My nieces lived through something very similar. It took my sister and her husband literally abandoning them and me paying crazy money to go to court to get custody of them. Luckily it’s not through the state and either of them would have to fight tooth and nail to get them back. I’ve had them since I was 20, I am now 25 and they are flourishing, happy, and HEALTHY! If you are a family member of a child who is being abused/neglected, get a lawyer and fight for that baby.
The red tape is ridiculous. It takes nothing to get them back but you almost have to sell your soul to save them from the situation. So glad they have you🩷
I'm sure you don't need the validation, but thank you. Thank you for saving those girls from potentially suffering a worse fate. I wish you guys closeness, health and contentment.
Thank you for covering this story. This is my granddaughter and most of those pictures were taken while she was placed with us through DCS or with a foster family. She was happy, loved and taken care of in these photos. I was the one jamming out to Taylor Swift with her. She was so very special and so loved. We did all we could to save her but DCS failed my grandchildren multiple times.
I’m so sorry. I’m a grandmother that was in the same situation where DCS would keep sending them back. It’s frustrating and heartbreaking. I’m so sorry that they would not listen or do more to make sure she was safe.
Child services HAS TO stop giving these babies back to monsters just because they are their ‘parents’. Let them be adopted by people who will LOVE THEM!
I know every situation is different but I’m here to tell you most of the time it’s not Child Services giving the kids back, It’s the judges. I work closely with social workers and know for a fact that each time a child is in the system due to being taken from their parents there is a court date before returning the kids and most of the time the case worker speaks out about how the parents should not get them back but the judges don’t listen to the case workers, they listen to the sob stories from the shitty parents and give them chance after chance.
Most of them do NOT care about a thing but a paycheck. Same for judges, lawyers, etc....sad but TRUE. 😢 So many people let this sweet, beautiful little girl down...just like all the other cases. I don't know why no one takes this stuff seriously.
Children are basically pieces of furniture in the law's opinion. They have no protections against those who originally "owned" them. "Mother's can't hurt their children" is a common yet disgusting sentiment.
Former DCS worker here- DCS is a JOKE. The system is not protecting children as it should. I left the department due to all the new policies protecting abusive parents more than the abused children.
Thank you for speaking up. My youngest just turned 18, and finally was protected from the abuse of his father. CPS and family courts either ignore the abuse, or demonize the non offending, supportive parent (and in our case, the abused child too, threatening that if he complained to anyone about his father's abuse again, he'd lose his mother, me, completely...they had already taken away my legal rights and some custody after the first two incidents of me supporting my child). Even after he was 18 the father tried making a false report to retaliate his moving out and in with me, and my son had the ability to tell CPS to f off, that they didn't care for 12 years of him being beaten senseless etc, so why care now that he's 18 and finally safe. I honestly think that any abuse, including to child, should never go through CPS or family courts (who don't have to follow the same rules as civil and criminal courts) but straight to police and criminal courts. It's such a simple fix that would save children and the family members who support them. 7 out of 10 children who are abused being returned to the abuser is too high a statistic. You know first hand from your own bad experience there that that statistic sadly has not changed in almost 20 years.
@@mdiddioI completely agree with criminal courts needing to be involved. I don’t know what happens with CPS and family courts, if these people are just so overwhelmed and jaded from seeing so many terrible situations but they’re obviously incapable of doing their jobs correctly in way too many cases.
If a child is removed more than once, they should NEVER be returned to abusive parents, especially if the child in question is thriving in their new environment. This isn't the first case I heard that turned out like this one. In fact I have heard many. It's all about reunification with DCF, not what is best for the children.
Too bad we have over stimulated, thinking they have authority CPS....they are under qualified and have no business doing what they do. More times than not, they go after the wrong people and ignore the real problem parents.
As a former foster care worker, it is extremely difficult to remove a child from a parent. if the judge sees it, the parent is doing just the tiny bare minimum they will give the child back. I am no longer a foster care worker because the system is broken and there needs to be serious changes for kids.
This happened 8 minutes away from my house. I laid flowers in front of her home. I was overcome with emotions and bawled my eyes out for a little girl i had never met but wished i had.
