LEFT TO ROT IN HER BED - THE TRAGIC CASE OF KAYLEA TITFORD
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2023
- In October 2020, a 16-year-old disabled girl was found dead at her home in Powis
, Wales. The smell of human waste and rotting flesh in her bedroom made even the most hardened of emergency responders physically sick, whilst the police investigation revealed she had suffered 6 months of appalling neglect at the hands of her own parents. This is what happens when Covid lockdown causes the most vulnerable in our society to be forgotten. This is the killing of Kaylea Titford.
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A girl, once being seen as a potential Paralympic participant to rotting to death at the hands of her parents is something I can not conceive nor will I ever understand. This is one of the most heart-breaking cases I have ever heard.
For me this is THE worst death that occurred and ever will be!
Heart-breaking isn't it.@@simontravers2715
I don't know that story of baby P. in your country shocked me at the same level as this. Such heartless people.@@simontravers2715
I literally had to caregiver full time for my great grandmother at 23. I changed her, bathed her, cleaned her bedsores, did her laundry and bedding etc. tireless of hours on the phone with her care team, and literally had mental break downs over and over but it was worth it, because that’s what you do when you LOVE someone. i cannot believe they could literally do that to their daughter. as a caregiver, i am in shock.
What's confusing to me is they had have been going into her room to give her food and water. Otherwise how else would she have survived so many months. How can you go into a room and see her like this, smell the room and leave closing the door behind you! Absolutely vile!
Right and seeing the maggots eating her. Like 🤬 and her pos mom saying "the flies like her lol", that shows they knew exactly and did not care. They should have the same done to them exactly what happened to that poor baby. This is horrific like my heart hurts 💔
The other kids who stayed in the house must have known what was going on. So very sad.😥🙏
This is heartbreaking…. This poor poor girl… there’s unfortunately a similar case from Oklahoma in 2022 that’s eerily similar. The case of Lacey Fletcher, an autistic girl who was found “fused” to her sofa because of her neglectful parents. It’s abhorrent the amount of people who have children who have no place having children
Lacey also ate the foam from the sofa she was so hungry 😢
@@Felicity2121That's speculation. She obviously would not have been able to if she indeed suffered from *Locked-In Syndrome.*
I wish more information would be made available regarding Lacey. I found _that_ case to be particularly horrifying.
@@brischarrer the foam was found during the autopsy 🤍
I've heard of that story about Lacey too, both are very sad, left to rot by the very people that were meant to look after n care for them 😢
@@Felicity2121Really?
I am horrified. I just watched the sentencing.
I have a physical disabiliy and in my eyes there is no excuse for what these so called people did to that poor girl.
If you cannot or do not want to look after a vulnerable person, give them into the care of people who will.
Being physically reliant on people is difficult at the best of times nevermind when people are deliberately cruel.
Rest in Peace dear Kaylea. They did not deserve to have you in their lives. Xx
That was so beautifully said and so true. You should be a writer.
For those of us that believe in heaven, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the moment her last breath left her body, angels carried her to heaven. There, she was instantly given a new body. She can walk and run and play. Not even a scar remains. No memory of what she endured remains. She is free. All tears were wiped from her eyes and she was 100% healed. She walks on streets of purest gold and oh the sights she beholds. I can only imagine.
You rest in peace now sweet girl, rest for eternity. You’re finally home where you are loved beyond measure. No more pain or suffering for you. I hope to meet you there one day very soon.
@@teresacox2511 The court should get Emma to present these cases to jury
@@teresacox2511 that was so lovely put, I believe in afterlife and she is free of this cruel world and yes I believe she has a new body and can walk
Exactly why didn't one else speak up or check... absolutely shocking
Yes why would you not reach out for help? How can a parent sit by and let this happen? I cannot understand this.
When I was in hospital I heard other patients I barely knew screaming in pain and it broke my heart, I cannot imagine leaving my own child screaming in pain. It’s utterly inconceivable and deplorable, these parents are true monsters
When I was in hospital in November 2022, after falling down all the stairs in my house, the woman in the bed next to me was suffering from delirium. She would scream and thrash, and the ward was so understaffed that no nurse could sit with her, nor was she prescribed anything to calm her down. The terror and pleas in the woman's voice broke my heart. These screams are what I imagine Kaylea must have gone through. Poor child.😢😢
If I were in hospital and heard someone screaming, I’d have to help in whatever way I could which would include badgering the staff. I couldn’t cope with that
@@petergibbons4773 I tried to help by sitting by her bed and holding her hand, and using gentle focusing techniques. The nurses told me to get back into my own bed because a. I was putting myself at risk (I'm a falls risk because of previous spinal/back injuries); and b. infection/covid control. There had been three cases in the men's ward room down the corridor, so now that was causing issues. I get so, so anxious in hospital, especially the one in this account because I've had so much mistreatment, misdiagnoses, and called a liar despite evidence in scans proving the condition/injury exists. However, despite my anxiety, the older lady needed comfort, not told off or to "be quiet" when they wouldn't even give her something to sedate her. That's why I sat beside her, held her hand, and tried to get her into moments of lucidity.
@@Emerald.She-Ra bless you for trying to help the lady. I worked in a nursing home for people with dementia through the pandemic, I witnessed suffering due to lack of staff, no GP’s would come in for two years, telephone prescribing only. Iv had to leave the job, I couldn’t deal with not being able to help people adequately
@@petergibbons4773 you would be lucky to find any staff 😢
A situation similar to this ended my career as a paramedic about 26 years ago. Long story short, we went into a call where the disabled person was severely neglected like Kaylea. I freaking lost my shit and punched the mother straight in the face. I was charged with assault but it was dropped by the DA after it went to court and everyone realized the circumstances. Basically they said that it was understandable that I temporarily lost it. Incidentally, the parents were charged with and convicted of several counts of neglect and abuse. They received 10-15 years.
I later went on to become a nurse to help people BEFORE their situations turned into this.
There are NO excuses for a HUMAN BEING to be treated this way. NONE.
You punched the mum in the face?! I don’t condone violence, normally, but that is quality. It sound’s completely deserved and justified tbh.
