Episode 18: Ky'mani Moore

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

Social Sciences, True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

On December 21, 2018, police in Old Lycoming Township, Pennsylvania responded to a 911 call about an unresponsive child. Inside the mobile home, on the floor of a bedroom, they discovered 19-month-old Ky’mani Moore unresponsive. Ky’mani was taken to the hospital, where he was almost immediately pronounced dead.
For the first time, a very special guest joins me on the podcast; Melissa Moore, Ky’mani’s paternal grandmother, was gracious enough to speak openly and candidly with me about her beautiful grandson’s tragic story, how his loss has affected her family, and what their hopes are for the outcome of the case. It’s an in-depth, emotional, enlightening conversation that I’ll never forget.
This is the heartbreaking story of Ky’mani Moore.
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0:00.0	Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:10.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.
0:15.0	Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.
0:19.0	All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm travelling. Find all the comfort you need in the
0:25.1	quiet lounge. Pieno Ferries, there is another way.
0:28.9	This podcast contains descriptions of violence against children and adult language and is not intended for all audiences.
0:37.0	Listen or discretion is advised.
0:39.0	Hi guys and welcome to suffer the little children a true crime podcast giving voices
0:44.4	back to the victims of child abuse and shining a harsh spotlight on the
0:48.0	parents guardians and caretakers who silence them. I'm your host, Lane, and this is episode 18, Kimani Moore.
0:56.8	The story I'm about to tell has an all-too-familiar refrain.
1:00.2	Mom and dad split up.
1:01.8	Mom's boyfriend moves in. family suspects something is wrong, child dies from abuse.
1:06.8	It's as heartbreaking as it is frighteningly common as you know if you've spent any time reading
1:11.0	my blog posts or listening to my episodes.
1:14.0	Today's episode is a story of a 19-month-old boy named Kimani Zaffir Sosa Moore, who died on December 21st, 2018. It took a year for mom's boyfriend to be arrested.
1:26.9	Many believe mom is also partially responsible. But let's get into the story. The second part of this episode will be an interview with paternal grandmother Melissa Moore who was kind enough to give me an interview last week and we will be hearing from her soon.
1:42.0	My sources for today's episode were the
1:44.7	Williamsport Sun Gazette, Justice for Kimani Moore Facebook page, Sanders
1:49.7	Mortuary website, Granoble Funeral Home website, Go Fund Me, North Central PA.com, Penn
1:56.8	Live Patriot News, Court Records, and Melissa Moore.
2:02.1	Before I get started, I want to address a couple of things.
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