A STOLEN INNOCENCE: The Heartbreaking case of Alfie Steele | Emma Kenny's True Crime Analysis
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2023
- In this episode of her riveting True Crime series, psychologist Emma Kenny delves into the haunting case of the tragic case of Alfie Steele, a crime that shook the nation and left an indelible mark on everyone who heard his story.
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Watched a recent documentary on this. To hear him pleading to be let into the house was heart wrenching. Wtf is wrong with these knuckle dragging abusers? 😢
😢 that triggered me so much. My parents locked my older sister out, and I still can hear her screaming my name to let her back in. She is now brain damaged. From a drug overdose.
I can’t even imagine the cold heartedness
@@cowoverthemooI am so sorry you and your sister had to go through that ....
Where did you watch it ?
I know, that was so difficult to hear him pleading to be let in. It does not matter how naughty a child is, locking them outside is completely un called for.
A crime that created such a shock to the nation that it keeps happening again and again and again and again at infinitum.
yep completely agree - beyond infuriating and unacceptable!!!
@@AstuteCatdo you know the definition of rare? Because this isn't rare at all.
It keeps happening because social services are broken.
So proud of my friend who made that phone call reporting her concerns about the sounds in the bathroom ❤
Such a heartbreaking situation- I know so many people who tried their everything to save Alfie, so angry at the agencies that let him down
Could hear how upset your friend was too. Good on her for phoning, many don’t. I hope she is ok ❤
Came here because of your friends call (just heard on tiktok), I've been thinking how she must have felt bless her heart ❤️ Such an awful thing, and will stay with her forever 💔💔
Listening to him scream for them to let him inside broke my heart. How could anyone do this to a child, let alone their own child... Absolutely sickening! This baby deserved so much better.....
I found it difficult to listen to too😮
I found it so hard to hear him pleading to let him in, just broke me. RIP sweetheart. 💙🧸💙
If a child needs an"emergency safety plan" why is the child just not removed from the danger? The stupidity never ends and children die.
Because of lack of resources...where would he go to?...but yes why weren't the grandparents called?. the foster homes are full, the children's homes are full of traumatised kids...like our prisons.... I hope this Monster, Scott has similar treatment and abuse in the kings' house, as I am aware that child murderers and paedophiles get a certain, welcome inside...... also some prison officers turn a blind eye, they are parents and grandparents....RIP Alfee sweetheart, rest now darling X
@@healthylove481clearly anywhere would have been better for this boy , saying lack of resources is a cop out they took the time to make a plan they could have used that time to find him a home and not wasted the resources on a “ plan” .
If you're someone who will put yourself before your child then dont have children. Sick of these scummy mummys bringing abusive thugs into their childs lives. Then standing idly by whilst they are abused and killed. It's heartbreaking to hear what Alfie went through. Those poor neighbours must be distraught because they did all they could and it still wasnt enough 😢.
So traumatic for them. I bet they still think could they have done more, I know I would. Poor little boy 💙
What is so distressing (apart from the obvious heart-rending abuse) is so many people reported this to the police & social services & faced personal threats for doing so and it did not help this poor boy one jot 😢
Exactly and if the police attended and investigated it they could of helped save him
I’m actually surprised the police even visited the home when they did and didn’t get out of it through some Covid excuse!
If I heard a child yelling to open the door, I would have rescued him and called the police. Poor baby!! R.I.P. little one😭
I second that. I couldn’t and wouldn’t just sit and listen?!
Listening to that poor child pleading to be let in completely broke my heart. I have a 9 year old son and this just broke me.
Me too 😢 i kept looking over at my son the whole time i was watching this video. Its absolutely horrifying x
I know there's no perfect parent, but this is so far beyond anything normal! All of the missed opportunities to save him, is heartbreaking!
I lost it hearing that beautiful, wee Alfie called out for his grandfather in his final moments. 😢😢 Rest in peace little man, so sorry all those brave, kind people who tried to protect you were ignored. ❤❤
Him screaming "let me in" broke my heart 💔
This cuts close to the bone as I lived so many aspects of Alfie's life. During lockdowns I knew that kids that were brought up like myself were going to die without the few inadequate safety nets previously available.
I'm an old fart and it breaks my heart that children still avoidably suffer like this. Well done to everyone who reported the problems - I wish you had been my neighbours when I was a kid.