Hopefully she got many more punches in prison.
Thank you
I don’t understand how they DARE to press charges!! Yes a paramedic shouldn’t punch anyone, but considering the circumstances it’s stupid to even press charges when they have purposely done something like that😢
❤bless your heart
Bless you! ❤
I was an overweight child. It took me years of coming to terms with my parents neglect and abusive behaviors which caused me to overeat. Thank you for pointing out that NO child should be obese unless they have a medical condition!
Exactly. Children can’t buy food. I’m sorry that happened to you ❤
Being abused is awful and what these parents did was awful but they didn’t force her to overeat. Can’t blame weight gain on others unless they literally forced her to eat. Now if she had a thyroid issue or diabetes and they ONLY kept fatty sugary foods for her to eat in the house that’s different and if they were not giving her meds for thyroid or diabetes then yes that is their fault. But if a parent has healthy food and some sweets in the house and a child either eats nothing but junk or overeats that is not on the parents. I’m not saying they were not abusive neglectful pos but you can’t blame parents for children being obese bc of their actions. Only if it’s a medical issue or they are literally forcing her to eat. Now you can blame them for not engaging with their child or playing with them or getting them medical health weather it was for being obese or mental health.
@@andreadamore5680 I think your comment is INCREDIBLY ignorant. In a world where every parent made healthy foods in a stable environment then no child would be obese. While I can't speak for Kaylee's parents, mine were poor. Our food options were usually fast food, soup, or frozen dinners, so of course I ate unhealthy options because there are only so many days a month one can eat soup and not be sick of it. We didn't have money to go places, or for clothes for that matter, so we usually all stayed home and sat around the TV for hours on end. My school never had recess, and I was already overweight by the time I went to PE. When my Dad got a better job and we had more money, then we bought more technology, and all kinds of junk food we had never gotten to eat. I got depressed and eating was a comfort, so when I got my first job I spiralled for a while. I was never taught about "healthy" foods. I was never taught about portion control. I was always told that you eat what you are given because you might not have any tomorrow.
It has NOTHING to do with someone force feeding you. It has everything to do with emotional connections that children form around food. Instead of treating it as fuel for your body, if you are actively taught unhealthy habits, you are already at a disadvantage. We had no money in the budget for doctors or fresh food.
No child should be overweight unless they have a medical condition. My neglectful parents, who could not adequately support me, and who chose (despite knowing better) to feed me fast food and frozen dinners for every meal as a kid are the reason I was overweight. Children who have never been taught about food or fitness should not be the ones blamed for their weight. That is solely the parents fault.
And to add, they bought her food 4-5 times A DAY! No adult would think this is anywhere in the realm of being healthy. If she couldn't get out of bed, who was bringing the food to her? Her parents!! They abused and neglected her and let her get to a weight where she died in her own bed! "No one forced her to eat" is such a bullshit line of thinking. Would you tell someone who is anorexic to "just eat something, it's not hard"? No, you wouldn't. It's wrong. It was never Kaylea's fault. Don't blame the victim.
@@andreadamore5680 Did you even watch the video? They served her nothing but takeaway, and they stripped her of any opportunity she had to safely exercise given her disabilities. They did this to her. Their abuse and neglect was absolutely the main reason for her overeating, if she even was overeating. It’s entirely possible she was eating a normal daily value but she was unable to get out of bed due to them withholding care. Adults have the choice to fix their mental issues and make better dietary choices, children, ESPECIALLY special needs children, are entirely at the will of their own parents. An obese child (save for those with very rare medical conditions) is entirely the product of the parent’s failure to provide adequate care.
@@andreadamore5680 bottom line is the poor girl could've rang for help. She had a phone... you know? And the was 16! Almost an adult herself.
It had never occurred to me that during Covid neglected children were kept silently in their homes, going unseen by those of us who care. Thanks for shining a light on the hard cases, Emma.
💯 !!
It's absolutely shocking and disgraceful that these poor babies are suffering from the hands of evil and not protected by the people that should of stopped this x I can't wrap my head around it xxx
I never thought of it until Emma brought it up a while back. Now I’m all too aware of how many child abuse and domestic abuse cases escalated to absolutely dangerous and deadly levels I personally enjoyed lockdown (very introverted), and I had no idea what living hell that must’ve been for many people that needed that escape to school or work even for a BREAK from the abuse, let alone to get outside eyes on their situation.
There were kids in abusive homes fa sure. My missus teaches in a deprived area and it was hell fa her knowing what circumstances some folks were locked into during covid. Mental health dv sa etc. ffs. But just because they are not in lockdown, doesn’t mean people are safe. So much more resource is required in social services etc. sad. This is meant to be 2023 🤷🏻♂️
@@CaSh-H thank god for beautiful people like your wife xxx
I don't understand why this couple did not get life in prison?! What a horrific painful death for this precious child.
Bc the uk is soft
The parents will get killed before their time behind is up.
Unfortunately the justice system in the UK is not at all fit for purpose.
It’s utterly shameful! 😢😢😢
I do not think it is the uk is not tough I would not want an American prison system. But I think they need a different prison terms. The proper guidlines need to be used properly so that someone petty thieving yes needs sort in jail? Ir fraud yes it is disgusting, but they get 12 years but these people get singĺe digits. I mean tagsbfor legs, curfew, monitoring and probation officer and community service. These are very much a criminal things but 12 years but they bassicaly torchered and leading to murder.
@@LGBTQ71 We NEED the very same kinda system for this kinda scum. There is no rehabilitation for this kind of natural screw up…..They deserve to be tossed out in a black bag with the same level of regard they showed their own child.
It’s perfectly okay to admit that there are people in this world who don’t deserve to walk among us! These people are a clear example of that truth
Kaylea also had siblings, it is shocking that at least one of her siblings did not try and get help for their sister. Surely the house must have stunk and that alone would mean everyone in the house had to notice something was terribly wrong. Besides wouldn't the parents have been getting carers allowance for their disabled child. Poor Kaylea, may she rest in peace.
