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A mother and father from Scranton are now being held criminally responsible for the death of their daughter.

20-month-old Nicole Heaton died at the hospital.

Scranton police have now charged the girl's parents -- Mary Cole and Austin Heaton -- with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children for what happened back in August.

According to court papers, Cole put the toddler and the couple's 9-month-old son to bed the night before, switched on an air conditioning unit, shut the door and didn't check on the children for 14 hours.

Police found that the air conditioning unit was broken and was pumping hot air into the children's room.

Little Nicole had a temperature of 106 when she died. The 9-month-old boy survived.
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I want to believe these two are just stupid and not monsters.

Air conditioners are loud (most) and if the door was shut they would not be able to hear the children cry out for any reason.

I can pretty much guess what these two were doing that caused them to neglect the children for 14 hours.

https://www.facebook.com/austin.heaton.14

His facebook says he is single and waiting for the day to be with his daughter.

The mom's https://www.facebook.com/mxryxoxox
 
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I want to believe these two are just stupid and not monsters.

Air conditioners are loud (most) and if the door was shut they would not be able to hear the children cry out for any reason.

I can pretty much guess what these two were doing that caused them to neglect the children for 14 hours.

https://www.facebook.com/austin.heaton.14

His facebook says he is single and waiting for the day to be with his daughter.

The mom's https://www.facebook.com/mxryxoxox
The moms Facebook says she had a different boyfriend Jake? Or did I wonder of into her cousin's, neighbors, brother-in-law's page and get it confused?
 
Many of you are so quick to read a headline but not know what you’re talking about, for example many of you read the headline and immediately went to put in .2 cents when you don't know anything about it. And for those of you who do that you probably wont read this either because then it means your wrong.




Im so sick of this, forum after forum of idiots acting like nothing could ever god forbid happen to then. First off, authorities changed their story which is obvious if you do your research cause every site and newspaper says something different. It was not 14 hours they didnt go to bed until 10 and 11 and were check on before i went to bed. Second the AC was not broken. It was bought brand new before use and it is the manufacturer at fault. The box had no warnings nor did the AC, it was not loud it was a portable AC and they packaged it incorrectly, the styrofoam they put in the box was wedged so tight that authorities admittedly had to rip the box apart to get to the instructions and hose which no one knew was in there. Third neither the father or I set up the air conditioning unit, another family member did, as I’d never had to use anything besides ceiling fans, box fans, and central air before. Not to mention there were 2 other adults in the house. After Nicole was big enough to sleep in a bed with guardrails and Liam was in the crib there was no room for another bed in there and i had to sleep on the couch. The 2 adult family members upstairs would wake me up if they heard the children. Fourth, the father wasn’t even home that night. Fifth, maybe instead of “oh monsters” try putting yourself in the shoes of a fucking 18 year old losing her daughter. Yes i was young, and you can consider us what you want. But imagine losing your child because of something you had no idea about and living with hating yourself everyday. Everyday i wonder how much she’d have learned by now. How much bigger she’d be. I think of my son growing up without his big sister. Who was so smart for 1 yr old she was basically 1 going on 9. She loved him and played with him and before he was even 4 months old if you said “where’s brother?” Or “check on brother” she’d run right to him. Once when picking him up after his nap she reached for him and when i leaned down with him she wrapped her arms around him and wanted to keep holding him. Y’all have no idea what y’all are talking about or the pain our family goes through every damn day without our Nicole. So please instead of using an infants death to try and sound holier than thou, try feeling the pain we feel. We didn't get to see her learn her ABC’s or go to her first day of school. And Liam is without her. Believe what you want. But if y’all haven’t realized by now how the news twists everything, you should open your eyes to reality. Oh not to mention a few things they didn't tell you about the case. Such as 1) the so called detective Gilroy knew how heartless it would be to push the case and did so nonetheless in fact he knew he could because theres a new DA. As in brand new first time working as a DA type new. As a new DA he knew if he dismissed it as he should have that he would get crap from his co workers. And knew it was bs to pass it. So instead he passed it to a jury. 2) this so called “jury” was really just a group of people listening to Gilroy’s lies and “evidence” (evidence: photographs of the AC and a picture of a thermometer held straight up against the back of the AC with no testing of the temperature of the room after leaving the AC running or taking into account other factors such as room size, etc {which also proves it wasn't broken as claimed or else it wouldn’t have turned on after running if it ran as long as they claimed}, and no other pieces of “evidence”) 3) the jury only saw one side of the case which was a few photographs of an AC and thermometer and nothing else 4) to further prove their story is BS Gilroy has claimed different scenarios each time he's been asked about it whether it be in court or on the news. One was: the kids were found by police. Which is clearly not true because of the 911 call we made. And another being: a neighbor did? How even could you get that scenario when the 911 call came from us and no one else was outside. And last but definitely not least that our landlord was giving CPR when medics arrived on scene... our landlord wasn’t even home at the time. From now on do your research and compare things and articles instead of reading a headline and making a forum based on bs. Thanks
We were happy as could be with Nicole
Our Precious Angel❤️
 
