse

These are not allegations.

They are recorded acknowledgments.

Court Filings Tell a Different Story

Despite those admissions, court filings and reports authored by Pamela Games-Neely:

• Claimed the children denied being hit in the head

• Reported the mother denied ever hitting the children anywhere

• Framed concerns as unsubstantiated or resolved

This created a narrative presented to the court that directly contradicted the GAL’s own recorded statements.

Attempts to Test the GAL’s Statements Were Blocked

Ronnie Earle subpoenaed Pamela Games-Neely to provide her investigator’s file regarding:

• A witness list

• Evidence she claimed to have

• Her extensive messaging with the mother and her attorney

West Virginia law and Family Court rules required disclosure of Pamela Games-Neely’s investigator’s file. Courtroom video shows her giving the file to opposing counsel Greg Bailey during a hearing. Ronnie Earle’s attorney then subpoenaed the materials. The response was a motion to quash, followed by a motion to remove the Guardian ad Litem citing the undeniable violation of her statutory violations.

Both efforts failed. Judge David Camilletti announced in the Final Hearing he had not bothered to read the filings.

The court continued to rely on the GAL’s reports and unsworn testimony while preventing meaningful scrutiny of their accuracy.

Emergency Ex Parte Filings: Trauma Without Accountability

In August 2023, an emergency ex parte motion was filed alleging that Ronnie Earle posed an immediate danger to his children.

The consequences were severe:

• Law enforcement involvement

• Sudden separation

• Emotional trauma to the children

During the subsequent Ex Parte Hearing, it was revealed::

• Assertions were fraudulent

• Key facts were proven false

• Emergency standards were not met

Yet there were:

• No sanctions

• No corrective findings

• No accountability for the filing

In Jefferson County Family Court, false emergencies carried no risk.

Supervised Visitation: Neutral Professionals Documented the Truth

The most objective evidence in this case comes from independent supervised-visitation providers, including mental-health and family-visitation organizations.

Across dozens of documented visits, supervisors consistently recorded that Ronnie Earle:

• Arrived prepared and on time

• Followed all supervision rules

• Provided food, activities, and emotional support

• Redirected appropriately

• Demonstrated patience, affection, and stability

• Raised no safety concerns whatsoever

What the Children Did and Said

During supervised visitation, the children:

• Ran to Ronnie at arrival

• Hugged him repeatedly

• Expressed love openly

• Became distressed at separation

• Asked to go home with him

• Reported being told he was “not their dad anymore”

• Reported being told to keep secrets

• Disclosed yelling, hitting, and fear in the other household

One supervisor documented fresh bruising on a child’s lower back during a visit.

This is not advocacy testimony.

It is neutral, contemporaneous documentation.

Audio Recordings Corroborate the Supervision Notes

Audio transcripts and recordings further confirm what supervisors observed.

They include:

• A child crying and pleading when supervised visitation ends

• A child repeatedly begging to go home with Ronnie

• Descriptions of yelling, kicking, and normalized violence between siblings

• Ronnie calmly reassuring, comforting, and de-escalating

These recordings independently corroborate:

• Emotional distress

• Attachment disruption

• Alienation dynamics

• Lack of protective intervention
  

CPS Culture and Judicial Reputation: Admissions From Inside the System

Audio recordings from CPS personnel describe the family-court environment in Jefferson County as deeply problematic.

Statements include references to:

• The court being “the bane of our existence”

• A judge being known for stripping custody without rationale

• Repeated harm to families without accountability
  

These are not outside critics.

They are professionals within the system acknowledging dysfunction.

Court Orders Without Enforcement: Judge Christina Glover

Ronnie Earle was granted court-ordered supervised visitation.

Over time:

• Approximately 40% of scheduled visits were blocked or interfered with

• Violations were documented and acknowledged
  

Ronnie filed for contempt.

Judge Christina Glover refused to enforce contempt, stating she would have written the order differently — despite the fact that the order as written was valid and enforceable.

The very next visitation was blocked again.

Non-enforcement did not correct behavior.

It enabled it.

Appellate Review Confirmed Error — Too Late to Protect the Children

A circuit-court order later found plain error, including:

• Failure to hold a mandatory domestic-violence hearing

• Jurisdictional misapplication

• Statutory violations
  

But by then:

• Time had passed

• Restrictions had hardened

• Children had adapted to prolonged separation

Procedural correction did not undo substantive harm.

The Pattern Is the Story

This case reveals a consistent pattern:

• Medical evidence ignored

• Abuse admissions suppressed

• CPS investigations left incomplete

• A GAL controlling the narrative without scrutiny

• Emergency filings used without consequence

• Neutral supervision disregarded

• Court orders unenforced

• Alienation indicators allowed to escalate

• Errors acknowledged only after damage was done
  

Ronnie Earle did not lose custody because he was unsafe.

The record shows the opposite.

He lost custody because the system failed at every checkpoint designed to protect children — and then protected itself instead.

Why This Case Matters Beyond One Family

Parents across the country search for:

• “Family court ignored evidence”

• “Guardian ad litem misconduct”

• “CPS failed to investigate”

• “Judge refused to enforce visitation”
  

The Ronnie Earle case provides documented answers to those searches.

This is not an isolated failure.

It is a structural one.