8 YO Manipulates Kidnapper and Traps Him at Denny’s | The Case of Shasta Groene

[@a.walters123]

This little girl’s phenomenal intelligence and ability to to read people saved her life. This man should have NEVER been let out of prison.

[@PandaLilyZK]

Yes. It amazes me that an eight year old had the composure and people skills to pull this off. Shasta also must have had an incredible will to live in order to chose the gamble of trying to talk him out of strangling her rather than just asking to be shot after that monster murdered her whole family.

[@urofan]

That man died of brain cancer, so he did get out of prison.

[@urofan]

@@PandaLilyZK It must have been really hard for Shasta to tell this man that she cared about him when he was sexual abusing her.

[@PandaLilyZK]

@@urofan I can't even imagine. What a warrior.

[@danieltucker9330]

@@urofan I think they were talking about him being released for his past crimes.

[@ameliam7898]

Stop letting child predators out of prison - ever.

[@toast4736]

"YeAh BuT oFfEnDeRs CaN cHaNgE!" Absolutely sickening. Edit: if you're coming across this comment, please read it and understand what I'm saying. Because it seems that some people don't understand how to read. I'm quoting what I've heard people say about the individuals in this topic. Pedophiles can not change. And anyone that says they can, or deserve a second chance, are just as bad. Final edit: Please stop replying to me saying you were one yourself, but changed. I do NOT care. You looked at content/actually hurt a child. You're disgusting.

[@livingeveryday777]

Tell that to Canada please 😢

[@mrtoast244]

@@toast4736the urges predators have are so deep, If they do "change" there's no telling how long that will last.

[@AlcoholismAnonymous-xj2zo]

If they haven't offended, 5 years is maximum. How long does someone need to go to jail for downloading child porn, their lives are destroyed ?

[@mrtoast244]

@@AlcoholismAnonymous-xj2zo I guess they're not technically predators if they only consume stuff other pedos have made. It's still illegal tho and indicates that they potentially want to carry out these acts themselves (If you're into something like a fetish, then clearly you would enjoy doing it yourself as well). It's difficult to know what to do with these people. They're like a ticking time bomb which has a chance of not going off.

[@SanguiphiliaTV]

The neighbor stopping by to pay the kid $10 for mowing the lawn is incredibly heart breaking :(

[@techieplex]

The fact shows how she got the courage.. and how she survived.

[@LuxMeow]

Many courageous kids die as well and I wouldn’t call children cowards for being afraid of dangerous predators. Poor choice of words.

[@Prismate]

@@techieplex that is the single worst opinion i've heard even adult victims of kidnapping can't be expected to fight against their kidnappers, let ALONE A LITTLE GIRL

[@techieplex]

@@Prismate sorry. If it gave wrong message. Edited

[@Prismate]

@@techieplex 👍

[@gabyottich7020]

I love how everyone in the dennys knew to not make a scene but all were prepared to stop him from leaving.

[@Goatings]

Dennys employees have seen some shit, they're all ready for anything And waffle house Something about allday breakfast seams to bring out violence in people 😂

[@MrGoddlie]

Not really today's folks are cowardly and not as strong as the folks from the deep past.

[@BrunaTavares-x9z]

@@Goatings I guess criminals still need to eat, and it wouldn't be going out for dinner :D

[@serendipidus8482]

​@@Goatingsi wonder if its because of movies. In movies the gangsters always go for pancakes especially with a kidnapped kid. They never go for a lobster boil its always coffee waffles and pancakes.

[@Goatings]

@@serendipidus8482 wait a minute youre up to something, big juicey brain moment. Life actually imitating art

[@pinkikayspectacles2226]

The part where Slade gathered strength to go to his mom to die by her side made me burst out in tears. The fear he felt and the feeling that he knows he’s also about to die found comfort in his mom’s lifeless body until the light of life leaves his body as well. May all of you rest in peace.

[@ritakisil1669]

😢😢

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

and burn in hell forever

[@pugnacious1]

I have had an NDE. There was joy for them at their death. Love NEVER dies. Duncan's CANNOT even be imagined..

[@mickefy]

I had the exact same reaction. I need time to recover from just listening to this story.

[@VeigarIII]

same the moment i heard that part i had to look up the comments and pray

[@bbredhead70]

He was already a level 3 sex offender. Why was he out to begin with??? Those murders and her fate never had to happen. Blame the courts for allowing it.

[@dremewhite5209]

literally! the system gives slaps on the wrist to sex offenders. they need to treat sexual assault/r***e as seriously as murder!! it makes me so sick and mad

[@MegaHerrera89]

It's disgusting that pedophiles are released to the public. The justice system doesn't care and they wait till they commit more crimes. I turned in someone for child porn and had a lot of evidence. Yet he was not arrested so the whole protecting children is bullshit. The justice system waits till the predator gets more victims and causes more harm.

[@conniemorgan8402]

Bring the death penalty back, when violence is done to children.

[@conniemorgan8402]

And, that there is a statute of limitations on rape, is absolutely disgusting..

[@michellepollard3591]

Exactly !! 💯 % believe that there is no rehabilitation for sex offenders of any kind they should get the death penalty.

[@kathyh4804]

Shasta was a genius in how she manipulated the manipulator! It’s truly a miracle she survived, not only the actually abduction and horrors she lived through, but that she didn’t even let the drugs and alcohol used to dull her inner trauma take her life either!!!! I’m so proud of her Praying for complete healing

[@K3NZG4CH4]

Yeah, she’s a genius.

[@michelles1250]

She's incredible

[@svampebob007]

She knew exactly what to do in that situation, it's insane, most adults can't handle a canceled flight... At 8 years old I was probably still eating crayons, while she had the composure to realized that being strangled might give her a chance to talk him out of that 🤯

[@LuxMeow]

We never really see the true impact on kids like this. They learn to adapt however they must but we won’t always see the flaws because the strongest ones are the best at hiding.

[@ladytempress3824]

​@@LuxMeowwell said.

[@LilShitJ]

Slade dying at 13 was heartbreaking, he’s barely entered his teen years and he’s been murdered and died a slow and painful death. I’ve seen so many cases of teens being murdered and as a teen myself, it’s genuinely horrifying to know. And the young children being fed drugs and alcohol makes it so much worse, Dylan being shot and murdered at 9 years old is horrific. This entire case is disgusting. That man is a sick sick man and should have never been released after his first count of S/A. They looked like such sweet kids, Slade and Dylan looked like they could grow up to be beautiful men and that disgusting man Joseph took that away from them. He traumatised Shasta at such a young age, who would ever even think of doing something like that.

[@greeneyes2689]

He’s absolutely disgusting, he actually confessed to murdering my uncles sisters, they were so young.

[@Hungariangirl]

​@@greeneyes2689Omg! I'm sorry for your loss 😢

[@Arda8888a]

​@@greeneyes2689😢

[@breewilleatuforbrekky]

Alot of people would unfortunately

[@Soo_Blessed]

Demons

[@glorias.2930]

She saved so many lives. Dear God I have never heard a story like this. She is a true hero, an angel.

[@rightarchivist]

Lives that would have had to pay taxes to keep him alive, had it not been for the Death Penalty. Thanks Democrats!

[@splenced7091]

@@rightarchivist you seriously have to bring politics into this? fuck off

[@lyna.shanel]

@@rightarchivist yall americans are weird af istg

[@EASMEDIA]

unfortunately because of this she's had some legal issues of her own involving young children

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Thank you, she is!

[@theirbrotherhoodandfriends6101]

It made me cry when he said Slade used his final strength to be together with his Mom. They seem to be a really great family. Why in the world does this have to happen to them?

[@reginasandoval628]

Because some people are really bad and don't care about others... But that's why parents are scared for you.

[@monasthoughts9093]

Me too, it broke my heart

[@nymphobunny]

That broke my heart. He was still a baby. I hate this world! I despise the evils that lie within us.

[@babber2536]

Ikr 😢😢that was just incredible

[@angeloramos2579]

Obviously God had it's reason.....

[@zymthebookdragon]

I appreciate how these videos focus on the victims a lot more than the killers and shows how they were able to eventually move past their trauma. I'm sure it's really inspiring for anyone who has gone through something like this.

[@ulalaFrugilega]

Shasta Groene is so wise! Much more interesting to get to know her than that broken soul of Whatshisname Idon'tcare!

