386: 18 Year Old Dies Months After 4 Hour Assault by Her Own Father | Justice for Makayla Settles
Serialously with Annie Elise
Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios
4.7 • 10.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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When Makayla Settles took her own life, the circumstances surrounding her death raised immediate red flags, including unanswered questions and behavior from those close to her that did not quite add up. Join Annie Elise and Dr Leslie Dobson as they break down the case, examine the psychological dynamics at play, and uncover the troubling inconsistencies that continue to leave this case unresolved.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, true crime besties, welcome back to an all new episode of Serialistly. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello. Hello, hello, hello, and welcome back to an all new episode of Serialessly with me, Annie Elise. |
| 0:31.7 | And today, we're going to be diving into a case that's happening right now, one that many of you have probably seen on |
| 0:38.7 | your social media, whether on TikTok, on Instagram, you've seen people post about it, |
| 0:43.4 | people calling for justice, people outraged. And so what I wanted to do is take today as an |
| 0:48.6 | opportunity to highlight this case, not only discuss everything involved and what's been going on, but also a very |
| 0:56.0 | important call to action where so many of you can actually directly get involved. Because I know |
| 1:01.2 | once you hear this case, you are going to be just as irate and disgusted as I am. And so for today's |
| 1:07.7 | case, I also am joined by Dr. Leslie Dobson, who I know is a familiar name and face to many of you. |
| 1:14.2 | She's been on here in the past when we've done some deep dives into the Epstein files. |
| 1:18.9 | She was on here about a year ago when we were talking about family vlogging and some of the dangers there. |
| 1:23.6 | She's a forensic psychologist, and she has been covering this case very, very closely, speaking |
| 1:28.9 | with family members, speaking with lawyers, and really getting into what the truth is and how |
| 1:35.1 | this happened. So welcome. Thanks for coming back, Dr. Leslie. Thanks for having me. Thank you for coming. |
| 1:41.7 | I want the world to be aware of this case. |
| 1:44.6 | I know. |
| 2:02.4 | And so you first started talking about this case on social media. And for those who don't know, it is the Michaela Settles case. She is a young girl who moved from North Carolina to California. And I'm not going to get ahead of it. We're going to walk you through everything. But you first put this on TikTok. It blew up overnight. people could not believe what they were watching. |
| 2:03.5 | I've seen your video too. |
| 2:02.3 | I'm like, how is this even real? you first put this on TikTok. It blew up overnight. People could not believe what they were watching. |
| 2:07.2 | I've seen your video too. I'm like, how is this even real? And now it's starting to take flight with a lot of people talking about it. But still for some reason, at least at the time of this |
| 2:11.5 | recording, not many mass media outlets have picked up this story, which is insane. Right. |
| 2:17.0 | And so frustrating. So why don't you |
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