I saw my father stuff oatmeal down by little cousin’s throat while my parents were babysitting her. She was less than 2 years old and I was 5 years old as I watched this. She was refusing to eat so he stuffed the food down her throat until the oatmeal came out of her little nose. Despite my young age, I knew this was a horrible situation. My mother tried to stop him but he continued. Luckily, she didn’t choke to death. When I aunt and uncle returned home, I did my best to tell them. I was completely ignored and told to shut up as me being only a child. It doesn’t take a grown up to understand that something horrible is being done. I was only 5 years old, and I knew.
I believe you. But that doesn't mean that boy's testimony is sound. Unlike you, who have a single version of that incident, he told MANY divergent stories about what had happened. Moreover, his step-grandfather, who hates the mother, was on the scene for full 30 minutes before the police arrived and is thought by many to have coached the child to incriminate the woman he hated. Finally, doctors who assessed him before trial said that at 6 years old, he was developmentally at the stage of a 4 and a half year old, an age at which children confabulate a lot.
Where are they now? I have been this child once. 😂 Not oatmeal but rice. I refuse to eat, and mom probably get frustrated with me. Have a perfect relationship now and my mom fell sorry for that incident.
Ugh that was the most heartbreaking thing to see. I’m a mother and I couldn’t imagine my children not recognizing me. That poor, sweet little boy. I hope that he has grown into a good young man and living a happy, fulfilled life.
I did too for a while, but the fact that the water was low enough for her to be able to stand up in, right there makes me really question if she’s innocent or not! If she is innocent, I truly truly hope that justice will come through for herand if she’s not, then she’s exactly where she should be!
It's possible they were to old,maybe had health issues,maybe looking at the child everyday knowing their daughter was in prison for life. As a grandparent myself i couldn't answer for sure what i would do because this would be soul crushing for sure.
Who knows what other incriminating story this kid would come up to destroy his parents. I worry about those that took him inn ? The girl CHOKED on water , not deep & screemed before mother realized what's the problem trying to muffle her face before she collapsed from choking.
Her saving her daughter could’ve been him thinking that she was killing her daughter. It’s so hard when you have children testifying especially at that age. It’s sad that nobody will ever know.
My mom almost drowned as a child in a pool she could easily stand up in. She fell in, got disoriented, and didn't know which way was up. Her younger brother had to pull her to the surface. She's in her 50's now and that incident scared her so badly she never did learn how to swim.
@elenichristoforou7752 grown people in panicked mode make mistakes much less a child. This one is hard. He could been mistaken. And whe. He went to the court and said he was a sherrif that makes it seem like he was coached by law enforcement to believe he was doing something good by saying his mother definitely killed his sister. Giving him a badge to say what they wanted him to say.
@@KathleenHopper-o3j He most definitely should’ve been put on that stand, and it’s a good thing they did! His testimony is what convicted that Sociopathic narcissist, who thought she would simply get away with it because there were no older witnesses!!! May the Lord comfort his heart and save his soul and keep him from all evil while he’s in this world! I wish I could be there and could adopt him at that time… He’s just a sweet and innocent, sincere little angel!!! 🙏😍 God bless him and keep him! 🥺🙏
I wanted to just hug him so badly. I have two kids and that broke my heart, too, to know that this little boy suffered through so much trauma at the hands of his evil mother. How she lives with herself is beyond me. I guess when a person is a psychopath, they have no sense of guilt.
This boy was taken to his grandmother's and It was his grandmother who called the Sheriff and took AJ to the Shrriff. Neither of the kids were allowed by the mother to get in the pool. Was the grandmother also the mother-in-law. This in law probably didnt care for the daughter-in-law and she had the boy at her house questioning an already scared boy who was told not to get into the pool. and then a mother-in-law questioning and pumping her thoughts into the boy and when she had confused him with her thoughts then grsnny called the Sheriff. The mother was trying to save her daughter and she was fearful of her dying. Her only problem was that she had been angry prior to discovering the girl's danger. SHE IS NOT GUILTY OF MURDERING HER DAUGHTER ! THE BOY WAS PRONE TO LIE BECAUSE OF GETTING IN TROUBLE AND GRANNY PROBABLY HATES HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND PUMPED THE BOY AND PLANTED HER OWN FEELING AGAINST HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND THEN IN THE PROCESS OF THIS PUMPING AND PLANTING HELPED THE BOY TO SEE IT HER WAYHELPING TO DIAGRAM THE STORY IN PICTURES. REMEMBER A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. WELL, NOW SHE'S A REAL GOOD GRANNY AND HAS THE KIDS AND THIS MAMA IS PUT UP FOR LIFE. GRANNY GOT RID OF HER HATED DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. THAT'S A BETTER VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED.😮
The fact that she didn't have a tear in her eye when she was telling Piers what she was feeling when Drs. told her that her daughter didn't make it just blows my mind! I couldn't answer that question without breaking down. I couldn't EVER get that out of my mind!!!
it has been so many years, there comes a point where you’re able to talk about death without crying. my mother lost a baby and she talks about him calmly because it has been 40 years
I was the same age as AJ when I was put on the stand as a witness to testify against my father for alleged sa. It never happened. He spanked me, but never sa. I remember one of the attorneys yelling "OBJECTION!" after I answered a question. It scared me, and I was hustled off the stand as fast as I was placed there. As I watch him testify, I am in physical pain and anguish, knowing what he is going through. Its been 40 years now, and after that day, my father and I lost 22 years together because he was convicted anyway. He passed away due to a hit-and-run in March 2020. Miss him every day.
@rasberryfields2132 Thank you for your kindness. Thought I knew what I was getting into when I chose this video today, I guess I didn't realize how much hurt it would cause watching him testify, and immediately remember my own childhood. Miss my daddy a lot. Doctors tried saving his life, but there wasn't much they could do. At least I was there to hold his hand and tell him it was okay to let go. 🥺
In my country a mother coached the daughter to say she was sexually assaulted and the dad was arrested and jailed and they confessed after 30 yrs they framed him and he was released .... It was so sad 😢
My beautiful son passed away at 17. I can not tell his story without tearing up or tears falling. It is beyond my control. The pain and grief will never fade. My love for him will never fade. His memory will never fade. I don't know how she could talk about finding her daughter without uncontrollably crying.
I cry too, but I try not to judge others and they grieve. Her son said she threw her in the pool... and held her down. Was he coached before they filmed him? I do think this mother freaked out on her ADHD daughter.
I thought exactly the same thing!!.... Also, I have no idea how I didn't mention, I am SO Incredibly sorry for your loss.... I have No idea how you have managed it.... My heart is utterly crushed for you. I have a 25, 15, and 18 year old who are still with me, but a nephew that i left school at 12 to raise every minute of his life until he started kindergarten that was taken from me when he screamed I was his real mother, not my sister... We lost him to himself at 28, on my son's 15th.... THAT has been an unbearable struggle everyday the past 3 years and absolutely only gets harder, never easier to cope with.... I am utterly clueless how you have managed to endure, but my heart and prayers are with you completely.... I am SO So Sorry.....❤️❤️❤️😥💔❤️🔥💔😭🫂.....
i had a boy that by the time he was 2 1/2 years old told elaborate and detailed stories. My cousin was babysitting while i ran to the store and when i got back she told me the horrific story he told. I looked at him and he grinned. I said that never happened to those people. She looked at him with fear in her face. He is now 40 years old, still a liar. He is a severe narcissist and sociopath. The boy may have created a story he could not admit to. Also, his grandparents had him and who knows if they coached him into believing something and confused him. SHE PASSED a polygraph. *
@@gregdavis1341made me cry as well. God that literally broke my heart. Poor boy. He’ll unfortunately have to live with all that trauma. I hope he’s happy now and living his best life. He deserves nothing more 😢❤
When I saw the medical examiner explaining the hand bruise on Adriana's face and then they show AJ on the night that this happened putting his hand over his face to explain how his mom was holding his sister down in the EXACT same way was chilling!
I googled and there is a TikTok of him on a crime channel saying exactly then same thing he said in court. He is about 18 in it. I was shocked, he said his mother never liked his sister and when Adriana did something wrong for punishment she threw her into the pool and held her head down till she stopped breathing. Check it out if you want.
I'm not sure what I would make of that though. He was told what to believe, what to think, what he saw. False memories can get implanted in a child pretty easily. He won't grow up and "remember the truth," because he has already been told the truth.
My son told a story about our house burning down when he was in kindergarten. He had all the staff believing him. I showed up to pick him up from school, and I was like "What fire?" The school was getting ready to have a fundraiser. Kids do tell very imaginative stories.
No same tho frfr. And I don't ever cry really. But something about that innocent little guy in his formal attire and the little "yes suh" and holding the adult hand....ughhhh it broke me
I believe you. Kids do not make up stories like THIS. I suffered a traumatic loss as an adult, and the memories of witnessing what happened are "fractured" by the brain, trying to prevent the body from being overwhelmed with everything, all at once. I recall specifics, finding the body, noting certain things about him, remember the flash of his clothes, running up the steps to get the phone. Trembling fingers having trouble dialing 911, then screeching into it, begging for help. I was hysterical, and the memories of the day still have spaces in between. I believe this little boy added some of the details in order to fill in those gaps in his brain that witnessing trauma causes. He was telling the truth, and the evidence back up his story. I'm so sorry you had to experience that. *hugs*
Kids DO make things up though. There has been MANY cases where the child was coached to lie, especially about sa. It's so sad. Both actual SA and lying about sa.
As a former EMT who has given CPR multiple times, I can tell you with absolute certainty that sometimes it does require so much force that you could leave marks on their face, especially when you are getting responsiveness and trying to open the airway. I've also broken patient s ribs doing chest compressions to circulate blood. That does not make you a murderer, especially someone who is not trained in a traumatic situation to perform the CPR properly.
@@kylesalmon31 Same thing here, back in the days when taking my driver's license, I went through the obligatory first aid course, they said "you might end up breaking their ribs, but don't worry about it, it's more important to save their life". Luckily I've never had to use what I learned.
Being a single dad, raising my 2 boys all alone. Made a better man of me. I was very protective of my sons. They were only 2 and 4yrs old. I don't understand how anyone could hurt their kids.
Im a single father myself, and it definitely makes you a better person. They look to me for everything, and if I'm in a bad mood, they match it. You got to be strong for them, so they can be strong in their journey.
@@jonathanhardy7968 They both grew to be good men. I miss it and physically pay for all the hard work now. Longhaul trucking from SC. to CA. and back. 3 times a month. To support them. But I'd do it over in a minute.
I was 19 when I had my first daughter back in 97. By 4, they diagnosed ADHD, by 6 they added ODD and OCD, which was young for a girl, but she was so textbook you couldn't deny. I know how difficult those children can be. I am ashamed to admit how much strength it took to restrain my frustration and not lash out, so I can empathize with the amount of stress she may have been experiencing; however, my daughter is now 28 and we're best friends. She had ZERO excuse or right to do what she did, IF she did it.
Being a single parent with young unruly children is probably one of the hardest jobs both mentally and physically. Adding to the stress, it seems like grandma and grandpa weren’t much of a help at all. Only this woman knows what she did. But she certainly didn’t present like someone who killed her daughter. She presents like a woman who has accepted her fate largely because of the guilt from her daughter dying and so the punishment seems just to her. That’s at least how it came off to me.
