Fayetteville Adoptive Mother CHARGED with Murders of TWO MISSING Children! Avantae Deven

[@GrizzlyTrueCrime]

00:00:00 Intro 00:02:30 Where did this case take place? 00:03:55 When did these children go missing? 00:07:29 911 call from one of the children in the home? 00:10:18 Avantae Deven's 911 call in January 2024 00:15:00 Burn barrel evidence 00:18:40 How did they die? 00:19:10 Map time 00:21:20 What happened to Blake? 00:22:41 What happened to London? 00:26:35 When was Avantae arrested? 00:27:50 Timeline of Avantae's alleged sinister plans and crimes 00:29:00 She opened a home school?! 00:33:50 Investigative timeline 00:37:10 Press conference April 2024 00:46:30 Press conference June 26th, 2024 01:00:20 Survivor of the home speaks to the media 01:10:55 Blake's bio mom speaks to the media 01:14:18 What some neighbors said 01:17:05 Ring cam footage of the day she was arrested 01:21:49 Neighbor speaks to the media 01:24:50 Recap, debried and outro Malinda Hoagland's case: kzbin.infocrqwrE2RYN0?feature=share Part 2 Malinda Hoagland: kzbin.infoG2xNwKOIDyM?feature=share Ruby Franke case: kzbin.info/aero/PL0cYrgj38mhqQ79KTUtHWiWz6EAD8gMwp

[@lornaduwn]

Gisela....I wonder who Mariah is that the adopted daughter mentioned when speaking of cleaning the house ( 1:04:00 ). She seemed to cut the name short a bit and get a little nervous when she said it. The females in the house were her, London and Avantae (who I believe she also referred to as Ava). It also couldn't be one of the boys with that name as she specifically said the boys would be sleeping while they cleaned.

[@80ladyjay78]

Gisela, thank you for all your hard work and dedication to these cases. You do a phenomenal job! ❤🙏🏽🌟💐💝

[@AtticAddictionsLlc-p1t]

​@@lornaduwnmoriah is london... she changed all of the kids names somewhere along the way

[@NatureLoverReturns]

What bothers me, on top of what I've seen here today, is that hundreds of children RIGHT NOW are being treated horribly by adoptive parents, and no one is stepping in to save them. These stories will continue to be heard every week. Shameful.

[@donnashookedcreationsxoxo635]

I shared a bit of my own story in the comments I was adopted by a family member at age of 10, the amount of abuse and cruelty was evident social services did nothing

[@meepk633]

Kids are removed from foster parents every day.

[@cakesboo6554]

@@donnashookedcreationsxoxo635 i am so sorry. i can't believe it yet i know it's happening. i thank my lucky stars everday I went to an amazing family. I hope you've been able to somehow learnt how to process what you've gone through.

[@melusinab3082]

Many times it's not just the foster/adoptive parents. It can also involve any biological children the "parental" figures have had previously. Adoptive families often "other" foster and adopted children in many ways and even do this subconsciously.

[@mariadsg1185]

So true, makes me so angry! Also heartbreaking smh

[@momshome]

Here we go again, an extremely well-fed mother starving her children!

[@ruthmyers2397]

Reminds me of Shaina .Vander ark. N her son Timmy. Rest in 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@marikadolinsky9912]

I grew up with my mum often going with less or without so us kids could eat more. I did the same with my son's, they health and well-being should be first priority

[@margaretlumley1648]

Yes. Avanti clearly had an adequate food intake

[@zoebear1992]

Reminds me of Jeffrey Baldwin, Tesslynn OCull, Adrian Jones, Dakota Collins, among others I just can't remember all their names, but I can see their faces.

[@margretenglesson5834]

Nicole Finn, here in Iowa. Ran a pet rescue out of her home in Des Moines while starving her daughter to death in a locked room...with the window nailed shut because the poor girl was embarrassing Nicole by getting out and begging for food in the neighborhood. And then there was Michael Valva (one of New York's Finest!) and his equally vile fiancee, Angela Pollina...He cried crocodile tears on the stand and said he loved his son "with all his heart."

