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The Case of Stephanie Spurgeon
📻 Episode #240
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jan 12, 2022
About This Episode
Stephanie Spurgeon was a married mother of two who had been running a daycare facility from her home for 15 years. On August 21, 2008, Stephanie took care of 1 year old Maria Harris for the first time. Maria’s grandmother picked her up that day, but soon noticed Maria was unresponsive. After 8 days in…
The Case
Stephanie Spurgeon was a married mother of two who had been running a daycare facility from her home for 15 years. On August 21, 2008, Stephanie took care of 1 year old Maria Harris for the first time. Maria’s grandmother picked her up that day, but soon noticed Maria was unresponsive. After 8 days in the hospital, Maria passed away. Since Stephanie was the last supervisor of the child, she was accused of murder and convicted of manslaughter based on the prosecution’s dubious argument of soft impact Abusive Head Trauma.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:04:53“Speaker 4: very first teen mom that I took. She was seventeen Speaker 4: years old when I was introduced to her, Maria. Speaker 1: And so not only are you taking care of other Speaker 1: people's kids, you're doing it in your own home, opening Speaker 1: your doors and your heart and taking care of kids”
00:18:37“Speaker 1: equipped to understand or unpacked, so they think they're doing Speaker 1: the right thing. And I have empathy for them too Speaker 1: for making these mistakes. And Stephanie, you've lived through this, Speaker 1: so I want to get back to you. What was Speaker 1: this like from your perspective as a mom nineteen years married,”
00:31:21“Speaker 4: was interesting. I allowed Netflix to come home with me Speaker 4: and film me coming in, and that was a really Speaker 4: difficult thing, to allow them to film me at my Speaker 4: most weakest, vulnerable moment of happy tears. That I did Speaker 4: allow it because I wanted to help bring more knowledge”
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