Time and time again we see instances of CPS giving children to parents or foster parents who are not fit to take care of children, but in this case, Virginia was also paying the boyfriend of the mother to be her personal care assistant (PCA). To our knowledge, the boyfriend had no training and had no certifications. From what we've researched, if you qualify for a personal care assistance, the state will get you in touch with a PCA themselves, but instead of doing that they felt it fit that this mother's boyfriend received full benefits for a child he was doing unspeakable things to. This isn't just a simple "this case slipped through the cracks" situation, there were intentional decisions made by the state of Virginia. Hug your loved ones tight. ❤Drewby + Yergy Discord: discord.gg/kCCzjZM
It's all about money for children's services.... disgraceful. Never met a social worker who I though was polite, decent or indeed,there to help.... my own local services isLeedsCity Council PLC...... $$$$$£££
It's always the saddest when a child gets to know what it's like to be loved and cared for, only to be given back to their abusers in the name of reunification, this process is BS and this poor baby could have had a great life if left with her aunt. RiP Heaven and I'm so sorry for the loss to the family members that actually loved this sweet girl:(
This always makes me so mad. I agree that reunification should be the goal, but if you take the kid out of the home for straight up SA?! There’s no reason she should be back with her parents. That’s not a behavior that can be untrained from the abuser.
@@tonya4689her aunt got her to see, walk, talk, gain weight, use the bathroom, learn, all independently! she went from being wheelchair bound and incapable of being alone to being a practically normal little girl
To literally abuse anyone is DEMONIC point blank period. Poor baby, I know now her soul can rest peacefully ❤️ no more does she have to endure abuse in the hands of her abusers.
“She smacked her in the face because she brought a toy in the tub” you are literally beating her for doing nothing but being a kid. Almost all kids wanna play with toys in the tub. RIP heaven I’m so sorry your caretakers were demons.
When my kids start to act selfish. My husband n I always tell them. There are so many kids that don't have any love, food, roof over there head. Toys ect. I know they don't understand rt now. But they will 1 day.
You got that right. I'm sorry but this is why Adoption isn't always an option. This isn't my first time hearing an adopted kid get abused and CPS not staying on their shit.
Not fair at all until we start funding it like we really care. Because we obviously don't. The same politicians keep cutting budgets for children's services and we keep voting for them.
Right? I always find it so odd when people say “don’t get attached with cases” but if somebody doesn’t keep up with these kids and makes sure they’re being treated right this ab* se will just keep happening
I interviewed for CPS in Hampton roads. They asked me some scenario questions and what I would do in different situations. One of the scenarios was an apartment with 3 kids. Piles of trash and feces, broken glass in the floor, dirty kids, one with a black eye, mom living with a boyfriend who isnt the father, how do I proceed. I said that the kids health and physical safety was in danger and I would want them to be seen by a doctor immediately. Apparently that was the wrong answer and I was supposed to give "mom" a week to fix the problems and go for another visit. I walked out. I thought I was at an interview for a job protecting children but clearly the rules are not made to do that.
Where I live it’s 3 days but I heard cps workers talk about removing kids even though the house was clean and the kids were in great care because the carpeting had stains and the fridge wasn’t perfectly clean I feel that’s soo backward and the reason they were called to do a walkthrough, was never told to the single mother who didn’t have a boyfriend or any men/ other adults living in the home
@@karenjoslyn4051 right just because someone gave birth to the baby doesn't give them any right to abuse the poor kids. But especially when thy are given back they think they can do whatever they want to them because clearly cps has no intention on stopping them. They just want to close cases no matter how they get it closed. Its so sad
i think it's a pendulum swung the other way type of deal. there were times when "what was in the child's best interest" was white, english speaking, christian families and children of color and especially indigenous children were taken under the guise of abuse and neglect. reunification should be a goal -- but not the only goal. each case should be approached as an individual case. what works for one may not work for another etc. it would be great if parents could get help and do the work and get their kids back and everything is happy and healthy. but that often isn't the case, and there needs to be more accountability than "i tested negative for drugs and am going to therapy."
Too many people with a lot of money are predators and use cps to cover their tracks. The ones that really need help are often left in the dust because the elites won't ever let cps be properly investigated and revamped. It would interrupt their trafficking rings... If u go down the cps rabbit hole you'll find it's really really deep with lots of twists and turns. You'd be surprised who is involved in predatory behavior
I have seen ONE case where the CPS worker was charged, but that child was found hanging in a closet, starved, his fingernails ripped off with pliers, broken bones (both old & new) bruises, etc.. His mother & her girlfriend /wife tortured him to death. He was between 5-7 yrs old (my memory doesn't serve as well as it used to).
They should put it into LAW, that ANY child found abused, and/or DEAD because of a decision of a CPS worker to put him/her back in the home, the CPS worker would be charged with 20 YEARS (NO LESS) with no f*cking chance of parole, of prison time. I bet they'll be more careful then...
I grew up in an abusive household in Virginia 1998-2014. CPS had been called multiple times and did nothing. One social worker even admitted to my abuser that she BEATS HER KIDS. I wish more people would protest CPS to have better protocols / better employees.
Tell your story to people that would or wouldn't listen, just keep speaking. Connect with other people who had similar childhoods and experience with CPS. When personal issue multiple by tens and hundreds, it's not personal issue anymore. It becomes problem of the Society and something has to be done about it. I'm so sorry you had to go through that and l wish you happy and healthy life 🌹
Same but Im older born in 75 . When I was in middle school both my sister and I went to the same school . Abuse had went on for years my father was an addict and my mother very codependent and scared. My father had beat us vicously one night with a belt for no reason and left welts on our backs and legs . One day when in gym and having to change for gym class the gym teacher noticed the marks and since my sister was also in one of her other classes she put 2+2 together and called CPS . I recall them showing up to our house unexpectedly . Our house was always clean and there was always enough food - not a lot but enough . CPS took one perfunctory look around- my dad put on a good show and my mom just stayed silent . They were in and out in < 10 minutes . They accomplished nothing .
@@violetarobic516 … I think that it’s a great idea as a former foster child myself I was abused in foster care nothing was done because too many kids are being mistreated in foster care and it’s covered up..
Oh I feel awful for Sharonda. She tried SO hard to get this baby out of a terrible situation. I hope she knows she did everything she possibly could to help Heaven. Also, rest in paradise Heaven
@@mycatisjudgingyouit’s disgusting how often CPS fails these kids time and time again with no consequences. It’s like CPS is constantly trying to make the worst decision possible
They really are. Since I found this channel, I've watched ALL of them. And I am trying to go back & watch the old ones. It sickens me that we live in a world where there is no shortage of these stories. RIP little Heaven.❤
Virginia department of social services gave me back to my mother repeatedly. Because of that I was beaten regularly, held in the air by my neck and choked, my step dad set everything I had on fire once, he also sat on top of me and slammed my head into the wood floor over and over again. One day I came home from school and my mom handed me a book bag and told me to go live in the woods, they didn't want me anymore. I had just turned 12. So I lived in the woods or on the streets for the next 6 years. I used to be upset about it but now that I'm in my 40s I realize throwing me out probably saved my life. My mom told social services that I ran away. They never bothered to look at the police reports where mom was calling the cops every week because her husband was abusing HER. she never even called when he hit me. One time he held a knife to my throat and then beat me nearly senseless. I remember mom stepping over me to leave the kitchen. I asked her for help and she said that's what you get. Social services never believed me, refused to help me, they just locked me up as a run away every time they got their hands on me, so I had to become a runaway to protect myself. Petersburg Virginia social services sucks!