Pre-school years I would have my head held under the bath water...it was done with anger and hatred and enjoyment and I didn't know if I'd be allowed back up. There were so many head bangs against walls, so many bruises, so much smashing of my body even before I started school. Both parents enjoyed this so much it's hard to describe because it is unfathomable.
I had a grandparent I loved so much. She had the chance to express to me how sad she was that she didn't know and so couldn't do anything, and so to Alfie's grandfather I'll say it's OK...we know you can only do what you can do, but knowing Alfie was crying out for you must be so so hard.
Our society SHOULD have moved on since my long ago childhood but it doesn't seem to be so.
We may not be able to understand why people do this to children - and their ENJOYMENT during the process - but it has happened for generations and continues to happen. It has to stop.
Goodnight young Alfie. x
Much Love ❤️
@@albin2232 Thank you. x
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I’m so sorry you endured such an awful childhood. My sister and I were physically and emotionally abused as children. My abuse was largely mental, as I was easier to intimidate than my sister. However, there were batterings too, though ‘only’ with mother’s hands. We were also dragged out of bed at midnight, because we’d left a mess when we went to bed. Being pulled out of bed when fast asleep was terrifying. My sister was much more challenging than I was, so she endured so many ‘good hidings’. Sadly she no longer speaks to me, which is a shame, as we girls had so many shared experiences. She’s terribly damaged by her experiences, as am I. However the damage affects us very differently. She remains angry and is a difficult person to be around. I apologise to everyone for everything, even though most of what I apologise for is absolutely not my fault 🙈🙄!We were both adopted as infants, from different families, so she’s tall, blonde, thin and a former model. I am short, fat and have absolutely no modelling career at all 😂😂! I have multiple sclerosis, which I believe is caused by my absolute belief that nothing mattered more than keeping mother happy. That included paying my sister to ‘be good’ on Christmas Day. It also meant lying whenever it felt like it was the best thing to do. I was terrified of her until I became a mother at 22. At that point my mother threatened to hit me, ‘whether you’ve got that baby on your knee or not!’ At that point I moved out within a few days.
Anyway, sorry for the life story. I just wanted to wish you a happy rest of your life! Sending love and a huge hug! xxxx
Wow this nearly brought me to tears reading this. I hope you have grown a loving family around you free from the abuse you suffered. I hope you’re doing okay x
The audio played of that poor boy begging to be let in is heartbreaking. Rest in peace sweetheart. You are safe & loved in the arms of Jesus.
Im not even halfway through the video and Im absolutely sobbing. The recording of him screaming and begging to be let inside left me in pieces.
That's what I'm confused about- how can the police or CPS not come out after that?? Especially after all of the 911/999 calls between then and the time of his death!! This could've been avoided!! Our system is so screwed up!
I'm the person who'd get the jail for refusing to hand the wean back to his parents/police. Thank you for giving Alfie a voice Emma. 💙
same. I was thinking that neighbor should have tried to call him over and then call the police for his safety when he wasn't let in his home for 30 minutes. if it were me I'd have asked him,while recording,all that goes on in that house and ask him where he would prefer to live.
Same. I would run
yep people like this don't deserve kids.
Me too…in a second. I have reported a _former_ friend to Social Services and police before. After things I’d heard and seen her 3 yr old daughter being subjected to at the hands of her boyfriend one night. Yes my “friend” was in a very abusive relationship, but that didn’t excuse what was happening to her child. The little girl was removed from her mother for a time, and of course my “friend” was mad at me, and we fell out, but I don’t regret it to this day, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. NB I wasn’t the only person who had raised concerns about the child’s safety, but my call to police that night played a big part. I couldn’t, in all good consciousness, stand by and do or say nothing after what I had witnessed, even though it broke a friendship. But if the police hadn’t turned up I would’ve taken that little girl and ran
@@willowmoon3461thank you for putting a child first, too many people don’t want to create problems within families, friendship or just make their own lives difficult. I too many years ago reported a neighbour and although having to then live on the same street was difficult I never regretted it. Everybody should always put children first as they unable to protect themselves ❤️
Bless you Emma for giving this beautiful little boy a voice. I will never understand how any mother could allow her baby to be abused. It just boggles my mind.
agreed, some people don't deserve children. I don't have children myself but I have two nieces and i'd be really annoyed if anyone atempted to hurt them.
