Death row mum: Lisa Cunningham first Australian woman facing U.S. death penalty | True Stories
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2018
- Lisa Cunningham is the only Australian woman to ever face the death penalty in the United States. The Adelaide mum could be executed by lethal injection over the first degree murder of her stepdaughter. This epic legal battle, underway in Arizona, is anything but clear-cut. Cunningham was charged after seven-year-old Sanaa died in hospital, which she claims was because of poor medical treatment. But prosecutors are accusing Cunningham and her husband of systematic child abuse and neglect. Matt Doran speaks to her in an exclusive interview.
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Their oldest daughter...so much on her shoulders, what an amazing human
And very pretty too😊
I pray that she can be a mom one day 🙏 ❤ 💕 She will be amazing 👏 ❤ 💕
My heart breaks for this beautiful young lady. May God cover her with peace and love
@@evadavid255 is that what is important to you? SMH. She's also graceful, poised, articulate and intelligent. Quit boxing our sex into a "pretty" little package. UGH.
@@elizabethalkenbrack8767 And you woman, are a toxic feminist. Someone gives a deserved compliment (another woman at that), and you bite their head off!
This pastor is a jack of all trades 👀👀👀 he forgot to add acting to his resume
That's what pastors do. They get paid to put on a show. Church is just entertainment for the judgementals .
Like the parents when they described symptoms that no one actually saw, and doctor shopped until they got one to say what they want?? Like she is doing now as she pretends to care about her kid but had no craps to give when she missed a court hearing and didn't react at all as they described the multitude of wounds on the childs body??
Haaaa right. I was like damn.
Agree. Worst of he has conflict of interest!
Daaaamn he’s maybe mid 40 or early 50? Already a marine vet (say ages 18-22), federal investigator, LE officer, attorney (plus law school), pastor. Yea he forgot to add acting
How do you discover a child " unconcious" at 1am. My kids are all looking unconscious because they are sleeping at that time
Omg the biological mother's lawyer is so full of him self.
Agree. He can’t be that professional if he really believes it’s that easy to have a young child committed.
....He does list his “ accolades”... Like an actor, on stage...🙄
He is just looking for his 5 minutes of fame period! Real Christian 👍. He makes me sick! And truth be known HE should be in jail for being a CON! Being a lawyer and a minister doesn’t go together!
Yes, a complete f'wit
He's disgusting and slippery as a used car salesman. I hope the jury sees through him. What he said, "I'd bet my right arm there's enough to convict them of something" I flinched. Surely he should be saying what the evidence is and what they are guilty of, not just "something."
If the real mother’s lawyer is saying that they could have done more, then where was the real Mum? I think they did all they could with what they were given.
Why did she kill her. She killed her bitch
@Liam Greene What? You made very little sense there..... Try again.
Indeed. But I sincerely hope they're innocent & were let down by a failing system grinding under its own weight. And by a string of medical professionals, one of whom allegedly prescribed strong medication to a child he/she never examined: Anti-psychotic medications can have serious toxic side effects even in adults, never mind children. The liver, kidneys, digestive system, skin, eyes & brain can be heavily impacted. Meanwhile, I love it how mothers who don't have custody of their children & who seemingly did little to nothing to help their children whilst they could have. Crawl out of the woodwork, with their SJW lawyers, when the same children die: Playing the victim. But where was this little girls biological mother when her little girl needed her? Nowhere by the sound of it.
Liam Greene look, you used the wrong “their/there” so I doubt your IQ is 190 mate
Yeah well I'm Elon Musk
boy that pastor, cop, lawyer, soldier sure thinks he knows everything. Where did he get his information? Is it real?
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I had never seen a jack of all trades
Google the story and see the texts between the parents, you'll think differently
Exactly! That pastor is too much! I believe lisa is innocent it’s the health care professionals who are at fault but they gotta charge someone! Sickening that these parents are going through all this! Very heart breaking! 😢
Well the pastor is a friend of the child's biological mother (exwife) so I guess it has something to do with that? I'm sure I heard that somewhere in the video.
Why does him being in the marines mean he doesn’t buy it? 😂
Because in war he's seen the worst of humanity. And he knows what it looks like.
@@saradapagediocletian9707 well said and highly accurate.
Just watched this. It's terrible. I was believing this woman until I read those text messages. Shameful way to treat/talk about an ill child. They deserve everything they get. RIP, sweet angel.
Agreed. God have mercy on their souls.
If this was in Australia she wouldnt be dead because they would have tried harder to figure out what was wrong and it wouldn't cost them a cent.
Daniellec Clarke. It’s also easy to get away with anything in Australia.
Rachel J Um, maybe certain parts of Australia but major cities? No way. Probably harder to get away then in America (unless we’re talking prison sentences but since u said “get away” I think you mean committing the crime). There’s a reason places like Sydney are called the “nanny state”.
Sydney don't do shit they will charge U and if U don't have money for good lawyer U are screwed without money U stuffed in Sydney I speak from experience
Yeah I mean out justice system as of late has been slack and it feels like people who remorse and regret get more time then the people who use the police stations as a weekly stop.
Not really hun, I live in Melbourne, Australia and have all my life, the punishments here hardly ever fit the crime. People get a slap on the wrist for things like murder here these days it’s actually sad that people can commit such horrors and get a few years in jail for it because the system continues to fail the victims!
Why wasn't a medical practitioner who prescribed wrong drug prosecuted!?
It may have not been the wrong drug. There is so much more to this story I'm certain. A lot of times these kids don't realize they are in pain so the mom may have not even known the little one was sick.
@Maria Kelly not certain why what I said is ridiculous. How about you read what I said to understand not to argue. There are children who process pain differently and a caregiver has no indication the child is ill at all. I have a child like this. Just because you have no understanding of this issue doesn't make it not true.
VERY GOOD QUESTION ????
One is like to know myself
I thought that
It wasn't necessarily the wrong drug. Schizophrenia, even in adults is very hard to treat. Even more so in children.
