The Girl in the Hole | The Disturbing Case of Lori Poland 

How tf do you kidnap/abduct someone in broad daylight, do evil shit to them & get only 6 years in prison? The judicial system is horrible!

“He was released after only six years for good behavior” What constitutes good behavior?! He wasn’t around any little girls in prison!

This has to be one of the most infuriating cases I have heard. 6 years? 6 YEARS?!

Anyone who commits a violent crime should NOT be let out so easily. Especially when sexually assaulting a CHILD. Just disgusting! But we have people who grow "illegal" plants in their backyards locked up for life. Such an awful justice system we have. More needs to be done.

What a disgusting monster. He deserves to be put in a hole; without being rescued. This is why we need to bring back oubliette’s. In ‘83 I was locked away in a basement with 3 younger sibs. It was horrible and “unspeakable” things happened to us. We made it out. However, 2 of my sibs are dead now. Due to the torture we endured at the hands of our egg donor. Me and my only living sib, make sure to remind one another we are survivors. There were folks that could’ve helped, and didn’t. Always speak up if you suspect child abuse/neglect. Better safe then sorry

Wow so justice wasn't severed. She probably wasn't the first or the last child that man abused & left for dead. I don't believe we allow these evil people back into society.

Disgraceful that his wife would provide a false alibi for him.

I appreciate that you guys respect the victims and not share the details of the attacks.

*I was abused my entire childhood by a family member and I didn't grow up hurting others! It made me more protective. They damn sure can't use that as an excuse! That poor baby. I guarantee you she was NOT his last victim!*

This whole video broke my heart but hearing her crying in pain after she was saved hit my in my chest and has me crying… hard. I’m a mother of toddlers and that is a pure “help me mommy I’m in pain” cry. It’s the type of cry that every parent knows because they wish they could just take the pain away from their baby and they can’t. The strength of that baby girl is absolutely mind blowing. I’m so proud of her and what she’s done with her life. She wasn’t bitter, she wasn’t seeking revenge or justice. She truly did not let him ruin her life at all. She won. ❤️

that wife has zero shame. Seriously she's as horrible as that monster, defending and being just an absolute protector to people like her husband is even worse than the perpetrator. ugh it's just disgusting to see their holding hands photos

She really shows how amazing she is by trying to help all child abuse victims to end the cycle of abuse.

“For good behavior” wow! This is why these animals do it again because they know “good behavior” will help them get out earlier so no serious consequences after they rob someone of their entire life. Sickening.

6 years? Lori is lucky to be alive and will have years more of trauma than that. I’m so glad Lori is trying to help so many.

Unseen, dude I respect you! You show so much respect by NOT telling the details of the horrifically shitty stuff, but still telling the story. I am happy she's alright and the guy needed to be in there longer than 6 years honestly.

I hope that wife reaped all the karma she deserves for making a false alibi for that POS. What a horrid and pathetic woman.

This story made me cry, get angry & then over joyed they found Lori alive. She is truly a survivor, amazing what she has accomplished after such a traumatic event. The empathy she shows is outstanding xxxx

I remember this! I was 9, we lived 3 hours away in a small mountain town, and it was all over the news. My dad wanted to go to Denver to help look for her. My grandparents lived in Denver and would call my mom and give her updates on what was going on. She was so upset for Lori and her mother.

When I first heard about the sexual abuse in this video, I was scared. It’s one of my biggest cPTSD triggers, but I’m so glad I decided to sit through it. I related to a lot of Loris comments. She’s so insightful and I see a lot of myself in her. Thank you Lori. Thank you very much.

Mindboggling cruelty from that man to even think of dropping a small child down a 10 foot hole into a dirty toilet to die of starvation. An utter savage . And then we have the other extreme & beautifully gracious Lori wants to let this man know he matters in hope of healing his monstrous heart. Im so glad Lori was not left there to suffer unto death. Poor little child , her face is heart wrenching...