That is so f#cked up, I'm so sorry u went thru that foreal. Its a testament to u hw u managed to get thru that I dnt know. Thank God u did, what a survivor u are, u should be so proud of urself. I hope u love urself alot. Faith will help u alot, not religion but a personal relationship with God. Big love n hugs to u 🩷🩷🙏🙏
As a disabled person who’s been through CA & been lucky enough to make it into adulthood…. We’ll fight on for you, Heaven. 💘 RIP. I am tearing up too, Yergy 🥺😿
The fact that she made so much progress so rapidly in her aunt's care is all the evidence we need to know that she was severely neglected by her mother, even without the allegations of abuse. It's very unfortunate that her father walked away and didn’t try to get custody or intervene.
Sharronda is one of those people that truly is an ANGEL!! An amazing caregiver who really understands and cares for these kids and wants to see them healthy and succeeding. Need so many more people like her in the world.
If she lived only 6 houses down from Heaven, why wasn’t she involved in her care before she was placed with her? Why didn’t they help with her before she was placed with Sharonda? Why wasn’t the grandmother involved? They had to have seen Heaven’s condition if they lived on the same street.
@JenX_1973 that is the bigger question! But it's possible they did, but it just wasn't reported on bcz it's older and possibly minor details that would've just made the story longer. It does come off like they didn't even know she existed until they were given Heaven by the state. But then if they weren't involved in the beginning, why would they give them authority over her? I agree we need more people like Sharonda, and it's just all around sad that there are certain laws that prevent what others can do to help. Whether it was from the beginning or from the point they ended up with heaven in their care, she was amazing and I think she did her best with what she had to work with!
@@JenX_1973people live their own lives. Just because a family member lives near does not mean they are visiting their family everyday. I live next door to my sister and her family and although we talk everyday, I don’t see the kids everyday.
@@JenX_1973well the child lived with her abusive parents. I really doubt that they’d be particularly forthcoming with visits after or during their disgusting rampages on their poor daughter. Also… I feel like it definitely counts just as much that she was involved and telling CPS how big of a mistake they were making even if it didn’t make a difference. She called how badly they were hurting this child and was LEGALLY barred from helping.
Agreed. I mean with all these cases and all these people covering them there surely is an army. Are petitions still a thing? How can we do something about this?
Exactly what i came to comment!!!! This is crazy how many times ppl can just move to another state and continue the abuse! We have a sex offender registry.. why not a c.a. One!?!?
There is a registry for pedophiles that certain legal groups are trying to have overturned because “it’s not fair” to past offenders who can’t live a normal life because they are ostracized
@@luismcloud7860 It's not reality. There are a ton of people in CPS who care about kids to the point that they've made their whole working life about helping children who are in dangerous situations. You never hear about the thousands of children whose lives were saved simply because someone at CPS did care.
This story broke me ! The protective services workers should also get prison sentences. The worker who decided to let her go back need to go to prison too!
It's always CPS isn't it. Nine times out of ten, CPS is the reason these children end up in a bad situation when they need all the help they can get. What I would never understand though is even if doctors and schools report the abuse, CPS still turned their nose up. That one will always mind boggle me.
Exactly and they don’t even separate the abusive caretakers?? It’s always when somebody takes care of the child 10x better than the original caretakers the child get separated from them right? Somebody needs to check cps and do a background checks
It’s like they almost always do exactly the opposite of what they should to keep the children safe! Or they take children from families who don’t deserve it. I don’t get it!
exactly, i reported my mother many times for child abuse and had proof of bruises but they took her side because im mentally ill due to my mother ignoring my issues as a young child and blaming it on me not being a good christian.
After adopting two children here in the UK, I can hand on heart say that the majority of social workers we met couldn't find their backside in the dark.
I was taken away in Ramsey County at 1 year old. From my parents who were addicts and alcoholics. My father would SELL my sibling and I for se*. I was put into a loving foster home where I was in the process of being adopted by my foster moms daughter. But at 5 I was put back with my mother. She had gone through treatment and apparently was deemed "fit" to care for me. I was severely neglected in her care. She married and he was very abusive. There was no check up or anything from the state. Minnesota, just like other states sucks! That was 35 years ago and it is still happening! Something need to change!
As a kid I spent years begging social workers and therapist to help me, they’d always start the sessions by saying “if I had a magic wand and I could change anything, what would you want me to change?” And without fail for years I would reply “take me away”. I was getting emotionally, physically and sexually abused and they would just sit there and do nothing. There were times I considered ending myself or debating ending my abusers and wondering if I would get in trouble or if they would take pity on me. Eventually I grew up and got away but I despise every single last adult who didn’t help me as I sat there broken and begging
I always wonder why a child’s life is only worth 25 or 30 years? That poor baby could have lived a happy 70 years or more. That doesn’t include the happiness that she could have given to others.
Me in my teens: disgusting. Let the justice system sort it out. I hope the government sorts itself out. Me 20 years later: keep the government out of this they failed. These people don't deserve a trial.
In certain horrible cases the jury should be like a large realtime vote. Like in the Phoenix Wright games. Since the court system in that world was corrupt and lawyers were faking evidence they decided to try something else, let the people be the jury and judge the accused.
The justice system concept is okay and it's needed. But people working in it are corrupted and no one can deny this. One can literally buy "justice". It's so sad that there many more cases like this we don't know about.
@@Infamous41I doubt it could be worse than our 'Just Us' system is NOW! On top of that, we'd also be able to put on trial those in Congress guilty of insider trading, etc... All the things that regular ppl would be in prison serving time.
I hope her aunt knows that just because she feels that guilt and feels like she made things worse, she didn’t. She was the best part of Heaven’s life and she taught her what love is. Every child deserves love and she got to experience that because of her aunt and grandma. Otherwise she never would’ve known what it felt like. I still can’t imagine how haunting this is for them, but it makes my heart hurt knowing that they’re feeling guilty when it should be the monsters who killed her feeling that way.
12 minutes in and I was crying for this little girl. Then, I felt rage at the state of Virginia. They are 100% responsible for this death. The blood is on their hands. VA CPS should also be held accountable.
A child who only a short while back didnt know how to use the toilet and didnt even know how to walk, somehow still knew what it meant to be scared for her life, and and knew what it meant, that someone wanted to take her life. That is so messed up. Just really really sad..
Maaaan, this one got to me. Obviously any child being abused is awful but this poor girl, not only disabled but probably not understanding why she was taken away from people that actually loved and cared for her. As someone who’s personally seen children being put back into abusive homes with drug addicted parents, CPS really needs to get their shit together. I’m so tired of hearing the “reunification” bs. The priority should be a healthy happy child, full stop! RIP, Heaven 💜🩷
It's amazing how many people from the community show up after a child dies... What if CA cases were made public? Would that save more children? Having a community keep an eye on bad parents and helping children by knowing they are at risk of danger, honestly would help people report changes earlier and may save a child or two...
I know where you’re coming from!! We should have knowledge in a police department that lets people know what’s happening and cps should be out there and I think that would make a difference!!👍🏻
Neighbors make reports and are ignored just like the family is. CPS and family courts are more concerned about the parent than the children. I believe if a child flourishing in a persons care. Leave them there rather than bouncing them around. Especially to an unstable unemployed parent.
I wish there was CA registry like there is for sex offenders. This would prevent so many people from getting custody of children, becoming care providers, or foster parents. It could potentially prevent people from taking care of the elderly as well.
California CPS needs to be investigated. They harass innocent families and fail the children who truly need to be removed. They make fostering nearly impossible. I 1000% think they pick kids to sell "adopt" out. The things I have witnessed are truly disturbing. I have contacted the headquarters for the state, and I was directed to contact the county office where I had my complaints. How many families have to be torn apart before CPS is held accountable?!?
It drives me bonkers when parents are fucking crazy and abusive while distant relatives are polar opposites and very capable of caring for another person.