That's what I was thinking - why didn't her siblings help her? Made me tear up listening to this 😢
I know this family. The lloyd Jones are a huge family network in the town. Where were they? The Grandmother was a nurse, she could have worn PPE and changed her dressings. The sister told her mother to clean up Kayleas room because it stank, that was in bed reports locally. So I other people knew what was happening!!
Disgusting, you know maggots are eating her and you laugh at her. That's sadistic and they are all pieces of 💩🤬
Or her grandparents
Proccie166 can I correct you .. her grandmother is not a nurse at at all .. and no no one ele could do anythink because NONE OF KNEW things were bad .. so don’t ever bring my mum into this ever .. you know nothing
This beautiful young lady went to school with my son. She was feisty, beautiful and loving, and had a brilliantly wicked sense of humour.
If Kaylea's "father" was too lazy to care for her, there are homes that he could have placed her in. I work at one. We have teams of professionals who love on people like Kaylea and would have made sure all of her needs were met. There is no excuse. This breaks my heart.
They wouldn't have put her in a home they would have lost benefits for her
He worked 50 hours a week. He wasn't lazy. Just apathetic towards his daughters life.
Does it cost money?
@@annab13 not in the UK
@@pamelazukowska5431 in Australia, they get the family home if they have one, along with their pension which is understandable
The sentences they received are just as sickening as what they did. Absolutely unbelievable.
I'm sick over this case.
Uk justice system. There is very very rarely justice. They’ll be moved out of the area when they’re let out at tax payers expense
@@Lucy-el9mmThey should’ve both been locked away for the rest of their lives. Do life for taking a life.
UK justice system is a joke
I just get more and more disgusted with these killer couples. I'm really not sure why they thought this was okay. If the parents thought that their daughter wouldn't eventually be found, well, what kind of cloud cuckoo land are they living in? The parents would have been found out eventually anyway. I wonder if the nextdoor neighbours could smell the waste. There's a special place in hell, reserved for these killer losers. I hope that what they've done to their own daughter, mentally affects them for the rest of their lives. People like this don't deserve a second chance. Makes me question if they ever really wanted children, the way they neglected her. They are both dead behind the eyes. This reminds me of a case here in Britain, where a little boy [Arthur Lambigno Hughes], was neglected, at the expense of his parents.
Should have been Murdered. One reason the judge can only sentence according to the rules so he probably only have a few sentencing! If they could have do e done for murder could have a life sentence.. Even just Manslauter would would have given the Judge might have had more leeweigh. The law is an ass... A person does fraud. Give them a tag with curfews and have to see a probations ever day. So to me putting a fraud as gets MORE than being bloody manslaughter! Frauderant people can be punished in a better way to make some space for evil b'stardsli!e these two. She should been ordered to have her tubes tied and he the snip. Then they cannot pop anymore kids!
As a proud father of four, I am one of the probably many people that, on the day the "parents" of this beautiful, talented and life loving girl were sentenced, I immediately emailed the AGO to complain the sentences were unduly lenient. I am pleased that they have had their sentences increased, better reflecting the appalling nature of their crimes and, although it won't bring back Kaylea, it goes some way to show that the public were willing to fight for her, even when her own parents were not.
One of my children was born with disabilities which the doctors said she would need care all her life, that she would not be able to support herself. I enrolled in uni and studied everything I could on how to support and teach my child through life, to be independent. I spent years engaging in different therapies, standard and alternative, including extra home schooling. My child is now an adult, is working full-time, drives and is sociable and who now has taken on the responsibility of caring for me. We proved the specialists wrong.
I have a 27 year old daughter with epilepsy, she has a 3 year old daughter with autism. I live 80 miles away but if I get a call saying she's unwell then I'm there within 2 hours.
This is probably one of the most horrific cases you've covered. I'm just mind blown that a parent could do this to their own flesh and blood.
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The texts between Kaylea and her parents should have been enough to send those two wretched people to jail for many, many years! The lack of empathy for their daughter is just unbelievable to me. Thank you for giving Kaylea a platform and be her voice! Her parents should rot in hell for eternity for what they put that poor girl through!
Such a sweet, charming individual. Every time I said "hi" to her at busy times at school, she had such a contagious charm. She had such a lovely smile that it illuminated the area around the room. I still recall how awful it was when our class received the heartbreaking news of Kaylea's passing. We had a difficult day in school when we learned that one of our classmates had passed away. It's incomprehensible that her own parents would treat her so poorly. Every child needs to have parents who are kind, supportive, and considerate, but some parents are not suitable or deserving of having children of their own. I genuinely wished we became better of friends in school. I really hope Kaylea is finding peace in heaven right now as we speak. 🤍🤍🤍
I can’t even start to imagine the heartbreak you and your class felt when you returned to school, only to learn it’d be without her, let alone her living conditions over those 6 months! Can’t express my apologies enough for such a loss 😭😭😭😭
We had a similar case in the county I live in. A 17 year old boy with cerebral palsy who ended up dying of malnutrition and sepsis from bed sores that exposed bone. It makes you wonder how many vulnerable children all over the world died during lock downs because neglectful parents didn't have to answer to anyone.😢
My younger sister Sara was in an accident when she was one and a half. She fell in our pool and she was clinically dead for probably over 30 minutes. She survived but she has severe cerebral palsy. My sisters, my mother, my father and I never once let her down. She was always clean and she never had bed sores and she's now 35 and my youngest sister, Anna, is her primary caregiver. Anna also has a young son and fortunately, has the help of my mother and stepfather. Even when my father had cancer and was dying he never abandoned my sister Sara. I cannot fathom how somebody could allow this to happen to a brilliant and beautiful young woman. I understand the stresses of caring for somebody who literally cannot care for themselves. There's absolutely no excuse for the way that Kaylee was treated. I cannot believe that her parents got less than 10 years each. I know that in the UK they try to rehabilitate those who end up in the prison system, but seven and six years?! WTF! I have so many things that I want to say but I can't put them into words. I am so angry right now!
It's okay. Six years in prison on earth, ETERNITY in absolute Godless damnation - try to think of it that way and it feels a bit more like Justice.