What was the bio moms role? Her bishop/lawyer/police officer/investigator representative has a lot to say. The bio mom wasn’t dealing with this challenge.
I read about this case and all I can say is that I wouldn’t treat my dog as badly as they treated the little girl. The mother is a liar and a lot of information was not presented here. RIP sweet angel.
Which mother since she has two
I don’t understand why she wasn’t with the biological mother
The main problem here is the biological mothers lawyer - In my opinion he has seen an opportunity to further his career by making a name for himself. He is obviously a go getter and will not let anyone or anything get in his way - even the truth. notice how he stated what he was and what he had done but never offered any solutions to the poor child's mental afflictions, he is nothing but a narcissistic troublemaker. These are my opinions and my thoughts, The opinions of others may differ
Chris T ...I agree!
Exactly
I agree with you mate.
I get the same feeling. So I sincerely hope they're innocent & were let down by a failing system grinding under its own weight. And by a string of medical professionals, one of whom allegedly prescribed strong medication to a child he/she never examined: Anti-psychotic medications can have serious toxic side effects even in adults, never mind children. The liver, kidneys, digestive system, skin, eyes & brain can be heavily impacted. Meanwhile, I love it how mothers who don't have custody of their children & who seemingly did little to nothing to help their children whilst they could have. Crawl out of the woodwork, with their SJW lawyers, when the same children die: Playing the victim. But where was this little girls biological mother when her little girl needed her? Nowhere by the sound of it.
Agreed he doesn't care about how the little baby girl died or if the parents get the death penalty. All he cares about is making a name for himself. It gives me shivers down my spine listening to him talk.
Biological mother was not interested in the kids until she got the chance to be in front of a camera.
Soo true she's a joke the real mother
I wondered where mother was during all this. I had a mentally ill spouse and could get no support from the medical community. Horrific.
EXACTLY!!
@@inakerrigan7796 .
I was thinking the same thing.
I have mixed thoughts about the parents but everyone involved in this sweet girls psychiatric care should be investigated for malpractice immediately.
Read the text message exchanges between Lisa and her husband and you won't have mixed feelings anymore. They're guilty. 100%.
The pastor attorney looks and sound like a crook
Yessss, and im deeply Spiritual but something about him don't sit right with me..lol
Based on what?
@@pinkfrance3405 I wasn't talking about you dear
Guess he was all about showing off his damn resume and the different fields he was working with before finally settling down as a lawyer and a pastor 😛
You mean the pastor/lawyer/excop/ex military?! 🙄🙄🥳🥳🥳🥳
Sad 😕... if the bio mother was so concerned why didn’t she have her Daughter in her custody?
EXACTLY. The problem is that SHE didn't want responsibility for such a sick little girl either though!
Monica Caldera very good question.
The courts granted full custody to the father after a divorce. If she had kept the girls they would have considered that kidnapping. It’s happened in other cases
@@GeorgySandra takes a lot for a mother to lose custody
@@GeorgySandra Yes & why was the father given full custody? Was the bio mum found unfit? Or did she agree that the bio daf & step mum could provide better care for her child?
Having had a lot of different jobs is not a good indicator of anything.
I have had lots of different jobs, kept upskilling and changing jobs... am a member of 3 professional organisations atm... this indicates nothing... everything depends on the lens of the observer
I was going to say the same thing. He sure was about himself wasn't he. Former this and that, I guess all those things that he "formerly" used to do didn't give him the outstanding paycheck that being a "preacher" has given him.
Bcuzz he served the country and went to school and got different degrees. Who hurt you. Your just mad he is a black mad and has many skills
Ask how much their victims suffered, that’s what is relevant
I love the interviewer. He gets right to it.
The lawyer, preacher , soldier?? What a joke! A peacock strutting his stuff, take notice of me and all my so called credentials. ..really?? America you are all " Hollywood"
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Exactly
Definition of a narcissistic
Meanwhile Casey Anthony is at home watching TV. Yep sounds like America.
She lives in palm beach right down the street from trump lol
Very sad
@Lasna34 Casey Anthony is free because they charged her with 1st degree murder
right.
Right! If anyone should be sitting on death row it's that messed up monster.
This show didn’t even address half of the information. They glossed everything over to make her look like a poor woman falsely accused. The texts between her and her husband alone were damning.
I feel like this woman and her husband are falsely sentenced of murder.
Not sure
You should look up the incriminating text messages, they are disgusting.
True
Is Not fair nooo
Thing is I would love to believe that this women did not rlly commit the crime but cases like this are pretty common when parents burnout and lash out on their kids it’s a common cause of death
Just seems like there is not enough evidence to convict,
Welcome to the States, where no evidence can get you on deathrow.
Kee Mon text messages
Unfreaking believable !! here is an Australian woman facing the Death Penalty ....and then you got Jodi Arias ohh yeahh remember her who killed her ex boyfriend by stabbing him 27 times shoots him in the head and then slashes his throat from ear to ear which happened in Mesa Arizona ..everybody wanted the Death Penalty for that evil woman and rightfully so ..but nope it didnt happen she got LIFE and may she rot in hell !!! and Jodi Arias is now living in Perryville or Estrella Prison whichever and her case was HORRIFIC !!! go and figure !!
Tatyana Chapman very true
Oh shit! I was thinking the exact same thing!!
As soon as I heard the words "Arizona Prison", I thought of Stabby Arias too!
Just wish we could bring this lady home come Aussie let try and help this beautiful mummy
That’s the weird thing about it. Usually to get the death penalty you have to kill more than one person. Legally you don’t have to, but usually it is a serial murderer that gets the death penalty in America.
I know this isn’t the same state but Chris Watts wasn’t given the death penalty he murdered his wife, two daughters & unborn son in the most horrendous way! I think the psychiatrist is negligent the child was heavily medicated & not monitored, this story has has so many holes in it it’s beyond belief. This couple should be free to be a family again!
Chris Watts didn't get the death penalty because he agreed to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding it (which turned out to be moot anyway, since his state abolished the death penalty two years later). Lisa Cunningham hasn't pled guilty, so her case is not comparable.
