@KristyOsborne-xm2bp Everything she says is libellous most of the time. She judges everyone... and throws all evidence away just like the Prosecuter does.
Liberal judges and left-wing policies. They speak about removing the stigmatism of people with that disgusting behaviour. A woman did a Ted Talk on it.
I don't see anyone mentioning how brave and smart Keri Ann was. At 13 to have the presence of mind to go into the slide tube and hide was the best thing she could have done and it saved her life.
@@supme7558he was preying on someone he knew was struggling and wouldn’t say no to extra money. he planned this and if it wouldn’t have been cherish, it would have been another little girl living in poverty.
Single mothers are the problem! Yeah, I said it! This wouldn’t have happened with a father, ever! No man would be able to be seduced by a strange man with a gift card. Nor look like prey. But we forgive the moms for poor decisions simply because she’s a woman🤦🏽♂️
Single mothers are the problem! Yeah, I said it! This wouldn’t have happened with a father, ever! No man would be seduced by a strange man with a gift card. Nor look like prey. But we forgive the mom simply because she’s a woman🤦🏽♂️
The mother’s history with kids was terrible and her story and allowing a man she allegedly had never seen before to go into dressing rooms alone with her child and then her saying right away on the phone that she was worried about him is just insane. Poor girl.
You act like this man wasn’t going to get another kid regardless, stop ignoring the problem. He was going to offend regardless of the mother. You are ignoring the BIG BIG elephant in the room.
@@hallec4618WTH. Elephant in the room?!?! He wouldn’t have gotten to her if her mom protected her. She made it easy for him. As a mother, we have a duty to protect our children.
Single mothers are the problem! Yeah, I said it! This wouldn’t have happened with a father, ever! No man would be able to be seduced by a strange man with a gift card. Nor look like prey. But we forgive the moms for poor decisions simply because she’s a woman🤦🏽♂️
@@cplmpcocptcl6306 How idiotic must one be to think it's completely innocent to let a strange man be alone with your young daughter in a dressing room. The strange man who wanted to give your child HIGH HEELS that you acknowledge were way too adult--that you yourself wouldn't even wear. No person is THAT naive. She might've felt bad that the end result happened, but she also traded her child's innocence for a GIFT CARD. She definitely knew that man was touching her little girl--she just (hopefully) didn't think it would end in murder.
@@mamatried925 yeah no, I totally get that. She totally could have sent the receipt and called him to say that it just wasn’t enough. She did say she was buying for both kids that day at the store (if I remember correctly) and he wasn’t the father of the other child? Please correct me if I’m wrong, I didn’t think she was. But I agree, it was just an awful, horrific story..
@@sweetbeauty2153 it’s so tough…it just hurt my soul to its core when they said what the officer said when they pulled him over, how she was in the water. You just know that case left an impact.
@@bexief31 i think that if the father had not have given her the $100 for his daughter that day, then this would not have happened. she didn’t have money to go to store, she possibly could’ve been using some of the money on other ppl , like her other child.
@@TUDGAF it’s not just America. Just heard about a case in England, where a mother was literally trying to sell a baby and she only got probation. She also had a history of child abuse, where one kid was found in a makeshift cage at two years old, and another one escaped out of his house through a 6 inch gap in the window and fell a couple stories, and the kid was only four years old and ran and was found wandering the streets. They put the kids back in their mothers custody. After seeing a baby in a cage.
There’s a case in the UK right now and the Mother has left her little girl with several men freely after knowing them just days and weeks, the little girl calls them Daddy after weeks even though she has a real Dad fighting for her in court but the court keep siding with a corrupt and broken social services as they have a vendetta against him. This little girl was admitted to hospital with bruises all over her and a fractured collar bone and the social services are attempting to give the little girl back into the Mothers care. The Mother has a social worker as a Mother. You see the problem
@@G-host0069that is so sad and makes me so angry, these people that work for these child protective services sound like they’re pedophiles themselves they keep the children in the abusive home probably hoping that the kids will die. All these government entities are evil.
But …but Mothers are better caretakers! Fathers are bad! Single mothers are the problem! Yeah, I said it! This wouldn’t have happened with a father, ever! No man would be able to be seduced by a strange man with a gift card. Nor look like prey. But we forgive the moms for poor decisions simply because she’s a woman🤦🏽♂️
Yea blame the mother but what about those judge or the government letting him out? This guy was a creep since day 1 and he was let out so many times !!!
@user-hi5eh3xi7z let's not blame the man who murdered her? This girl was let down by every person in the system who dealt with this man's crimes and her custody case, as well as her mother. Pretty much every person but her father. It is tragic. Still the ultimate blame is on the man who chose to use and kill her. Her mother made horrific mistakes, but she did not intend harm to her daughter.
Look I was a mom single with two children... I would have never let a guy do that.... I don't care what's going on in her mind she is to blame... your job is to protect your children...give me a break she let her beautiful daughter go with a man she doesn't know come on that's just stupidity...
As an Aussie I have watched a lot of videos of this horrific case! However you Annie have delivered a more in-depth coverage than any other video I’ve seen! Thank you! I can’t help but think that Rain is cognitively challenged with an inability to comprehend the danger she placed herself and her kids in. Not that this excuse’s the neglect of her children! She had already abandoned her first child, never to speak of her again! This is a woman who should never have had children at all.
That dad should sue the system for letting him out over and over again, not putting out the Amber Alert and for not giving him custody! If a father lived like this mother they would have taken the children in a moment! The system needs to stop thinking of fathers as “afterthoughts” or “less than”
I live in a 50/50 state. Unless there is documented abuse, the judges award joint custody. Moms automatically getting custody even when they behave like gutter rats is just appalling.
He was working on it and probably would’ve gotten it had cherish lived to see it - remember, he needed to establish presence in her life because Rayne didn’t let him know until years later that he even had a child…and only because she was looking for child support.
