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 Hannah for bringing Marissa's story to my attention.

A bit of housekeeping before we start this week's story.

If you listen to this podcast and want more, mysteriously listed is back, with, for

luck of a better word, listed type episodes as well as the occasional unlisted episode.

This allows me to tell the stories that interest me and ones that aren't suited for stolen lives.

I also want to do lighter topics in the true crime realm to give my mental health the breather from the heaviest stories we cover here.

Also back for the occasional episode is Beyond Your Nightmares.

Creepy pastors and scary stories for those who, like me, enjoy some horror in their lives.

If you are interested in listening, I'll place links in the show notes.

February 2018, Stockton Springs, Maine.

First responders attended the scene of an unresponsive child.

It was too late to save the 10-year-old's life, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

It was evident to all in attendance that this little girl was the victim of prolonged abuse.

Even though her mother would claim it was the girl that harmed herself, throwing herself

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