Then you clearly haven't read the case file for this case! The couple were texting each other about abusing their child.... Also, CO hasn't honored the death penalty in many many years.
@@janelle009 the only texts I read were between desperate parents who were sleep deprived & out of desperation discussing restraining the daughter in the garage. This state hasn’t honoured the death penalty for years? Tell it to SN read the story title! Clearly you can’t spell honored *honoured
@@The_Crusty_Old_Hag_Next_Door in the U.S, it’s spelled HONORED. So either way is correct
1000% agreed!!!!!!!!!!
I've NEVER heard of a 6 year old with schizophrenia. I'm a nurse. That drug should've NEVER been given. If a doctor never saw the child, who prescribed that drug??
I have. Look it up. There's plenty of children born with schizophrenia.
And it's cruel to not give something to control their hallucinations and mental illness in general.
Really? Plenty of kids with schizophrenia.
Last year I had a bit of cold and a cough that lingered on for about 3 weeks. My Dr said that I didn't need antibiotics and I need to just ride it out. One night I went to bed feeling fine after working all day. I woke up around 2am with pain in my ribs and was shaking. I took paracetamol, it didn't work. After about 1 hour, I called an ambulance, my temp was 41. Long story short, I had pneumonia and because it was not treated, the infection spread to my blood, therefore Sepsis. I ended up in ICU for a couple of days. Then, I was transferred to the Respiratory Failure ward and was there for another week. My point is, Sepsis can come on fast and IT can kill. I am so thankful for the life saving treatment I received. I live in Australia.
I'm glad to know reading these comments that doctors there can misdiagnose someone too. But I am very glad you got the right treatment eventually! My mom got sepsis before and that part is ugly but I'm glad it all worked out in the end for you.
The same thing happened to me only it was a specialist who told me I didn't need antibiotics and shouldn't be taking them... With the same result you had. It's really frightening
@Jane Marsee Yes, I was let down by the GP that I was seeing, however we do have a pretty good health care system here. I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the treatment I received in hospital.
@Cherry_Bomb get over yourself.
@Cherry_Bomb It's not about you! I shared my experience so others might learn from it. So, people may not end up so sick in the way I was. Besides: You had to drop the saying that you have psychiatic issues? How is that relevant? Did you want a 'me, me, me' card? Your response cancelled out your reasoning! Nice chat.
This child wasn't murdered nor neglected. This took ten months building a false case due to a biological mothers anger (BTW where was this biological mother when the child is WAS alive and suffering?) pushed along by a gung-ho Pastor/Lawyer/ ex-cop who is a touch too excited about this prosecution to be unbiased. I can hear the genuine desperation to be believed by the stepmother. This is a joke of a legal system
Malnourished, tied to a chair etc equates to abused to death. That is murder since that took time.
Octavia why did you assume she was prostituting herself lol?
I can’t believe they are using the fact the kids had house choirs as abuse , totally shocking
Genuine desperation lol, funny when you was told they couldn't properly care for her and put her in the hospital for adequate care they said no. Oh wait then people would know all the symptoms were made up or did you forget most were never seen by a doctor just told to them by Lisa and well they had to shop around to get one to do what they wanted. As for the stepmother bs, this couple were given pass after pass when the police and dcs were called on then by multiple witnesses including a neighbor due to there relationship with the criminal justice system. That child was a happy and healthy girl till she met lisa.
Octavia And probably sleeping with her 'lawyer'/pastor/cop/attention seeker
Everyone failed this little girl. The system and her parents. The text messages between her and her husband are horrific. They absolutely contributed to her death. They obviously could not handle the emotional toll it took on them to care for her. Smh they deserve to be in prison. But there is a huge lesson to be learned. As difficult and heartbreaking as it would have been. I would have put her in a home where she could have gotten proper care. And continued to be actively involved in her treatment.
My issue with people passing judgment on what they “would have done” is that you don’t really know unless you have been or are in the situation. While I haven’t been around a schizophrenic child, I’ve had close contact with a schizophrenic adult. It’s like nothing you can ever imagine. I have seen people reach out for help again and again and, I can’t speak for the US, but where I’m at hospitals will resist taking a patient long term while there is family around…even if that family is no longer coping. Very sad. I wish there was more support in society for severe mental illness.
Not saying you are passing judgement of course or really offering an opinion on this particular case because I don’t know the details. Just a general comment that people assume there is help out there and honestly there isn’t.
@@ellageorgiafrawley where are you?
@@ellageorgiafrawleythere really isn't much available
in the way of help. 😢
It doesnt feel like that they are guilty in killing on purpose... Looks like police tries put the blame on them instead of investigating the doctors who couldnt help this family.
Exactly!!
How can you make excuses for this f****ing monster?
I went to America once. I was robbed by this huge guy and went to the police to report it. I was almost arrested because i apparently stood too close to the officer. He said 'mam take a step back or i will arrest you..at one point he went to get his gun out of the holder thing..it was unbelievable. Never go there.
smelly cat omg. I believe it. Trouble is everyone is carrying guns and so aggressive. Americans are hot heads
@@Smileyson58 their also arrogant to ppl who ain't from there.
Whoa. Scary.
We will never know what really happened, I wasn't there - none of us were.....
But - I went to America once too..... I was at a mall just having lunch at the outside cafe, and a kid on a skateboard came flying past grabbed my bag and next thing I know the kid was (so it seemed) doing a flip mid air.... a young American fella arm barred him and his mates held him on the ground until the police arrived... I was furious as I had carefully wrapped in my bag a glass blown figurine as a present for my mum.... it was completely destroyed. When I gave my statement to the police, I was so angry and agitated that one of the officers handed me a bottle water sat me down and asked silly questions about australia until he had be laughing.... then he said, much better - how about we try this statement again.
Done. That was it to my experience with american officers.....
Oh, and ps... the kid (23yrs old) on the skateboard..... was a Brit on holidays with his mates. I was in the States for 6 weeks, and apart for that incident.... I met so many amazing people.... americans. And I will be going back for another holiday next year.......