What really got me were all the hand written messages from other children & all the toys that were set out. One little girl had dressed up a barbie doll and had its hair up in a pony tail. It looked like barbie that had been played with a lot.
My husband and I adopted our girls from a neglect situation. Their baby brother was 9 months old at the time and weighed 7 lbs. His parents were only giving him water. They were lucky enough to get out of the situation and the parents went to jail for 15 years. The 4 girls were adopted by us and the baby boy was adopted by a wonderful family that takes special needs children. He was fortunate to have lived but has severe disabilities which could have been avoided. The judge told us that the goal is family reunification. But family isn't always the best choice. Parenting classes don't work if you are a horrible person to begin with.
seeing the little girl with her doll with a blanket over it breaks my heart. she knew to put a blanket on her doll. kinsley took better care of her doll more than her own mother did for her. god bless this little girl.. some children have so much lv and some have none..
As someone who struggles with infertility, these cases hurt so bad. I would’ve taken that sweet girl in a heartbeat and given her all the love and care in the world.
Yes this breaks my heart, yes I have two teenagers but my ex husband cut me out of their life from spite. I have had 5 miscarriages and at least one chemical pregnancy since 2008. I recently was diagnosed with a genetic blood disorder and that can increase the chances of miscarriage. I pray that you get your miracle baby.
Me too💔💔 dcfs needs to start taking these babies away from these monsters PERMANENTLY and letting them be adopted by people who will actually love them.
The fact that this is so recent says children services are still failing our children! Wake up and do what is right for these babys!! Its really not that difficult! Thank you Annie for telling us these babys stories 😢
That's what I was saying in my comments too. They need to not only lose their jobs (because they clearly aren't doing them) but I think they need to be charged as well. With neglect at least. They neglected to find her, to check up on her, to make sure she would be safe before they gave her back to that... Person after a few freaking parenting classes, they neglected to follow up. AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN CHECK THE HOUSE when they finally went!!!!!
Absolutely 💯 it’s past time! Over and over. Case after case! Everywhere! Gabriel, Harmony! We can keep going! They need to be held accountable! Lose their jobs, charged etc. But nothing? BS
i cant look at the pictures of Kinsley without having a mental breakdown. She looks so much like my daughter. That beautiful little baby deserved so much better. Ugh i can’t stop crying.
Yes, every child does deserve a loving parent…….that parent does not have to be blood related. DCFS should start remembering this and let these children go to loving people/parents!!! Not let them go back to abusive blood related parents. Sometimes those children will survive and thrive with others, not their blood parent(s). Just my thoughts 💭.
@@1BJM Can also tell the Dems that. What’s the answer? I knew a girl with 5 kids that had 4 abortions ranging from 3-6 months bc she couldn’t keep her crack head legs closed. True story! I was 20 and she was in her mid 30’s. Disgusting!
💯 These people enjoy the power of hurting these children. People blaming this on abortion laws don't realize that the evil people who do these things, aren't the ones who would even try to get an abortion, just like they don't want their kids taken away from them. These parents had the option to let somebody raise Kinsley and give her a good life but her mom wanted to keep her and torture her.
Hi Annie, thank you for covering Kinsleighs story. She was my second cousin, her father Brad was my cousin. There’s so much more to this story that I hope comes out. My family made so many calls and pleas for kinsleigh and her brothers safety. While we were calling cps and anyone that would listen we were also asking ourselves why nobody was taking us seriously. Toni and Bradly lived with my grandparents for a little in 2018 and a few years after, on the same property as my family, different houses. I remember before Kinsleigh was even born, she gave their 4 children, including a baby under 1, LICE TWICE IN A YEAR. I have pictures of that same 1 year old covered in rashes and pox. By the time the first incident happened with Kinsleigh when she was a newborn and with my cousin Brad and Toni… they exiled themselves from my family. The next time Toni showed her face to my family my mom told her “I know you tried to kill that baby”. I hope that sits with her forever. She didn’t like my family and did whatever she could to make sure we didn’t have them our custody, That literally meant Death for Kinsleigh. They were at a solar eclipse party days before Kinsleigh died at Toni’s sisters house where multiple people saw Kinsleigh STANDING IN THE CORNER THE WHOLE TIME AND DISNT DO ANYTHING!!! Toni told everyone to not talk to her or bother her while she was in the corner, it was punishment for being bad… How anyone can over look a thin, dirty, bruised, and bitten baby having to stand in the corner for hours… I hope Toni finally gets what she deserves, she’s always gotten away with punishment.
