True Crime Time For January 20, 2026 | Murders, Child Abuse, Overdose Laws & Global Crimes

Summary

Real Life Real Crime: True Crime Time for January 20, 2026

Hosted by Woody Overton & Cindy Overton
Episode Theme:
A hard-hitting, emotionally charged true crime rundown, covering recent case developments, harrowing child abuse cases, murder investigations, justice advocacy, and some lighter moments involving law enforcement responses to wage theft.

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Episode Overview

Woody and Cindy Overton deliver a rapid-fire, emotionally resonant roundup of real crime stories from the US and abroad, deeply personalizing each case with background commentary and advocacy for victims. The episode traverses a range of true crime topics, including murder, overdose laws, horrifying child abuse, animal cruelty, and even labor disputes. The hosts’ banter provides occasional levity to balance the dark cases covered.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Vernon Parish Cold Case Updates & Overdose Laws (02:03)

• Woody shares recent developments from the Vernon Parish cold cases (specifically referencing “Bradley’s case”). Law enforcement's active work is highlighted:

  "I know for a fact that law enforcement there is actively working the case, at least Bradley’s case, and talking to people, et cetera." —Woody [02:18]

• Discussion of Louisiana’s homicide-by-drug-distribution law:
  Woody recounts applying the law in 2005 to charge a drug dealer with second-degree murder after teenage overdose deaths. He emphasizes that even if a death is ruled an overdose, investigators are obligated to seek out those supplying drugs:

  "Even if it was an overdose, then she had to get the dope from someone." —Woody [03:25]

• GoFundMe for Evidence Room: Cindy and Woody promote a fundraising campaign to hire forensic experts, striving for closure in another case (“Haley”):

  “We’re over 30% to the $10,000 we need to get them started to do the reconstruction...” —Woody [04:35]
  “If you can give something, a dollar—it doesn’t matter.” —Cindy [05:10]

• Advocacy for ongoing cases (Haley, Barbara Blunt, Bradley): Taglines like “#JusticeForHaley”, “#JusticeForBradley” underscore their commitment.

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2. Crime Flashback: The Dutton Murders (Oklahoma, 2023) (05:53)

• On January 20, 2023, Lucas Walker and a minor were discovered living in the Duttons’ home after allegedly murdering the homeowners and burying them in the backyard. Walker was charged with first-degree murder.

  “Walker and the minor allegedly entered the home, killed the Duttons, buried them, and then they decided to live there.” —Woody [06:19]

• This marks a new “on this day” flashback segment for the show.

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3. Florida Triple Homicide: Tourists Killed by Neighbor (07:02)

• Story: Amaze Yehad Bowie, 29, is accused of shooting three tourists stranded at a rental after vehicle trouble in Kissimmee. Sheriff described Bowie as a “frequent flyer” with the sheriff’s office and a community threat.
• Mental Health Factor: Bowie was acquitted in a previous 2021 shooting by reason of insanity.

  “It was cold blooded, it was premeditated. There were absolutely no issues… just random.” —Sheriff Blackman, relayed by Woody [08:02] “I guess he got off his medication.” —Cindy [09:45]

• The hosts side-discuss the dangers for neighborhoods with Airbnb-type turnovers.

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4. Animal Cruelty: Abandoned Injured Dog in Yonkers, NY (10:38)

• Frankie, a mixed-breed dog, was found with a severe, infected throat wound. There’s a $1,000 reward for info leading to an arrest.

  “Shame on that idiot for making you even do this story.” —Woody [13:59]

• Surveillance captured the abandonment; Frankie’s recovery and pending adoption highlighted as a bright spot.

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5. Horrific Child Abuse Case: Florida (14:06)

• Johanna Bear Delgado charged after her 7-month-old was found with multiple healing fractures. Delgado tried to blame a babysitter and tampered with a witness (added to her charges).

  "She denied abusing her son and claimed the injuries happened while the baby was with a babysitter." —Woody [15:15]
  “Just stick with the same story.” —Woody, mocking Delgado’s coaching of babysitter [23:11]

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6. International Child Murder: Stepmother Convicted in Ireland (24:46)

• Tegan McGee sentenced to life for murder of 4-year-old Mason O’Connell Conway, with the boy’s father also jailed for neglect. Details of systematic abuse described:

  “He [Mason] spent four days locked in his room before his stepmother shook him and slammed his head against the floor.” —Cindy [27:56] “Comes to tears.” —Woody, after recounting pathologist’s findings [28:42]

• Cindy reads a heart-wrenching victim impact statement from the child’s mother, highlighting the family’s grief and the child’s kind nature.

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7. Law Enforcement Spotlight: Wage Theft at Georgia IHOP (32:43)

• Sheriff Richard Coleman responds to distressed employees reporting 80+ unpaid work hours, initiates an investigation, and confronts the franchise owner.

  “To sit here and labor people day after day...and not receive a paycheck, you’ve lost your ever loving mind.” —Sheriff Coleman (via Woody) [36:02]

• Discussion on how officers sometimes use minor authority and publicity to push for worker justice. The restaurant was also operating with an expired business license.

