I think the scariest part of this case is the fact that a 14 year old boy can murder a child, hide the body and carry on as if nothing had happened. He carried on with his daily life and no one suspected a thing.
All the adult psychos we see were kids at one point. I'm sure they didn't just wake up one day as an adult and switch into psycho mode. I wonder if there's cases that go cold bcuz a kid was overlooked due to people having the idea that kids aren't capable of violence. I honestly think it happens more than we think bcuz of what I initially stated.
Maddie & her cousin were the only nice kids to me in our CCD church class. I remember seeing her face on the news, looking at my Mom who had tears in her eyes & saying “but mom, look, that’s my friend.” She couldn’t even look at me as she burst into tears. She said later how much it broke her, & every one else. We were young & so innocent. I think of Maddie often. She was a beautiful human.
So traumatizing for you to experience this so young too… way too close to home so scary. I’m sorry beautiful may she rest in peace 🥺 this story haunts me
Right? People start teaching kids, that hurting others isnt ok, from like 3 years old, if u dont know by 14 that hurting or killing someone is wrong then damn put em under the jail
I don't know. As a young teen, I believed I could kill someone and feel no remorse (I never tried to find out, though). I was dealing with a lot of issues at home. It wasn't until I was a parent that I started seeing everyone as someone else's baby that I started to totally grasp the absolute horror of it. Everyone develops concepts at different times. If his dad was a piece of work like was described, I could see that numb feeling of it. It's a very hard truth to admit, so yall don't come after me. Lol.
I cannot imagine being Josh’s mother when she found that sock, and thinking of him sleeping over Maddie’s body is so chilling. May Maddie rest in peace. So very sad.
Oh yeah, that's a living nightmare. At the same time, she made a child with an abusive addict, she tolerated him abusing their child, she wrought this life with her hands, not to say it's what she deserved, but it is the world she built immediately around her. I can't imagine it though. Josh seems to lack the emotional depths to appreciate what he's even done, and I suspect he just killed that part of him off, growing up in that trash situation
@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN Unfortunately, that isn't uncommon, especially in the 70's and 80's. Punishing a child with a spanking(or worse) was very common. I grew up in an abusive household with a father who could be so loving but when he was drunk he was abusive. My mother was stuck in a horrible situation because she couldn't work outside the home because she had 3 children but it was her that did everything and helped him build a business. I was the baby of the family so I didn't have it as bad and when i was 12 my mom just had me at home and she could finally leave. Throughout the years Neighbors would call the police and tell my dad to stop hitting my mom then just leave. Times were just different back then. I know of many people growing up this way and they don't kill people. Idk what generation you grew up in but I respectively disagree blaming his mother. In today's society children are so spoiled the parents would probably hide the body instead of turning their child into the police. Oh, and after my mother left she became the strongest woman I know. At 77 she is still the strongest woman I know. Nature vs nuture is a common debate. Alot of killers had "normal" childhoods. I don't think you meant it harshly but these types of crimes bring back those memories.
@babushka_OG oh yeah, no you are right, I hadn't even considered that maybe he was the breadwinner because most every family I've had that kind of intimate knowledge about, the woman is usually the productive one. I know especially once you start pushing back into the 70s that wasn't the case at all, women truly didn't have freedom at all, they had to go and marry the first man to make an offer and accept whatever that roll of the dice brought them, because people didn't hire women.... save for what, nurse, teacher, secretary... all of which required a degree for one, and for two, there wasn't enough of those jobs to go around to every woman who would want to work and have that freedom anyway. I also tend to have a personal prejudice... my own mom left us kids father for this other man, who wasn't all that abusive per se... but he was VERY stupid, and he contributed absolutely nothing at all financially or materially to any of the family, despite working and having his own money... so he was eating at restaurants twice a day, while we were all in poverty. There was no practical reason for her to be with him at all, she got whatever she got from him emotionally, and that's all she, or anyone got from him. But just his presence ruined all us kids lives.... he was (is) an incredibly stupid man too, and always very obviously had a complex about wanting to be the most loved of all of us... resented that she loved her kids, constantly needed to be assured he was loved by her, MORE than her own kids.... She grew up in foster care, never seen a real family from the inside, or even a safe home, so she was really impressionable, maybe is the word. So she degrades herself on account of this worthless man and ruins her life, and all of ours, screws up the only important thing she ever had to do on the planet, which she has grown to judge herself very harshly for. I'm middle aged now and I love my mother more than anything, but I still at times think of that whole nightmare. We were so bad off that we would have been better off materially if she'd just had the decency to abandon us. I wish I didn't have this simmering resentment but, I still do, it might be the only real sore spot I got
I absolutely HATE it when these assholes say "I'm sorry for what happened". It didn't just "happen". You MURDERED her! If you wanna apologize, say you're sorry for what YOU DID!
I know - when he said that, I thought, why didn't he come right out and say I'm sorry for killing your daughter! The worse thing is he did it 3 times - she was still alive after the 1st attempt!
Exactly! Terminology like "what happened," distances the guilty person from the heinous crime. Showing accountability would include nothing short of "I can't change anything with my apology, but I'm disgusted at myself that I murdered a wonderful human being. I don't deserve to live or be forgiven, I know the misery I've caused and I will never forgive myself, but I want the friends and family to know that I am a changed person, who hates the person I was. What I did."
If someone tells me my kid is being inappropriate with any kids you better believe they would be in some kind of therapy that day, i would keep an eye on every move, i accept responsibility for my children...there are always signs that some parents refuse to see...
@@bonniejosavland3227 I don't know why you had to use that emoji. That's a tragedy. Not funny or flustering. And also has nothing to do with the comment you replied to?
And you are a proper mother, we hold our children responsible if needs be, I would do the exact same thing involving law enforcement to be aware of this too, we're mother's, we should do right regardless of young boy/girl if there's something showing up wrong with them, it's up to us as mother's to do something!
This!!! I have many men in my family, all with different strengths and weaknesses. Some amazing, some who struggle. But you better believe that if they harmed or scared someone, much less a little girl, the police wouldn't need to be called because we'd handle it ourselves. NO ONE harms kids and gets away with it in my circle. And if I saw it out in the world (someone harming a child, elderly person, animal) we'd all jump in and help!!
@@DylonsBBGorlI think the point they were making was in response to the OP's last sentence. There are things that some parents miss or refuse to see. The person said the mom was home when the kid strangled himself. Also that emoji isn't to convey laughter or that it was funny. It's shock or omg. It matches the story just fine.
His "apology" was nothing but him talking about himself. He wouldn't even say murder, he just kept say "the Incident" he's right where he needs to be. Thank you for covering all these cases.
I agree! He barely mentions it. He talks about his how it affected him and he says I, I, I, me, me, me then says , my mother’s love kept me alive!?! Come on.
Yeah … I’m not seeing that the “monk” thing has actually changed him. He is only worried about himself. If that was his opportunity to be reconsidered … he was only all about him!!! He’s some kind of evil sick.