I managed to hold the tears back- until he was outside begging to be allowed in the house and I completely lost it. Bless his innocent heart
I live in Droitwich Spa. Where this little boy lived & was murdered . We celebrated his life today . It's so sad x
How beautiful ❤ I saw it on Fb
Oh god this was a hard watch but thank you for delivering it with empathy.
The recording of him begging to be let back in left me in pieces, how the hell do people cause so much distress to a child I’ll never understand.
I hope those two pieces of shit are haunted every day of their pathetic life’s.
Sleep well sweet Alfie 💙
Saw your comment and also saw you have the same last name as my 2 children haha ❤
Oh my god, what absolute pieces of shit these 2 are, poor child, going through his young life with all that torture.
Emma I to am fed up of hearing the different agencies say lessons will be learnt..... No one seems to be learning anything!!! Top respect to the neighbours for reporting things, because often people look the other way.
Thank you Emma for your telling of this horrific life story of this poor child xx😢❤️
I agre !! No lessons learned
I wanted to thank you as i requested this. I had to do a freedom course with her. I saw how the kids were looked after and how he would scream at her in the streets and school grounds. Thanks again Emma 🙏 xx
Emma, your sarcasm is perfection. Sarcasm and pettiness are my coping mechanisms for dealing with the unthinkable. Your account of the defense’s “story” of a seizure captured my thoughts exactly. I just want a couple of minutes with those oxygen wasting pieces of garbage. Just two…
Can't even cope I'm sobbing so much after watching this I've had to lay next to my sleeping daughter just to hold her and breathe her in. Anyone who has a small child like me- we are the luckiest people alive. I can't even bring myself to comment on what I've just seen. Heartbroken x
Hi ..thank you from Northern Michigan from your coverage off this sad case ..I cannot comprehend how a "parent " can do this to a child ..It breaks my heart to hear a puppy whining ..much less anyone's child screaming in agony and petrified ..I will never understand these monsters
Another reason he might not have been removed from the home in March 2020…..covid and lockdown, it’s heartbreaking to see yet another child slip through the cracks and be locked in with their abusers 😔 RIP Alfie ❤
So much damage was done by the people running the country so much blood on their hands.
Yes apparently it took such a long time to bring the case to trile thanks to covid. Unless that's a different case.
God what i would do if I just had one little moment with them😡😡😡😡
What is wrong with the system?????
It will take a couple more years to really see all the damage that was done, people need time to come to terms with what happened. The realization for some people will be tough.
🤍RIP Alfie 🤍 You, and every single child out there, deserved so much better.
I would like to think if I ever saw a child in a situation like that, I would take them in to my home and the police would need to arrest me for not handing them back to those evil bastards! I feel so sorry for those neighbours and school staff who consistently raised their concerns for this to be the outcome. Too often in the stories you tell, not enough was done by bystanders but not in this case. I just can't believe he died despite so many people trying to intervene. Such a waste of an innocent life.
Just catching up with this now... I'm absolutely broken 💔.... that little boy crying out unlock the door.. that sound will stay with me forever....
Sleep peacefully beautiful boy.. surrounded by all of the love that you deserved on this earth
Absolutely heart breaking, if I could hear that, as a neighbour or passer by I would of taken that baby boy and got him safe, deal with my consequences of my actions after. Xx
I was engaged to a lovely guy who’d do anything for me , one day after work I just wanted 5 minutes and my youngest son was doing what kids do and trying to get into my room , myself and partner both asked him to just give me 5 mins but my son about 7 stood on the hallway saying “mum mum mum” my partner went out and said nothing so I checked the mirror which faced the hallway and saw him stood over my son just staring at him, my son started to stutter and at that point I was off that bed and giving my partner complete momma bear anger about intimidating my child in his own home and that he would always come before any man so he best move his arse out my house asap for his own safety … my now ex was in tears and on his way back to his mums who also gave him an ear bashing 👍 lesson is your kids are kids and we as parents are there to protect them no matter what ❤
What a failure when so many people reacted to the warnings 🤬
Plenty of individuals had Alfie’s back but he was forgotten and let down by the authorities that should have seen it coming.. I’m disgusted by the their lack of response and my heart goes out to the people that did love and care for Alfie - God rest is little soul 🙏.. thank you Emma - a true blessing for lost voices ❤
As a mother of 3 beautiful sons, this is absolutely horrible. So sad... poor baby 😢
Love you, Emma, and all that you do. You are a perfect voice for these victims. Please keep up the amazing work you do
Thank you and God bless you and your family ❤