“She doesn’t present as a murd3rer”. Then you don’t understand how narcissists work. The axiom “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” is a reference to narcissists. I’ve met plenty of them in my life and MANY identify as good Christian’s, Jews, etc. but are monsters behind closed doors when they think no one’s watching or when their mask slips. I lived with one and once I realized she was a lun@tic, I got out of there. She pretended to be a Christian and she volunteered at veterans fundraisers but in reality she was defrauding them and using these as covers to appear wholesome. I sued her and found out that she had like 7 restraining orders under her record and 17 lawsuits in total. Never judge a book by its cover.
i had a boy that by the time he was 2 1/2 years old told elaborate and detailed stories. My cousin was babysitting while i ran to the store and when i got back she told me the horrific story he told. I looked at him and he grinned. I said that never happened to those people. She looked at him with fear in her face. He is now 40 years old, still a liar. He is a severe narcissist and sociopath. The boy may have created a story he could not admit to. Also, his grandparents had him and who knows if they coached him into believing something and confused him. SHE PASSED a polygraph. *
The medical examiner who did this child’s autopsy has been charged with negligence for over 36 cases and has been fired! Speaks volumes about this case! They need to release this woman immediately!
Proof? Thank God, you are not the judge and no one is going to release this woman because the medical examiner allegedly got accused of something. Even if that were true, they would have to prove it for this specific case! They’re not gonna just release a convicted prisoner for this reason. They will re-investigate and recheck everything! Got it, couch judge? 🙄🙄
@@SteimieStinker Are you sure you want for the millions of taxpayer dollars to be wasted on trying to observe someone who is as guilty as the devil himself? Do you even realize how backlogged and overburdened the US judicial system is as it is?
My 17-year old daughter went missing one night, i couldn't even get the words out to explain she was missing, I was crying so hard, years later, my eyes immediately tear up each time I recall those horrible 8 hours not knowing if she's alive or dead. There's no way I'd recall the story as emotionless as this mom, she very well could be describing how she lost a lawnmower, she's exactly where she needs to be 😢 thank God, AJ got justice for his sister
I don't know if she did or didn't drown her daughter. But. You did not go through telling the story over and over and over and over and questioned and accused of your daughters disappearance etc etc. you have not went through what this mom has been through. After the 10 thousandth time of retelling the story I would guess you are numb from it. Many people can tell a story of the tragic death of a loved one and not lose it. Especially if they've processed all stages of grief. It doesn't mean they don't love or miss their loved ones. I wish you wouldn't say how you feel/deal is the only Right way and everyone else who does differently is wrong/guilty/bad etc.
@@agirlisnoone5953Couldn't agree more! I don't know if she did or didn't do it, all I know is the way she tells the story is NOT an indicator of guilt. As you said.
Right! You can tell he is hurt by the situation. I truly believe whether he had a mind of a 6yr old or a 4yr old (as a witness stated) he knew that what he was saying would get his mother in trouble, but felt he should because it's the right thing to do. I just wish they would have young children sit in a room with less people when testifying for the court system.
I have never been convinced that her mother drowned her. That precious little boy should have given testimony in private, recorded and played for the jury. That was a terrible thing for them to put him on the stand.
I wish ppl would do research instead of coming to conclusions off a doco with a woman lying through her teeth. Iv done the research she is indeed very guilty. A kid isn't going to send their own mum to prison for no reason. The girl could stand up. She isn't going to drown herself.
@@TeaLaTeQuiL I didn't base my opinion from this documentary I have followed this case from the beginning and live near to the area it happened. I suspect anyone saying Mum instead of Mom isn't even from this country and has no clue what they are talking about!
@@HuskyTheDog2202 Definitely could have. The boy told MANY divergent stories about what had happened. Moreover, his step-grandfather, who hates the mother, was on the scene for full 30 minutes before the police arrived and is thought by many to have coached the child to incriminate the woman he hated.
What I find strange is when he said his sister told him to call the police. A child who is being drowned is not going to be telling him to call the police, she is gonna be busy trying to fight and catch her breath. She also passed a poly, this case has some serious concerns.
And later on in the interview, he says that Adrianna’s face was covered so that she couldn’t say anything. So did she or did she not say anything? Very concerning that those inconsistencies weren’t investigated.
What wasn’t mentioned about Amanda in her interview is that she was offered a 10 year sentence if she would plead guilty and she would not take it and wanted a trial to prove her innocence.
@@26michaeluk me too. This is an uneducated working class woman who lives in Florida. She has no idea how lie detectors work, how our criminal justice system works, how the court system works. She thought that because she was innocent, she could just take a polygraph, prove her innocence and walk free; she was naive. She really believed that because she was innocent, the state could never convince a jury of her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Again, naive. :(
Yes, you are right... I believe she's innocent due to lack of evidence, especially a 7-year-old child testimony dose not make you guilty... if she was guilty, she would have taken the 10-year deal instead of taking it to TRIAL.
I remember vividly, witnessing my mom being beat up my aunt, on a bright sunny day, on a cobblestone street, as we were walking down that road. I was 3 years old, that afternoon. I am an old man now, and I am not a genius. Trauma sticks to you!
Sure! Absolutely I understand that! But it is ALSO very possible to implant false memories in a child. We know so. We have mountains of evidence and examples of this occurring. One in particular is the little girl that METICULOUSLY recounted a molestation incident by a family member. It ended in a conviction, but it was later found to be a false memory that was implanted and coached by other adults.
@@nixwestlake9196 That's not true. There was a whole case called the McMartin case where kids were coached like crazy and those people accused were innocent.
@@SquirtlePower809 His story was basically the same in the police station, one hour after the police got to the home. Who has time to implant memories?
My son was in a lake in water that was not over his head, and lost the bottom, and almost drown with me watching, five feet away. It was hard to tell he could not stand up, could not find the bottom, had become disoriented, and was about to drown while I stood with my brother watching - what we watched did not make sense to me, but we saw what we saw. We both became aware of his distress after it had been going on for a bit. It happens. Drowning is weird. When people are drowning, they panic, and they don't do rational things. So... Having heard the prosecutor's reasoning, that she 'could have just stood up', knowing that it is not as simple as that from personal experience, I suspect this woman is very likely innocent of the crime she's being punished for.
@@fastrivers812 Thanks, but not necdessary - he 'almost' drowned. We were staring at him for a minute, and we both realized at the same time, "Hey, he's struggling!" Blew us away. We were stunned that we were both staring right at it and did not recognize that he was about to drown. Thankfully, we recognized it just in time, and I took three steps over and picked him up. He could have just stood up, but, for whatever reason, he was not able to. He would have drowned right in front of us, with us five feet away not knowing what we were looking at. Drowning is weird. The things that the cops said about her that made them think she drowned this baby seemed ignorant of what I experienced - if you haven't seen somebody about to drown, you would be very surprised that it does necessarily not look like anything bad is happening to them until it's too late. Another time my wife was distressed in a wave pool, was calling out to a life guard for help. The life guard was looking right at her, blankly, not understanding that she was in distress and asking him to jump in and help her. Drowning is weird, and the people involved in the conviction don't seem to understand that.
If my kid died id care nothing about myself and would lose it with any visuals of how my child died not caring in the slightest what happened to me. That demeanor "I believe my Son fabricated these events..' is chilling. Who talks like that after a deadly event of their own child?! Even if just trying to clear the truth id be more like "my poor little buddy probably just got confused - ohh this has got to be so horrible for him !" Where in as shes talking very clinical and not moved by her sons breakdown in court at all.
@@froggyluvit's been nearly 20 years. You're not going to be hysterical for that long, especially if you are innocent and have been rotting in jail for years based on her own kids lie. I'm not saying she is or isn't innocent. But your assessment is very narrow minded.
@@link1565V2 Not an ounce of love comes from her when talking about her daughter -cold and clinical 'She was purple". In court (which was past not present) she seemed only to care about self preservation with the lone tears only at her sentencing -why not when her son was there? She has all o the cold calculating traits of person with no conscience until they are threatened by the law and then only their ego cries. Call me narrow minded all you want -I believe in Justice -its no wonder people like O.J and Casey Anthony get acquitted in these times
So kids can't be prosecuted because they presumably don't understand the world, but their testimony can be used to prosecute someone to life in prison or even to a death sentence...
@@chloefox8471too much trauma, ! The brain is not adult before 25 and then it takes about 10 years of good therapy to get your life together from CPTSD. If you want the truth, wait til he is 25 then be his shrink and hopefully by 2035 you will have uncovered some truth about his childhood ;) I wish you luck
His description of his mother holding his sister's face and pushing her in the water corroborated by the medical examiner's testimony of fingerprint marks on the little girl's face sealed her fate. The expression on the mother's face at those testimony moments is quite compelling.
@@lydibug51 the bruising is consistent with dozens of possible objects besides a hand. There was no clear handprint on Adrianna. Furthermore, children often get bruises from having CPR performed on them. This "bruise pattern" testimony is hardly science.
Unless she was pressing her down all the way to the bottom to have pressure enough to cause bruising I don’t think that’s what happened. Just pressing her face under water wouldn’t have bruised it. If she was pushing her all the way to the bottom she would have been very wet herself.
I find piers much more interesting and brilliant in these kind of shows more than the political debates and he takes side and he we are so tired of politics and debates and war and all of that this is so different and he is absolutely brilliant in this show
It’s just difficult when the little boy said his sister said call 911. I don’t know that. That a seven year old child would say that in the middle of being drowned.
I thought the same thing. That’s what made me think maybe she didn’t do it or he was told to say that… it’s hard to know if the child was not pushed to say things before the whole ordeal is said and done
@@viralvinny I thought the same. He said she was yelling , " call the police! " While she was being drowned? I really doubt that. I think this vulnerable baby was lead.
If I had a clean court record ( and I do ) NO WAY would I not fight for ANY of my grandchildren. And that’s a fact !!! Not ONE would ever be put up for adoption.
I had an 11 year old stepson that was brought into the court room and said that I had beat him and abused him and his brothers. He knew he was lying. His father convinced him to tell the judge that but I assume his story wasn’t adding up as they were asking him questions and then he finally admitted that it was a lie and his father and grandmother had told him what to say. Kids lie and make up stories. It’s ridiculous to put someone in prison for life on a testimony from a kid that young. Also I’m divorced now. I could never be around those kids again. I don’t trust them.
not saying she's innocent but judges would usually not allow a child that young be the only witness statement. They needed more evidence knowing how common child pool accidents are. The child could have seen anything but interpreted it differently. Kids lie or make up stuff and don't know why they do it. If she did it, she can rot but I do think she needs a re-trial
The very same thing happened to my ex-husband. His son was coached by his ex-wife to say he was beaten. They went to court and he was believed, in part bc my ex had a temper. But I know nothing like that ever happened. I was ALWAYS there with the kids. I wouldn't be with or stand for any child being hurt in any way. Ex never again trusted this child (who is now an adult) and to this day doesn't talk with his only son. Ex wasn't inprisoned because there wasn't a mark on the child and the courts were very aware that his ex-spouse had made other accusations too. It was all deeply hurtful. She told her son he could work and give her all his money when he was old enough to work. He lives with her now and does just that. Weak minded person, manipulated by an extrordinarily talented liar and psychopath.
I get what your saying, but in this case the kid was not influenced by any one like in your case and I really do think the mom is guilty because when she said she hit her daughter when she wrote loser in the car you can tell it affected her and acted like she didn’t remember but u can tell she actually kinda even held that grudge also the kid said she was the one that put the wagon next to the pool also the water level was low enough for the kid to stand so some one had to keep her head underwater. Maybe the mom was trying to let her anger out on her and went to far after she realized she was actually dying that’s when she called 911. But the kid saw everything go down, but that’s just my opinion.
NO you are wrong about that, The court situation will not harm him in any way. He is 5. What happened is different but not being the star of the day. Remember, he is 5! not 15.
A 7 year old should have NEVER been put on the stand and should have NEVER had to gone through this. This is absolutely awful. I think there needs to be laws against that unless there is non refutable evidence. He should have been the last resort. I don’t know what to believe but it’s awful to put a child through that either way.