@@StephanieCarroll-dl2fk I agree that he is exactly where he's supposed to be. But here for the first time he is allowed to talk about how he was affected by prison and growing up in prison and because of this fact he mentions himself so many times. He can't beg people or the Court to release him if he doesn't tell what he's learned in all that time in prison. I wouldn't be surprised if his lawyer wrote him a script that he read there in front of everyone.
It always crosses my mind while I listen to these 911 calls that something terrible is simultaneously happening to the victim. Like while the mom is on the phone with the police her child is in the process of losing her life and that just tears my soul apart.
I JUST made a similar comment…it always gets me that while mom is discussing “normal” things like the clothes she had on, her daughter is dead or dying….its like one of the last normal mom things she is doing for her daughter. It always gets me too
I havent even watched the video yet but as soon as I saw her face on the thumbnail I said "omg its Maddie Clifton". I lived in basically Jacksonville, and this was the very first case I can remember that got me into true crime. I had to write a report on a crime and I picked Maddie. She is the one that started it all for me ❤ my heart crumbles every time I see her.
This is my hometown. The cops never believed his story. They believe He tried to assault her, that is why her pants were off. Maddie was fighting back & screaming. That is when he hit her with the bat. He is pure evil & will never tell the true story. They said His father had a heart attack, run the car off the road & passed away. He was on a 2 lane road on this way to visit his son. We don’t hear anything about Maddie’s Dad. Her Mom married a cop from the case & moved out of Jacksonville. I will never forget beautiful Maddie.
@@annemorgenstern6070 there's always someone who needs to be reminded that most of us (yes,abuse victims) don't go abusing others - today it seems to be you.
He said he was close to ending his life, yet had no problem ending Maddie’s..? Didn’t want to put his mother thru that, but no problem putting her parents thru that..? I could go on, but he literally made himself look worse by admitting HE had these choices but took away Maddie’s. What a scumbag!
That 911 call brought me to tears. THAT is how a person sounds when their child is missing. It really shines a light on how obviously some parents are lying when they call, totally calm and not frantic or flustered at all
This was really hard to listen to it hit close to home for me and you are so correct I’ve heard a lot of these cases where the parents did it and it was always so nonchalant- no nerves nothing
Well, don't take it that way because that is actually wrong. You can tell when some people are lying because you can tell, it's a complex thing. And you can tell when some people are genuine, also for complex reasons. But so many people have a practiced ability to fly into hysterics, and there are also people who literally never do, no matter the situation.
A lot of us are just able to keep calm in shocking situations. It doesn't help to panic. If we didn't have a lot of folks like this, we'd be in trouble when it comes to finding EMTs, doctors, LE, pilots, military, etc.
Wow, that man is a sociopath. Not one WORD about Maddie until he was specifically asked and then he made it about himself! Unbelievable! His apology was the biggest acting job of his life. Thank God they upheld his sentence.
my thoughts exactly! i couldn’t believe it and i really think he doesn’t even realize he’s doing it or that there’s something wrong with how its all abt him in his mind. listening to him go on and on abt himself made me feel physically ill.
Why do i get the idea he has sociopathic tendencies? The way she was found. The fact that he had slept there with her but contues to act like nothing was wrong. At his age? Yeah that’s some serious mental sickness. Keeping him in prison will be the only reassurance that he will never kill anyone else. The trauma for both families due to his actions is so, so horrible. Yet he’s living the life in prison. uggh
Right, all kids are a bit sociopathic, it's why you can't diagnose them as being sociopaths... it's the natural state for many kids, and they grow out of it. It's when they don't grow out of it, that it's something wrong. But to hear his apology to the family in court at his resentencing, that seemed sociopathic to me. I can't believe he had the nerve to even get up there and read that, which only speaks to his emotional deficits even more But it just feels like he doesn't have the ability to feel the depths of suffering that others can. I am sure his life is rough, and sure, that's sad. But he is a murderer of little girls. The kindest thing would have been to send him right along after her. Since we aren't doing the kindest thing, let's do the most sensible of the remaining options, and at least keep him out of society, literally forever. He can have what life he can make for himself inside, or find his own way to opt out... this is more than he deserves, and he should rejoice in that he's been given this much
@55.58 - that speech- he forgot something vital - "May you and your family NEVER encounter a monster like me who shatters your entire life and the lives of all those around you"
I remember this case till this day. RIP Maddie u had such a bright future. The way the kid lied when his parents asked if he saw her and had the nerve to look for her knowing she dead gave me goosebumps till this day. 😢
Being 14 is no excuse. Even at 14, none of us were attracted to 8 year olds. He is not safe on the streets. His tears felt like crocodile tears, and it’s not worth the risk.
@@angrydeer6011 Why did you have to make such a xenophobic comment that has no grounds? I watch a LOT of true crime (like most of us do), and I've seen that things like this happen on EVERY continent. Especially Europe. SO weird. This is about children being murdered and children murdering. Not your European ego.
When he said he wishes he knew at age 14 what he knows now to the judge, it couldn’t be more obvious he was just trying to emphasize that he’s a changed man and should be free. Nothing he said showed any empathy for anyone but himself. I’m glad his sentence wasn’t changed.
I also noticed he didn’t really apologize to Maddie for taking her life, just that he took her from them. He should be the most sorry to Maddie. He should’ve said “if I knew what life meant now, I never would’ve did what I did to Maddie”. Or mention how he knows suffering now and can’t imagine the suffer that Maddie was in.
I don’t want to comment on him, however, how stinking cute and cheeky is Maddi’s precious face. She just exudes this adorable innocence and sweetness. The mischievous sparkle in her eyes makes me smile. Such a sad waste of a beautiful life, who knows who she could’ve grown up to be, heartbreaking.
I’m from Jacksonville and I was in the 4th grade when this happened. This really crushed the city and we were all praying she was found alive. I think of her often and I pray she is resting peacefully
I saw a comment in one of the true crime comment sections: evil does not need a motive, it only needs an outlet. It made me stop asking "why would anyone do this?" Some people are just evil.
I will never forget Madrid's case. The fact that Josh was searching for her knowing where she was gives me chills. Thank god his mom went to police. How long did he was going to keep her in his room/house? I don't believe the story he told.
"I'm sorry for what happened" is all you need to know if he understands empathy. Instead of saying "I'm so sorry for MY evil selfish and disgusting actions. I can't begin to explain how sorry I am for what I did." I completely believe that he's a predator and he should NEVER be let out.
Thanks for doing this story...i live in jax, fl...born and raised and we still talk about the details of this case...everyone who lives here remembers everything vividly(like we remember where we were when we learned about where sweet Maddie was)...RIP Sweet Maddie....
@@tastelesstube it was explained that his "dislike" was only expressed by not letting them be at his house, amd warning his kid to stay away from them afaik. I never heard he DID anything himself.