@@basicallyno1722Any "woman" that comes after a man anytime after the birth for "child support" should be stripped of 50% of any "rights" they think or thought they had immediately. Im a woman myself but Its sick the games a lot of the women doing this in our society play
I agree with you 100%. I will never ever understand why she would have a series of kids yet neglect them severely, abandon them (her first child), and then put them in an incredibly insanely dangerous situation like this - the mother knew she shouldn’t be trusting some random man with a van buying ROPE and taking a little girl alone repeatedly into a dressing room ffs. She also sounds very odd on that phone call - I wonder what else was happening. So tragic for this little girl.
She didn't let him take her for money . He lead her to believe a family man waiting for his wife n kids offering a genuine helping hand .. when u have nothing you will take any help
@@baanjones5910 quite clearly the mother did also. Leaving her child with a man she had a funnily feeling about. The system can't foresee or catch every possibility - people need to take some personal responsibility.
@BealEngio the system should’ve completely foreseen something like this happening. This dude’s history is of a man in and out of jail for buggering children, even attempting to kidnap them. He should’ve never been released.
@@baanjones5910 that's what I'm saying. Step up ur reading comprehension bruh. If I said not "only did the mother" then next sentence say the system failed her. Her obviously means the lil girl which was stated in the previous sentence. Jeez read before u type
This is one of the cases that has stayed with me for years. Especially the medical examiner testimony. I don't know how anyone could defend the mother for one second. Not only did she not protect her from a man who was giving her plenty of reasons not to, she let Cherish feel comfortable with him by her own actions towards him. She let Cherish feel comfortable enough that she could be alone with him and leave the store. If the mother was concerned, Cherish would of felt it. Also, when calling 911, she said she hoped he didn't kill her bc she didn't want to be one of those parents..that goes to prison. I think this video is unnecessarily understanding to her when this never should have happened.
Yes, I agree. It really bothers me when shows downplay a parent's negligence and self-centered lifestyles. Like we are not able to see who the monster was. The monster was definitely the man. But this mother led her young, innocent daughter right into the arms of Evil Incarnate. Just horrible. Poor Cherish and her dad also.
Did she say, "I don't want to be one of those parents who goes to jail?! I didn't catch that. I heard, "I don't want to be one of those parents," and wasn't sure what was said after. I thought maybe she said, "who loses a child." Even with what I thought I heard, I thought it was weird and self-centered when your child is out there with a monster, and you're worried about how it will affect you 🤬
Pro tip: don’t let any man or woman around your kids without doing a background check, as well as just don’t ever leave them alone with anyone. Teach your kids to talk to you after any uncomfortable situations.
Yes the mother was unfit and mentally ill, the system failed this child big time by not allowing her father to have custody when it was very obvious that it would've been in her best interest... The system also allowed this monster to be free to re offend again and again when he should've been locked away a long time ago.
I put myself in the parents shoes and believe me I’ve been broke as well but letting him go to the changing rooms not once but twice with her daughter is unforgivable. What was she thinking ? I’m not even speaking about that rat that killed Cherish. RIP little Angel 🧡.
Right.. then if none of that was enough for her to realize the severity of the situation. The heels ?!? then she let her daughter run after and go off alone with this creep after ALL OF THAT. idc I have 0 sympathy for the mother, this was all so avoidable. The father had the means to provide but all she cared about was money and letting her father take cherish would’ve meant she lost her meal ticket .. the mother should’ve been sentenced to the same fate imo
This case haunts me. When I first heard of it, I couldn't stop thinking about it and I watched much of the trial. The medical examiner's testimony was absolutely sickening. RIP Cherish. How terrible.
One of the worst ME testimony's I've heard. The descriptions of the condition of the little girl's genitals were horrific. Very rare to see an ME choke up on the stand and need a break.
I don’t want to take the focus away from the monster that did this to her but come on momma! Who leaves their child with somebody they don’t know?! Who lets them into a changing room with their child?! Ridiculous
@@saintmte5076She had a negative impression of him already at the cashline but she thought he was to steal money or get her card details or something. So she had a somewhat functioning inner alert system. But she then did put it on ignore, and I presume that he did so openly approach her, showing his id even. That was likely making her doubt her initial instinct of something was wrong. If she had a bipolar diagnosis she had probably heard more than once that she was ridiculous, rude etc for having done things out of an emotional reaction.
One of the saddest stories I have ever heard. What a beautiful little girl who will never have a chance at life. Thank you for standing up for victims Annie.
What does her mental health have to do with anything? She was mentally fit to move to another country, establish residency, have relationships, have children, navigate the court system when seeking for child support….helllo???
The American government harms children everyday. Have you ever heard of adenochrome? Jon Benet and Madeleine McCann were used as child sacrifices by the parents to gain financial gain and prestige.
I don’t want to blame the mother but what she let that man do while in Walmart was terrible. She shouldn’t have had custody of those kids. Horrible case.
Failed her in many ways. The mother was clearly mentally ill and unable to properly care for the girl who should've been in the care of her father. He had a stable life to offer her but was denied custody. Most importantly, this evil criminal should've been locked up for life. Instead, the system allowed him to be free to re-offend again and again.
My mother is bipolar. When I was 8 she left me in the park and didn't come back. Luckily my father eventually found me at dusk. I had been too afraid to leave the park because we were in a strange city so I had no idea how to walk back to the house we were staying at.
I don’t think the cops believed her because her story sounded ridiculous ! What mother does that! The killer was screaming hello 👋 lady are you awake!! Do you want your kids!? The entire interaction. He calculated , he likely saw her type daily. Gullible, greedy and exhausted . She didn’t love her daughter , she just was in autopilot -She told him in her actions I’m not looking 👀 😢
Are you really just blaming the mother? The guy was on parole for numerous offenses including some being child related. He’s a bigger threat than Rain. Yeah she would never have won Mother of the Year but I don’t think she wanted any of that to happen. I also think that her sister and Rain’s oldest daughter were a little out of line. It’s one thing to blame her but to blame and trash talk? My biological mother wasn’t fit to raise my half sisters and me - and she actually did have a learning disability. And a pathological liar. So heh you think I have reached out to her? No. I’m in contact with my younger half sister since we lived close to each other for 5 years. Now we get together every Christmas (if weather permits). But seriously, I don’t see Rain as someone worse than my own biological mother. She’s naive. I don’t think we will ever know exactly why she didn’t trust her first instinct about the guy. I just think she doesn’t deserve all this hate towards her. Don Smith deserves all that hate. He did the crime. Could she have been better at trusting her instincts? Yes. Sometimes it’s hard to be vigilant when you’re dealing with a lot.