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I understand your frustration. And then i wondered, 6 or 60years, if they didn't care then, would more years inside make them care? I hope they nvr procreate again.
What a beautiful family you are ❤
It's a blessing your family pulled together in such a tragedy. Obviously you had good parents. She wasn't as lucky. So tragic.
The only thing that brings me comfort in these diabolical cases, is that Emma gives a voice to these poor victims, and our community here show our outrage. At least that's better than nothing for these poor victims. 🙏🙏🙏😢
Yes, it is the least we can do not to turn our heads away from the suffering. Just to learn about this happening is strickening but nothing compared to what the victim's had to endure.
Gone but not forgotten.
Her voice is comforting too. If I read this in the voice in my head, I’d lose it.
What brings me comfort after hearing about this incredibly horrific situation, for those of us that believe in heaven, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the very second this sweet child breathed her last breath on this cruel earth, she was transformed in heaven. She was guided there by angels to her everlasting home, where she was immediately able to walk and run and play. She is a normal weight and all of her health problems are no more. Not even the scars remain. Not even a memory of what she endured remains. She walks on streets of purest gold and is held each day by Jesus Christ Himself. She walks with Him and she talks with Him, and He tells her that she is His own. And the joy they share as they tarry there, none other has ever known.
There, she is loved beyond measure. There, all tears are wiped from her eyes. There, she has a brand new body.
Rest In Peace sweet girl. You’re home.
@@teresacox2511 Amen, Teresa. Beautifully said. Rest in Peace, Kaylea 🙏 ♥
@@teresacox2511 Beautifully put Teresa. 🙏
It seems like the UK give out less harsh sentences no matter the crime. Their 6 and 7 year sentences didn't come close to justice for Kaylea.
Horrible story and end of life for this young teenager. I really like how this story was humanized and really described what she was going through. She didn't stay along the surface, she got down into the knitty gritty. Really wish she was the judge!
The parents who let their daughter die on a couch are facing 2nd degree murder... their trial date is in July.
Trying to save money probably. The government also cause these issues.
This case is so shocking and unbelievable. RIP poor Kaylea. Those creatures even had the cheek to give her “Happy birthday daughter” card days before she passed away. That sentencing is absolutely pathetic. They literally tortured and murdered her! I hope they get karma in prison. Words fail me. The judge needs sacking 🤬
As a special needs mum I can speak for most of us that yes it is draining, physically and emotionally but we’d do it ten times over for our children 💛 my thoughts are with Kaylea I’m so sorry you were failed 😣
Ok same I care for my daughter and work plus her dad gone I would die for my baby and she's sixteen
I commend both of you ❤ being a parent is hard, let alone with the extra challenges. Thank goodness for wonderful parents like you rising to those challenges. Not like the scum in this case 😢
Your a awesome mother n person ❤️
@@p-slipknotfreak Let's hope they get left to rot in their own urine and waste in their beds in jail whilst waiting to go down to hell.
I saw another story where parents left their disabled daughter on a couch in her own waste - I want to say for almost a year - and her body fused to to the couch. That was one that really got to me as well. People can be so ridiculously cold and callous to their own children that it's heartbreaking and infuriating all at once
Edit: I apologize, it was 12yrs, not, not months. Makes me sick to even say that. Anyway, I'm sorry for my mistake
She was on that couch for far longer than a year. Her name is Lacey and her parents are Satan's little helpers.
I heard about this one too just evilness
I also saw that story. Can you imagine??? I think poor Kaylea was worse off with her bedsores and the pain that comes with that kind of injury. Poor sweet child.
Lacey Fletcher is her name
@@shimonajade Fletcher, not Peterson. Peterson was murdered by her husband.
As a paramedic who has seen maggot infested wounds and smelt ulcerated skin, I can’t imagine what this scene looked and smelt like. It must have been stomach churning. You can smell a small leg ulcer from the front door, the smell of them is over powering. So the smell from her ulcers would have completely overpowered that whole house. That poor girl would have been in agony with every movement she made. The most horrendous death imaginable.
As a Criminology and Psychology student in my last year of my BA, I wish I had discovered this channel in my first year. Emma's perspective is very insightful and it makes me proud to know that this is part of the field I'll be going into soon.
This is so vile, just pure evil. Her parents are monsters and should never see the light of day again at the very least. What they did is honestly worse than murder, the thought of those bugs and sores on such a vulnerable child is just beyond belief, it's so sickening. They literally tortured her to death in a hideous way and got away with it since their sentences are truly pathetic.
Worse than murder? Really?
@@BonMooneyyes, torture. Torture is worse than murder
@@imanmontanez4822 I'd rather be tortured than dead.
@@BonMooney she was tortured *to death*. I'm sure you've heard the phrase "there are many things worse than death". Once things get bad enough during torture most would *pray* for death
@@BonMooney not while it’s happening. Torture is something nobody can know their reaction to until the day comes that it’s happening to them. Even psychological abuse can be a form of torture and it’s designed to be relentless and inescapable. That’s what makes it torture: we cannot bare it as a species
I have spinabifida and hydrocephalus. I cannot imagine how much pain this kid was in. It breaks my heart.
I hate them.
This is so sickening 😢. RIP beautiful girl. I just don’t understand how anyone could treat a human being like this, especially her own parents !
Wow, those text messages while she is stuck in bed are just psychological torture. 😢 How can a human being leave another human being like that let alone their child?
That was completely shocking
Emma, this case appalled me perhaps more than some of the other murders you've covered... To leave someone so vulnerable in that state, both parents, not just one of them. It's beyond belief. Surely they could smell the decay and the waste. Surely they loved their own daughter?? Surely they could have asked for help. I couldn't treat an animal like this let alone a human being.
Some people treat their animals better than they’re children sadly
@@westofthewicky2960 oh come don't start this competition with animals and humans again both Need to be treated with respect I know what u mean but everytime on the comments when we metion pets it's like u have got to treat one better than another both are vunerable children an animals and both need love and care and usually people who abuse abuse animals too
There's a worse case in Louisiana involving an autistic woman who stayed on a couch for 12 years. She lived with her parents. She literally never got off the couch.