Yeah, I don't know if he only had a limited window in which he could appeal his sentencing, but if he will ever have the emotional depth to actually make a good showing of contrition, he hadn't yet developed it. And it stands to reason that he likely never will... he's got to be a bit sociopathic to have done this, and even if he had potential for growth, I doubt he WANTS to develop emotional depths within the walls of a prison. His apology just felt patronizing and insulting, like, you really dare to ask the family of the girl you killed, to sit there and listen to this drivel? That itself screams to me, that he is not appropriately sorry. It's just such an obviously contrived apology, like he pained over it, asked for a lot of help, and is merely saying what he thinks he is supposed to.
Psychopath hands down. It’s all lies. Fake emotion. It was totally sexually motivated. His apology was more to convince everyone he’s sorry he’s changed, and he should get out. Hell no
I think he’s more of a sociopath, psychopaths are usually better at mimicking emotion, and sociopaths are great at feeling sorry for themselves. He sucks
This happened in my neighborhood when I was a teenager. He even joined the search party my mom and I joined. I was so freaked out after his mom found her. I still think about her all the time and is probably one of the biggest cases that got me into true crime as an adult. For what it’s worth, I have always thought he was abused. Haven’t watched Annie’s take on this yet but looking forward to it. My kids knew Tristyn Bailey. Both such senseless losses. Annie has covered them both now. ❤️
He pretends to cry yet zero tears! My 3 year old has more empathy than he has ever had or will have. What he did was horrific! He deserves to stay in prison
Literally only 10 minutes in but her mom responding about her hair color saying “it’s actually brown but has an auburn tint to it”. Ugh. That makes me cry. The little details she knew and loved. Poor woman
No.. a child is a child. Even if they make bad choices. They don’t have the mental capacity to decide about themself. The questions must be asked how did this happen and why did he react that way. The stupid questions about the motive are just beyond me. Bad and mindless decisions made by child don’t need a motive. To me it’s really weird he was so scared of his father he would rather silence the girl than admit something bad happened by mistake. It only shows his immaturity trying to end problem of her crying by any means than actually deal with the problem.
Shout out to that amazingly kind officer that stayed to make sure Jessie stayed calm and safe during what was probably the scariest time in her young life. What an incredibly selfless thing to do for a grieving family! Rest peacefully sweet little Maddie 💔💔
“All of the things” I keep saying this now! Lol Thankyou Annie! I’d do anything to come over to meet you but I’m a normal girl who couldn’t possible do it. I would probably cry if I met you. I know you probably won’t read this but a year ago I was living my life like I didn’t want to. I suffered two strokes and it messed with my physical stuff and I cannot walk or drive anymore……. You/your channel literally brought me out of serious depression and I was hooked on the cases and still am. I so love you and your channel and I KNOW I couldn’t have carried on without you so Thankyou! I truly hope your life and ventures bring you everything you deserve! Love from Lisa from Yorkshire in the UK xxx
This one hits close to home for me. I grew up in Jacksonville, not far from where Maddie and her family lived. I'm Maddie's age. I remember all of the news reports, my parents were glued to the TV during the search & I remember the sheriff making the announcement they had found her. My parents changed everything in regards to how we left the house and where we went over this incident. Just crazy to see it on here now.
My guess is he got her over tried to molest her, but she wasn't going to stay quiet.....how sad, imagine if his religious parents had blocked adult content from the Internet for their 14 year old boy...smh, sorry that's a huge issue that no one brings up. Imagine getting your idea of relationships or sex from internet porn....🤦🏻
Yeah, that’s most likely what the real story is. Like in his fantasy he molests a girl and she remains passive; things didn’t work out that way in real life. He panicked alright, but not because of his looming parents…because he realized he would be exposed by Maddie. Then he acted in his own interest to make that not happen.
Ya that's what I also think happened. He lured her to his house and molested her by wanting try the adult content he was watching on her (Anne didn't mention this, but he was watching violent content) and he knew she won't stay quiet/ his parents would find out so he killed her. I've heard others tell this case and his baseball story makes absolutely no sense. His dad suspected he was off and even the other kids knew he was sexually inappropriate at just 14, so it's a shame they didn't get him counseling or do more.
There was a case like this back before I was born, in NJ. A little girl my older sister played with was killed by a neighborhood kid, and that kid also went on "searches" for her. It was back in the 1970s but this case is so similar.
I remember one from the 80s but it was a boy who killed another little boy. Red hair. I remember it was one of my first true crime experiences when I heard it.
I'm from Jacksonville Florida, vorn and raised. I was 10 when this happened, and lived in the same neighborhood. Even at school the teachers were crying and playing the news programs about this. So sad. It definitely had myself and many other girls in that age range, terrified of males for quite a while. Rip.
I lived in the SAME neighborhood as Maddie and helped search for her! Such a heartbreaking tragedy.😢 Her mother still lives in the house with purple ribbons in the front yard. Such a strong & beautiful family. Rest in peace Maddie 🕊️
Dying slowly is horrific. Rest well Maddie. I lost both my parents barely a year apart. I am only grateful that they didn't have to bury either my brother or me.
I'm glad to see Maddie hasn't been forgotten about. This happened in my home town and I grew up friends with her cousin and went to high school with her older sister Jessie. Thanks for covering this Annie!
Maddies mothers 911 call actually made me well up. You can hear her panic but trying so hard to stay calm to give the police as much information as possible. As a mother i felt that on a visceral level and knowing how this case ends is literally so heartbreaking.
31:43 just because there’s no physical evidence of sexual assault, doesn’t mean the murder was not still sexually motivated. It’s not uncommon for a sexual murder to occur where the violence - ex. stabbing with a knife- acts as a surrogate for genital penetration, where the perpetrators actual genitalia is not working properly to begin with - as is often the case with sexual murderers.
This was very heartbreaking to listen to. I have a 3 year old about to be 4. I could never imagine loosing her is this was. Omg. My heart goes out to Maddie and her family!!
Born in Jacksonville and raised in N FL Florida. My daughter was born in 93...this case was huge locally and obviously so tragic and shocking. Excellent coverage as always.
aw…. my hometown. i am maddies age. she lived a few neighborhoods away. this was my thrust into true crime at a young age. we all thought maddie was kidnapped and i remember being so scared
Thank you for all that you & your team does .!! Grateful for you all .!! Just can’t get enough of all the detail & information you provide. Here to give the victims a voice & calling out the criminals.!
To his father who said its ludicrous and obscene to prosecute a 14 yo, no sir, its ludicrous and obscene that your child killed a smaller child! You wouldn't even be standing there if your son hadn't done those horrible things.
Yesss.....I breeze thru my house chores in no time listening to Annie. Definitely my "go to" when I gotta get this house together and need some motivation.
I always feel so sad hearing a parent calling 911 and reporting what their child had on when they last saw them…it just is so heartbreaking to hear them talk, knowing they saw them with certain clothes on…and all the while, we all know it’s a terrible ending. Mom(and family) had her last few minutes of normalcy right before all this. I’m so sorry for your loss…
Not being able to find your kid must truly be the most terrifying feeling. You can hear it in the mom’s voice. The grandmother was trying to get her to calm down because the little girl must surely be around somewhere, but the mom knew better. :(
I lost sight of my son for no more than 3 minutes and it felt like my heart had dropped out it was awful i cant imagine what this poor family went through. You know fine well whats right and wrong when youre 14 i hate t hen they try and pull that card. He was 14 not 4.