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8. Extreme Child Abuse & Murder Cases (40:58)

Multiple, increasingly grim cases of child abuse and fatal neglect are briefly covered in rapid succession:

a) Starvation in Connecticut

• 11-year-old Jacqueline’s body found with only a single blueberry in her stomach. Her mother and boyfriend are charged with murder by starvation and ongoing abuse.

  “The baby had one blueberry in her stomach.” —Woody [43:25] “…the girl was bad, she didn’t listen, she did not respect them…” —Cindy, on mother’s defense [45:47]

b) Infant Death in Ohio: Death by Microwave

• Four-week-old Paris was murdered by her mother, China Arnold, who placed her in a microwave oven after an argument about paternity.

  “…put her inside the microwave and switched it on after a dispute with her boyfriend about the baby’s paternity.” —Woody [48:23] “Medical professionals concluded Paris died from injuries sustained from extreme overheating…for over two minutes.” —Woody [49:27]

• Woody delivers a nightmarishly graphic commentary on the punishment he’d prescribe for the murderer, underscoring his rage at the inhumanity described.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Investigative Advocacy:
  “I’m not talking…because this case is at that point and this is exactly where we wanted to be.” —Woody [03:45]

• On Laws about Drug Overdose Deaths:
  “Even if it was an overdose, then she had to get the dope from someone.” —Woody [03:30]

• On Child Abuse:
  “Bad mama, according to the affidavit.” —Woody [23:21]

• On the Irish Case:
  “He spent four days locked in his room before his stepmother shook him and slammed his head against the floor.” —Cindy [27:56] “Tears.” —Woody [28:42]

• On Wage Theft at IHOP:
  “You’ve lost your ever loving mind.” —Sheriff Coleman (as recounted by Woody) [36:02]

• On Animal Neglect:
  “Doubly shame on this one I’m about to bless you with, foreign matters…” —Woody, on animal cruelty transitioning to a child abuse story [14:06]

• On Reporting Harrowing Cases:
  “I don’t have anything else to say today. Now you depress me. And I love you.” —Woody [54:28]
  “Well, don’t send me these stories.” —Cindy [54:30]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [02:03] Vernon Parish cold case update & overdose law discussion
• [05:53] “On this day” murder: Duttons in Oklahoma
• [07:02] Florida rental home triple homicide (tourists)
• [10:41] New York dog abandonment & reward offer
• [14:32] Florida 7-month-old child abuse case
• [24:46] International: Ireland stepmother convicted for child murder
• [32:43] Sheriff intervenes in unpaid wages at IHOP, Georgia
• [41:24] Connecticut 11-year-old starved to death (single blueberry case)
• [48:23] Ohio infant killed in microwave

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Tone & Style Notes

• Conversational, occasionally darkly humorous, often outraged
• Heavy use of advocacy and direct emotional engagement
• Blunt, sometimes graphic descriptions
• Quick-witted banter, occasional comic relief (e.g., IHOP burger trivia)
• Deep empathy for victims, anger toward abusers

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Summary

This episode of Real Life Real Crime: True Crime Time For January 20, 2026 underscores the grim realities of crime, societal failures, and the tenacity of law enforcement and advocates. Woody and Cindy Overton’s storytelling blends investigatory insight, fierce advocacy for victims, and unflinching confrontations with humanity’s darkest deeds. Despite the heaviness, the hosts offer moments of humor and humanity, affirming their dedication to “uncovering the truth behind real-life crime.”

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Transcript

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[Woody Overton]

Hello, everybody. Welcome to this episode of True crime time for Tuesday, January 20, 2026. And I'm Woody Overton.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm Cindy Overton.

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[Woody Overton]

Back in the studio. And it's a little bit chilly, but it's all good, right?

[Cindy Overton]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

All right.

[Cindy Overton]

Freezing.

[Woody Overton]

So I missed the Martin Luther King birthday or. Or holiday show yesterday and. But I'm back in today and another busy week for us. The Vernon Parish stuff. Very interesting, y'. All. Lots of developments. And I'll tell you this, that I know for a fact, and we were there the for say, where four days in and out and the things are moving. I'll tell you this. I know for a fact that law, the law enforcement there is actively working the case, at least Bradley's case, and talking to people, et cetera. Now, let me say this also because it came to me at 3 o' clock this morning. I hadn't even told you this. So Sheriff Sam Kraft is very adamant that Austin's Death is an overdose, right? Well, guess what? There's a law in the state of Louisiana. Because I remember way back when in like 2005, we used it for the first time when there's three boys that overdosed and died in the truck from OxyContins. They were, they were all teenagers. And we found out the drug dealer that sold it to him and charged him with second degree murder. And people have started doing that since. So guess what? Even if it was an overdose, then she had to get the dope from someone.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And we, you know, Gordon Cloud said that he tried to give her dope that night and she wouldn't take it, etc. So maybe that's an angle they can look at it. It's still, it's still technically a homicide, right?

