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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

COVID was such a scary and uncertain time for everyone, including adults, let alone a little girl who was living with a brand new family that she barely knew.

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

So as a result of her being scared and alone and having to deal with all this change,

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

She was abused and neglected.

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

She was stuck in a home with people who were hurting her, neglecting her.

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

She was locked away in a room, all alone, with nothing and no one.

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

She was starved.

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

so of course she started digging through the trash and begging for food maybe even hiding food in her room she was kept from using the bathroom so of course she screamed out and cried to be let out she was locked in a room by herself with nothing to do so of course she moved too much or begged to be let out

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

she was a little girl who was denied every single basic need for the entire five years she lived with her dad and there was absolutely nothing she could do about it no one checking in on her no one she could confide in because she was stuck in a home all alone with the government telling her that she wasn't allowed to go to school and then even when she was allowed to go back to school

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

Even the government programs that were designed to check in on her weren't doing that because her family said that she was being homeschooled.

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

And they just believed her and didn't bother to double check on that.

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

Nothing was done to help her.

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

Nothing was done to make sure she was okay.

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

So she lived five years in absolute darkness.

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

Hell.

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

After 911 was finally called, she was transported to the hospital and given treatment, which included being intubated, put on a feeding tube and given nutritional support.

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

I am very happy to report that unlike so many cases that we cover on this channel,

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

MG survived and because of that we have a very unique look into this case which is what she had to say and what her behavior was like after all of this happened.

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

Now, of course, this happened very recently and she is still undergoing treatment.

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

Again, she was extremely underweight and that kind of malnourishment can't be fixed by just eating a crap ton and gaining weight.

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

It needs to be done in a very intentional, methodical way.