Andrea Dunlop
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, it is.
And I think that's the behavior that we talk to people who were in and around these cases and involved.
It's like they had a gut feeling something was off and a lot of people had a gut feeling that something was off, but they didn't have a name for it.
The doctors gave this diagnosis, they presumed.
So they don't want to say, well, it doesn't seem like your kid really has something.
I mean, again, it's just incredibly awkward and emotionally challenging.
difficult situation to be in if you're someone that suspects abuse is happening.
And as you said, the behavior is so off.
And I think because Lisa was their season six perpetrator, because she was so active online, that's really a lot of what helped me put the pieces together in that case is that throughout the four years of her son's illness and up through his death,
Lisa kept a very detailed blog on CaringBridge almost daily throughout his journey.
And so we were able to use that information versus reality, both the memories of the people who were around him.
And also sometimes videos.
And it's like she says the kid's in a wheelchair and we have a video of him on that same day running around.
So there was a lot that we were able to connect the dots from her social media.
And I interviewed some people who her son ended up on hospice care at her request from a non-fatal illness.
and died there.
I interviewed a few people on background who work in pediatric hospice.
And again, I have so many conversations on the show where I'm like, that is a job I could never do.
I'm so glad there are people that have the emotional fortitude to be able to do that job because it's really important.
And Jordan, both you and I are parents of