Thank you, and your family, from the bottom of my heart for standing up for Kinsleigh. I pray you all have documented the calls and other contacts made to DCS. It may be needed in the future if litigation happens. The story of that baby girl standing in a corner for “being bad” during an eclipse party breaks my heart! To think no one thought that was wrong, or spoke up?!! WTAF! I didn’t think Kinsleigh’s story could get worse but this blows my mind.
I think many of us listening to little Kinsleighs' story are beyond frustrated, especially with CPS. Tony took after her mother it seems, generational abuse. I'm so sorry for your loss Maddie, thank you for fighting so hard for her and her siblings. 💜🌷
I am so sorry to you and your family for your loss. I can not even begin to imagine what you and your family are going through. I hope someone punishes her in worse ways. 🙏 I even pray that Karma is LONG & HARD for her 😡
I’m so sorry for your family. I’m sorry her monster of a mother couldn’t keep her safe. I’m sorry though if my family was going through this and I seen this little girl I wouldn’t leave that house until something was done. I just couldn’t Iay my head down in a pillow seeing what I saw and just going in through life.
when i was younger, living with my mom, CPS would come every other month and do NOTHING, look around the living room and ask my mom questions and leave. sometimes the system just completely fails children in hopes of making the decision to leave custody with the parents will prevail. it wasn’t till i was 12 years old that i finally got to make the decision on my own in court to live with my dad. the whole system needs to change.
I am so sick of hearing stories like this. I get the system may be overwhelmed but this child had a secure home to be in and over and over they gave her back to an abusive neglectful mother. This should not happen EVER!
@@codemanvw The courts ARE part of the system. Even if it’s not the higher courts, local family courts are just minor versions. Anything the federal government runs is pure sh*t. CPS/DPS, the VA, IRS, Welfare, Medicaid, Disability, and people want that same big daddy GOV to run our healthcare when they can’t even manage the VA or DPS? They sure will take a child like Maya Kowalski from loving parents, but trash like type parents get overlooked. It almost sounds intentional. After COVID and the vax mandates, I no longer trust ANYTHING the government does, says or programs they offer. I don’t care who the POTUS is. It never changes.
@@codemanvw Child protective services and the courts work hand-in-hand. Family court judges follow the recommendations of these agencies. Can't separate out the blame.
@@codemanvwShe didn't do anything that the courts told her to do. I had a friend who's daughter who is Aussie worked in the American court system said that it is so corrupt it is ridiculous.
@@plynn136 I don't disagree. It's easy to say in hindsight all the mistakes, but the goal is to always to start with reunification until that isn't possible.
This made me cry, to hear that this little girl could have been saved before it was too late. I was in the same position but I am still here..I really wish it was the same for her. I pray for every little girl/or boy who is going through neglect and abuse to find a refuge and be saved. May you rest in heaven Kinsleigh.
This story both enrages me, and makes me cry. Those children could have been saved, and DCS dropped the ball, at every turn. It's just tragic. I'm so sorry little girl, you deserved so much better! 😢😢
I didn't bond with my baby right away and it was back in the 90s and wasn't talked about. But! She was always clean, always feed (and I made sure to hold her every feeding no bottle propping) She was always well taken care of. I didn't really start bonding with her until she was 6 months old. And it had always been my dream to be a mother. I can't understand someone ignoring a child's needs
What do you mean by you didn't bond with your baby? I have never understood this but am curious. I don't mean to sound mean or rude just honestly curious?