Judging a nation on the bones of this case - is no different then other countrys who think we feed our babies to the dingos due to the bones of one Australian case.....
@DEN true they are bloody gun crazy...
And Casey Anthony is out at the club tonight...
@Jimmy Bright she did nothing wrong??😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂 Ya okay there bud. You clearly did not watch that trial.
Okay I think I have to watch the trial. I found it disturbing the mom tryed to warm the little girl up the way she did. Why didn't she call an ambulance? But still the death penalty? This case needs to be reviewed again.
Read the texts the parents sent each other, which the journalist conveniently failed to mention. Changed my mind on the whole story.
Different cases, different circumstances.
Casey Anthony should be in the cell next to this woman. Nothing negates murder.
That lawyer and “former police officer, etc etc” looks like a bad actor! Lol 😂
Yes he is
Omg he reminded me of the guy from Key & Peele😂😂
To that lawyer: I DONT BUY YOU
I believe her. This lady has a clear pattern of asking for help. The bishop comes across as inauthentic.
Electro Girl wow you’re manipulated very easily. Thank god you don’t work for child safety.
@@CV_411
Oh, so anyone with an opinion that differs from yours is "easily manipulated??"....
Are you suffering from that new disease called
" Retardus Maximus?"
The Lawyer/Bishop does seem a bit... off.
His background does not provide back up to his opinion. Opinion, not fact.
LMAO so the fact he was an ex cop, lawyer etc gives him no credibility at all. And nice ad hominem - very intelligent.
Curvey vegan this is a reply to your harsh judgement, did you sacrifice your child with immunization?
Everything she said are side effects to immunization!!
Research it and open your eyes..
And stop judging other's or we will judge you...
As a mum of a child with special needs, getting people to LISTEN to you when you are asking...begging...for help, is just bizarre! No-one listens!!!
As a mother of an autistic almost six year old with extreme behavior problems who lives in the US-NO ONE LISTENS!!! You’re absolutely right. No one cares. No one empathizes. People love to judge you when they have no idea about your struggle. If she was abusing that little girl CPS would have seen signs of it. They are trained to look for these things.
Risperdal. I was given that for Covid at the hospital. 106 degree fever. ...freezing cold. I've been in and out of bouts of Sepsis since 2014. Long BEFORE Covid.....and doesn't sound like the same thing .
Thats how I was cold to touch. Begging for blanket. They would not let me warm up...because they couldn't allow me to get warmed up. Or ever get stabilized. For years and years. Incredible sis me.
Facts they don't listend amd everybody is so good to judge
As a mother punishing 6 year old by making them pick dog 💩 by their Baer hands it’s unimaginable!!! It’s probably bias view in this video! There is no way she would let her biological kid eat spoil food! She most likely starved her! Guilty!
You got that right. They've never told me that I could give my child to the state. It's not an option for me but that's never been discussed or mentioned. These social workers are just here to document not to problem solve.
And guess what “pastor”, you did not do all you could do! This is a money maker for you
Easier to blame parents than address fundamental lack of support - from anywhere -
Who made the child?
Who should've sought support?
Why must any worker/system, work harder than parents/family/neighbours?
However this now sounds very fishy. "She's being bad"??? The "punishments"??? No. And psych disorders (which I am OVER qualified to state as working in the psych business and having a child born with them). Psych disorders DO NOT cause a child to die of neglect. A parent does. Sepsis ABSOLUTELY has warning signs. She should NOT have died from it.
@@nikkib5753 exactly, I’m an aspiring nurse and even with my limited knowledge, I know sepsis doesn’t just happen in an instant. This child was not neglected, she was tortured.
They are to blame! People clearly don't research a case they just believe the narrative pushed on a biased show. The parents don't deserve freedom and it isnt the health care systems fault.
@@janelle009 ❤❤❤yes Janelle!!! Preach girl!!! ❤❤❤ If anything this person is believing this so called "mum" who have EVERY reason to lie. This show really didn't push a biased narrative. Matt Doran is a wonderful journalist & he really put all the information out there. This so called "mum" has excuse after excuse. More stories than Dr. Suess, doesn't she?? Bet the "mum" had no problem collecting that social security check for little Sa'na. Schizophrenia and sepsis are 2 worlds apart. For me, ALOT of ths things they say this little girl was doing are also signs & actions of a young child being abused. Even if this child truly had a psych condition, who makes that child stand outside for hours raking rocks & picking up dog feces???? Ties them in a room?? Ugh, they are just disgusting. Punishing a little girl & calling it "the children help out". For the record, risperdal is not one of the worst meds out there. This mum is delusional. Blame everything but your own damn actions.
something is not right about this case. it is not murder.
Yeah.. Involuntary Manslaughter at worst.
Since the real mother found out Saanm was sick why couldn't she get her daughter?
Why did the father ended up with both girls.
What wrong with the girls own mum caring for the children. ?
All the children ended up in care including Saanm biological sister WHY?
The story is told one sided. THE real story must be told.
If Saanm biological mother had no issues surrounding her living circumstances then the other child should return home to her mother.
MAYBE all the children should be allowed to return to their parents and the parents should be given freedom.
Being a loving parent of a special child, I can say the parents did not have a role in this child’s death. I think the child was misdiagnosed, as my son has been. I think the cry for help as a parent is REAL and this mother did just that. I think the pastor/lawyer who recited all his positions in his life as if he’s God and the know it all, has zero experience with special needs children especially the behavior of this child; very similar to my son and it’s tough. But as tough as it is, you love them so much, sometimes more than other children. I think the punishments were a bit harsh, but I believe the parents had absolutely no idea the severity of this child’s mental dysfunction. These children do not want to be this way, but they can’t help themselves. The worst part of all this is there really is no help because no one knows how to treat these children. It is so difficult and unless you walked in my shoes and this mother’s shoes, trust me, you have no idea.
Its murder by neglect.
Read the messages between them
Pneumonia and sepsis caused by treating this little girl like an animal.
Exactly.