[@truthsticks5900]

I have a 4 bedroom house, 2 bath , 2 story , unfinished basement ( used for laundry and storage) 4 professional adult children, 4 grandbabies that love me ,yet not married, and no individual bathrooms is the reason I can not be a foster parent or absolutely no adoption! What in the love of all that is holy is going on! It actually makes me sick

[@ashloo6082]

Such cruel irony... I couldn't agree more in wondering what on God's green Earth is going so awry??

[@heather4155]

Yes,i was just wondering how many checks are done,on people like her,that end up murdering their adopted children!?It happens quite often,and was there a man in the household?Lots of babies/children 'given' to monsters,and yes,they are quite often overweight,but are starving the children.Why does this happen🤔

[@KCKR710]

Makes me think the system doesn't want the children adopted out. Likely a financial gain of some sort would seem to be a motive. Child trafficking comes to mind as well.

[@lyndosher4128]

This monster is the reason good parents have to jump through hoops to adopt

[@deltabluesdavidraye]

Really depends upon how crooked the politicians in charge are.

[@LauraLou82]

No offence intended but everyone should have to jump through hoops to adopt, it's clearly too easy in some states and POS adoptive parents who do it for nefarious reasons exploit that. If it was a difficult process only the ones who do it for the right reasons (like yourself) would see it through x

[@summerdrye4030]

Funny thing is she had adopted these children thru foster care I believe

[@pk-cp1bo]

Think about how many children under 5 are never reported missing.

[@JaneJ993]

@pk-cpi know it's an epidemic now

[@meepk633]

Very few.

[@barbaraanne2136]

And add, children under five. home schooled, as well as handicapped in some way. All vulnerable individuals.

[@Gabbi_Plants]

​@meepk633 that's an optimistic view. I hope it's few but considering how long some of these cases go without anyone reporting these children missing, I suspect it's far more than anyone wants to contemplate.

[@lauratehan9330]

Anyone else ever feel EXTRA pissed off when the caregivers of children that die of abuse as and starvation are overweight?

[@Ruth78620]

Yes I do. That couple who starved their daughter and the fathers described her as being " dead as a doornail" to 911 and then told his wife " I don't want to talk about this when we get home I just want to get baked" so he could afford weed and believe me he'd NEVER missed a meal and he stayed home while his wife worked. If you are not capable of giving a bottle, changing a diaper and soothing a baby don't have any its not hard.

[@patriciaburleson5720]

I agree. Most of them look like they even ate the kitchen sink!!

[@Tay-fl8ym]

@@patriciaburleson5720 Soooo true!! 🥴

[@SisterGoldenHair212]

I was just thinking the same thing! SMH 😤

[@1525ism]

How on earth was she allowed to adopt even 1 child. Surely social services should have kept track of the children.

[@Donna.V]

Somewhere Lori Vallow is like, "A Buddhist retreat... damn, why didn't I think of that?"

[@tll224]

👏👏

[@elleng2023]

Vallow Vibes

[@margretenglesson5834]

Josef Fritzl told his neighbors that his daughter had run away and joined a cult...

[@rochelleshon306]

Good one!

[@karilockremwellness8123]

How was she able to adopt 5 children? From where? Weren’t they in school? No one reported suspicious behavior with this woman?

[@ramonasaroldi834]

Exactly! I strongly believe that foster and adopted children should be obligatory enrolled in public schools and ongoing therapy at all times so at least one adult would have an eye on them and their daily habits outside the home. Homeschooling, while valid, should not be allowed at all for children who at any time were wards of state. The state literally just dumped them on their butcher's doorstep and washed their hands!

[@CC12398]

North Carolina

[@verona28540nc]

It depends on the county. My friend and her husband tried to adopt, they were told they could foster, but not adopt. He was military, she volunteered then worked in the school system. They had one child of their own.

