Episode 71: Tate Thurman

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

Social Sciences, True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On the morning of February 18, 2020, EMS responded to a home in East Peoria, Illinois on a report of a child in cardiac arrest. At the scene, they found 4-year-old Tate Thurman unresponsive with multiple injuries, including bruises covering his little body from head to toe. Lesli Ann Jett, the live-in girlfriend of Tate’s father, told police that Tate had been injured when he slipped in some water on the floor and fell, but Tate’s injuries told a completely different story.

When Tate died after two days on life support, an autopsy was conducted, revealing massive internal bleeding caused by high-velocity blunt force trauma. Lesli was subsequently arrested and charged with Tate’s murder. Her trial 16 months later revealed disturbing and gut-wrenching details of Tate’s final months, as well as Lesli’s true colors, as she attempted to pin the blame for Tate’s death on both her ex-husband and Tate’s own 7-year-old brother.

This is the horrific story of Tate Thurman.

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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 O'Ferees, there is another way.
0:31.6	Oh, he's cute, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:40.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him him sounds like an elephant with a chest infection
0:46.0	Well they call him a dreamer and now they're right all aboard mister I can never sleep when I'm traveling.
0:53.0	Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.
0:56.0	Piando Ferries, that is another way.
0:59.0	This podcast contains descriptions of violence against children and adult language
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1:52.4	podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse, and shining a harsh spotlight on the parents, guardians and caretakers who silence them.
2:00.0	I'm your host, Lane, and this is episode 71, Tate Thurman.
2:05.6	On the morning of February 18, 2020, EMS responded to a home in East Peoria, Illinois on a report of
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