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272. [NEW YORK] Evil Mom Blogger || The Murder of Garnett Spears

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🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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A single mom to a sick child, “Daddy Blake”, and owl reincarnation. [Part 1] For photos pertaining to this case, check out the highlight at the top of my profile at Instagram.com/TheHeatherAshley. Sponsors: Gabb.com/bigmad - $25 off any device for new customers—with no contract required! That’s $25 off any Gabb smartphone or smart watch. IQBAR - Text "BIG" to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus get FREE shipping. "BIG" to 64000. Bombas.com/Bigmad - For 20% off your first purchase, use promo code BIGMAD at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone and welcome back to Big Mad True Crime where we get Big Mad over True Crime.

0:06.0

I'm your host Heather Ashley and today's case is out of Chestnut Ridge, New York.

0:10.9

Small talk sucks, so let's dive in. If you'd probably think she was the picture of resilience.

0:36.0

She was a full-time mom to a five-year-old with health issues and she was doing it all on her own.

0:42.0

Lacey was an open book.

0:44.0

She blogged, she tweeted and she updated Facebook regularly.

0:48.0

From the time her son Garnet was born, not a milestone pass that she didn't document.

0:53.2

Garnet was the center of her universe and no one could question that for a second.

0:58.7

Garnet Spears was born on December 3rd of 2008 in a quiet little suburb of Decatur, Alabama and Lacey could not have been happier in that moment.

1:08.8

Her entire life she had always wanted to be a mom and now she was. Garnet was happy and healthy until he wasn't.

1:16.8

Generally speaking, most moms spend the first 48 hours after birth in the hospital

1:21.6

before going home with their baby.

1:23.7

Considering that, Garnet would have been home on December 5th, but according to court documents,

1:29.0

he was back in the hospital on the 8th.

1:31.6

Any fever before three months old is generally a trip to the emergency room and Garnett was running one.

1:37.6

Lacey told doctors he was also projectile vomiting and it looks like he may have had an ear infection as well.

1:44.3

That's a stressful moment for any new mom and Lacey was terrified. She updated her

1:49.9

friends and family online as they pricked his little feet and ran labs.

1:54.0

But in the end, Garnett got the treatment he needed and he was sent home.

1:58.3

However, four days later, Crime Watch Daily reports, they were back and Lacey reportedly told staff that

2:05.1

Garnet wasn't eating and he was failing to thrive. It had only been a couple of

2:09.8

weeks and that's usually something the pediatrician would catch, but Lacey was a new mom and she was worried.

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