S4 Ep165: StepMonsters: Tracey Wright

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Society & Culture, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

A child, unwanted from birth and neglected by her birth parents, is hopeful that her new stepmother will love her like a daughter. It is not to be and her story will become a cautionary tale in the U.K. of how the child protective system spectacularly failed Lauren Wright.

Resources:
"Tragic tale of a child unwanted from the day of her birth" by Terri Judd for The Independent, Oct 2, 2001.

"A Life of Abuse and Neglect" by Paul Kelso for The Guardian, Oct 1, 2001.

A series of articles in BBC News - "Doctor examine girl before death", Sept 5, 2001; "Stepmother 'loved Lauren'", Sept 20, 'Mum punched Lauren' says son", Sept 25; "Lauren inquiry demanded", "A lifetime of abuse" - all Oct 1, 2001.

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.0	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:07.0	It is not intended for children.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:16.0	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:19.0	In this series, Step Monsters,
0:22.0	I Share Cases of Step Families Gone Bad.
0:25.0	In this episode, a six-year-old girl living in the UK
0:28.0	is abused by her stepmother and neglected by her father.
0:32.0	Teachers, neighbors, and social workers attempted to intervene.
0:36.0	But in the end, the systems that should have stepped in to save the child all failed her.
0:41.0	How could so many people be aware of what was happening
0:45.0	and yet the child not be removed from her abuse of home?
0:49.0	This case is as infuriating as it is heartbreaking.
0:52.0	Just a warning, there will be descriptions in this episode regarding the abuse of a child.
0:57.0	If you are particularly sensitive to this topic,
1:00.0	please use discretion before listening.
1:03.0	This is chapter two of this series, Step Monsters, Tracy Wright.
1:18.0	It was Saturday, May 6, 2000,
1:21.0	and Christine Wright was at her home in the small village of Welney.
1:25.0	Located on the Norfolk Cambridge Air Border,
1:28.0	at around noon, there was a pounding at her door.
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