[@FlyFreeSurviv4]

Children in her *torture chambers,* they suffered to death. Where in the hell was the child protection services? Why were the children taken from the bio parents? Where are the bio mom’s and dad’s? At the end, you’ll see it’s all about fkn *money!* Money given to the state, the county, the foster care system, the foster/adopted families. *MONEY!* is truly the root to all that is evil!

[@Melissa-ho2vo]

It's the love of money that's the root of evil

[@TangledTrueCrime]

EXACTLY!!!! I had my niece since birth! I picked her up from the hospital! It was a safety plan for 1 year. When foster care got involved they just showed up and took her! When I asked why they said I was non compliant with foster care. First of all there are 5 reasons for an EMERGENCY removal. One is SUBSTANTIAL NON COMPLIANCE AND THE CHILDS LIFE IS IN DANGER! Not only was I absolutely compliant, there was no emergency! She lied in order to get the judge to sign an emergency removal bypassing my right to speak to the judge, bypassing all policies, and bypassing everyone else above her who could have stopped it! When I asked where she was going they said it was confidential! She lied in order to take her and nobody could stop her!

[@natashapeeters988]

​@@TangledTrueCrime, so ,so sad 😔 😢

[@marikadolinsky9912]

Thats horrible​@@TangledTrueCrime

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

@WTF4FTW you are spot on it's all about the money.

[@Ro.Mother-of-Pearl]

Two "runaways " and another with self-exiting ideation. Those are huge red flags to me.

[@dianac922]

I thought adoption was supposed to be a difficult process…? How were they able to adopt so many???

[@laceyfontenot186]

Foster then adopts. It's a process to foster but there are so many children over the age of 2 in foster care because most people want newborns and babies. Once you are a foster parent, it's usually easier to foster more.

[@Ruth78620]

I was adopted in 1979 and my brother was adopted 4 years later ans because my parents had already been approved the process wasnt as tenuous with my brother as it was with me. I dont know if this is the same in the States but children seem to be going to the worst kind of so called humans they can find! How do you loose track of a child for so long? Shed have got away with it if she hadnt reported Blake missing.

[@laceyfontenot186]

@Ruth78620 it became an issue because another kid called 911 about wanting to commit suicide. Then she reported Blake missing because the kid told cps he hadn't seen Blake in 5 years and she was trying to cover her butt. I hope you were adopted into a wonderful family!

[@Studio190creations]

There are so many more charges that can be added, such as, abuse of a corpse.

[@Krhaavi]

So sad for all the children involved…where do these monsters come from?!

[@ginnypowell8324]

So many of them lately . Heartbreaking all the stories G has covered of late . X

[@Ruth78620]

The depths of hell! They are the devils servants walking the earth!

[@Moonstorms]

When you think you’ve seen the last monster, then this pops its head up. what a woeful life these kids have had. Rest in peace babies.

[@lynnemurillo2795]

Seems very odd to me that a single mother was allowed to adopt 5 children. Maybe it's just me....

[@GrizzlyTrueCrime]

Right 🫣

[@Ruth78620]

Im a single parent and im allowed to foster but i work in the field in the UK and they looked into my entire life. If you want to adopt in the UK its nearly impossible. Friends of mine tried amd they had to give full access to their medical records, go for counceling together and apart, give up smoking, give access to all their finacials and they wanted to adopt a special needs child as her husbands brother was born so prematurely he is severly disabled and he has helped care for hom his entire life. Sadly their marrige didnt work out and she stopped the process which is so sad because she'd would make the most loving mother but she would have had to work and didnt think it was fair to the child as much as it broke her heart.

