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A Tragic Child Care Story - The Death of Harper Rose Briar - January 24 2026

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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January 24th: Stacey L. Vaillancourt Kills (2019) Trusting others with the care of your children is incredibly difficult. Especially a stranger. On January 24th 2019 a little girl was rushed from her daycare to a hospital. A death that, according to the courts, was caused by a woman meant to care for the child in question. https://www.necn.com/news/local/vermont-day-care-provider-convicted-of-causing-infants-death-with-antihistamine-sentenced/3183800/, https://www.wcax.com/2023/12/01/jury-deliberations-underway-vt-child-care-provider-accused-manslaughter/, https://www.mynbc5.com/article/stacey-vaillancourt-infant-manslaughter/46010013, https://vtdigger.org/2023/06/19/manslaughter-case-in-infants-death-moves-toward-trial/, https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/sentencing-for-vermont-daycare-provider-convicted-in-infants-death/, https://www.wcax.com/2024/03/12/vt-child-care-provider-sentenced-prison-babys-death/, https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/day-care-provider-charged-in-death-of-infant-on-childs-third-day-at-facility/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away. When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:34.8

We have a weird homicide.

0:37.3

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:41.3

A cop of murder.

0:43.7

Trusting others with the care of your children is incredibly difficult, especially a stranger.

0:50.6

On January 24, 2019, a little girl was rushed from her daycare to a hospital, a death that, according to the courts, was caused by a woman meant to care for the child in question.

1:03.9

So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:11.5

On January 24th, 2019, at 4.15 p.m., an ambulance was called to the child care facility run out of Stacey Valen Courts home in Rutland, Vermont.

1:23.3

A six-month-old baby girl, Harper Rose Breyer, was not breathing and was rushed to the hospital,

1:31.6

where, unfortunately, she was pronounced dead by medical professionals.

1:37.0

Though immediate speculation could have leaned towards a terrible accident,

1:42.3

all of that was quickly dashed away when the state's chief medical

1:45.9

examiner's office showed that the girl's death was a homicide, caused by something called

1:52.1

diphenhydramine intoxication, or, to be put more simply, death by an overdose.

2:00.5

According to the reports, on the second day at Stacey

2:04.0

Valencourt's in-home daycare facility, baby Harper was given a fatal dose of an over-the-counter

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