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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR ACCUSED OF HORRIFIC CHILD ABUSE

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.2 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A successful children's author and her husband are arrested after their adopted daughter is hospitalized with open wounds, sepsis, liver and kidney failure. Jennifer and Joseph Wolfthal have been accused of child abuse, child neglect with bodily harm, and domestic violence battery. Joining Nancy Grace today:Randy Kessler - Atlanta Trial Lawyer, Emory Law School Professor, Past Chair ABA Family Law Section, Author: "Divorce, Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future", www.KSFamilyLaw.com, Instagram: @rkessler23, Twitter: @GADivorceCaryn Stark - NYC Psychologist, www.carynstark.com Robert Crispin - Private Investigator “Crispin Special Investigations” www.crispinsinvestigations.comDr. Michelle Dupre - Forensic Pathologist and former Medical Examiner, Author: “Homicide Investigation Field Guide” & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide", Ret. Police Detective Lexington County Sheriff’s Department Daphne Young - National Chief Communications Officer, www.Childhelp.org, @childhelpAlexis Tereszcuk - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, Lead Stories dot Com, Twitter: @swimmie2009

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Kidney Failure, liver failure, sepsis, pneumonia in both lungs, malnutrition, open wounds

0:20.4

on the body.

0:24.8

It sounds terrible and it is terrible, but who would imagine all of these horrific

0:33.0

afflictions befall a little eight year old girl?

0:39.6

A little girl who lives along with a brother and a sister with their adopted mommy and daddy.

0:48.0

And as it turns out, mommy is a famous author of Children's Books.

1:04.3

Kidney Failure, liver failure, sepsis, pneumonia in both lungs, malnutrition and open wounds

1:13.4

to a little girl's legs.

1:18.2

How does this befall little children joining me and all star panel to make sense of it

1:23.6

all if we can?

1:25.1

First of all, a renowned defense attorney, Atlanta trial lawyer Randy Kessler, professor

1:31.4

Emory Law School past year in the ABA, author of divorce protect yourselves, your kids,

1:37.9

your future and you can find Randy Kessler at ksfamilylaw.com and on Instagram at our

1:46.1

Kessler 23.

1:48.5

Karen Stark joining us, psychologist out of Manhattan at Karen Stark.com.

1:53.9

Former cop, now private investigator, started his own PI firm, Crispin Special Investigations

2:00.3

and you can find him at crispininvestigations.com.

2:05.0

Special guest joining us from Child Help.

2:07.6

Child Abuse Hotline as well, Daphne Young and you can find her at childhelp.org.

2:15.3

We're now pathologists joining us, Dr. Michelle D.Pry, forensic pathologist and author of

2:21.4

Homicide Investigation Field Guide and Port of for today, investigating Child Abuse Field

2:28.0

Guide.

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