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

All right, so y' all keep calling your tips. Three. One, three RLRC tip. And the. I'm going to continue to be in silent mode because I can't say what anything that's going to mess up the investigation. I'm not talking with Morgan Baggott. I'm not doing the. Whatever. It's. It's because this case is at that point and this exactly where we wanted to be. Secondly, the. Ms. Barbara Johnson, we came out on last Friday's episode with the GoFundMe page she set up to hire the evidence room.

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[Woody Overton]

And I don't know why GoFundMe then wants you to list who the expert is that you're raising the money for. But I checked, last time I checked, it was over $3,000.

[Cindy Overton]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

So we're over 30% to the weight of the $10,000. We need to get them started to do the reconstruction, etc. In the thing. They may come back and say it was physically impossible for her to shoot herself.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And be enough.

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[Woody Overton]

Or they may come back and say we can't prove anything one way or another. But Ms. Barbara wanted one of that, wants that avenue explored. And we certainly use our platform to try to raise money for her to get that done. And she's in control. All that. But send all our links. Do you have the link?

[Cindy Overton]

Well, it's a long. It's a long link. It's in the. It's in the show note. I read it out yesterday. Anyone that wanted to go through it.

[Woody Overton]

It'S in the show notes. It's on all our social media. If you can give something a dollar and it doesn't matter and you know, you can remain anonymous or, or whatever, but we'd like to get there so we can try to get some closure or continue to advance. Hashtag just for Haley. But as always, hashtag just ra has like just for Bradley. Hashtag justin. Ms. Barbara Blunt, please continue to call on your tips and we just continue to do what we do.

[Cindy Overton]

Absolutely.

[Woody Overton]

All right, let's roll some true crime time for this Tuesday, January 20th. And let me tell you about back in 2023. On January 20th, Lucas Walker and a minor were discovered in a home in Washington County, Oklahoma, after the police were investigating the disappearance of the homeowners. The homeowners, Larry and Deborah Dutton, were last seen on December 19th of 2022. Walker and the miner allegedly entered the home, killed the Duttons, buried them and then they decided to live there. Oh, they occupied their home all the way up until law enforcement officers discovered Walker. Walker has been charged with first degree murder. So that happened on this day, January 20th. And that was in 20. Back in 2023. We'll start giving y' all a daily, if you will, what happened on this day.

[Cindy Overton]

Right.

[Woody Overton]

Interesting facts.

[Cindy Overton]

Right.

[Woody Overton]

And before we get started, I'm going to jump you. All right, y'.

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[Woody Overton]

So we're going to go out to Florida and A Florida man is accused of shooting and killing three tourists stranded at a rental home on Saturday in what the sheriff described as a horrific and senseless act of violence. Amaze. Yehad Bowie, 29, was arrested in connection with the murders of three men who were staying at a property next door to his home in Kissimmee. That's where I used to live. That's according to Seattle Osceola County Sheriff Christopher Blackman. He said it was cold blooded, it was premeditated. There were absolutely no issues. There was no conflict between these people. This was just random. And this happened to be the person who lived next door. So deputies get a call and they responded around 12:13pm Saturday to to a shooting at a subdivision near Kissimmee and discovered the bodies of three adult males in the front of the rental home. All three men suffered apparent gunshot wounds and Sheriff Blackman said the three victims were stuck at the rental home after having vehicle trouble and extend their stay for one day to wait for service. Two of the victims have been identified as Robert Lewis Kraft, 69, of Holland, Michigan, and his brother Douglas Joseph Kraft, 68, of Columbus, Ohio. The third victim was identified as James Pouton, 68, also from Ohio. And it's according to Fox 35 Orlando deputies found Bohe inside his home next door about an hour later and he was arrested on three counts of premeditated murder and one count of resistant arrest without violence. And according to jail records, the sheriff says Bowie is. He describes him as a frequent flyer to the sheriff's office. He said, I could tell you he was a threat to that neighborhood all the time. Now, Bowie was arrested in 2021 after being accused of shooting at a person in random cars in a Kissimmee gas station parking lot. And the court records show he was later acquitted by reason of insanity.

[Cindy Overton]

Oh, right. The.

[Woody Overton]

He's booked into the county jail for the triple murder and is being held without bond. The sheriff says investigation is ongoing.

[Cindy Overton]

I guess he got off his medication.

[Woody Overton]

I guess so. I mean, for him to get. I'm sure this bed and breakfast had a ring ham or whatever, right? It didn't take him long to solve it, that's for sure. Or maybe they just figured we better check the temperature on this fruit and flyer.

[Cindy Overton]

Flyer that lives next door?

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. For real.

[Cindy Overton]

I've often wondered how people feel about, like, their neighborhood with Airbnbs and people coming in and out and a lot.

[Woody Overton]

Of people, a lot of neighborhoods have it.