A.J. broke my heart! 🙏🏻😔 That being said; the mother passed a lie detector test, grant it, those aren’t permissible by law in most states. How a mother is in prison for life based on a small child’s word is concerning. They also didn’t say if the grandmother was his mother’s, mother. I, also, noted that the same grandparents didn’t take or get custody of him. He was adopted out. I think at the very least she deserves a retrial. I’ve watched Piers Morgan a long time and he’s fierce and to the point. I noticed he went easy on her and even questioned the investigator if he really believed a small child’s word and perception were credible.
Yes I believe that AJ was coached. I am curious if they did a new trial and had him again what would he say. There are just too many questions. Why were friends, family and coworkers so against her? No one said anything good about her. If she was that bad then why not call CPS on her they could have saved a child’s life.
I would love to know how AJ did after his mother was jailed and how he did in his life so far. Does he suffer from depression for example? Did he get therapy? Are his adoptive parents good to him?
@@madsdee7803 so he is ok with his mother in jail for life? i really do not believe that she killed his sister based on all we see here! so many people believe she is innocent when if not, they would say she isn't, as the social media is ruthless... he needs to man up and say he is wrong!
When DNA technology came it was proven that only in one prison 16 innocent people were on death row so its not always its proven beyond reasonable doubt.
He didnt see her right away. There were a lot of people in the courtroom and it was a very different place for him. Once he looked to his side, he recognized her.
It’s called trauma he recognizes her when the point her out. Imagine him feeling like he just fell into another world? Poor little guy . Buying do belle told the truth
That little boy never should’ve been made to testify. How traumatizing. His statement should have sufficed. To me that is child abuse. He will never get over that.
Either way, the mother is responsible. If that girl was unable to swim then she should have been out there. Maybe that’s what the jury was thinking. There are very few accidents in life. Should she get a life sentence, no, but did she deserve to recognize her shortcomings as a parent?
Passed a polygraph. Adrianna had bruises on her face and was clearly tall enough to stand in the pool. 1 hour after it happened AJ tells the story. This one is a heartbreaker. Pray AJ is doing well and finding his way.
The sole fact that the mother didn't interrupt her child even once in court, because she didn't want to manipulate or traumatize him, speaks volumes. I believe her.
As an investigator in Australia, I believe that the little boy thought he was hurting his sister, but he actually saw his mum doing CPR. It's such a heartbreaking story. Certainly not the first time I've come across this case. Young children will embelish stories to get some understanding of the seriousness of it. It's simply what young children do. It's how their immature minds work.
@erikkibler3466 you do know that life savers, emergency personnel are trained to start CPR etc while getting them out of water....any water. Furthermore, she probably wasn't trained, had seen it on TV AND was a traumatised mother. Don't judge til you've been there. At the end of the day,, that little boy should NOT have been used for testimony. Kids see things through a far different lens than adults.
@@laurabernard2094 this memory will be in his mind forever whether its real or fake. If he grows up believing what he saw then he will say the same thing at 18 but it could possibly be a false memory
What if the CPR she claimed to perform was what the boy thought his mom used in killing his sister? 🤔 How can the lil boy's testimony be used to judging the mom, what does he know about CPR? I pray for the heart of both mom and kid ❤❤❤❤
This is what I think as well. I think the boy got confused and pieced together what he thought he saw. I think the daughter probably slipped, inhaled water and panicked and the mother ran out and did CPR and probably did yell at the boy to stop goofing off. The level of panic you would experience in this situation would be off the charts. I think the mom may have yelled for someone to call the emergency services. There's no way the daughter could have if she had her face being pushed under the water.
The little girl was big enough to stand up in the pool and the water be almost a foot below the top of her head, if she fell in or he pushed her in all she had to do was stand up there was nothing in the pool to knock her out
Watching this boy on the stand makes me cry every single time. I wish they had interviewed him this time around. He should be around 15 or so. His testimony today would hold a lot more weight.
ABC News has a troubling article about this case called "What A.J. Saw: Mother's Fate Hinged on 7-Year-Old's Testimony" The boy changed his story so many times and so wildly that I don't understand how the court was able to accept his testimony. Furthermore, a 6 year old, he was assessed to have the mental and emotional maturity of a child of four and a half. Finally, his step-grandfather, who hated the mother, was on the scene 30 minutes before the police arrived and may have coached the boy to incriminate the woman he hated. The grandmother has since divorced him. But for me, the most troubling thing is the fact that the boy told so many *wildly* divergent versions of what had happened, I was shocked when I read the article just now.
The medical examiner has also been fired for being negligent for over 36 cases! This story stinks and this woman should be released immediately! This boy is now a man and has been adopted by an aunt! He needs to come foward. Innocence prodject should be on this case,
I seen the case on ID years ago and I totally agree with you more because AJ did change his story several times and I believe the grandparents had the opportunity to tell him what to say to the police because they came there and picked AJ up and the grandmother calling the police and saying they need to bring AJ to them because of what he told them happened to his sister. They had the opportunity and time to coach him what to say because they did not like his mother but go figure they didn’t want to adopt AJ they let there grandson be adopted by complete strangers there’s definitely something wrong with that family for sure.
@@PKC27 I did read A.J. was adopted by his aunt. Regardless he’s a grown man now and he needs to come foward. I’m sure he knows what happened. Although, this family is toxic and could have brainwashed him for life. Just awful
Isn't it strange a little girl who is being drowned by her mother is screaming "Call 911"?! I bet she'd scream "No, momma, no!" or "Please stop!" or (less probably) "Help!". "Call 911" is what you hear in the movies quite a lot...
@@Aviator_Shaheen I mean it doesn't matter whether the girl was realizing what's going on or not. My point is kids don't yell 'call 911'. They scream No! or Help! IMHO
It is well known that neurodivergent children repeat phrases out of context, it is a form of echolalia. Adrianna was diagnosed with ADHD, a condition often associated with ASD as comorbidity and also running in the same families due to their genetic proximity. Therefore it is plausible that AJ is on the autism spectrum, then he would just have repeated whatever his grandparents or police officers fabricated to incriminate a woman they don't like (often the case that autistic people are hated because they are "different" and studies have shown that autistic mothers often have kids with ADHD)
We need to look at the evidence. I think that the kid is too short to see over the rim of the pool. If so, then his testimony is completely unreliable. Also, he might not know what CPR is or mouth to mouth resuscitation is.
She must not have had a very good lawyer. There was reasonable doubt all over the place. If the girl aspirated water as she fell in the pool, she could have easily panicked causing her to aspirate more water and then drown. She was only 7, so as she thrashed around drowning, it may not have even occured to her to stand up. The marks on her face also sound consistent with someone gripping her face with adrenalin pumping, while giving her mouth to mouth. The mom did give her CPR. As for the boy's testimony, he was known to embelish, and he stated in one interview she held his sister's face under water so she couldn't scream, yet in another said the girl screamed for him to call police. Which is it? Isn't it more likely a 7 year old would be screaming for her mom to stop, or just screaming? Studies have shown that memory is not as clear as we previously assumed, and he was what, 6 or so? There was no way I would have voted guilty if I was on that jury!
@Mrs.TJTaylor I'm an open-minded person. Which part of my comment doesn't stand up to logic? If you can "out-logic" me with analyzing this case, I will gladly acknowledge it.
When she talked about the moment that Adrianna died there was not one single emotion in her face. I have never seen that by a mother that lost her child. I thought that was very strange
She passed the polygraph speaks volumes. I think the little boy got confused seeing his mama rescuing his sister and how panicked she was that it looked different.
SHE put him through that. She did. The alternative was to not have him testify, she goes free and gets her son back and lord knows what she does to him for ratting on her 😢
It really does feel terribly wrong. Surely there was a safer way to do that and get the boy’s testimony. It felt like they were using him for effect. I cannot imagine how much more damage was caused by forcing him to do this.
When my stepson was 10 he told others how he was in a motorcycle crash and spent two months in a hospital during his summer break. Also he told someone that I am pregnant. All that was a lie and when me and my husband asked him why did he lie he couldn’t explain why and was just mumbling…. It’s not safe being around kids nova days, they manipulate adults and lie in order to get friends or to please or to look “cool” or to get stuff they want. Sad situation with this family.
AJ said during his testimony, he heard his sister scream, grabbed her feet, to try help her out of the pool, BEFORE his mum came outside!! We have to pay attention to the fact that he said Adriana drowned twice that day! 🤔 I suspect this is a definite case of accidental drowning and AJ thought he might be in trouble (when Grandma asked him what happened) ... There's a 48 or minute upload of his court testimony. It's important to watch the prosecution and defence before making up your mind on this case🤔
Explain the finger shaped bruises found on her forehead that match a splayed hand, perfectly. Explain how an accidental drowning occurred when she was taller than the level of the water, and old enough (unlike a todder) to simply stand up. Explain her telling her co workers, bluntly, how she loathed Adriana. Explain the total lack of toys in that home. When investigators asked, she said she took them away as punishment and had put them in the garage or shed. Guess what they didn't find in the garage or shed? TOYS. She admitted to punishing Adriana harshly, and others testified to it, too. She didn't like her daughter, much less love her. Yes, he added a few things. Why? Because a traumatized memory (such as seeing his sister drowned) is fractured.....an involuntary response to witnessing a trauma that is more than our brains can absorb. It goes into shock mode. Details become fuzzy. Images play out like an internal slide show inside the mind. His little mind filled in those fuzzy spots with expressions and emotions fueled by the shock and trauma. I know because my kids and I experienced such a trauma. My kids (now adults) have no memory of it. I still have fuzzy spots and pieces of the trauma that my brain did not put on record in my head, thank God. Trauma victims would go crazy, otherwise. He is telling the truth, and the evidence supports it.
I watched a very extensive interview with him on UA-cam. It was with two male cops, I believe him. It was believable, and yes, I know children make up stories.
I don't understand how Casey Anthony got all her charges dropped for her daughter! When apparently she originally died in a swimming pool. But they found her body in a ditch with duct tape over her mouth. Casey also said that her child was taken by the babysitter, there was so many stories that didn't line up. She didn't get any charges for anything. I truly cannot wrap my head around this case! I just can't believe they put her 7 year old son on the stand to testify against his mother, that poor little boy was crying on the stand. I can't believe the prosecutors would put a 7 year old through that traumatic event. She may have not have been the best mother! But no mother is perfect by all means. Something just doesn't sit right in my gut with this whole case, I just feel like this was an accidental drowning in my opinion.
I don't think the boy knows what he saw. He actuaytold MANY divergent stories about what had happened. Moreover, his step-grandfather, who hates the mother, was on the scene for full 30 minutes before the police arrived and is thought by many to have coached the child to incriminate the woman he hated. Finally, doctors who assessed him before trial said that at 6 years old, he was developmentally at the stage of a 4 and a half year old, an age at which children confabulate a lot.
I lost my 7yr old son to a horrific car accident in 2007, I have to say this really hit me hard!!! I can't imagine someone killing their own child but I truly believe AJ is telling the truth, sadly!!!! 🙏🏻
Am so sorry for your loss, the angel honored you with his time for 7 precious years. Yes I think AJ told exactly what he saw and the injuries to Adriana’s face confirmed it.
They said oook was ok more thank 34 long and she’s 42 so all she had to do was stand up in the pool if she was drowning!!!! That tells u right there!!!
His interview before she was arrested seems like he's telling little lies. He got his play gun? I haven't finished watching but question if she actually did this!
I believe AJ. Sweet boy was put in a position to testify against his own mother that he knew he would never see again. What an absolute sad story. Unbelievable. That courtroom footage is so HEARTBREAKING 💔 I put myself in his shoes and I’m literally crying about it. My own mother!!?