Hearing that beautiful boy pleading & screaming broke my heart to pieces 💔 Yes, well done to the neighbour, but im sorry, id have been out there & scooping him up & bringing him to safety & warmth. God bless you gorgeous Alfie, you didnt deserve this 💙
Poor little angel and to hear him screaming let me in all those times is heart wrenching I wish I could of saved him , Emma you've done him proud , I hope they rot in jail
RIP little man God Bless you 💚💛💙
I live about 6 miles from where all this happened, my cousin's grandchildren went to school with little Alfie. I couldn't stop crying about what happened to poor little Alfie. I only wished I'd of known because I can tell you there is no way I would have given in until he and his siblings were safe. People in this area were outraged and still are. Many friends and family of mine are still discussing this case and feel extremely emotional about this dear child. I raised my sons in my own and I divorced their father due to his abuse towards myself and verbal towards my sons. I never wanted anyone to hurt my boys, I was a strict mum but a fare one. I can never understand and never will how any woman can allow another person to hurt their children, let alone torture them. I feel for those people that reported Alfie's situation and nothing happened to protect Alfie. God rest him because he was robbed of love, security and a future and it was allowed to happen by his so called mother
This straight up, made me cry. Those screams to be let in & the fact he wanted his granddad in those last moments, as the only family who cared about him, broke my heart 💔 The way you tell these cases, Emma, is an emotional roller coaster. I laugh at your wit, agree with your anger & feel utter sadness for the victims & those left behind.
All of your deep dives involving kids break my heart. But this one... My daughter is nine. The reaction is visceral. Just the abject horror of what this precious child had to endure. Thank you for giving him a voice.
Ok so im behind, im at the video where hes screaming to be let in. My little boy is 8 so this is particularly upsetting to me. WHY?!?! didnt neighbours go round? Why didnt they take him in to their warm home? I kinda understand the filming for evidence but this is heartbreaking. Hed have been in my house with a blanket and his mother would be sporting a black eye.
This is the first video of yours I haven’t been able to get through. It’s just too distressing. I admire you for your research and ability to deliver poor Alfie’s story and help keep his name alive 😢
So close to hitting 200K subscribers... 🙏
The fact that they were so brazen to leave him outside crying/screaming and shouting to get bk in knowing neighbours would hear him is so shocking 😮 This poor boy and what he went through is absolutely horrific 😭 So sad... You've done this case justice as we knew you would Emma 🙏🥺
I do love reframing the idea that Alfie's grandfather wasn't there in his last moments to that in his last moments, his grandfather was the only person who mattered to him. Survivor's guilt is a nasty thing to have to live with.
Ever just pray for 5 minutes with these monsters? I know I often do! Rest in paradise little man x
Yes, I'd happily do the job of despatching them if it was a role of employment.
So glad it's not just me!!..
I have a niece who is 8 and a nephew who is 6. If I heard either one yell like that I’d be there in a heartbeat come hell or high water. I feel so much for him and for his poor grandfather. A loving grandparent will always take on the guilt if the parents don’t. Hope he’s resting easy now knowing that people did care and still care for him
So heartbreaking, rip Alfie, once again another needless loss of life, we need to bring back the death penalty in this country for crimes such as this.
Totally agree. When there is no doubt. Should be death.
Definitely but the do gooders won't allow it if we actually had freedom of speech and politiins did what we actually wanted the world would be better
In polls across the world stricter punishments are wanted but those above won't allow it. Failing that I think they should release these people to the family's that have been hurt. I love the world and nature I love all animals spiders u name it would never hurt a single one but if anyone hurt my kids I swear I could turn into a demon and torture them anyway possible 😅😅
Excuse the spelling lol
@stephen: Absolutely! I’m originally from the UK & live in the USA and I 100% believe in the death penalty. The UK needs to bring it back!
A very touching tribute to a little boy, who should have been given his god given right to a fare chance in life! There are so many ppl out there who can't have children, my daughter being one of them, who is my absolute world!! I hope Alfie rests in peace bless him... Night night god bless Alfie ❤
First channel I've found that calls attention to the massive amount of children suffering. Thank you for keeping them alive in all of our hearts and minds ❤ RIP Alfie and anyone else who has suffered a similar fate from pure evil
also check out The Misery Machine. they tend to focus on children and calling out the terrible people who hurt them
@@jourdyngroman I have found thr misery machine since writing this. They do a great job as well. Thanks
That poor baby. I literally haven’t cried as much as I have tonight at any of the cases Emma.