I remember this like it was yesterday. It's like the whole city froze when this happened. I was at work when word broke she had been found. So tragic and extremely sad.
I lived in Jacksonville when this occurred . my son was only a few years older than her . I can tell you all of Jacksonville was worried about this little girl
His mouth noises and swallowing while giving his apology, pissed me off. Couldn't even care what he was saying. It's probably a desperate attempt to get out of prison.
As a kid born in 87, I can’t tell you how common it was that our parents just let us roam the neighborhood unsupervised; even though cameras and phones didn’t exist back then it’s bizarre that today us parents are way more Birds Eye on our children then they were back then
The family of Maddie showing mercy to Missy, just for her to defend her evil spawn in court “I’ve never seen him violent towards any living thing”… is so beyond disgusting and disrespectful. That family showed her grace that she didn’t deserve. God Bless Maddie’s family, they’ve endured so much pain at the hands of pure evil.
Josh & I are the same age. My brother & Maddie are the same age. At 14 I was basically a mother to my brother & could never imagine hurting a smaller (or any) child.
This is a perfect example of the dangers of porn to minors brains. I definitely think he wanted to act out a fantasy. And just because they can say there wasn't x assault, that doesn't mean there wasn't touching, groping, or forcing her to do other things.
Omg! I can’t believe you’re covering this story! It happened in my hometown and we were in elementary school at the time. I remember the searches for her and when it came out it was her neighbor. I know it was always chatter that the dad knew more than he lead on but he died in a car accident so if he did he definitely took those secrets with him. This case was and still is so sad. R.I.P Maddie ❤
I remember this case and totally forgot about it and it was absolutely horrific thank you for bringing back to life and I pray her family is doing well God bless you baby Girl 🙏❤ Maddie
i remember hearing about the horrible things that happened to this innocent little girl. i do not believe that a person who could do such things can ever be rehabilitated, no matter their age at the time if their crime. i think Josh is right where he needs to be. Maddie, her family and even his mother dont get a second chance and neither should he.
I remember this story well, as I lived right near them, and it was all anyone in Jacksonville talked about at the time. It was scary. I was young, just married and pregnant. Things like this just didn't happen so easily back then as they do now. So the rock to the community was huge! He deserved life. And most everyone here in Jacksonville who was around at that time feels the same.
65 bucks , no way. Sorry Annie 😞 . Maybe they could do sample packs. Can not spend that much on something that may not work. Although I Hear good things.
I feel the same way, I totally understand having a good product but man when I seen the price I felt like it would be adding another monthly bill and in this economy, no way I could justify spending that much a month.
I think the scariest part of this case is the fact that a 14 year old boy can murder a child, hide the body and carry on as if nothing had happened. He carried on with his daily life and no one suspected a thing.
My thoughts exactly!
A serial killer in the making?
@Angelfire. 100% in my opinion of course 😉
Dahmer vibes @@Angelfire.
All the adult psychos we see were kids at one point. I'm sure they didn't just wake up one day as an adult and switch into psycho mode. I wonder if there's cases that go cold bcuz a kid was overlooked due to people having the idea that kids aren't capable of violence. I honestly think it happens more than we think bcuz of what I initially stated.
Maddie & her cousin were the only nice kids to me in our CCD church class. I remember seeing her face on the news, looking at my Mom who had tears in her eyes & saying “but mom, look, that’s my friend.” She couldn’t even look at me as she burst into tears. She said later how much it broke her, & every one else. We were young & so innocent. I think of Maddie often. She was a beautiful human.
I'm so sorry you lost your friend like this 😢
Thank you for sharing, it really sounds like she was just as beautiful inside as she was on the outside ❤
I am so sorry for your loss and for the loss to an entire community.
Thank you all so so much. She will never be forgotten. ✨
So traumatizing for you to experience this so young too… way too close to home so scary. I’m sorry beautiful may she rest in peace 🥺 this story haunts me
I have a hard time believing a 14 year old doesn't understand the horror of death. And torturing a child.
Right? People start teaching kids, that hurting others isnt ok, from like 3 years old, if u dont know by 14 that hurting or killing someone is wrong then damn put em under the jail
Probably a psychopath from birth--or before.
He had lesions in his frontal lobe
I don't know. As a young teen, I believed I could kill someone and feel no remorse (I never tried to find out, though). I was dealing with a lot of issues at home. It wasn't until I was a parent that I started seeing everyone as someone else's baby that I started to totally grasp the absolute horror of it. Everyone develops concepts at different times. If his dad was a piece of work like was described, I could see that numb feeling of it. It's a very hard truth to admit, so yall don't come after me. Lol.
I cannot imagine being Josh’s mother when she found that sock, and thinking of him sleeping over Maddie’s body is so chilling. May Maddie rest in peace. So very sad.
No kidding😢😢 he is a sick sick human!!! He should never be released!!!!!
Oh yeah, that's a living nightmare. At the same time, she made a child with an abusive addict, she tolerated him abusing their child, she wrought this life with her hands, not to say it's what she deserved, but it is the world she built immediately around her.
I can't imagine it though. Josh seems to lack the emotional depths to appreciate what he's even done, and I suspect he just killed that part of him off, growing up in that trash situation
@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN Unfortunately, that isn't uncommon, especially in the 70's and 80's. Punishing a child with a spanking(or worse) was very common. I grew up in an abusive household with a father who could be so loving but when he was drunk he was abusive. My mother was stuck in a horrible situation because she couldn't work outside the home because she had 3 children but it was her that did everything and helped him build a business. I was the baby of the family so I didn't have it as bad and when i was 12 my mom just had me at home and she could finally leave. Throughout the years Neighbors would call the police and tell my dad to stop hitting my mom then just leave. Times were just different back then. I know of many people growing up this way and they don't kill people. Idk what generation you grew up in but I respectively disagree blaming his mother. In today's society children are so spoiled the parents would probably hide the body instead of turning their child into the police. Oh, and after my mother left she became the strongest woman I know. At 77 she is still the strongest woman I know. Nature vs nuture is a common debate. Alot of killers had "normal" childhoods. I don't think you meant it harshly but these types of crimes bring back those memories.
@babushka_OG oh yeah, no you are right, I hadn't even considered that maybe he was the breadwinner because most every family I've had that kind of intimate knowledge about, the woman is usually the productive one.
I know especially once you start pushing back into the 70s that wasn't the case at all, women truly didn't have freedom at all, they had to go and marry the first man to make an offer and accept whatever that roll of the dice brought them, because people didn't hire women.... save for what, nurse, teacher, secretary... all of which required a degree for one, and for two, there wasn't enough of those jobs to go around to every woman who would want to work and have that freedom anyway.
I also tend to have a personal prejudice... my own mom left us kids father for this other man, who wasn't all that abusive per se... but he was VERY stupid, and he contributed absolutely nothing at all financially or materially to any of the family, despite working and having his own money... so he was eating at restaurants twice a day, while we were all in poverty.