Reunification being the main DSS goal is such a huge problem! We took in my nieces baby when she was born with many drugs in her system and our case worker begged us to get a lawyer for custody. She said they’ll definitely give her to my niece even with it being proven she was still on meth. I’m so thankful for that caseworker caring so much for the baby! We now have full, legal custody and are in the adoption process ❤
Why can’t we just prioritise children here in the west? Is that too much to ask? We pay enough taxes, we need to demand that the social services/cps system be ripped apart and reconstructed until it actually works.
@@johrathbun I believe that too, this can't just be chalked up to incompetence. Same with all the other government agencies and branches, it's by design 🙁
CPS and the Guardian Ad Litem, have blood on their hands! This poor Aunt who did everything she could to save her niece and it all was ignored! Horrible case! This precious child who endured brutal treatment. There is a special place in hell for these 2 murderers and whoever has blood on their hands! This is heartbreaking! When is CPS going to be held accountable?! 🙏💔😭🙏
Sheronda and Heaven's Grandmother did everything they could but they were dealing with a broken F"d up system which should be held responsible. I know Sheronda feels guilty but she really shouldn't. We need more people like her. It just goes to show what a good person she is. She did nothing but help Heaven and to show her that there is some decency in the world by showing her kindness and no cruelty. 🌹Rest in Peace Little One 🌹
Sheronda did all she could do. The courts tie your hands when the child has living parents. CPS is such a joke. Have they not figured out that not everybody is meant to have kids? God bless Sheronda and grandma for showing Heaven real love before she left this earth. RIP little Heaven 🕊️🕊️🕊️
Thank you both for the care and consideration that you guys take when telling these victims stories. Hate that these stories even have to be told but they deserve every bit of justice and to not be forgotten🙏❤
I can't understand why the state takes children out of an unsafe environment and give them to foster parents/family where they thrive and then give them back to the monsters again. RIP
I think it’s out of laziness on the state’s end. The legal guardian and parents would have to make court visits for custody of a child or children. Maybe the state is too lazy to go through the process and just decides to idiotically return children to their parents. Another one (which I believe) is that they just don’t give a damn.
@@Jigglexphysics I’m sorry you went through that. I’ve heard many horror stories about foster care. Seems like they like to give children to predators.
These cases with cps make me sick! Back in 2007 my husband died 28days after our wedding. Leaving me alone with our 18month old daughter. We ended up moving in with my parents for a bit until we found a new place to live. At that time I went to the local small town bar every night,I used to work there,everyone there was friends with my husband and I so i found some peace being around them. Id put my daughter to bed every night then I'd go 2 miles down the road to the bar,while my mom and dad were home with my sleeping daughter. Well someone that I had issues with reported me to CPS for neglect.(they admitted it) They were truly going to take my daughter away. I had my deceased husbands parents go to CPS with me defending me thats what stopped them. Since when is it a crime to go out while you're children are being watched by their grandparents🤔 most nights i didnt drink at all,just hung out & played pool. Yet these vile parents get caught over and over actually being abusive & they leave these poor helpless children in their care🙄
Makes you want to sue the person who is slandering your good name or maybe even a little street justice!! I can't stand people like you are describing. They just like to ruin everything just because they are miserable.
My gosh! This story just goes from bad to worse! This poor little girl hardly ever had any happy or healthy moments outside of those with her aunt. The fact that a child that young has a serious concern of being killed is absolutely mind blowing! Our system is fundamentally broken! Reunification hardly ever works yet most states push it and shouldn't! Kids are removed for a reason, yet those reasons are consistently overlooked. An abusive parent has more rights than our most precious and vulnerable, our children. That is a fundamental break that should NEVER exist, yet its the norm in most states! How do we keep repeating those patterns that have already been well established that they don't work?! Will it take dozens of children of influential and high profile people to die to bring attention to these ongoing issues? When will enough be enough?!
I was taken from my mother just because I refused to go to school because of bullying. I was abused in foster care for nearly a decade. I would have been happier with my mother.
Sharronda, you gave that little girl all the love in the world. Do not feel guilty for Heaven and God smiles upon you. God Bless you for your love and empathy. Fly high Heaven... I am so sorry for your experience in this world. Love to you little one. Fly high little angel named Heaven. I am so so sorry this happened to you little one.
As someone living in Minnesota, I'm ashamed to know that even my own state fails children (i.e. CPS ). CPS isn't doing anyone any favors from what I'm seeing, and what I have seen. It makes my blood boil!
I live in Minnesota also and once my ex called CPS because my son had contacted lice at school. I immediately took care of it and CPS contacted the school and found out it had been spread throughout my son's class and many of the children had gotten it. It turned out that one family was living in a filthy house and the parents were not taking care of the children correctly. That family moved away so I don't know what happened with the children after that.
Ugh!!! People need to grow up and stop calling CPS when they don’t need to or as a form of revenge. That’s why they end up lacking in every other case because they’re investigating cases that don’t need to be investigated.
@@tanyabertholdt7483 agreed. I also feel if you keep calling and its proven everything is ok, like a Karen calling bc the neighbor kids are loud, you should be fined as well as arrested. Nuisance calls should be flagged. People wasting time when there is a real child in need should be prosecuted. Like stop calling for kids being kids, call for the kids with bruises and whose being starved.
Wow, this one really got me. 😔 There are so many struggling parents doing their best out there who would give nearly anything for their child just to have an aunt like this, in a neighborhood where people would go out of their way to contact the aunt for them like that too (making sure the child is getting help if there is an emergency, etc.). So many broke single parents are out there banging on doors begging for help, all while this amazing aunt is being ignored as she bangs on the door just begging to be allowed to help!!
You have to be some kinda special to hurt a child but when a child is handicapped and you hurt them, well that puts you in a whole nother category. Unbelievable what is walking this earth.😢
I really don’t know how the two hosts of this show go through these stories so frequently. I have a strong stomach and mind and these stories about children break me every single time. Hats off to you two for bringing the darkest stories to light. Reminds parents like myself to be ever vigilant
I have a special-needs daughter that is a heart transplant recipient. She is deaf and has autism. She is mentally like a four-year-old but she’s about to turn 12. That child is my everything and if anybody ever touched her, I would probably end up in jail for murder. Don’t let anybody touch their child especially one who is special needs.
Im the mother of a disabled child. She was born with cerebral palsy and later developed epilepsy. A special needs child needs a lot of extra care, and the parents (caregiver)need patience. My heart is breaking for this child and the ones who truly LOVED her. CPS and her mother failed her miserably. I know they are overworked, but for a child its life or in Heaven's case, death. Everyone tried to tell them that she needed to be with her aunt and grandmother . Did anyone ever ask Heaven? Couldn't they SEE the signs of regression? I hope that birth giver(she's not worthy to be called a mother) and her boyfriend think about her every single day. Her last days. I feel like the caseworkers should have been fired and charged with some sort of neglect. Things really need to change.
What's sooo crazy about this world is that the people that take care of their children have it the hardest.... but the people that don't take care of their children get a pat on the back so sad.... RIP baby...
CPS did the same thing to me with my eldest daughter. They didn’t like me because I put up a fuss and they purposely would sabotage me. They gave my daughter to a homeless drug addict who dropped her off at my house three months after he got full custody from them. That was 13 years ago and I’ve had her ever since, but he still has full custody of her. He just got out of prison and rehab, and hasn’t seen her in years. They make the best decisions. 😒
i don't usually comment here, but this hit close to home as I live in Virginia as well, I also have autism. I've never been so hurt hearing that CPS refused to do anything, and to see my state do nothing is absolutely vile. They tried taking away my cousin from my mom because he fell on some steps, yet they didn't do any reports or check in on her? Absolutely vile. I hope and pray that Heaven's aunt heals, and I wish that her soul is in peace, with pink and purple flowers everywhere she goes. Rest in Paradise, Heaven.
Can I just say that I appreciate that you guys show emotion. I am very emotional and the fact some people can do these stories, even with the emotion is very important! You guys are awesome!