Thank you for covering it and giving awareness for Alfie.
Those people really deserve to stay in prison for life. Such awful parental awareness. It literally makes me hurt with sadness
So heartbreaking! You made this grown man cry. I hope Alfie is in Gods arms and those that hurt him are judged harshly and suffer as he did.
From the moment that I knew that I was pregnant, my son became EVERYTHING to me. Far more important than myself! That woman doesn’t deserve the title of “mother”.
I'll never understand how anyone can treat kids this way. The way she left her previous abusive relationship makes me think she only left because she was at the receiving end of it and that makes it even worse if that's that's the case as it proves even more that she only thinks about herself and her own safety and not her own child.
I swear, I would have gone over there and taken him home with me and called the police! Maybe not the right or legal thing to do, but..... 😭
I hope these monsters will get a horrible treatment where they are now! 😡👹
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them!”
Please don’t ignore red flags!
Relationships do NOT improve because of a ring 💍 or a marriage ceremony & relationships become HARDER once you introduce the stress & sleep deprivation of babies!
They tend to get worse with marriage because abusers think they own u at that point and it's not as easy to leave. You can't just walk away because you have to go through the divorce process. Only gets worse.
So totally and utterly agree. Dispensed of a ‘possible’ partner within seconds of an inappropriate comment coming out of his mouth… mmm there’s the door make 39:30 sure you are on the other side of it in 30 seconds or my family will be round in minutes… that was when I was 30 divorced and dating again… now 64 and still single
My heart is broken. As a mother of two boys who I would walk in to fire for, this was truly horrific to hear. Thank you, Emma, for giving Alfie a voice. As always, delivered with empathy and heart. May these monsters suffer like Alfie did.
Lessons will be learned is a sentence I am sick of hearing. RIP Alfie xxx
Unrelated to the vile monsters that plagued that poor angels life...
But Bloody Hell Em, you got me at the end there. That hit. Absolutely heartfelt, heartbreaking and beautiful
I'm not a mother and I never will be cuz of health issues but hearin that little boy screamin 2 be let in brought me 2 tears I don't know how people can hurt children that poor little boy 😭
Absolutely devastating and wholly preventable. It's despicable how often you need to say lessons will be learnt, but thank you so much for bringing attention to these cases (as much as they shouldn't be happening at all). Hopefully the more awareness we have, the less afraid we are to offend, less children will be lost.
Rip Alfie and thoughts with his granddad ❤
As a soon to be social worker I think it is so important that these cases are studied and shared in schools. I think that sharing real stories of people, in particular children, who where let down by the services that are there to protect them, are the best way to learn. We have to change the systems so things like this won’t happen. It breaks my heart every time and makes me wanna be the best professional that is able to prevent horrible acts like this.
So truly heartbreaking. I held it together until the end when you said sleep well sweetheart. What a sweet boy and I hope that he is having a restful sleep wherever he is.
I don’t no how you keep covering these cases they are heartbreaking to watch! God bless you Alfie
Oh god i dont think ill be able to watch this one 😭 poor little lad! 💔😭
With you on that one: any cases related to kids I give a miss, that goes for any crime channels.
I started crying hearing that recording of him oh my god. This poor child.
My granddaughter is his age and I can't imagine the fear she would feel being locked out of the house. We teach them to stay with adults they trust...we don't lock children away from their loved ones😢
This case doesn't sound familiar, but it might ring a bell when I listen to it later.
Well done on getting 199k subscribers by the way, Emma. Just shows what a great job you and Dusted do every week xx 🎉❤
The court case was June this year so very recent
Started in may were sentenced in June.
I am definitely a bang on the door type of person, I have done before and I will again I will never hear a child screaming and begging to be let in, I totally understand not everyone would or feels as though they can but his little screams brought me to tears 🥺😭 Well done for giving this beautiful boy the voice he so much needed, you have done Alfie justice in telling his side and the empathy you give ❤
I'm not sure looking at the comments if I will be able to watch it all, but thankyou for covering this horrific case
I love how fiercely protective you are of your children, and how absolutely unapologetic you are about that fact. You're everything that represents what a mother should be ❤ I've got a 16yr old son and almost 3yr old daughter and so much of what you say resonates with me and how I feel about my own kids. I think your level of compassion and empathy is what sets you apart from the rest ❤
In our house we have agreed that if we hear or see a child in danger we will act. After the case of Arthur there are no excuses for doing nothing.
