They Left their Disabled Daughter in a Hot Car for 6 HOURS to MURDER her: Cristina Pangalangan
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What happened to Cristina Pangalangan?
Let's get into this truly awful case. Today, we're going to be discussing the death of Christina Pangalangan. Christina Pangalangan was born on March 28th, 2006 in Colleton County, South Carolina to Rita Frazier and Raphael Pangalangan, and she had two sisters, Ashley and Elizabeth. Christina was born with cerebral palsy, which is a congenital disorder that is caused by damage to the brain that can happen before, during, or after birth. In some cases, the child has abnormal brain development in utero. Sometimes it's from a lack of oxygen to the brain during labor and delivery. Those are the two most common causes that I personally have seen in my healthcare job.
What is cerebral palsy and how does it affect children?
It can also be caused by infections that cause swelling and inflammation around the brain. either sustained as an infant, or even if the mother gets that kind of infection while pregnant, or it can be caused by a traumatic brain injury sustained as an infant from something like a car accident or physical abuse. So, it's not necessarily a genetic or hereditary condition like a lot of people tend to believe. Obviously, your genes can contribute to it if you already have some genetic mutation that causes abnormal brain development, but it's not a gene that causes CP itself. More so, it can be a gene that causes some other brain development issue that can lead to the child having CP. The most common symptoms of cerebral palsy, which is abbreviated to CP, most affect the person's motor development and speech. So the most common type of CP is spastic, which means that the person will have super rigid and stiff muscles and joints. Some have high tone or spasticity all throughout their bodies, while others may have very low tone and are very floppy and weak.
There are some very mild forms of CP, which will result in things like difficulty with normal gait, such as a super stiff leg on one side. But everything else, including speech and cognition, can be normal. Sometimes it can affect one side of the person's entire body. so they can have a super stiff left leg and a very weak left arm, for example. Some people with CP, though, you might not even know it. Meanwhile, a lot of people with CP have what's called spastic quadriplegia, and I think this is what people mostly think of when they think of CP. That means that the person won't be able to move their arms or legs very purposefully. They usually cannot walk, so they rely on a wheelchair. At least in my experience, these are the kids that usually don't have meaningful communication or speech. Usually they'll need help with pretty much everything, including feeding, transferring from bed to chair or couch or wherever, using the bathroom. And a lot of times they will have some sort of communication device that helps them portray what they want or need to their caregiver.
Basically, someone with quadriplegic CP will need round-the-clock care. I'm explaining all of this first so you understand the case a little bit better, but also because a lot of people simply don't know a lot about cerebral palsy. It's not always the people in the wheelchair or with cognitive disabilities. I have one child that I see in my healthcare job who is totally normal and everything with their cognition, speech, everything. They just have one spastic leg that makes the walking a little bit funky and makes them trip all of the time. But otherwise, this child is a totally typically developing child with speech and everything else. As for Christina though, she had spastic quadriplegic CP as well as a seizure disorder. This means that Christina had more severe cognitive and speech difficulties, which made it impossible to communicate via spoken language. She needed to use a wheelchair and did not have a wide range of purposeful movement. And what I mean by purposeful movement is they might...
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to Cristina Pangalangan?
0:23–1:06
2
What is cerebral palsy and how does it affect children?
1:06–12:30
3
What led to Cristina's tragic death?
12:30–16:07
4
What did the 911 call reveal about the situation?
16:07–28:36
5
What were the parents doing while Cristina was in the car?
28:36–29:27
6
What evidence was found to suggest negligence?
29:27–40:14
7
How did the community react to Cristina's death?
40:14–42:15
8
What charges were filed against Rita and Larry?
42:15–51:40