There was no practical reason for her to be with him at all, she got whatever she got from him emotionally, and that's all she, or anyone got from him. But just his presence ruined all us kids lives.... he was (is) an incredibly stupid man too, and always very obviously had a complex about wanting to be the most loved of all of us... resented that she loved her kids, constantly needed to be assured he was loved by her, MORE than her own kids....
She grew up in foster care, never seen a real family from the inside, or even a safe home, so she was really impressionable, maybe is the word.
So she degrades herself on account of this worthless man and ruins her life, and all of ours, screws up the only important thing she ever had to do on the planet, which she has grown to judge herself very harshly for.
I'm middle aged now and I love my mother more than anything, but I still at times think of that whole nightmare. We were so bad off that we would have been better off materially if she'd just had the decency to abandon us. I wish I didn't have this simmering resentment but, I still do, it might be the only real sore spot I got
And good for momma doing the right thing. I bet that was a hard split second decision. She could’ve very very easily tried to conceal her and didn’t.
I absolutely HATE it when these assholes say "I'm sorry for what happened". It didn't just "happen". You MURDERED her! If you wanna apologize, say you're sorry for what YOU DID!
I know - when he said that, I thought, why didn't he come right out and say I'm sorry for killing your daughter! The worse thing is he did it 3 times - she was still alive after the 1st attempt!
Exactly! Terminology like "what happened," distances the guilty person from the heinous crime. Showing accountability would include nothing short of "I can't change anything with my apology, but I'm disgusted at myself that I murdered a wonderful human being. I don't deserve to live or be forgiven, I know the misery I've caused and I will never forgive myself, but I want the friends and family to know that I am a changed person, who hates the person I was. What I did."
That is the key to know if someone is truly sorry or not
@@nbsoboleski that is true repentance
exactly,...as soon as those words came from his mouth,...I'm thinking "what you did" !!!
If someone tells me my kid is being inappropriate with any kids you better believe they would be in some kind of therapy that day, i would keep an eye on every move, i accept responsibility for my children...there are always signs that some parents refuse to see...
My daughter’s neighbor’s 10 year old played the belt game & accidentally killed himself while mom was home 😳
@@bonniejosavland3227 I don't know why you had to use that emoji. That's a tragedy. Not funny or flustering.
And also has nothing to do with the comment you replied to?
And you are a proper mother, we hold our children responsible if needs be, I would do the exact same thing involving law enforcement to be aware of this too, we're mother's, we should do right regardless of young boy/girl if there's something showing up wrong with them, it's up to us as mother's to do something!
This!!! I have many men in my family, all with different strengths and weaknesses. Some amazing, some who struggle. But you better believe that if they harmed or scared someone, much less a little girl, the police wouldn't need to be called because we'd handle it ourselves. NO ONE harms kids and gets away with it in my circle. And if I saw it out in the world (someone harming a child, elderly person, animal) we'd all jump in and help!!
@@DylonsBBGorlI think the point they were making was in response to the OP's last sentence. There are things that some parents miss or refuse to see. The person said the mom was home when the kid strangled himself. Also that emoji isn't to convey laughter or that it was funny. It's shock or omg. It matches the story just fine.
His "apology" was nothing but him talking about himself. He wouldn't even say murder, he just kept say "the Incident" he's right where he needs to be. Thank you for covering all these cases.
Came here looking for this comment! I almost threw my phone when he said “incident” 🤬😡
I agree! He barely mentions it. He talks about his how it affected him and he says I, I, I, me, me, me then says , my mother’s love kept me alive!?! Come on.
Yeah … I’m not seeing that the “monk” thing has actually changed him. He is only worried about himself. If that was his opportunity to be reconsidered … he was only all about him!!! He’s some kind of evil sick.
@@StephanieCarroll-dl2fk I agree that he is exactly where he's supposed to be. But here for the first time he is allowed to talk about how he was affected by prison and growing up in prison and because of this fact he mentions himself so many times. He can't beg people or the Court to release him if he doesn't tell what he's learned in all that time in prison. I wouldn't be surprised if his lawyer wrote him a script that he read there in front of everyone.
I don’t think he ever said her name.
It always crosses my mind while I listen to these 911 calls that something terrible is simultaneously happening to the victim. Like while the mom is on the phone with the police her child is in the process of losing her life and that just tears my soul apart.
I JUST made a similar comment…it always gets me that while mom is discussing “normal” things like the clothes she had on, her daughter is dead or dying….its like one of the last normal mom things she is doing for her daughter. It always gets me too
Me too. It makes no sense sometimes why God has any room for such evil and my faith waivers incredibly xx
The 911 call, my gosh 😩 i can feel the mom's anxiety and panic and my heart hurts for her 😭
Me too 🥺
I havent even watched the video yet but as soon as I saw her face on the thumbnail I said "omg its Maddie Clifton". I lived in basically Jacksonville, and this was the very first case I can remember that got me into true crime. I had to write a report on a crime and I picked Maddie. She is the one that started it all for me ❤ my heart crumbles every time I see her.
Same.
This is my hometown. The cops never believed his story. They believe He tried to assault her, that is why her pants were off. Maddie was fighting back & screaming. That is when he hit her with the bat. He is pure evil & will never tell the true story. They said His father had a heart attack, run the car off the road & passed away. He was on a 2 lane road on this way to visit his son. We don’t hear anything about Maddie’s Dad. Her Mom married a cop from the case & moved out of Jacksonville. I will never forget beautiful Maddie.
Thank you for the follow-up. Two families destroyed. If anything should make him feel guilt is the destruction he caused to other people
He was sexually abused too. Kids don't just turn into this
@@annemorgenstern6070 there's always someone who needs to be reminded that most of us (yes,abuse victims) don't go abusing others - today it seems to be you.
@@kyreeseqSA is a big part of people who turn out to be serial rabbits or killers.
Was a horrible day in my hometown.
The way he snickered in the prison interview when he was asked if he ever thought about Maddie makes me sick!
I’m glad he’s still behind bars, he’s a monster and never should be allowed to walk among the general public!
Motive is obvious- no signs of assault doesn’t mean it wasn’t sexual. He was 14
Absolutely. Porn at such a young age, rots their brain.
And getting off to porn before and after as well. He got something out of it in a sexual way imo
Yeah he couldn't perform, simple as that.
💯💯💯
This was a sex crime no question
You are absolutely right! All sexually related.
He said he was close to ending his life, yet had no problem ending Maddie’s..? Didn’t want to put his mother thru that, but no problem putting her parents thru that..? I could go on, but he literally made himself look worse by admitting HE had these choices but took away Maddie’s. What a scumbag!
He is absolutely disgusting. He had zero guilt. Life in prison is too light of a sentence. Hope he never gets out
That 911 call brought me to tears. THAT is how a person sounds when their child is missing. It really shines a light on how obviously some parents are lying when they call, totally calm and not frantic or flustered at all
That's not true. People react differently.
Funny how we all see/hear things differently. Whilst I was listening to the phone call I was thinking “she did it”.