Kaylea had siblings too. I wondered what their take was on what was happening to her. Surely they talked to her and went in that room??
It was mentioned that Kaylea went to a mainstream school and had friends. If she sent texts to her parents she surely had access to a phone which meant that maybe she kept in touch with her friends as well? I wonder if anyone outside the family knew what was going on. This is such a heartbreaking story and I can’t imagine not only the pain of living in my own waste and not being able to move, but being abandoned and betrayed by those who I love and trust the most. RIP Kaylea you deserved better 🕊️💕
Though all of your cases are difficult for me to listen to, this one was especially hard for me. As someone who was born with special needs I'm so incredibly grateful that I have the mother that I do. We take so much for granted every day. RIP Kaylea. You deserved so much more. A parent's love and care should be automatic.
I'm so happy u have a great mom my son has special needs I love him so much he now lives in a house down to me having cancer but I'm like a dog wit a bone but there very good to him I make sure of it they know wat I'm like but I miss him so much even though we have face time every night and he comes down every sat for catch up stage are so good to him .tell ur mom she's great ❤❤♥️💎
What possesses some people to neglect their children?
Dinara Safina I was born with special needs also.
OMG I can’t believe how cruel her parents were! Their daughter lost her life and they should serve life imprisonment in return.
Death penalty
The sentences are APPALLING! I am genuinely horrified by this entire case. Wow. We need better systems and I loved your commentary on needing a license to have kids! I have felt that way for a long time now.
There’s a similar story in America I came across, the victim was Lacey fletcher, she was also a disabled girl left to rot on a sofa for 12 years! She melted into the sofa, the pictures on Reddit are horrendous
Please cover that case emma x
Sadly covid lockdown has signed death warrants for the most vulnerable.... hopefully those cruel 'parents' never see the light of day again. Rip sweet girl, you deserved so much better 💔
They both will be released in less than 6 years.
They should never get parole... where is the justice for that poor girl....
@@booshscarlett6213 sadly there is none. If they had deliberately locked her to her bed the sentence most likely would’ve been longer (though I am aware sentences in a abuse typically are never long enough) it should be treated the same as by not getting her a chair she could use they practically did that, when they didn’t get her a chair she could use they took her mobility and freedom from her and with that and the rest of their neglect they took her life and they should be held accountable for that with more than a few years in jail. They took her freedom they don’t deserve there’s.
Wow someone who acknowledges what really COVID did to people. A utter disgrace keeping families from seeing each other, it killed business.... I'm still angry with the whole thing.
@@paulag4536 lockdown also saved a lot of lives… but not every single one, as we can see from this story. Saving lives and being stuck at home is worth the inevitable issues that spring up with business and not getting to see one’s family. However, I would like to mention that there were teachers who had reason to worry about Kaylea, and it’s just too bad that they didn’t call for a welfare check for their vulnerable/at risk students… especially the ones they were already concerned for.
Hearing about the texts was horrible. I wish she would have contacted emergency services. The parents wouldn't have known until they were there and she could have been saved. 😥
The body can only take so much after a while, so I'm not so sure that she could have been saved.
Exactly! Why didn't she ring for help. Parents clearly didn't care less so why did she keep placing hope for help ONLY in them?
Look, we don’t know the entire situation… please don’t victim blame.
@@lilyloveslife2737We need to educate our children that they can always call for medical or police help I their parents are negligent or not around. From a young age. She was probably scared of her parents. If they were neglectful they were probably abusive too.
I'm a single mother who can't drive due to my epilepsy but I still manage to make ALL of my little boys (who has special needs) appointments and services offered to us. These horrible people - not parents - were just being selfish and lazy. Poor Kaylea deserved so much better.
You were diagnosed with epilepsy and you give birth not one but two disabled boys? You could have thought about having children in your condition?
@@ipercalisse579 Excuse me??? I have 1 boy and my seizures started post birth... you really shouldn't make presumptions about a person from a YT comment. How much of shitty person do you have to be to write this reply?! I feel sorry for you.
Imagine thinking people with epilepsy shouldn't have kids.... Jesus you dumb, ignorant fuck.
who are you to judge? Your ableist attitude is a disgrace.
😢 I've heard the basic details of this story but I never knew what an amazing person she was. The headlines just saying that she was wheelchair bound and didn't talk about how full of life she was prior to lockdown. And an athlete!
A special place in hell for these two disgusting excuses for humans who don't deserve to be called parents.
Thank you for sharing this heartbreaking story ❤
That 999 call was unbelievable and heartbreaking. I hope that those parents one day feel every bit of pain that their poor daughter had to suffer. That there is a special circle of hell just for them.
It's sad that a complete stranger on the internet has the compassion and love for Kaylea that her parents should have had for her. I mean, obviously, it is beautiful that you're telling her story, but you know what I mean.
This is totally disgusting!!!! Bet they were quick enough to take her disability money and career allowance.. makes me so sick
Exactly
Look into the case of Lacey Fletcher. This was the exact same type of situation. She was literally attached to her couch. She passed after wasting away to a skeleton 😢
Oh god that sounds horrendous 💔
Yes however Lacey was apparently kept that way for YEARS not just the few months that Kaylea was tortured for... not to minimise Kaylea's experience, just to stress the length of time it was allowed to go on and apparently people didn't even realise they had a daughter or thought she had grown and moved away long ago - that's how long before Lacey had been outside of the house.
Please be careful if researching Lacey's case - there are photos of the couch where she lived, suffered, and died at the hands of the abominations that are her parents. It's pretty distressing to see.
I've heard of her story, it's horrendous, I'm still shocked!
I actually thought at first that this was that case until I see the name it's horrendous 😢
Lacey was on that sofa for 12 years…12!!! It’s truly disturbing to think how many other poor people are currently being held in conditions like this and nobody knows about it apart from their sick abusers 😢
Coming from someone who’s had fully able control of their own body for 31 years to then suffer a major spinal injury that’s changed my life for the worse. I fully understand the feeling of not being able to walk or use the bottom half of their body 😢 I cannot comprehend or bare to think the level of distress and pain this little girl suffered 💔
I have a strong stomach and have worked in funerals for many years, seen all sorts of things, this case broke my heart, I cried. Poor Kaylee, rest in paradise darling.