[@justshellie]

As a survivor of extreme A, heating her say she just wanted to ask her perpatrator why, is relatable. W therapy and time you realize the why isnt important. It cant be justified. I hope the surving children get the help they will need

[@mschlund1]

Every child needs a talk about safety and right vs wrong before going into a foster or adoptive home

[@MSgirl67]

These poor babies are so grateful to be going to a home and not be in a group home they keep lots of secrets. Our whole system with these sweet babies need a complete overhaul. We can go to the moon but no one can sit down and figure out a way and place to keep these children safe. Make it make sense.

[@Suzee6040]

That big ole Heffa sure hasn’t missed meals while starving those poor babies. Black hearted evil

[@nk-zr8rw]

They need to hold CPS accountable!!

[@kweenz109]

Not really. Once it gets to the point of adoption they're treated as though it's their own kids and there's no investigation until someone calls. I'm a cps worker in Canada and we have moved away from adoptions for this reason. We will seek long term orders so we can still have some oversight. We also are supposed to see the child once a month, alternating between with the caregiver and separate from caregiver but that's our policy, not sure what theirs is. Many people can be amazing up until adoption and there would be no red flags at that time. But once adoption goes through there's no oversight but we also don't pay once adoption goes through, they just collect the Canada child tax credit like everyone does with children, and it's not a whole lot.

[@Tay-fl8ym]

@@kweenz109 It’s not much money and then they just abuse them, so WHY do they adopt them to begin with, in your opinion?

[@helloitsme9808]

As long as people are trafficked, there will always be these kinds of cases.

[@Grizzly-Cat]

Best coverage around! Thank you, Gisela! ❤️

[@cindyshirreffs2099]

No one has mentioned a partner in the home, so how is a single "mother" allowed to adopt five kids, including special needs?

[@legal_addiction62]

This makes me physically sick...please keep us informed on new info. I wonder how the remaining kids are doing, I pray for them🙏 She should get the death penalty!!

[@tattfam3]

Once children are adopted their cases are closed with CPS

[@Ruth78620]

But they still give them money? In the UK you only get money for fostering that money stops when you adopt.

[@LisaMarieLove1]

I believe ALL HOME SCHOOLS need to have random IN HOME checks at RANDOM TIMES! I’m so sick of our children being beaten, tortured, and or unalived !! A lot of these monsters claim they are home schooled so they can seclude them from others and keep everything hidden for the whole world to see! I hope this MONSTER rots. I’m so sad for all these innocent children. Truly BREAKS MY HEART!

[@LisaMarieLove1]

Ps I would like to add. I’m well aware that there are amazing families, moms, dads, legal guardians, adopted mothers, and fathers, all who truly love their children and are doing the right thing by homeschooling them. Also, who would never hurt them? I just truly feel in my heart that homeschooling should be getting checked on frequently by the state at random times. I feel if we were to do that maybe we could just then prevent some of these innocent lives being lost by complete monsters

[@Ruth78620]

100% and unnanounced CPS visits. We dont give our clients notice of when we're visiting so what we walk into is whats really going on, i will never understand anyone who hurts a child. Theres a special place in hell for them.

[@Ruth78620]

​@@LisaMarieLove1im adopted and I hit the lottery with my parents. Quite a few of my parent friends also adopted, all wonderful situatuons. Its so sad you only hear the bad side of fostering and adopting.

[@shirellejohnson1387]

How does this even happen? Who puts these kids in these homes & doesn't keep an eye on them. It's 2024

[@cynthiasanchez3019]

I know right? I adopted and they followed up all the time, they did not allow home schooling and I kept contact with the social worker for multiple things.

[@mindydonham]

I know right?! 21st century and we haven’t gotten beyond mental illness…. This lady is seriously TWISTED.

[@amystone6511]

Even if they stop doing follow ups after adoptions are finalized, there should be a law passed that at a minimum checks to make sure the kids are getting to their well child doctor visits each year. Then these monsters wouldn't be able to beat or starve these kids to death. 😢 this is just so so sad. Taken from birth parents to stop them from getting abused and then get with someone like this.....just so awful💔

[@TangledTrueCrime]

They just need to be abolished! Put it back in the family’s hands to guard their own grandkids, nieces, nephews, etc!