Not fair the older sister doesn’t get to see the younger siblings as she’s to old to go into care :(
Maybe she was favourite and saying the child had changed ?
That in itself is criminal! Separate what is left of the family!
I don’t know what happened because I wasn’t there, but I can say I had a child who was sociopathic! She was never abused or neglected, she was born without a conscience! She hurt people physically and emotionally! She set fires, destroyed everything. She refused to eat. I asked repeatedly to find a inpatient setting for her! I begged and pleaded for help with her! She did not die, but I had to live through horrible daily tantrums and outbursts! There is a huge deficit in services available for low income families! I would have done anything for my daughter but I was constantly turned down for any help or treatment! It was a horrible time. The states need to have more services for children and families that don’t have financial resources! It is a disgrace!
There’s text messages where she says to the dad she has Sanaa zip tied in the garage, spead eagle. She mentions putting her in a diaper and letting her sit in it, to be hosed off when the mom wakes up. Idk if this is murder, but from the messages you can see the mom is fed up, there was definitely some inappropriate treatment. She’s not quite as innocent as she says, but whether that rises to murder, idk.
The girl had 60 scars and over 100 cuts on her. She had a deep gash in her foot. They tied her hands behind her back which kept her from expelling fluids from pneumonia. They talked about her being an animal. I think they’re where they belong.
The pastor guy is a joke. He wanted to show his qualifucations
Most pastors are a joke and just plain criminals! One stole my Aunt's home!
@@jaelynn7575 omg! How?
All of you who think this face was unfair need to google the texts between her and her husband. They are shocking. She was very abusive.
I also, feel like there is more to the story
Exactly Rylee, I feel there is more to the story
I read about that before I listened and was shocked at how they treated that little girl. They are right where they belong.
As a father, if my child was cold to the touch, I would call an Ambulance. Not try and resolve it myself. This story has too many holes.
Right?! As well, they called the psychatrist instead of taking that little child to emergency with the beginnings of pnemonia... Disgusting POS's...
Whoever things she’s innocent needs to read the texts messages between her and her husband, they display complete negligence and hostility towards that poor child.
yeah, i didnt think she wasnt guilty, but was truly disgusted when i googled and read those texts.
She is innocent, she even said that the police pulled up phone records of her texting about Sanaa from all the way back to 2001. Which Sanaa wasn’t born until 2009 I think, the police fabricated the whole evidence to protect what the hospital did.
Where are the texts?
@@jarrodgray6570 That's my question too.
@@YTDBD00what are you talking about. Some of the messages for 2 days before the little girl died. The messages were disgusting. That poor little girl.
Cheaper for them to incriminate the parents than pay compensation from the pharmaceutical companies. This bishop obviously has never lived with a disabled kid.
Well said!
Pharma wouldnt have had to pay compensation as one of the side effects is pneumonia. Why would you give your child a med that you didnt know anything about, and then when you did your research you continued to give it to them? Shes guilty.
I can't believe this woman is facing death penalty, while Karla Homolka is free. The judicial system is a joke, including that lawyer/pastor.
I know I heard alot of assertions and hearsay but no real evidence she purposely murdered her child.
I wonder when the trial will be.
Did you read the messages this woman sent to her husband about the little girl?
@Jody Doherty Do Canadians have the death penalty in certain Providences? If they do it's kinda the same. Basically depends where you live in the country.
Among others.
People should really hear both sides of a story before they comment. The couple’s own text messages to each other described zip tying the child, all four limbs, spread eagle on the basement floor in her dirty diaper all night long as punishment for her peeing on the basement floor. You wouldn’t do that to a rabid dog. Knowing the US medical system, I can almost guarantee they were offered putting the child in an institution, keeping in mind that is always a last resort.
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6 year olds and younger do not pick up dog poop. No justification for this and if she did it at neighbours shame on them and all adults. Poor baby needed help whether she was the scape goat child or had an undiagnosed illness everyone let her down. RIP baby
It sounds to me like medical malpractice, and they're willing to let these two go down to protect the institution and doctors.
Yes thats exactly the same thought i had malpractice cover ups at their best....Great America.
...and the drug company.
That's all doctors do in the USA is throw pills at people...
@Megan Cox yep. Doctors will cover each other's asses til the death
Their text messages are going to be critical in their prosecution.
This is ridiculous . She is innocent.america is crazy
Yep - fucking mental
She’s guilty. End of story
Micah Bell Prove it! Please explain where is your evidence? If you have none then you just may be seen as another "ugly American . . . loud mouthed and full of yourself . . . . . centre and front of stage in the middle of the spotlight."
@@roblloyd8453 Hey!!! We aren't all the same just like Aussies aren't all the same. Get over your self. Didnt Australia have a man murder his parents over a bottle of wine then release him from prison and give him his inheritance..? Yeah. You did. The world is run by humans. Only God is perfect.
Mad in America
Because she didn’t save a persons life DOESNT make her a murderer? More proof of Casey Anthony killing her daughter she’s not in jail . Even this step daughter says that they are innocent! I expected to hear something bad in this video. Exact opposite
Children urinating or defecting in their room can be a sign of abuse and or neglect.
Yes. However, it can also be a sign of deteriorating mental illness, particularly in one so young and with such a seemingly fast decline such as this poor child's case.
This child was failed.. By everyone. Take that baby to hospital every damn time. Like I don't get it?? My kid is on new meds and sick or anything go to hospital??
It doesn't matter how many times you take your child to the hospital if they dont want to help you they are not going to period 💯 🤷, i took my son to the hospital and told the doctors he had Asthma and they told me he did not and guess what I was back at the hospital a hour later getting admitted into the hospital 🏥 for asthma .
Sleep in peace baby girl...The Most High sees all & knows all 🙏🏾
she is in heaven; no more evil step mother.
@@ronniemead805 we can’t say that tho. We can’t call her evil, because we don’t know. We weren’t there and we will never know what happened. Only God knows what really happened. Therefore only God can judge this woman.
@@yenaponte4281 100% she was not to good with her
but with that you don't bear the pain and the sadness this shouldn't happen, and must stop.