After Nicole was big enough to sleep in a bed with guardrails and Liam was in the crib there was no room for another bed in there and i had to sleep on the couch. The 2 adult family members upstairs would wake me up if they heard the children. Fourth, the father wasn’t even home that night. Fifth, maybe instead of “oh monsters” try putting yourself in the shoes of a fucking 18 year old losing her daughter.
Damn, I'm sorry ...I didn't know it was all about you. That changes everything. At first I was just going to ask who the fuck goes 14 HOURS without checking on their babies. Thanks for clearing that up.
 
@Sotiredofthisshit

Ummmm 14 HOURS

I just hear nonsense out of you.
Yes it says Heaton wasn’t home that night... so then it was just you that didn’t check on the babies for 14 HOURS?
That does not make you look better at all.
Even if you haven’t been found guilty, you still didn’t check on your dehydrated babies for 14 HOURS lady. Sorry. Young lady.

Also being young doesn’t give you a pass to not check on your babies for 14 HOURS.

Do you see the thing in common here? 14 hours.

Babies are left alone for 14 HOURS - latest news <- LINK

More! <- LINK

We get it. You feel bad. You will forever. And that’s good. All you had to do was check ffs. Hopefully you learned from this. You can’t leave tiny humans to fend for themselves for 14 HOURS.
DAMN.

RIP Baby Girl
 
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@Sotiredofthisshit

Ummmm 14 HOURS

I just hear nonsense out of you.
Yes it says Heaton wasn’t home that night... so then it was just you that didn’t check on the babies for 14 HOURS?
That does not make you look better at all.
Even if you haven’t been found guilty, you still didn’t check on your dehydrated babies for 14 HOURS lady. Sorry. Young lady.

Also being young doesn’t give you a pass to not check on your babies for 14 HOURS.

Do you see the thing in common here? 14 hours.

Babies are left alone for 14 HOURS - latest news <- LINK

More! <- LINK

We get it. You feel bad. You will forever. And that’s good. All you had to do was check ffs. Hopefully you learned from this. You can’t leave tiny humans to fend for themselves for 14 HOURS.
DAMN.

RIP Baby Girl
Apparently you cant read cause i clearly said it wasn’t 14 hours. I dont care what you link cause if you went through every link you’d see every site said something different. They were not left for 14 hours and i never said being young was an excuse. I said yes im young because I’ve seen comments before about young parents and its bs. Mind your own kid if you have one and stop dragging out and manipulating the pain another parent feels. Cause you obviously have never been through such pain thanks
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I tend to agree that these people aren't monsters. I also believe the charges are fitting.
They really aren’t fitting but hey you dont know till you walk in our shoes and at the end of the day your opinion doesnt really matter. Literally in the past week in PA a woman hung a 10 year old and got off on probation. But yet a death caused by the AC apparently makes the parents deserve a life sentence? Not to mention my lawyer is suing the AC company and this is sadly only one of many cases that have happened due to this company.
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Damn, I'm sorry ...I didn't know it was all about you. That changes everything. At first I was just going to ask who the fuck goes 14 HOURS without checking on their babies. Thanks for clearing that up.
Im just sick of people getting this twisted manipulated story from media and a DA who wants a name. Every news outlet and newspaper is a different story. And if people researched what they were running their mouths about (no offense to you) then they’d see all the lies and contradictions. My daughters been gone a year and im sick of people bringing it up that 1) didn’t even know her 2) don’t even know us and 3) obviously don’t know the truth
 
