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

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

I do try to 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. Listen, our discretion is advised.

March 2019, Collinsville, Alabama.

An aunt leaves her 11-year-old niece behind it their trailer while she did some grocery shopping.

She would have been gone only 45 minutes, but when she returned, Amber Lee was gone.

Police immediately searched the area, and there are reports of an unusual vehicle

at the home. But it would be the actions of a neighbour that caught police's attention, and slowly

the horror of what happened would be revealed. This is Ambley's story. The road to justice is my

main concern, and our staff's main concern.

I said my heart was shattered a few days ago.

My heart is still shattered.

Amber Lee Alexis Barnett was born April 5, 2007 in Rome, Georgia.

To parents, Joanie Barnett and Brian Pope,

Joanie was only a child still herself when she had embelly.

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