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Why would you not call 911 right off when you feel your child that cold? Hot Water bottles? Wth?
This person and husband is in the right place. May all their crimes fall back on them tenfold or more. May the lovely little girl Rest In Peace May her siblings find healing and peace. She didn’t deserve any of this that happened to her
The finger should be pointed at the pharmaceutical company and the doctor who prescribed the medication - especially if its not recommended for children!
If the woman would have asked CPS to institutionalize their child to see what they could do for her, they would have taken all the children. CPS is absolutely no help to anyone.
Neither is APS (Adult Protective Services) Years ago while I was Director of a Senior Center I called to report that one of the seniors came in with a black eye. The senior told me her teen grandson had hit her. Months later I received a letter stating that the report was unfounded. I know this lady was telling me the truth. Useless as CPS.
Right
Very true
Praise Kek As a teacher I was required to call CPS on suspicion of abuse. Every single time, they made the child’s life worse!!! It is a totally broken system!!! It needs to be a duel system. First refers
S go to the half of the agency that trains and supports families in trouble. They have the leverage to push parents to shape up or be referred to the punitive half of The agency. This half can take control of the children and finances of the family. If there isn’t cooperation the children are permanently removed and parents go to prison where they work to support their kids from inside prison.
I agree! I can’t stand CPS. I’ve been trying to work for them in the state of Texas for some time now bc I worked for health and human services prior and they don’t want to hire people who care about the children. Smfh
28:15 he is the type that just wants to be right. He doesn't like for you to challenge him. I'm glad the reporter kept questioning what he said. That man is a hypocrite!
He doesn't have an opinion, he just knows...scary dude!
Wait I just got to the part where they said they should of sent their child away. I would never send my child away. My son is severely autistic with ADHD and violent tendencies. I would never abandon my child. Me and my family adapt our everyday around my son so his life is as stress free as possible and he still has meltdowns nearly every other day. Heat, loud noises, and more than 5 people are all bad triggers for my boy. I would fight you if you tried to take my kid.
Sending love, I live the same life with my son ❤
Wow, you are an AMAZING PARENT, Vicki!!
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You don't know how happy and secure you made me feel with this comment.
I don't feel wanted and welcome in this world extremely often, I am autistic and hate being a burden to my mother.
Parents like you who comment these things are the reason I can keep believing that I'm not JUST a burden, that my family actually wants me despite my disabilities.
💜Thank you I love you :)
Your son is amazingly lucky to have you Vicki.
Blessings to you, dear Vicki ❤❤❤❤An amazing family.
If the parents were that bad , the oldest child would have noticed something wrong . But she continues to say how good her life was with her parents??????
That’s her biological mother you talking about.. I think she’s doing everything in her power to portray her mother as a good person
Exaclty mind you this is a little black girl. I doubt her own daughter would throw her mother under the bus
@@tashaaustin1465 for her she is mother even is she killer but defenetly she was not to good with her
Na'a had and has A WONDERFUL biological mother!! She was just kept away from her. Don't believe everything you see and hear, especially concerning this case. Go do your research! Germayne and Lisa are right where they're suppose to be... Her autopsy said sepsis... They allowed her to lay in bed, after beating and abusing her, and not get treated which allowed allowed infection to set in.... Hence the sepsis.... When Na'a was buried, she laid in that casket with bruises (and proof of abuse) all over her little body AND a huge knot on her head. They couldn't get her the help she needed bc they were too busy covering all that they had been doing to her. They thought they would continue to get away with it but you won't get away long when you mess with one of God's innocent angels. Now her sister and mother continue to heal...
@@coachyoyo8119 do you know them?
I’ve got no idea what happened in this case, but it’s exceedingly difficult to get a placement in a residential facility for a child in the US. There are very few available beds, and funding for the treatment is a nightmare.
Not true. All they had to do was 5150 her. A quick call to the police, and she would have had a bed in a child facility. I’ve had to do it myself.
Jenn Barnett for 72 hours, yep. I’m talking about getting long term placements in residential facilities. It also depends on the state you’re in.
@Tinker Stinker this isn't a 5150 case. Read my statement above. It's disturbing. Almost cried a few times. Many similar symptoms Here and some not at all.
The fact that the biological mother did not fight for the custody for her child and now is the concerned parent... *ehm ma'am where have you been all these years* GTFO!
Read the text message exchanges between Lisa and her husband (which was excluded here for some reason), and it's easily seen why the State is looking for the Death Penalty and easily shows their abusive ways which lead to death. They are both guilty. Just in case listening to Lisa giving excuses instead of grieving for the child during this interview wasn't evidence enough.
Where do you find that? I’ve looked and can’t find them
Wrong, you just don’t get it! I’m done explaining tho, I’ve said enough in other comments.
I was feeling bad for the mom,but after reading her text messages she is not that innocent.
@@LittleBittySaidit she tied her up genius that doesn’t matter to you
@@gauismaximus595 She begged for help with this child in so many ways. Unfortunately they failed to help her or the child and this was the result. I watched my mom struggle with her kids that had disabilities mental and physical. Most people that know schizophrenic, especially in a child, may not agree with what she did, but they certainly understand how it got to that point. Everyone has a breaking point. And putting them in a mental institution would be just as bad for the child if not worse. They loved her too much to do that to her. I don’t expect people that haven’t experienced schizophrenic in some way to understand.
If you cry for help so many times and it never comes, you end up doing what you can to handle the situation. And you may end up doing things you don’t want to do but you feel like you have to…and not just for safety, but for everyone’s sanity as well. You’ve gotta understand the suffering of not just the child and parents …but the small siblings also. A schizophrenic child is no easy task let me tell ya. There’s days that these kids almost get away with murdering you or another cus you couldn’t contain or control them in the moment….even when they’re a tiny child.
You're a lawyer/pastor/excop/federal investigator/military?
"I DON'T BUY IT!"
Right!? Me too!
He's showing how he has no idea what he's talking about.
@@nancyfahey7518 Agree!
