True Crime with Rachel Shannon
She WARNED Them About her Violent Father. Then he MURDERED Her. The TRAGIC Case of Kayden Mancuso
Sat, 17 May 2025
Kayden Mancuso: A System That Failed Her In 2018, 7-year-old Kayden was murdered by her father during an unsupervised visit—granted despite clear red flags. Her story led to Kayden’s Law, pushing for safer custody decisions. Update (Dec. 2023): Kayden’s Law has now been adopted in several U.S. states and continues to influence child custody reform on a federal level. We take a look at recent progress and the challenges that remain.Go watch my other episodes on Spotify: The Disturbing Case of Stephanie ParzeShe Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER7 Year old’s Strange Death Reveals Mom’s DISGUSTING Secret: Did She Starve her for Attention?!Thank you guys for watching, hope to see you next time!
Chapter 1: Who was Kayden Mancuso?
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Chapter 2: What were the red flags regarding Kayden's father?
Every single child has the right to be free from abuse. Every single child has the right to be with a parent who will love and protect them from any harm that comes their way. However, as we see far too often, that is not what always ends up happening. Far too frequently, we see the courts handing children over to their abusers.
Chapter 3: What led to Kayden's tragic custody situation?
Despite the warnings, despite testimony from those who want to see the child thrive, courts will show leniency towards parents who have proven themselves to be dangerous. That is what happened in Kayden's case. She had a mother and stepfather who loved her to no end, and a father who was violent, impulsive and mentally unwell.
Chapter 4: How did the courts fail to protect Kayden?
Yet somehow Caden was allowed to spend time with her father unsupervised and that would have detrimental consequences. Today's case is a very rough one, so let's just get right into it. This is Caden's story. Caden Mancuso wurde von den Eltern Catherine Giglio-Sherlock und Jeff Mancuso geboren. Catherine und Jeff haben sich im Sommer 2009 auf der Jersey Shore getroffen.
Chapter 5: What were Jeff Mancuso's concerning behaviors?
Und laut Catherine war ihre Beziehung zu Jeff mehr ein Fliegen. Aber als sie herausgefunden hat, dass sie mit Caden verheiratet war, hat sie versucht, es mit ihm zu machen. Sie hat mit ihm eingeladen und versucht, ihre Tochter zusammenzubringen. But it didn't work out. The pair separated when Caden was one year old.
Chapter 6: How did Kayden's mother try to protect her?
Two years after that, Catherine started dating a new man named Brian Sherlock, and by 2017, the pair was married. From that marriage, Caden had two little brothers, Kyler and Blake. Kaden war in der zweiten Klasse an der Edgewood Elementary School in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. Kaden war bekannt als deine typische 7-jährige kleine Mädchen.
Chapter 7: What happened during the court hearings?
Sie liebte Emojis, Unicorns, Mermaid, LOL, Überraschungs-Dolls und sie und ihre Familie waren große Philly- und Eagles-Fans. Sie liebte zu drehen, ihr Freundeshaar und Make-up zu machen und sie liebte zu singen und mit ihren kleinen Brüdern und Cousinen zu spielen. Kaden war auch bekannt, in der Athletik zu exzellieren, selbst bei so einer jungen Zeit.
Chapter 8: What were the events leading up to Kayden's murder?
Sie wurde auf die 10U Pensbury Gems Softball-Team gesetzt, sie hat Fußball gespielt und sie hat auch Gymnastik gemacht. Kaden war bekannt, enthusiastisch und glücklich zu sein, mit einer sparklernden Persönlichkeit. Sie wurde von allen um sie herum lieb. Sie wurde von ihrer Familie genutzt und sie berührte die Leben aller um sie herum.
Von der Zeit an, als Kayden sehr jung war, lebte sie primär mit ihrer Mutter Katherine und dann, als sie Brian verheiratet hat, lebte sie mit ihnen und ihren zwei jüngeren Brüdern. In der Zwischenzeit wurde Jeff besucht. Katherine wollte die Behandlung von Kayden, weil seit 2009 hat Jeff sich als unabhängig, gewaltig und im Allgemeinen eine gefährliche Person gezeigt.
According to Jeff's sister, from a young age, Jeff was troubled. For the 10 years that followed 2009, Jeff was charged with various levels of assault as well as multiple charges of trespassing, harassment and inappropriate behavior. Now, according to Jeff's sister, he grew up as a loving, normal child.
Their parents divorced when he was just three years old, so the two of them were raised primarily by their mother. But they did still manage to maintain a close relationship with their father. But by the time Jeff reached high school, very concerning behaviors started to arise. He started getting into fights all of the time, even punching one teacher, which got him expelled.
He got into a car accident at one point, which landed him a brain injury, which can help explain some of his behaviors. And then after that, he started drinking very heavily. He continued drinking and fighting all throughout his time in college, but he did manage to graduate with a degree in business from Townsend University in Maryland.
As an adult, as I stated, his bad behaviors and heavy drinking continued. After graduating college, he got himself a job at a headhunting firm in Cherry Hill, but after only a few months of working there, he was fired after having a dispute with his boss. After that, he started his own business where he found jobs for people in architecture, engineering and construction.
Now, going back a little bit to talk more about Jeff's concerning behaviors as it relates to Kayden. Als Katharine mit Kayden verheiratet war, gab es einen Fall, wo Jeff Katharine übergedrückt hat und sie aus einem Schlauch gefallen ist. Und dann gab es noch einen schwereren Fall, wo Jeff Katharine verheiratet hatte, bis zu dem Punkt, wo sie fühlte, als ob sie gestorben hätte.
2009 schlug er eine Bierbottel an einen Mann und seine Frau, nach dem Kampf in einem Bar. The bottle broke and cut the woman's face. At this time he was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and possessing an instrument of crime. He ended up pleading guilty to simple assault in exchange for dropping the other charges.
And at that time he was sentenced to two years of probation. Then there was yet another incident back in 2012. This incident was really the breaking point for Catherine. In this incident, Jeff had gotten into a bar fight with another man at a Philadelphia bar and Jeff bit the man's ear off. Jeff would later go on to tell a psychologist, quote,
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