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And I’ll continue to tell the people the truth whether they believe it or not because my daughter deserves to rest without y’all using her death as debate
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@Sotiredofthisshit

Ummmm 14 HOURS

I just hear nonsense out of you.
Yes it says Heaton wasn’t home that night... so then it was just you that didn’t check on the babies for 14 HOURS?
That does not make you look better at all.
Even if you haven’t been found guilty, you still didn’t check on your dehydrated babies for 14 HOURS lady. Sorry. Young lady.

Also being young doesn’t give you a pass to not check on your babies for 14 HOURS.

Do you see the thing in common here? 14 hours.

Babies are left alone for 14 HOURS - latest news <- LINK

More! <- LINK

We get it. You feel bad. You will forever. And that’s good. All you had to do was check ffs. Hopefully you learned from this. You can’t leave tiny humans to fend for themselves for 14 HOURS.
DAMN.

RIP Baby Girl
Also kindly don't call my daughter Baby Girl whether its out of respect or not because you dont have the respect to learn the truth before running your mouth about it or how to read the facts.
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Many of you are so quick to read a headline but not know what you’re talking about, for example many of you read the headline and immediately went to put in .2 cents when you don't know anything about it. And for those of you who do that you probably wont read this either because then it means your wrong.




Im so sick of this, forum after forum of idiots acting like nothing could ever god forbid happen to then. First off, authorities changed their story which is obvious if you do your research cause every site and newspaper says something different. It was not 14 hours they didnt go to bed until 10 and 11 and were check on before i went to bed. Second the AC was not broken. It was bought brand new before use and it is the manufacturer at fault. The box had no warnings nor did the AC, it was not loud it was a portable AC and they packaged it incorrectly, the styrofoam they put in the box was wedged so tight that authorities admittedly had to rip the box apart to get to the instructions and hose which no one knew was in there. Third neither the father or I set up the air conditioning unit, another family member did, as I’d never had to use anything besides ceiling fans, box fans, and central air before. Not to mention there were 2 other adults in the house. After Nicole was big enough to sleep in a bed with guardrails and Liam was in the crib there was no room for another bed in there and i had to sleep on the couch. The 2 adult family members upstairs would wake me up if they heard the children. Fourth, the father wasn’t even home that night. Fifth, maybe instead of “oh monsters” try putting yourself in the shoes of a fucking 18 year old losing her daughter. Yes i was young, and you can consider us what you want. But imagine losing your child because of something you had no idea about and living with hating yourself everyday. Everyday i wonder how much she’d have learned by now. How much bigger she’d be. I think of my son growing up without his big sister. Who was so smart for 1 yr old she was basically 1 going on 9. She loved him and played with him and before he was even 4 months old if you said “where’s brother?” Or “check on brother” she’d run right to him. Once when picking him up after his nap she reached for him and when i leaned down with him she wrapped her arms around him and wanted to keep holding him. Y’all have no idea what y’all are talking about or the pain our family goes through every damn day without our Nicole. So please instead of using an infants death to try and sound holier than thou, try feeling the pain we feel. We didn't get to see her learn her ABC’s or go to her first day of school. And Liam is without her. Believe what you want. But if y’all haven’t realized by now how the news twists everything, you should open your eyes to reality. Oh not to mention a few things they didn't tell you about the case. Such as 1) the so called detective Gilroy knew how heartless it would be to push the case and did so nonetheless in fact he knew he could because theres a new DA. As in brand new first time working as a DA type new. As a new DA he knew if he dismissed it as he should have that he would get crap from his co workers. And knew it was bs to pass it. So instead he passed it to a jury. 2) this so called “jury” was really just a group of people listening to Gilroy’s lies and “evidence” (evidence: photographs of the AC and a picture of a thermometer held straight up against the back of the AC with no testing of the temperature of the room after leaving the AC running or taking into account other factors such as room size, etc {which also proves it wasn't broken as claimed or else it wouldn’t have turned on after running if it ran as long as they claimed}, and no other pieces of “evidence”) 3) the jury only saw one side of the case which was a few photographs of an AC and thermometer and nothing else 4) to further prove their story is BS Gilroy has claimed different scenarios each time he's been asked about it whether it be in court or on the news. One was: the kids were found by police. Which is clearly not true because of the 911 call we made. And another being: a neighbor did? How even could you get that scenario when the 911 call came from us and no one else was outside. And last but definitely not least that our landlord was giving CPR when medics arrived on scene... our landlord wasn’t even home at the time. From now on do your research and compare things and articles instead of reading a headline and making a forum based on bs. Thanks
We were happy as could be with Nicole
Our Precious Angel
For dumbasses who cant read i clearly state that it wasnt 14 hours
So quit saying 14 Hours
Unless you just cant fucking read
 