This was really hard to listen to it hit close to home for me and you are so correct I’ve heard a lot of these cases where the parents did it and it was always so nonchalant- no nerves nothing
Well, don't take it that way because that is actually wrong. You can tell when some people are lying because you can tell, it's a complex thing. And you can tell when some people are genuine, also for complex reasons. But so many people have a practiced ability to fly into hysterics, and there are also people who literally never do, no matter the situation.
A lot of us are just able to keep calm in shocking situations. It doesn't help to panic. If we didn't have a lot of folks like this, we'd be in trouble when it comes to finding EMTs, doctors, LE, pilots, military, etc.
Wow, that man is a sociopath. Not one WORD about Maddie until he was specifically asked and then he made it about himself! Unbelievable! His apology was the biggest acting job of his life. Thank God they upheld his sentence.
my thoughts exactly! i couldn’t believe it and i really think he doesn’t even realize he’s doing it or that there’s something wrong with how its all abt him in his mind. listening to him go on and on abt himself made me feel physically ill.
That doesn’t mean he is a sociopath. Self-centered, yes, but not necessarily a sociopath.
Why do i get the idea he has sociopathic tendencies? The way she was found. The fact that he had slept there with her but contues to act like nothing was wrong. At his age? Yeah that’s some serious mental sickness. Keeping him in prison will be the only reassurance that he will never kill anyone else. The trauma for both families due to his actions is so, so horrible. Yet he’s living the life in prison. uggh
He is
Right, all kids are a bit sociopathic, it's why you can't diagnose them as being sociopaths... it's the natural state for many kids, and they grow out of it. It's when they don't grow out of it, that it's something wrong.
But to hear his apology to the family in court at his resentencing, that seemed sociopathic to me. I can't believe he had the nerve to even get up there and read that, which only speaks to his emotional deficits even more
But it just feels like he doesn't have the ability to feel the depths of suffering that others can.
I am sure his life is rough, and sure, that's sad. But he is a murderer of little girls. The kindest thing would have been to send him right along after her. Since we aren't doing the kindest thing, let's do the most sensible of the remaining options, and at least keep him out of society, literally forever. He can have what life he can make for himself inside, or find his own way to opt out... this is more than he deserves, and he should rejoice in that he's been given this much
@@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN
Amen to everything you said!!
I agree the interview was sick he’s so fake
Psychopath
@55.58 - that speech- he forgot something vital - "May you and your family NEVER encounter a monster like me who shatters your entire life and the lives of all those around you"
I remember this case till this day. RIP Maddie u had such a bright future. The way the kid lied when his parents asked if he saw her and had the nerve to look for her knowing she dead gave me goosebumps till this day. 😢
Being 14 is no excuse. Even at 14, none of us were attracted to 8 year olds. He is not safe on the streets. His tears felt like crocodile tears, and it’s not worth the risk.
THIS!!💯💯💯💯
Yeah Americans... It's a pity he wasn't born somewhere in Europe.
@@angrydeer6011 Why did you have to make such a xenophobic comment that has no grounds?
I watch a LOT of true crime (like most of us do), and I've seen that things like this happen on EVERY continent. Especially Europe.
SO weird. This is about children being murdered and children murdering. Not your European ego.
@@DylonsBBGorl Exactly!💯 Another case similar to this is baby James Bulgar, 2 kids under 14yrs old offed him. Cases like this happen all over sadly.
14 is the age of a child. You Americans are so vindictive and vengeful
His “apology” was nothing but blah blah blah, me, me, me, me, me…. 🙄
THIS! Is all about him
Yeah, the very length of it had me thinking it’s just a ruse.
When he said he wishes he knew at age 14 what he knows now to the judge, it couldn’t be more obvious he was just trying to emphasize that he’s a changed man and should be free. Nothing he said showed any empathy for anyone but himself. I’m glad his sentence wasn’t changed.
If his parents were rich he might have been freed after 18😳
@@bonniejosavland3227 That’s a scary thought!
I also noticed he didn’t really apologize to Maddie for taking her life, just that he took her from them. He should be the most sorry to Maddie. He should’ve said “if I knew what life meant now, I never would’ve did what I did to Maddie”.
Or mention how he knows suffering now and can’t imagine the suffer that Maddie was in.
@@BrookeKatherine. Absolutely. This is not a man that is sorry for anything but his own behind!
He was 100% sexually abused
I don’t want to comment on him, however, how stinking cute and cheeky is Maddi’s precious face. She just exudes this adorable innocence and sweetness. The mischievous sparkle in her eyes makes me smile. Such a sad waste of a beautiful life, who knows who she could’ve grown up to be, heartbreaking.
He wants out and he laughs when he thinks about Maddie and smiles at the thought of being free.
Don't ever let him out.
That smile and the sniggering....sickening!!! 👊🏼
I’m from Jacksonville and I was in the 4th grade when this happened. This really crushed the city and we were all praying she was found alive. I think of her often and I pray she is resting peacefully
I saw a comment in one of the true crime comment sections: evil does not need a motive, it only needs an outlet.
It made me stop asking "why would anyone do this?"
Some people are just evil.
I will never forget Madrid's case. The fact that Josh was searching for her knowing where she was gives me chills. Thank god his mom went to police. How long did he was going to keep her in his room/house? I don't believe the story he told.
That was nothing more than a " woe is me," apology.
Yes in prison. How many children are safer everyday since he is not out being homicidal 😮
"I'm sorry for what happened" is all you need to know if he understands empathy. Instead of saying "I'm so sorry for MY evil selfish and disgusting actions. I can't begin to explain how sorry I am for what I did."
I completely believe that he's a predator and he should NEVER be let out.
Thanks for doing this story...i live in jax, fl...born and raised and we still talk about the details of this case...everyone who lives here remembers everything vividly(like we remember where we were when we learned about where sweet Maddie was)...RIP Sweet Maddie....
From my understanding Josh's dad "didn’t like little girls" because he knew his kid was a creep and was trying to prevent him being around them
I agree
True. Or was he a creep himself🤷♀️, like father like son😣🤷♀️
That could very well be true. However, that is not the way to handle such concerns.
@@megzpittle3592 another video I watched on this case stated that explicitly, not me guessing.
@@tastelesstube it was explained that his "dislike" was only expressed by not letting them be at his house, amd warning his kid to stay away from them afaik. I never heard he DID anything himself.
His "apology" goes back to him...again...That wasn't an apoolgy to the family
“I thank God for my life” what an apology for murdering their child 🤢
AGREED ☝️
Yeah, I don't know if he only had a limited window in which he could appeal his sentencing, but if he will ever have the emotional depth to actually make a good showing of contrition, he hadn't yet developed it. And it stands to reason that he likely never will... he's got to be a bit sociopathic to have done this, and even if he had potential for growth, I doubt he WANTS to develop emotional depths within the walls of a prison.
His apology just felt patronizing and insulting, like, you really dare to ask the family of the girl you killed, to sit there and listen to this drivel? That itself screams to me, that he is not appropriately sorry.
