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The Case of Amanda Brumfield
📻 Episode #235
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Dec 08, 2021
About This Episode
Amanda Brumfield, the estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton, was blamed for the death of her best friend’s daughter. On October 3, 2008, 1 year old Olivia Garcia had been sleeping in her playpen at Amanda’s house, when she woke up at around midnight and attempted to crawl out of her crib. Olivia fell…
The Case
Amanda Brumfield, the estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton, was blamed for the death of her best friend’s daughter. On October 3, 2008, 1 year old Olivia Garcia had been sleeping in her playpen at Amanda’s house, when she woke up at around midnight and attempted to crawl out of her crib. Olivia fell from the rails and landed head first on the floor. She died a few hours later at the hospital. Oftentimes, when a young child dies, authorities assume neglect or abuse was involved, and they accuse the last person taking care of the child. In this case, it was Amanda, and she was arrested, tried, and convicted of aggravated manslaughter. Nine years later, with the help of the Innocence Project of Florida and the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences, Amanda is finally free.
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00:04:13“Speaker 3: Absolutely? You know, we didn't have a lot, but I Speaker 3: didn't know that we didn't have a lot. I had great, Speaker 3: great grandparents who were involved, and a wonderful dad who Speaker 3: was there for me and really instilled good values and Speaker 3: morals and work ethic. So I had a great childhood.”
00:17:13“Speaker 1: out of her playpen, as if there's an exact age Speaker 1: when kids can climb out of her playpen, right, Kate Speaker 1: tell us some of the other things that went wrong Speaker 1: here at this critical, critical stage, Well. Speaker 2: There were a couple of things about Amanda's case and”
00:29:12“Speaker 1: really believe with you, but are eminently qualified and had Speaker 1: actually done exactly what they set out to do, which Speaker 1: is proven that you were as innocent as you always Speaker 1: said that you were. And now here comes this Sophie's choice. Speaker 3: Really right, after a certain amount of time that I”
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