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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

8-year-old-girl DEATH BY TRAMPOLINE

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Odessa, Texas, Police respond to a medical call at the home of 44-year-old Daniel Schwarz and his wife, 34-year-old Ashley Schwarz. They tell the officers that 8-year-old Jaylin has been jumping on the trampoline for an extended period of time without taking any breaks. She dies. An investigation uncovers that Jaylin is being punished by being made to jump without receiving water, and it's not the first time. Joining Nancy Grace today:Darryl Cohen -Former Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, Defense Attorney Dr Debbie Joffe-Ellis - Psychologist, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, www.debbiejoffeellis.comChris Byers -former Police Chief Johns Creek Georgia, 25 years as Police Officer, now Private Investigator and Polygraph Examiner, www.chrisbyersinvestigationsandpolygraph.com  Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet" featured on "Poisonous Liaisons" on True Crime NetworkRay Caputo - Lead News Anchor for WDBO Orlando

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0:00.0

The Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

0:11.3

Death by trampoline.

0:14.7

Have you ever heard of that?

0:16.9

Because I had not until I got to know about a little eight-year-old girl named Jalen.

0:53.9

Well, I know every word to that song, that's from Frozen, let it go.

1:02.3

And how many times have we ridden down the road to the highway with the wind is down,

1:08.1

screaming out the lyrics of Let It Go?

1:11.5

You were just hearing little Jalen singing Let It Go.

1:18.7

Sounds like with the wind is down in the car.

1:21.3

That will never happen again.

1:22.3

This eight-year-old little girl is dead.

1:26.8

Why?

1:27.8

I'm Nancy Grace.

1:29.6

This is Crime Stories.

1:30.9

Thank you for being with us.

1:32.0

Take a listen to our Dave Mac at crimeonline.com.

1:36.6

On August 29th, Odessa, Texas police officers respond to a medical call at 150 PM at the home

1:43.6

of 44-year-old Daniel Schwartz and his wife, 34-year-old Ashley Schwartz.

1:49.2

Schwartz is tell officers that they are the guardians for eight-year-old Jalen.

1:53.4

Jalen is the purpose of the call.

1:56.0

Police are told that Jalen has been jumping on the trampoline for an extended period of

2:00.4

time without taking any break right up to the point where she appears to have suffered

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