The mother should face charges as well. It’s difficult for me to even call her a mother as I don’t think she deserves to be called that. She abandoned her first child & allowed her (basically replacement) child to be taken by a stranger, a man at that, in a van (of all cars), all for money- incredibly selfish & negligent. She is not a mother. She is to blame as well. She shouldn’t have had children, especially after abandoned her first child at only five years old.
Last comment: I personally feel like no matter how much some people hate the government or anyone watching or demanding things we do.... I think every single parent no matter how old should go through parent class before the baby is born... I think they should be shown these kind of videos.
The system, I believe, is to blame above all else. It's insane that someone with Smith's record would be repeatedly released is murder by negligence. That perpetrator should long ago have been sentenced to life, never to be a threat to society again. We have to remember we have a privatized prison system, profit over people.
He went to the dressing room twice with the kid and the mom let him as she didn't want him to think she was paranoid......I can't believe some one is so desperate fpr a gift card.
This child should NEVER have been with her mother to begin with!! This mother had already proven to be unfit! This mother abandoned one child in another country It’s so sad because she was almost safe with her daddy. This breaks my heart until 1 million pieces. I’ve heard the story before and every time I hear it it breaks my heart more. Sweet baby girl, I’m so sorry 😢😢😢
Absolutely Horrific. The jurisdictional system fails so many times. Child predators are another level of crime, one of the worst. Why aren’t they dealt with harsher sentences in the first instance. This problem with the jurisdictional system is NOT just in America, it’s in other Western countries as well.
Considering her immediate concern, she shouldn’t have trusted him. You KNOW he was looking the child up and down, especially in the changing room. I wouldn’t let a strange man get snappy over my own kid. I dont give warnings.
No matter how many times Donald appeals his sentencing, he can't run from death forever. He'll eventually have to answer for what he did to that sweet little girl.
He cased the place, found a target, and executed his plan. He is sick! I feel 1 ounce of empathy for he, himself, being a victim but he didn't have to do this. The system failed Cherish😢 Donald J. Smith should not have been a free man walking around when Cherish was abducted and murdered. Cherish also should have not been living with the mother. I don't blame the mother for his actions but she put her children in grave danger and the blame is on her to a point. 😢
I'll never forget the Medical Examiner breaking down on the stand when trying to describe the horror of that poor child's injuries. This is one of the most Infuriating cases I had ever seen. The mom came across as sympathetic, but I agree that she completely failed her child.
Joan Rivers, the late American comedianne, had a recurring joke about her lamentable childhood, with her parents allegedly telling her to "take candy from strangers and ask the funny man in a raincoat, does he own a van?" She did not need to invent this, it seems like this type of parents do exist. Awful.
When someone offers you something, as soon as the excuses start coming in or when they start imposing conditions on you, they’re lying. Don’t believe them and get away. Specially if it’s a stranger.
Did the coroner really need a break from describing what she discovered during her autopsy of Cherish?!? How many cadavers has this woman seen in her career? Id imagine hundreds….so for someone who is so desensitized to seeing dead bodies, to hear her get choked up/need a break…I just lost it!! I just hugged my child harder than I think I’ve ever hugged him!!
This is why people need to be EDUCATED and NOT have KIDS if they are not going to take responsibility for them. This woman obviously comes from this type of environment. I wish people would realize that having children is not a 'right' but a gift to those who raise them with love and education. This is so hideous this woman was so brainwashed and ignorant.
Listening to him being shocked about his charges and basically that he thinks its inflated charges is absolutely sickening. He deserves ANYTHING thrown his way.
I think parents/adults need to understand that kids see us talking to "strangers" everyday. Learning the difference between polite chit-chat and trusting a stranger enough to get in a car with them is an important lesson. That sweet girl just assumed that if her mom trusted that man enough to get in the van with him and go to Walmart with him - he's not a stranger anymore; he's a friend. And why wouldn't she go out to the van with him to get his wallet? It's a very sad story. :(
So she had this done to her and she was this ignorant to let her daughter out of her sight with a strange man? To the dressing room? Come on... The stupidity is astounding.
For the Lady Doctor that was examining the body of that little girl to request a 5 minute break, that is horrifying considering that it is her day to day job, it must have been a horrific case!
There were multiple points where this could have EASILY been avoided, if they had just given a little more care. DCF, the mother, and the police! DCF and the "justice" system is pathetic..
He found the conversation in jail funny, trying to hide his smile. She was incredibly naive! She was going with her father, if she didn’t have any clothes, he could have bought them. Especially having young daughters, children in general, you can’t put your guard down for even a second! Trust your gut! When he got upset when she wanted to wait at Dollar General that was a smack in the head to STAY AWAY!
Mother shouldn’t have had her in the first place. The mother failed her miserably. This is the fault of family courts siding with the woman no matter how dangerous
Every time I went to the Walmart on Lem Turner when I lived in Jacksonville, I thought about sweet , precious Cherish and could not ever stop at the McDonalds located inside the store. Rip beautiful child
I've never wanted to jump through my phone screen and hurt someone as much as I have when I see that monsters face on screen. I have a 8 year old daughter and it breaks my heart listening to what that little girl went through.
This was a horrific & painful story to hear. Happy the children are adopted by Kerry & thriving. Hope Lindsey is blessed with peace & serenity. Much love 💞& prayers 🙏 are sent her way.