I can’t imagine, and nothing at all about the neighbours because they did an amazing job. But when I tell you he would be in my house so fast, his bullies of parents would have to get through me, my husband and our dogs to get him back. It’s sick. It’s so sick. I hate it so much 😭
As someone who would give anything and everything besides my son for more children but i lost my chances from cancer. Thank God he had the grace to send me one precious life and let another precious little girl pick us to be her parents i would love to have found Alfie. 😢
Absolutely heart breaking. Bless you little Alfie❤
Every single one of these cases destroy me. I, myself, have given birthday to two beautiful sons. I could never even say a harsh word to them, let alone allow them to come to harm, beat or murder them. It's unthinkable.
The system is majorly corrupt where child abusers are allowed to do these awful things but parents struggling with circumstances or domestic abuse get their children removed.
Seems they prefer to go after the low-hanging fruit, they don't like to put themselves in a potentially dangerous situation.
Hello from San Francisco Emma and Friends.❤ Am looking forward to today's case! Could you please consider looking into the case of Jerome and Joshua Ellis? Very few have covered this cases and the one that has doesn't line up much with the bbc movie created about it. Thank you for all you do to educate us. "Never comply"! ❤
I read about poor little Allfie recently in crime monthly. It is truly a heart wrenching case. The mother and partner are both monsters in my opinion.
This case is just awful. But Emma you'll give it justice for Alfie ❤ youll give this your all like you do with all the tragic cases you deliver x
Alfie I am so sorry you were failed by so many💔 Fly High Alfie and Sleep Tight 😢❤
❤Hi Em , you got to keep this up I have witnessed and intervened a man bullying his boy , what a coward he shut up and walked off after I stuck my first in his face and told him neighbour s will be listening for noise from his house ,this is horrific evil I couldn't just leave it , hit me I don't care we have a duty of care to all children DO SOMETHING ANYTHING
I actually went out and confronted a local gang when they tried to bully my son. My son was only 9 years old. I had such a blind rage in me that I felt that I could fight every one of them to the death. They obviously thought so too because they all ran. I am not a fighter by any means, but every normal mother will understand this feeling.
So heartbreaking. Take care everyone
Another child horribly impacted by the lock downs that caused countless numbers of children locked in with their abusers, so many opportunities missed that could have saved this poor boy, it genuinely breaks my heart, thank you Emma for bringing these stories to light and showing the world this poor boy and many others have meaning in life and sadly in death xx
They had amble warnings! Social services knew he was being abused and did nothing! The school knew! The police knew! Neighbors called non stop. This is horrific
Ugh this makes me physically sick and tearful. Maybe it’s bc me and my siblings went through abuse similar to this with my mum and stepdad .. but god. I hearing that boy scream and cry, knowing how terrified and confused he must’ve been..
So glad to hear you talk about this, couldn’t believe it was in my town. We had a celebration of his life today at our local park 💙
Hearing him scream to be let into the house absolutely broke my heart
😳 “Just following orders.” That excuse never works!! 🤬
They need to change the thumbs up to a broken heart for these videos. I really appreciate everything you do Emma it just breaks my heart to give it a thumbs up
I’m here visiting my 8 1/2 year old grandson, this one hurt me. They are heartbreaking, but this one hits close. Thank you Emma for the work you put in to bring us these cases. RIP little one.
As a mother and a teacher, thank you Emma. You delivered this story with the compassion and empathy you are appreciated for. I’m cleaning the bathroom, listening to this and balling my eyes out !!
i live in the same town as them. And it’s something that changed the town completely and very much so bought people together for him. So many fundraisers and walks in honour of his memory ❤
Emma first and foremost, I absolutely adore you and thank you again for being a main inspiration for the program I came up with to help middle and high school students.
Now, I have to be honest. In my quest to have the best possible understanding and grasp on all things human nature, I have exposed myself to the worst of the worst leaving me able to be objective but detached and desensitized is the price I pay for my objectivity. This being said, that audio of Alfie begging to be let him provoked a massive visceral reaction and I'm glad I hadn't ate recently bc I was dry heaving rather than actually throwing up.