Makes me sick! My daughter has cerebral palsy and is completely dependent on me and my husband. She’s currently in hospital healing from a operation as I type this. It breaks my heart this young girl had to go though this. We are here to care for our baby’s….how can they live with themselves 😢
I wonder why her siblings didn't tell someone.
This is so heartbreaking!
Probably fear. Plus they sadly may not have known any better 😔
I wonder if they were abused too? Or, maybe they didn't care either.
This wasn’t an only child. The house must have stunk to high heavens. Why did the siblings or other family members also ignore her?
I doubt that the children knew any better unfortunately. Can't blame the children for this monstrosity.
They all probably ganged up on her too disgusted with her / the situation they have created. So they ingnor her same as the parents
I have a friend who, despite her own serious health problems, takes care of her now adult disabled son 24/7. He is still here due to the excellent care my friend gives him. I’m in awe of her. My friend is a bloody hero, as is her husband and other son. The two monsters in this case make me sick to my stomach. How could they do such monstrous things to their own child? RIP Kaylea. The people who should have loved and cared for you the most betrayed your trust. ❤
It's crazy Kaylea did not call the police or emergency services for herself. She was a teenager, who you would have assumed knew how to get herself help, being as she still had access to a phone. Her parents are 100% at fault for her death and even her siblings honestly. I mean how did they not want to help their dying sister????? but I feel that she must have just given up in order to not try to get herself help as well. It's so sad. ugh
She had neglectful and probably abusive parents and was scared of them. They sound like they are a notorious family who would have not encouraged a police presence. Don’t blame the poor girl.
Poor Kaylea. What a horrible way to suffer in agony. I can't believe her siblings didn't help her or call the police on their parents. They are just as guilty as their parents, if they knew damn well what was going on. So sad. Everyone failed Kaylea and were too lazy to help her. No empathy of her family at all. Disgusting.
This reminds me of a story from the US about an autistic woman who sat on the couch and never got up. She lived with her parents, and they let her stay on couch for twelve years. She was fused to it and weighed ninety-six pounds. Her name was Lacey Fletcher. The coroner cried for a week after seeing the crime scene.
I've Cerebral Palsy, and to think about what happened to this beautiful little girl made me sob. Thank you, Emma, for sharing Kaylea's story ❤
Theres just something about how you tell these storys, you show so much empathy and hurt when talking, 100% love your content ❤❤
I felt so so claustrophobic even just listening to what kayleigh was put through, the mental trauma she suffered in her life, especially the months leading up to her death, poor girl, why didn't they get her a carer? My heart is broken for her, this was a tough listen. I'm sorry you didn't have the parents you deserved. The texts, omg, I just wish she phoned 999. What I wonder is what was their end game? Surely they knew they could not go on like that forever, surely anyone with half a brain cell would realise that she would get sick and die, what were they actually expecting?
Thank you for highlighting her achievements and her life, the news just showed her as the victim of this terrible crime who was overweight and disabled. Yet again shocking sentences for her parents
Being an full time caregiver myself for 3 decades to my severely disabled son this story broke my heart and boiled my pi** to say the least. The so called parents are evil and crawl, how they watched there flesh and blood suffer is just unreal. I so wished she phoned for help outside but the poor kid protected those whom failed her… 😢
It seems that no one thought Kaylea’s life was worth anything because how can these two monsters get away with so little punishment it’s just not right. Rest in peace baby girl 💜💗
If it was 400 yrs ago & Emma was the "Queen"👸... Emma would be sitting on her thrown yelling "Off with their heads!!!"
@@brendarigotti843 yep and the world would be a much better place 😂
I think judges should be held accountable when they give these light sentences.......we have to get laws changed, they are no better, if not worse 50 years ago..
@@theresaohman7187 well said, the fact they let them out on feckin licence WHY???
They deserve a life sentence for taking her life. She deserves justice. There definitely needs to be more media attention (that doesn’t blame the victims) about how many people die at the hands of there carers and it goes without proper justice. There have been so many disabled people killed by those who are supposed to care for them. I have no sympathy for the parents in this case they had so many chances to get help to care for her or even if they would not take care of her to tell someone they couldn’t look after her and have her taken away at least then she would’ve gotten the help and care she deserved.
My mom who is a CNA recently had a patient (was a hoarder with her just as obese husband) that was rotting and melting in the bed because she refused to be cleaned (the place finally got her moved out to an actual hospital because she has sepsis). Now this is nothing like what Kaylea was put through since the woman decided this on her own, but I can just imagine the pain Kaylea was in especially the emotional damage of thinking "My parents don't care about me, I'm going to die alone. What did I do to deserve this?"
I’m only 10 mins into this video and I’m a new viewer. I can’t tell if you script this prior to filming but irregardless you speak so eloquently and your storytelling capabilities are phenomenal.
Hi Courtney. No scripts my lovely. I research, read my notes and freestyle. (Im not a fan of jump cuts on UA-cam) Em x
Pitiful sentences, basically a slap on the wrist for letting their daughter die so horrifically. The fact that she begged and texted asking them for help and they just shrugged it off shows it was calculated, they had no intention of ever helping her.
Kaylea would’ve been a trailblazer, someone for other disabled kids to look up to and admire, unlike those pathetic excuses of parents she had ❤
My blood boils at the incompetence of these so called parents. I have a disabled child and am disabled myself. I don't think me and my son could be any closer. He understands the positives and says himself 'normal is boring'. I've gained so much strength from his outlook on life. I regret that he has to suffer with his conditions but we sure as hell bond over them. I just couldn't imagine not tending to his needs because I love and care for him so greatly. I owe him everything❤
Sweetest thing I’ve ever heard ❤❤❤ love this relationship you guys have, it’s very sweet. I’m so close with my mom and can’t imagine a better friend. My parents have been friends when I’ve had nobody else in my life. This is the way it should always be for kids. ❤
Within this video you have gave that girl the recognition and respect she deserves and she will be up there thanking you for this❤
This is absolutely heartbreaking 💔 as a mum to a disabled 13 year old daughter this has hit hard.