This happened at the Walmart down the street from me. I didn't go in there for a long time after this. Extremely disturbing. Since then, 2 women were found dead in the parking lot of that same Walmart. Something's not right there. Also, there are thrift stores here where she could have gotten what she needed. The Salvation Army even offered 50% off clothes on Wednesdays. And there are MANY churches & charities that distribute food & clothing FREE of charge here. Some will even deliver to your house. I hate to judge people, but what this lady did makes absolutely no sense. My daughter is nearly 25 & I'm still weary about where she goes & who she hangs out with.
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@@ultimatums1I totally agree. I'd poke my own eyes out before subscribing or following this classless channel and this person's crappy journalism.
Nice to see you again, Annie Elise ❤
Only if became as insane and unbiased as she is...
Annie Elise does the best deep dives into any crime story. Highly recommend her.
@KristyOsborne-xm2bp Everything she says is libellous most of the time. She judges everyone... and throws all evidence away just like the Prosecuter does.
How many fkn times does a person have to be reported & arrested/released before they take it more seriously!!! This is sick!
Over and over. They don't change. I'm so tired of people getting more time for drugs than these monsters
Amen. This case is SO disturbing on so many levels.
Liberal judges and left-wing policies. They speak about removing the stigmatism of people with that disgusting behaviour. A woman did a Ted Talk on it.
New York is not safe at alllll.
Blame the limp wrist politicians people vote for. America has a love affair with putting criminals first.
I don't see anyone mentioning how brave and smart Keri Ann was. At 13 to have the presence of mind to go into the slide tube and hide was the best thing she could have done and it saved her life.
She kept apologizing for being upset, and I was like "you are the toughest of people, don't you dare apologize!"
Letting some strange dude take your little girl to try on clothes?
Insane.
She said that she didn't want him to think that she was too "overprotective."
Calling said daughter Cherish Periwinkle likewise...
Sadly people get desperate and really want to believe someone will help them 😢
RIGHT???!!! WTH is wrong with ppl today??! WTH is wrong with our legal system ?? 😢
@mindee3754 but let your child go with a stranger???? NO, NOPE, NEVER
To whomever is reading this, be assertive, have boundaries. Learn to say no and ignore.
This was about money nothing more
@@supme7558this was about a broken woman and a predatory man who wanted to abuse a child. Money was a tool
@@supme7558he was preying on someone he knew was struggling and wouldn’t say no to extra money. he planned this and if it wouldn’t have been cherish, it would have been another little girl living in poverty.
Single mothers are the problem! Yeah, I said it!
This wouldn’t have happened with a father, ever! No man would be able to be seduced by a strange man with a gift card. Nor look like prey. But we forgive the moms for poor decisions simply because she’s a woman🤦🏽♂️
Single mothers are the problem! Yeah, I said it!
This wouldn’t have happened with a father, ever! No man would be seduced by a strange man with a gift card. Nor look like prey. But we forgive the mom simply because she’s a woman🤦🏽♂️
This little girl should have never been left in the mother custody to begin with.
So sad, she was so close to being with her dad too. Was supposed to have gone with him days later to California 😢
The mother’s history with kids was terrible and her story and allowing a man she allegedly had never seen before to go into dressing rooms alone with her child and then her saying right away on the phone that she was worried about him is just insane. Poor girl.
You act like this man wasn’t going to get another kid regardless, stop ignoring the problem. He was going to offend regardless of the mother. You are ignoring the BIG BIG elephant in the room.
So easy to say now ...duh
@@hallec4618WTH. Elephant in the room?!?! He wouldn’t have gotten to her if her mom protected her. She made it easy for him. As a mother, we have a duty to protect our children.
This case was horrific. Absolutely heartbroken for Cherish.
Especially if you hear the coroner's testimony.
Single mothers are the problem! Yeah, I said it!
This wouldn’t have happened with a father, ever! No man would be able to be seduced by a strange man with a gift card. Nor look like prey. But we forgive the moms for poor decisions simply because she’s a woman🤦🏽♂️
Never would I ever leave my children with anyone.!! You let him take your daughter to the dressing room?!?? Wth are you thinking!!!!!!!!! Sick.!
I agree. What did she think was happening in there?
I believe the mom should be held respinsible for neglect, abuse.... something.
@@daniellestanley1547 She knew exactly what was happening
@@illumi-nuttyconformed2566No, she didn’t.
@@daniellestanley1547I agree. I wouldn’t let her care for my imaginary goldfish, let alone a child.
@@cplmpcocptcl6306 How idiotic must one be to think it's completely innocent to let a strange man be alone with your young daughter in a dressing room. The strange man who wanted to give your child HIGH HEELS that you acknowledge were way too adult--that you yourself wouldn't even wear.
No person is THAT naive. She might've felt bad that the end result happened, but she also traded her child's innocence for a GIFT CARD. She definitely knew that man was touching her little girl--she just (hopefully) didn't think it would end in murder.
Saddest part, dad would have bought her what she needed.
Exactly!!😥 I just don't understand what in the world was this "so called mother" was thinking🤷♀️
well … not the fathers fault, but he did send 100 to the mom for the girl , which she then took to the store… just what if situation, so horrific
@@mamatried925 yeah no, I totally get that. She totally could have sent the receipt and called him to say that it just wasn’t enough. She did say she was buying for both kids that day at the store (if I remember correctly) and he wasn’t the father of the other child? Please correct me if I’m wrong, I didn’t think she was. But I agree, it was just an awful, horrific story..
@@sweetbeauty2153 it’s so tough…it just hurt my soul to its core when they said what the officer said when they pulled him over, how she was in the water. You just know that case left an impact.
@@bexief31 i think that if the father had not have given her the $100 for his daughter that day, then this would not have happened. she didn’t have money to go to store, she possibly could’ve been using some of the money on other ppl , like her other child.
What I don’t understand is how this guy was out on parole considering his history! Mother failed too. Im glad she doesn’t have custody of her kids.
Because American justice system (overall, not limited to specific states) is not punitive enough
@@TUDGAF it’s not just America. Just heard about a case in England, where a mother was literally trying to sell a baby and she only got probation. She also had a history of child abuse, where one kid was found in a makeshift cage at two years old, and another one escaped out of his house through a 6 inch gap in the window and fell a couple stories, and the kid was only four years old and ran and was found wandering the streets. They put the kids back in their mothers custody. After seeing a baby in a cage.