[Cindy Overton]

You can't do it. And the homeowners restrictions.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, that makes sense. And goodness. Obviously the homeowners didn't know that they had a frequent flyer living next door.

[Woody Overton]

Well, the Airbnb owners, you mean?

[Cindy Overton]

Yes. What I mean, yeah. Okay.

[Woody Overton]

Beast mode.

[Cindy Overton]

So we are going to New York State.

[Woody Overton]

All right.

[Cindy Overton]

And there's been a $1,000 reward offered to help identify a person responsible for abandoning a dog that had a severe cut on its throat. So the spca, Westchester's Humane Law Enforcement Unit, which is also known as hle, under the direction of Ernest Lingaro and in a point investigation with the Yonkers Police Department Detective Division, is asking for the public's help in identifying a dog and the person who abandoned him. And to get the public's help, they are offering a $101,000 reward, and that's being paid for by the New York State Humane Association. And so they're asking people with any information about this, you know, to come forward. And if that information leads to the conviction of the person responsible, of course they will get the Reward.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Cindy Overton]

On November 21st of 2025, a one year old tan mixed breed who has since been named as Frankie was captured on camera just before he was dumped at 44 Sawmill River Road in Yonkers, which was near Oakland Cemetery. And there's a video, and it shows an individual dressed in black, wearing gloves with white sneakers. And that person can be seen walking Frankie along a black metal fence. Frankie is on a leash and walks at a relatively slow pace, turning several times to look at the person walking alongside him.

[Woody Overton]

Right. Just looking up to see they need to heal and turn when they turn.

[Cindy Overton]

Right. So as a trained dog, don't you think they're doing that?

[Woody Overton]

Yeah.

[Cindy Overton]

So Frankie was rushed to a local veterinary hospital with a deep infected and painful laceration to his neck and throat, largely exposing underlying tissue. His injuries required a two hour emergency surgery.

[Woody Overton]

Wow.

[Cindy Overton]

Without the proper veterinary care, this sweet dog would have obviously succumbed to its injuries, said Shannon Lakoff of the SPCA Westchester's chief executive officer. She goes on to say sadly, Frankie also appeared to be neglected as he was extremely underweight. So Lisa Bonanno Spence, director of development at SPCA Westchester, provided an update on how Frankie has been doing in the months since he was rescued from this ordeal. And I'm gratefully he's doing well and he will. He's going up for adoption shortly and but they still are hoping to identify this person. And so it goes on to say that lots of different information about how there's a law and all of that.

[Woody Overton]

But they don't have any idea.

[Cindy Overton]

No.

[Woody Overton]

And and shame on that idiot for making you even do this. Story about a beast mode. Right.

[Cindy Overton]

Right.

[Woody Overton]

Doubly shame on this one. I'm about to bless you with foreign. Matters going back to Florida and a 26 year old South Florida woman is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say. What?

[Cindy Overton]

I wasn't listening to you. I was to see where I was.

[Woody Overton]

Going next after her Thor after authorities say her seven month old baby was found with severe injuries including multiple fractures in different stages of healing. Seven month old. He'd been breaking her bones her whole life.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So Johan Johanna Bear Delgado, who works as a florist, was taken into custody Thursday in Doral by the Miami Dade deputies and charged with aggravated child abuse causing great bodily harm, child neglect causing great bodily harm and tampering with the witness since according to the arrest affidavit on the Miami Dade Sheriff's Office said the investigation began after Barrel or Delgado brought her son to Holt's Children hospital back on December 11th of 2025. And the the son, the seven month old, the mom saying he had left leg pain. Well doctors examined and they conducted a bunch of tests and they determined the child had a spiral fracture to his left femur as well as fractures to both tibias that appeared to be in different stages of healing. Isn't it crazy? Investigators noted the injuries were consistent with physical injury caused by an external force and occurred while the child was under her care. Nowado initially told detectives the child may have been injured while being babysat by a family member. In the court this courts are arrest documents, but she denied abusing her son and claimed the injuries happened while the baby was with a babysitter. Well, detectives are going to do what investigators do and they go interview the babysitter. The babysitter tells the detectives that she briefly stepped away from the child and did not believe the injuries occurred while the infant was in her care.

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E l p.com Police said a controlled phone call was later conducted during which bar Degado allegedly instructed the babysitter to maintain the same story previously told to police and said, hey, everything's going to be okay.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah, just lie.

[Woody Overton]

Well, that. The police then added her witness tampering charge and authorities say that Barrow Degado later admitted to the allegations. Bad mama according to the affidavit. And she was then charged and transported to the Turner Guilford Night Correctional Center. And she's been held with a $5,000 bond on one charge. I knew about the leash of Jesus. Yeah. With additional holds including a no bond provision on some counts and an immigration hold pending further court proceedings. Yeah, I'm just called a babysitter because, you know, I'm sure I was paying her $2 an hour exactly as hey, the cops brought you in and, and sweated you and they told you that. I said, you did this right? But it's gonna be okay. Yeah, just stick with, stick with the same store. Yeah, fuck you There you have it. It's time for worldwide crime time. It's time for family matters. It's a twofer.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, I hope this twofer doesn't also end up being a theme for the show.

