Verkkothe families plan on filing a lawsuit for what they say are wrongful deaths, claiming the county was negligent and the civil rights of rivera and ingle were violated. Kern county sheriff's office. To view inmate visiting instructions, click here. For accurate matches, please search by. Verkkothe kern county child abuse cases started the day care sexual abuse hysteria of the 1980s in kern county, california. [1] the cases involved allegations of satanic ritual.