[@robmcmullen9192]

Just watched the replay! Excellent presentation, G! I can't understand how she was able to adopt the children? The system is broken and there is too much evil in this world!

[@tangerine_stella]

She probably had several foster kids in the home at the same time she had the five adopted kids.

[@jenniferbossert2088]

The fact that no recent pictures were taken of these kids say enough for me. I’m constantly taking pictures of my kids, like every day doing the just mundane things that my mom heart thinks are so amazing.

[@amystone6511]

I'm only 10 mins in, but I bet she got ssi benifits for these boys and she got scared because cps started asking questions so she called the oldest in missing. How messed up is this lady though?!? Just WOW SMH people never fail to surprise me. Thanks for sharing their story

[@SassyCathy1968]

Way to many kids being lost 😢just so darn 😔

[@michaelatchison7756]

This is so sad. Too many children get lost in the system. Regulations & laws need to be changed.

[@diamonds_in_thesky]

another case of social services not doing their job right! I think they should shut down that ss place

[@lesleyhalliday9925]

Thank you G . As an adopted person I truly thank you for bringing this case to your channel

[@Ruth78620]

Im adopted too and this case is what nightmares are made of. I was so lucky to get the parents i did but in the UK you dont get money when you adopt only when you foster so maybe if they stopped that these monsters would foster and social services should be goong in regularly to do checks and take the children aside to speak to them so if their are problems they feel like they can speak freely.

[@maryjacobs8966]

Every day it seems like there’s a case of murdered children. And young adults. I just can’t wrap my head, my heart, my soul around such evil. My heart breaks hearing and seeing these! May that evil witch get her rightful judgment for killing Blake and London and the torturing of the other children. Monsters and Boogeymen truly exist💗💙💔💔

[@palmirareisrocha]

Can we even call this kind of "thing" a human being? Not even animals behave like this. Such a cruelty 😢

[@messyjessie2605]

So f-ing infuriating!!!! CPS does what exactly?!?! Besides steadily drop the ball when it comes to following up with these children! It's literally the same story just different innocent lives that were lost. Makes me want to scream!!!! 🤬

[@CarlottaTrouble]

Don't forget they take children away from often loving parents and homes for things that aren't that serious. Trauma then follows the family for generations.

[@mindydonham]

This also reminds me of the Turpin children…& the Vallow/daybell kids .

[@tattfam3]

Leticia Stauch who murdered SuperHero Gannon also manipulated Harley to buy cleaning supplies and drive around with Gannon's body. I truly pray n hope Al n Landon have reestablished a relationship with her because it took so much strength to testify after listening to her family and supporting her mom up until the day she claimed Insanity. Harley loved Gannon, Laney, and even Landon. I hope they contacted her with understanding and forgiveness

[@lpearson765]

So very sad and on heels of finding young Mr Muir. This happens everywhere all the time unfortunately DHS or whatever the acronym is corrupt and no accountability

[@Dani-kd4ll]

They have more power than the police and lie to the judges to manipulate and retain power over the children. All for $funding received per child. It is child trafficking by the government, so all allowed.

[@ccchic2]

I thought it would be difficult to adopt that many children as a single person.

[@lunalady1821]

There was an Australian documentary about "rehoming, adoption" picnics in one of the Southern States, like Missippi or Missouri, I don't remember. It was horrific, children paraded around, adopted and abused.

[@Studio190creations]

Ugh. How horrible

[@joanbaczek2575]

Yup they used to do that in ma with profoundly disabled foster kids in Berkshire county MA USA. Finally courts put a stop to that shit!

[@bonniekellyromeo9073]

A pedophiles playground

[@devonremy6581]

@lunalady1821 Like slave auctions.