Seriously, some people have a hard time using their common sense. This doesn't just happen like this. She neglected them and I don't think it's ever appropriate to even fathom killing your own child. Just think about it
Not wanting to defend that women, but I'm stunned that a seven year old can be called as a witness in court. That's really bad. Children at that age cannot be considered credible witnesses for many, many reasons. At that age, they don't have a firm grip on reality, they don't understand the seriousness of a court case, they can be coaxed and coached to answer a certain way out of fear, they get people and situations bamboozled, their memory isn't as reliable as an adult's memory (in general), and they can't be subject to robust cross-examination. The evidence of a seven year old is borderline worthless.
We were on holiday in the countryside with my three-year-old daughter, she was running with the wasps, playing football, chasing her cousins. She was covered in bruises and had scratches. The day before she left for home, while playing with her cousin, she hit her forehead on a wooden railing and injured her forehead. She looked like an abused child and her cousin made her think that her mother did this to her (I never raised a hand to my daughter) and that's what she told everyone - anyone who asked what happened, she said "mommy did it to me" even though it wasn't true (luckily I wasn't prosecuted for this)
This is a tough one for me. My nephew's mom had cancer for his entire life. She was diagnosed when he was around 1 year old. Sadly after several reoccurrences it was clear that my sister was not going to live. She had been in the ICU and then transferred to a nursing home on hospice to die. My nephew had just turned 10 years old and knew exactly what was going on. He was in the room with his mom and his grandmother (my mom) when she started to die. Obviously this was really traumatic and hard for everyone. Years later my nephew started screaming at his grandmother for killing his mom and not doing anything to save her. That was the version of events that he remembered or thought had happened and it was not based on reality at all. She had an inoperable brain tumor that continued to spread and there was nothing that could be done. It is very possible that this kid saw the mom giving CPR and thought it was something else entirely.
How do you not see the tear streaks on the right side of her face (her right) that are causing her mascara to run? Her eyes are entirely watery. Not saying she didn't do it but let's not exaggerate.
NO child at that age, not to mention, he was even YOUNGER when it happened, would've said "she's killing her." That statement was fed to him. I'm convinced he would've said HURTING her. Because if what he said and remembered was true...he would've heard her crying out in fear. I find it impossible for him to determine all by himself that he KNEW it WAS A "KILLING" he's watching vs. my sister is hurt. For such a young child to be solely responsible for putting someone in prison, let alone his mother, is nothing short of insanity and cruelty!!!!
Sometimes people who are medicated with antipsychotic drugs cannot cry, even though their emotions may be of sorrow or sadness. Im not saying that this is the case with this woman, but for many people this is the case.
Plus.... Abusers indeed have two faces or personas. People struggle or refuse to believe the abused's version because they do not know or see the dark side of the abuser's personality. I have an issue with enablers who just don't care enough to even consider that there might be a dark side to a charming persona. Nowadays people are much more aware of the brutality and insidious nature of narcissistic abuse, be it physical or psychological or emotional or spiritual, but there are still those folk who only believe what they experience or think they see. Bless their souls, they will never become educated until it happens to them or someone they truly care about. To the ones that are not believed when they try to speak their truth, stand firm. God is real and He knows and sees everything that happens in secret or in private. He is the ultimate and righteous judge.. and does not lie, since He IS Truth! Believe on Him and trust in Him alone. Blessings.
Piers admits Rebecca Fenton might be the Best Liar he's ever met: ua-cam.com/video/3onjkL57uCk/v-deo.html
I saw my father stuff oatmeal down by little cousin’s throat while my parents were babysitting her. She was less than 2 years old and I was 5 years old as I watched this. She was refusing to eat so he stuffed the food down her throat until the oatmeal came out of her little nose. Despite my young age, I knew this was a horrible situation. My mother tried to stop him but he continued. Luckily, she didn’t choke to death.
When I aunt and uncle returned home, I did my best to tell them. I was completely ignored and told to shut up as me being only a child.
It doesn’t take a grown up to understand that something horrible is being done. I was only 5 years old, and I knew.
I believe you. But that doesn't mean that boy's testimony is sound. Unlike you, who have a single version of that incident, he told MANY divergent stories about what had happened. Moreover, his step-grandfather, who hates the mother, was on the scene for full 30 minutes before the police arrived and is thought by many to have coached the child to incriminate the woman he hated. Finally, doctors who assessed him before trial said that at 6 years old, he was developmentally at the stage of a 4 and a half year old, an age at which children confabulate a lot.
Jeeeeeez wow
Where are they now? I have been this child once. 😂 Not oatmeal but rice. I refuse to eat, and mom probably get frustrated with me. Have a perfect relationship now and my mom fell sorry for that incident.
I'm so sorry you witnessed that. That's very traumatic. You are a good person
@@nastyiva8375Wtf are you even talking about? Laughing at child abuse?
I burst into tears when he saw his mom and started crying. Oh my heart can’t take it…😞
Me too 😢
Look up Tommy Robinson and his video and what Piers Morgan SHAMEFUL DID!!!! 😢
Ugh that was the most heartbreaking thing to see. I’m a mother and I couldn’t imagine my children not recognizing me. That poor, sweet little boy. I hope that he has grown into a good young man and living a happy, fulfilled life.
Oh you poor baby
Absolutely heartbreaking
How Amanda is still in prison and Casey Anthony is not baffles me. Injustice.
Liberals ,liberal judges, liberal laws courts
@@jamesdeluca6657 jury of her peers, but go on…
@@jamesdeluca6657in Florida? That’s funny
@@jamesdeluca6657 In Fla.?
lol
Saying bc Casey Anthony is guilty. And to me, it looks like this mother really did drown her daughter.
I think this is the first time I’ve ever thought someone might be innocent
Remember the hand print size bruising the size of an adult hand on her face and the fact that she was plenty taller than the height of the water level
I did too for a while, but the fact that the water was low enough for her to be able to stand up in, right there makes me really question if she’s innocent or not! If she is innocent, I truly truly hope that justice will come through for herand if she’s not, then she’s exactly where she should be!
Why ?
The fact he was adopted instead of one of the grandparents taking him. I think says everything about that family.
Why didn't the family kick in and help this little boy? HUMM.
It's possible they were to old,maybe had health issues,maybe looking at the child everyday knowing their daughter was in prison for life. As a grandparent myself i couldn't answer for sure what i would do because this would be soul crushing for sure.
Maybe since he told on his mom
That is weird. Especially because the grandparents aren't that old.
Who knows what other incriminating story this kid would come up to destroy his parents.
I worry about those that took him inn ?
The girl CHOKED on water , not deep & screemed before mother realized what's the problem trying to muffle her face before she collapsed from choking.
Seeing that little kid cry, and grab the lawyers hand, broke my freaking heart.
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Mine to. This little boy has to relive this trauma like this.
Mine too. Very hard to watch that!
Mine too. Heartbreaking scene.
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Her saving her daughter could’ve been him thinking that she was killing her daughter. It’s so hard when you have children testifying especially at that age. It’s sad that nobody will ever know.
She was a foot taller than the pool...she could have simply stood up. So no, she killed her daughter.
@@elenichristoforou7752 well that’s your opinion
My mom almost drowned as a child in a pool she could easily stand up in. She fell in, got disoriented, and didn't know which way was up. Her younger brother had to pull her to the surface. She's in her 50's now and that incident scared her so badly she never did learn how to swim.
@elenichristoforou7752 grown people in panicked mode make mistakes much less a child. This one is hard. He could been mistaken. And whe. He went to the court and said he was a sherrif that makes it seem like he was coached by law enforcement to believe he was doing something good by saying his mother definitely killed his sister. Giving him a badge to say what they wanted him to say.
But didn't the little girl scream help call the police
That is so messed up to have that little boy testify in court and face his mom. Poor little one, I wanted to jump through the screen and hold him.
Right? I cried
The kid is a psychopath. Scary that you can't see that.
That little boy is older en realising he’s put his mom in jail. What if he would now say he had it wrong, he was just confused?
@@kathleendobens6648 Too young to realize that his sister's death could pass for an accident, he blamed his mom for what HE did. 14:01
@@toanotherplace stay off the net
The way he says “sur” is so adorable. Man seeing him on that stand really broke my heart.
I know ☺️ he should have never been put on the stand in front of all those people and when he finally recognized his mother 😢
@@KathleenHopper-o3j
He most definitely should’ve been put on that stand, and it’s a good thing they did!
His testimony is what convicted that Sociopathic narcissist, who thought she would simply get away with it because there were no older witnesses!!!
May the Lord comfort his heart and save his soul and keep him from all evil while he’s in this world!
I wish I could be there and could adopt him at that time…
He’s just a sweet and innocent, sincere little angel!!! 🙏😍
God bless him and keep him! 🥺🙏
She is so Fake . fake teras too !
I wanted to just hug him so badly. I have two kids and that broke my heart, too, to know that this little boy suffered through so much trauma at the hands of his evil mother. How she lives with herself is beyond me. I guess when a person is a psychopath, they have no sense of guilt.
@@Annie497-f5x😢😢😢
This little boy SHOULD NOT be going through this at his age, this is heartbreaking! As a mom I'm heartbroken for him and his sister.
100% right. It's just too much for a little child.
@@Triggerhippie70 I so agree with you
As a father and fellow parent, I whole-heartedly agree with you 100%. Poor little man.
This boy was taken to his grandmother's and It was his grandmother who called the Sheriff and took AJ to the Shrriff.
Neither of the kids were allowed by the mother to get in the pool.
Was the grandmother also the mother-in-law.
This in law probably didnt care for the daughter-in-law and she had the boy at her house questioning an already scared boy who was told not to get into the pool. and then a mother-in-law questioning and pumping her thoughts into the boy and when she had confused him with her thoughts then grsnny called the Sheriff.
The mother was trying to save her daughter and she was fearful of her dying. Her only problem was that she had been angry prior to discovering the girl's danger. SHE IS NOT GUILTY OF MURDERING HER DAUGHTER ! THE BOY WAS PRONE TO LIE BECAUSE OF GETTING IN TROUBLE AND GRANNY PROBABLY HATES HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND PUMPED THE BOY AND PLANTED HER OWN FEELING AGAINST HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND THEN IN THE PROCESS OF THIS PUMPING AND PLANTING HELPED THE BOY TO SEE IT HER WAYHELPING TO DIAGRAM THE STORY IN PICTURES. REMEMBER A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. WELL, NOW SHE'S A REAL GOOD GRANNY AND HAS THE KIDS AND THIS MAMA IS PUT UP FOR LIFE. GRANNY GOT RID OF HER HATED DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. THAT'S A BETTER VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED.😮
@barbarahasselo3394 this is quite another angle to the story...
I have real questions about using a 7 year old as the one witness. Kids get confused sometimes and are easy to manipulate.
Same with adults. Look at MAGA.
Same with adults. Look at Radical Left, Demoncrats
yes, very true, it is very well known apparently in the psychologic field, they should have dug more into that
They are easily manipulated or maybe he just believed that’s what he saw.
But little kids tell the Truth!! That's not something you would just lie about!!
The fact that she didn't have a tear in her eye when she was telling Piers what she was feeling when Drs. told her that her daughter didn't make it just blows my mind! I couldn't answer that question without breaking down. I couldn't EVER get that out of my mind!!!
Not everyone is going to react like you.