During Covid not one health professional tried to contact me to enquire about my daughter. After 6 weeks locked in the house as a single mum with 2 other children I soon realised the people that said they cared, want the best for my daughter clearly did not.
I managed my daughter was absolutely fine, but I was not. I was a broken woman. My children are my world, even now I know I’m a lone but I try my absolute best every day. I wish this young girl had a real mum… a mum who will put their child first no matter what! She deserved that. 😢
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How dare her "dad" cry for her?! He left her for months and then ignored her pain 😡 i cant tell you what i would do left alone with these people
Emma, I love your down to earth, no nonsense approach. I’m so glad I found your channel. It’s informative and educational. 😊
Totally agree.
This was incredibly painful to watch, I’m a paramedic and never have I seen anything that would compare to this. What a beautiful angel that we have been robbed of. Rest in peace sweetheart they will meet their maker. ❤
Chase is stunning!!
I live in the UK and I have a severely disabled 23 year old daughter. I get a lot of support but the lockdown was a very very difficult time for us. I'm blessed that my daughter and I have a great relationship and she is such a joy in my life. I can't imagine how these terrible people could do this to their precious angel
I’ve always had mixed feelings about lockdown. It was meant to save lives, but I was ignorant and didn’t think about this side of it. Just shows that we can never rely on the government
I have special needs and my mum is my carer.
At the time, there were many people who said the lockdowns would result in more death than the lockdowns were designed to save. They were called conspiracy theorists by governments and "experts"
My sister lost her husband 9 days after testing positive due to a coworker being irresponsible..he was a healthy, young active member of the Air Force..My sister was windowed and twin niece & nephew were left fatherless at age 8 bcuz people did not care about the governments policies/restrictions.
That being said the government, local law enforcement etc failed these men, women and children long before COVID was a thing.
COVID lockdowns were an excuse to continue not to hold people/agency's responsible while simultaneously propagandizing COVID.
Not being on "lockdown" now all these issues are still extremely problematic and very prevalent.
The government was doing the best they could with the information they had. We were just trying to keep people alive.
The safety & oversight agencies responsible for safeguarding vulnerable people definitely could've done more within the restrictions or had exceptions made for them during the restrictions.
That said, dealing with a global pandemic was unprecedented and I'm sure we will take the difficult lessons learned and do a lot of things differently next time.
My husband had his left leg amputated then suffered a stroke. I'm his caretaker. It's not easy but I do it& I've had 6 back surgeries. I can't afford a home health care person. I would never let him suffer. This is appalling. They should rot in a jail cell then burn in hell. 😡🤬
I am Paralyzed from the waist down. THIS HITS CLOSE TO HOME. Thank you Emma for your captivating case studies. I know what its like to have part of your body waste away. Sepsis almost took me in 2017.
The lockdown really made it the perfect setting for abusive parents. This is why so many children have “gone missing” in the last few years. Absolutely horrendous! I realize the lockdown was necessary but then there is no one around to help with social services. Absolutely disgusting how these people are
@@Jade_holloway It wasn’t.
I actually thought this was the Debbie Leitch case, at first, but oh my goodness, that poor child. Harrowing, my heart hurts for her.
Such an unnecessary death, and what sentences? So lenient, they may as well have not bothered.
Lock up shoplifters & weed growers, but these bastards?
I hope Karma comes knocking, I don't say that lightly, truly.
Thankyou for giving her memory a beautiful tribute Emma, as always. 🙏🏾
Sleep easy, Kaylea, no more pain for you.
Take care , all. ✌🏾 💝
I believe karma will catch up to them...They will have a lot of time to think... Hopefully it haunts them at night!!!
@@brendarigotti843 I hope it haunts them 24/7.
Xx
@@colettegibson6516 Yeah, I am with you.
This is horrible. Last year in Louisiana, a girl named Lacey Ellen Fletcher was found fused to her parents couch and she died. This situation happens more than we realize and it’s awful
My heart is broken from hearing Kaylea's story. I cannot believe that anybody can have children completely unregulated. You cannot even adopt a pet without an application and a background check, let alone a child. Something needs to change to stop this from happening to kids like Kaylea.
I look after my nana when I can (I’ve made sure she has round the clock care) and am a single mother to my child who has additional needs. My nana is now like a baby, can barely move, needs help at the bathroom, getting washed, changed, eating, getting meds, feet need looked after as she’s diabetic. It’s EXHAUSTING as I have health problems too but oh my god I would never EVER abandon her like that. My dog had a wee thorn in his paw and squealed with pain and I was freaking out because he was in pain. Where the hell were they when their baby needed them??! They are evil monsters and deserve to suffer!!!!! Zero justice for that poor child 💔
Only just learned of this case after seeing the sentence given to these atrocious people. Poor child not only a victim of her so called parents but another victim of the ridiculous covid lockdown!
Rest in paradise beautiful girl 💖
This is horrific. My sister has autism and cerebral palsy, shes an adult now and still lives at home. I have no doubt my parents have had time of being exhausted/overwhelmed but I have never once seen them tend to my sister without a smile and love. Some people don't deserve children
I'm new to your channel and Im really impressed by your work. I just Subscribed to your channel and I'm glad you came up in my feed. Now going to binge watch a few more videos. WoW, how didn't this come up before is beyond me because I'm really into true crime.
Thank you for being a voice for the voiceless.❤❤
There was a similar case in America where the parents left their disabled child on the couch for so long that her body melted into the couch. It’s so sad and horrible. All these horrible parents have to do is put their child in a care home so they can be cared for properly.
Glad u saw the parallel too! Her name was Lacey Fletcher. However she was a grown woman, nearly 30 who died, neglected & starving on the couch. Allegedly, she had locked in syndrome which completely paralyzed her in addition to autism. Two sides of the same coin
Lacey was actually 36 years old.
