Suffer the Little Children

In this episode, I’m going to try to speed-run through updates on multiple cases I’ve covered in past episodes. The stories I’ll be updating today include those of Kerrigan Rutherford, Max Schollenberger, Nakota Kelly, Averylee Hobbs, Damian Sutton, Dante Mullinix, Judah Morgan, Zaiden Javonovich, Tate Thurman, Thomas Valva, Noah Tomlin, Remi Cowan, and Corey Micciolo. This is episode 94: Case Upd...

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Last week, I told you the first part of the story of seven-year-old Shellay Ward, who was found dead in her family’s home in Hawks Nest, New South Wales, Australia on November 3, 2007, emaciated, lying on a bare mattress in a filthy room filled with human waste. Shellay, who was autistic and had never attended school, spent her final months imprisoned in her dark, filthy bedroom. She is largely kn...

On November 3, 2007, first responders to a home in Hawks Nest, New South Wales, Australia were shocked and horrified by what they found. On a mattress in a feces-covered bedroom with a boarded-over window lay the twisted, emaciated form of 7-year-old Shellay Ward, who had been deprived of food, water, sunlight, medical attention, and basic human decency for months, if not years. Shellay’s parents,...

In this episode, I will provide updates on some of the cases I’ve covered on previous episodes of the podcast. As I mentioned last week, I hope to release more of these update specials between now and the end of the year. The cases discussed in today’s episode include those of Sereniti Sutley, Josias Marquez, James Biel, Arabella Parker, and Brinley and Conner Snyder. This is episode 90: Case Upda...

In this episode, I will provide updates on some of the cases I’ve covered on previous episodes of the podcast. I plan to release at least a few more of these update specials between now and the end of the year to try to bring us all up to speed on all of the ongoing cases I’ve been following. The cases discussed in today’s episode include those of Eduardo Posso, Arabella Parker, Ky’mani Moore, and...

In episode 35, I told you the story of Jacob Landin: a beautiful, happy nine-month-old boy, bursting with life and personality, whose death from blunt force trauma to the head has been unresolved for over 33 years. Despite investigators zeroing in on a single suspect, the case, which over the years saw a periodic resurgence in police interest, has gone officially unsolved, and the man believed to...

In this episode, which was originally released in October of 2020, I’ll tell you the story of Jacob Landin: a beautiful, happy nine-month-old boy, bursting with life and personality, whose death from blunt force trauma to the head has been unresolved for over 33 years. Despite investigators zeroing in on a single suspect, the case, which over the years saw a periodic resurgence in police interest,...

Last week, I told you the story of Judah Morgan, a bright, loving four-year-old boy with blond curls, brown eyes, and a disarmingly sweet smile, who was removed in April 2021 from the loving foster family who cared for him for most of his life and placed back in the home of his biological parents, Mary Yoder and Alan Morgan. Six months later, Judah was dead, and Mary and Alan were charged with his...

Little Judah Morgan spent almost the entirety of his four years in the loving, stable foster home of his second-cousin, Jenna Hullett, and her family. When Indiana DCS essentially forgot to terminate the rights of his biological parents, Judah was returned to the custody of his mother, Mary Yoder, and his father, Alan Morgan. Six months later, Judah was dead. This is the story of a joyful, jubilan...

In this episode, I’ll provide updates on some of the cases I’ve covered on previous episodes of the podcast, like I did in episodes 42 and 43 several months ago. It’s been some time since those were released in December of 2020 and January of 2021, so I have plenty of updates to report! I plan to release several update episodes throughout the rest of the year, because there’s no way they’ll all fi...

In episode 84, I told you the story of a loving, joyful little boy who, despite a rocky start, suffered no lack of love throughout his short life. It’s also the story of the darkness no one knew boiled just beneath one woman’s polished, perfect facade and how that darkness erupted, leaving in its wake a child murdered and a family devastated. In this episode, you’ll hear my conversation with Henry...

On April 23, 2020, 35-year-old Kellie Jo Anderson of Barnesville, Minnesota arrived in the emergency room at a hospital forty minutes from home with the bruised, unresponsive body of her 18-month-old foster son, Henry Anderson. When police questioned Kellie, she told them Henry was known to self-injure and had thrown himself around the bathroom that morning like a rag doll. Henry was pronounced de...