It’s years later!! People go through different stages in their grievances
it has been so many years, there comes a point where you’re able to talk about death without crying. my mother lost a baby and she talks about him calmly because it has been 40 years
I thought exactly that same thing
She's not you 🤷♀️
I was the same age as AJ when I was put on the stand as a witness to testify against my father for alleged sa. It never happened. He spanked me, but never sa. I remember one of the attorneys yelling "OBJECTION!" after I answered a question. It scared me, and I was hustled off the stand as fast as I was placed there. As I watch him testify, I am in physical pain and anguish, knowing what he is going through. Its been 40 years now, and after that day, my father and I lost 22 years together because he was convicted anyway. He passed away due to a hit-and-run in March 2020. Miss him every day.
That is so sad. Sorry you lost all of those years with your father. We can't replace our daddies.😢
@rasberryfields2132 Thank you for your kindness. Thought I knew what I was getting into when I chose this video today, I guess I didn't realize how much hurt it would cause watching him testify, and immediately remember my own childhood.
Miss my daddy a lot. Doctors tried saving his life, but there wasn't much they could do. At least I was there to hold his hand and tell him it was okay to let go. 🥺
In my country a mother coached the daughter to say she was sexually assaulted and the dad was arrested and jailed and they confessed after 30 yrs they framed him and he was released .... It was so sad 😢
No dna testing was done on the victim just the testimony.... I believe the first mother didn't do it
I believe this boy...he told the same story 1 hour after the event...and was brave enough to testify in court.
He never should have been put on the stand like that. It should have been in an empty room pre-recorded. My heart breaks for that poor boy. 💔
That's not how the law works. You have a right to confront your accusers for very good reason.
Children cannot testify in court.
1st Woman is innocent.
@@pennyp7382 The state was the accuser, not the child
he makes me cry, it is unbelievable
This child's tiny voice broke my heart. No child should ever experience such trauma.
no child should be interrogated & then forced onto the stand. Unbelievable. She passed her lie detector test!!!
He loved his sister more than anything and he is so strong for being her voice
@@ANANDALEEMAyou can lie in a lie detector and still pass. That’s why it’s not permissible in court
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My beautiful son passed away at 17. I can not tell his story without tearing up or tears falling. It is beyond my control. The pain and grief will never fade. My love for him will never fade. His memory will never fade. I don't know how she could talk about finding her daughter without uncontrollably crying.
That’s your experience my Mom talks about my brother and doesn’t cry. I am very sorry for your loss. I do hope time helps heal your very broken heart.
People handle grief differently. I cry as well, but many don't.
I cry too, but I try not to judge others and they grieve. Her son said she threw her in the pool... and held her down. Was he coached before they filmed him? I do think this mother freaked out on her ADHD daughter.
I thought exactly the same thing!!.... Also, I have no idea how I didn't mention, I am SO Incredibly sorry for your loss.... I have No idea how you have managed it.... My heart is utterly crushed for you. I have a 25, 15, and 18 year old who are still with me, but a nephew that i left school at 12 to raise every minute of his life until he started kindergarten that was taken from me when he screamed I was his real mother, not my sister... We lost him to himself at 28, on my son's 15th.... THAT has been an unbearable struggle everyday the past 3 years and absolutely only gets harder, never easier to cope with.... I am utterly clueless how you have managed to endure, but my heart and prayers are with you completely.... I am SO So Sorry.....❤️❤️❤️😥💔❤️🔥💔😭🫂.....
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I would like to know how this kid feels about all this now. Does he still stand by what he said or has his story changed?
Yes, I'll like to know too
Great question
Hard to believe she was convicted on this boy’s testimony alone
@@KJKFORYOU They also had someone testify from work that she was always complaining about the daughter
@KJKFORYOU You are right
I’ve been a 1st and 2nd grade teacher for 17 years. Kids tell the most wildest stories.
Exactly! I remember in the 80s people getting convicted of "satanic crimes" based on the wildest stories from children. It was all nonsense
They also interpret things differently than they actually happened pretty often.
i had a boy that by the time he was 2 1/2 years old told elaborate and detailed stories. My cousin was babysitting while i ran to the store and when i got back she told me the horrific story he told. I looked at him and he grinned. I said that never happened to those people. She looked at him with fear in her face. He is now 40 years old, still a liar. He is a severe narcissist and sociopath. The boy may have created a story he could not admit to. Also, his grandparents had him and who knows if they coached him into believing something and confused him. SHE PASSED a polygraph.
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What did the boy do
"The MOST WILDEST stories"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW, you are a teacher and you make such a gross grammar mistake.... It is beyond shocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heart wrenching seeing the little boy crying & waving to his mom.
Made me cry!
@@gregdavis1341made me cry as well. God that literally broke my heart. Poor boy. He’ll unfortunately have to live with all that trauma. I hope he’s happy now and living his best life. He deserves nothing more 😢❤
I felt the same. I really felt for him
@@LorenEganI really hope so
He has been manipulated
When I saw the medical examiner explaining the hand bruise on Adriana's face and then they show AJ on the night that this happened putting his hand over his face to explain how his mom was holding his sister down in the EXACT same way was chilling!
Piers should go and interview the brother now that he's old enough and see if he will stick to his story.
Exactly what is in my mind 👍
Yup. That's what I was thinking.
I googled and there is a TikTok of him on a crime channel saying exactly then same thing he said in court. He is about 18 in it. I was shocked, he said his mother never liked his sister and when Adriana did something wrong for punishment she threw her into the pool and held her head down till she stopped breathing. Check it out if you want.
I'm not sure what I would make of that though. He was told what to believe, what to think, what he saw. False memories can get implanted in a child pretty easily. He won't grow up and "remember the truth," because he has already been told the truth.
Maybe when he’s 18?
I bet his adoptive parents would not allow it.
My son told a story about our house burning down when he was in kindergarten. He had all the staff believing him. I showed up to pick him up from school, and I was like "What fire?" The school was getting ready to have a fundraiser. Kids do tell very imaginative stories.
The difference is..your house didn’t burn down. The girl is dead. And l believe the little boy.
Exactly…. Bodies do not float immediately after a drowning… it can take days …. She’s a liar and guilty
So she is not dead then?
Exactly !!!
@@ZZ-yw5sh THE KID IS A LIAR
When that little boy looked at his mom and cried I lost it 🥹😥😥😥😓😓😓😓😓
Me too! I bawled 😢😢😢
Dude!😢
No same tho frfr. And I don't ever cry really. But something about that innocent little guy in his formal attire and the little "yes suh" and holding the adult hand....ughhhh it broke me
Yup, I got teary too. Such a darling little guy.
Yeah same,absolutely horrible.
I was abused as a child. I can remember it from 4 years old. It happened and I remember it accurately.
I believe you. Kids do not make up stories like THIS. I suffered a traumatic loss as an adult, and the memories of witnessing what happened are "fractured" by the brain, trying to prevent the body from being overwhelmed with everything, all at once. I recall specifics, finding the body, noting certain things about him, remember the flash of his clothes, running up the steps to get the phone. Trembling fingers having trouble dialing 911, then screeching into it, begging for help. I was hysterical, and the memories of the day still have spaces in between. I believe this little boy added some of the details in order to fill in those gaps in his brain that witnessing trauma causes. He was telling the truth, and the evidence back up his story. I'm so sorry you had to experience that. *hugs*
Kids DO make things up though. There has been MANY cases where the child was coached to lie, especially about sa. It's so sad. Both actual SA and lying about sa.
same here. i'm 62 and remember all the abuse all the way back to when i was 4
As a former EMT who has given CPR multiple times, I can tell you with absolute certainty that sometimes it does require so much force that you could leave marks on their face, especially when you are getting responsiveness and trying to open the airway. I've also broken patient s ribs doing chest compressions to circulate blood. That does not make you a murderer, especially someone who is not trained in a traumatic situation to perform the CPR properly.
I actually made that point as well.
WOW 😢 SO SAD 😢 SCARY 😨 😳 💔
I had to take cpr through school district and we were warned that you will hear a crunch from the ribs etc from the compressions..
@@kylesalmon31 Same thing here, back in the days when taking my driver's license, I went through the obligatory first aid course, they said "you might end up breaking their ribs, but don't worry about it, it's more important to save their life". Luckily I've never had to use what I learned.
The kid was convinced because he had witnessed how his sister was being treated badly by his mom.
Can you tell me what a lie is? It’s not the truth. Can you tell me what the truth is? It’s not a lie. TOTALLY COACHED!!
And just what would you expect him to say? 🙄
How could she tell her brother to call police if mum was holding her face under water?? Definitely think Aj was coached
@@ellybean5868 the truth is defined by reality.
I will not be surprised if you also delete ur own child. You are dead inside its in your eyes.
Exactly!!! Unbelievable
Being a single dad, raising my 2 boys all alone. Made a better man of me. I was very protective of my sons. They were only 2 and 4yrs old. I don't understand how anyone could hurt their kids.
You’re are a good Father and the Man. There should be more dads and men like you on this earth. Cheers from Cheers from Australia.
@@user-zx5kq6hs9d people taking strangers words at face value baffles me!
Im a single father myself, and it definitely makes you a better person. They look to me for everything, and if I'm in a bad mood, they match it. You got to be strong for them, so they can be strong in their journey.
@@user-zx5kq6hs9d Thank you.
@@jonathanhardy7968 They both grew to be good men. I miss it and physically pay for all the hard work now. Longhaul trucking from SC. to CA. and back. 3 times a month. To support them. But I'd do it over in a minute.
I was 19 when I had my first daughter back in 97. By 4, they diagnosed ADHD, by 6 they added ODD and OCD, which was young for a girl, but she was so textbook you couldn't deny. I know how difficult those children can be. I am ashamed to admit how much strength it took to restrain my frustration and not lash out, so I can empathize with the amount of stress she may have been experiencing; however, my daughter is now 28 and we're best friends. She had ZERO excuse or right to do what she did, IF she did it.
I cry every time I see AJ cry after recognizing his mother. Just kills me! 😢
Obsessed with watching it?
Criminal society
Being a single parent with young unruly children is probably one of the hardest jobs both mentally and physically. Adding to the stress, it seems like grandma and grandpa weren’t much of a help at all.
Only this woman knows what she did. But she certainly didn’t present like someone who killed her daughter. She presents like a woman who has accepted her fate largely because of the guilt from her daughter dying and so the punishment seems just to her.
That’s at least how it came off to me.
“She doesn’t present as a murd3rer”. Then you don’t understand how narcissists work. The axiom “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” is a reference to narcissists. I’ve met plenty of them in my life and MANY identify as good Christian’s, Jews, etc. but are monsters behind closed doors when they think no one’s watching or when their mask slips. I lived with one and once I realized she was a lun@tic, I got out of there. She pretended to be a Christian and she volunteered at veterans fundraisers but in reality she was defrauding them and using these as covers to appear wholesome. I sued her and found out that she had like 7 restraining orders under her record and 17 lawsuits in total. Never judge a book by its cover.
Always excuses for women.
I actually think you might be right.
i had a boy that by the time he was 2 1/2 years old told elaborate and detailed stories. My cousin was babysitting while i ran to the store and when i got back she told me the horrific story he told. I looked at him and he grinned. I said that never happened to those people. She looked at him with fear in her face. He is now 40 years old, still a liar. He is a severe narcissist and sociopath. The boy may have created a story he could not admit to. Also, his grandparents had him and who knows if they coached him into believing something and confused him. SHE PASSED a polygraph.
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@Sunflower-ug3eh the 1st interview was 1 hour after the incident
The medical examiner who did this child’s autopsy has been charged with negligence for over 36 cases and has been fired! Speaks volumes about this case! They need to release this woman immediately!
Proof?
Thank God, you are not the judge and no one is going to release this woman because the medical examiner allegedly got accused of something.
Even if that were true, they would have to prove it for this specific case! They’re not gonna just release a convicted prisoner for this reason. They will re-investigate and recheck everything!
