Pt. 1: Woman Blames Child For Little Girl's Death - Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen 

I have a step son who was 5 when I married his dad. The boy was very angry. Angry at me. At my daughter. He got violent. Tearing the house apart. Threating to stab or kill me and my daughter. It got hard. But I forced my love on him. One day he was so mad his dad had to work, he punched me in the face and screamed and did his normal tear everything out of the fridge, I saw him going foe my grandmas porclen dolls again. I grabbed him and held him and screamed " I LOVE YOU" for abt 10 min. Eventually he looked at me. And he just cryed. A year later, (there were issues with his mother not wanting him) he asked me to be his mom. I'd never been happier

Honestly the stepmom looks sadder than her real mom. My opinion🤷‍♀️

People dont realize that when a kid is mad enough they get a lot of strength and they don't realize they have it.

Society should not underestimate kids there are kids who have killed

No stair gate, not checking on the children and leaving a toddler unsupervised with an older child with challenging behaviour. Great parenting.

I once saw a 6 year old tear apart an entire classroom, throwing speakers and books. And have five adults struggle to hold him down all over a book. Little kids can do things like this

I absolutely don’t think that she did it. She seems so devastated and it’s insane that the police don’t think an eight year old could do this. An eight year old is capable of a LOT.

When you work in a children's mental health hospital and stories like this are not uncommon.

I don't know why everyone thinks an 8 year old is not capable of this. I wouldn't put it past an 8 year old to harm a small child to this extent, especially if the dad knew she would have violent outbursts. I also would have outbursts like that when I was like 8 or 9, and it drove my parents crazy. I would constantly leave bruises on my sister. I grew out of it eventually, but I don't think it's impossible for an 8 year old to injure someone.

The stress has obviously affected her. The before and after of her going to jail is insane.

I wouldn't have moved in with him until the issue with his daughter was settled. I'm not gonna trap my defenseless children in a home with someone who sees them as a threat.

I believe the older sister did it.

Is this a joke that chick doesn't even look like the same person wow

Her emotion seems very genuine and she's consistent. I believe her personally. So sad.

I believe the stepmom too. My stepdaughter acted sadistic and psychopathic ever since I met her at 2 years old. No one believed me until they, personally, were around her long enough. I was afraid to leave her alone with my kids because she would go out of her way to hurt them with a smile on her face. Every time I tried to teach her why something she did was wrong, she made it perfectly clear she had a proper understanding of what I said, but she always seemed to use the information she retained later on to twist it and act badly. It was actually very disturbing and mentally exhausting. Don't forget that bad people were all once very young. Not all of them were just like heartbroken in their lives (or however TV shows make it look like) and become bad people. Some people are just very twisted in the head from early on. I can't say for sure, but at least sometimes i think they learn it if they observed unfiltered really toxic behavior from a parent or guardian. Kids watch everything.

They messed up the re-enactment by not having a toddler but a bigger kid instead so you think it’s the older sister who fell 😳

Just because they're sisters it doesn't mean anything. Oh that's her sister she would never hurt her blah blah blah. There have been a lot of cases where kids have injured and or killed their siblings.

"20 months old", you mean 1 year and then some...I hate it when people say that.

She absolutely didn't hurt that baby IMO.

Death of a baby/toddler/child is so scary and horrible...

I can see many mistakes. 1. No stair gate. 2. Not watching the children or checking them often 3. Allowing a violent child around the young 2 year old. I mean, there's more but dang. Over my dead body would I just allow this all to even get this far. What a bad parent.

I believe her. Mistakes were definitely made. There wasn’t a gate, etc. but I don’t think she did it.

The mom doesn't exactly act like a grieving mother, more like she has a personal vendetta... Not to mention the mother supposedly knew there was abuse yet as a mother did nothing?!

It’s amazing what not having money and freedom does to a person’s appearance

She didn't check on a sleeping toddler for two hours 🤔 and in a house with stairs, but not stair gate

I knew she was trouble when i saw her cheeta print tattoo

Hey! I'm 592 months old, for some reason I thought it would make me sound younger.... I was very wrong! 🤪

Don't underestimate kids they can do harm too

Wait....A tiny little girl slammed her, a full grown adult against a wall?. Yeah, okay, sure. Just by that bs I know that everything that comes out of that woman's mouth is a lie.