I wonder why he can't keep 1 career and always changing it..... and so determinated to find "something" to end someone else life? I have no words for him and the county attorney.
Cause I'm a hater who'll never match half your skill set!
Wow that biological mothers lawyer is a pretty hammy actor. A pastor that loves a show. I am sure he will make it one in court. Absolutely scary to be in Lisa's situation.
Jody Craig yes and we are supposed to believe he had that many prior careers 🤪 whatever
Yeah i don't think she (Lisa Cunningham) is innocent and neither is the father. Obviously it's somes time hard to convey tone to an online summary.I meant I would be absolutely terrified to be that mental unstable that the truth will never be known to us only herself or her husband know the truth. I like a rational debate on such sites. However there rarely is a rational and balanced conversation. It's a shame. Again I am very keen to have good and healthy interactions on differing opions as I am opened to that. I look forward to communicating with you again. And please let me know if you disagree with my comments on the lawyer. I welcome knowledge if I am being ignorant.
I just not sure what to believe. Such a strange case . The little girl was young . Did Lisa and the dad get together only in recent years ? I thought girl talking was their daughter ? How did he have a younger girl to someone else ? One talking must just be Lisa’s daughter to someone else I guess . I just find whole case confusing . Not having all the facts . Only they and God know the truth 🤷♀️
Lisa is from Adelaide in South Australia. Seira is her eldest from the first realtionship. She divorced her first husband who she had Seira and Javian with him. Her first husband cheated on her so that relationship was dimissed. She then she met Cunningham while working in a prison. He had the 2 children when they met and the youngest was Senar. Then they had 2 more kids together. And that's where it gets cloudy. @@vv8134
Thanks ! It was confusing . Feel for all the kids involved . How traumatic
She blames everyone but she never took her to hospital
The pain in the reporters eyes is real. I can't even imagine how helpless one must feel to do such a story
It could result in an award for him.
Hello Michelle! How’re you doing?
Big pay check is all
19:39 that guy is overdoing it, like he is putting on a performance for the camera.
He's a dead set tripper and a dangerous element to this case. The prosecutor is an ambitious madman too. I fear for this families future wellbeing.
And very judgemental for a “bishop, pastor” whatever he is. Isn’t he supposed to be helping people not judging them especially if it could lead to a death penalty?
I agree and reeling off his c.v. made it seem like he was applying for a job. As a not very good actor.
Reckon the bitter biological mother of this little girl has spread lies about this couple. I can read between the lines here
She is bitter all right. It's soo obvious.
agreed. something sinister going on here
Like you would know.
Ffs.
Yeah dickhead. Lisa Cunningham killed that child.
A lot of us can see what's really going in here ,,it's kinda obvious .
The mother's lawyer is creepy man!! Something not right with that dude and you can clearly tell he's lying
So, basically all these people, the uncaring neighbors, the system, the authorities, the phony-pastor cum lawyer guy, the prosecution team, the medical facility are claiming they loved and cared for Senna better. Well then, alongside the death penalty for Lisa, all of these individuals ought to be awarded some kind of trophy publicly by the rest of Lisa's children. Especially considering that they are absolutely SAFE with them and have nothing to fear any more.
I can't believe anyone would prescribe Risperdal for a child!!! I'm grown and the side effects were so BAD!
Was she misdiagnosed this sounds like some kind of regression
Here in lies the problem - the American health care system.
It's very hard to get help with mental illness. Watch the ambulance shows on tv. They never want to "waste their time" on the mentally ill in their own words over and over again.
Margot
I live in a country with free health care, in comparison I am lucky compared to the much larger population in the US
And the lack of justice system.
Margot or get insurance it’s not that much and a decent job and it’s also gives you coverage I’m Australian and I with we had a private system our all ready private system is bull shit and make it only
Free to old people veterans and those who actually can’t actually work
@@frankboff1260 As the saying goes, we have a legal system, not a justice system.
Why wasn’t the biological mother in her daughters’ lives, why wasn’t she involved prior to her daughter’s death?
Exactly!
Because "Institutional Racism" and "White Supremacy" Kept her Down in "Oppression" & The "Racist", "Bigoted" US Government (Led by a Black President}Took the Baby away Forcefully & gave her to a White Woman! C'mon What Don't you watch CNN & MSNBC? They'll will tell you: The US is the Worst "Racist", "Bigoted" Country on the Planet!!! That's why about 5 Billion ppl want to Immigrate to the USA! Coz they're Know how Bad it is and they simply wanna make it better!
I've seen many reports on a child's death and only then do the bio mums give a hoot... More like want a bit of TV time
Who cares she don't seem to care
Schizophrenia is inherited. The mother probably suffered from it and could not properly care for her daughter. Reminds me of the movie "Sybil".
If the neighbors allowed the liitle one to clean up their dogs poop, they are more disgraceful.
I was all on the side of the parents being innocent and maybe they are. But I just did a quick Google search and read the parents exchanged what's app conversions. Neglect and child abuse was present.
YOU NEVER HAD A CHILD LIKE THAT AND THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER DIDN'T CARE FOR HER DAUGHTER UNTIL SHE SEES THAT MAYBE SHE CAN GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
Who would you know lol
*Please stop SHOUTING*
Stop SHOUTING
WELL SAID ANNA KINNARD!
The thing in the room that stinks is the fact that we never hear what the real mom did to help
Hired a jack of all trades to defend her when she could have fighted for her daughters custody and may be giving her a better life!
What steps did the biological mom take to rectify her daughter's behavior? Did the bio mom see the behavior first hand? the spinning, the smearing of feces on the wall?
@@genemechanic6773 you read my mind. He got up there to brag about his trades and didn't tell us where the mom was. They need to sue her
They left out a lot in this show. Like the zip ties..they didn't just find them in the trash..they found text messages she sent to her husband that she zip tied her many times...she even said in the texts that she could sleep in a dirty diaper for all she cared. They made this step mother out to be innocent. Very deceiving. I guess because this is an Australian show and she is Australian they made it seem she is innocent for ratings.
