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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Mom Finds Tot Dead After Leaving Children Home Alone Nearly 24/7 | Crime Alert 04.15.25

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A mom who leaves her children alone nearly 24/7 to live with her boyfriend finds two-year-old girl dead. Sisters brawl at father's funeral, just feet from his casket!

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0:00.0

Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. Shantelle Gardner has two children, ages 2 and 4 at home, but she lives with her boyfriend.

0:09.9

Gardner leaves the toddlers unattended, practically 24-7, only coming home a few hours once a day to feed them.

0:18.6

When Gardner returns home for a feeding,

0:21.3

her four-year-old son comes to greet her,

0:23.2

but the taught girl, Skyler, does not.

0:25.4

Gardner finds the little girl under a dresser, cold and stiff.

0:30.1

She runs outside, calls 911.

0:31.9

First responders say,

0:33.2

Skyler died from a large puncture wound on her neck.

0:38.2

The rest of her body covered in bruises.

0:41.3

Nancy, first responders have to wade through trash, rotting food, soiled items,

0:46.0

and even things like steak nights to get to Skylar.

0:49.4

Gardner admits the children are neglected and tells police she only bathes them about every two weeks,

0:55.3

often finding them covered in feces when she returns home to feed them.

0:59.7

Despite the neglected mission, Gardner denies physically abusing the toddlers and has no

1:04.6

explanation for Schuyler's injuries.

1:07.2

Chantelle Gardner 33 now charged with child neglect causing death. Florida cops called when a fight breaks out at a funeral. Officers find Marine and Kathleen Deegan 60 and 66 locked in a brawl just feet from their father's casket. After breaking up the fight, family explains the younger Deegan was upset that her

1:30.0

daughter was left out of Kathleen's eulogy. The older sister, Maureen, reportedly chest-bumped Kathleen,

1:36.3

who responded by yanking her sister's hair. Maureen then began throwing punches at Kathleen

1:42.1

until both women fall to the floor full-on wrestling.

1:47.4

The Deegan sisters both booked into Clearwater County Jail on battery in order to have no contact.

1:53.4

Well, rest in peace, Dad.

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