[@nightmarerex2035]

and yet we got a ton of dumbass A-dolts who keep having blind faith in the system and wonder why its getting worser......

[@RecountDaFox1]

Yeah man easily my favorite part. Knowing they're alive and well

[@nguyen985]

I still hate how they put ads in it for the money

[@Usogui3000]

@@nguyen985 The man needs to live. Sometimes, youtube just puts ads in there themselves when the right holder of content in videos isn't the own youtubers' content. Police also save people and need to live as well. Also get an adblocker if you hate it that much.

[@ramseyzev5179]

slade crawling back into the house to be with his mom as he died just breaks my heart, that poor boy.

[@bettygrof.]

I imagine he did it to check if they were still alive, and when he discovered that they weren't is when he gave up. Truly heartbreaking

[@ur.favnetballgirl]

@@bettygrof.that broke me...

[@theycallmehpip]

:((......

[@atimidbirb]

The fact she keeps in contact with the random guy from the restaurant who alerted the waitress and the investigators is so fricking sweet and wholesome omg

[@Scorpio72350]

How did a judge put Shasta in a correctional centre for substance abuse especially after knowing what she had been through, but the court system let a level 3 sex offender walk the streets? WTF???!!!!

[@StefanCreates]

Insane

[@headhunter1945]

And yet the USA has 20% of the world's prisoners, multiple times more than any other nation. Makes you wonder what for. "Home of the free," my eye. Prisoners to a prisoner nation.

[@ActuallyAShrimp]

Happens all the time. People who were put in jail for having weed were still in jail serving their sentence AFTER weed was legalized where I am. Since emotional abuse and sexual abuse is something that kids don't really know how to explain and it makes it easy for offenders to get away with. Since sexual abuse has only one real way of being proven, through tests like vaginal swabs being the only clear cut evidence- It's normally word against word in court. My abuser got away without being put on a registry, having his life unaffected completely because I can no actual proof. It was only my word against his, and since the court doesn't take word as proof- I lost.

[@chriscottingham4368]

It’s literally as if the system protects these sick ass murdering pedos

[@NelehLove9313]

Welcome to America.

[@catgirl1999]

the detail that slade made it back into the home to pass next to his mother just tore me apart. what wonderful parents they mustve been.

[@AlbinoLatina]

So sad😞

[@dylanbulinsky5637]

hey at least the government loves serial pedophile rapist murderers

[@amylondon36]

I was just going to comment this really pulled my heart strings

[@suzimonkey345]

He used his last strength to crawl back into the house to be with his Mum. As a mother of a son his age it broke my heart. 😔

[@Goldie789]

Absolutely 💔💔💔💔💔💔

[@Kantsurll]

This little girl was literally so smart and the fact that an 8yr girl can manipulate a terrible man is unbelievable am Glad she’s safe today.

[@ForageGardener]

Clever girl

[@RVFFICA]

She is HER

[@hellykitttty]

Wait did he r@pe her bc I didn't watch it all

[@APhilCollinsFan]

level #3 sex offender,... and he was walking around freely,... unbelievable,... because of that, this monster kill Shasta's family

[@adamelghalmi9771]

well he was obviously starved of attention as a child, so her saying "oh i love you, your my dad" was giving him attention or love he never got before. but the fact an 8 year old did it is wild, she's really smart

[@BlueJWay999]

Reminds me of Elizabeth Smart, who also survived her abductor through manipulating her captor at fourteen into bringing her back to her home town where she knew that she would be recognized and outsmarted him. It's incredible that Shasta had these instincts as such a little girl. So intuitive, so strong and brave.

[@rightarchivist]

It was all for nothing. She turned out to be a wasteful deadbeat. There's nothing "brave" about giving up and letting evil win.

[@swaghilash]

ngl her last name fits

[@alexajaneth7120]

Not all 14 ys old people are stupid

[@Loulouiseeee]

Lol she was barely a mile from her home and they couldn't find her drop me out lol

[@valhatan3907]

There's an old phrase in my country that goes like this: *"Name is a wish"*

[@backtoasimplelife]

These sex offenders should NEVER be let out of prison! This was preventable! What an atrocity. Whoever let him out bears some responsibility. It was known he was a predator from a young age.

[@tinkerbell2469]

This is why i believe everyone should own a gun, if someone broke into my house to get my kids they would not leave alive

[@backtoasimplelife]

@@tinkerbell2469 I did wonder if this family had any firearms or other methods of defense in the house.

[@mindful_clip]

The Groene Murders and the subsequent trial took place in the United States, specifically in the states of Idaho and California.

[@yazlyn3467]

@@Kelly-pp1etyou can justify a murder you can’t justify being a child predator.. anything you wanna share? 📸📸

[@yazlyn3467]

@@Kelly-pp1et yo not the chomo defender telling ME I need therapy 😭 no wonder you were abused

[@Lazarus_Sol]

The kid that went back inside while mortally wounded.. hit me right in the feels. Protect kids at all cost.

[@leratorammile2298]

That's sad😢

[@yuvaraj7340]

I just visualised that it was horrible.

[@gwenclarke506]

The whole situation is beyond heartbreaking. But what I also found heartbreaking is how she was in a correctional facility as a teenager relating to her drug use. It just reiterated how incredibly flawed our system is. Despite her history, her pain, her trauma, her PTSD- she was still punished for merely trying to lessen her pain. The courts aren’t trauma-informed by any means, rather than getting her the help she needed they punished her for self medicating her own trauma. I find it both incredibly disturbing & ironic that a child who was severely traumatized by the murder of her entire family + being sexually abused, was locked up in a correctional facility, meanwhile the very man who had inflicted such horrific damage upon her was released from prison (prior to) murdering her family and kidnapping her. The very system that punished her for her addiction in response to her trauma, is the same system that allowed this predator back out on the streets which ultimately resulted in what he did to her in the first place. The system created a situation in which this man victimized further children, and then punished the victim as she struggled to cope years later. She was just trying to survive the pain she was going through. Gabor Mate made a statement that I think fits here: “Addiction is not a choice that anybody makes; it's not a moral failure. What it actually is: it's a response to human suffering.” Being sober for 6 years myself now, I’m so proud of her that she was able to overcome that. She had unimaginable hurdles thrown at her at such a young age, and yet she SURVIVED in so many more ways than one ❤️ she survived what he did to her and her family, and she’s continued to survive every single day since. That’s the definition of a true survivor. Her strength is an inspiration and I hope she continues to heal & thrive.

[@mwenyamutale1513]

When they said correctional facility, I thought they meant rehab. This is so hurt breaking, why would they send her to jail as if she hadn't been through enough already.

[@ghost_in_the_robot]

It's truly people like you who she be our politicians and leading the country, what a clear and concise summary of this atrocity

[@sayonfoxx8862]

I agree with you 100% our system is broken end filled with holes. It’s all built to drain wallets which is why wealthy people and businesses can get away with much more. They have more resources to bait out the system.

[@floriduhgeorgia]

Congratulations on your sobriety, I completely agree with you

[@floriduhgeorgia]

Also, Gabor Mate rocks!

[@ShayyButter]

it always amazes me how these young girls are so smart and intelligent to manipulate their captors and survive these types of ordeals. she is so brave

[@mentalasylumescapee6389]

females have that way over weak males, circle of life.

[@Goldie789]

She is intelligent and aware of her surroundings.

[@ayeshahussain4440]

I know its not a good thing to say, I don't mean it in a distasteful manner, but the ones who weren't that smart are almost all dead sadly.

[@nascour5991]

any victims that are smart are impressive really.

[@someone3187]

@@ayeshahussain4440 Except for the fact that sometimes one can be as smart as you would want, but the captor still isn't interested in taking any risks, even if he likes her.

[@maxi6542]

Child predators are not capable of changing their ways. Lock them up forever

[@catneedham4913]

Throw them into a closed room with Army ants

[@charleygnarly1182]

They deserve worse than that

[@xokelis0015]

A guy from work would say, "Into the woodchipper you go, legs first", but personally I think that's too messy, and at some point corrupts the person doing it. I'd be just as content as them getting two in the chest one in the head, and being put in the ground.

[@dana8567]

How about the death penalty? No exceptions.