I wish nothing but peacefulness for the Auntie's tormented heart.. Congrats to hosts for such amazing narrative full of humanity and respect. Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱
Awful, absolutely awful. Poor Heaven. My heart goes out to her Aunt Sheronda; that lady is amazing, and went above and beyond to love and care for Heaven. When legislation undermines the best care for any child, that is shameful. 😢
I hate that anyone would ever regret showing love, kindness and patience to anyone, especially to a child who never knew it. A hero should never be a victim and that's what they did to her aunt. There has to be some racism in this one because who would pick two monsters over a literal doctor and childcare provider that comes with a large supportive family??? Baby girl never stood a chance, the system didn't care if she lived or not.
How does this crap happen, but good families can't adopt because the cost is too high. Providing for a child is rarely an upfront cost, but adoption demands 13k immediately.
You both do these children justice just by telling their stories. They live on in all of hearts ❤ It's beyond words that there are actually people out there that can and have done such heinous acts towards these children.
As a person who was taken from there abusive birth mother as an infant. My adoptive parents tried to go get custody of me from the court and I was placed back in my birth mothers care I was about a year and a half when another relative took me from my mother again and gave my back to my adoptive parents. My adoptive parents said they would never let her get me back. I was never legally adopted. I am so thankful they never allowed this to happen to me.
This is Absolutely Horrible. Poor Little Angel. I feel bad for the Relatives that loved her and tried to help her but couldn’t help her stay away from these Monsters. So Sad😭😡🥀
If they would have left Heaven with her aunt and grandma she would have been alive. CPS doesn't want what's best they want what's easiest for them to do. I'm sure she does want her daughter back, she's missing that check. Two more sick deranged poor excuse oxygen taker's have done it again. Rip little angel
Drewby and Yergy, you two are literally my favorite true crime channel on this platform! I love what y'all do for the innocent people who don't have a voice. Keep telling their stories so they may never be forgotten! Also, agencies around the world that are supposed to be delegated to protect children should be completely redone. They should have more authority and way more compassion! Anywho, I love you guys and love everything you do on this platform! Keep doing you and have a very very beautiful day!!
This infuriates me so much I'm crying! CPS completely failed this baby. Dropped the ball on all sides. If you want reunification, make sure things are actually better in the home environment for the sake of the child or children. If they cared enough to see how the child had done a damn near 360 in all aspects of her life while under the care of her aunt and grandmother, why take that from her without making sure the natural parents could provide the same and more? When they saw her behavior and physical appearance moving backwards, they should have put her back with her aunt. Instead, they got irritated at the fact the aunt was showing concern and trying to make them do their job. I pray this baby's soul is experiencing the peace she couldn't get while she was here.
I feel so bad for her aunt. I am glad Heaven had that time with her so she got the chance to feel what it was like to be loved, even if it might have been harder for her later when she knew the difference. That poor little girl.
Your channel has become one of my favorites to listen to. I watch for new videos to be posted several times daily. Thank you for covering such horrific stories. It opens everyone's eyes to what horrible people we live with in this world
My heart is broken for Sharonda. Her kind heart is bearing the burden of other peoples’ guilt. She is a beautiful person and I hope she can separate from that horrible situation some day.
Time and time again we see instances of CPS giving children to parents or foster parents who are not fit to take care of children, but in this case, Virginia was also paying the boyfriend of the mother to be her personal care assistant (PCA). To our knowledge, the boyfriend had no training and had no certifications. From what we've researched, if you qualify for a personal care assistance, the state will get you in touch with a PCA themselves, but instead of doing that they felt it fit that this mother's boyfriend received full benefits for a child he was doing unspeakable things to. This isn't just a simple "this case slipped through the cracks" situation, there were intentional decisions made by the state of Virginia.
Hug your loved ones tight.
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It's all about money for children's services.... disgraceful. Never met a social worker who I though was polite, decent or indeed,there to help.... my own local services isLeedsCity Council PLC...... $$$$$£££
It's always the saddest when a child gets to know what it's like to be loved and cared for, only to be given back to their abusers in the name of reunification, this process is BS and this poor baby could have had a great life if left with her aunt. RiP Heaven and I'm so sorry for the loss to the family members that actually loved this sweet girl:(
Yergy your hair looks great! I love it. Hugs to you all.
Virginia is a truly an awful state
🙄💀💀💰💰💰 just doing your job I see.
The fact that this child would still be alive if she’d been left with her grandmother and aunt is beyond infuriating.
Well u know CPS knows what's best
Not just alive but THRIVING. 😢
This always makes me so mad. I agree that reunification should be the goal, but if you take the kid out of the home for straight up SA?! There’s no reason she should be back with her parents. That’s not a behavior that can be untrained from the abuser.
It's KILLING ME.. BREAKS MY HEART
@@tonya4689her aunt got her to see, walk, talk, gain weight, use the bathroom, learn, all independently! she went from being wheelchair bound and incapable of being alone to being a practically normal little girl
She gave a homeless lady her $5 of candy money to "go get a house". 😭 Kids really are too pure for this world.
Very touching, angel in disguise for sure!! Made me cry.
I agree 100 % children come into this world pure and loving but go home to monsters and that changes them!! Sad
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😢😢😢my God protect our children please 🙏🏿 😢
Cps ignores the kids in danger yet swipes up the kids in a good home over petty shit.
Facts!
I swear !!
Tell It
Yep... Happened to me.😢
Me too @@vswayz490
To abuse a disabled child is insane
To abuse any child is beyond insane
To literally abuse anyone is DEMONIC point blank period. Poor baby, I know now her soul can rest peacefully ❤️ no more does she have to endure abuse in the hands of her abusers.
It's unthinkable!
Probably they were the ones who made her disable
You ain't lying.😢
“She smacked her in the face because she brought a toy in the tub” you are literally beating her for doing nothing but being a kid. Almost all kids wanna play with toys in the tub. RIP heaven I’m so sorry your caretakers were demons.
When my kids start to act selfish. My husband n I always tell them. There are so many kids that don't have any love, food, roof over there head. Toys ect. I know they don't understand rt now. But they will 1 day.
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i remember bringing so many of my toys in the tub. that is not fair to her she should’ve been allowed to be a kid and enjoy life
TOTALLY AGREE!!! 😥😥😥
@@kristinamoran19thats not a good thing to be saying. You already failed to parent🙄
C.P.S=Can’t.Protect.Shit.
I most definitely agree with your comment!!! You are absolutely right!❤❤❤
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You got that right. I'm sorry but this is why Adoption isn't always an option. This isn't my first time hearing an adopted kid get abused and CPS not staying on their shit.
Damned right
And that's in all 50 states
Disgusting. States should really be held accountable when they too fail these innocent children
Agree completely. We need major legislative reform.
Start with Michigan. Look up how they failed Calista Springer.
@@bernicegoldham1509reform is needed worldwide unfortunately
Not fair at all until we start funding it like we really care. Because we obviously don't. The same politicians keep cutting budgets for children's services and we keep voting for them.
Yes. She was fine where she was
Here's a radical idea....how about the agencies hire people who ACTUALLY LIKE CHILDREN?
Court judges too.
And stop with the BS "reunification at all cost" idea. Some people just shouldn't have custody of any helpless being.
Right? I always find it so odd when people say “don’t get attached with cases” but if somebody doesn’t keep up with these kids and makes sure they’re being treated right this ab* se will just keep happening
I don't like think the system itself like children
I don't think the system likes children
I interviewed for CPS in Hampton roads. They asked me some scenario questions and what I would do in different situations. One of the scenarios was an apartment with 3 kids. Piles of trash and feces, broken glass in the floor, dirty kids, one with a black eye, mom living with a boyfriend who isnt the father, how do I proceed. I said that the kids health and physical safety was in danger and I would want them to be seen by a doctor immediately. Apparently that was the wrong answer and I was supposed to give "mom" a week to fix the problems and go for another visit. I walked out. I thought I was at an interview for a job protecting children but clearly the rules are not made to do that.
