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. January January 26, 2017, Cleveland, Ohio.

14-year-old Aliana DeFries took her usual route to her school, where she was in the 7th grade.

Aliana boarded the first of two buses that would take her to school.

But sadly, there was evil lurking.

And Eliana would never make it on the second bus saw to school at all.

This is Aliana's story.

Chilling video of a convicted predator stalking his prey.

A sweet, unsuspecting 14-year-old girl smiling on a bus with no idea of the monster who's laying in wait for her. And the terrifying moment when innocence runs straight into absolute evil.

She looks towards the individual.

And then she steps back away from me.

I'm not a monster.

Aliana de Frees.

Snatched on the way to school.

Taken near the bus on an icy winter morning.

I don't understand how someone can take away a sweet innocent child like Aliana.

A mother's grief, understandable for Denisea Cooper.

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