[@markj3175]

Nah…that’s too humane . Throw them in general population where they will get torn from limb to limb . Only a tortuous painful death is appropriate for pedos

[@uberurbana4894]

I remembered when this happened. Police kept alluding to the parents and older brother being killed because of drugs....it was all about drugs.....then they actually found out what had really happened. It really pissed me off bc if the guy had been imprisoned like he should have been, this never would have happened.

[@Babu-kr3cr]

The police are crooked. Remember when they brought a little boy wandering the streets of Milwaukee late at night with a bleeding anus back to Jeffrey Dahmer who later killed him? They want these horrible criminals running around as a scapegoat and distraction from the horrible crimes they support the elites doing and do themselves. That cop complaining that he is up at night worrying about these children, sure, sure. I have my doubts. The people in the community saved this girl not the cops. The cops are cop outs.

[@jeffjones9689]

I guess this is a "catch-22". You can't lock EVERYBODY up FOREVER, EVERY TIME. Jail is supposed to be rehabilitation. It's a hard call in so many cases. I do feel so horrible about this case. So So sad.

[@tinkerbellsmusic2723]

​@@jeffjones9689Then we need islands then !!!! Put them there an drop supplies off by plane!!!

[@ssc4153]

I lived in the town where this happened. On the day of the kidnapping, the parents were having a huge party...lots of people that liked to "party"........he was able to snag them without anyone noticing because there were so many people at the party........

[@dancarter482]

@@tinkerbellsmusic2723 No, take their eyesight and leave them for the wolves!

[@navi8295]

Y’all talking about Slade but all I can think about is Dylan :((( the entire family suffered so much, I can’t imagine how traumatized she was watching Dylan, the person she was closest too, die in front of her. Absolutely heartbreaking, my chest HURTS for her. Rip Slade, Dylan & the rest of the family 💔

[@DrizzleMcDizzle]

Slade and the parents just wanted to protect them and they got murdered, then Dylan got assaulted and murdered right in from of his sister, it's so cruel I can't believe someone could do such a thing, they all had lives that were token away, the surviving girl probably has survivors guilt as well, I feel so bad.

[@navi8295]

@@DrizzleMcDizzle love the sokka pfp, But no seriously though when I say this case made me feel sick to my stomach.. absolutely disgusting. I literally couldn’t even finish the video after hearing Dylan didn’t survive. It literally felt like my heart shattered. Her only support, her LAST REMAINING FAMILY was taken from her. She was all alone :(( it literally hurts me. Dylan and her should have survived together

[@DrizzleMcDizzle]

@@navi8295 Thx love my boy Leon in your pfp but sadly, this would've never happened if he stayed in jail the first time. I saw the culprit was already an offender and was given a second chance, old laws used to give sex offenders three strikes, so cruel. Once an offender, abuser, etc, always one. I know from experience, an abuser will always be an abuser. If you give them more chances they'll continue to do it. Poor girl, I couldn't imagine knowing my main family was murdered because the law was too forgiving. Luckily she petitioned for the Slade and Dylan's Law so that offenders don't get any chances. They instantly go to prison once found guilty.

[@Leah-j7j]

Rip

[@yulimartorrealba5851]

This part is always confusing to me, because there is this version and another one in which it's not mentioned the squirrel game but she says that she was on one side of the Jeep and Duncan and Dylan on the other, so she could not see the nature of the first shot but she remembered that Duncan was apparently looking in a large transparent box for some beers and that apparently the shotgun that was also there went off. When the first shot rang out she ran over and saw Dylan screaming and begging for his life and Duncan telling Shasta that it was an accident and then what you said in the video happened. After the fatal shot Shasta remembers Duncan was crying and he told her again that he didn't mean to and he shot him again so he wouldn't feel any more pain. Maybe by that time he had grown attached to the children and truly regretted it or maybe not and it was truly on purpose (at least the first shot, even Shasta wasn't sure). It was days later that he made the ultimatum to Shasta I'm with you, I really wanted both of them to survive and I can't stand the fact that maybe (in the case it was accidental) he would have survived

[@AnalyticalReckoner]

Showing mercy on sex offenders is failing our children.

[@zoa1-99.......]

Mathhew 18:6 is clear about what Jesus said! I'm Detransitioned now after 4 years, because I was being deceived by a Fallen Angel, known in Sumerian texts as Ishtar. Thanks to God and Jesus for bringin me outta of that. The Rainbow is being misused! One of my latest v idios explains more.

[@rydz656]

I was in the same class as her. She was really wild in bed but loved older guys when she got back.

[@tuscansun2320]

@@rydz656 if there's a god out there i hope his punishment for you is the most painful he can come up with

[@manofyourdreams481]

​@@rydz656what a waste of oxygen, your mother should've swallowed

[@mazdaxc90]

@@rydz656 self report

[@CrystalIXx24]

I feel so bad for Shasta. I can’t imagine the pain she’s in. Losing your only family is hard. Especially her brothers. They were inseparable, and had such a beautiful bond. Rip, fly high 🕊️

[@mothh]

Losing not loosing..

[@CrystalIXx24]

@@mothh Thanks for letting me know

[@humbleisme2381]

I know! This poor girl! 😣

[@drawingwithastrid7264]

@@mothhit doesn’t matter wtf

[@karlyost3572]

😂 isn't that something and yet they still let these people out from prison and they go out and do it again and so sad help us Lord Jesus❤

[@dragoncat60]

The fact that she was able to survive the strangulation with quick thinking and manipulation is insane. Its something you would assume to only be part of a movie when the main character is almost dead but just scrapes by at the last second.

[@VioletJoy]

Yep.

[@angelarice8418]

and how after everything, she chose that method of murder knowing she might be able to survive. her will to live is really remarkable!

[@WilliamMiller-fc9qv]

"Martha"

[@domicodlover4072]

This is a very common thing for trauma survivors too! I have many stories of manipulation and quick thinking that have saved me.

[@LisaMadison-x6q]

It's God's hand over her life . She will save millions

[@maz5288]

that poor boy slade, being the same age as him and seeing this is genuinely heartbreaking. Even in his last moments and all the pain he felt he still built the strength up to get back in the house and pass away next to his mom, i’m sure he was so scared, terrified. How could that disgusting - awful man ever be kept alive for so long, he deserved the death penalty. Those poor boys, the poor parents. My gosh, Shasta is so strong and i’m incredibly impressed by her. May that poor family rest in the peace they deserve❤

[@Tanjiro_kamado955]

Child predators should NEVER be let out of prison.

[@naconaco1]

There's a reason why they do it ..... Human trafficking and also people in higher places allow it.

[@zoa1-99.......]

Mathhew 18:6 is clear about what Jesus said! I'm Detransitioned now after 4 years, because I was being deceived by a Fallen Angel, known in Sumerian texts as Ishtar. Thanks to God and Jesus for bringin me outta of that. The Rainbow is being misused! One of my latest v idios explains more.

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@zoa1-99....... Seriously you need stronger medication.

[@darkishweb]

@@zoa1-99....... detransitioning has literally nothing to do with this conversation or this video

[@gravitystr]

@@zoa1-99.......religious psychosis is real❤

[@blazinpyromaniac]

Devastating story. Also devastating to hear that Shasta has been in and out of prison her entire life and dealing with drug issues. This tragedy definitely traumatized her.

[@unknown11215]

Agree

[@Prayformetobeagoodmuslim]

Bruh this shit got me in tears 😭 I was ten years old in 2005 I’ve never heard of this story Til now.

[@IllnessXBL]

No shit

[@rebecca8866]

She doesn't deserve to be in the same place as her abuser: jail/prison. She has severe ptsd and trauma and used drugs to cope like many others in the world. I truly believe drugs should be decriminalized. And I also believe that people struggling with addiction need different help than jail/prison. They need a rehabilitation therapy center. I get that drugs are illegal and that it's a crime but if you look into this issue it's much deeper than that. The system views things as black and white when life in reality is more grey and inbetween. Many people with drug issues are just struggling with untreated mental health issues and a lot of their addiction can be avoided or treated in the first place with childhood trauma screenings and trauma therapy. The reason this isn't happening now except in small areas where they are doing childhood trauma screenings, is because of the prison industrial system. They make money off of putting people in jail and prison. It also makes the population easier to control. Sometimes I honestly wonder if the leaders of the u.s. secretly want all humans in the u.s. to be incarcerated. It really feels that way sometimes. She shouldn't have gone to those places. She needed to go to a mental health and trauma inpatient hospital or rehab. I swear to God things do not have to be this way and us as u.s. citizens shouldn't put up with it. People with drug offenses shouldn't be put in the same place as rapists and murderers, but they are and it's not right. We all know that. Something needs to change and change soon. What happened to her should not happen to others. It's common for victims of severe trauma to use drugs so instead of punishing them we should be working towards healing and curing them.

