Episode 206: Marion Jester-Montoya, Retold (Part 2)

Suffer the Little Children

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Social Sciences, True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In the last episode, I told you the story of Marion Jester-Montoya, a joyful little girl with sparkling brown eyes and a ready smile, who tragically died at the age of 10 months after her mother’s boyfriend zipped her into a backpack all day instead of having someone else care for her. That man, Trevor Rowe, is now serving a life sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections for Marion’s brutal and senseless murder.

In this episode, you’ll hear my recent conversation with Marion’s family: her father, Emilio; her grandma, Sheilah; and her aunt, Carla, who told me about the precious girl they miss every day, how her loss has affected them, and what they’ve experienced over the past six years.

This is part 2 of the heartbreaking story of Marion Jester-Montoya.

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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.
0:30.5	Hi everyone and welcome to suffer the little children, the podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse murder and their families.
0:38.5	I'm your host, Lane, and this is episode 206, Marian Jester Montoya, retold, part two.
0:45.7	In the last episode, I told you the story of Marion Jester Montoya, a joyful little girl with sparkling brown eyes and a ready smile, who tragically died at the age of 10 months after her
0:51.2	mother's boyfriend zipped her into a backpack all day instead of having
0:55.1	someone else care for her.
0:57.3	That man, Trevor Rowe, is now serving a life sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections
1:02.4	for Marion's brutal and senseless murder.
1:05.8	In this episode, you'll hear my recent conversation with Marion's family.
1:10.2	Her father, Emilio, her grandma, Sheila,
1:13.4	and her aunt, Carla, who told me about the precious girl they miss every day, how her loss
1:18.7	has affected them, and what they've experienced over the past six years. This is part two of the
1:24.8	heartbreaking story of Marion Jester Montoya.
1:33.7	Without further ado, here is my conversation from early November with the Montoya family.
1:39.0	Who have we got here today?
1:41.0	You got me, Emilio.
1:44.3	And me, Sheila, Carla. And I'm welcome. Thank you very much for joining me, Sheila, Carla.
1:48.3	Thank you very much for joining me, all of you.
1:53.7	I have been following Marion's story, as you know, for about as long as it's been going on, and I can never tell you how sorry I am that I didn't involve you the first time around.
1:58.2	I've only since realized how important it is to get the family
2:02.4	involved, and that's why I wanted to redo Marion's episode with your involvement. So I'll let you
	...

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