[Woody Overton]

Not in Florida kids, I guess.

[Cindy Overton]

Yes. So we're going to Ireland for this one, but we have a bad stepmom. It says there's a. This evil stepmother, convicted of murdering a 4 year old boy in her care, has been identified as 32 year old Tegan McGee following a judge's decision to lift an order prohibiting publication of her name. So finally they're releasing it. Mr. Justice Paul McDermott has handed McGee, of no fixed abode, a life sentence for the murder of Mason o' Connell Conway at a property she was leasing with the boy's father in Rathbane, Limerick city on March 16th of 2021. The boy's father, Jack Paul O', Connell, who was 36 years old, was previously jailed for seven years after admitting to endangerment, neglect and obstructing McGee's apprehension or prosecution, whilst knowing or believing she had killed his son. So this one, the daddy's protecting the stepmom. Mason, who was 4 at the time, was found with catastrophic injuries at a home in Rathbane, Limerick city on March 13, 2021, and he was pronounced dead three days later. Mr. Justice McDermott also sentenced McGee to four years and six months for two counts of child cruelty in the weeks and months leading up to the murder. These child cruelty sentences will run concurrently with the life sentence. Mr. Justice McDermott extended his deepest sympathies to the child's mother, Elizabeth Conway, and the extended family. The court heard on March 13th of 2021 that the child's father called emergency services and he claimed his son had fallen from the top bunk of his bed. And he did that an hour earlier and now was unresponsive. And when paramedics arrived, they found the boy unresponsive in his bedroom on his floor. Despite immediate medical intervention and emergency surgery, the young boy didn't survive, but he suffered for days. Medical professionals noted multiple bruises of varying ages across his face, head, torso and legs, obviously suggesting non accidental injuries and ongoing abuse. The father tried to justify the injuries by claiming his son was the clumsiest child ever.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, we've heard that one before.

[Cindy Overton]

And he also hurt himself running into a door or playing football. But during the stepmother's trial, it emerged that the boy had been subjected to weeks of physical abuse and had spent four days locked in his room before his stepmother shook him and slammed his head against the floor. He also suffered a blunt force injury to his abdomen, resulting in a laceration to his liver.

[Woody Overton]

Yep, stomped him.

[Cindy Overton]

A pathologist concluded that either the head injury or the liver damage could have independently led to his death Comes to.

[Woody Overton]

Tears.

[Cindy Overton]

The defendant portrayed the boy as a bold, cheeky child who often needed discipline and when punished, he was confined to his room, only allowed to leave for bathroom breaks, and was made to sit on the floor, never on his bed. Of course he fell from the bed. Was there a reasoning on the day the boy sustained his fatal injuries, the defendant confessed to authorities that she snapped, recalling shaking him and screaming at him to behave before he fell to the floor. Earlier this week, Elizabeth Conway, the mother of the child, shared in a statement that her son was born a fine, healthy little boy in early 2016 and she fondly remembers him as a clever little child who brought so much love and happiness into all our lives. She goes on to describe him to say he had the biggest smile and the most beautiful brown eyes and he was just a perfect little boy. By 18 months he had taken the initiative to potty train himself, very much like Ember Ray, our granddaughter, proudly embracing his little man's status and the favoring walking over being pushed in a stroller. His love for his young siblings was palpable, also ready to shower them with affectionate kisses and hugs. And she treasures all of those memories. And she has a video of her son sweetly singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to his baby sister. Upon spotting a homeless man on the street, he urged his mother to give the man a pizza, and later that night he expressed worry about the man's condition. This is a four year old seeking assurance from his mother that he would be okay. The mother's remembering all of this, of course. After receiving the worst phone call a mother could get, Ms. Conway recalled being in the hospital with the boy's father and the defendant when the doctors delivered the heartbreaking news that there was nothing more that could be done, and confronted with the hardest decision a mother could make, she had to decide to turn off the child's life support. But before this happened, O' Connell and McGhee asked to have some time alone with him to say goodbye. She said, I can only imagine what they were saying to me. My boy's poor lifeless body. These are the murders at one time.

[Woody Overton]

Alone with your child. She had that at the time, obviously right after the life still playing the We Love Them the Death game, literally.

[Cindy Overton]

After the life support machine was turned off, she recounted watching her Beautiful child's heartbeat go down and down until it ceased begging the doctors to reactivate the machine. And she personally organized the funeral and recalled how the child's father and stepmother stood in God's holy house and said how much they loved him and he was a superhero.

[Woody Overton]

Yep.

[Cindy Overton]

And she declared his life was stolen by pure evil by someone her son loved and trusted.

[Woody Overton]

Yep. That's it. You. I mean, no explanation and you know, just didn't have to do. That's fucking bullshit. And that should be done to them in a public forum and put on pay per view and organize the money from Pay for. You can go to victims organizations or whatever, but they should just give them the same load of shit, you know what I mean?