Got it, couch judge? 🙄🙄
its possible that the child mistook the mothers actions as harmful. reasonable doubt.
That should be cause for a new trial
@@SteimieStinker
Are you sure you want for the millions of taxpayer dollars to be wasted on trying to observe someone who is as guilty as the devil himself?
Do you even realize how backlogged and overburdened the US judicial system is as it is?
She is guilty wake up people
My 17-year old daughter went missing one night, i couldn't even get the words out to explain she was missing, I was crying so hard, years later, my eyes immediately tear up each time I recall those horrible 8 hours not knowing if she's alive or dead. There's no way I'd recall the story as emotionless as this mom, she very well could be describing how she lost a lawnmower, she's exactly where she needs to be 😢 thank God, AJ got justice for his sister
I don't know if she did or didn't drown her daughter. But. You did not go through telling the story over and over and over and over and questioned and accused of your daughters disappearance etc etc. you have not went through what this mom has been through. After the 10 thousandth time of retelling the story I would guess you are numb from it. Many people can tell a story of the tragic death of a loved one and not lose it. Especially if they've processed all stages of grief. It doesn't mean they don't love or miss their loved ones. I wish you wouldn't say how you feel/deal is the only Right way and everyone else who does differently is wrong/guilty/bad etc.
@@agirlisnoone5953Couldn't agree more! I don't know if she did or didn't do it, all I know is the way she tells the story is NOT an indicator of guilt. As you said.
@@Kathy_1991 agree, the way she tells the story today is likely faaaaaar more different than she did in the first days and months.
When he recognizes his mother in the courtroom... Literally heartbreaking 💔😭
He didn't recognize her until the state told him who it was.
Right! You can tell he is hurt by the situation. I truly believe whether he had a mind of a 6yr old or a 4yr old (as a witness stated) he knew that what he was saying would get his mother in trouble, but felt he should because it's the right thing to do. I just wish they would have young children sit in a room with less people when testifying for the court system.
Man that hurt my feelings. Poor kid
I cried along
When he said sir my heart melted
Such a polite and well spoken little boy. I pray that he had a great life.
I have never been convinced that her mother drowned her. That precious little boy should have given testimony in private, recorded and played for the jury. That was a terrible thing for them to put him on the stand.
@@HuskyTheDog2202 Grand parents who did not even adopt the kid!
Yeah because psychopath mothers don’t exist 😂
I wish ppl would do research instead of coming to conclusions off a doco with a woman lying through her teeth. Iv done the research she is indeed very guilty. A kid isn't going to send their own mum to prison for no reason. The girl could stand up. She isn't going to drown herself.
@@TeaLaTeQuiL I didn't base my opinion from this documentary I have followed this case from the beginning and live near to the area it happened. I suspect anyone saying Mum instead of Mom isn't even from this country and has no clue what they are talking about!
@@HuskyTheDog2202 Definitely could have. The boy told MANY divergent stories about what had happened. Moreover, his step-grandfather, who hates the mother, was on the scene for full 30 minutes before the police arrived and is thought by many to have coached the child to incriminate the woman he hated.
What I find strange is when he said his sister told him to call the police. A child who is being drowned is not going to be telling him to call the police, she is gonna be busy trying to fight and catch her breath. She also passed a poly, this case has some serious concerns.
And later on in the interview, he says that Adrianna’s face was covered so that she couldn’t say anything. So did she or did she not say anything? Very concerning that those inconsistencies weren’t investigated.
What wasn’t mentioned about Amanda in her interview is that she was offered a 10 year sentence if she would plead guilty and she would not take it and wanted a trial to prove her innocence.
Did not know that😢
That def holds weight with me.
@@26michaeluk me too. This is an uneducated working class woman who lives in Florida. She has no idea how lie detectors work, how our criminal justice system works, how the court system works. She thought that because she was innocent, she could just take a polygraph, prove her innocence and walk free; she was naive. She really believed that because she was innocent, the state could never convince a jury of her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Again, naive. :(
@@brookiegremlin6660She's a murderer just like Susan Smith and many other single mothers before. Let it go.
Yes, you are right... I believe she's innocent due to lack of evidence, especially a 7-year-old child testimony dose not make you guilty... if she was guilty, she would have taken the 10-year deal instead of taking it to TRIAL.
I remember vividly, witnessing my mom being beat up my aunt, on a bright sunny day, on a cobblestone street, as we were walking down that road. I was 3 years old, that afternoon. I am an old man now, and I am not a genius. Trauma sticks to you!
Absolutely agree with you Sir.
Sure! Absolutely I understand that! But it is ALSO very possible to implant false memories in a child. We know so. We have mountains of evidence and examples of this occurring. One in particular is the little girl that METICULOUSLY recounted a molestation incident by a family member. It ended in a conviction, but it was later found to be a false memory that was implanted and coached by other adults.
Exactly. Kids don’t lie about that stuff. They don’t forget
@@nixwestlake9196 That's not true. There was a whole case called the McMartin case where kids were coached like crazy and those people accused were innocent.
@@SquirtlePower809 His story was basically the same in the police station, one hour after the police got to the home. Who has time to implant memories?
My son was in a lake in water that was not over his head, and lost the bottom, and almost drown with me watching, five feet away. It was hard to tell he could not stand up, could not find the bottom, had become disoriented, and was about to drown while I stood with my brother watching - what we watched did not make sense to me, but we saw what we saw. We both became aware of his distress after it had been going on for a bit. It happens. Drowning is weird. When people are drowning, they panic, and they don't do rational things. So... Having heard the prosecutor's reasoning, that she 'could have just stood up', knowing that it is not as simple as that from personal experience, I suspect this woman is very likely innocent of the crime she's being punished for.
@@fastrivers812 Thanks, but not necdessary - he 'almost' drowned. We were staring at him for a minute, and we both realized at the same time, "Hey, he's struggling!"
Blew us away. We were stunned that we were both staring right at it and did not recognize that he was about to drown. Thankfully, we recognized it just in time, and I took three steps over and picked him up. He could have just stood up, but, for whatever reason, he was not able to. He would have drowned right in front of us, with us five feet away not knowing what we were looking at. Drowning is weird. The things that the cops said about her that made them think she drowned this baby seemed ignorant of what I experienced - if you haven't seen somebody about to drown, you would be very surprised that it does necessarily not look like anything bad is happening to them until it's too late. Another time my wife was distressed in a wave pool, was calling out to a life guard for help. The life guard was looking right at her, blankly, not understanding that she was in distress and asking him to jump in and help her. Drowning is weird, and the people involved in the conviction don't seem to understand that.
If my kid died id care nothing about myself and would lose it with any visuals of how my child died not caring in the slightest what happened to me. That demeanor "I believe my Son fabricated these events..' is chilling. Who talks like that after a deadly event of their own child?! Even if just trying to clear the truth id be more like "my poor little buddy probably just got confused - ohh this has got to be so horrible for him !" Where in as shes talking very clinical and not moved by her sons breakdown in court at all.
@@froggyluvit's been nearly 20 years.
You're not going to be hysterical for that long, especially if you are innocent and have been rotting in jail for years based on her own kids lie.
I'm not saying she is or isn't innocent. But your assessment is very narrow minded.
@@link1565V2 Not an ounce of love comes from her when talking about her daughter -cold and clinical 'She was purple". In court (which was past not present) she seemed only to care about self preservation with the lone tears only at her sentencing -why not when her son was there? She has all o the cold calculating traits of person with no conscience until they are threatened by the law and then only their ego cries. Call me narrow minded all you want -I believe in Justice -its no wonder people like O.J and Casey Anthony get acquitted in these times
all the more reason to put your kids in swimming lessons.
That wave goodbye to his mom as he's leaving the courtroom struck me?
He wasn't afraid of her.
He didn’t comprehend the evil of it. It was still his mom, he wasn’t an 18yr old, he still loved & wanted his mom.
So kids can't be prosecuted because they presumably don't understand the world, but their testimony can be used to prosecute someone to life in prison or even to a death sentence...
this was a notch on the belt of an overzealous unscrupulous DA
Kids get tried as adults all the time.
This is very wrong
@@nataliemadrigal899 not 7 year olds
Right I don’t think she did it
I want to hear his testimony now in 2024.
It was heart wrenching seeing that boy cry for his mother and grasp the lawyer's hand.
I’d like to hear from AJ when he becomes an adult.
This happened in 2007. He would be in his 20’s today.
@@sangertx9077 hopefully he speaks out
@@chloefox8471too much trauma, ! The brain is not adult before 25 and then it takes about 10 years of good therapy to get your life together from CPTSD. If you want the truth, wait til he is 25 then be his shrink and hopefully by 2035 you will have uncovered some truth about his childhood ;) I wish you luck
Someone else said he did on TikTok.they said his story is still the same.
27:49 he literally said he is now 15
It should be illegal to put a child that young on the witness stand. Seeing him cry absolutely broke my heart 💔
His description of his mother holding his sister's face and pushing her in the water corroborated by the medical examiner's testimony of fingerprint marks on the little girl's face sealed her fate. The expression on the mother's face at those testimony moments is quite compelling.
Exactly my point too.. that’s when I had no doubt. She’s horrible
She could have just given her away or put up for adoption if she was too ‘difficult’ for her to handle.. ugh no excuses
Yup that's evidence consistent with his statement.
@@lydibug51 the bruising is consistent with dozens of possible objects besides a hand. There was no clear handprint on Adrianna. Furthermore, children often get bruises from having CPR performed on them. This "bruise pattern" testimony is hardly science.
Unless she was pressing her down all the way to the bottom to have pressure enough to cause bruising I don’t think that’s what happened. Just pressing her face under water wouldn’t have bruised it. If she was pushing her all the way to the bottom she would have been very wet herself.
I find piers much more interesting and brilliant in these kind of shows more than the political debates and he takes side and he we are so tired of politics and debates and war and all of that this is so different and he is absolutely brilliant in this show
It’s just difficult when the little boy said his sister said call 911. I don’t know that. That a seven year old child would say that in the middle of being drowned.
I'm pretty sure that would not be on the child's mind at that moment.
I thought the same thing. That’s what made me think maybe she didn’t do it or he was told to say that… it’s hard to know if the child was not pushed to say things before the whole ordeal is said and done
@@viralvinny he was coached by his grandfather
@@viralvinnyyes your ritht here
@@viralvinny I thought the same. He said she was yelling , " call the police! " While she was being drowned? I really doubt that. I think this vulnerable baby was lead.
If I had a clean court record ( and I do ) NO WAY would I not fight for ANY of my grandchildren. And that’s a fact !!! Not ONE would ever be put up for adoption.
I had an 11 year old stepson that was brought into the court room and said that I had beat him and abused him and his brothers. He knew he was lying. His father convinced him to tell the judge that but I assume his story wasn’t adding up as they were asking him questions and then he finally admitted that it was a lie and his father and grandmother had told him what to say. Kids lie and make up stories. It’s ridiculous to put someone in prison for life on a testimony from a kid that young. Also I’m divorced now. I could never be around those kids again. I don’t trust them.
You didn't stay with him after that did u?
not saying she's innocent but judges would usually not allow a child that young be the only witness statement. They needed more evidence knowing how common child pool accidents are. The child could have seen anything but interpreted it differently.
Kids lie or make up stuff and don't know why they do it.
If she did it, she can rot but I do think she needs a re-trial
I believe you 😢,terrible this happened to you
The very same thing happened to my ex-husband. His son was coached by his ex-wife to say he was beaten. They went to court and he was believed, in part bc my ex had a temper. But I know nothing like that ever happened. I was ALWAYS there with the kids. I wouldn't be with or stand for any child being hurt in any way. Ex never again trusted this child (who is now an adult) and to this day doesn't talk with his only son. Ex wasn't inprisoned because there wasn't a mark on the child and the courts were very aware that his ex-spouse had made other accusations too. It was all deeply hurtful. She told her son he could work and give her all his money when he was old enough to work. He lives with her now and does just that. Weak minded person, manipulated by an extrordinarily talented liar and psychopath.