Omg thats actually insane😢
they live in 1950 fr
i was stuck in an abusive home for years because of CPS not believing me.
Where I live it’s 3 days but I heard cps workers talk about removing kids even though the house was clean and the kids were in great care because the carpeting had stains and the fridge wasn’t perfectly clean I feel that’s soo backward and the reason they were called to do a walkthrough, was never told to the single mother who didn’t have a boyfriend or any men/ other adults living in the home
Black eye?!!!!
“Are you going to stop taking good care of me?”
Just heartbreaking. No child should think their care is conditional.
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Makes you wanna fight too right?
When a child asks if they're going to be killed..... 😥
It's like she knew. 🥺
😢disgusted 🤮
Yes she clearly had suffered before hand and remberd and new 😪😪😪😭😭😭
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:( so sad she seems so lively
Reunification shouldn't be the biggest goal. What is best for the child should be the biggest goal
Exactly!! Oh but no we have to keep families together --never mind that it can be disastrous for the poor kids!!
@@karenjoslyn4051 right just because someone gave birth to the baby doesn't give them any right to abuse the poor kids. But especially when thy are given back they think they can do whatever they want to them because clearly cps has no intention on stopping them. They just want to close cases no matter how they get it closed. Its so sad
@@Lizzie-h3j thank you for taking your job seriously and actually caring about these poor little babies.
i think it's a pendulum swung the other way type of deal. there were times when "what was in the child's best interest" was white, english speaking, christian families and children of color and especially indigenous children were taken under the guise of abuse and neglect. reunification should be a goal -- but not the only goal. each case should be approached as an individual case. what works for one may not work for another etc. it would be great if parents could get help and do the work and get their kids back and everything is happy and healthy. but that often isn't the case, and there needs to be more accountability than "i tested negative for drugs and am going to therapy."
@@_mxbird I agree 100%
Why is it that CPS is NEVER held accountable. This is devastating
prp bc they lie[or pay their way out of shit]
Too many people with a lot of money are predators and use cps to cover their tracks. The ones that really need help are often left in the dust because the elites won't ever let cps be properly investigated and revamped. It would interrupt their trafficking rings... If u go down the cps rabbit hole you'll find it's really really deep with lots of twists and turns. You'd be surprised who is involved in predatory behavior
I have seen ONE case where the CPS worker was charged, but that child was found hanging in a closet, starved, his fingernails ripped off with pliers, broken bones (both old & new) bruises, etc.. His mother & her girlfriend /wife tortured him to death. He was between 5-7 yrs old (my memory doesn't serve as well as it used to).
They should put it into LAW, that ANY child found abused, and/or DEAD because of a decision of a CPS worker to put him/her back in the home, the CPS worker would be charged with 20 YEARS (NO LESS) with no f*cking chance of parole, of prison time. I bet they'll be more careful then...
Because they are the p*do ring front. 3 letters agencies... you know.
A man bullying a child, a girl, a disabled child…… how? What type of man is that? A mother that would allow that is just as bad….
She still wanted to marry him
Really he was diabolical evil
@@jacquelinejames1444i couldn't imagine a mother giving access to her own child like that
The aunt and grandmother should get a lawyer and sue the state. So messed up. May this beautiful soul rest peacefully. So sad this baby life was taken
I grew up in an abusive household in Virginia 1998-2014. CPS had been called multiple times and did nothing. One social worker even admitted to my abuser that she BEATS HER KIDS. I wish more people would protest CPS to have better protocols / better employees.
Tell your story to people that would or wouldn't listen, just keep speaking. Connect with other people who had similar childhoods and experience with CPS. When personal issue multiple by tens and hundreds, it's not personal issue anymore. It becomes problem of the Society and something has to be done about it. I'm so sorry you had to go through that and l wish you happy and healthy life 🌹
@@violetarobic516 I 100% agree! Thank you so much!🩷🩷🩷🩷
Same but Im older born in 75 . When I was in middle school both my sister and I went to the same school . Abuse had went on for years my father was an addict and my mother very codependent and scared. My father had beat us vicously one night with a belt for no reason and left welts on our backs and legs . One day when in gym and having to change for gym class the gym teacher noticed the marks and since my sister was also in one of her other classes she put 2+2 together and called CPS . I recall them showing up to our house unexpectedly . Our house was always clean and there was always enough food - not a lot but enough . CPS took one perfunctory look around- my dad put on a good show and my mom just stayed silent . They were in and out in < 10 minutes . They accomplished nothing .
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@@violetarobic516 … I think that it’s a great idea as a former foster child myself I was abused in foster care nothing was done because too many kids are being mistreated in foster care and it’s covered up..
Oh I feel awful for Sharonda. She tried SO hard to get this baby out of a terrible situation. I hope she knows she did everything she possibly could to help Heaven. Also, rest in paradise Heaven
She would have made a truly amazing mom to Heaven. Things could have been so different - it's heartbreaking 😮
Its clear Heaven thrived under her care. It was such a bad idea to reunite her with her mom. Poor baby
@@mycatisjudgingyouit’s disgusting how often CPS fails these kids time and time again with no consequences. It’s like CPS is constantly trying to make the worst decision possible
The hosts really are two of the most thorough and empathetic people in true crime.
They really are. Since I found this channel, I've watched ALL of them. And I am trying to go back & watch the old ones. It sickens me that we live in a world where there is no shortage of these stories.
RIP little Heaven.❤
You can hear the pain in her voice sometimes and it makes it all even more real and horrible.
She cries sometimes, Yergy is a kind soul @@PriscillavdBeld
They are! Everyone else feels like a gossip channel, or a drama channel. They talk about it kinda dehumanisingly yk?
@@teratsukielizabeth543 agreed.
Virginia department of social services gave me back to my mother repeatedly. Because of that I was beaten regularly, held in the air by my neck and choked, my step dad set everything I had on fire once, he also sat on top of me and slammed my head into the wood floor over and over again. One day I came home from school and my mom handed me a book bag and told me to go live in the woods, they didn't want me anymore. I had just turned 12. So I lived in the woods or on the streets for the next 6 years. I used to be upset about it but now that I'm in my 40s I realize throwing me out probably saved my life. My mom told social services that I ran away. They never bothered to look at the police reports where mom was calling the cops every week because her husband was abusing HER. she never even called when he hit me. One time he held a knife to my throat and then beat me nearly senseless. I remember mom stepping over me to leave the kitchen. I asked her for help and she said that's what you get. Social services never believed me, refused to help me, they just locked me up as a run away every time they got their hands on me, so I had to become a runaway to protect myself. Petersburg Virginia social services sucks!
Similar experience myself down in Norfolk where this happened. They 100% don’t care about kids.
VA money and resources all go to the DC area.
God Bless You Forevermore
blessings, fellow survivor❤ may you have Peace.
So glad you made it, hope you are well.
That is so f#cked up, I'm so sorry u went thru that foreal. Its a testament to u hw u managed to get thru that I dnt know. Thank God u did, what a survivor u are, u should be so proud of urself. I hope u love urself alot. Faith will help u alot, not religion but a personal relationship with God. Big love n hugs to u 🩷🩷🙏🙏
As a disabled person who’s been through CA & been lucky enough to make it into adulthood…. We’ll fight on for you, Heaven. 💘 RIP. I am tearing up too, Yergy 🥺😿
The fact that she made so much progress so rapidly in her aunt's care is all the evidence we need to know that she was severely neglected by her mother, even without the allegations of abuse.
It's very unfortunate that her father walked away and didn’t try to get custody or intervene.
Her father was beating her before the mother was with the other man. He was abusive and she was being s* abused.
Sharronda is one of those people that truly is an ANGEL!! An amazing caregiver who really understands and cares for these kids and wants to see them healthy and succeeding. Need so many more people like her in the world.