I hate that we call it failure to thrive.. that baby was neglected. I can’t even imagine how your heart handles telling these stories. Thank you for your strength and empathy! It takes a special heart to use your voice to speak up for those who aren’t able to. ❤
Because FTT doesn't always means neglect or abuse. Nowhere near. If you start labelling all FTT cases as neglect and/or abuse you're gonna have some serious problems
I agree. It makes me sick every time I hear a story about DCS dropping the ball. They need to make an example out of them and absolutely hold these caseworkers accountable. Reunification isn’t the answer for every case.
We’ve had cases like this in Canada also and I’ve had the same question .Why can there not be a class action lawsuit against these corrupt incompetents government agencies.
Thank you Annie for putting Kinsleigh story out there as hard as it is to listen to it's nothing compared to what it was like to live through. God bless beautiful little Kinsleigh and those who loved her.
I almost can’t finish listening to this. I’m honestly crying for those poor babies. There’s something so wrong with Dept of Child Services everywhere. That enrages me. This was all so avoidable. And what’s with women not using birth control?! Ugh!!
DCS is inhernetly evil. So many kids get harmed, forgotten, and it seems so intentional since DCS case workers do not check as they are supposed to. It is just wrong.
I was just about to comment something similar. It’s very rare that I can’t get through a true crime case, but something about this one is too difficult. I keep pausing it and coming back to it, but I can only listen to another 30 seconds at a time. I’m not sure if I want it in my head. It’s too heartbreaking. Quite possibly one of the worst cases I’ve ever heard.
Yes! CPS loves to break up perfectly good families while completely ignoring the horror show happening next door. I HATE CPS. They should be renamed Child Abuse is OK with us Department.
@@jas0206I'm only about 10 minutes into it and I think I'm going to peace out. I can't watch cases where DCFS fails over and over again. It's literally too heartbreaking and enraging. But I'm thankful that she's bringing light to these situations, it's just too hard to hear.
The sign at the “reunification is not safe for every child” is so important. I think our country is so not family-friendly. Most countries have paid parental leave, publicly funding no cost childcare, and funded medical care. Many countries also have nurse visiting programs for every baby born, where a nurse comes out and makes multiple home visits to the parents and the baby after the baby is born for months. These kinds of supportive free oversight programs for all families could help get “eyes” on children living in desperate conditions, provide support to parents who live in poverty, and prevent child abuse and neglect. ❤
It seems like our country actively wants to destroy the nuclear family. People who have no business with children are left unchecked and able to abuse and murder and then parents who love and care for their children are told they have no rights, then have their kids taken just for fighting for their kids. It's all backwards here. And as long as it is, we will continue to see and hear of children dying like this. It breaks my heart!
This story is so shocking and actually learning this about the US is even more shocking. Uk have midwife appts after baby is born, at the house or at the GP. Log books and growth charts etc weigh ins just to make sure baby and mum are okay. It’s not fool proof as we still have really sad cases where children or babies have fallen through the cracks of NHS (health service) or social services. Our health service is struggling massively since Covid but still sounds nowhere near as bad
Reunification shouldn't be the goal in my opinion. Good Health, happiness, and the safety of the children being taken should be the goal and the only goal. If they're taken away for logical reasons and not just oh the neighbor hates us and has called CPS multiple times, they should NEVER be returned. If you get your kid taken from you, 9 times out of 10, there's a good reason for it.
Annie Elise this is the most difficult case I’ve ever listened too. I feel sick to my stomach. Poor poor Kinsleigh May she rest in peace with angels to care for her ❤🙏🇮🇪
I am SO FREAKING GLAD you called out the slap on the wrist with that bull crap probation and parenting classes. Parenting classes are not going to fix what these parents do to their children? There is no reason or excuse for not feeding and cleaning your new born baby and one year old!!! And leaving them in that kind of filth and squalor. 🤬 a parenting class and a slap on the wrist is not going to help. Like what…?
they’d rather save the time and money that would go into a trial. plea deals are easier and cheaper and sadly that matters more to them than the victims
WE have to vote in Judges that will hold them accountable and DA’s that will prosecute…and lawmakers that will change laws to protect children. We are not powerless for change. All these positions are elected! We have to watch these Judges and DAs and see if they are soft on crime! Vote well.