[@ellamaeloftus3493]

I don't see her time in a correctional facility as a prison. It was drug-related and it seem to have helped her to become a productive adult. However, in cases like Shasta, it is common to turn to drugs and alcohol because of PTSD (anything to numb the pain, there should be some other type of facility for one reason as being labeled as her abuser and a killer. IMO

[@maybememory1]

I know that she’s struggled with substance abuse, among other things, since surviving this. I really don’t blame her. I hope she’s doing better now. She survived all of that. She’s here for a reason ❤

[@nymphetamineanonymous]

She is doing amazing last I talked to her. ❤

[@steph678]

Most of us that struggle with substance abuse had horrific childhoods and trauma filled teen years.

[@missylou725]

​@@nymphetamineanonymous Ohhh...you know her? Well, that's good to know about her current status. Thank you for updating us!

[@nymphetamineanonymous]

@@missylou725 I don't know her grately or too personally, but a friend introduced us a few years ago online and we talked a lot before I lost my social media. She's local to me and I know where she works when she does work and isn't home with her kids and hubby. One of my friends is very close with her and I ask about her and last I knew, she is well. She did/does have emotional trauma still of course, but doesn't let it become an obstacle in her life.

[@Scorpio72350]

My immediate response was ‘of course she has/had substance abuse problems, who wouldn’t have substance abuse issues after this. Everyone else who does has issues that are not even close to anything as bad as this.

[@CalistaRussell-hh2rj]

I am so glad that a guy made eye contact with her recognized her and helped save her before she could die with the rest of her family.

[@foxi-n2u]

She's a remarkable human being. May her life just be filled with love and joy. So sad that there's predators all around us 😞

[@mondayquarterback9174]

You don't know about her life now? Google!

[@sheilaboston7051]

Yes, she's still with her husband and they have five children. She went through some sh*t with drugs/alcohol but is now using her experiences, I believe, as a counsellor.

[@skylxrie-9717]

I searched her and she looks creepy-

[@simpleplanfan011]

@@skylxrie-9717 She has been through a lot. Cut her some slack.

[@skylxrie-9717]

@@simpleplanfan011it’s actually my first time hearing her story,what does it mean?

[@helenrichards7465]

Completely preventable crime--WHY WAS HE FREE?? Unbelievble.

[@Fay_F_2]

UNBELIEVABLE EXACTLY WHY WAS HE FREE

[@Dan-xx5jq]

Why is America is so SICK. I feel ashamed as an American. So much Evil. I feel afraid.

[@Fay_F_2]

@@Dan-xx5jq same here

[@TheFabFarmer]

@Dan and @Fay F not just america…atrocities happen like this all over the world.

[@cashappalexander]

@@Shayotita mostly in America, you dont hear about this in Europe. I can confirm since I live in Spain, and they have very low crime rate.

[@oneway8212]

I heard so many stories that i thought were bad but this one is by far the most traumatic, it’s so bad that this could happen to anyone but a 8 year old child? i couldn’t live after all this that girl is so strong. RIP to her family

[@lloveyoutube110]

Its so traumatic

[@Legoglocks]

Bro this one had me ugly crying by the end

[@inthelandofmorethansmall7582]

If nothing else can convince someone that regular people NEED to be able to defend themselves, this surely could. Every time I hear one of these stories I wonder, "How can I protect myself and my kids?"... If only these people had had the tools, these would be very different stories indeed. 😕🥺😞

[@catherina2611]

@@Legoglocks No tears here... I'm still in shock and struggling to believe a person could be so evil.

[@UravityBBG]

bro i swear everywhere i go i see the jokers face, i havnt even played persona 5, AM I BEING HAUNTED!?

[@Elliana_Grace_T]

When she said "He was my best friend" I was praying to God that she said was because he isn't anymore and not because he died. It's so unfortunate, that this all started because they were just being kids, playing in their yard. Rest in peace Dylan, Slade, and their mother and step father.

[@Cycles42]

See? Praying to God won't do shit.

[@Elliana_Grace_T]

@Cycles42 I don't even believe in God it was an idiom I meant I hoped he didn't die and and ofcourse it did nothing this all was way in the past, and your comment is incredibly rude as someone who doesn't even believe in that. You go on a video about CHILDREN dying and use it as a time to promote betraying God. This world it truly disgusting.

[@Elliana_Grace_T]

@@Cycles42 out of all videos, too

[@MikasaeaAaah_Aahkercmoan]

yeah @@Elliana_Grace_T

[@SoloTheEpic]

yes thats true, i dont believe in god, but i think sometimes praying even when you dont believe can give you comfort. my nan had cancer, and my mom, even though she doesnt believe, prayed, and it helped her. sometimes relief can just help you get through it. thats part of why people take drugs, because of trauma@@Cycles42

[@bellerain381]

Hearing Shasta talk about Dylan’s death made me break down crying…..I cannot imagine the pain and trauma she has endured. 😢😢😢 Shasta was so brave and I hope she is living the best life she can.

[@TheDutchessOfCornville]

That part was the worst…

[@OverStrive2008]

Knowing you can't talk to someone ever again... Is so sad

[@stoney-51999]

Another thing I love about this channel is the fact that they cover the survivor’s lives after they’re rescued from these horrible incidents. People seem to forget that there isn’t always a “happy ending” for these survivors. Their lives continue onward, and they need to somehow pick the pieces up from there… so happy Shasta has been able to finally achieve a seemingly peaceful life now.

[@alvaroq2024]

I can’t believe I didn’t find this channel sooner! ❤️

[@OrkanKurter]

Although I agree, as a viewer that is great content. At the same time, just as she mentioned in the video. As a teenager she wished to not get recognized. Consider living a life, where people you don't know, constantly reminds you of the worst thing that ever happened in your life. If you think about that, then even contacting them and asking for a follow up on your life because you are making a video about them, might be a little much to put on their plate.

[@Germania72]

She chose strangulation because she had more chances to convince him to let go. And she was only 8 years old!

[@chantelletrembath3345]

Yea, she's so amazing, what a girl! ❤

[@josephdahdouh2725]

Right, I would choose to be shot. If I was forced to... Also, for some reason predators are more tough and attack primarily the boys, which is weird and I feel is uprooted to the violence that some males endure from their parents while growing up. I think the predator's behavior may have had a link to his upbringing if he was abused as he abused other kids. She is super smart for her age.

[@PrincessAfrica3]

Just horrifying the horror they went through 😢

[@emirbaranceviren6956]

ngl that was pretty smart considering that she has a chance to make him stop its genius

[@caerleon87]

@@josephdahdouh2725 You are as nuts as the kidnapper. Now, why would you imagine kidnappers want to keep the girls alive??? As for all this insinuating that "offenders do it as they saw it when they were kids" is complete crap.. They do it, because they can.

[@Aris-Darling]

Incredible story. What a brave girl. I also liked the part where people in the restaurant all worked quietly together to stop the man from getting away.

[@stillhere1425]

He also killed a California boy, Anthony Martinez, grabbing him right off the street in front of the children Anthony was playing with. The kids gave the police such a good description, the composite sketch looked so much like Joseph Duncan, I don’t know how it took years and years to solve the case. If they could have, he might have not killed Shasta’s family and so many others.

[@glintinggold]

Police. Not really able to do anything about anything.

[@encephalon3563]

If I killed him right there and then he wouldn't have done anything at all. It's the same as if you destroy something that is a threat , or hostile or dangerous. Examples like external sources of threats or internal source of threats. The conditions of this planet are compromised to a spatial level of conscious interference. It might as well be a veneer like North Korea has it's towns but at a planetary level. No one makes a splice in a lab or genetically modifies something and expects it to act natural, this is one of those cases.

[@michelesanta]

I just found & read an article about Anthony's murder, so incredibly sad and devastating for the families that monster took away, and it also fills so many of us with fear knowing there is such evil in the world that could attack our innocent children as they play in their own yards.

[@ScottJB]

Cops are so useless. It's why we need to turn policing into a real job for real professionals with a degree and adequate training and psychological testing.