If she lived only 6 houses down from Heaven, why wasn’t she involved in her care before she was placed with her? Why didn’t they help with her before she was placed with Sharonda? Why wasn’t the grandmother involved? They had to have seen Heaven’s condition if they lived on the same street.
@JenX_1973 that is the bigger question! But it's possible they did, but it just wasn't reported on bcz it's older and possibly minor details that would've just made the story longer. It does come off like they didn't even know she existed until they were given Heaven by the state. But then if they weren't involved in the beginning, why would they give them authority over her? I agree we need more people like Sharonda, and it's just all around sad that there are certain laws that prevent what others can do to help. Whether it was from the beginning or from the point they ended up with heaven in their care, she was amazing and I think she did her best with what she had to work with!
@@JenX_1973people live their own lives. Just because a family member lives near does not mean they are visiting their family everyday. I live next door to my sister and her family and although we talk everyday, I don’t see the kids everyday.
@@JenX_1973well the child lived with her abusive parents. I really doubt that they’d be particularly forthcoming with visits after or during their disgusting rampages on their poor daughter. Also… I feel like it definitely counts just as much that she was involved and telling CPS how big of a mistake they were making even if it didn’t make a difference. She called how badly they were hurting this child and was LEGALLY barred from helping.
She tried her best 😢
How is there not already an international child abuse and abuse offender registry!!!
Right?!!
Agreed. I mean with all these cases and all these people covering them there surely is an army. Are petitions still a thing? How can we do something about this?
Exactly what i came to comment!!!! This is crazy how many times ppl can just move to another state and continue the abuse! We have a sex offender registry.. why not a c.a. One!?!?
There is a registry for pedophiles that certain legal groups are trying to have overturned because “it’s not fair” to past offenders who can’t live a normal life because they are ostracized
There's too much profit to be made.
Nobody hates kids like child protective services
Don't be ridiculous.
In this case the child parents hated the child more. You are a strange thing.
@@cindyalmeida7763 child protective services let that happen to the poor kid, did you watch the video? And do not call me a thing wtf
@@jameshw9751reality isn’t ridiculous
@@luismcloud7860 It's not reality. There are a ton of people in CPS who care about kids to the point that they've made their whole working life about helping children who are in dangerous situations. You never hear about the thousands of children whose lives were saved simply because someone at CPS did care.
This story broke me ! The protective services workers should also get prison sentences. The worker who decided to let her go back need to go to prison too!
YEP! I just said that in an earlier comment.
It's time to hold courts and CPS accountable.
What about the sheriff's department s and police departments who are being paid off and looking the other way?
"she loved jazz and halls cough drops," kids are so funny lol. Sweet girl.
I'm a Ricola girl, but I feel her.
I do a lot of talking at my job all week and love me a good ol Ricola or menthol cough drop 😂
Proof that her aunties loved her enough to know that little detail... 110% sure that her "mother" had no idea
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@@TheMiseryMachine Riiiiiicolaaaaaa 😂🤣
It's always CPS isn't it. Nine times out of ten, CPS is the reason these children end up in a bad situation when they need all the help they can get. What I would never understand though is even if doctors and schools report the abuse, CPS still turned their nose up. That one will always mind boggle me.
Exactly and they don’t even separate the abusive caretakers?? It’s always when somebody takes care of the child 10x better than the original caretakers the child get separated from them right? Somebody needs to check cps and do a background checks
It’s like they almost always do exactly the opposite of what they should to keep the children safe! Or they take children from families who don’t deserve it. I don’t get it!
@@moonbabe612 exactly!!! And they say they protect children but even homeless people do a better job.
exactly, i reported my mother many times for child abuse and had proof of bruises but they took her side because im mentally ill due to my mother ignoring my issues as a young child and blaming it on me not being a good christian.
Yeah, ONE could be a disgruntled /envious person
BUT THREE DIFFERENT UNRELATED SOURCES!?
After adopting two children here in the UK, I can hand on heart say that the majority of social workers we met couldn't find their backside in the dark.
I really hate CPS they need to be investigated and dismantled!!
I was taken away in Ramsey County at 1 year old. From my parents who were addicts and alcoholics. My father would SELL my sibling and I for se*. I was put into a loving foster home where I was in the process of being adopted by my foster moms daughter. But at 5 I was put back with my mother. She had gone through treatment and apparently was deemed "fit" to care for me. I was severely neglected in her care. She married and he was very abusive. There was no check up or anything from the state. Minnesota, just like other states sucks! That was 35 years ago and it is still happening! Something need to change!
I am so sorry this happened to you. 💔😞
@mothergingah1319 thank you! I have used my trials to be better..I am trying to write a book and help people. 😊
@@reginamoran1444Awesome! Go for it!💪
I too am extremely sorry that you were failed by the system (people) God bless you
Wow I live here in mn stpaul your not lying alot is happening
That poor aunt! She really has no blame in this! So many others failed this child! RIH!
The aunt(mother's sister ) kept half the pca money
@@sandraspengler4740and heaven was still taken care of & thriving 🤷🏾🤷🏾🤷🏾
@@sandraspengler4740 never once did they mention the sister that kept half the money Sharonda, not once..
"Trying to choke her mother" I think that's what is known as a CLUE.
As a kid I spent years begging social workers and therapist to help me, they’d always start the sessions by saying “if I had a magic wand and I could change anything, what would you want me to change?” And without fail for years I would reply “take me away”. I was getting emotionally, physically and sexually abused and they would just sit there and do nothing. There were times I considered ending myself or debating ending my abusers and wondering if I would get in trouble or if they would take pity on me. Eventually I grew up and got away but I despise every single last adult who didn’t help me as I sat there broken and begging
I'm so sorry you went through hell. 😪
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Nobody deserves to be treated like that 😔
So sad anyone goes through this. I’m so sorry
I always wonder why a child’s life is only worth 25 or 30 years? That poor baby could have lived a happy 70 years or more.
That doesn’t include the happiness that she could have given to others.
A lot of the time children in such a fiasco don’t even manage to make it to 20 years or even 10 years!!😢
He only got 25 and will be out in less than 12. He killed that child. He should never come out!
This couple doesn't deserve a release date😢
Me in my teens: disgusting. Let the justice system sort it out. I hope the government sorts itself out.
Me 20 years later: keep the government out of this they failed. These people don't deserve a trial.
In certain horrible cases the jury should be like a large realtime vote. Like in the Phoenix Wright games. Since the court system in that world was corrupt and lawyers were faking evidence they decided to try something else, let the people be the jury and judge the accused.
It would be worse if we didn't have a justice system
The justice system concept is okay and it's needed. But people working in it are corrupted and no one can deny this. One can literally buy "justice". It's so sad that there many more cases like this we don't know about.
@@Infamous41I doubt it could be worse than our 'Just Us' system is NOW!
On top of that, we'd also be able to put on trial those in Congress guilty of insider trading, etc... All the things that regular ppl would be in prison serving time.
You don't believe in due process and the constitution?
I hope her aunt knows that just because she feels that guilt and feels like she made things worse, she didn’t. She was the best part of Heaven’s life and she taught her what love is. Every child deserves love and she got to experience that because of her aunt and grandma. Otherwise she never would’ve known what it felt like. I still can’t imagine how haunting this is for them, but it makes my heart hurt knowing that they’re feeling guilty when it should be the monsters who killed her feeling that way.
All these cases kill me, but this one broke me even more with how much her grandma and aunt loved and how hard they tried to keep her safe.
HOW DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING?! Why aren’t we doing anything?! Why aren’t we doing anything to stop this?!!!
911 what’s your emergency?
Uhhh..my monthly check is non responsive..
OMG..... Yes!
You nailed it.
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Disgusting 🤮
Its very sad and sick...but very much a reality for a lot of kids
- Sorry, we cant do anything
- Will I get this month check tho?