I definitely believe the woman.

This reminds me of the girl that stomped on her brothers head

I don’t understand how a father at that couldn’t get his little girl in line he just probably let her get away with stuff being too passive bc makes no sense or should’ve got her some help before it lead to this smh

I believe this woman.....when they questioned the 8-year-old, she apparently seemed like she didn't care. She said she didn't know what happened. I seriously think this 8 year old is guilty. BTW: You can't put someone in jail unless proven guilty. They weren't even sure, and they just put her in the slammer. If there's a break in this case, that'll be a shame. The lady put in the slammer for 20 years, for nothing....

The real crime are those eyebrows

When I was a toddler, another kid tried to push me down the stairs. I don’t even know if he knew what he was doing. We were the SAME age. That’s why it didn’t work. He wasn’t strong enough and I remember hanging onto the baluster and swinging round. You’re telling me that one of the adults in the house could’ve been blamed, if there weren’t witnesses like my own mother there? That makes me sick.

Why do I watch these heart breaking vids!

I know Emily. I was in the Navy with her. I remember when the story broke on the ship years ago. She was a weird chick but didn't seem like the kind of person that would kill a child. Crazy that this is still a developing story.

How did she not hear the kid when she fell down the stairs?! The sound of the body falling down the stairs should be loud enough.

It's so hard for me to accept when children are hurt, I can't watch this stuff 😔

Im bawling my eyes out for this baby. Im so sorry

Assuming that she's telling the truth... (I personally doubt it, but ASSUMING she is...) then, as she and her husband have stated, they believed the eight year old to be violent, jealous, and malevolent. So, why on EARTH would you leave such a violent/uncaring/cruel child with another who could possibly be hurt by the first? Even if the older sister killed the toddler, I see Emily Defries as wholly responsible on the bare fact that she left two children alone: one who was helpless and the other whom she believed to be violent and explosive. That is fucked on it's own, let alone what I truly believe happened... which certainly doesn't involve another child.

Two words: Child gates

I freaking loved Curious George when I was a little kid

i believe her. little kids of divorced parents can be brutal with their rage.

Let's be logical . This happened the DAY AFTER she got engaged . Do you think a woman who just got engaged would throw her life away the day after by brutally beating the shit out of a toddler ? Or maybe just maybe the 8 year old kid who was beyond upset DADDY got a new wifey decided to take her frustrations out on the only person she could AND get Dads new bitch out of the picture . My fucking 7 year old cousin strangled my puppy cold fucking blood pooping its eyes out of it's sockets and my aunt just refused to admit he did it even though there's video of him entering our garage and leaving .

Everytime I watch crime daily I keep seeing comments about complaining about the reuploads If you have a problem don't watch IT. You don't see me complaining about that. Maybe there are some people who haven't seen It.

hey I've babysit many kids for years and they can do some damage. The younger they are the less aware they are of the real consequences physically and mentally

Poor thing. She’s so adorable. This is honestly so heart breaking,knowing that Anna didn’t live a long life.

Why would she bother to mention her eyes adjusting to light? People that lie will fill their stories with pointless detail to mask the truth.

I don't believe it was the 8yr old...If she was mad at daddy for bringing this lady into the house like she claims, why not hurt the ladies son not her little sister..IDK!! im just not believing her story... 😒😒

bro she said that a little girl throw her against the wall but she was in the military 🤔

Why are people commenting 'no stair gate' ?? what is that wooden gate thingy on top of the stairs?

How could the older girl do it if Anna was outside with her and the boy?

She was in navy and 8year old push her to the wall?)

I love how everyone believes the mother when there's almost no proof.

20 years in prison for no evidence?

I need to see where this is going. This is heartbreaking already

Always block the stairs when you have a child upstairs. I always put furniture blocking the staircase even if we're only up there for a few seconds

Both of the moms look literally heartbroken there’s no way the stepmom did it

Quick blame the kid blame the kid Me: I can’t tell if she did it or she’s genuinely upset

His ‘tour of duty as a single dad’? I spread that cheese all over my sandwich, Crime Watch!

her reaction is so genuine, she was truly shocked. I believe she didnt do it.