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And I’ll continue to tell the people the truth whether they believe it or not because my daughter deserves to rest without y’all using her death as debate
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Also kindly don't call my daughter Baby Girl whether its out of respect or not because you dont have the respect to learn the truth before running your mouth about it or how to read the facts.
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For dumbasses who cant read i clearly state that it wasnt 14 hours
So quit saying 14 Hours
Unless you just cant fucking read
Hey @Sotiredofthisshit methinks you are not tired of this shit at all. I mean you could chose NOT to come to this site then you wouldn't have to be annoyed with all of us dumbasses???
 
Second the AC was not broken. It was bought brand new before use and it is the manufacturer at fault.

Sure sounds like 'broken' to me.

had to rip the box apart to get to the instructions and hose which no one knew was in there.

This is on the purchaser, not the 'authorities'. When one usually buys an appliance, you normally check for - obvious damage; external parts needed for operation; the operators manual that (read carefully here) usually contains instructions on PROPER ASSEMBLY, INSTALLATION & OPERATION.

...I’d never had to use anything besides ceiling fans, box fans, and central air before.

Gee whiz you know there's supposed to be an INSTRUCTION MANUAL. Wonderful things those, they tell you how to turn things on/off and how to check for proper operation. Also, in these situations, aren't A/C units supposed to be blowing COLD air, not hot? Did no one go into the room and go 'Holy fuck it's hotter than hell in here'???

Yes i was young, and you can consider us what you want.

You still are 'young', it's not like this thread was posted a decade or so ago. Thanks for bumping it. There was some chatter in the shoutbox that it was a slow newsday today.

But imagine losing your child because of something you had no idea about and living with hating yourself everyday.

That's completely on you and your family. From your own description of the events, no one in your family or circle of friends involved here had enough brain cells to competently install a basic A/C unit.

Fifth, maybe instead of “oh monsters” try putting yourself in the shoes of a fucking 18 year old losing her daughter.

You should hang out here and get the vibe of this place. We're a group of jaded, equal opportunity haters. Each bringing their own flavor of frustration, anger, bewilderment and just plain loathing at the perps featured here.

As a new DA he knew if he dismissed it as he should have that he would get crap from his co workers. And knew it was bs to pass it. So instead he passed it to a jury.


I'm guessing here that you mean 'Grand Jury' instead of a 'jury trial' and that's the DA's job. The GJ determines (among other things) if a serious crime has been committed and tells the DA to proceed based on the evidence that's been presented. This is elementary level Civics. Use this situation to educate yourself on how the legal system actually works, not on how you wish it would work.

Emphasis mine -
...this so called “jury” was really just a group of people listening to Gilroy’s lies and “evidence” (evidence: photographs of the AC and a picture of a thermometer held straight up against the back of the AC with no testing of the temperature of the room after leaving the AC running or taking into account other factors such as room size, etc {which also proves it wasn't broken as claimed or else it wouldn’t have turned on after running if it ran as long as they claimed}

What's the phrase here - Better to be judged by twelve...
You do realize that you mentioned several times earlier that the A/C unit was defective by the manufacturer. A/C fans can still run when they have no gas or when compressors fail. Again - It's up to the owner to ensure proper operation.