[@Ruth78620]

As an adopted person that horrifies me! Children are not preforming monkeys and can you imagine how awful the children who dont get chosen feel? 💔

[@21_f_aus]

It's cases like this that give foster/adopted parents a bad name

[@samanthafox7928]

Oh the guilt that bio mom must have... so freaking sad, my heart breaks for her.

[@Troe76]

It’s so upsetting to hear these stories. These children’s services entities remove children from their parent’s care just to have them be abused and starved when they were far better off in the home they started out in. Why would they allow the children to go for visits with the bio family if they’re so negligent?!?! Makes no sense! If it’s safe for them to go for visits then it’s safe for them to go home with their families as long as there’s a safety net in place. Most times the families just need some help and resources. That poor momma😢 Yikes that thing sure isn’t starving now is It?! I can’t imagine It coming after those poor babies😢 I have no doubt It will get precisely what It has coming, whether it be by the government or by another inmate. I firmly believe in cases like this the bio parents should get first dibs on the defendant!!! Let them decide what they want to do with It.

[@katem58785]

Hi from Australia, This is like the Shanda Van Ark and poor little Timothy Ferguson, WHY don't people ever mention Timothy Ferguson so sad.

[@TeriHuebert-tq7kf]

I like the way you present true crime and I love your accent, it’s so classy.😊 I also wanted to point out that now that homeschooling with no supervision is legal all these abusers just keep the victims home and starve and abuse them. I’m a teacher and we are mandated reporters, we have to report child abuse. Most of us consider it an almost sacred duty. Now that abusers can “homeschool “ there is nobody standing in the gap, these poor babies have nobody looking out for them. We need to change these laws asap!

[@maggiedurham447]

Yes, you said it correctly, Fayetteville, NC

[@tracybingham7739]

I just can’t believe there are people who voluntarily adopt children and then abuse them. All child abuse is horrific but this just really hurts my heart. She went thru an entire process/background check and did this. My prayers go out for the survivors of this monster.

[@finalflowerchild]

The biggest house in the neighborhood belonged to a single woman who had adopted two siblings. You get adoption assistance. Wall to wall carpeting,central air. The big screen TV, the newest appliances, ECT.....

[@tracybingham7739]

@@finalflowerchild wow! I didn’t release adoption pays like fostering. It’s so sad.

[@heathercarroll9243]

I missed the live but I live about 20 mins from Buncombe County and about 45 mins from Madison County. This case really makes my blood boil.

[@madelinemahajan2808]

Would there have ever even been an investigation if the perpetrator hadn't called 911 and reported one of them missing?

[@PumpkinPatchVintage]

For every one of these cases we hear about, imagine how many more children are still suffering behind locked doors 🚪? This thought disturbs me to my core.

[@IamthatIam54321]

Each child in cps needs to have government taken photo annually.

[@renaellis3267]

So sad. Satan is alive in these monsters.

[@spnfam-ily]

I truly appreciate you and your team's hard work. Y'all have really built an amazing community!! That's why so many folks help you to get the correct information.

[@reneecellmer1659]

I watch you because you tell as much as possible without too much yakity-yak. Thank you. My heart hurts.

[@traceonthecase]

Cuz teenagers are always running off to Buddhist retreats

[@TraceyNapier-df9dr]

I watch on my TV so sound doesn't effect me 😂 this case is absolutely disgusting 😢

[@Ruth78620]

As an adopted person i find cases like this so hard. She needs to rot in jail until she dies and then burns in hell forevermore. Who cleared her as suitable to adopt vulnerable children? Yet another CPS failure. My son was born in '97 so shes not been seen for 17 years!!! This is awful.

[@erpthompsonqueen9130]

Thank you. Watching from Alaska. 💔

[@elleng2023]

Thank you Gisela.

