Colorado Boy, 2, Horrifically Injured After Severe Beating in Care of DRINKING NANNY
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Giovanni Reichert is rushed to St. Anthony's Hospital after he reportedly becomes unresponsive after a bath.
Reichert is in the care of McKinley Slone Hernandez, 25, a regular babysitter and friend of mom Stefanie Reichert. The two families are accustomed to being together as Reichert's other children often camp with Hernandez.
Hours after leaving her 2-year-old son with Hernandez, Stefanie Reichert gets a text message from Hernandez telling her she needs to rush to St. Anthony's Hospital. The hospital contacted her as well. Reichert rushes to the hospital to see Giovanni surrounded by 50 doctors. Then the decision is made to airlift Giovanni to a hospital for an emergency operation to treat a bleed on the brain. The brain swelling ultimately necessitated the removal of part of the skull to reduce pressure.
Emergency surgery saves Giovanni Reichert's life. Doctors tell Stephani Reichert that her son has suffered blunt force trauma injuries to his head and body. As Giovanni fights for his life, Reichert has no answer as to what happened. McKinley Slone Hernandez hasn't been forthcoming.
The only thing Hernandez will say is that she was drinking and he got hurt in her care.McKinley Slone Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of child abuse, and cruelty toward a child, nearly three months after causing serious injuries to the boy’s head, neck, and arms. She is now officially charged with felony child abuse,
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- Dr. Angela Arnold – Psychiatrist, Atlanta, GA; Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women; Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University; Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital; Voted “My Buckhead’s Best Psychiatric Practice of 2022”
- Christopher Byers – Former Police Chief Johns Creek Georgia, 25 years as Police Officer, now Private Investigator and Polygraph Examiner with Lancaster Information Services in Atlanta
- Anastasia Germain, Ed.D. - President of Childcare Professional Services LLC (early Childhood Consulting Services), Founder and Former Operator of a Licensed Childcare Center
- Dr. Jan Gorniak - Board-certified Forensic Pathologist, Former Medical Examiner for Clark County (Las Vegas, NV)
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| 0:00.0 | Crime stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:07.0 | A beautiful little boy in Colorado left horrifically injured after what I believe to be a severe beating while in the care of a loving caregiver who I also believe was drunk. |
| 0:40.0 | A baby boy when you see Giovanni your heart is just going to break. He's perfect. |
| 0:50.0 | Have you ever seen a little baby you, oh, that could be the Gerber baby. |
| 0:55.9 | That little baby is going to be a baby model. |
| 0:59.2 | That's Giovanni. |
| 1:01.8 | Just like a little angel from heaven. |
| 1:06.0 | And when I think about this child being left in a coma by a nanny. Oh yeah, fur is about to fly. |
| 1:19.2 | I'm Nancy Grace, this is crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Crime Stories and on |
| 1:26.8 | Serious XM11. You moms out there and you dads too, but frankly, this is to the moms listening because I fully believe |
| 1:35.4 | yes there are a few sprinklings of dads that do this but it's on us. We work we take care of home, but most important, we take care of our children. |
| 1:48.0 | It's on us to make sure they stay in one piece, they're healthy, they're safe, they're happy. |
| 1:54.3 | Yes, you know what? I'm so blessed with a wonderful husband that's right there |
| 1:59.2 | beside me, but in my mind it's on me. If they live or die it's on me. Can you imagine what Giovanni's |
| 2:08.6 | mother has been through? Well as a matter of fact you don't have to imagine because joining me right |
| 2:16.6 | now is Giovanni's mother Stephanie Reicher. The moment I heard about Giovanni in a coma, we all started praying. |
| 2:27.0 | I want you to speak to other moms and dads out there and tell them what happened. |
| 2:35.7 | Let's just start at the beginning. |
| 2:38.2 | How old is Giovanni now? |
| 2:40.5 | Giovanni is two years 11 months. |
| 2:42.5 | He turns three, December 15th. |
| 2:45.0 | When you went about finding a nanny, |
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