[Cindy Overton]

Yep.

[Woody Overton]

It's time for Effed Up Professionals lives. On a much lighter note, we're going out to Georgia and Chadam County. Yeah. An IHOP restaurant which I've only been to like twice.

[Cindy Overton]

Do you remember when IHOP was trying to become ihob?

[Woody Overton]

No, I don't.

[Cindy Overton]

The International House of Burgers.

[Woody Overton]

No, I don't. This was several years ago is the truth.

[Cindy Overton]

It is the truth. That's what it was. Like a viral thing.

[Woody Overton]

Well, you know, sometimes law enforcement, you don't always have to make an arrest. Sometimes, you know, you know, some shit gets reported, you know it's wrong. You know, it's probably a gray area, really, a civil area, but you want to show up and try to do a little good for the people that are making the complaint. Okay, so let me tell you what happened in Chown county at an ihop. And it's being put on blast after multiple employees told the local sheriff they had not been paid for over 80 hours of work.

[Cindy Overton]

Wow.

[Woody Overton]

Right now, can you imagine that? I mean, you go on, I'm sure you're getting some tips, but you need your check. You're not working. You're not working IHOP because you're a fucking trust fund baby.

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[Cindy Overton]

Right.

[Woody Overton]

And that you gotta pay bills and coronates and insurance and eat. So the situation unfolded when Sheriff Richard Coleman was dining at the IHOP on Gateway Boulevard and he was approached by a server who appeared to be distressed. Well, Coleman said the employee told him she had not been paid for more than 80 hours of work. That's just so Sheriff's like, what the fuck? And. And Coleman then recounts the event on the Chatham County Sheriff's Facebook page. Right. Put him on blast.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And after speaking with the initial employee, Coleman said, guess what happened? Additional workers came forward with similar claims. And the employees told him they were owed wages for weeks. Well, this is one of those areas where you're like, you know, it's really a civil matter, not really a dick I can do about it, but maybe I'll use this badge to put a little shame game on these motherfuckers and make them act right.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So he said the complaints disturbed him and in an act of compassion, he confronted the franchise owner about the allegations.

[Cindy Overton]

Good.

[Woody Overton]

So you right, took a ride over there. I'm eating your shit, I'm paying it, somebody's making the money.

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[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So he, he went over there. The encounter occurred while he was at the restaurant for lunch. So he goes back, I'm going to sit down and have me a meal and I'm going to talk to this homie and see what's up. So he said the interaction with the employees was unexpected and concerning. To sit here and labor people day after day and week after week and not receive a paycheck, you've lost your ever loving mind. That's what sheriff told the owner.

[Cindy Overton]

Good.

[Woody Overton]

And according to reports by the local wjcl, the Chatham County Sheriff's office opened an investigation following the visit because obviously he didn't get the results right. And you can open an investigation, just brings a little more heat. Doesn't mean you're gonna get a conviction. So. And apparently to add insult to injury, the restaurant was operating with an expired business license.

[Cindy Overton]

Going to say if they're doing that.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. What?

[Sponsor Voice]

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[Woody Overton]

What he wanted to hear. And I'm like, okay, well let me just go ahead and dig in your.

[Sponsor Voice]

Ass and shake your tree and find.

[Woody Overton]

Out what else is going to shake and fall. Well, one of them was expired business license. And that's in addition to the wage complaints raised by the worker. So the, the news channel WJCL goes out there and the question restaurants manager.

[Sponsor Voice]

And.

[Woody Overton]

Of course they denied wrongdo doing and disputed the claims. And they told the news station that the ploys were being paid. Well, Sheriff goes to Facebook, Facebook Live. And Sheriff Coleman asserted that he was the wrong quotations, wrong person on the wrong day to hear the complaints. Now with the tension now on the labor and compensation dispute, it seems like the inverse for the employees. At least the sheriff was the right person to bring light to the alleged injustice. And of course, at this time, like I told you, that gray area, no criminal charges were announced at the time of the reports. Authorities did not indicate how long the investigation would take or whether they'd actually do Anything? Well, I'm pretty sure. Well, I know IHOPs are chains, right?

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And the sheriff's next step is going to be tell his detective you need to get ahead of headquarters and show them this. And you know IHOP doesn't want that beat on this. Interhash. Ahab New year. Same extra value meals at McDonald's. So now get two snack wraps plus fries and a medium soft drink for just $8 for a limited time only. Person may vary. Prices may be higher in Hawaii, Alaska and California.

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They want to keep customers coming in like the sheriff's going in, eating themselves. And they'd be like, I know they gotta have clauses and that. Like you up our name, we take our back. Yeah, you lose your license, CP or whatever. We can get somebody that's worth a F to get in there.

[Cindy Overton]

Exactly. I mean, that's, you know, gross negligence. Nasty food that stays and days old. Like if they're breaking those rules, they don't give a whole F. You gotta pay.