@@CatglittercraftsJesus….. that’s so bad…
@@CatglittercraftsWTH is wrong with our court system?
Don’t answer that, they are not looking out for these kids!!!!!! They are evil.!!!
Them ladies who rang in about the van.. bless them. ❤❤❤❤
I will never understand why our society tolerates predators in any capacity. He should have been given life, long before this happened.
Democrats
@@Daughterofthemosthigh53yep!!!!
@@Daughterofthemosthigh53Florida is a red state though
Do you know how many Hollywood celebrities are child predators? That’s why the government ignores this problem.
The mother allowed a complete stranger to accompany her daughter to the dressing room! And this was not enough of a red flag?
Yeah this is f*cked
She also left the 2 other children alone while she searched the store. She is UNFIT. She should have never had custody of the children.
This woman was clearly a mess and shouldv'e been in the custody of her father, smh
There’s a case in the UK right now and the Mother has left her little girl with several men freely after knowing them just days and weeks, the little girl calls them Daddy after weeks even though she has a real Dad fighting for her in court but the court keep siding with a corrupt and broken social services as they have a vendetta against him. This little girl was admitted to hospital with bruises all over her and a fractured collar bone and the social services are attempting to give the little girl back into the Mothers care. The Mother has a social worker as a Mother. You see the problem
What case is this?@@G-host0069
@@G-host0069that is so sad and makes me so angry, these people that work for these child protective services sound like they’re pedophiles themselves they keep the children in the abusive home probably hoping that the kids will die. All these government entities are evil.
But …but Mothers are better caretakers! Fathers are bad!
Single mothers are the problem! Yeah, I said it!
This wouldn’t have happened with a father, ever! No man would be able to be seduced by a strange man with a gift card. Nor look like prey. But we forgive the moms for poor decisions simply because she’s a woman🤦🏽♂️
Yea blame the mother but what about those judge or the government letting him out? This guy was a creep since day 1 and he was let out so many times !!!
@@shawn6986exactly
@user-hi5eh3xi7z let's not blame the man who murdered her? This girl was let down by every person in the system who dealt with this man's crimes and her custody case, as well as her mother. Pretty much every person but her father. It is tragic. Still the ultimate blame is on the man who chose to use and kill her. Her mother made horrific mistakes, but she did not intend harm to her daughter.
Look I was a mom single with two children... I would have never let a guy do that.... I don't care what's going on in her mind she is to blame... your job is to protect your children...give me a break she let her beautiful daughter go with a man she doesn't know come on that's just stupidity...
@user-hi5eh3xi7zwho’s blaming men in the other comment?? Your strange
@@trinitybernhardt9944 she knew from the beginning..she knew...
she wouldve been 19 by now, rest in peace.
That vile creature should have been locked-up forever, long before he tortured & murdered poor little Cherish. 🤬
As an Aussie I have watched a lot of videos of this horrific case! However you Annie have delivered a more in-depth coverage than any other video I’ve seen! Thank you! I can’t help but think that Rain is cognitively challenged with an inability to comprehend the danger she placed herself and her kids in. Not that this excuse’s the neglect of her children! She had already abandoned her first child, never to speak of her again! This is a woman who should never have had children at all.
Cognitively challenged by drugs.
That dad should sue the system for letting him out over and over again, not putting out the Amber Alert and for not giving him custody!
If a father lived like this mother they would have taken the children in a moment! The system needs to stop thinking of fathers as “afterthoughts” or “less than”
I live in a 50/50 state. Unless there is documented abuse, the judges award joint custody. Moms automatically getting custody even when they behave like gutter rats is just appalling.
He was working on it and probably would’ve gotten it had cherish lived to see it - remember, he needed to establish presence in her life because Rayne didn’t let him know until years later that he even had a child…and only because she was looking for child support.
Amen!
@@basicallyno1722Any "woman" that comes after a man anytime after the birth for "child support" should be stripped of 50% of any "rights" they think or thought they had immediately. Im a woman myself but Its sick the games a lot of the women doing this in our society play
That "mother" should have been charged with neglect... Im sorry, but LETTING a strange man take your child, for money too is unexcusable
I agree with you 100%. I will never ever understand why she would have a series of kids yet neglect them severely, abandon them (her first child), and then put them in an incredibly insanely dangerous situation like this - the mother knew she shouldn’t be trusting some random man with a van buying ROPE and taking a little girl alone repeatedly into a dressing room ffs. She also sounds very odd on that phone call - I wonder what else was happening. So tragic for this little girl.
It's called trafficking and not "neglect" 🤦🏻♀️
@DonnellOkafor-pd7yn what no why?
@@mirabella2154 🤓☝️
She didn't let him take her for money . He lead her to believe a family man waiting for his wife n kids offering a genuine helping hand .. when u have nothing you will take any help
This "mother" was a trainwreck. I'm surprised she managed to raise the girls to ANY age prior to a tragic disaster occurring....
Stop focusing on the mother. The ev1lness of the guy who unalived her is what matters
If the Mother never allowed Cherish to be with the man, none of it would have happened. They both are disgusting !!@@damatove9886
@@damatove9886it’s the mother’s job to protect her children under all circumstances
And
@@5thdimension954it rakes a village
Not only did the mother fail the lil girl. The system failed her. Smh
The system failed the child.
@@baanjones5910 quite clearly the mother did also. Leaving her child with a man she had a funnily feeling about. The system can't foresee or catch every possibility - people need to take some personal responsibility.
@BealEngio the system should’ve completely foreseen something like this happening. This dude’s history is of a man in and out of jail for buggering children, even attempting to kidnap them. He should’ve never been released.