I watch lots of true crime videos, and although many are heart wrenching, I don’t usually cry while watching them. Seeing 3 year old traumatized Lori laying in that bed crying, and seeing her parents hugging her again… made me sob. The things she has endured are horrific. So glad she has healed and is able to help so many people. What a truly incredible woman.

I’m a survivor too and I’m sorry that whole speech about victims not needing justice as much as they need to have understanding and empathy for the perpetrator in order to heal made me want to puke. I’m sorry for Lori, and proud of her for every single way that she managed to cope. But you can’t make a generalization as horrific and wildly unacceptable as that and have not be impacting to the community of victims as a whole.

Thank you, Unseen. For your amazing videos. They have taught me so much about the world we live in, and have helped me spot danger and be safer.❤

Lori has so much grace. The world is blessed to have her fighting to turn everything around. Amazing child, amazing woman x

I have tears pouring down my face. Lori you are my absolute hero, not only for surviving and helping to send this monster to prison but also because you have taken a god awful horrendously traumatic attack, something that so negative and turned it into an amazing positive. I have no doubt the amount of kids and their families have been impacted by what Lori is doing now. What an amazing human being Lori is. I'm so glad to have seen this story thank you. As for Robert, there is a special place in hell waiting for him that is extra hot but until you arrive there may you days be filled with the most horrible things that life could possibly offer, because Robert, you deserve nothing less.

I could never be as understanding and forgiving as her. As a victim, I need justice. Everyone’s different, I guess.

I'm so glad she survived, being only 3 at the time 🥺 poor little girl had to suffer because of such a monster

He had 48 years to 10 and got out for 6?! That is not okay that man deserves more.

Lori Poland is one of the most Extraordinary people I've ever heard of!! Her compassion and even concern for her own captor and abuser along with caring for other sex offenders is out of this world! She has a very very rare ability to Truly Forgive her abuser. We should all follow her example. What a beautiful and wise and encouraging woman she is! God bless you Lori ❤ Thank you for this incredible docu!!

Justice might not help ptsd or the victim... but keeping him in prison is to stop him from hurting other kids.

Resilience is such a beautiful thing. I'm glad Lori had the support she needed to become the admirable woman she is today

"I can barely remember" is a weird way to refer to your child's trauma

I think an extra layer of sickness that people dont often think about is the fact that even if the kid is still alive, some pedophiles just get rid of them to find a new one. Like its one thing to take one kid and ruin their life, but to dispose of them for no reason and go after the next is just like an extra layer of vile.

What an intelligent 3 year old. It's amazing (and sad) that the woman remembers all these details, too. I don't remember anything from when I was 3.

This actually makes me sick. I don't care if the kidnapper was abused or sexually assaulted. There are two people in this world. Someone, who if they were traumitized, would help others because they don't want anybody else to go through what they have is a good person. Someone who would just pass on the suffering because they don't want to go through it alone is straight up evil.

It is sad that every minute, childrens get kidnapped and killed. It shows how cruel humans can be :( my heart goes to all the parents who have lost their child and wishing luck for parents who are still looking.

That girl is a bonafide angel🪽. God bless her. She is so far beyond the usual human. Its horrible but not very surprising that they let that monster out. I hope her response made him stop and realize he tried to kill an angel. She was protected and she has used that in astounding and amazing ways. She is beautiful. Thank you Lori. And thank you for the upload Unseen.🙏💞

This is one of the worst cases I've ever heard. There were so many moments when my heart and stomach dropped- only to hear a miracle come out of it, followed by another and another...The witnesses that were able to provide descriptions...first, half of the license plate, then, a grandmother provides the whole plate # thanks to her instincts a week prior. All hope seemed to fail upon finding out the sicko had driven 20 miles into deserted mountains, DROPPING this baby into an abandoned out house HOLE to slowly die in isolation, only to be found alive 4 days later by BIRDWATCHERS who needed a bathroom break on their way back down the mountain! I'd be so traumatized if I'd found a child like that- with sepsis over most her body. Yet again, Lori not only survives but THRIVES! She is my hero. She faced something so dark...its unfathomable. I firmly believe suffering - if you decide to use the bottom of that deep, dark pit to then kick off of, you will rise like you never knew possible. The cuts let the bad out so the light can shine in. Some never make it, but those who do grow strong and tall. This standing back up after the fall is what it's all about. Lori has done this more eloquently than anyone. The peace, strength, wisdom, love and light she has obtained from this battle is truly miraculous and its radiating from her. None of us have an excuse after hearing her story. Find the silver lining when you are lost in a sea of darkness. Focus on that light and love, embrace it, become one with it (again), and go forth to be a beacon of light for the others still stumbling in the darkness. Thank you for your light, Lori.

