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 story is a listener's suggestion.

Thank you to Amanda and Andrea for bringing Mokko stories my attention.

Andrea actually shed a way too long list of children from New Zealand,

who are incredibly let down by those who exist to protect them.

Unfortunately, there were some children on that list that don't have

a lot of information available. But next week's episode, I'm calling the Lost Children of New Zealand,

so all of these beautiful children's stories can be told. This will be more of a mysteriously

listed type-structured episode. So if you do like that kind of short recap episode, please also subscribe

to that podcast. Also, like I say in every episode, where there are more non-anglo names involved,

I do do my due diligence and researching how to pronounce the indigenous names in this story.

However, I am human. I mispronounce basic English on a good day, so please be kind.

I would also like to recommend Suff of the Little Children podcast. Lane does an incredible

coverage of Mokko's story, as she always does. But I highly recommend you listen to part

three of the series where she interviews Mokko's mother, Nicola.

It is so sad to hear the story in her words, but it's an important story to tell.

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