You clearly haven't had kids, especially lots of them that would disrupt your lifestyle God forbid any that had special needs. Swinging brick for a heart honey. She comes from a culture where the state helps parents in these unfortunate circumstances you stick with your dog eat dog society and pray you don't suffer misfortune that you're not insured for.
@@miles-thesleeper-monroe8466 lol what she zip tied the kids
Hello Adiel, how’re you doing?
She’s guilty as charged!
Why didn't they take her to hospital ffs.
I love the way that lawyer / preacher is sitting up there saying all that like his client is so great because if she was how come she didn't have custody of her own kids I don't understand that
Sometime dads are the better parents....its depends on who will take better care of the children...I believe they were abusing her my opinion
At least visitation
Where’s the biological mother ? Why wasn’t she looking after her kid if the treatment was ‘so bad’
She was sure there to hire a Lawyer, after she died.
shes too busy partying
When the prosecutor tried to defend the execution going wrong he accidentally made a great point against the death penalty and didn't even realized it.
When children's behavior changes like that, it's normally do to something traumatic has happened or they've been severely abused. Blaming this child for her death is evil
you notice the neighbors with the "big dog poop" didn't say they refused to let Sanaa pick up their dogs poop!
I saw they were laying. I dont think anyone even asked the mother or the daughter about this.
Good point. Either it's not true or they're complicit, or it's simply a non-issue.
Correct, neighbours are payed to tell those lies.....makes me sick
Yes the neighbors sure did let her do it and now sitting up on this show like Omg.
The neighbor had asked the defendants to write a letter stating that her boyfriend was not actually her boyfriend but was a roommate so that she could get food stamps. They refused to write the letter and the report was made right afterwards.
The doctors made the wrong diagnosis that is what was the MISTAKE
I agree with you. A child at 6 being diagnosed as schizophrenic. That would be like hitting the lottery. A child just doesn't have schizophrenia. I think the dr should be sued.
The dog is the clue or the start of it, i remember my sister dog when i touch it or pet him i would get the feeling something was crawling under my skin because i was sensitive i knew about it but other people would not know it. This can affect your brain and behavior. The worst part is making her pic dog facet
Alpha & Omega so you think she caught a parasite? That may very well have been the case.
also, read her text messages (google it) , they show that she was abusive to wanna, saying that she tied her by the wrists etc. something's definitely up
I tought she was innocent until I saw the text messages
I feel like EVERYONE failed this poor little baby... 😔💔
Oh my... this couple did NOT murder their child. The dang system did.
Blew Petal google the text messages. You will change your mind.
Idk I was thinking the same thing until I read the text messages.. they really did abuse her and they talked about in the text.
Lala even though thru tied her, this wasn’t murder! Kid died of sepsis from that awful drug
What Doctor prescribes any meds for a child without seeing her… an incompetent one!!!!!
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Sepsis wasn't caused by any drug, it was the hole in her foot. Poor girl had a hole in her foot, that wasn't medically seen to. Imagine the pain she was going through. If she had got the treatment she needed, she just might have survived. The drug however could have caused the Pneumonia.
Have you read the texts?
Death sentence?
The justice system was a joke.
Do they realise they are giving her children a death sentence too. She is a mother.
These people are evil they need chair for 2 hours see how that evil man feels
The American "justice" system is bloody barbaric.
@@jocelynjohnston8257 I agree, and I’m an American.
Amen 🙏, one funked up system. Its mostly based on allegation. Zip ties in the bin, wtf how is that evidence of the case?
Please look up the text messages from the case. They’re both liars and they texted each other about abusing their daughter.
As a social worker for children, the little girls actions could be a symptom/result of child abuse
Yes, then misdiagnosed, then experimental medicine. Malpractice all the way.
This poor girl was suffering from beginning, her untreated infection lead to her Blood poison and mental ailment. Forget about a therapist. Was she physically evaluated by a pediatrician. Regarding her physical health. Like blood work, blood pressure, brain scan, stuff like that. Also why is a 6 yr old who is sick picking up feces. Remember anyone can be incriminated against. If what i just heard is true , and the doctor prescribed medicine without an evaluation, the mom should be held accountable for not seeking proper medical attention for her ill baby. This did not happen overnight.
The Australian Government needs to step in and demand she be returned to Australia for trial.
I'm sorry but it doesn't work like that. Arizona is a long way outside the jurisdiction of Australian law. The crime (if the little child were murdered) was committed in America, the victim (again, assuming she was murdered) was American, the father is American.
That doesn't make sense legally, in either the Australian or US law system. You are tried in the jurisdiction that you allegedly committed the crime. Its why people are extradited from say Queensland to Victoria, to stand trial.
Their text messages are going to be critical in their prosecution.
What? Is she accused of a crime in Australia? You make zero sense.
Australia is a lot fairer... this girl would’ve been diagnosed properly, as our system is a lot better managed and reviewed in comparison to America’s health care system.
Australia is no better my 20 yr old daughter got sent home from hospital 3 times in 3 weeks with fluid on the brain..she was eventually sent to a bigger hospital who didnt drain her fluid so she was left laying in bed not being able to walk or talk..she had no probe on to monitor her..she ended up having a massive heart attack an she was in heart failure for over an hour by then the fluid had crushed her brain..I had to turn my baby's life support off 6 days later...we r left devasted an 2 baby girl's were left without a mummy
If you're not a professional you can only listen to a professional advice if their advice is to medicate the child who are you to contradict that decision.
People lay down their lives in the hands of medical professionals
Just because our system is free to access, doesn't necessarily make it better equipped...... The USA is still a world leader in Medicine.
Sure. I have a child who was misdiagnosed in our health care system for years and almost died when she was diagnosed. Australia is not some great fantasy land.
jelinaangel bullshit !!
The Australia government financially force the injury & mental retardation & death of thousands of children, vaccines are a scam
That prosecutor gave me the creeps. I literally got goosebumps after hearing him speak
So let’s just convict her of “something “...what about the evidence of a crime first...so wrong ✌️❤️🌎