2-year-old tot girl found naked, cold, DEAD, wrapped in rug!

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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4.2 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Police are called to a home in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Parents say they have had an incident. Melody Vang, 2, is found dead on the home's back porch wrapped in a blanket. Her body is naked, except for a diaper. Her 29-year-old mother, Ciashia Lee, is charged with second-degree murder without intent. Joining Nancy Grace today:Jen Lilley - Actress, Singer, and Nationally Recognized Child Advocate, jenlilley.com @Jen_LilleyDr. John DeGarmo - Leading Foster Care Expert and Founder/Director of The Foster Care Institute, Author: "The Church and Foster Care" DrJohnDeGarmoFosterCare.com @DrJohnDeGarmoAshley Wilcott - Judge and trial attorney, anchor at Court TV, www.ashleywillcott.com \ Dr. Teresa Gil, Ph.D. - Professor of Psychology and Psychotherapist, 25 years Working with Child Abuse and Trauma Victims, Author: "Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children: Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the Next Generation" Teresa Gil PHD.com Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet" featured on "Poisonous Liaisons" on True Crime Network Alexis Tereszcuk - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, Lead Stories dot Com, Twitter: @swimmie2009

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0:00.0	The
0:01.0	Crime
0:06.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:12.1	How does a two-year-old little girl end up dead on the back porch of the family home
0:23.0	and nobody seemed to have noticed? I want answers.
0:36.3	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:43.3	What happened to baby Melody? What a panel to try and apply logic to an illogical situation?
0:52.9	The ballets hang this little girl, Melody Vang.
0:58.9	First of all, take a listen to this.
1:01.0	Officers responded at 2.30 a.m. Sunday to a duplex in the 1,000 block of East Third
1:05.6	Street on a report of an unknown incident. Upon arrival, they found the girl, naked except
1:10.6	for a diaper, unconscious and unresponsive, with large bruises on her face.
1:15.3	The girl's father told police he'd rolled her in a blanket and rug on the family's back
1:18.9	porch so the other children wouldn't see the body.
1:21.8	The doctor announced her dead at the scene.
1:23.9	Rolled her in a rug and later on the back porch with me, an all-star panel, first of all,
1:32.0	my friend and colleague from Hallmark.
1:35.8	Jen Lilly, you know her as an actress, a singer, a star, but she is also a nationally recognized
1:43.8	child advocate.
1:45.8	You can find her at JenLily.com and on Twitter at Jen underscore Lilly.
1:51.8	Dr. John DeGarma, leading foster care expert, founder, director of the Foster Care Institute,
1:58.0	author of The Church and Foster Care.
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