It's just such an obviously contrived apology, like he pained over it, asked for a lot of help, and is merely saying what he thinks he is supposed to.
I was about to say the same thing. All I heard was "I blah blah blah".
This may sound evil, but I like that he had hope to be released, and probably dreamt of what freedom would be like, then his sentence was upheld.
That doesn’t sound evil to me
You real as fuck
Not evil, I think many of us feel that way. It’s a drop in the bucket of the hope Maddie’s family lost when her body was discovered
Psychopath hands down. It’s all lies. Fake emotion. It was totally sexually motivated. His apology was more to convince everyone he’s sorry he’s changed, and he should get out. Hell no
If anything it did the opposite! His fake tears and sniffles were not convincing
I think he’s more of a sociopath, psychopaths are usually better at mimicking emotion, and sociopaths are great at feeling sorry for themselves. He sucks
@@Madddnessssc137 fortunately he was caught at 14 yrs old, b4 he learned how to conceal the danger, his twisted mind and behavior poses to society.
This happened in my neighborhood when I was a teenager. He even joined the search party my mom and I joined. I was so freaked out after his mom found her. I still think about her all the time and is probably one of the biggest cases that got me into true crime as an adult. For what it’s worth, I have always thought he was abused. Haven’t watched Annie’s take on this yet but looking forward to it. My kids knew Tristyn Bailey. Both such senseless losses. Annie has covered them both now. ❤️
That 911 call was hard to listen to. I have a daughter who is 9. Maddie would have been 34 this year. 😢
Im literally going to be 34 in October this year. So she probably would’ve been in my grade. She had so much life ahead of her. 😞
My daughter is 51 and I constantly worry for her safety.. an 8 yr old.. my heart can’t even wrap around the thought ❤️💔💔💔
He pretends to cry yet zero tears! My 3 year old has more empathy than he has ever had or will have. What he did was horrific! He deserves to stay in prison
My 8 year old cares more about the wild bunnies in our yard.
Literally only 10 minutes in but her mom responding about her hair color saying “it’s actually brown but has an auburn tint to it”. Ugh. That makes me cry. The little details she knew and loved. Poor woman
If you're old enough to commit the crime, you're old enough to do the time. New subscriber, you are awesome annie elise ❤
Amen!!!
No.. a child is a child. Even if they make bad choices. They don’t have the mental capacity to decide about themself. The questions must be asked how did this happen and why did he react that way. The stupid questions about the motive are just beyond me. Bad and mindless decisions made by child don’t need a motive. To me it’s really weird he was so scared of his father he would rather silence the girl than admit something bad happened by mistake. It only shows his immaturity trying to end problem of her crying by any means than actually deal with the problem.
Shout out to that amazingly kind officer that stayed to make sure Jessie stayed calm and safe during what was probably the scariest time in her young life. What an incredibly selfless thing to do for a grieving family! Rest peacefully sweet little Maddie 💔💔
“All of the things” I keep saying this now! Lol Thankyou Annie! I’d do anything to come over to meet you but I’m a normal girl who couldn’t possible do it. I would probably cry if I met you. I know you probably won’t read this but a year ago I was living my life like I didn’t want to. I suffered two strokes and it messed with my physical stuff and I cannot walk or drive anymore……. You/your channel literally brought me out of serious depression and I was hooked on the cases and still am. I so love you and your channel and I KNOW I couldn’t have carried on without you so Thankyou! I truly hope your life and ventures bring you everything you deserve! Love from Lisa from Yorkshire in the UK xxx
I'm from Jacksonville (moved away a few years ago) and Maddie is forever in our hearts. I remember this like it was yesterday.
Well done to the mother for reporting it. I hear of so many cases where parents cover up their child's crimes.
This one hits close to home for me. I grew up in Jacksonville, not far from where Maddie and her family lived. I'm Maddie's age. I remember all of the news reports, my parents were glued to the TV during the search & I remember the sheriff making the announcement they had found her. My parents changed everything in regards to how we left the house and where we went over this incident.
Just crazy to see it on here now.
That lil bastard that did it is guilty af and predatory and I hope they leave him locked up
My guess is he got her over tried to molest her, but she wasn't going to stay quiet.....how sad, imagine if his religious parents had blocked adult content from the Internet for their 14 year old boy...smh, sorry that's a huge issue that no one brings up. Imagine getting your idea of relationships or sex from internet porn....🤦🏻
I agree with you 💯 percent. I think kids watching porn is a recipe for disaster, it would have to warp their ideas about sex.
Yeah, that’s most likely what the real story is. Like in his fantasy he molests a girl and she remains passive; things didn’t work out that way in real life. He panicked alright, but not because of his looming parents…because he realized he would be exposed by Maddie. Then he acted in his own interest to make that not happen.
Exactly this.
And got him into counseling.
Ya that's what I also think happened. He lured her to his house and molested her by wanting try the adult content he was watching on her (Anne didn't mention this, but he was watching violent content) and he knew she won't stay quiet/ his parents would find out so he killed her. I've heard others tell this case and his baseball story makes absolutely no sense.
His dad suspected he was off and even the other kids knew he was sexually inappropriate at just 14, so it's a shame they didn't get him counseling or do more.
There was a case like this back before I was born, in NJ. A little girl my older sister played with was killed by a neighborhood kid, and that kid also went on "searches" for her. It was back in the 1970s but this case is so similar.
What was the name of the girl?
Would like to hear that story
I remember one from the 80s but it was a boy who killed another little boy. Red hair. I remember it was one of my first true crime experiences when I heard it.
I'm from Jacksonville Florida, vorn and raised. I was 10 when this happened, and lived in the same neighborhood. Even at school the teachers were crying and playing the news programs about this. So sad. It definitely had myself and many other girls in that age range, terrified of males for quite a while. Rip.
I remember hearing about this, but didn't know all these details. Poor sweet girl.
I hope your mouth is feeling better, you look good!
Huh???
Josh is a predator. Trying him as a juvenile would've been a disservice to the community.
Every parents worst nightmare
I lived in the SAME neighborhood as Maddie and helped search for her! Such a heartbreaking tragedy.😢 Her mother still lives in the house with purple ribbons in the front yard. Such a strong & beautiful family. Rest in peace Maddie 🕊️
Didn't she move like Annie said ?
Why r u lying about this??? Annie clearly said she moved
Attention. One hell of a drug.
I remember all the purple ribbons 💜
I have heard she still lives there also!!
Dying slowly is horrific. Rest well Maddie. I lost both my parents barely a year apart. I am only grateful that they didn't have to bury either my brother or me.
I'm glad to see Maddie hasn't been forgotten about. This happened in my home town and I grew up friends with her cousin and went to high school with her older sister Jessie. Thanks for covering this Annie!
Thank you Annie for all you do ❤
Maddies mothers 911 call actually made me well up. You can hear her panic but trying so hard to stay calm to give the police as much information as possible. As a mother i felt that on a visceral level and knowing how this case ends is literally so heartbreaking.
31:43 just because there’s no physical evidence of sexual assault, doesn’t mean the murder was not still sexually motivated.