[@spnfam-ily]

Keeping the surviving children in my thoughts and prayers and sending so much love. 🙏♡✨️ Rest in Peace, Blake and London 🕊🕊

[@cakesboo6554]

Thank you for shedding light on this story Gisela. So incredibly tragic and I would like 5 minutes in a room with this woman. This is so horrific

[@user-os8rt3tt7e]

Watching on replay but I wish all adopted children could be as fortunate as me. I was adopted at 3 by a family that already had 4 natural children. I knew nothing but love and acceptance by this family. Fortunately, most adopted children are in families like mine. Thanks for the coverage. Love your channel!

[@Ap50524]

Reform CPS nationwide now!

[@jacquelineblackburn4668]

So much information that you put together. Great channel

[@toeler1680]

I dont understand why you get money if you adopt. In my country if you adopt , that means its now legally your child and you are responsible for all cost. As you are for children you have given birth to. You are not allowed to adopt if you struggling with money. You have to have more then just making it month to month. And you have to have a good support group around you. If children are home school they have to take a test 1 a year to prove that they are getting the education they shall have. All children are called in to dentist ones a year from they are around 4 to a public dentist near you. If you dont show up for the appointment a couple of the times they send a message of concern to cps

[@meganholland3114]

You can foster to adopt. Usually you could only be paid during foster process, and would stop once adopted...unless the child has special needs, teens, sibling groups. Basically as a "recognition" these kids would be harder to find prospective adoptive parents for.

[@traciepatterson9264]

You said it right, Fayetteville. I live a hour from here and have never heard about thjs case.

[@spiderlady1943]

Putting it politely - she didn't go short of food! Poor children - may they now rest in Peace. Birthmother - it must be so very difficult to cope with this so I am sending you Peace and Strength. Let Justice be served and this apology for a human being compelled to serve Life.

[@aminahs9828]

I think as biological parents you can't just expect society to care for your kids when you fail at parenting. Your kids just won't mean as much to strangers, there will be predators. I believe the responsibility should be first and foremost with the biological parents. Without their neglect, the kids would not have been in a vulnerable position in the first place.

[@candydodson1283]

@aminahs9828 now that abortion is being banned in so many states these babies being born to people unable or unwilling to care for them properly will continue to rise. So many young mothers without adequate life and coping skills giving birth.

[@Ruth78620]

Im sorry but thats BS. Im adopted and i can assure you my birth mother 100% did the right thing for me as much as it broke her heart. I wasnt neglected until i was in the foster system and thankfully i was only there for a few mo ths before my parents adopted me. There are many, many different reasons why people choose adoption and the should not be judged or shamed for it. Its the biggest act of selfless love a mother can give her baby if she feels she cant care for her baby for whatever reason.

[@candydodson1283]

@@Ruth78620 there are definitely good and bad stories.

[@Ruth78620]

​@@candydodson1283i ave a full brother whos 2 years older than me but my birth mothers father was brutal apparently so she kept a boy but gave up her daughter. Im sure you can read between the lines. She did ut to protect me. Theres more good adoption stories but you dont hear about those. In the UK you get mo ey to foster but not when you adopt. I think if that was the case in the states these cases may drop because if theyre doing it solely for money they wont adopt theyll foster and CPS should absolutely be checking on foster children on a regular basisu and you take the children aside and speak to them alone so if there are issues youbcan sort them there and then.

[@laurasims6369]

I lived in Fayetteville NC for years so sad prayers for the children

[@tenacaldwell7955]

The look in that woman's eyes in her mugshot photo...pure ice.

[@nessy2000]

Besides, evidently, everything he denied to the children ended up in his stomach.

[@JenniRen79]

So many questions…where to start? It’s a shame that these children are being failed by the supposed systems we have in place. Yet another tragic story. I pray for our little ones these days with the evil in this world. We must protect our children at all costs! 🙏💜🫶❤️‍🔥✝️

[@tenacaldwell7955]

Doesn't the FBI get called immediately regarding a child going missing under suspicious circumstances? Or is that state to state? I was under the impression that every state country-wide assigns an endangered missing child's case over to the FBI as lead investigators immediately... regardless of their location potentially being moved across state lines.