@@baanjones5910 that's what I'm saying. Step up ur reading comprehension bruh. If I said not "only did the mother" then next sentence say the system failed her. Her obviously means the lil girl which was stated in the previous sentence. Jeez read before u type
@@basicallyno1722the dad should have gained custody before all this if they were homeless
This is one of the cases that has stayed with me for years. Especially the medical examiner testimony. I don't know how anyone could defend the mother for one second. Not only did she not protect her from a man who was giving her plenty of reasons not to, she let Cherish feel comfortable with him by her own actions towards him. She let Cherish feel comfortable enough that she could be alone with him and leave the store. If the mother was concerned, Cherish would of felt it. Also, when calling 911, she said she hoped he didn't kill her bc she didn't want to be one of those parents..that goes to prison. I think this video is unnecessarily understanding to her when this never should have happened.
It has stayed with me for years too. Everybody and the systems in place failed that poor little girl.
Yes, I agree. It really bothers me when shows downplay a parent's negligence and self-centered lifestyles. Like we are not able to see who the monster was. The monster was definitely the man. But this mother led her young, innocent daughter right into the arms of Evil Incarnate. Just horrible. Poor Cherish and her dad also.
Did she say, "I don't want to be one of those parents who goes to jail?! I didn't catch that. I heard, "I don't want to be one of those parents," and wasn't sure what was said after. I thought maybe she said, "who loses a child." Even with what I thought I heard, I thought it was weird and self-centered when your child is out there with a monster, and you're worried about how it will affect you 🤬
Pro tip: don’t let old dudes with vans anywhere near your kids.
Sounds like a solid tip to me 👍
It's really parenting 101
Pro tip: don’t let any man or woman around your kids without doing a background check, as well as just don’t ever leave them alone with anyone. Teach your kids to talk to you after any uncomfortable situations.
@@mh-tb9lu yeah, I’ve just watched a video (Truly Criminal) on the Sandra Cantu case! You just never know - you literally can’t trust anyone at all
@@GhastlyCretinsounds like common sense.the mom was mentally out there
Has the mother's tubes been tied? She should never get custody of her other children.
Terrible parenting. This is horrific.
Yes the mother was unfit and mentally ill, the system failed this child big time by not allowing her father to have custody when it was very obvious that it would've been in her best interest... The system also allowed this monster to be free to re offend again and again when he should've been locked away a long time ago.
I put myself in the parents shoes and believe me I’ve been broke as well but letting him go to the changing rooms not once but twice with her daughter is unforgivable. What was she thinking ?
I’m not even speaking about that rat that killed Cherish.
RIP little Angel 🧡.
I would not have accepted the offer, and I would never get in a car with a stranger, especially with my kids!
@@honeybunch5765 for sure . So sad. But totally avoidable.
Right.. then if none of that was enough for her to realize the severity of the situation. The heels ?!? then she let her daughter run after and go off alone with this creep after ALL OF THAT. idc I have 0 sympathy for the mother, this was all so avoidable. The father had the means to provide but all she cared about was money and letting her father take cherish would’ve meant she lost her meal ticket .. the mother should’ve been sentenced to the same fate imo
Always be aware of your Surroundings - Listen To You Intuition!!! It's Ok to say NO! Rest In Peace Cherish!!!! What An Angel
This case haunts me. When I first heard of it, I couldn't stop thinking about it and I watched much of the trial. The medical examiner's testimony was absolutely sickening. RIP Cherish. How terrible.
Probably one of the most horrific cases against a child. 😢
One of the worst ME testimony's I've heard. The descriptions of the condition of the little girl's genitals were horrific. Very rare to see an ME choke up on the stand and need a break.
Omg...she watched him with her MONEY cuz she didnt trust him. But lets him walk away with her daughter!!
That is true. She showed clearly there where her priority was
Exactly 💯
I don’t want to take the focus away from the monster that did this to her but come on momma! Who leaves their child with somebody they don’t know?! Who lets them into a changing room with their child?! Ridiculous
Exactly.
She’s not fit to care for my imaginary goldfish.
Sounds like she may have been selling her
Apparently she was scared to come off as 'rude', hence why she couldn't say no?
@@saintmte5076She had a negative impression of him already at the cashline but she thought he was to steal money or get her card details or something. So she had a somewhat functioning inner alert system. But she then did put it on ignore, and I presume that he did so openly approach her, showing his id even. That was likely making her doubt her initial instinct of something was wrong. If she had a bipolar diagnosis she had probably heard more than once that she was ridiculous, rude etc for having done things out of an emotional reaction.
This is horrofic. I am not a violent person, but plz give me 5 min alone with this monster
One of the saddest stories I have ever heard. What a beautiful little girl who will never have a chance at life. Thank you for standing up for victims Annie.
How about for starters you don't let a stranger take your kid to the dressing room? What?
EXACTLY!!!!!
I’m shocked by the comments excusing the mother because of “mental health.” Wah wah. She fought for custody of a kid she refused to protect.
What does her mental health have to do with anything? She was mentally fit to move to another country, establish residency, have relationships, have children, navigate the court system when seeking for child support….helllo???
Angry at the female calls herself mom
@@sayhello5377duh, she had mental health issues.
how about they stop releasing people that are in jail for crimes against children.
The American government harms children everyday. Have you ever heard of adenochrome? Jon Benet and Madeleine McCann were used as child sacrifices by the parents to gain financial gain and prestige.
I don’t want to blame the mother but what she let that man do while in Walmart was terrible. She shouldn’t have had custody of those kids. Horrible case.
Why? Scared to blame horrible mothers is what put her in this position to begin with...time to start preventing abuse by blaming unfit parents
Why wouldn’t you want to blame her when it’s CLEARLY HER FAULT
@@lynndavis9207amen
She was desperate. It’s the system that failed that little girl. That man should have never been on the streets
@@HEAT4YOAZZ it’s just as much the mothers job to protect her own child. You don’t let your daughter in a dressing room with a strange man!!!!!
What a horrible woman. She was not a mother.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The mother is a basket case. NEVER let your kids go with anyone.
The system truly failed this child.
Failed her in many ways. The mother was clearly mentally ill and unable to properly care for the girl who should've been in the care of her father. He had a stable life to offer her but was denied custody.
Most importantly, this evil criminal should've been locked up for life. Instead, the system allowed him to be free to re-offend again and again.
