Episode 6: Thomas Valva (Part 2)
Suffer the Little Children
Suffer the Little Children Pod
4.6 • 993 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
An 8-year-old Long Island boy with autism dies of hypothermia after spending the night in the unheated garage of his family home. His NYPD officer father and the man’s fiancee are arrested for his murder. Only then do the years of abuse the little boy endured come to light, meticulously documented by his mother, who continues to fight for justice for her precious Tommy and his two surviving brothers.
This is the tragic story of Thomas Valva.
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, |
| 0:05.9 | three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her |
| 0:09.6 | oversized tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
| 0:13.0 | All right. |
| 0:14.0 | Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior. |
| 0:16.0 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
| 0:19.0 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:22.0 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group. a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:22.6 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. |
| 0:25.6 | Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us. |
| 0:28.0 | P and Dau Ferris, there is another way. |
| 0:30.0 | 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. |
| 0:40.0 | Hi guys and welcome to suffer the little children the true crime |
| 0:43.5 | podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse and |
| 0:46.8 | shining a harsh spotlight on the parents guardians and caretakers who |
| 0:50.4 | silenced them. |
| 0:51.9 | I'm your host Lane and, and this is episode 6, Thomas Valva, part 2. |
| 0:57.0 | If you haven't yet listened to part 1, you'll definitely want to go back and listen to last week's episode before you proceed with this one. |
| 1:04.6 | Just to recap, Thomas Valva was an eight-year-old boy on the autism spectrum who lived |
| 1:10.2 | on Long Island with his father, Michael, an NYPD officer, and his father's |
| 1:14.9 | fiance, Angela Polina. |
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