Episode 9: Ame Deal

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

Social Sciences, True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In 2011, a chronically abused 10-year-old girl suffocated to death on a hot Arizona summer night, padlocked inside an airtight plastic container that used to store her sister’s Barbie collection. This was Ame Deal’s punishment for eating a popsicle.
Ame’s death sparked a massive overhaul of Arizona’s child protection system and resulted in the convictions of five of her family members. She must never be forgotten.
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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.
0:39.0	Hi guys and welcome to suffer the little children, the true crime podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse and
0:46.2	shining a harsh spotlight on the parents guardians and caretakers who silence them
0:51.3	I'm your host Lane and this is episode 9 Amy Deal.
0:56.1	Amy was murdered in 2011 but her story has been in the news this week due to an appeal
1:00.8	filed on behalf of one of the five family members convicted in her death,
1:04.6	so again in honor of April being Child Abuse Awareness Month, I thought it was time to write the most
1:09.7	comprehensive account of Amy's story to date.
1:13.0	Amy Lynn Deal was not only failed by her family, but spent years being tortured at their hands,
1:18.0	only to lose her life to their callous cruelty.
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