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 Cassie for bringing Ethan's story to my attention.

Today's story, all, this bothers me so much.

Because the same mistakes keep happening by the family courts

that are entrusted to make the right decisions by these children.

We saw it a few months back in the

Autumn Pereira story. And today is a similar story again. A parent that really doesn't want to

have this child, but then doesn't want the other parent to have the child either. When is the

selfishness going to stop? When are the family courts going to make the big decisions, the right

decisions, and keep the

children with a stable and safe parent?

May 2010, Leighton, Utah. A four-year-old boy is forced to spend several months with his mother

who hadn't had custody of the child for about six months. Ethan's dad voicing his concerns

over the safety of his son and his mother's

care. And with good reason, too, because in just 10 days, Ethan would die from his injuries after

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