Shocking! Unfortunately not a single case as happened to a girl in America, left to melt into the living room sofa. It's horrendous, I hope the parents never see the light of day again
OMG... This case must be very tough. I had never heard of it, but it makes me think about Debbie Leitch, her extremely sad and disturbing story still haunts me 😓
yes I thought of that too!
@@pnklady3788 same here 💕there’s another girl too that was neglected by parents. I’ve forgotten her name though
I thought of Debbie & how similar this case is to her demise. Both girls died at home in their beds, in their filth & waste covered in maggots & skin infections .. Both girls, different disabilities but totally vulnerable.😥
@@brendarigotti843 Same thinking 😓
I'm haunted by the case of Lacey Fletcher. She was left on a couch for 12 years.
Professional coverage of the story , well delivered, articulate and accurate .
This is my first time on your channel and I adore you. You are so well spoken and give the victims such justice in the way you describe them and their lives. Thank you.
Heartbreaking, how could anyone do this to their own child? No punishment will ever be enough. Rest in peace sweetheart, be free and fly high x
How can Kaylea mean so little that those people can kill her and get only 6/8 years. RIP beautiful girl and I hope her ‘parents’ never have a happy day or peaceful night x
They will have a hard time in jail and in hell.
IMHO, as the parent of a disabled child, these disgustingly short sentences are absolutely the result of how our society views disabled people.
It's wrong, inhuman and just plain wrong.
As a mother of an adult special needs person this breaks Mt heart. My daughter has such a beautiful person and so many people do not understand how beautiful and smart and caring these very beautiful people can be. But to Harm anyone, let alone someone who is reliant on you for love and support absolutely angers and disgusts me. And it really breaks my heart to think of all the children and people who during the pandemic may have been abused at home and because they were stuck at home, how many could've been saved otherwise. Thank you for covering this story. It truly honors this amazing young woman and her life.
My grandson was the love of my life. His mother said that we were soul mates. ( for people who think a soul mate is only for lovers I'm here to say that it's not true). I loved him more than life itself. He had cerebral palsy and short gut so he was like a 6 month old but he was pure love and he loved everyone who came into contact with him and you couldn't help but to love him back. A lot of people were nervous to hold him or interact with him until he looked in their face with pure love. We lost him when he was 3 from liver cancer. We had no clue he was sick because he was his happy self except when he was on the bus to day care he would scream. When we took him to the doctor they found the cancer and it was too far and they could only keep him comfortable we only had him for like 2 to 2 and a half months and it was the worst time in my life so when I see people who abuse children and especially special needs children I just want to hurt them after I have cried uncontrollably until I pull myself together. My beautiful amazing grandson was special and my life with him was our normal we didn't know anything different and I wouldn't change a thing ❤️ ❤❤
He sounds beautiful Holly, you were lucky to have each other for the time you had, as I'm sure you know. It is love like that which lights up this world that can be so dark ❤️
Thank you for bringing the truth of covid lockdown to light. It's been quietly brushed under the carpet by powers above for far to long. Voices for those children facing harrowing experiences are few. Thank you and well done for being strong enough to take this case on and sharing ❤xx
Absolutely x
Emma your amazing! Your vocabulary is on point , been watching you before true crime community was a thing, all the TV crime channels you gave your educational opinion on ! Love your channel and give us all a much great better and more informative point of view on these horrific cases even when already been covered .
Keep up the Amazing work 👏 ❤
Your question at the end.
I have a family member who has a morbidly obese 6 year old. She also has glue ear due to her mother smoking heavily in pregnancy. She smoked just as heavily with her 2nd baby too so yes in my eyes that is neglect!
I'm sure I'm not the only one crying at the thought of what this girl went through. My god, i can't imagine that level of fear and pain. The idea of being able to see maggots eat away at your flesh as you can't do anything about it, and your parents not only not helping, but telling you to shut up?! So evil. The very fact she texted them because she was so alone in another room is enough to break my heart. This girl was failed from birth, when her weight was first highlight as a concern at 3 months old, that should have been enough for the parents to get their act together and do right by her. That picture of her and her mum, the selfie, she's smiling and looking happy not realising what a wicked mother she has. Breaks me. The father is upset in the 999 call because he realises that the emergency services are going to find what state they had her live in, and he won't be able to explain it away. Prison is too good for them, I'd choose time in prison over what poor Kaylea went through 😢
I think if I was on the jury, I'd be traumatised- not only by the things I saw and heard... but the fact they got such poor sentences. It would make me feel less safe in society, that people who are capable of such awful cruelty get barely more than a stern look, let alone a smack on the wrist
Nothing on this planet could stop me getting to my child if they were screaming in pain, this was heartbreaking. This poor girl, this should never have happened to her and so many others left to die or be killed by those they love and trust. Utterly heartbreaking
Seeing they didn't care till she died, why didn't the son do anything ? Or was he not aware he had a sister? Mind boggling. There is a special place in hell for so called human beings like that. Thank you Emma for all the heart and care you put into giving us the factual stories.
As a human, hard to watch. As a disabled young woman? Even harder.
But you know what kicked me over the edge? The fact that I have that same bed as she did. It made it so absolutely disturbingly real.
I became paralysed and bed bound when I turned 18. My parents absolutely flipped their lives upside down and inside out to keep me not just alive just safe and as a happy as I could all things considered. The absolute contrast is sickening and just beyond despicable.
Emma is DEFINITELY THE BEST UA-cam TRUE CRIME CHANNEL HOST !
Does anyone else agree ??
Y’ahreet Emma! I’ve honestly never heard of this poor lass and the horrific treatment she suffered at the hands of the “people” who were supposed to take care of her. Thank you for bringing attention to what happened. People might think it’s morbid listening to things about or looking into cases like this. But at the end of the day, these children have suffered immensely and they deserve to be heard. Either from themselves or from good people like yourself ❤
Emma, thank you for reporting on this crime in such a passionate way. ❤ Definitely Earned ANOTHER subscriber. I hope the best for you, yours, and the success of your channel.
I am so glad I found this channel. I follow a lot of real crime channels, but Emma just brought it to me in a way I've yet to experience. I cried through much of this. Sweet Kaylee suffered so much in this life, her next one will be amazing.