Why do people like to destroy young kids, teenagers, and elders lives. We all have a life to live! These people need to get life sentences---

I wouldn't have stayed with him after that daughter acted out with me DUECES

I have seen this years ago on 48 hours or something, and Emily is innocent from what I figured after finding out more about the crazy sibling. Emily looks a bit weird and sociopathic in these interviews..maybe prison got to her?? But wow she looks so different compared to prison and the skinny tanned blonde she used to be! Wow

Makes me wonder how did that tantrum girl had gotten such a strange personality.

Well here I go again: 1- I believe her Innocence because she genuinely looks happy on her photos before this.. and happy people don't try to change anything in their lifes.. 2- she sounds legit and quite reasonable.. she has no violent record and it counts a LOT.. 3- She could beat the annoying 8yo and didn't.. it doesn't make any sense her beating the innocent toddler.. But it doesn't explain if the 8yo girl beated her sister to death why she didn't hear any prior cry.. although I don't think the 8yo girl neither she killed the toddler.. I think it was real mother that kept with minor beatings to discount the separation on her and those were mounting on her little body till a minor incident on the house got fatal.. the real mom is the guilty one.. that's my veridict..

Keep violent kids away from other children when they are upset. Anticipate their reactions, be one step ahead. Be smart people! It's her fault she was supposed to be watching her!

I don't believe for a second the step mother did anything.

i believe this woman for some reason

I believed the mother is innocent. I feel bad for her and her loss child.

I'm crying what has this world become that poor beautiful precious little girl

I hope that sweet baby girl gets justice

I think it was the tantrum daughter

5:10 oh man... that got me choked up and teary eyed... how heartbreaking

Dude my brother pushed my little sister down the stairs when she was 3... Kids don't know better unless you teach them. These things happen and it's heartbreaking.

She doing all this extra shit that she needed to blame the 8y/o really if so you would have pumped the breaks to his proposal knowing his oldest daughter has a anger issues with you moving in with your little child. A selfish person just wanted to be loved by a man who came with a package you had to deal with not only with what you already had 😒

i believe her. her emotion seems so genuine. it is a mistake that there wasn’t a gate or anything, but she genuinely doesn’t seem like she ever wanted to hurt her. And it makes sense with the anger of the older daughter, she was only 8, she most likely didn’t understand how fragile toddlers are and took her anger out on her.

The way the actal mother is acting disgusting me.

This woman is pure evil. To try and put it on an innocent 8 year old child. Just to get out of jail. She claims they were all outside. But then blames the 8 year old? I hope she spends the rest of her life in jail.

Twenty months kids should be given to mom's custody

I believe her. I truly do.

Oh thats lovely. It happened where me and my husband are. Thats so heart breaking

Absolutely heartbreaking

Rest in peace and may God be with you up ther

Poor anna rest in peace 😇 I literally tear up 😥

Stepmom is a devious liar. Then she blames her mistake on the little girl. Just disgusting.

Its so cruel to blame a child for this

She didn’t hear her daughter fall from that big staircase ?

2 year old: GOO GOO GAGA mom:ok so me and your father are getting married

I have a niece who was her age and I love her so much. I can't imagine losing her especially like this. That'd break me so badly

I am hooked with this channel. This is the sixth case that I have watched in 2 hours. I e watched all the parts too.

Rip beautiful baby girl ❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭

When there are children, you hold their hand walking up and down stairs. You treat them like they're fragile. And anyone bringing another, non biological person in the home, is usually a recipe for disaster.

I feel so bad for this small baby I hope she goes to heaven I’m not doing this for the likes I just hope all children who sadly pass away get be in heaven for not having a chance to live a full life 🙏

So people like Emily are behind bars for things they did not do, and plenty of evidence shows it, yet people like Casey Anthony with everything pointed to her gets away free.

This made me cry 😭 She would live a great life😭🙏🏻😫

5:22 the look on the interviewer’s face breaks my heart... aww

She seems legitimately upset and full of grief

I believe her! She has a good life, doubt she'd ruin it.