Based on the information you provided here, the DA is still planning to go ahead with the charges, so that means technically you're still under arrest and that, as Miranda says - Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

DA's are also capable of using Google, you know that right? I wonder if your lawyer knows you're posting this shit.

Have fun in court.

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Sure sounds like 'broken' to me.



This is on the purchaser, not the 'authorities'. When one usually buys an appliance, you normally check for - obvious damage; external parts needed for operation; the operators manual that (read carefully here) usually contains instructions on PROPER ASSEMBLY, INSTALLATION & OPERATION.



Gee whiz you know there's supposed to be an INSTRUCTION MANUAL. Wonderful things those, they tell you how to turn things on/off and how to check for proper operation. Also, in these situations, aren't A/C units supposed to be blowing COLD air, not hot? Did no one go into the room and go 'Holy fuck it's hotter than hell in here'???



You still are 'young', it's not like this thread was posted a decade or so ago. Thanks for bumping it. There was some chatter in the shoutbox that it was a slow newsday today.



That's completely on you and your family. From your own description of the events, no one in your family or circle of friends involved here had enough brain cells to competently install a basic A/C unit.



You should hang out here and get the vibe of this place. We're a group of jaded, equal opportunity haters. Each bringing their own flavor of frustration, anger, bewilderment and just plain loathing at the perps featured here.




I'm guessing here that you mean 'Grand Jury' instead of a 'jury trial' and that's the DA's job. The GJ determines (among other things) if a serious crime has been committed and tells the DA to proceed based on the evidence that's been presented. This is elementary level Civics. Use this situation to educate yourself on how the legal system actually works, now on how you wish it would work.

Emphasis mine -


What's the phrase here - Better to be judged by twelve...
You do realize that you mentioned several times earlier that the A/C unit was defective by the manufacturer. A/C fans can still run when they have no gas or when compressors fail. Again - It's up to the owner to ensure proper operation.



Based on the information you provided here, the DA is still planning to go ahead with the charges, so that means technically you're still under arrest and that, as Miranda says - Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

DA's are also capable of using Google, you know that right? I wonder if your lawyer knows you're posting this shit.

Have fun in court.
@LFODBiker You my friend are a genius!
 
Im so sick of this, forum after forum of idiots acting like nothing could ever god forbid happen to then.
Girl, fuck you.

It was not 14 hours they didnt go to bed until 10 and 11 and were check on before i went to bed.
Soooo...you didn't feel that the AC wasn't cooling the room? And was this the FIRST time you used it?

Mind your own kid if you have one and stop dragging out and manipulating the pain another parent feels
My kids are alive and thriving. :shrug:

and at the end of the day your opinion doesnt really matter
Then WHYYYY are you here?

Also kindly don't call my daughter Baby Girl whether its out of respect or not because you dont have the respect to learn the truth before running your mouth about it or how to read the facts.
I'm running my fingers. Not my mouth. Like that hot ass AC was running for HOURS.

Either way it goes, you don't fuckin leave children unattended for hours. I know they were hungry or at LEAST thirsty.

You 18 with 2 kids. You should have learned more about parenting than you learned about pussy poppin. You get no sympathy as a grieving "mother". Only one who deserve it is that precious baby girl that you fucked up. You're going to jail. DON'T DROP THE SOAP!!!
 
you dont know till you walk in our shoes and at the end of the day your opinion doesnt really matter.
That sure is a long way to say "Only God can judge"

Here's Austin's current FB intro:

Austin Heaton

Intro
Waiting for the day I can be with my little girl again. R.I.P Nicole Heaton
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Am I the only one that finds crying emojiis on actual tragic events really creepy, or at least, insincere?
 
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And I’ll continue to tell the people the truth whether they believe it or not because my daughter deserves to rest without y’all using her death as debate
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Also kindly don't call my daughter Baby Girl whether its out of respect or not because you dont have the respect to learn the truth before running your mouth about it or how to read the facts.
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For dumbasses who cant read i clearly state that it wasnt 14 hours
So quit saying 14 Hours
Unless you just cant fucking read

From True Crime daily-> “According to court papers, Cole put the toddler and the couple's 9-month-old son to bed the night before, switched on an air conditioning unit, shut the door and didn't check on the children for 14 hours.”