My mother is bipolar. When I was 8 she left me in the park and didn't come back. Luckily my father eventually found me at dusk. I had been too afraid to leave the park because we were in a strange city so I had no idea how to walk back to the house we were staying at.
First, sorry you experienced that at such a young age. How is your relationship with her now?
When a missing person is a child it should be treated just as seriously as an abduction until they know differently.
It is
I don’t think the cops believed her because her story sounded ridiculous ! What mother does that! The killer was screaming hello 👋 lady are you awake!! Do you want your kids!? The entire interaction. He calculated , he likely saw her type daily. Gullible, greedy and exhausted . She didn’t love her daughter , she just was in autopilot -She told him in her actions I’m not looking 👀 😢
I can’t even …. Seriously she let her daughter go alone to a dressing room with this man!?! Omg!!! I just can’t even. This whole story is insane.
She was such a beautiful little girl. Breaks my heart that she had a POS mom that took her for granted.
My thoughts exactly. 💯
I Pray her other girls are okay? I’m pretty sure the oldest is okay since she had Grandma 😏
Shame on these judges, shame, shame shame on them for allowing that little baby to stay with that horrid mother
Blame Alfred Kingsley for these lean-ant laws on predators!
There’s a case in Lincoln, Lincolnshire UK 🇬🇧 that has a similar ending if a little girl is handed back into the care of her Mother.
Are you really just blaming the mother? The guy was on parole for numerous offenses including some being child related. He’s a bigger threat than Rain. Yeah she would never have won Mother of the Year but I don’t think she wanted any of that to happen.
I also think that her sister and Rain’s oldest daughter were a little out of line. It’s one thing to blame her but to blame and trash talk?
My biological mother wasn’t fit to raise my half sisters and me - and she actually did have a learning disability. And a pathological liar. So heh you think I have reached out to her? No. I’m in contact with my younger half sister since we lived close to each other for 5 years. Now we get together every Christmas (if weather permits). But seriously, I don’t see Rain as someone worse than my own biological mother. She’s naive. I don’t think we will ever know exactly why she didn’t trust her first instinct about the guy.
I just think she doesn’t deserve all this hate towards her. Don Smith deserves all that hate. He did the crime. Could she have been better at trusting her instincts? Yes. Sometimes it’s hard to be vigilant when you’re dealing with a lot.
41:31 I can't believe the defense had the nerve to revictimize Carrie after all of those years after her attempted abduction.
Heartbreaking to see her shaking after all those years, heartbreaking! i hope she somehow manages to find some peace, i really do.
I would think she wanted to testify against that man regardless of the difficulty.
Fun Fact: 100 percent of convicted P-do's that are taken out of society by terminal means never re-offend 👍
I so read that wrong at first. Glad I double checked.
I agree with your "fun fact"
It's not that simple
Fun fact: Murder is illegal and committing murder makes you a monster!
@@chellesama8256fun fact: sympathizing with literal child r*pists makes you a monster!
The mother should face charges as well. It’s difficult for me to even call her a mother as I don’t think she deserves to be called that. She abandoned her first child & allowed her (basically replacement) child to be taken by a stranger, a man at that, in a van (of all cars), all for money- incredibly selfish & negligent. She is not a mother. She is to blame as well. She shouldn’t have had children, especially after abandoned her first child at only five years old.
Last comment: I personally feel like no matter how much some people hate the government or anyone watching or demanding things we do.... I think every single parent no matter how old should go through parent class before the baby is born... I think they should be shown these kind of videos.
The people who need the classes won't learn a damn thing
@@squakke then those are the people that should never be able to have kids
@@squakke fail the class = snip snip no babies for you
Bruh. If u have a bad feeling listen to it jeezus. This is frustrating.
The system, I believe, is to blame above all else. It's insane that someone with Smith's record would be repeatedly released is murder by negligence. That perpetrator should long ago have been sentenced to life, never to be a threat to society again. We have to remember we have a privatized prison system, profit over people.
He went to the dressing room twice with the kid and the mom let him as she didn't want him to think she was paranoid......I can't believe some one is so desperate fpr a gift card.
This child should NEVER have been with her mother to begin with!! This mother had already proven to be unfit! This mother abandoned one child in another country
It’s so sad because she was almost safe with her daddy. This breaks my heart until 1 million pieces. I’ve heard the story before and every time I hear it it breaks my heart more. Sweet baby girl, I’m so sorry 😢😢😢
Absolutely Horrific.
The jurisdictional system fails so many times. Child predators are another level of crime, one of the worst. Why aren’t they dealt with harsher sentences in the first instance. This problem with the jurisdictional system is NOT just in America, it’s in other Western countries as well.
Considering her immediate concern, she shouldn’t have trusted him. You KNOW he was looking the child up and down, especially in the changing room. I wouldn’t let a strange man get snappy over my own kid. I dont give warnings.
She said he wanted her to try on stilettos…um…?
This creeps son should be watched. He should be glad this guy wasn’t around! Instead he’s latching onto him! Yikes
The fact she let a strange man take her daughter to a dressing room. My mind is blown!!!!!
Some people have low IQ.
Wow, the state of Florida absolutely failed all these children in every conceivable way for decades!
The MOTHER failed
No matter how many times Donald appeals his sentencing, he can't run from death forever. He'll eventually have to answer for what he did to that sweet little girl.
The system failed this little girl. Red flags over and over and over, etc. That little girl's life was not worth a hope of a 150 dollar gift card.
The mother failed this child.
He cased the place, found a target, and executed his plan.
He is sick! I feel 1 ounce of empathy for he, himself, being a victim but he didn't have to do this. The system failed Cherish😢
Donald J. Smith should not have been a free man walking around when Cherish was abducted and murdered.
Cherish also should have not been living with the mother.