In episode 82, I told you the first part of the story of eight-year-old Autumn Hallow, a beautiful, bright little girl with unmatched joy for life who was known for her kindness, creativity, thoughtfulness, and determination who was tortured and abused to death by her father and his wife. It is also a story of parental alienation, a mother’s desperate attempts to save her children from their fathe...

On August 13, 2020, a 911 call summoned first responders to an apartment in Elk River, Minnesota, where 8-year-old Autumn Hallow was pronounced dead at the scene. Her father, Brett Hallow, and her stepmother, Sarah Hallow, told police they found Autumn partially submerged in the bathtub, but their story fell apart immediately. The little girl was emaciated and frail, covered in injuries, and missi...

When two-year-old Steven Meek II was taken to a Virginia hospital, unresponsive, and died two days later, investigators focused on his mother’s boyfriend, McKenzie Hellman, whose story about how Steven incurred his injuries didn’t add up. No one could have anticipated just how horrific McKenzie’s actions truly were or how fundamentally baby Steven had been betrayed by his own mother, Kayla Thomas....

On January 26, 2020, San Antonio mother Sareh Lang was at work when she received the phone call every parent dreads: her three-year-old son, Christian Paz, was being rushed to the hospital, unresponsive. Two days later, Christian was removed from life support and died in his mommy’s arms. Sareh’s boyfriend, Logan Harvill, was charged in Christian’s death, and Sareh’s other children were removed fr...

Last week, I told you the story of a beautiful, blond, blue-eyed boy who didn’t live to see his second birthday thanks to the drunken rage of his mother’s boyfriend. I also told you the story of a mother who reportedly continues to make terrible decisions in regard to her children’s safety even after losing one of them in such a predictable, preventable way. This week, you’ll hear my conversation...

On the evening of September 14, 2008, Jennifer Spoerl went out for the evening, leaving her two children at their home in Summerville, South Carolina with her live-in boyfriend, Justin Hillerby. Jenn arrived home late and didn’t check on her 22-month-old son, Blaise, until after 10:00 the following morning, when she found Blaise dead in his crib with dried blood on his face. Days later, after tell...

Last week, I told you the story of two-year-old Dante Mullinix of York, Pennsylvania, who died in the hospital on September 15, 2018. Dante’s death was ruled a homicide caused by traumatic brain injury with strangulation and chest compression, but Dante’s head and body were also covered in bruises, and he suffered from an active case of herpes 2. My guest on today’s episode is Dante’s maternal aun...

Two weeks before his third birthday, two-year-old Dante Mullinix was rushed to the hospital, unresponsive. His mother’s boyfriend claimed Dante choked on animal crackers. Several days later, on September 15, 2018, Dante was pronounced dead. His death was ruled a homicide caused by traumatic brain injury with strangulation and chest compression. An autopsy revealed the toddler’s head was covered wi...

Over the past 2 weeks, I told you the story of 8-year-old Rica Rountree, who DCFS left in her father’s home despite clear evidence that she was being abused. After Rica died on January 26, 2019, investigators found disturbing cell phone videos of Rica’s abuse and arrested her father’s girlfriend, Cindy Baker. After Cindy was convicted, Rica’s father, Richard Rountree, was also arrested for his par...

Last week, I told you the first part of the story of 8-year-old Rica Rountree, who DCFS left in her father’s home despite clear evidence that she was being abused. After Rica died on January 26, 2019, investigators found disturbing cell phone videos of Rica’s abuse and arrested her father’s girlfriend, Cindy Baker. In this episode, I’ll go over the rest of Rica’s story, including the trial of Cind...

Despite multiple allegations of abuse against Richard Rountree and his girlfriend, Cindy Baker, Illinois DCFS never saw fit to remove his battered 8-year-old daughter, Rica, from their home, accepting their glib explanation for Rica’s cuts, welts, bruises, scars, and countless other injuries: the girl was just “clumsy.” On January 25, 2019, Rica was rushed to the hospital, unresponsive, with a hug...

Riddle Me That! True Crime is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by Jules Ph. D, who takes a deep dive into the facts of unsolved cases, disappearances, and mysteries. Today, I'm sharing a full-length episode of Riddle Me That! True Crime with you! Official show notes: "Noah Donohoe was a 14-year-old boy who lived in Belfast with his family. On Father’s Day June 21, 2020, amidst lockdown Noah had...