Episode 202: Dennis "Boo" Vaughan Jr. (Part 3)

Suffer the Little Children

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Over the last two episodes, I’ve told you the story of five-year-old Dennis Vaughan Jr., known affectionately as “Boo,” who died in his grandmother’s house on Christmas Eve, 2019. Boo’s mom, Danielle Vaughan, fought to regain custody of her five kids, all of whom were under the guardianship of Danielle’s mother, Sherry Conner. Despite dozens of reports to DCYF, all alleging that Sherry was abusing her grandkids, they weren’t removed from her care until after Boo died.

Now, you’ll hear my conversation with Danielle, who was candid, raw, and honest as she told me about the abuse and the trauma her kids endured in Sherry’s home. The details she shared had my jaw on the floor, and after you hear what Danielle has to say, I’m positive you’ll be as horrified as I am.

This is part three of the heartbreaking story of Dennis “Boo” Vaughan Jr.

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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.
0:38.3	I'm your host, Lane, and this is episode 202, Dennis Lou Vaugh-Von Jr. Part 3.
0:46.0	Over the last two episodes, I've told you the story of five-year-old Dennis Vaughn Jr., known affectionately as Boo,
0:49.5	who died in his grandmother's house on Christmas Eve, 2019.
0:56.1	Boo's mom, Danielle Vaughn, fought to regain custody of her five kids, all of whom were under the guardianship of Danielle's mother, Sherry Connor. Despite dozens of reports to DCYF, all alleging
1:03.5	that Sherry was abusing her grandkids, they weren't removed from her care until after Boo died.
1:09.6	Now, you'll hear my conversation with Danielle, who was candid, raw, and honest as she told me
1:15.3	about the abuse and the trauma her kids endured in Sherry's home.
1:19.7	The details she shared had my jaw on the floor, and after you hear what Danielle has to say,
1:25.1	I'm positive.
1:25.9	You'll be as horrified as I am. This is part
1:29.2	three of the heartbreaking story of Dennis Boo Vaughn Jr. I'll get right into it. Here's my recent
1:36.9	conversation with Danielle Vaughn. Sherry is scheduled for trial.
1:45.1	Is it next year, February?
1:46.7	February 10th now.
1:48.6	That's a good thing.
1:49.7	Well, she's caught a bunch of people out of money and ended up getting a new lawyer, March 50.
1:55.2	And this guy's the guy that represented Pamela Smart back in the day.
1:59.9	Well, it didn't get her far, so.
2:02.0	Yeah, that's what I'm hoping.
	...

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