[Woody Overton]

People go to Work. They get up and they go put up with the bullshit. They got to put up with whatever job it may be, then you got to pay them. That's your. Your job. Yes, it's a civil matter technically, but until they start shaking the tree and finding other allegations. So it's time for family.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, you broke the theme, but I think you want me to stay on this theme because going to Connecticut where.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. You have an option. You realize that I. I have the.

[Cindy Overton]

Option of the stories that you give me.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. When. Yeah. I gave you more than child abuse stories. It's your choice to take that knife out and stab yourself again and make yourself cry.

[Cindy Overton]

No.

[Woody Overton]

Go ahead.

[Cindy Overton]

Autopsy findings of an 11 year old girl found in the basement of an abandoned Connecticut residence showed that she had only a single blueberry in her stomach at the time of death.

[Woody Overton]

Always, always had to check the stomach out on autopsies. It's a very important factor, and for there to be nothing is rare.

[Cindy Overton]

Authorities claim that the young girl was starved to death by her mother, Jacqueline Mimi Torres. Garcia's body was found on October 8, and autopsy findings indicate she was experiencing severe malnourishment when she died. This was all in a new report from the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. An investigation found that the young girl had also consumed diphenhydramine and the antihistamine sold as Benadryl prior to her death.

[Woody Overton]

Knock her out, right?

[Cindy Overton]

Correct. According to the autopsy, Jacqueline's body was discovered folded into a tight fetal position and her body was in a state of advanced decomposition.

[Woody Overton]

Nice.

[Cindy Overton]

Very low body fat and showed signs of severe muscle atrophy. The child's mother, carla Garcia, who's 29 years old, and her ex boyfriend, Jonathan nanita, who is 30 years old, are charged with murdering her. While Garcia has pleaded not guilty to her daughter's murder, Nanita exercised his right to a probable cause hearing last month, but has not yet entered a plea. And the mother is not missing a meal. I'll just say that.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, well, the baby had one blueberry in her stomach.

[Cindy Overton]

The mother and her boyfriend at the time are charged with starving and zip tying Jacqueline while preventing her from going to the bathroom. Police documents seen by the Hartford County Courant allege Garcia admitted to police that she had not fed her daughter for around two weeks.

[Woody Overton]

Nice.

[Cindy Overton]

Before she died.

[Woody Overton]

And it means the baby stole a blueberry.

[Cindy Overton]

Exactly. The disturbing details surrounded Jacqueline's death have slowly come to light through the arrest and search warrant documents revealing severe abuse in an alleged attempt to conceal evidence last Week, the chief medical examiner's office officially determined her death as fatal child abuse with starvation. On October 8, the girl's remains were discovered in a plastic container that had been abandoned at a vacant property in new Britain, approximately 12 miles southwest of Hartford. And authorities believe Jacqueline died more than a year earlier.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Cindy Overton]

Believing it to be September of 2024. At that time, she was living with her mother and siblings in nearby Farmington. In arrest documents, law enforcement stated that Carla Garcia confessed she and Anita had ceased feeding the girl two weeks prior to her death and that she and Jacqueline Garcia all abused her, including using zip ties as restraints. Carla Garcia has three children with Nanita and two children, including Jacqueline, with a different man. And officials alleged that Nanita abandoned the container with Jacqueline's remains at an unoccupied residence last month. And according to law enforcement, Carla Garcia told investigators that her daughter was bad.

[Woody Overton]

Okay.

[Cindy Overton]

She didn't listen and she did not respect them, okay. During police questioning, she also claimed that Jacqueline was displaying inappropriate behavior, like hitting other kids, getting into strangers cars, and having multiple boyfriends.

[Woody Overton]

I should be dead from a blueberry in my stomach. All except the boyfriend part. It would have been girlfriends.

[Cindy Overton]

Garcia initially told the police that she believed Jacqueline died after Nanita stomped on her head following a shove from the girl. So the little girl shoves him, he stomps on her head. That seems like good punishment. The mother is alleged to have pushed her daughter down the stairs, but only admitted to neglect and abuse when autopsy results showed no physical injuries. Authorities claim that Carla Garcia kept her daughter's remains in her home, even moving them when she relocated to New Britain earlier this year. In the summer of 2024, she withdrew the girl from local school, informing officials that her daughter would be homeschooled. And when questioned about her daughter's whereabouts, she asserted the girl was staying with friends or family members, according to.

[Woody Overton]

I've heard enough.

[Cindy Overton]

I have told enough.