I can't believe the mother was so ignorant to his behavior throughout the years. I also can't believe the police didn't look into the tip a month ago with the license plate given to them. This all could have been avoided if the red flags were followed through.

Wow, I salute Lori Poland for being courageous despite everything that's happened to her. Her kidnapper is evil😖

I can’t believe he got such a lenient sentence and his wife is sick!!!

Why didn’t that wife get charged with perjury- disgusting all around!

Omg this is a miracle that she survived this horror and still have this positive mind today😞😖. Lori u are a true angel and I doubt it hasn't been an easy journey mentally and physically to come this far. But I am in total awe of you and bless you

This is so bloody horrific. I'm in tears of outrage. How that sweet, innocent little girl survived that is a pure miracle.

Wow how disturbing what this woman had to go through at the age of three just makes me sick. So happy that she survived and she is a hero to do what she's doing now to help others is amazing❤

The fact that his mother said I am not sure what I did " or what happened to him or when it happened" makes me think she actually knew exactly what experience switched his brain

That's nice she wants to understand him and isn't worried about justice. That's fine for her and whatever she needs to do to heal. However it's not ok for everyone else. Justice isn't just about punishment it's about protecting society from violent dangerous monsters like this. There's no amount of healing he can do to convince me he's safe being out on the streets.

Six years is crazy but I’m so glad she was able to heal as much as she could and all the good that came from it. You guys did an excellent job telling this story.

I really appreciate the fact that you respect the victims and their stories and leave out the details of their abuse. ❤️

When she said she lived there... in the bottom of a fricken sewage pit... I couldn't image the feeling the couple had when they found a little girl 😭💔

I'm amazed that she took something so awful horrible and turned it into something good and helpful to humanity. What an incredibly beautiful example 👏 👏 👏

Her mom was so happy she was found and I felt that 💕

What a horrific experience Lori had to suffer, but what an inspiration she became. Proof that putting the work into healing yourself can change your world, and in her case-the world of countless other victims. 💪💯❤️

And this is the difference between a cold case for 60 years and a solved case early. Lots of strangers and neighbours being perceptive and able to remember details of unusual goings on in their neighbourhood and working together to quickly obtain the evidence needed before it is lost. In that group its always extremely important to have investigators/detectives/police officers willing to take their job seriously, listen to the public and act on information. Something that rarely happens

it’s impressive how much strength she has to be able to help people that actually perpetrate the kinds of crimes she was a victim of. personally, i hold on to a lot of rage from my own experiences, and i can’t imagine what she went through to reach this point in her life.

This is the exact reason why I live miles outside of any town with a half mile long driveway. Poor baby girl. Poor poor baby girl.

When these kidnappers do these things the victims have to live with the scars for life and I cannot understand why we continue to let these monsters back out into society. You kidnap or murder someone or rape someone should just automatically get the death penalty

It's amazing she can remember any of this ...she was 3...or maybe she's just repeating what she was told either way it's so sad 😞