[@baconheadhair6938]

@@glintinggoldLet me know when you are able to find somebody’s info based off of a kid’s drawing

[@parisinthe30sx]

People like this should never be let out prison, and this is a clear example as to why. He should have been put away for life after molesting a child.

[@Badgergoose]

people like this don't survive long in prison, the other inmates handle them

[@hafisatibrahim7098]

People say Islamic law is barbaric, what is worser than this kind of person if he had been put to death for the first crime that he had committed, those family would’ve been alive buy now.

[@Boris82]

People like that should get the death sentence. Im not kidding.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

He was still a minor (15 year old) when he served time for raping prepubescent children. So it’s hard to keep him in prison and many would argue he could still be rehabilitated. The problem was the second time when he was arrested as an adult for raping boy. He should have never been granted bail which gave him an opportunity to become a fugitive.

[@Boris82]

@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive Granted bail? Are you out of your mind or something?

[@shonabeggs4640]

The strength and resilience shown by Shasta is almost unbelievable for such a small child, what a credit she is to her parents, stepdad and brothers. I hope she lives a long and happy life.❤

[@TheOlya420]

Ugh apparently she is in and out of prison and has substance abuse problems

[@coreyaruecker]

@@TheOlya420 when people say things like, “I hope she lives a long and happy life” it’s pretty obvious they don’t know what stuff like this looks like in reality because it comes nowhere close to being a happy life. And the longer it goes the more painful it becomes.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

@@TheOlya420 It is just natural, the human brain cannot cope with the amount of evil she managed to deal with.

[@brendaredmond4678]

This case has haunted me for years. I just want Shasta to be ok. I cant imagine what she had to go through.

[@CupcakeMcGregor]

There is ZERO reason to keep child sex offenders alive. Death penalty, first offense.

[@astrzmbie9968]

Stop voting in demonKkkRat judges

[@Dh-rp7gg]

Sometimes these people are falsely accused by a ticked off person trying to get revenge on someone. I know of such a case in CO. He ended up in prison for almost 10yrs. Before this girl told a counselor what she had done. If you give them a death sentence for a first offense, this guy would not be alive today. Living free once again.

[@kylie-.-]

Oh trust me, when people in prison find out about pedophiles, they pretty much near kill them. There was actually a guy who was a prisoner and murdered an inmate, admitted and was happy that he was dead because he touched children and killed them

[@someone3187]

@@Dh-rp7ggOh my God. And his life is ruined. Forever.

[@wendycarstens8185]

Amen 💯 to that one

[@blackbookhell]

The fact that rapists and pedos get slaps on the wrist in the judicial system has never been lost on me. I being a survivor of multiple different rapes can’t stand the system. The fact that they would rather bang the book at someone selling pot, driving on a suspended, ect vs actual predators is astounding. My best friend raped me in high school, and they said they’d hate to ruin his future over a misunderstanding. Bro I was asleep n woke up to it. I hate the system.

[@ThePrettyeyes341]

Lord Im sorry that happened to you.

[@moonjumper3624]

I am so sorry for what you went through, that's truly disgusting. Our system is truly broken.

[@srvntlilly]

A misunderstanding?! What a twisted, upside down world we live in. Smh.

[@mrlk665]

You can take revenge for yourself

[@1mol831]

Are you a man or a woman. If a man rapes another man the system doesn’t really care.

[@ninamatthews8747]

To have the wherewithal to know how she can escape at 8 was amazing. To be able to plan and predict his reactions to her pretending to love him and play the long game under EXTREME duress is rare. She’s remarkable, im happy she was able to turn her life around.

[@baguette4607]

I feel horrible the mom, dad, shasta, and dylan, but more specifically for Slade. He was beaten horribly, and tried to save his brother and sister, and died next to the persons he loved the most. No kid deserves that, and none of them in that family deserved that. RIP

[@ForageGardener]

Heroic family

[@divakim206]

So wait, he got to live until 2021? Unacceptable! I'm so sorry for what Shasta had to endure with that monster but I'm glad she was able to survive and help him get arrested. Rest in peace to Brenda, Slate, Dylan and their stepdad.🙏❤️

[@GrizzlyPurpleBearKatie]

Even thought that isn’t justice, at least he dead where he belongs. In prison.

[@OverStrive2008]

Pros of him living to 2021: He had to suffer for longer Cons: Very small chance of leaving

[@Gcor239]

Slade*

[@SUGAs_Shadow85]

This! They shouldn't have put him on death row, he didn't deserve that kind of kindness. He should have been sent to the top of the list!!

[@divakim206]

@@SUGAs_Shadow85 agreed.

[@ashishkaushik1790]

She's a real girl of Steel... Have never felt this emotional watching a crime documentary!!! Just WOW!! She's truly gifted!!

[@ArtbyL763]

It is amazing at such a young age how she was able to understand this man, retain all the information she did, and have the incite to keep it to herself, and wait for her moment. What a brave girl she was!

[@PageantExpert]

This made me cry.. 😢 What a horrific crime! Killing her entire family & abusing those poor children.. That man is crazy & pure evil!!!! What a sharp, smart little girl Shasta is.. And now she became a woman with purpose & living her life.. I wish her all the best & all the love in the world..

[@Alma_asahina]

Bless her heart, and bless yours too ❤ I love this comment because I actually agree so much. That man is sick in the head, and that won’t ever be changed. :(

[@briannabonilla1725]

Shasta was forced drugs and alcohol… she later struggles with drugs and alcohol. This wasn’t her fault, it was trauma & an early introduction to substances.

[@vavabbe1]

My heart broke for that baby 😞 Thank God she still has her father.

[@anonikys]

Unfortunately her father died of cancer a few years ago 😔

[@captainobvious6070]

​​@anonikysh e most probably had so much cortisol in his body after that event. This opens the door to disease:(

[@MoSherriCharlaSmith]

The staff at Denny's deserve everything!

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Everyone there was smart and attentive. Moving to the door when he was about to leave, messing up the receipt on purpose, not saying anything aloud... All on the same wavelength. Human instinct is an incredible thing sometimes.

[@dmxj1586]

Amazing those ppl god I hope he burns in hell a million times over

[@oldironsides4107]

I wish dennys made a morning after pill for moons over myhammi

[@GM8101PHX]

The employees at the Denny's Restaurant are Heroes, though it's been 18 years they deserve to be recognized as such for their efforts to get the scumbag arrested and locked away, Obviously God took care of him, I am sure he is in hell for the murders he committed all over the northwest!

[@alondor8157]

@Marty's 4x4 I think he meant some of the servers moved to block the door - in case - as a precaution. Similarly if there's a missing child in a grocery store, the clerks are told to block the exits, in case the child tries to leave. Even if their actions didn't necessarily have much of an effect in this situation. The fact every took all necessary precautions is what is awesome.

[@afraggingpopkat2099]

I’m amazed at how quickly the entire crowd in the Denny’s became somewhat like a hive mind. They all thought the same thing when the abductor was going to leave.

[@emie7275]

as soon as someone hurts a child once, that is proof enough that they will do it again. my heart breaks for each and every child affected by horrible horrible adults.

[@luvmilkyhearts]

and the fact he didn’t even do it once before, he described his MULTIPLE past murders to the kids. It’s sickening

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

just shows that youre not a strong person

[@emie7275]

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 here's the attention you so desperately ordered. being a bad person doesn't make you cool, fyi

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

what? asking people to be stronger then their abusers is evil? wow look how twisted the world got@@emie7275

[@hairbeauty8083]

​@@emie7275I'm so confused, is that guy trying to say we shouldn't care about child abuse? I'm replying to you because I don't care to give him any attention. What a horrendous person to think child abuse is not horrendous

[@og5541]

This behavior coming from an 8 year old is crazy. In arguibly the worst situation a person could be in she not only had the courage to comfort her brother, but to also play nice and pretend while remembering other victims. Shes amazing

[@Chesiremama]

Shasta was always a sweet, quiet little girl. I always wondered if she remembered me but I use to push her on the tire swing at recess a lot. She was usually by herself on the tire swing or waiting for it. Dylan was in my little sister's class for 2 years and they became good friends. I have a lot of memories of all 3 of them.

[@effeojnedib7208]

It's way past time for judges to be held accountable for releasing criminals back to freedom. If the judge is too soft for the job, then he/she is in the wrong occupation.

