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Suffer the Little Children

Episode 188: Raylee Browning, Retold (Part 1)

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

Social Sciences, True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In Episode 4, I told you about Raylee Browning: a little girl who died on December 26, 2018. Although she was covered with injuries from head to toe, her cause of death was a septic infection from untreated pneumonia. The three adults in the home—Raylee’s father, his girlfriend, and her sister—were charged in her death.

That episode barely scratched the surface. Now, I’m retelling Raylee’s full story with the help of her mom, Janice Wriston, who fought for Raylee’s entire eight years to protect her daughter from the girl’s own father, Marty Browning Jr. The way the press told the story, Marty was a negligent father who merely failed to protect his daughter. The truth about Marty is far darker than that.

This is the story of a sweet, loving little girl whose mom called her Sunshine. It’s also a story about the horrific abuse Marty inflicted on first Janice and then Raylee, and how he managed to become entwined with a pair of sisters just as narcissistic and abusive as himself, ultimately leading to his only child’s painful and unnecessary death.

This is part one of the harrowing story of Raylee Browning.

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0:00.0

This podcast contains descriptions of violence against children and adult language and is not suitable for all audiences.

0:06.9

Listener discretion is advised.

0:30.7

Hi everyone and welcome to suffer the little children, the podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse murder and their families.

0:38.3

I'm your host, Lane, and this is episode 188, Rayleigh Browning, Retold, Part 1.

0:46.5

In episode 4, I told you about Ray Lee Browning, a little girl who died on December 26, 2018.

0:56.7

Although she was covered with injuries from head to toe, her cause of death was a septic infection from untreated pneumonia. The three adults in the home,

1:03.6

Rayleigh's father, his girlfriend, and her sister were charged in her death. That episode barely scratched the surface. Now I'm retelling Rayleigh's full story with the help of her mom, Janice Riston,

1:11.6

who fought for Rayleigh's entire eight years to protect her daughter from the girl's own father, Marty Browning, Jr.

1:18.2

The way the press told the story, Marty was a negligent father who merely failed to protect his

1:23.6

daughter. The truth about Marty is far darker than that. This is the story of a sweet,

1:30.9

loving little girl whose mom called her, Sunshine. It's also a story about the horrific abuse

1:37.1

Marty inflicted on first Janice and then Rayleigh, and how he managed to become entwined with a pair

1:43.0

of sisters just as narcissistic and abusive as himself,

1:46.8

ultimately leading to his only child's painful and unnecessary death.

1:51.9

This is part one of the harrowing story of Rayleigh Browning.

1:56.3

I first blogged about Rayleigh's story on December 14th, 2019, before the podcast even existed.

2:04.2

One of the very first episodes of the podcast was about Ray Lee, but trust me when I tell you that

2:09.0

no one knew the full story at that point.

2:12.1

So I'm finally tackling Rayleigh's story the way it needs to be told.

2:16.7

The world needs to know about this beautiful little girl,

2:20.2

the mommy who loved her fiercely,

2:22.0

and the so-called father who terrorized Rayleigh and her mother for years,

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