It’s not uncommon for a sexual murder to occur where the violence - ex. stabbing with a knife- acts as a surrogate for genital penetration, where the perpetrators actual genitalia is not working properly to begin with - as is often the case with sexual murderers.
This was very heartbreaking to listen to. I have a 3 year old about to be 4. I could never imagine loosing her is this was. Omg. My heart goes out to Maddie and her family!!
It’s scary the amount of psychopaths & full blown narcissists are amount us & we don’t even know til they act.
Thank You for covering this. At first, I thought, I have heard this. You covered it further than what I have already heard
Absolutely horrific. This poor girl, I don’t even have words. 😢
Born in Jacksonville and raised in N FL Florida. My daughter was born in 93...this case was huge locally and obviously so tragic and shocking. Excellent coverage as always.
aw…. my hometown. i am maddies age. she lived a few neighborhoods away. this was my thrust into true crime at a young age. we all thought maddie was kidnapped and i remember being so scared
Thank you for all that you & your team does .!! Grateful for you all .!! Just can’t get enough of all the detail & information you provide. Here to give the victims a voice & calling out the criminals.!
Another great coverage of another heartbreaking story, Annie. Love you, girl!
To his father who said its ludicrous and obscene to prosecute a 14 yo, no sir, its ludicrous and obscene that your child killed a smaller child! You wouldn't even be standing there if your son hadn't done those horrible things.
like father, like son
We know exactly what is ludicrous and obscene! You created a sick person.
Girl you know we ain’t in a comfy spot.. we’re doing our house chores! lol thanks for helping pass the time 🙏🙏
Right 😆
Cooking while listening haha
Yesss.....I breeze thru my house chores in no time listening to Annie. Definitely my "go to" when I gotta get this house together and need some motivation.
Creating homemade salads for picnic tomorrow. I think I ate much though. Trying be inventive. 😂😂😂. Comfy spot.
I always feel so sad hearing a parent calling 911 and reporting what their child had on when they last saw them…it just is so heartbreaking to hear them talk, knowing they saw them with certain clothes on…and all the while, we all know it’s a terrible ending. Mom(and family) had her last few minutes of normalcy right before all this.
I’m so sorry for your loss…
Annie!! You inspire me to chase a lifestyle beyond the norm- from one mama to another, you are doing the DAMN THANG 🥰
Not being able to find your kid must truly be the most terrifying feeling. You can hear it in the mom’s voice. The grandmother was trying to get her to calm down because the little girl must surely be around somewhere, but the mom knew better. :(
I lost sight of my son for no more than 3 minutes and it felt like my heart had dropped out it was awful i cant imagine what this poor family went through. You know fine well whats right and wrong when youre 14 i hate t hen they try and pull that card. He was 14 not 4.
Hey Annie thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication to your channel. Its very much appreciated.💕..from Australia..🦘🇦🇺
I remember this like it was yesterday. It's like the whole city froze when this happened. I was at work when word broke she had been found. So tragic and extremely sad.
She looks EXACTLY like Emma Watson…it’s like looking at Hermione Granger in the first Harry Potter movie. So sad ☹️
I thought the same when I saw her pictures
Yes she does
I remember this story. Thank you for sharing about Maddie, Jesse and her parents story. I hope they are doing a little better. ❤
Good morning Annie. Hope you are well thank you and crew for bringing these stories to us. 😃
~~ Amanda
Love from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I lived in Jacksonville when this occurred . my son was only a few years older than her . I can tell you all of Jacksonville was worried about this little girl
Hey Annie❤️ thanks for all your hard work!
🥲 so so sad. Her poor family. How horrible for Maddie. What torture she endured. OMG so so sad.😭
His mouth noises and swallowing while giving his apology, pissed me off. Couldn't even care what he was saying. It's probably a desperate attempt to get out of prison.
I thought it was just me! I had the same reaction!! His mouth noises were driving me bonkers. They seemed so fake and put on.
I was eating while watching this & had to stop. And I've watched surgery while having dinner before.
This happened where I’m from. My exfiance used to play with her when he was little. It’s honestly such a sad case.
As a kid born in 87, I can’t tell you how common it was that our parents just let us roam the neighborhood unsupervised; even though cameras and phones didn’t exist back then it’s bizarre that today us parents are way more Birds Eye on our children then they were back then
This was so sad to watch. Maddie was so beautiful. She looked like her dad and her sister looks like her mom. RIP Maddie
The family of Maddie showing mercy to Missy, just for her to defend her evil spawn in court “I’ve never seen him violent towards any living thing”… is so beyond disgusting and disrespectful. That family showed her grace that she didn’t deserve. God Bless Maddie’s family, they’ve endured so much pain at the hands of pure evil.
Listening to this I keep thinking about Maddie’s sister and what this did to her.
Josh & I are the same age. My brother & Maddie are the same age. At 14 I was basically a mother to my brother & could never imagine hurting a smaller (or any) child.
Who else is so proud at how far Annie has come these last 2 years?
Was this story about Annie or Maddie?
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@@allset9284this is a story about Maddie, told by Annie…
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He is all about him! He doesn't care about what he did, or the pain he caused... only about poor him! I hope he never gets out!
This is a perfect example of the dangers of porn to minors brains. I definitely think he wanted to act out a fantasy. And just because they can say there wasn't x assault, that doesn't mean there wasn't touching, groping, or forcing her to do other things.
Omg! I can’t believe you’re covering this story! It happened in my hometown and we were in elementary school at the time. I remember the searches for her and when it came out it was her neighbor. I know it was always chatter that the dad knew more than he lead on but he died in a car accident so if he did he definitely took those secrets with him. This case was and still is so sad. R.I.P Maddie ❤
Hi Annie thanks for your excellent work.
The video's thumbnail image of the mom is so heartbreaking. That photo could have won many photojournalism awards, it says so much...😢
💔.. RIP Maddie🕊
I remember this case and totally forgot about it and it was absolutely horrific thank you for bringing back to life and I pray her family is doing well God bless you baby Girl 🙏❤ Maddie
i remember hearing about the horrible things that happened to this innocent little girl. i do not believe that a person who could do such things can ever be rehabilitated, no matter their age at the time if their crime. i think Josh is right where he needs to be. Maddie, her family and even his mother dont get a second chance and neither should he.
i’ve been slackin on my annie videos lately but it’s kind of a plus bc i get to binge them at once! ❤
His fake tears 🤬 he's only sorry about how his life has turned out.
I remember this story well, as I lived right near them, and it was all anyone in Jacksonville talked about at the time. It was scary. I was young, just married and pregnant. Things like this just didn't happen so easily back then as they do now. So the rock to the community was huge! He deserved life. And most everyone here in Jacksonville who was around at that time feels the same.
65 bucks , no way. Sorry Annie 😞 . Maybe they could do sample packs. Can not spend that much on something that may not work. Although I Hear good things.
I feel the same way, I totally understand having a good product but man when I seen the price I felt like it would be adding another monthly bill and in this economy, no way I could justify spending that much a month.