[@user-mk5vj5bf3j]

It's not just the judges, it's the legislative too.

[@AnarchistPoop]

Sadly, it is the law, my friend. That's what must change.

[@timeless4495]

You are 💯 correct. This example in Ohio doesn't fit this particular horror story but it shows the utter incompetence of a judge: Columbus Ohio has had Major problem with car thefts by teenagers. One 15 year old has stolen 30 cars!!! A judge named George ( can't remember last name you can look this up if you want to) actually in response to this said he wasn't certain what to do🥴👌.

[@unrealuknow864]

It's the state legislatures. They make these laws. Democrats fight against strong sex crime punishment

[@mrbonjangle]

I think people need to take their fate into their own hands. We have a 2nd amendment for a reason.

[@giannamolina4011]

i gotta say i have a lot of respect for this account and having constant respect and understanding that the victims are people and never going into too much detail when it comes to the crimes committed on these people. It keeps these people from becoming what was done to them and more of who they are, were and became. It’s amazing. It makes me really emotional ill be honest, hearing people talk about what happened to them and you guys having a respect for them. Its really amazing you dont see that much anymore.

[@lyphrx]

As a 13 year old it breaks my heart to hear that kid, who was repeatedly hit on the head with a hammer, had the energy to crawl back to his house so he could be with his parents. That's the type of shit a real sweet kid would do that genuinely loves his family and the people he's around. Rest in peace that beautiful kid, his younger siblings probably always stuck together and so he must've been closer to his beautiful parents and especially his mom. Disgusting killer, beautiful amazing kids and parents ❤

[@phattjohnson]

You write better than 95% of the people on the internet and you're only 13? Well done to yourself and whoever is educating you!

[@lyphrx]

@phattjohnson thank you so much ❤️ :)

[@bannerjay3347]

[@Brooklyn0789]

What a sweet soul you have. I can see that you're not naive, as I was 20 years ago at your age, I let my kindness be taken advantage of and became hard/jaded. The adult world is so scary, I wish I could go back to being your age and realize that all the old adages are true, and apply them. Keep reading. You're gonna go far, I know it.

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

​​@@Brooklyn0789Everyone has to be somewhat hard/jaded as you grow older. It's also knowing the difference when you need to be and when you need to be soft/caring. Yin and Yan 🙂 Peace and love from across the pond 🙂

[@ZombieQueen819]

At the age of only 8 year’s old she knew how to manipulate that pos and live This (now grown Lady) is a absolute genius.. And to hear that her mom from the beyond was talking to her and keeping for focused A MOTHER’S LOVE NEVER DIES…

[@scheezy]

You believe in ghosts lol

[@ZombieQueen819]

@@scheezy I guess because that lady said she heard her mom’s voice 😇😇

[@AB-jk6pr]

@@scheezy mankind has believed in ghosts since they were aware enough to even fathom the idea of their existence. Every single culture has a rich history of belief in the supernatural. More than half of the population believes in ghosts and there’s not a single human being who knows, without a doubt, what happens after we die. “Lol you believe in ghosts” isn’t the clever dig you think it is.

[@teeniequeenie8369]

Anyone else familiar with prebirth planning?! I find stories like this fascinating when considering this….

[@ZombieQueen819]

@@teeniequeenie8369 I’m sorry no I couldn’t have any children (I do have the 4 legged furry ones)

[@squarebear619]

I always check up on Shasta from time to time. I've never forgotten her. She has such a rough deck given to her. She is still suffering so much. I wish her peace and healing in time so that this depraved beāst doesn't have any hold over her. I hope she knows that many are rooting for her and empathize with her around the world.

[@jajaxxi]

Idk but i cant stop thinking about Dylan :(. My heart as a mother. Imagine holding your brother lifeless body and helped burying him. I cried while watching.

[@flowergirl4612]

Truly a heartbreaking case. She is a smart and brave little girl. It's so insane that a man that is a level 3 sex offender can just be out and about loving his life with noone keeping track of them or nothing. Idc if it's your first time being charged or not. If you are charged doing stuff to kids, you should never be allowed out of prison period.

[@CM0SRS]

a fucking men. let them rot.

[@ems8717]

Agreed. In my country they barely get jail time maybe 6months upto 2 years it’s ridiculous

[@igloozoo3771]

One bullet to the head. $.50 cent to taxpayers.

[@dogcatfamily2476]

Google your zip code in Sex Offender Registry be horrified at the men and women near your school, stores and children. Then contact all parents get them to call local Radio/ TV newspapers and courts to demand these people be removed and cases reviewed. Once a PEDOPHILE / SEX OFFENDER ALWAYS wanting/planning to do MORE HARM. We CAN'T wait until they get caught AGAIN by then there is a VICTIM that NEVER should have been HURT or KILLED.

[@heidihawthorne]

The details of the abuse Dylan experienced are some of the worst I've ever heard. He took Dylan alone multiple times and tortured him for days to the point of near death over and over. He shot Dylan through an open cooler so they didn't see it coming.

[@ginaharden2111]

I saw another upload regarding this case. I thought "they" said the man had taken Dylan to a shed type structure, SA'd him again, and then ki--ed him

[@nadinenavarro193]

Yeah your right I saw that same upload, it did say he was taken to a shed

[@missysample4486]

I have read about some of the horrific things he did to them both but mostly Dylan. He made Dylan and Shasta perform sex acts on each other while he watched. But if that wasn't sick enough...it's my understanding he video taped some of the acts. He hung Dylan with a wire around his neck until he passed out and masterbated. Then he let Dylan go...when Dylan would wake up..he would wake up screaming because he was horrified at what the man had to him but also horrified that he was still alive. I'm sure there is even more things done to them that I don't even want to think about.

[@danmckim16]

R I P Dylan walk hand in hand with Jesus

[@MsDropofrain]

@@missysample4486 this is horrifying. Poor Dylan.

[@billygreenbean7119]

Horrible. This is the type of case you almost regret knowing about. My God. This is the most evil thing I have ever heard about. My heart goes out to Shasta. Can't get through this one without crying a few times.

[@PrincessAfrica3]

Same here. The horror they went through😢😢😢😢 just evil.

[@micheletravis9057]

It is very evil. In the bible, Jesus said those who harm children ( the same way this guy did) Jesus, would wrap a stone around their neck, and throw them to the bottom of the sea.

[@billygreenbean7119]

@@micheletravis9057 Matthew 18 6….it would be better to tie a mill stone around your neck andbe drowned into the depths of the sea than cause one of these little ones who believe in me to sin… Yup 👍

[@tessmoore3762]

@@micheletravis9057 Actually He said it would be better for them if that happened. What happens to them is worse. For one thing the guy is burning in Hell, and will for eternity.

[@ruxbin333]

@@micheletravis9057 Actually, He said that it would be BETTER for them to have a millstone tied around their neck and thrown into the sea. So, imagine what He has in store?!

[@Enigmaprince]

What a sad sad tragic story. Shes amazing and brave and im so glad she took down this evil monster. Unfortunately all these horrific experiences not surprisingly had its toll mentally for this girl and shes been in trouble since then :( I really hope she can turn around her life and also get the proper help she needs.

[@thaisrodz]

What horrors some people are exposed to! This little girl was a hero, and was incredibly smart to manipulate that evil man.

[@jeweltorkelson]

People discount how brave and crafty a child can be. Those pieces of crap who think a child is easy prey better wise up.

[@ulalaFrugilega]

@@jeweltorkelson sadly, too often they are.

[@93FilmsandMedia]

Just more proof that sex offenders can’t be rehabilitated!👎 They ALWAYS reoffend. Sick 🤢

[@samssams666]

Just because they can be rehabilitated, depends on what you think that means, doesn't mean they should walk free.

[@justinbarnett9476]

I worked with inmates. I had to supervise them and take them to and from jail. They were mostly in for drugs or child support, but every once in a while they’d send out a pedophile. When I found out I sent them right back. But most were in for failure to register, which just shows that they are sneaky and can’t stop themselves. You’re right, they should never be let out. And the sentences they get are so light, while someone else was in prison for using drugs.

[@sonicartzldesignerclan5763]

Bro just cause one couldnt ( Btw he didnt even tried he never went into therapy or anything so he didnt even try a rehabilitation ) One dosnt speak for all people like you are just a mad boy with no life experience just big talking. But im sure if one black man steals all black humans would do right? And if one women is a gold digger im pretty sure all women are gold diggers. Bro calm down of your horse with the BS youre talking.

