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 that honestly, none of us 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.

Listener discretion is advised.

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

Thank you to Thames and for bringing Isabella's story to my attention.

I know I've said it before that a story was avoidable, but this one really was.

Isabella was so well loved, and it seemed she was well taken care of right up until the last few weeks of her life. That was when her mother chose her drug-addicted man over the well-being of her daughter,

a tale is oldest time it seems in these stories. Now, before we get into this week's story,

I recently got into an argument on Facebook, but they said that most children with step-parents are abused.

Despite what my podcast suggests, that is completely untrue.

Yes, many children who are abused come from broken homes with outside adults in the household,

like stepmothers and fathers.

However, most children with step-parents are so loved and supported, my own included.

I don't know.

That conversation really bothered me, and misinformation doesn't help us as a society

solve the problem of child abuse.

The only thing that does that is if you see something, please say something.

June 2020.

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