14 members of religious group convicted in 8-year-old’s death

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Society & Culture, True Crime

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A judge delivers justice for Elizabeth Struhs after her parents and additional members of a fringe religious sect are convicted in the girl’s painful and entirely preventable death. Rich McHale joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A word of warning. This podcast explores graphic and disturbing stories and includes some strong language.
0:06.6	It therefore may not be suitable for our young listeners or other folks who may find it disturbing.
0:12.7	Hello and welcome to True Crime News, the podcast, covering high profile and under the radar cases from across the country every week.
0:20.7	I'm your host, Anna Garcia.
0:22.6	Our case this week, she was dying for four days, and at the age of eight, she had known much
0:30.1	suffering. The little girl's death was entirely preventable. Her parents and the adults around her
0:36.4	intentionally withheld her insulin.
0:40.3	She was diabetic, went into a coma, and died.
0:43.3	It was God's will, the parents said, who were, and still are members of a fringe religious
0:50.3	group.
0:51.3	The group doesn't believe in medicine, and to this day her parents and the other
0:55.0	members of the cult believe that they did the right thing. The police disagreed and charged
1:01.3	14 members with her murder. The verdict is in, and the court says they all had a hand in her death.
1:09.0	We're recording this on Friday, December 5th of 2025.
1:11.6	Our guest today is Rich McHale, a former police sergeant from South Jersey, a law enforcement expert, and an author.
1:19.6	Rich is also a dear friend of the show.
1:22.6	Hey, Rich, how are you?
1:23.6	Good afternoon, Anna. How are you?
1:25.6	It's great to see you.
1:27.7	Welcome back.
1:28.4	It's always a pleasure.
1:29.4	We love you because you are unfiltered.
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