I get what your saying, but in this case the kid was not influenced by any one like in your case and I really do think the mom is guilty because when she said she hit her daughter when she wrote loser in the car you can tell it affected her and acted like she didn’t remember but u can tell she actually kinda even held that grudge also the kid said she was the one that put the wagon next to the pool also the water level was low enough for the kid to stand so some one had to keep her head underwater. Maybe the mom was trying to let her anger out on her and went to far after she realized she was actually dying that’s when she called 911. But the kid saw everything go down, but that’s just my opinion.
The court system has traumatized this boy for the rest of his life. Why was this allowed?
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I'm wondering if it was the Mother, who traumatized her son, for the rest of his life... Not the Court.??
@@douglasmason977 Based upon the evidence, I'd say the judicial system traumatized him.
I remember it. It makes me sick. A DISGRACE to do that to him.
NO you are wrong about that, The court situation will not harm him in any way. He is 5. What happened is different but not being the star of the day. Remember, he is 5! not 15.
@PiersMorgan seems like you found your true calling with your ability to not ever shy away from asking the right real questions.
He's such an egotistical fancyboy. Phone tapping and fake news
@nononsenselu what country?
A 7 year old should have NEVER been put on the stand and should have NEVER had to gone through this. This is absolutely awful. I think there needs to be laws against that unless there is non refutable evidence. He should have been the last resort. I don’t know what to believe but it’s awful to put a child through that either way.
They should be able to use his interrogation or interview... Instead of putting him on the stand... That is beyond horrible😮
A.J. broke my heart! 🙏🏻😔 That being said; the mother passed a lie detector test, grant it, those aren’t permissible by law in most states. How a mother is in prison for life based on a small child’s word is concerning. They also didn’t say if the grandmother was his mother’s, mother. I, also, noted that the same grandparents didn’t take or get custody of him. He was adopted out.
I think at the very least she deserves a retrial. I’ve watched Piers Morgan a long time and he’s fierce and to the point. I noticed he went easy on her and even questioned the investigator if he really believed a small child’s word and perception were credible.
Yes I believe that AJ was coached. I am curious if they did a new trial and had him again what would he say. There are just too many questions. Why were friends, family and coworkers so against her? No one said anything good about her. If she was that bad then why not call CPS on her they could have saved a child’s life.
Oh yeah, I had three children, 9 grandchild
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The grandmother said in court that she was the mother of the lady in prison.
Dads mum
Grandma who tesified is her mother, you can tell cause they look exactly alike
That first case.....my heart broke for that 7 yr old little boy. He reminds me of when my son was 7 yrs old. So sweet, so innocent, so little.
The tears that formed when that baby seen his momma n started crying ..sooo touching
That boy should have been taken into protective custody immediately and questioned there, not taken to the grandmothers house first
I would love to know how AJ did after his mother was jailed and how he did in his life so far. Does he suffer from depression for example? Did he get therapy? Are his adoptive parents good to him?
It's disturbing fr
I think he'd be around 24 now? Prayers for him.
He's done well. That's all I'm saying about him and he still knows what he saw and stands by it.
@@madsdee7803 so he is ok with his mother in jail for life? i really do not believe that she killed his sister based on all we see here! so many people believe she is innocent when if not, they would say she isn't, as the social media is ruthless... he needs to man up and say he is wrong!
@@professorking5152 This is saying a lot about you... 😒
How is she in jail? There is no evidence. That poor boy should have never had to testify..
exactly
Did you miss where the water wasn’t high enough for a girl of that height to drown?
@@ryansack5198 She could have still drowned. She may have panicked. The thing is she got convicted on a child’s theory.
I really feel for her. I have a hard time believing she killed her daughter and not her son as well, kids can easily misconstrue situations.
@@clarissathompson0103 then you are easily conned
You rarely hear a criminal in prison confess to their crimes.
This is the truest statement here.
They do get it wrong sometimes
When DNA technology came it was proven that only in one prison 16 innocent people were on death row so its not always its proven beyond reasonable doubt.
I think her daughter writing Loser all over her car speaks volumes.
The boy was crying after seeing his mother in court but waved at her when leaving.. the whole story is just strange
Definitely not enough for me to convict. The kid didn't even know his mom was in the courtroom.
6mons in jail before trial the hair of his mother was short when she was arrested..maybe thats the reason but after that he recognized his mother
@@positivelangbai...4482 He recognized her only after the attorney pointed her out. She'd still have the same face.
He didnt see her right away. There were a lot of people in the courtroom and it was a very different place for him. Once he looked to his side, he recognized her.
It's enough for me. I would not have sent him back to that drug abuser who was escalating her abuse and then killed his sister in front of him.
It’s called trauma he recognizes her when the point her out. Imagine him feeling like he just fell into another world? Poor little guy . Buying do belle told the truth
That little boy never should’ve been made to testify. How traumatizing. His statement should have sufficed. To me that is child abuse. He will never get over that.
Child abuse? Get real.
He sister deserves he’s testimony
That little boy never should witness the killing of he’s sister
Either way, the mother is responsible. If that girl was unable to swim then she should have been out there. Maybe that’s what the jury was thinking. There are very few accidents in life. Should she get a life sentence, no, but did she deserve to recognize her shortcomings as a parent?
@julieking
You obviously don’t know what abuse really is.
Passed a polygraph.
Adrianna had bruises on her face and was clearly tall enough to stand in the pool.
1 hour after it happened AJ tells the story.
This one is a heartbreaker.
Pray AJ is doing well and finding his way.
Yes it’s heartbreaking, I felt his trauma on stand and got me crying.
All the reasons the mom did it. Maybe it was an extremely deranged punishment that went way too far. She still did it.
The mom passed the polygraph too. Kids can tell fantasies, and start to believe it themselves.
Polygraphs are not reliable. It’s pseudoscience.
People panic so just because she was tall enough to stand up in the pool doesn’t mean that she stood up in the pool
The sole fact that the mother didn't interrupt her child even once in court, because she didn't want to manipulate or traumatize him, speaks volumes. I believe her.
As an investigator in Australia, I believe that the little boy thought he was hurting his sister, but he actually saw his mum doing CPR. It's such a heartbreaking story. Certainly not the first time I've come across this case.
Young children will embelish stories to get some understanding of the seriousness of it. It's simply what young children do. It's how their immature minds work.
She was doing cpr to the daughter while the daughter was still in the pool?not sure that makes much sense
@erikkibler3466 you do know that life savers, emergency personnel are trained to start CPR etc while getting them out of water....any water. Furthermore, she probably wasn't trained, had seen it on TV AND was a traumatised mother. Don't judge til you've been there. At the end of the day,, that little boy should NOT have been used for testimony. Kids see things through a far different lens than adults.
In this case disagree with you completely… As this boy will turn 18 we will then hear the actual truth. (Again)😢
@laurabernard2094 it means nothing. Childhood memories can often stick. Sometimes, they don't. Either can be accurate.
@@laurabernard2094 this memory will be in his mind forever whether its real or fake. If he grows up believing what he saw then he will say the same thing at 18 but it could possibly be a false memory
What if the CPR she claimed to perform was what the boy thought his mom used in killing his sister? 🤔 How can the lil boy's testimony be used to judging the mom, what does he know about CPR?
I pray for the heart of both mom and kid ❤❤❤❤
My thoughts too.
This is what I think as well. I think the boy got confused and pieced together what he thought he saw. I think the daughter probably slipped, inhaled water and panicked and the mother ran out and did CPR and probably did yell at the boy to stop goofing off. The level of panic you would experience in this situation would be off the charts. I think the mom may have yelled for someone to call the emergency services. There's no way the daughter could have if she had her face being pushed under the water.
The little girl was big enough to stand up in the pool and the water be almost a foot below the top of her head, if she fell in or he pushed her in all she had to do was stand up there was nothing in the pool to knock her out
That’s exactly what I thought
That’s what came to my mind too
I have mixed feelings about that first case
It's actually pretty cut and dry. If you have an IQ above 80😊
Watching this boy on the stand makes me cry every single time.
I wish they had interviewed him this time around. He should be around 15 or so.
His testimony today would hold a lot more weight.
ABC News has a troubling article about this case called
"What A.J. Saw: Mother's Fate Hinged on 7-Year-Old's Testimony"
The boy changed his story so many times and so wildly that I don't understand how the court was able to accept his testimony. Furthermore, a 6 year old, he was assessed to have the mental and emotional maturity of a child of four and a half. Finally, his step-grandfather, who hated the mother, was on the scene 30 minutes before the police arrived and may have coached the boy to incriminate the woman he hated. The grandmother has since divorced him.
But for me, the most troubling thing is the fact that the boy told so many *wildly* divergent versions of what had happened, I was shocked when I read the article just now.
This should never be enough to convict. Either we believe in "beyond reasonable doubt" or we don't. I do.
The medical examiner has also been fired for being negligent for over 36 cases! This story stinks and this woman should be released immediately! This boy is now a man and has been adopted by an aunt! He needs to come foward. Innocence prodject should be on this case,
I seen the case on ID years ago and I totally agree with you more because AJ did change his story several times and I believe the grandparents had the opportunity to tell him what to say to the police because they came there and picked AJ up and the grandmother calling the police and saying they need to bring AJ to them because of what he told them happened to his sister. They had the opportunity and time to coach him what to say because they did not like his mother but go figure they didn’t want to adopt AJ they let there grandson be adopted by complete strangers there’s definitely something wrong with that family for sure.
@@PKC27 I did read A.J. was adopted by his aunt. Regardless he’s a grown man now and he needs to come foward. I’m sure he knows what happened. Although, this family is toxic and could have brainwashed him for life. Just awful
@@Arae48 where did you see that he was adopted by a aunt ?
How is that kid gonna scream anything if the mom was drowning her she wouldn't be able to say anything. This isn't right man
Isn't it strange a little girl who is being drowned by her mother is screaming "Call 911"?! I bet she'd scream "No, momma, no!" or "Please stop!" or (less probably) "Help!".
"Call 911" is what you hear in the movies quite a lot...
Maybe she didn’t realise that her mom doing it. She my thought she’s drowning and shouted call 911. I think it’s a punishment that gone wrong
@@Aviator_Shaheen I mean it doesn't matter whether the girl was realizing what's going on or not. My point is kids don't yell 'call 911'. They scream No! or Help! IMHO
It is well known that neurodivergent children repeat phrases out of context, it is a form of echolalia. Adrianna was diagnosed with ADHD, a condition often associated with ASD as comorbidity and also running in the same families due to their genetic proximity. Therefore it is plausible that AJ is on the autism spectrum, then he would just have repeated whatever his grandparents or police officers fabricated to incriminate a woman they don't like (often the case that autistic people are hated because they are "different" and studies have shown that autistic mothers often have kids with ADHD)
We need to look at the evidence. I think that the kid is too short to see over the rim of the pool. If so, then his testimony is completely unreliable. Also, he might not know what CPR is or mouth to mouth resuscitation is.
That seemed unreal to me too
I don't think she should have been found guilty of murdering her daughter.
