Missed Opportunities & The Death of Jeffrey Baldwin By Emily G. Thompson In 2002, Jeffrey Baldwin, 5, was found dead in his grandparent's home. He weighed the same as a 1-year-old. He had been systematically starved and abused by his grandparents who had gained custody of him after his own parents had abused him. May 20, 2020 • 7 min read
The Daughter & Father Killers – The Murder of Diane Tilly By Emily G. Thompson Diane Tilly was a well-known and well-loved teacher from San Antonio, Texas. She cared deeply for troubled students and became a mother figure to many of them. In 2004, she vanished. Shortly thereafter, a teenage girl and her father were arrested and a lurid background of abuse and incest would come to the surface. Mar 25, 2020 • 6 min read
The Tragic Death of Genny Rojas By Emily G. Thompson Genny Rojas, 3, spent only a short time on earth but during that short time, she endured more than most adults in their lifetime. She was passed around three homes and didn’t learn to properly communicate or use the potty. Sadly, she didn’t get the chance to reach those routine childhood milestones before she slipped through the cracks, into her early grave. Jan 22, 2020 • 5 min read
The Disturbing Death of Malachi Magana By Emily G. Thompson Malachi Magana was the product of rape. Therefore, his mother, Belinda Magana, treated him much different than his siblings. In his short life, he was subjected to unimaginable abuse before being scaled with boiling liquid and bludgeoned over the head. Nov 10, 2019 • 4 min read
A Mother’s Revenge – Connie Serbu By Emily G. Thompson After Connie Serbu's daughter told her she had been molested by a family friend named Xavier Sierra, Serbo decided to take matters into her own hands. She lured Sierra to woodland but things didn't go according to plan. Oct 23, 2019 • 3 min read
The Girl in the Cupboard – Sanam Navsarka By Emily G. Thompson The disturbing murder of 2-year-old Sanam Navsarka shocked the nation. She was abused and tortured by her mother and her mother's boyfriend and despite the fact that the abuse was reported, the social worker did nothing to save her. Oct 16, 2019 • 4 min read
The Mauerova Cult Family By Emily G. Thompson The story of the Mauerova family is a bizarre and disturbing tale involving cannibalism, child abuse, identity theft and cults. This crime sounds exactly like the plot of some Quentin Tarantino movie but what happened in this family is very much true. Oct 5, 2019 • 3 min read
The Little Boy Fed to the Pigs – Adrian Jones By Emily G. Thompson In the fall of 2015, the murder of 7-year-old Adrian Jones shocked the nation. His scattered remains had been discovered in a pig pen near the Kansas City, Kansas, home that his family were renting. His father, Michael Jones, and stepmother, Heather Jones, had fed his remains to pigs in an attempt to conceal his prolonged abuse and murder. Sep 18, 2019 • 5 min read
The Last Straw – John Caudle By Emily G. Thompson When John Caudle was just 14-years-old, he shot and killed his mother, Joanna Galla Rinebarger, and his stepfather, Tracy Rinebarger. What would drive a teenager to kill those who should be closest to him? Abuse. John had suffered years of abuse and neglect. One day, he snapped. Jul 27, 2019 • 4 min read
The Beating of Raymond Frolander By Emily G. Thompson It was a warm summer afternoon in Daytona Beach, Florida, in July of 2014, when a father was horrified to walk into his 11-year-old son’s bedroom to find him being molested. The perpetrator was 18-year-old Raymond Frolander, a family friend. Shortly thereafter, the father called police to inform them that he had beat the molester to a pulp. Jul 14, 2019 • 3 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 04: Elisa Izquierdo By Emily G. Thompson The tragic case of Elisa Izquierdo is an all-too-familiar tale of bureaucratic ineptitude. Her short life and brutal death was so horrendous that it reduced even the most hardened officers to tears. When she was just 6-years-old, she was murdered by her abusive mother. Her suffering was known to New York's Child Welfare Administration yet they did nothing to save her. Jul 8, 2019 • 2 min read
The Father Who Took Revenge on His Son’s Abuser – Jody Plauche By Emily G. Thompson When Gary Plauche's 10-year-old son was abducted by a child molester, he wanted to make sure he paid. When the predator was being extradited, Plauche shot him dead in the airport as television cameras were rolling. May 27, 2019 • 4 min read
