Episode 196: Savayah Mason

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

True Crime, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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On August 24, 2020, 23-year-old Luis Luna ran into the living room of his shared Houston apartment in a panic, holding his unresponsive 8-month-old daughter, Savayah Mason. Despite an immediate 911 call, Savayah didn’t make it. An autopsy found horrific injuries, and Savayah’s death was ruled a homicide caused by multiple blunt force injuries with suffocation and sexual assault. A week later, her father was arrested and charged with capital murder.

This is the story of an adorable baby girl whose short life ended in the most brutal way possible. It’s also the story of a young father whose possibly drug-fueled impulses led him to commit an unthinkable crime against his own helpless infant daughter.

This is the disturbing story of Savayah Mason.

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0:00.0	This podcast contains descriptions of violence against children and adult language and is not
0:04.8	suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.
0:30.9	Hi everyone and welcome to suffer the little children, the podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse murder and their families.
0:36.8	I'm your host, Lane, and this is episode 196, Savea Mason.
0:45.7	On August 24, 2020, 23-year-old Luis Luna ran into the living room of his shared Houston apartment in a panic,
0:49.3	holding his unresponsive, eight-month-old daughter, Savea Mason.
0:54.0	Despite an immediate 911 call, Savea didn't make it.
1:00.6	An autopsy found horrific injuries, and Savaya's death was ruled a homicide caused by multiple blunt force injuries with suffocation and sexual assault.
1:04.8	A week later, her father was arrested and charged with capital murder.
1:09.6	This is the story of an adorable baby girl whose
1:12.7	short life ended in the most brutal way possible. It's also the story of a young father whose
1:18.9	possibly drug-fueled impulses led him to commit an unthinkable crime against his own helpless
1:24.5	infant daughter. This is the disturbing story of Saveya Mason.
1:30.4	Although Sevea's mom, Yenis, opted not to speak on the podcast, this episode was made with
1:35.7	her input.
1:37.4	I won't cover a child's story without the family's permission.
1:41.4	It's worth mentioning that very little about Sevea's case made it into the news.
1:46.5	I originally covered her story on my now-defunct blog in 2020, and for four years, there were no
1:52.3	news updates about it whatsoever. Earlier this month, when I requested case documentation from the
1:58.2	Harris County District Attorney's Office, they cited Texas Family Code Section 261.201, A2, which surrounds the confidentiality of information about a case involving child abuse, as the reason the Attorney General's office instructed them to withhold the case, even though the child in question died as a result of the abuse. Because of this, aside from the autopsy report,
2:20.3	much of the available information about Saveya's case
2:23.3	comes from an appellate brief filed by the man convicted of her murder,
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