I’m only 17:49 minutes into this video and had to pause.💔 How do these agencies continue to get it wrong time and time again until these poor children are dead. Why does this continue to happen?!?! Thank you AnnieElise for continuing to cover these cases, spotlight these beautiful children, call out the perpetrators and the agencies who failed them. Back to the case.
Abuse is a cycle. Not everyone who was abused will become an abuser, but everyone who’s an abuser was an abused child. We need to do so much more to intervene and to help victims heal, instead of brushing childhood trauma under the rug and then expecting grown-up victims to just “act normal,” as if they even know what normal is.
As a former indiana foster parent the system is sooooo broken here. I feel so bad for the grandparents knowing they knew the truth and no one listened. I hope they find a way to heal.
I have no words, I'm completely heartbroken. Kinsleigh's story was so hard to hear but, Her story deserves to be heard to hopefully make a positive change in the broken system. May Kinsleigh celebrate in heaven and run and play with the angels. #JUSTICE FOR KINSLEIGH!
This is so so so sad…!!! I am so proud to say that may beautiful sister was a social worker for The DCFS in Los Angeles County she absolutely loved her job and she worked for those babies until our Lord called her home at 43 due to Lupus complications. I hate to think how many more babies she could have saved she was one of the amazing ER workers in her unit the first responders to these horrific calls. Thank you Annie for bringing light to these so difficult cases
This is the hardest one I had to listen to. Children so pure, so innocent and filed with so much love. I had to stop this so many times. I’ve literally been listening to this since it was posted but couldn’t do it all in one go… but I knew that if it was hard to hear her story then it was hard to listen it. She deserves to share her story!. Anywhere is better than the life she lived. Rest in peace sweet girl.
My 10 month old in 24lbs !!!!! This is so infuriating and heartbreaking. DCF laws MUST CHANGE. Not all parents should have the right to get their kids back.
I am so sick of hearing these horrendous cases where DCF completely failed the children! The system needs a complete overhaul and these case workers need to be held liable if anything happens to children in their case load. They can't be allowed to not actually see the child for MONTHS and not continue following up. RIP sweet girl, I'm so sorry so many failed you 💔
DEATH PENALTY. It is so so so difficult for the social service agencies to deal with issues by case by case because the social workers are overwhelmed and overloaded. And foster families are sometimes are not reliable as well. In my opinion, the whole system in this country is flawed and messed up. But we, as a society, need to make a huge effort to restore the CPS for the future and welfare of little people. Children are our future and leaders. Kinsleigh, I am sorry that we failed to protect you. Please rest in peace…💜💜💜💜💜
This enrages me and breaks my heart. I can’t understand how people can be so cruel to an innocent baby. Kinsleigh deserved so much more. 💔 #justiceforkinsleigh
I cannot fathom what would go through anyone’s brain to hurt such defenceless children I really don’t. Thank you Annie for covering this case and showing us raw emotion rather than cutting it out, sweet dreams Kinsleigh baby girl may your soul be at peace ❤
What’s going through their brain is 1. A lack of good things (due to their own childhood neglect) and 2. A compulsion to repeat the bad things (abuse) they experienced when their own brains were forming. It is human nature, biology, we repeat our early experiences whether good or bad. Child abuse is a cycle and instead of just getting angry at the cycle we need to see it, interrupt it, and heal it.
Actually she did with the grandparents that tried to keep her. I’m grateful for that…..precious little Angel, My mother was abusive so this was triggering but thankfully it did not meet the proportions of this case. Thank God my shitty mother cares way too much about her image…..
@@maryuhh89 you're right, she did. And I am definitely glad about that. I should have clarified in the last months of her life, she saw no glimmers of love and affection at all. But I am really glad she did get to experience that with her grandparents at some point.... she deserved that for her whole life
@@karadodge7118 you're absolutely right and I should have clarified she DID have some love and care from her grandparents, just so sad that a majority of it and especially the end was so cold and unloving and abusive. I am glad she got to experience some love and care and deserved to have ONLY that. I'm so sorry about your past, that's really unfair and children really deserve so much better!