[@WhiteWolfos]

@@justinbarnett9476 while I do understand some are innocent (and a political umbrella that revolves around it) it should be harsher than drugs.

[@justinbarnett9476]

@@WhiteWolfos Absolutely! That’s what amazed me. Seeing the sentences guys got for drug related crimes where no one was hurt while the pedophiles barely did time and were always getting caught for failure to register. One guy they called John Coffey because he was a huge hulking black man who would talk to anyone and was extremely friendly. That’s what made me look him up in the jail database, because I thought what could this guy have done, and then on the sex offender registry. He was in for failure to register, but his original crime involved three victims, the oldest was 12 and the youngest was 5.

[@loicemuchena3865]

Imagine after all that she had been through, managing to talk down that monster from killing her literally whilst strangling her & getting the same monster to bring her back home at just the tender age of 8 years old. What a miracle! So glad she finally got her life back on track after understandably succumbing to the mind-numbing pain she had survived as a child. May she find peace & joy with her husband & beautiful children.

[@jennifergarnatz6860]

So thankful she was rescued. Pray she'll be healed though I know she can never forget. My father was murdered shortly before my 20th birthday, I'll never forget the crime scene.

[@JuliaGulia310]

That's awful. So sorry for your loss and that experience.

[@ur.favnetballgirl]

oh no.. rest in peace to your father and prayers for your family 🙏

[@kokonana4086]

There is NO place in HELL for this monster as well. This is one of the most tragic stories I've come across. How Shasta stayed strong and never gave up hope during that horrific time is beyond me. RIP the family and the sweet little boy Dylan.

[@tessmoore3762]

Oh, but there is. That is where this creep is now. Probably in one of the hottest parts.

[@CM0SRS]

I think it'd be better if he roams purgatory. sentenced to watch everything naturally occur to no power of his own, not even in a trivial, physical way. Just observe until the heat death. I think that's what he deserves.

[@jeweltorkelson]

I've always said theres no hell hot enough for people who inflict suffering onto children, it's so senseless. I cant wrap my head around it. What do you mean youd do such a horrific thing... to bust a nutt? Or to scrap a few dollars? How could you?

[@ronarprefect7709]

There absolutely is a place in Hades and then Gehenna for him. He is in a fire now, in torment. He will be cast into a Lake of Fire on Judgment Day, there to suffer eternal destruction. He didn't get away with his atrocities even a little. All who die outside of Christ will be cast into Gehenna. Eternal life has already been paid for for all who will put their faith in Jesus .

[@maaz322]

He clearly underwent his own trauma. A a completely evil psychopath does not feel remorse and would have strangled her in a heartbeat. He kept her alive and was easily manipulated by a child, suggesting he does harbor passion and empathy of an insecure and broken person. Most likely was abused as a child and suffered isolation from the decades of confusion. A 15 year old molesting other children clearly learned such behavior. When he took out her brother after he had successfully hunted a squirrel, it seemed like he was aware and guilty of the sexual damage he had done on the boy, and quickly took him out in a moment the boy's last thoughts was relief.

[@geoffcoates8671]

What a highly intelligent, brave, resilient girl. She witnessed unimaginable horrors and endured a horrific situation herself. Yet she dug deep and found the strength to outwit this disgusting monster. I’m glad that she’s recovering from this unfathomable experience.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Recovery can be a lifetime matter, or like a Buddhist mental heath practitioner here in Ohio once said, "Recovery might take more than this lifetime." THAT hard is to recover from radical evil.

[@KathyJensen-vh2yk]

She definitely was in survival mode. I am proud of Shasta for how she handled herself. She outwit out played.

[@stoney-51999]

The fact that he just mercilessly killed Shasta’s entire family… how can you be so sick, and so evil? There is a special place reserved for him. Rest in peace Mark, Brenda, Slade, and Dylan. I hope only good things come Shasta’s way.

[@Ze3_3r]

probably him

[@schnugelischnugg9812]

And watched the house and planned it

[@tessmoore3762]

@@martys4x457 And now he is paying the ultimate price forever.

[@Nihilistic_Arsonist]

​@@tessmoore3762 Hell ain't real.

[@Hello-ru4yt]

​@@Nihilistic_Arsonistit is, you'll see. I'm waiting to see your face once you realize it is..

[@sophief-ht9vp]

what a brave girl. the intelligence she had at only the age of eight is beyond me. she was able to stay resilient even after her family had been slaughtered- right in front of her eyes, too. that man was horrible. i don’t know how anybody could hurt an innocent child to the extent that they are dead. people like that don’t deserve to live.

[@lissakaye610]

I feel so awful for the jurors, and investigators who had to deal with this as well. I am sure they all are scared as well.

[@louisemitipelo5345]

Jurors... Are just like us... They are given the hardest task... Listening to information, and to different versions of the truth. The person responsible for the deeds has a version of Their truth... We can only pray... That The Truth is heard, the Right person judged, fairly, and punished accordingly...

[@lissakaye610]

@@louisemitipelo5345 True, but I am sure they did not know they were going to be watching video of children being tortured for hours on end.

[@julienelson6506]

I served on a jury for a gruesome murder when i was 21 (I thought it was 19 but have been told it was actually 21) I still have nightmares at 55 and can no longer serve jury duty as i have massive panic attacks. Jury duty is no joke

[@brindlebucker4741]

@@lissakaye610 Yep. I was thinking about that too. It's like with that Aiden Fucci Cheerleader Killing. He stabbed that girl 114 times. There was no trial since he pleaded guilty, but the judge had to look at the extensive photos of her wounds in order to determine his sentence. I was thinking, 'That's got to affect you for the rest of your life to see something like that.' And those are just still images. In this case, the jurors would have to watch video where they would see fear and pain in these childrens' faces. I mean, I would surely want to help convict this man, but being a juror in this case would have felt like I was made a victim of the crimes too. I really wouldn't want to see something like that.

[@monkeymonkey8526]

Yes, I read an article that many of them were crying and became physically sick watching and listening to the recordings this monster made during his assaults of the young boy.

[@PorcelainJester]

I haven't cried this hard over a case in a long time. I'm so happy she was able to have a good life.

[@theilluminati2319]

you are a cry baby wah wah wah

[@Newdawn80909]

her life is far from “good” you don’t EVER recover from this no matter what you or others tell yourself

[@ava4199]

@@Newdawn80909 I think the person meant that she was able to have a good life bc when Shasta said everything happens for a reason that's why she was able to turn her life around, get married, and have children. Obviously she will never recover, but she was able to live through the trauma.

[@cryspbacon]

well she's been in & out of jail for most of her life, including a misdemeanor for injuring a child so..... i wouldn't say she's had a good life. it's very obvious thiis completely screwed her up.

[@holzerisms]

@@cryspbacon just to clarify she didnt put her hands on the child it says the charges for injury to a child are for endangering them by leaving drugs very close to them. its a terrible situation and we all know society isnt setup in a way to help traumatized people. may she be given the strength and support needed to carry on with her family

[@DJMack33]

Oh man hearing about how he tricked them by saying if they could catch a squirrel he would let them go breaks my heart. That is incredibly hard to do, especially for an 8 year old. I assume that is why he made that challenge. He thought there was no way they would accomplish it. I can't imagine how happy they must have been to pull the task off, only to immediately be let down by finding out he lied to them. It's so hard for regular people to wrap our heads around the fact that there are people who are this evil out there. Doesn't make any sense that someone could be so cruel.

[@cestobennet6838]

I would of been over

[@cestobennet6838]

I wouldn't make it 11:38

[@munchmunchmunch]

It made me sick

[@WeShareTheSameAffliction]

Yes it does, his mind is sick and twisted.

[@KhushiSingh-xx8zr]

It was already so heartbreaking...only if he was convicted for his previous crimes rightfully Such sick people out there

[@K3NNEDY_here]

The fact Slade uses his last strength to go back and die with his mother had me questioning every decision I've ever made in my decades of being alive, breathing, and being an organism

[@ur.favnetballgirl]

i just broke down and cried so hard... poor baby

[@LifeInPink999]

And that’s why you don’t let predators free. He molested a child when he was 15, what the justice expected? That he would have become a model citizen because was caught once? To imagine that this would have never happened if the idiots who let him go at least checked on him.