I was abused from the time I was 6 months old (1971) by my dad. At 3 years of age he poured hot coffee down my backside causing a 3rd degree burn. I still have that scar to this very day. When I was 6 years old (1977), hed shaken me so hard that for 2 hours I couldn't even hold my head up from the "looking up" position. Every time I tried my head would hurt so bad I could barely open my eyes. I don't remember what it was I'd done to make him so mad that he'd do that. When I was in 1st grade the 1st time I was also abused by my 1st grade teacher which was the result of having to repeat my 1st grade year over, but I was with a different teacher in a second 1st grade class. I remember coming home and taking my little Beagle, Misty, out into the woods with me for a walk as I always did. We'd had severe thunderstorm warnings heading our way. Dad found Misty and I in the woods and swatted me with a whistle strap from where he'd found us clear to the house 100 yards away. I had marks from my lower back to my ankles. I went to school the next day only able to wear a sundress. I hurt so bad I couldn't even set down. The school called CPS. He told them we were in for a severe thunderstorm and that he'd warned me that if he caught me he'd whip me so hard I wouldn't set down for a week. They dropped the case. And I couldn't set down for a week. His shaking me not long before that as hard as he did caused ne a life time of problems with my memory in comprehension and shirt term memory. By the time I was 5 years old my math skills were advanced. I could add, subtract, multiply, divide and do fractions. Ever since the shaking, my memory with basic math I can no longer do any of it by memory, I either have to write it down to work it out or use a calculator. I can remember important dates, years, even events, but that's it. If one thing was out of place and not where it belonged after I was playing with any toy, reading a book, or coloring in my coloring books I'd get the belt. When I'd gotten shaken, Shaken Baby Syndrome wasn't even an abusive concept until the 1980s. I was diagnosed with SBS when I was in the 3rd grade. Because of that I was placed in Learning Disability classes from my 3rd grade year clear up to my graduating year in 1991. I would have graduated in 1990 but I was 1 credit short so I went back and earned that high school diploma. I may have grown up as an abused child (physically, mentally, emotionally and psychologically. Never sexually) I had one miscarriage (my only son) but 4 daughters in 1993, 1995, 1998 & 2000. I made it my choice to never do to any of my daughters what was done to me most all of my life. They may have a mentally messed up mom but they are happy, independent, loving, outspoken, respectful and well mannered young women. They will tell you what they think, give their opinion and straight up be straight forward with you. I can say I raised them right.

This is unbelievable, and I'm surprised I've never heard of this story which is absolutely heartbreaking. Watch your children closely. There are monsters in this world. Truly evil people. I wonder what happened to the child molester, into the woman that gave him a FAKE alibi?! How shameful. For your husband to brutally assault a child, into stand with him? Something's just is wrong with that woman!!!

I cannot Believe... He was not put away for longer... Yes, he needed therapy too... But... What about Lori??? He was an adult! Lori was 3 years old! Not only that, he'd tried this before?!!

Amazing community of people back then. They paid attention, one dad going right after him at the school. Wuanita Zappa... same seeing the car, and got that tag. This little girl and woman now is very special.

It's uploads like this one that makes me love your content. I'm so glad I found you and please don't stop! I always click as soon as your notification appears! And await the next one!

I can’t stop crying…. Pedophiles are not for community, they can not be released from jail ever. That is only reasonable punishment ….

It's so hard for me to see someone who harms children as someone who matters.

See that's one thing I don't get about the cycles of abuse. If someone knows what it's like to have their innocence stolen from them at such a young age wouldn't they do everything they can so no one else has to experience the same? They know how horrible it is so how do they reconcile putting that horror on another child?

When justice fails, it should be legal for the community to serve the proper justice applicable to the crime.

Lori was just a young girl by the time this awful incident happened. I offer my condolences and sympathies towards her friends, family and relatives.

What always infuriates me about these kind of cases is the they get a reduced sentence for something horrible on GOOD BEHAVIOUR. Like, people like this don't deserved to be released on anything. Just cause they were good in the cell doesn't mean they'll be good in the public.

Wow, she is an amazing person!

Just the idea of being 3 years old, suddenly snatched away from safeness, your parents, your complete understanding of the world and then its suddenly brutally destroyed. It is so utterly painful to think about. These poor innocent babies who have yet any grasp on the world or any capacity to protect themselves. There's no end to the intense horrifying pain humans can inflict on one another.