I am crying 😢 this is really sad. I sometimes feel that I’m not a great mother but I take care of my kids, feed them well, keep them clean. No child needs to go through this. She was too good for this world
As a social worker, I can shed some light on the THC thing. My experience is primarily in behavioral health, but I did do some discharge planning in a hospital. If a mom tests positive for THC, or any drug, at delivery, the baby is also tested. At the hospital I worked at, that test was sent off, so the baby probably went home before the results came back. The social worker would call DFS and report mom's positive test and they would open an investigation. In my state THC is legal, so most of the time the investigation wouldn't take long to close. This case has so much more to it, though! I'm shocked more wasn't done!
I can believe after the cops seen what condition the kids were the first time from the mother neglected not taking care of her kids,they gave the kids back to the same neglected mother
It's so hard to even fathom doing such horrible things to anybody, but a small helpless child. I love my daughter my daughter so much. I would give my life in a second for her well being. I just don't understand how these parents can do these things to their own precious babies. My heart is so broken for that poor sweet baby.
Annie, you just described the first 2 years of my brother's life and the first 11 months of my life. My father worked in Buffalo, NY, while we lived in New Fairfield Connecticut, with my egg donor mother to "care for us." He would come home on the weekends and on holidays. He happened to be able to get off of work 1 day, on a Thursday, for a long weekend and came home. He found me as an 8 month old baby belted into my crib with a very, very bad rash and dirty daper. My brother locked in his room wth claw marks and poop all along the walls. Her reasoning was she needed a girls day, but dad found out this happened 3-5 times a week. I was 11 months old when my father gained full custody of the 2 of us, for the Alimony of just the car.. He moved in with his parents, taking us with so that during the time periods where he had to be in Buffalo we could be taken care of by somebody that he loved and trusted, to love and take care of us (aka my grandparents). My father WAS my biggest hero. He was killed 21 years ago, this past March, because he was a stubborn bastard and doctors who were down right negligent in his care, if not liable.💔 Edit: I do need to add one more detail to my above comment. My brother didn't make it out of that abused mindset. He took refuge in drugs and alcohol starting at a very young age and passed away on a Colorado roadside in the middle of winter of a multi-drug OD in 2019. Despite all the various interventions our family tried multiple rehabs, even a special boarding school for troubled kids, in and out of jail, we were at the last straw of cutting him off. We were hoping that he would hit rock bottom , but he never did.😢 At least he is now at peace.
This breaks my heart for u but also is heartwarming also. To know that ur dad beat the system & overcame (what nowadays) the impossible, is encouraging and motivating! Just from hearing ur story, I know he was a good man ❤ I'm extremely sorry for the loss of someone so special. Just remember to live FOR him with every breathe ur given ❤ I'm sure he's looking down on u both & sure is proud of the kids he raised!
Omg! I am so sorry that you and your brother went through this. I literally cried imagining months old baby tied to a crib and a lil child locked away in a dark closet 😢 But I am incredibly glad to know your father got you away from that hellhole and you both at least got to experience love and care. Because there’s nothing more in life people need than having a few who love us genuinely. I am so sorry about your brother. I may not fully comprehend but can imagine the pain he was going through. I went through shit myself so I can relate to never healing from those wounds. May you continue to thrive and live a love and respect filled life!!!
@@BackyardButcherwell, the brother obviously did not get the life he deserved, as he never got help for his childhood traumas and they ended up taking his life early.
My youngest is 5 and this breaks my heart! She was sooo small, my son is almost triple what her weight was 😢😢 I could never imagine hurting an innocent sweet angel 😢😢 may she RIP 🙏🏼🤍
I listen to so much true crime and while I always find the children stories sad and horrible certain ones really get under my skin… this was definitely one of those. I find her life and tragic death gut wrenching. 😭 The fact she said she wanted to die is just … I don’t even have the words for that. Poor sweet girl deserved to know what love was here on Earth.