[Woody Overton]

That's enough. And y', all, if you're thinking about killing your baby because you can't handle as much as we don't need kids, more kids, and we're getting into the grandparent phase, you can give us the kids and we'll find a good home for them. Go to somebody else. Do something. Quit killing kids, period. Fuck sticks. And now I'm not trying to one up you, but this has really ended up being this kind of day. It's time for family matters. And if you think the previous stories made you mad, including blueberry in the belly, wait till I tell you this one. Going to Ohio. And a mother was handed a life sentence for the horrifying murder of her four week old daughter. How, you ask, could they get more horrifying than the last wars we had? People getting stomped on, starvation and everything else.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Well, in 2005, China Arnold, who was then 25, resided with her boyfriend, Mr. Terrell Talley and her children in Dayton, Ohio. Well, in early August, Arnold, heavily under the influence, rushed her newborn daughter Paris to the hospital. Paris being the baby's name. The baby showed no signs of life, which ultimately led to Arnold's immediate rest. However, she was later released due to insufficient evidence. Okay. But her freedom was short lived. Prosecutors revealed that Arnold had put her infant inside a microwave oven at her home. And right, that, I mean it's. And they know this because traces of the child's DNA were discovered. Anyway, she. She put her inside the microwave and switched it on after dispute with her boyfriend about the baby's paternity. So you say it's not your baby. Watch this. Put it in a microwave and turns it the fuck on. Medical professionals who examined the case concluded that Paris died from injuries sustained from extreme overheating after being subjected to high temperatures inside the microwave for over two minutes. Put her on high. Arnold's Excel mate later disclosed that Arnold confessed to killing her daughter out of fear that her boyfriend would discover her infidelity as he wasn't the biological father. The autopsy revealed heat related injuries within the baby's body consistent with an internal temperature of 42 degrees Celsius. Look that up. I wonder how hot that is in Fahrenheit. What is 42 degrees Celsius transferred over to Fahrenheit. Yeah.

[Cindy Overton]

An answer from online calculator.

[Woody Overton]

It's 107.60 degrees Fahrenheit. All right. That's what the autopsy says. They put her in there and literally cooked her to a temperature. Internal temperature of 107 point whatever. So by 2006, Arnold found herself back in prison with a new trial set for 2008. And there's a whole bunch of different testimonies. Defense lawyers argued that they had unearthed evidence pointing to another individual being responsible for Paris death. And an 8 year old boy claimed he saw another boy enter the kitchen of an apartment believed to be Arnold's. That's their scambling. They've had too long. Three years to get the fence together. However, that boy's mother debunked his account by demonstrating the considerable distance between their home and the apartment where the infant Paris tragically Died. I actually was murdered by being cooked to death. Due to the lingering issues with the evidence presented, the judge declared a mistrial, only revisiting the case several months later. Now the second trial kicks off with Arnold certain. Hey, my boyfriend wasn't even there when Paris passed away. And unfortunately for her, that left her as a sole suspect. Yeah, right. So the jury convicted Arnold of aggravated murder. Results in. I got to look it up. I said Ohio. Jesus, please let them have it. It's in moratorium. They have the death penalty, but it's in moratorium. The jury convicted Arnold of aggravated murder, resulting in a life sentence without parole. A subsequent appeal, where her defense contended that her boyfriend faced as much in criminal evidence as Arnold, failed to alter Arnold's sentence. And psychologists testified that Arnold possessed an average intelligence and exhibited no signs of severe mental disorders, aside from the mild depression and substance abuse. And after numerous unsuccessful appeals, in consideration for the ultimate penalty, capital punishment, Arnold is currently serving her life sentence at the Dayton Correctional Institute. They need to big build what we build caves of microwaves, make the fire dig out the hole in the ground, put the tin in, Build a big fire and put the tent in on three sides and put Ms. Arnold's ass in there. But look, we'll make it fair. But use my meat thermometer. Stick it in. Not her heart, because I want her to bleed to death. Stick it into, like, her intestines, and we'll wait till the Temperature gets to 107.6 degrees, and then we'll take her off and slice her up and feed it to the fucking wild hogs.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, is that taking into consideration the amount of time it took for people to get there to. To see what her temperature was? I mean, it had to have been much higher than that.

[Woody Overton]

I think that the. That's a good question. Normally, I would be like, damn it, Cindy. That's another stupid question. Just he's. That's a good question. But I'm pretty sure, like, you can take a piece of meat and. And replicate like, we want the evidence room on Haley's case. Y', all please go donate for that. We're over the third of the way there. They can test it, do scientific studies, and say what the temperature is, what.

[Cindy Overton]

It would have been under the same circumstances.

[Woody Overton]

Just like courting Coco's body in the trunk of the car and stuff like that. That could be the fact that I can often be replicated but never be duplicated. On sweet young Paris. I don't have anything else to say today. Now you depress me. And I love you.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, don't send me these stories.

[Woody Overton]

Hey, I'm always sending you stories. Episode tomorrow. I'm sure you got more. It's true crime. This is not fucking the View.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, you said. I'm just reading them to stab myself because I enjoy.

[Woody Overton]

There you go. Well, you did it.

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[Woody Overton]

You could read a story about a dog or something. All right, I got nothing else.

[Cindy Overton]

I don't have anything else.

[Woody Overton]

Then I'm Woody Overton.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm Cindy Overton.

[Woody Overton]

You host True Crying Time for taco. Tuesday, January 20th Hollow Peace.

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