She must not have had a very good lawyer. There was reasonable doubt all over the place. If the girl aspirated water as she fell in the pool, she could have easily panicked causing her to aspirate more water and then drown. She was only 7, so as she thrashed around drowning, it may not have even occured to her to stand up. The marks on her face also sound consistent with someone gripping her face with adrenalin pumping, while giving her mouth to mouth. The mom did give her CPR. As for the boy's testimony, he was known to embelish, and he stated in one interview she held his sister's face under water so she couldn't scream, yet in another said the girl screamed for him to call police. Which is it? Isn't it more likely a 7 year old would be screaming for her mom to stop, or just screaming? Studies have shown that memory is not as clear as we previously assumed, and he was what, 6 or so? There was no way I would have voted guilty if I was on that jury!
Nah.
@Mrs.TJTaylor I'm an open-minded person. Which part of my comment doesn't stand up to logic? If you can "out-logic" me with analyzing this case, I will gladly acknowledge it.
Really you what I thought
The marks on her face - also over her mouth.
I felt it was an accident I feel for the mom
When she talked about the moment that Adrianna died there was not one single emotion in her face. I have never seen that by a mother that lost her child. I thought that was very strange
I agree! It was cold.
Cold as ice
Sad to say, that first lady killer was more believable than the second lady killer (beauty queen). That ex-beauty was lying from the jump.
Agree. The only emotion she showed was when the judge was explaining her two options - life or execution.
This wasn't a "mother" it was a monster.
I’m still crying over the little boy that was heart wrenching
She passed the polygraph speaks volumes. I think the little boy got confused seeing his mama rescuing his sister and how panicked she was that it looked different.
When the young boy started crying, that was heartbreaking.
When the poor AJ burst into tears seeing mommy 😢😢😢 so heartbreaking. Can’t believe they put a small child through this…
SHE put him through that. She did. The alternative was to not have him testify, she goes free and gets her son back and lord knows what she does to him for ratting on her 😢
Broke my heart
Why could they not have to boy testify in the judge’s chambers? I know someone whose child was able to do this and the video played for the jury.
It really does feel terribly wrong. Surely there was a safer way to do that and get the boy’s testimony. It felt like they were using him for effect. I cannot imagine how much more damage was caused by forcing him to do this.
"You forgive when you get older; you don't have time to hate anymore" Very interesting remark
Yes as if he knew she had been abused and finally pushed too far
When my stepson was 10 he told others how he was in a motorcycle crash and spent two months in a hospital during his summer break. Also he told someone that I am pregnant. All that was a lie and when me and my husband asked him why did he lie he couldn’t explain why and was just mumbling…. It’s not safe being around kids nova days, they manipulate adults and lie in order to get friends or to please or to look “cool” or to get stuff they want. Sad situation with this family.
Pierce is an exellent interviewer,he gets right to the point..
The first case is so heartbreaking. I feel so sad for that little boy. I hope he can find peace and have a wonderful happy life!
AJ said during his testimony, he heard his sister scream, grabbed her feet, to try help her out of the pool, BEFORE his mum came outside!!
We have to pay attention to the fact that he said Adriana drowned twice that day! 🤔
I suspect this is a definite case of accidental drowning and AJ thought he might be in trouble (when Grandma asked him what happened) ...
There's a 48 or minute upload of his court testimony. It's important to watch the prosecution and defence before making up your mind on this case🤔
Explain the finger shaped bruises found on her forehead that match a splayed hand, perfectly. Explain how an accidental drowning occurred when she was taller than the level of the water, and old enough (unlike a todder) to simply stand up. Explain her telling her co workers, bluntly, how she loathed Adriana. Explain the total lack of toys in that home. When investigators asked, she said she took them away as punishment and had put them in the garage or shed. Guess what they didn't find in the garage or shed? TOYS. She admitted to punishing Adriana harshly, and others testified to it, too. She didn't like her daughter, much less love her. Yes, he added a few things. Why? Because a traumatized memory (such as seeing his sister drowned) is fractured.....an involuntary response to witnessing a trauma that is more than our brains can absorb. It goes into shock mode. Details become fuzzy. Images play out like an internal slide show inside the mind. His little mind filled in those fuzzy spots with expressions and emotions fueled by the shock and trauma. I know because my kids and I experienced such a trauma. My kids (now adults) have no memory of it. I still have fuzzy spots and pieces of the trauma that my brain did not put on record in my head, thank God. Trauma victims would go crazy, otherwise. He is telling the truth, and the evidence supports it.
I watched a very extensive interview with him on UA-cam. It was with two male cops, I believe him. It was believable, and yes, I know children make up stories.
This was a punishment after falling in
I don't understand how Casey Anthony got all her charges dropped for her daughter! When apparently she originally died in a swimming pool. But they found her body in a ditch with duct tape over her mouth. Casey also said that her child was taken by the babysitter, there was so many stories that didn't line up. She didn't get any charges for anything. I truly cannot wrap my head around this case!
I just can't believe they put her 7 year old son on the stand to testify against his mother, that poor little boy was crying on the stand. I can't believe the prosecutors would put a 7 year old through that traumatic event. She may have not have been the best mother! But no mother is perfect by all means. Something just doesn't sit right in my gut with this whole case, I just feel like this was an accidental drowning in my opinion.
I believe the boy. I absolutely do. But they shouldve just recorded his testimony to play in court, not brought him in the face his mother in there.
That’s not how the law works. You have the right to face your accusers no matter how sad and painful it is.
@@AlexB-pp7dc actually they usually don't put kids on the stand like that. Florida is one of the rare states that does it.
I don't think the boy knows what he saw. He actuaytold MANY divergent stories about what had happened. Moreover, his step-grandfather, who hates the mother, was on the scene for full 30 minutes before the police arrived and is thought by many to have coached the child to incriminate the woman he hated. Finally, doctors who assessed him before trial said that at 6 years old, he was developmentally at the stage of a 4 and a half year old, an age at which children confabulate a lot.
I lost my 7yr old son to a horrific car accident in 2007, I have to say this really hit me hard!!! I can't imagine someone killing their own child but I truly believe AJ is telling the truth, sadly!!!! 🙏🏻
100%
Exactly!!
Am so sorry for your loss, the angel honored you with his time for 7 precious years. Yes I think AJ told exactly what he saw and the injuries to Adriana’s face confirmed it.
That's an excruciating pain. I'm so sorry.
So sorry to hear
How would this child be able to see over the pool to know how his mother was holding her down?
Great point!
Exactly. I'm telling you, something's off with this young man.@@Michelle-fb5og
easy, the girl was trying to get out with all here power. also it was not the first he saw it, but it was the last time
Look he's a teenager now. He knows what he saw. This woman had a track record of abuse
Thats the question no one asks
I've watched this 100 times and I'm still not 100% convinced of guilt or not.
They said oook was ok more thank 34 long and she’s 42 so all she had to do was stand up in the pool if she was drowning!!!! That tells u right there!!!
I used to remember things that I later found out didn't actually happen when I was a kid.
Like what?
@@lira276 having friends
Totally normal.
@@lira276 I remember the "satanic panic." Thousands of kids made up stuff.
His interview before she was arrested seems like he's telling little lies. He got his play gun? I haven't finished watching but question if she actually did this!
I believe AJ. Sweet boy was put in a position to testify against his own mother that he knew he would never see again. What an absolute sad story. Unbelievable. That courtroom footage is so HEARTBREAKING 💔 I put myself in his shoes and I’m literally crying about it. My own mother!!?
Seriously, some people have a hard time using their common sense. This doesn't just happen like this. She neglected them and I don't think it's ever appropriate to even fathom killing your own child. Just think about it
Not wanting to defend that women, but I'm stunned that a seven year old can be called as a witness in court. That's really bad. Children at that age cannot be considered credible witnesses for many, many reasons. At that age, they don't have a firm grip on reality, they don't understand the seriousness of a court case, they can be coaxed and coached to answer a certain way out of fear, they get people and situations bamboozled, their memory isn't as reliable as an adult's memory (in general), and they can't be subject to robust cross-examination. The evidence of a seven year old is borderline worthless.
Agree!!!!!
You’re wrong children are more honest than adults because they dot have a social filter yet. She did it.
@@rik-1-j6n Children are telling lies and tales.
Why would the kid draw that and write that down.
Agree completely
He had no reason to lie - unless it was a lie to protect his mother, a lie to stop her going to prison for life. He was absolutely telling the truth.
We were on holiday in the countryside with my three-year-old daughter, she was running with the wasps, playing football, chasing her cousins. She was covered in bruises and had scratches. The day before she left for home, while playing with her cousin, she hit her forehead on a wooden railing and injured her forehead. She looked like an abused child and her cousin made her think that her mother did this to her (I never raised a hand to my daughter) and that's what she told everyone - anyone who asked what happened, she said "mommy did it to me" even though it wasn't true (luckily I wasn't prosecuted for this)
It's a solid proof that children can be coached to meet the narrative. It's sad that children can be used. Breaks my heart.
This is a tough one for me. My nephew's mom had cancer for his entire life. She was diagnosed when he was around 1 year old. Sadly after several reoccurrences it was clear that my sister was not going to live. She had been in the ICU and then transferred to a nursing home on hospice to die. My nephew had just turned 10 years old and knew exactly what was going on. He was in the room with his mom and his grandmother (my mom) when she started to die. Obviously this was really traumatic and hard for everyone. Years later my nephew started screaming at his grandmother for killing his mom and not doing anything to save her. That was the version of events that he remembered or thought had happened and it was not based on reality at all. She had an inoperable brain tumor that continued to spread and there was nothing that could be done. It is very possible that this kid saw the mom giving CPR and thought it was something else entirely.
Stunning that they would use a seven year olds testimony
That's a pretty compelling story. Sorry for your loss.
The second story, the woman cried, no tears😢.
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How do you not see the tear streaks on the right side of her face (her right) that are causing her mascara to run? Her eyes are entirely watery. Not saying she didn't do it but let's not exaggerate.
She is so faking and she makes me so mad
Master manipulator
Yes easily tell she’s fake crying
NO child at that age, not to mention, he was even YOUNGER when it happened, would've said "she's killing her."
That statement was fed to him. I'm convinced he would've said HURTING her. Because if what he said and remembered was true...he would've heard her crying out in fear. I find it impossible for him to determine all by himself that he KNEW it WAS A "KILLING" he's watching vs. my sister is hurt.
For such a young child to be solely responsible for putting someone in prison, let alone his mother, is nothing short of insanity and cruelty!!!!
The second story is just crocodile tears on her part. She keeps trying to squeeze the tears out literally!
Sometimes people who are medicated with antipsychotic drugs cannot cry, even though their emotions may be of sorrow or sadness. Im not saying that this is the case with this woman, but for many people this is the case.
And victimize herself.
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@@norawalker9180 Sorry but I take pills I'm a man and I can cry. You don't know what you are talking about.
The Standard of Proof (Beyond a reasonable doubt) was NEVER met in the Amanda Case!!
Plus.... Abusers indeed have two faces or personas. People struggle or refuse to believe the abused's version because they do not know or see the dark side of the abuser's personality. I have an issue with enablers who just don't care enough to even consider that there might be a dark side to a charming persona. Nowadays people are much more aware of the brutality and insidious nature of narcissistic abuse, be it physical or psychological or emotional or spiritual, but there are still those folk who only believe what they experience or think they see. Bless their souls, they will never become educated until it happens to them or someone they truly care about. To the ones that are not believed when they try to speak their truth, stand firm. God is real and He knows and sees everything that happens in secret or in private. He is the ultimate and righteous judge.. and does not lie, since He IS Truth! Believe on Him and trust in Him alone. Blessings.
The autopsy with hand markings on little girls face did it for me.
I was somewhat believing the Mom but same for me
I just said…the little girl would have bruises &/or scratches. So would mom!
It's from cpr
The son did say he saw his mom put her hand on the daughters face. But then again the mother could have grabbed her face to put air in her mouth.
I mean I started doubting when the prosecutor said she was taller than the pool!