[@llorylloyd]

For him to be so young and molesting a male child he was probably molested although that's no excuse he learned his crimes from experiencing it

[@allydell2050]

Pedophilia never heals a pedophile always will relapse and are researches about

[@llorylloyd]

@@fredcarpenter127 that would end the human population if we no longer had children. People can't control the minds of their offspring. However once they commit a crime like this their life needs to be removed. That's why there are repeat offenders. But the justice system is week on child predators because a large majority of them are also predators.

[@girumzemichael704]

⁠@@fredcarpenter127ell, you are a human, and so are the thousands of people who commented here abhorred, and the billions of us all around the world who would not only not hurt people (children) but would do anything to prevent such a thing from happening. We should be given birth to, it seems :)

[@jengsci8268]

@Fred Carpenter Yeah, tell that to the states that force women to have the babies of their rapist. The inclination could be in their DNA.

[@didimagnin1841]

What a brave and intelligent girl. PTSD, I know that personally - I'm glad that Shasta has been able to turn her life around and not stay fixed on the horrific crime that was done to her and her family. RIP to her family.

[@scheezy]

Unfortunately she's not doing great in life.

[@AB-jk6pr]

@@scheezyif I watched my entire family die in agony in front of me then I’d probably be pretty messed up too

[@starlingswallow]

I'm healing from C-ptsd now, too.....from a 14 year long marriage to a monster. 😢 It's hard as hell...the triggers, the flashbacks that pull me from the present and shove me back into memories of heartbreak and horror. It feels like existing in two places at once, but the past one winning out over the present. I hope you are doing better, friend ❤ I'm sending you a big hug!

[@didimagnin1841]

@@starlingswallow

[@jodieandvee]

​@@starlingswallowI'm so sorry you have to endure the aftermath of what this 'monster' did to you. I pray you'll heal and find peace and happiness in your life 💖

[@goldenhourss]

this broke me. no one, no one deserve to go through this, child or adult. she's so brave, smart and emotionally strong to be able to re-tell her story and coming out alive. she deserves the whole world.

[@junglekutz5625]

The level of irresponsibility that exist in most adults, is mind blowing!

[@SoTiredoftheToxicBS]

I call it Evil

[@hashbrown4278]

@@junglekutz5625all talk

[@Kaededid]

Playing along is a very valid survival strategy when things like this happen. What a smart girl to know that.

[@Hs000_00]

Nick Chadwin, the waitress, and every staff at the restaurant are all heroes for Shasta. The resilience and courage of an 8 yr old Shasta is a virtue that many of us adults need to learn from.

[@Babu-kr3cr]

Making eye contact with suffering children is so important.

[@jeshurunhazelton7789]

Also n or the seals cake was privileged when it slipped in the pool but the car pushed it in

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Absolutely, you are so right, one such a brave girl.

[@phattjohnson]

@@Babu-kr3cr What can you do? Call the cops on every downtrodden kid you see with no shoes in winter?

[@Babu-kr3cr]

@@phattjohnson See what you can do and let them know you at least see them and maybe would want to help. That gives them more courage.

[@catlady6464]

Shasta has such a beautiful soul. The fact that she is able help others who have suffered terrible trauma after what she has been through, shows that there is hope for humanity. The world needs more like her.💙💙

[@dharwoman420]

It's just incredible that somebody could watch their entire family get murder in front of them and still be able to try to have a good life. What an amazing person.

[@anthonyxavier6300]

Wow, Shasta is probably one of the smartest, bravest, and kind hearted person I have ever seen. So sorry for her loss and experience. I hope nothing but good health and a bright future for her and her family.

[@Jessicaddy]

What an absolutely brilliant little girl she was! It’s amazing that she was able to outsmart this monster.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

She outsmarted the psychopath because her IQ was far higher than his.

[@aspiknf]

@@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq Both of them have a high IQ, but she outwitted him.

[@danig342]

If only Slade had played dead. He might have survived too. The fact that he found the last of his strength to drag himself into the house to be with his mom just makes my eyes well up with tears. 😢 That poor, poor family. I was desperately hoping her brother would survive with her, but I had a feeling he would be killed. Why was this evil piece of shit even out of prison to begin with? I swear, so many of these crimes would be preventable if only sex offenders were punished the way they should be!

[@VioletJoy]

My thought exactly. I also wish he had played dead. Totally heartbreaking. 💔

[@Puhleeeez]

He had to go west on the frontage road to get on I-90 to go east to Montana. You could see the house from the freeway. He said he saw Slade staggering around the front of the house but figured he was as good as dead and didn't bother going back.

[@Ignatious_Koopa]

Yeah…

[@logicalblueberry]

My thoughts exactly.

[@anabellac9329]

No one is thinking when they are in survival mode. Plus he just saw his little brother and sister abducted. Maybe he was using the last of his strength to save them. Bless his heart. Such a terribly, heartbreaking story.

[@nincompoodle2369]

The fact that so many people instantly recognized her is crazy too. even just someone out front nodding to her acknowledging that he knew what was going on. It's incredible to hear.

[@freezieford1966]

Her marrying and having kids with the man that was related to the girls that she heard stories about being murdered is crazy to me. It’s such a little detail, but it’s insane to me like the world so small or it was just fate like I wonder how she felt when she found that out

[@ForageGardener]

They shared a common experience to relate with

[@JohnSheldon-p3t]

I am a grown man crying watching this tragedy. I remember this story but didn't know all the vile details. God bless you Shasta. You are a strong amazing person. Your 1000 times the person I am. I hope only great things for you.

[@chrismaki5456]

Dude, you're a "man", and you're crying? Pussy. (I'm not serious, but there was no point to say you're a grown man, everyone already knows that both genders are, in fact, human beings with human emotions).

[@suzimonkey345]

I hope that Shasta is doing better now. Bless her heart. Traumatic loss forever breaks something inside. I can’t imagine losing my whole family at such a young age.

[@dotesondots]

The judge at the trial said he was the most evil man he had met. This story is so disturbing because he killed Shasta's family, abused Shasta, and did other horrible things. The fact that Shasta survived this shows what an amazing and smart person she is. This made me cry because of what he did to Shasta and her family.

[@faithfulgrl]

And now, Shasta helps others.🫂

[@yessirBR]

She's so strong for this. The things that she had to go through are worse than anything I could come up with, and yet she stayed strong throughout all of that.

[@ladilopez7010]

If they would have just left him in jail for molesting at the age of 15 💀 People should know the outcome of this you kill an animal you’re raping since you’re little you’re abusive you’re manipulating come on what’s bound to happen you’re gonna be a murderer🤦🏻‍♀️

[@jasonrist6582]

they should've whacked his peepee off i guess

[@Lotta.s]

RIGHT, some people born to be demons and that's just a fact

[@amydgv]

Right! It has been proven for a while now that these peoples brains are wired different. They will NEVER change. They may, in jail. But after they will be confronted with the things they 'desire'🤢... they will do it again in the end.. They should be locked up forever, because they honestly don't have control over this shit. Just like we don't have control over who we feel atracted to. Again it has been freaking proven, so why are these people still being released on a daily basis..?

[@coycooper8985]

This is the strongest young person I have ever heard of. No child should EVER have to handle what a horrible situation. There is no punishment harsh enough for that monster who destroyed this innocent family. My heart breaks that lovely girl.

[@omowunmikamiludeen]

I'm still trying to understand why a level 3 sex offender is allowed to roam the streets freely. She should not have gone through this horror in the first place. I just hope she's able to heal totally from this nightmare the court caused her 😢

[@keithb6717]

Typically it’s a democrat prosecutor

[@tehcrusher]

@@keithb6717 Got any statistics to back that up? Asking genuinely.

[@yahooarchie8306]

At this point it's common knowledge. Let's take a look at San Francisco for starters.

[@keithb6717]

@@tehcrusher You genuinely are that uninformed? Democrat, right?

[@omgvague]

@@keithb6717 Let's not talk about the trafficking that other politicians have been caught in... Sneaking in pregnant women from the Marshall Islands so they can sell off the babies... Nah, we'll just cherry pick what's convenient for us, won't we?

[@seanmckean934]

This must be worst crime I've heard of. This type of psychological torture of a child and ontop of all the violent murders it is ridiculous. What an amazing young girl, strength and intelligence.