Here on Stolen Lives, we discuss brutal and heartbreaking crimes against children.

Themes may include child murder, torture, and sexual domestic and child abuse.

I do try my best to remain respectful for the babies in these stories

and leave out unnecessary details and honestly,

then they need to know to understand the frustration of why and how this ever happened.

However, if you find any of these themes triggering this podcast may not be for you.

Listenar discretion is advised.

This week's episode is a listener's suggestion.

Thank you to Louise for bringing Brieger's story to my attention.

Bruges's story is one that I followed closely at the time,

hoping against hope like everyone else watching their news feeds, that authorities were able to bring

Breesha home safely. But this is another case of someone close to the child, someone that blindly,

naively, the mother believed her daughter was safe in their care. But she wasn't. And Breesia

will join the angels who have lost their innocent lives at their hands of a repeat offender,

a monster who should have been behind bars.

June 2020, Davenport, Iowa.

A mother called 911 panicked when her daughter was nowhere to be found after spending the night

at her stepfather's home.

The 10-year-old going missing in the middle of the night, after spending the evening

playing video games with her half-brother.

What happens next would crush the tight-knit community when a monster was found in their midst.

The testimony of a brave little boy being the reason Breesha's killer was brought to justice.

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