Child told adults ‘Mama is going to kill me’ right before she fatally suffocated him

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True Crime News

Society & Culture, True Crime

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🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: 7-year-old Nathaniel Burton told trusted adults about the abuse and torment he suffered at the hands of his mother Sarah Safranek before his untimely demise. Despite multiple home visits from authorities, it wasn’t enough to save Burton, and now Safranek has pleaded guilty to his murder. Gisela K joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A word of warning. This podcast explores graphic and disturbing stories and includes some strong language.
0:06.6	It therefore may not be suitable for our young listeners or other folks who may find it disturbing.
0:12.7	Hello and welcome to True Crime News, the podcast covering high profile and under the radar cases from across the country every week.
0:20.0	I'm your host, Anna Garcia.
0:21.8	Our case this week, a child killed at the hands of his own mother despite his pleas for help.
0:28.6	The child warned trusted adults about the horrific abuse that he suffered at the hands of his mother.
0:34.6	But the Department of Child and Family Services continued to return the boy back to his mother's home.
0:43.1	After more than a dozen reports, in the final two years of this little boy's life, police would find the child unresponsive.
0:52.0	His mother admitted to suffocating him, taking his last breaths.
0:57.6	How many opportunities were there to stop this tragedy from happening? We're recording this on
1:03.0	Friday, November 21st of 2025. Our guest today is the one, the only. Gisela K, a true crime YouTuber and the host of the very popular channel, Grizzly True Crime.
1:16.5	Welcome.
1:17.4	Gisla, welcome back to the program.
1:19.3	It's always such a pleasure to have you on.
1:21.6	Thank you.
1:22.2	It's always such an honor to be here and to discuss these interesting and heartbreaking cases with you.
1:27.3	This one's really hard. I got really upset as I was writing and preparing this podcast.
1:33.1	I got very upset about this.
1:36.2	This little boy, I mean, I just don't have the words.
1:41.0	This little boy had confided in people around him. He had told his foster parents he
1:47.7	didn't want to go back to his mother. Every time he had to go back to his mother, he would get
1:55.1	physically ill and he would scream and cry and beg them not to let him go back there.
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