While some people consider those who want to live child free Selfish I have a huge respect for them because at least they know they can’t be responsible for kids and chose not to have unlike this woman who keeps having kids and treating them like burden
It is MUCH better to not have children you know you aren't going to want then to have them and then abuse and neglect them. I don't think it's selfish either. Don't have kids that you know you don't want. ❤
Thank you. I'm childfree by choice and always say, I would rather "regret" one day NOT having children than having them and be resentful. Every child deserves loving parents and not everyone deserves to be a parent. ♥
Yes! I’m childfree and simply cannot understand why people have kids they have no intention to care for. These are little defenseless human beings, not pets or props. Respect to parents who actually raise their kids well, it’s a tough job.
I just want to point out that not all child free people can’t be responsible for kids or would be bad parents, they just choose not to be. But I get your point and it’s so true!
This case just sickens me! I am from Indianapolis and live just a little north of Indianapolis in Hamilton County. Marion County failed that child! This is so sad and heartbreaking. On another note, Marion County failed my family as well in the unsolved death of my cousin from over 20 years ago. They need to do their jobs. They were at that house several times and knew of the child abuse. That is absolutely ridiculous! Those caseworkers need to be held accountable. 💔
Ugh, this just kills me. People who get to have kids who are monsters and here I am miscarriage after miscarriage and finally a hysterectomy with no kids who could have provided a loving home. It angers me to my core. Thank you for covering this case as hard as it was. Sigh
I'm so sorry for your situation. I'm also unable to have children but it's not as difficult for me as I've found peace with being so called child free. It angers me to my core that so many awful and horrible people continue to have kids only to neglect them... Especially knowing there are wonderful people like you, that would do ANYTHING to have a child to love and care for. I hope you'll find some way to have your own little family. Whether it's through adoption, surrogacy, any other way or if you find peace with it. Your life is still valid. ❤ I'm so sorry, again... Hugs if you want! Fur babies are valid too, if that's your thing. My mom told me, lovingly, that she'll be the grandma of my future dog. That made me smile :)
This poor little girl was failed by so many😢 hearing this story is so heartbreaking. No amount of prison time is enough for these demons.RIP little angel you don't have to suffer anymore 🙏
Thank you Annie❣️ It’s beyond any thoughts or words to hear what this beautiful little girl unfortunately had been through in her very short life. I will Never understand why there is so much hatred & cruelty towards children. Congrats on your tour!! 🎉
All these cases where DCS dropped the ball!!!! Several times....these kids are dying due to their neglect to check on these kids!!! 🤬🤬 These parents should NEVER be able to get them back!!
They ARE checking on them!! But they leave them there and don’t do anything! These kids are dying bc the department cares more about stigmatizing parents in poverty and addiction then they do about the kids. These babies and children are the accepted casualties so the parents don’t feel bad about themselves. It’s f***ed up!
Truly. When I think of a child making handprints I think of arts and crafts, bonding and childhood innocence. The little handprints of feces in a filthy claustrophobic closet is such a perverse thing to even imagine… it’s like a physical representation of the wrongness of tremendous abuse on an innocent child. it’s so so so wrong. That closet really shook me up too. I hope that Kinsleigh is now at peace.
There are very few cases that you cover that i just completely break down and struggle to finish listening to bc they absolutely break my heart ..... this is another one of those....
Awwwweee, the way you describe her makes this much harder to listen to but it is also so sweet to hear who she was and what she liked. Poor little baby.
I’m so proud of you. I been watching you grow for so long and you even stopped in on my channel while I was live once. That meant so much to me just to see your name come into chat. It was on summer wells. I was very immature then and prolly still some now too but thank you Annie. And congrats on going on tour. Hope to see you in my area maybe?
What a complete failing of this little girl. She had loving grandparents waiting to take her back in a heartbeat, yet she was forced to go back to her mother, in an unsafe space! There has to be a better system in place. Just because she was Kinsleys biological mother, that doesn't mean she was the best person to parent her, and she literally proved that over and over. The system is flawed and needs to get past this notion!