Justice is also for future victims of these people that abuse children.

The strength Lori has is unimaginable... I'm praying for her and all victims, you are loved!! Love ❤️

it's so beautiful that she can remain hopeful despite her circumstances. inspiring af

That poor baby. 😢 I am almost in tears, thinking about what Lori went through.

i got goosebumps 😰we are the same age and the fact that she remembers so well says something...when you hurt a child it will stay with them forever 😢 this guy deserves ...i wont say it here. Lori my love, you beat the monster ❤

He's still out here somewhere!? Wtf! We need him off the streets! Or at least know where he is at!

I'll never understand how someone can be sexually attracted to a freaking kid, let alone 3 y old. These kind of people needs to be punished in the worst way possible

My heart broke every minute watching this as I nearly got abducted not long ago.. I’m actually glad he chose me to be his victim that night but not to any other girl because I knew what to do

It's so brave of her to focus on solving the problem at it's very core. Instead of just holding onto anger, but actually trying to understand what caused the problem is a tough pill to swallow. I'm proud of her. On a side note: pit toilets definitely need better safety precautions. Those things have always freaked me out and left me wondering, "If I fall in there, how am I supposed to get out?"

This is my worst nightmare. 😭😭😭

I hope that woman that provided a false alibi never got rest in her soul and is haunted by it... Lori you're brave & deserving of all wonderful things 💐

What an unbelievable story from beginning to end. She should be so proud of herself and how good her heart is ❤

That cry of lori and the dad saying 'I swear to God it'll never happen to you again.' 💔 broke my heart really.

What a messed up justice system we have! He needed the death penalty!

Such criminals should not get life instead the death penalty

I can't believe I've never heard this story! And she is a really great person!

Aw. I don't know how Lori is so positive and uplifting. She has amazing strength and kindness in her soul. She is to be admired by the way she did not give into the torture and pain her tiny little body went through in those horrific days. Some angel up above had to send that couple to that exact spot in time to save her. I cannot be as forgiving for the past childhood that I had. Which makes me admire others who have been violated by monsters and have the ability to forgive their actions. God bless you. From Ireland 🇮🇪

Lori Poland co-founded The National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect (EndCAN) with Dr. Richard Krugman to provide support to other survivors and break the cycle of violence to prevent child abuse. Lori and EndCAN were not involved in the creation of this video, but we hope her story brings awareness to this important issue.

Victims of abuse need care and no one's ever said they shouldn't, but when these victims have already thrown out all empathy and made more victims, I personally believe "serving justice" is all you can do at that point. With only 6 years of jail time for a man who made it his hobby to look up children with vile offers, justice was not served and you have the right to be pissed. Allow yourself to be pissed, there's no shame in it.

What a brave girl she was .. this made me cry so much 😥

I remembered when this happened. I am so glad she is out there doing something good for others. My concern is WHERE is he!! We know sicko like this don't strop! Where is he now!!

So what became of the perpetrator after he was released I wonder?

That thing was back on the streets just SIX years later?! What IS wrong with the world?!

I feel so much for that child. Man how worried the parents must’ve been. I can’t imagine either of their views in this. I’m happy Lori has been able to heal and find some peace, if even a little. I wish her the absolute best and a life long and full of so much love and happiness.

As a survivor of abuse myself, justice is more so for the "victim" than for the witnesses. I have no idea where that woman got her crazy idea! I would have been very grateful to have had justice for the abuse I was put through! It would have helped with my cPTSD!

It really makes you wonder how many children have been abused and dropped down holes, never to be found. Horrifying.

What other children has he done this to since they let him back out on the streets again!? This is infuriating!

What a horrendous story. A gorgeous little girl and now a beautiful woman. I hope she is managing her life now, is happy and has kind people around her. ❤️ 😭💐🩷

People are getting abused left and right, but not developing into these monsters whatsoever, it's more the contrary to it, people like that develop a empathetic perspective, some sadly become people pleaser, but it's NOT a thing that necessarily makes monsters like that!!