You can look here

14 Hours.
 
@Sotiredofthisshit humans have a process on where opinions are developed on information obtained on the subject through a variety of sources. The more personal the subject is, or the more researched the subject is, the more sources one has to glean from.

Humans also tend to listen to rational first hand sources of information more readily than summary or 2nd hand sources of information. That being said, we here at DD will go off the news more readily, as we still haven't heard a rational recollection of events from you.

I take the time now to offer that to you. Without referring to other comments in this forum, without attacking other members, without trying to cast blame, can you tell us what you believe the story is?

-Can you tell us the relations to the family? Are you Mary Cole, or someone else?
-What kind of AC unit was put in? Was it the standard big box one that sticks halfway in the room, halfway out the room through the window? was it one where it sat on wheels on the floor, with a hose that was supposed to go through the window?
-Can you tell us who installed the AC unit?
-Can you both tell us, and give as many news stories as possible that dispute the 14 hours quoted by most of the news stories? (I searched for stories, and either the time wasn't quoted, or it was quoted as 14 hours.)
-This story: https://www.news10.com/news/national/parents-charged-with-death-of-toddler-girl-who-overheated/ seems to indicate that Austin Heaton was in charge of installing the AC...can you dispute that? Was he the one that put it in, or did he just tell other family members how to put it in?
-This story: https://wnep.com/2019/02/21/parents-charged-in-heat-related-death/ seems to indicate that there was a malfunction in the AC, causing it to pump hot air rather than cool air...it also states that Nicole had a temp of 106 at time of death...
-This story: https://fox56.com/news/local/parents-charged-for-death-of-1-year-old-in-scranton indicates it was a floor unit, pumping 120 degree air into the room. This would have been measured by gauging the temperature at the unit itself, not around the room. Can you confirm it was a floor unit?

Your answers do matter. The law is about the truth, but emotions will always cloud our interpretation of the truth, both on how we relate the truth to others, and how the truth is processed by peers. We will tear apart your statement, as humans tend to do to accept a new opinion. We ask that you understand that we're trying to ensure justice be done for the lives lost or destroyed for any of the forum posts here. There are numerous other forum posts where someone related to the case has come in to add their opinion or story. All have been questioned, some have been somewhat accepted.

You've thrown yourself into our spotlight @Sotiredofthisshit...What say you?
 
Apparently you cant read cause i clearly said it wasn’t 14 hours. I dont care what you link cause if you went through every link you’d see every site said something different. They were not left for 14 hours and i never said being young was an excuse. I said yes im young because I’ve seen comments before about young parents and its bs. Mind your own kid if you have one and stop dragging out and manipulating the pain another parent feels. Cause you obviously have never been through such pain thanks
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They really aren’t fitting but hey you dont know till you walk in our shoes and at the end of the day your opinion doesnt really matter. Literally in the past week in PA a woman hung a 10 year old and got off on probation. But yet a death caused by the AC apparently makes the parents deserve a life sentence? Not to mention my lawyer is suing the AC company and this is sadly only one of many cases that have happened due to this company.
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Im just sick of people getting this twisted manipulated story from media and a DA who wants a name. Every news outlet and newspaper is a different story. And if people researched what they were running their mouths about (no offense to you) then they’d see all the lies and contradictions. My daughters been gone a year and im sick of people bringing it up that 1) didn’t even know her 2) don’t even know us and 3) obviously don’t know the truth

Also I have 2 kids. One has even reached the ripe old age of 8!!
Isn’t that wild that they actually can live for that long?

I also went through tons of links... and they all pretty much say the same thing.

We’ve all been through something on this site. You don’t know any of us so you need to stop running your damn mouth.
We just talk about how dumb people are really... I actually got on this site when I was a new young mom because I didn’t have a mom to teach me what the dangers were. I found out very fast a whole shit load of things that can very easily kill a baby.
You can still learn...

Edit- She was also not 1 going on 9. She was 1 going on 1 weirdo.
 
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