I don't blame the mother for his actions but she put her children in grave danger and the blame is on her to a point. 😢
Heartbroken 💔. I’m so sorry for the biological dad. RIP angel Cherish 😔
Why is it always a Walmart where people are last seen
they got hella cameras and attract both desperate and sketchy people
It's always a Walmart or a Target
Because that’s is what you want to believe? And it’s because walmart is everywhere. Learn statistics
I'll never forget the Medical Examiner breaking down on the stand when trying to describe the horror of that poor child's injuries. This is one of the most Infuriating cases I had ever seen. The mom came across as sympathetic, but I agree that she completely failed her child.
she failed two of her children.
Why was he ever released!!! His mother was an enabler…having this conversation together in prison is just terrifying.
Cant stand to look at that monster and his smug face.
Joan Rivers, the late American comedianne, had a recurring joke about her lamentable childhood, with her parents allegedly telling her to "take candy from strangers and ask the funny man in a raincoat, does he own a van?" She did not need to invent this, it seems like this type of parents do exist. Awful.
When someone offers you something, as soon as the excuses start coming in or when they start imposing conditions on you, they’re lying. Don’t believe them and get away. Specially if it’s a stranger.
OMG Monsters really do exist....this guy was waiting for the perfect moment to hurt a child.
This makes me so angry, I can't even process it.
Did the coroner really need a break from describing what she discovered during her autopsy of Cherish?!? How many cadavers has this woman seen in her career? Id imagine hundreds….so for someone who is so desensitized to seeing dead bodies, to hear her get choked up/need a break…I just lost it!! I just hugged my child harder than I think I’ve ever hugged him!!
Unfortunately she did have to do that to prove to the jury the horrible things that monster did to Cherish. So so heartbreaking. ☹️
Complete monster. He should have never been left out. So sad that little girls and women have to worry about living a life that is safe.
This is why people need to be EDUCATED and NOT have KIDS if they are not going to take responsibility for them. This woman obviously comes from this type of environment. I wish people would realize that having children is not a 'right' but a gift to those who raise them with love and education. This is so hideous this woman was so brainwashed and ignorant.
Nah people like you suck though, your no saint
Her sisters seem just fine…
They need to deport her
You know it’s horrible when medical examiner is crying!!!
Listening to him being shocked about his charges and basically that he thinks its inflated charges is absolutely sickening. He deserves ANYTHING thrown his way.
I think parents/adults need to understand that kids see us talking to "strangers" everyday. Learning the difference between polite chit-chat and trusting a stranger enough to get in a car with them is an important lesson. That sweet girl just assumed that if her mom trusted that man enough to get in the van with him and go to Walmart with him - he's not a stranger anymore; he's a friend. And why wouldn't she go out to the van with him to get his wallet? It's a very sad story. :(
Her mother told her to go.
I bet she wouldn’t have gone with him on her own.
Watch your kids like hawks peeps
So she had this done to her and she was this ignorant to let her daughter out of her sight with a strange man? To the dressing room? Come on... The stupidity is astounding.
Her dad had a job and stable home and was denied custody lets start there smh
This was definitely such a sad story. I remember this.
For the Lady Doctor that was examining the body of that little girl to request a 5 minute break, that is horrifying considering that it is her day to day job, it must have been a horrific case!
“I knew I was dead already when I saw her”
That is THE sickest thing I’ve ever heard.
There were multiple points where this could have EASILY been avoided, if they had just given a little more care. DCF, the mother, and the police! DCF and the "justice" system is pathetic..
Our "justice" system is for profit. More destruction from end stage capitalism.
Last time I checked the ...thing...that did that to her has still not been executed.
Why not??
@@ChezFeroceI think the state stopped doing executions. ):
@@spotable2 I dont know, the parkland shooter was up for death penalty--escaped it but this was in 2022 or so
She fed her child to a monster
I'm sorry but I can't overlook the absolute nonsense behavior it was to allow a strange man to take your child to a dressing room.
Taking your kids shopping with a stranger 🤯
No child or adult should ever have to go through this..horrible.
He found the conversation in jail funny, trying to hide his smile. She was incredibly naive! She was going with her father, if she didn’t have any clothes, he could have bought them. Especially having young daughters, children in general, you can’t put your guard down for even a second! Trust your gut! When he got upset when she wanted to wait at Dollar General that was a smack in the head to STAY AWAY!
A very sad case. There have been more than a few children taken this way. Please be careful.😥
Another single mom makes horrendous devastating choices
Why does the description say Cherish was lured? She was no lured. Her mother gave her to that guy!
Mother shouldn’t have had her in the first place. The mother failed her miserably. This is the fault of family courts siding with the woman no matter how dangerous
Every time I went to the Walmart on Lem Turner when I lived in Jacksonville, I thought about sweet , precious Cherish and could not ever stop at the McDonalds located inside the store. Rip beautiful child
Arrested several times… imagine the things he’s been able to get away with in that time
I've never wanted to jump through my phone screen and hurt someone as much as I have when I see that monsters face on screen. I have a 8 year old daughter and it breaks my heart listening to what that little girl went through.
This was a horrific & painful story to hear. Happy the children are adopted by Kerry & thriving. Hope Lindsey is blessed with peace & serenity. Much love 💞& prayers 🙏 are sent her way.
Ladies never be agraid to give a stern NO THANKS or whatever you have to do. Youre not obligated to talk to or be nice to strangers.
This happened at the Walmart down the street from me. I didn't go in there for a long time after this. Extremely disturbing. Since then, 2 women were found dead in the parking lot of that same Walmart. Something's not right there.
Also, there are thrift stores here where she could have gotten what she needed. The Salvation Army even offered 50% off clothes on Wednesdays. And there are MANY churches & charities that distribute food & clothing FREE of charge here. Some will even deliver to your house. I hate to judge people, but what this lady did makes absolutely no sense. My daughter is nearly 25 & I'm still weary about where she goes & who she hangs out with.
hollly thats hard to listen to. the system has blood on their hands he was a serial criminal and always got away with mild sentences.
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Why was this sicko not in prison for life on MULTIPLE of those charges you mentioned!?? This is a shame! How do ppl get out of these types of things!?
i feel bad for the dad, he really wanted to be in the daughters life, and she should've never been in her mother custody.