Every child deserves a mother, but not every mother deserves a child. This story is so heartbreaking 😭 Thank you, Annie for bringing light to Kinsleigh’s story. Praying for justice for her 🙏🏻❤️
I can’t stop thinking about this case. I watched it earlier and my heart just keeps breaking every time I think of her. This may be the saddest case you’ve covered. Thank you spreading awareness and speaking kindly about such an awful situation
I love that I can hear the emotion in your voice. It doesn't make sense that her mother refused to give her daughter to the grandparents. This was totally preventable and the thought of her being treated like this is sickening.
I have been waiting for a new release from you. I was honestly missing you Mrs Annie 😅 listening to you, while I'm taking care of my two young kids; running around doing mom's stuff; helps me get through my days. I love your mind, your little comments and the way you perceive things. You're an amazing woman❤ Thank you for being here😊
These comments have so so much passion, love and heartache in them. There’s got to be a way we can collectively change the system. I have a 5 yo daughter, and the thought of something like this happening to her just about kills me. That poor baby girl, I pray they get justice for this tragedy, justice for Kinsley. There’s got to be a way to protect our children, especially when a family member are able and more than willing to take them. Those family members shouldn’t have to spend all kinds of money to fight for them. That in itself is the majority of the problem. Ugh, this was a tough one. God bless all the good, loving humans out there and protect our children from monsters like Toni. 💔
Crying here...so absolutely heartbreaking....why, just why.....God has this precious angel now, no pain, no torture....only love, life, joy.....My heart breaks for those grandparents...
Thanks Annie❤ This sweet Angel deserves to have her story told!! It was hard to hear, but so important at the same time!!! Monsters who do this, need to be held accountable!!!
Annie, thank you for bringing this to our attention. It's so difficult to hear these types of cases, can't imagine what it does to you that you have to do extensive research.
That was the hardest one I have ever watched. I broke down at the literal cruelty. The safeguards didn't work. Full on investigation as to why and corrective action is required. Thank you for giving her a voice.
This is just disgusting and insane. This poor, sweet, innocent baby deserved to be loved and cherished... I'm so sick of these monsters breathing the same air as us. They ALL deserve the very WORST punishment imaginable. RIP sweet babygirl 😭 Congratulations on your tour Annie, I know it's going to be an amazing experience!
I’m pulling my hair out Annie. Thank you for sharing this case no matter how difficult it was for you to share and us to hear. R.I.P. beautiful little Kinsleigh👼
I gasped when you said Kinsleigh was only 21 pounds - my 14-month-old is almost 25 pounds! I live in Indiana; between this case and the Levi Stevens case in my county, I’m heartbroken for the children that are used as pawns in our family court system. DCFS is failing them miserably. We should be ashamed.
I was not ready for this. no words can express the pain that innocent girl went through. hell on earth. her “mother” is pure evil. heartbreaking beyond belief
I feel terribly bad for the little girl😢 she didn’t have a say in coming to this world but was treated like it was her fault she was born needed food and care rest in peace Angel 😢
This is such a heartbreaking story. So sad for that sweet, innocent Kinsleigh to have to live such a horrible life. The system is so broken & so many children lose their lives because of it. I can’t wait to get home from work & squeeze my babies tight. No child should ever be treated so evil or made to feel so unloved or wanted. RIP Kinsleigh
I’ll tell you this; many, many, many “child advocacy institutions” are WAY below standard, as we all know. But there are some agencies and people who actually put the children first. My daughter is one of those. She takes people to court, testifies and gets the innocent ones removed from their abusive situations permanently. I am so, so proud of her.❤️
We need SO many more like ur daughter ❤ let her know I appreciate all she does & for being the voice for defenseless children that need her to do it for them ❤
This one was so hard to get through. I had to come back to it twice before I finished it. I believe that little baby is being held and loved by angels, for all the love she didn’t get while she was here on earth. Oh my heart breaks for what she endured. I could not imagine treating a precious child like that.
I want to thank you so much Annie for your continued coverage over issues like this, I'm a mom of 3 and hearing these videos are never easy as I'm sure talking about them and covering the stories aren't either. You are so strong as a mother and I can't thank you enough for the justice your trying to bring to those who can't speak for themselves! Much love♥️ long time follower thanks for being brave!