[@tenacaldwell7955]

Correction: maybe not immediately if it's pertaining to a certain close member/friend/identified suspect of the child/their family, though still immediately if the child is transferred over state lines.

[@kellycuneo5123]

Gisela thank you so much for covering this case. So sad😢 🙏❤🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@tami.1111]

This is terrible and unacceptable!

[@iamllux]

A "Home School" isn't a school. It's a parent schooling children at home, registered with the municipality where they live, which means SHE HAD CHILDREN BEFORE SHE ADOPTED THESE ONES!!

[@MKUltra42]

It depends on where you live. I think it’s pretty uncommon for parents to have to register their “home school” with anyone. Homeschool lobbies are HUGE and have many republican friends in state legislatures and they fight tooth and nail against any kind of regulation. These days “unschooling” is a big thing. Kids get to be teenagers and still don’t know how to read or do basic math. It’s easier for these psycho parents to have complete control over their families when the kids can’t function in society.

[@tattfam3]

Call Foster and adoptive parents it should be mandated to provide medical professionals sending in records monthly of a full exam not the doctor of choice either it should be a pool of medical professionals that are ordered to see children at certain time fee free

[@audibjornsson6107]

Mmm well why did they adopt these kids out if they "loved and cherished" them so much???

[@Lariiah]

This one is in my area and I'm beyond belief. This is horrific. You said the town name right.

[@loua1519]

Blake's biological mom is hard to believe. He was utterly distraught and begging to not be returned yet she didn't contact authorities, bang on the monster's door, request a well check, nothing???

[@patriciaward6102]

Thank you for always being a champion for all the missing loved ones ❤

[@kevinbeasley1615]

You do such a great job at this

[@carolp5993]

Thank you for covering this story. I live in the state of North Carolina and I had just heard about this. It is horrific. The system seems to be failing children over and over again. You may want to cover another story that happened in North Carolina. The Zahra Baker story

[@Kountrykrickets]

😢😢 more children FAILED😢😢 again , leave our Children alone. Evil times getting worse prison to good for these 😈 people monsters of demons, Thank you for covering and without all the cursing and disgusting language.

[@colorsflight6432]

the ad in the paper isn't to locate it's just a procedure for divorce when you can't serve the person you can run an ad for a certain amount of time and then be granted the divorce

[@lindamorrow7573]

So upsetting....cps needs a wakeup call

[@We_Are_All_Vultures]

I feel awful for the bio mother of Blake who had no legal choice but to let her son go and hope he contacts her when hes 18. Heartbreaking. I couldn't not even imagine.

[@patriciandcowgirl6044]

Thanks G.

[@Urbantails_]

How in 2024 is this happening so much? These people are not being checked and vetted often enough. How can these kids be missing for that long without schools and social services, doctors, benefit agencies noticing? Massive failure and it doesn’t get better. It’s enough to make you lose any hope for the world. 😔

[@rhianevans7189]

Hi Gisela Am currently watching this on replay. This is the first I have heard of this tragedy. Absolutely horrifying the murder of a child. If she was unable to care for jher children then put them up for adoption not kill them. I hope they lock her in prison and throw away the key Much love and respect from across the pond in Uk x

[@JaneJ993]

She's massively upsetting bc of her own bad behavior. She's awful

[@clintonnicks1480]

She looks well fed of course. Yet starved these kids to death. This seems so familiar 😡

[@amandaRNnNC]

I live about 15 minutes away from Autryville and about 35 minutes from Fayetteville.

[@Zimmy123]

The snark: "I´m calling nooooow!" Omg i have to keep my mouth shut on this one...

[@lauriemoll2918]

I live in Fayetteville and this is totally devastating to our community

[@repentantsoul4213]

What in GOD’s Holy name is wrong with people. LORD have mercy on her soul & may the little boys rest in our Mother Mary’s arms forever. Sweet angels. 🙇‍♂️🙇🏻‍♂️ (👼🏼👼🏼).