There aren't many things I would risk my freedom for without hesitation but, had I been the neighbors heres how it would of went: me calling emergency services and telling them I am taking a child and if they don't expedite the fastest possible response to the location, and arrest the "parents" those "parents" will end up wishing you got to them before I did, actually they won't be able to have that hope/regret if I get to them first - the end.
I try extremely hard to not be reactionary but if that POS would of told me to "mind my fucking business" I would of responded appropriately leaving him unable to ever udder word, and that would be the best case scenario/outcome for him.
Oh hell,him shouting to be let in is so harrowing.its good they documented and reported it but I'd like to think idv gone and taken him indoors and feigned "oh I thought maybe ud had an accident or seizure or something as you weren't opening the door so I called police and an ambulance "never risk offending!
My heart aches for these poor children. 💔 every video I see Emma it breaks me and I know it will. But their voices need to be heard. And I hope Alfie feels the love he deserved on this earth where ever he is now. ❤
This has choked me up so much. Listening to him pleading and knowing he was. Dying for his grandad at the end. Makes me feel dreadful for the children I remember who came to school smelling of urine, stealing food from lunch boxes… etc. what on earth could have been going on at home? I really want to start fostering in the future and stories like this make me want to do it even more. I just need to get my own personal arrangements in order. RIP beautiful boy. Absolutely heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing Emma x
I find myself in the horrific position of feeling like I'm watching, or rather hearing, this unfolding at my neighbor's. I've tried calling every authority there is, and at one point was documenting. I know it's a failure of mine but it's just so incessant that I'm sort of shut down emotionally and can't cope with recording more. I don't know how to document something that never stops. I don't know when to call the police anymore because I'd be calling every five minutes. And the mother realized I'd been meddling and I'm afraid to even go outside because she's completely unhinged and violent and came after me twice now, blaming me for ruining her life and accusing me of all kinds of things. I'm trapped in my apartment, listening to hell unfold and no one is doing anything. I've tried to get people to listen. I have recordings. I don't know what else to do.
Bless you. I’d call the police and keep calling CPS! I don’t understand the point in these ‘services’ however as they don’t seem to do an effing thing?!
I cannot understand why the school sent him home, when he had an infected ear, and he was obviously terrified.
Wow. I have never had to stop watching an episode yet. I have watched every one of Emma's videos. I got to the point where Alfie was recorded screaming, burst into tears, and had to stop watching. Hopefully, I'll be able to go back to it at some point. My heart is torn apart for this poor baby, RIP ❤
26:35 this is incredibly heartbreaking 💔... A little boy alone outside in his underwear... What could possibly go wrong?! I wanna knock those adults TF out!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
I can sit through these episodes without expressing emotion on the outside (definitely feeling it on the inside, omg it's heartbreaking) but something about hearing her talk directly to the kids in the outro makes me choke up and cry. Makes me look weird in front of my coworkers on the night shift, me suddenly crying 🤣 I hope this little angel is safe and happy now, bless his soul
This is so sad. That poor little boy didn't deserve that
RIP little one💙💙💙💙
This happened near me, I'm in Worcester so followed it from the beginning in the local paper.
I was seeing a chap a few years ago who told me he'd broken up with his ex because he'd shouted at her son and he seemed to expect me to agree it was preposterous. I have two kids myself and said yep, she was completely right, you have no right to do that. Needless to say he never met my kids and it ended soon after.
Good for you 👍
EMMA WHAT YOU SAID AT THE END HAD ME IN EARS, SO MOVING, SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO POWERFUL... I PRAY THAT WHEREVER HE IS , HE HEARD THOSE BEAUTIFUL WORDS XXXXX
It breaks my heart thinking about people like my best friend who have adopted years ago 3 and 4 years old sisters but who would have treasured the opportunity to have a newborn baby too
This is sickening. What is wrong with the statutory agencies to fail yet another child! I too am sick of “lessons will be learnt”.. as for the abusers, I hope they are living in hell as we speak. My heart breaks for his grandad, I am a grandmother and I can’t begin to imagine what that poor man is going through every moment of everyday. Rest in peace sweet Alfie 😢
You are my new favorite Crime'stress! I love the emotion, and passion you have when you walk us through these atrocities. Thank you for the care, love and respect your show these victims.