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Rachel Shannon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
6979 total appearances

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True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

He even said that she was pretty much constantly on sleeping pills when she was with her mom.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

up to five or six pills at a time.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

But once in their home, she would never sleep.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

He said that she would fall asleep for a few hours at a time, but then would be awake for weeks at a time.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

She would also self-harm, so he ended up putting a camera in her room and an alarm on her door to keep an eye on her.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

But it wasn't for, you know, anything other than to keep her safe.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

He just wanted to make sure he could see her at all times to make sure that she wasn't hurting herself.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

But then when it came to how much and what MG would eat, he gave conflicting statements.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

First, he said that she would often refuse to eat.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

He would give her pediasure when he could, but even then, she would still refuse any food or drink.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

But when investigators mentioned that medical staff found her to be severely malnourished and underweight, Walter changed his tune.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

He said that MG would actually eat a lot.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

For breakfast, she could eat two whole packages of Pop-Tarts.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

For lunch, she would always eat a sandwich, either bologna or peanut butter and jelly, some chips and sliced apple.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

Sometimes, she would even eat two sandwiches.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

She would normally eat dinner, whatever they prepared.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

It wasn't that she was being starved, no, that's not why she was so skinny.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

It was because she was always up all night, burning off all her calories.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

On weeks where she would actually sleep, she would gain weight, up to 70 pounds.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SICK & TWISTED: Morbidly Obese Family Starves & Tortures Child Nearly to Death

On weeks where she was up all night, she could drop down to 40.