Absolutely 💯 a very sick system indeed 😢💔
12 minutes in and I was crying for this little girl. Then, I felt rage at the state of Virginia. They are 100% responsible for this death. The blood is on their hands. VA CPS should also be held accountable.
Heavens auntie is a warrior, you did everything you could for your niece, we need more people like you. Hugs❤
Hella selfish to take her away from a safe home, just to let a grown man beat her.
A child who only a short while back didnt know how to use the toilet and didnt even know how to walk, somehow still knew what it meant to be scared for her life, and and knew what it meant, that someone wanted to take her life. That is so messed up. Just really really sad..
Maaaan, this one got to me. Obviously any child being abused is awful but this poor girl, not only disabled but probably not understanding why she was taken away from people that actually loved and cared for her.
As someone who’s personally seen children being put back into abusive homes with drug addicted parents, CPS really needs to get their shit together. I’m so tired of hearing the “reunification” bs. The priority should be a healthy happy child, full stop!
RIP, Heaven 💜🩷
Some cps workers are abusive themselves
It's amazing how many people from the community show up after a child dies... What if CA cases were made public? Would that save more children? Having a community keep an eye on bad parents and helping children by knowing they are at risk of danger, honestly would help people report changes earlier and may save a child or two...
I know where you’re coming from!! We should have knowledge in a police department that lets people know what’s happening and cps should be out there and I think that would make a difference!!👍🏻
Neighbors make reports and are ignored just like the family is.
CPS and family courts are more concerned about the parent than the children. I believe if a child flourishing in a persons care. Leave them there rather than bouncing them around. Especially to an unstable unemployed parent.
I wish there was CA registry like there is for sex offenders. This would prevent so many people from getting custody of children, becoming care providers, or foster parents. It could potentially prevent people from taking care of the elderly as well.
California CPS needs to be investigated. They harass innocent families and fail the children who truly need to be removed. They make fostering nearly impossible. I 1000% think they pick kids to sell "adopt" out. The things I have witnessed are truly disturbing. I have contacted the headquarters for the state, and I was directed to contact the county office where I had my complaints. How many families have to be torn apart before CPS is held accountable?!?
It drives me bonkers when parents are fucking crazy and abusive while distant relatives are polar opposites and very capable of caring for another person.
Reunification being the main DSS goal is such a huge problem! We took in my nieces baby when she was born with many drugs in her system and our case worker begged us to get a lawyer for custody. She said they’ll definitely give her to my niece even with it being proven she was still on meth. I’m so thankful for that caseworker caring so much for the baby! We now have full, legal custody and are in the adoption process ❤
Why can’t we just prioritise children here in the west? Is that too much to ask? We pay enough taxes, we need to demand that the social services/cps system be ripped apart and reconstructed until it actually works.
Because the people who hold the power earn money from human trafficking.
The System is Worthless
Yesss... I didn't think they were thatvsorry until I started watch this channel.
The system works exactly as it is designed to do. RIP Heaven.
@@johrathbun
I believe that too, this can't just be chalked up to incompetence.
Same with all the other government agencies and branches, it's by design
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THE SYSTEM IS EVIL!!!!! THEY DONT CARE AT ALL!! THEY ARE DEMONS
These parents are worthless 😢
CPS and the Guardian Ad Litem, have blood on their hands! This poor Aunt who did everything she could to save her niece and it all was ignored! Horrible case! This precious child who endured brutal treatment. There is a special place in hell for these 2 murderers and whoever has blood on their hands! This is heartbreaking! When is CPS going to be held accountable?! 🙏💔😭🙏
Sheronda and Heaven's Grandmother did everything they could but they were dealing with a broken F"d up system which should be held responsible. I know Sheronda feels guilty but she really shouldn't. We need more people like her. It just goes to show what a good person she is. She did nothing but help Heaven and to show her that there is some decency in the world by showing her kindness and no cruelty. 🌹Rest in Peace Little One 🌹
Sheronda did all she could do. The courts tie your hands when the child has living parents. CPS is such a joke. Have they not figured out that not everybody is meant to have kids? God bless Sheronda and grandma for showing Heaven real love before she left this earth. RIP little Heaven 🕊️🕊️🕊️
Thank you both for the care and consideration that you guys take when telling these victims stories. Hate that these stories even have to be told but they deserve every bit of justice and to not be forgotten🙏❤
I can't understand why the state takes children out of an unsafe environment and give them to foster parents/family where they thrive and then give them back to the monsters again. RIP
It seems like it is a common pattern, unfortunately.
I think it’s out of laziness on the state’s end. The legal guardian and parents would have to make court visits for custody of a child or children. Maybe the state is too lazy to go through the process and just decides to idiotically return children to their parents. Another one (which I believe) is that they just don’t give a damn.
As a former foster child, I can confidently say that most foster parents aren’t any better
@@Jigglexphysics I’m sorry you went through that. I’ve heard many horror stories about foster care. Seems like they like to give children to predators.
@@Jigglexphysics I am sorry to hear that, I really hope that your life is a lot better now. Stay Safe
Bless her aunt!! That lady gave this sweet child a chance
These cases with cps make me sick! Back in 2007 my husband died 28days after our wedding. Leaving me alone with our 18month old daughter. We ended up moving in with my parents for a bit until we found a new place to live. At that time I went to the local small town bar every night,I used to work there,everyone there was friends with my husband and I so i found some peace being around them. Id put my daughter to bed every night then I'd go 2 miles down the road to the bar,while my mom and dad were home with my sleeping daughter. Well someone that I had issues with reported me to CPS for neglect.(they admitted it) They were truly going to take my daughter away. I had my deceased husbands parents go to CPS with me defending me thats what stopped them. Since when is it a crime to go out while you're children are being watched by their grandparents🤔 most nights i didnt drink at all,just hung out & played pool. Yet these vile parents get caught over and over actually being abusive & they leave these poor helpless children in their care🙄
Makes you want to sue the person who is slandering your good name or maybe even a little street justice!! I can't stand people like you are describing. They just like to ruin everything just because they are miserable.
That person is so vile, I hope you sue or something.
Auntie, you did the best you could for Heaven. I'm sorry CPS failed her and you.
Her poor auntie too... I cannot even imagine the grief and pain. And guilt she lives with, but this is NOT HER FAULT. May little Heaven RIH 💛💛💛
My gosh! This story just goes from bad to worse! This poor little girl hardly ever had any happy or healthy moments outside of those with her aunt. The fact that a child that young has a serious concern of being killed is absolutely mind blowing! Our system is fundamentally broken! Reunification hardly ever works yet most states push it and shouldn't! Kids are removed for a reason, yet those reasons are consistently overlooked. An abusive parent has more rights than our most precious and vulnerable, our children. That is a fundamental break that should NEVER exist, yet its the norm in most states! How do we keep repeating those patterns that have already been well established that they don't work?! Will it take dozens of children of influential and high profile people to die to bring attention to these ongoing issues? When will enough be enough?!
Sadly you will soon find out what happens to the rich and wealthier children…
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@@alyciamarie4163They become the abusers or ignorant people in power?
I was taken from my mother just because I refused to go to school because of bullying. I was abused in foster care for nearly a decade. I would have been happier with my mother.
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Sharronda, you gave that little girl all the love in the world. Do not feel guilty for Heaven and God smiles upon you. God Bless you for your love and empathy. Fly high Heaven... I am so sorry for your experience in this world. Love to you little one. Fly high little angel named Heaven. I am so so sorry this happened to you little one.
Once again CPS failed another child 😢😢😢
That baby had her Mom's whole face. How could they? How could anyone?😢
As someone living in Minnesota, I'm ashamed to know that even my own state fails children (i.e. CPS ). CPS isn't doing anyone any favors from what I'm seeing, and what I have seen. It makes my blood boil!
I agree !! Harmony Montgomery went missing in my state of NH, it sickens me!
They are all in it together with this evilness
I live in Minnesota also and once my ex called CPS because my son had contacted lice at school. I immediately took care of it and CPS contacted the school and found out it had been spread throughout my son's class and many of the children had gotten it.
It turned out that one family was living in a filthy house and the parents were not taking care of the children correctly.
That family moved away so I don't know what happened with the children after that.
Ugh!!! People need to grow up and stop calling CPS when they don’t need to or as a form of revenge. That’s why they end up lacking in every other case because they’re investigating cases that don’t need to be investigated.
@@tanyabertholdt7483 agreed. I also feel if you keep calling and its proven everything is ok, like a Karen calling bc the neighbor kids are loud, you should be fined as well as arrested. Nuisance calls should be flagged. People wasting time when there is a real child in need should be prosecuted. Like stop calling for kids being kids, call for the kids with bruises and whose being starved.
Wow, this one really got me. 😔
There are so many struggling parents doing their best out there who would give nearly anything for their child just to have an aunt like this, in a neighborhood where people would go out of their way to contact the aunt for them like that too (making sure the child is getting help if there is an emergency, etc.).
So many broke single parents are out there banging on doors begging for help, all while this amazing aunt is being ignored as she bangs on the door just begging to be allowed to help!!
That gorgeous smile. Heartbreaking 😢
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You have to be some kinda special to hurt a child but when a child is handicapped and you hurt them, well that puts you in a whole nother category. Unbelievable what is walking this earth.😢
Shame on you CPS
I really don’t know how the two hosts of this show go through these stories so frequently. I have a strong stomach and mind and these stories about children break me every single time. Hats off to you two for bringing the darkest stories to light. Reminds parents like myself to be ever vigilant
One day the CPS agents need to be held accountable for their decisions!!!!
I have a special-needs daughter that is a heart transplant recipient. She is deaf and has autism. She is mentally like a four-year-old but she’s about to turn 12. That child is my everything and if anybody ever touched her, I would probably end up in jail for murder. Don’t let anybody touch their child especially one who is special needs.
Im the mother of a disabled child. She was born with cerebral palsy and later developed epilepsy. A special needs child needs a lot of extra care, and the parents (caregiver)need patience. My heart is breaking for this child and the ones who truly LOVED her. CPS and her mother failed her miserably. I know they are overworked, but for a child its life or in Heaven's case, death. Everyone tried to tell them that she needed to be with her aunt and grandmother . Did anyone ever ask Heaven? Couldn't they SEE the signs of regression? I hope that birth giver(she's not worthy to be called a mother) and her boyfriend think about her every single day. Her last days. I feel like the caseworkers should have been fired and charged with some sort of neglect. Things really need to change.
What's sooo crazy about this world is that the people that take care of their children have it the hardest.... but the people that don't take care of their children get a pat on the back so sad.... RIP baby...
CPS did the same thing to me with my eldest daughter. They didn’t like me because I put up a fuss and they purposely would sabotage me. They gave my daughter to a homeless drug addict who dropped her off at my house three months after he got full custody from them. That was 13 years ago and I’ve had her ever since, but he still has full custody of her. He just got out of prison and rehab, and hasn’t seen her in years. They make the best decisions. 😒
i don't usually comment here, but this hit close to home as I live in Virginia as well, I also have autism.
I've never been so hurt hearing that CPS refused to do anything, and to see my state do nothing is absolutely vile. They tried taking away my cousin from my mom because he fell on some steps, yet they didn't do any reports or check in on her? Absolutely vile. I hope and pray that Heaven's aunt heals, and I wish that her soul is in peace, with pink and purple flowers everywhere she goes. Rest in Paradise, Heaven.
Can I just say that I appreciate that you guys show emotion. I am very emotional and the fact some people can do these stories, even with the emotion is very important! You guys are awesome!
I’m sick to my stomach hearing everything this little girl went through. This is just so sad.
The incompetence of CPS is unbelievable and criminal.
I wish nothing but peacefulness for the Auntie's tormented heart.. Congrats to hosts for such amazing narrative full of humanity and respect. Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱
Why don’t CPS ever watch what happens when they start sending these poor kids back to their bad parents. It makes me beyond angry
She was a little miracle, being born so early and so tiny. It breaks my heart that it ended this way. Rest with the angels sweet Heaven ❤
Awful, absolutely awful. Poor Heaven. My heart goes out to her Aunt Sheronda; that lady is amazing, and went above and beyond to love and care for Heaven. When legislation undermines the best care for any child, that is shameful.
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How does 20 years get suspended off their sentence?? That's crazy.
Just in time for my afternoon chores. Thank you both for your continued work, spreading awareness and honoring victims ❤
Our Entire CPS and legal system needs a Complete Overhaul!!
This is out of control!!
I wish the Aunt was given custody😢
HEAVEN, I'M SO SORRY BABY GIRL🌹PLEASE STOP HURTING CHILDREN😡
I hate that anyone would ever regret showing love, kindness and patience to anyone, especially to a child who never knew it. A hero should never be a victim and that's what they did to her aunt. There has to be some racism in this one because who would pick two monsters over a literal doctor and childcare provider that comes with a large supportive family??? Baby girl never stood a chance, the system didn't care if she lived or not.
How does this crap happen, but good families can't adopt because the cost is too high. Providing for a child is rarely an upfront cost, but adoption demands 13k immediately.
Family reunification always being a goal is bs. Some people don’t deserve to regain their children. Just awful
Heartbreaking. 😢 Thank you for always being so supportive of the innocent kids
You both do these children justice just by telling their stories. They live on in all of hearts ❤ It's beyond words that there are actually people out there that can and have done such heinous acts towards these children.
As a person who was taken from there abusive birth mother as an infant. My adoptive parents tried to go get custody of me from the court and I was placed back in my birth mothers care I was about a year and a half when another relative took me from my mother again and gave my back to my adoptive parents. My adoptive parents said they would never let her get me back. I was never legally adopted. I am so thankful they never allowed this to happen to me.
This is Absolutely Horrible. Poor Little Angel. I feel bad for the Relatives that loved her and tried to help her but couldn’t help her stay away from these Monsters. So Sad😭😡🥀
If they would have left Heaven with her aunt and grandma she would have been alive. CPS doesn't want what's best they want what's easiest for them to do. I'm sure she does want her daughter back, she's missing that check. Two more sick deranged poor excuse oxygen taker's have done it again. Rip little angel
Drewby and Yergy, you two are literally my favorite true crime channel on this platform! I love what y'all do for the innocent people who don't have a voice. Keep telling their stories so they may never be forgotten! Also, agencies around the world that are supposed to be delegated to protect children should be completely redone. They should have more authority and way more compassion! Anywho, I love you guys and love everything you do on this platform! Keep doing you and have a very very beautiful day!!
This infuriates me so much I'm crying! CPS completely failed this baby. Dropped the ball on all sides. If you want reunification, make sure things are actually better in the home environment for the sake of the child or children. If they cared enough to see how the child had done a damn near 360 in all aspects of her life while under the care of her aunt and grandmother, why take that from her without making sure the natural parents could provide the same and more? When they saw her behavior and physical appearance moving backwards, they should have put her back with her aunt. Instead, they got irritated at the fact the aunt was showing concern and trying to make them do their job. I pray this baby's soul is experiencing the peace she couldn't get while she was here.
I feel so bad for her aunt. I am glad Heaven had that time with her so she got the chance to feel what it was like to be loved, even if it might have been harder for her later when she knew the difference. That poor little girl.
Your channel has become one of my favorites to listen to. I watch for new videos to be posted several times daily. Thank you for covering such horrific stories. It opens everyone's eyes to what horrible people we live with in this world
My heart is broken for Sharonda. Her kind heart is bearing the burden of other peoples’ guilt. She is a beautiful person and I hope she can separate from that horrible situation some day.