15YO Abandonded in India | Scarlett Keeling

[@Bekindloveis]

So her mother blamed everyone except herself for leaving her 15 year old daughter alone in a foreign country including the Brit witness who first brought the case to light by informing about his conversation with her daughter & then calling him a coward for not wanting to return to Goa to testify cos he got threats to his life ?

[@alexandraayeone1470]

I am an English mother. A very very laid back mother. I am"LAID BACK" because i sometimes let my kids eat chocolate late. Or occasionally go to bed later. Now, when it comes to leaving a FIFTEEN year old girl like that??? NEVER. THAT IS NOT LAID BACK, THAT IS NEGLECT. Now iam NOT VICTIM BLAMING - I am saying we know what certain places are like, so it is up to US to PROTECT OUR CHILDREN

[@raoSENSEI]

This presenter is stupid.

[@angmoulton8528]

Yes exactly truly sad why bother being a parent if your number one priority isn't to keep your child safe no matter the age ❤ loved of course too but safety is a must in this world 😢

[@Mj-hd2rs]

No, scarlets mother was the first person to let her down when she left her 15 year old alone with a 29 year old Man unsupervised in another country! The rest of the people that let her down would have never had the opportunity to do so had she have kept her child with her! Totally unacceptable

[@kenma9746]

As an Indian woman, I have advice countless friends from other countries to not visit or if they do then to do it in group. We recently had 4 minors, aged between 13-15 gang r**ed by 12 men. Those little girls went missing on Friday evening and was found on Sunday morning. Now you won’t find this on news channel because it was only reported on a small local news IG page. I don’t even check news websites anymore to see what’s going on in my god forsaken country because there won’t be a day without a report of R**e, and I’m not exaggerating. If you ever visit India, don’t wear bikini when you are at a beach and I’m not saying this for you to respect our culture (what culture, right?) but it’s to keep yourself safe. Don’t trust random people, regardless of gender. If you party at Goa or anywhere don’t get too drunk. Go back to your hotel in groups. And if you decide not to visit then trust me, you are not missing anything. There are far better and safer place around the world.

[@etherealmeals]

Thank you for your honesty about the situation there. I'm an adult but now I would be more cautious when visiting. Itreally sad to hear so many gang rapes in India😢. The country could benefit from tourism :(.

[@elainesmith7512]

Thank you for telling the truth about the potential danger for visitors to your country. That took a lot of courage and humility on your part. Take care and God bless you. 👍❤❤😊

[@therealgrimreaper68]

Dressing really doesn't matter to these people

[@africandaisy310]

Thank you for the advice. Hope things get better for the women in your country!

[@Nermeen.]

Thank you for your honesty 🙏🏻

[@s231966]

Gang rape is reported to be very common in India. I always wanted to visit India, but once I realized how wide spread this crime is, I am no longer interested in going there.

[@c.leighx]

Even animals get that over there, they always tell women not to go on there own. Really is no excuse to leave a teenager there

[@Starlightndust]

Yes, please don't go to India alone. 🙏

[@velvetpurplepearl]

I am an Indian, and yes I absolutely suggest that you do not come to our country alone because unfortunately the government has miserably failed to take serious steps against rape. If possible, make friends with an Indian and stay with the Indian Family, that’s the best way to stay safe here

[@only_me_101]

Who the hell WANTS to visit this gang rape capital

[@Raghuram_2894]

​@@Starlightndust oh, please, don't go into some places but you guys go into them and blame the country.

[@lucysutton7420]

I really wouldn't call leaving a 15 year old alone in India laid back, that's negligence.

[@peopleofearth6250]

You don't have the right to criticize literally anyone for literally anything. Improve yourself.

[@lucysutton7420]

@@peopleofearth6250 so you thinking leaving a teenager with a man ten years older than her in an unknown country, is fine?

[@peopleofearth6250]

@@lucysutton7420 It doesn't matter if it's fine or not. You aren't in a position to make that determination regardless.

[@lucysutton7420]

@@peopleofearth6250 I can say when negligence is negligence. This is negligence.

[@peopleofearth6250]

@@lucysutton7420 No you can't. You aren't qualified.

[@carolineparkinson7214]

She is not frighting for justice for her daughter’s sake, she is doing it because she is riddled with guilt and knows deep down that she is the one at fault.

[@PrincessFidelma]

Yup! I know a bunch of women who've churned out lots of kids, and they all seem to have the same attitude: I won't look after them very well, but I'll harm who harms them when I was doing nothing to protect them, because I'M the victim somehow. Almost the same as "Only I'm allowed to hurt my siblings" attitude, only they're adults.

[@sade6234]

The mum calling the witness names when his life was being threatened but she is the reason her daughter was in that situation in the first place 🤦‍♀️

[@annisa8863]

Right? The audacity.

[@lauren9004]

Exactly!

[@jenniferjasso5947]

No situation requires a mother to voluntarily leave her 15 year old child in another country.

[@gianninai3349]

I went to work abroad without my parents at age 15. Lots of people do that. Not what happened here but just replying to what you said.

[@arkansaninva]

Boarding schools are a thing

[@satar737]

​@arkansaninva I fail to see the point of your comment? Two completely different situations. One where background checks and security is priority and the other situation where it isn't.

[@arkansaninva]

@@satar737 because the previous commenter said "no situation". I provided a situation

[@satar737]

@@arkansaninva fair point

[@brumella]

A couple of months ago a Spanish woman who was travelling with her boyfriend/husband was gang raped in India. Imagine being there alone as a woman and a minor on top of that... 😐

[@rihannahaiti5570]

Alone or not, it's a high probability, everyone knows this.

[@jeyn123]

@@rihannahaiti5570 we women are not safe anywhere really, rape crime happens literally everywhere, and if you people are trying to imply that india is not safe specifically then you should do your research. Google and get the official data. But you still wanna follow the hate trend then go for it..

[@rihannahaiti5570]

@@jeyn123 There are actual stats. It's the most unsafe. Rapit barely serve time, they can pay officials off. Plenty of palces are unsafe but that place, no way.

[@rickkonesnii]

​@@jeyn123I been all over India can assure you this happens you can take several seats you know NOTHING

[@thandisilec835]

@@jeyn123of course rape happens everywhere in the world but india is frightening in terms of rape crime stats(it’s a epidemic there)because it’s so embedded in the culture there that it’s normal that women are hunted down in train rides raped& killed…too many reported cases to be just called once off. I feel bad for Indian women & girl children who are getting assaulted on daily with no justice from the legal system & government ran mostly by men. It’s horrid to be a woman & girl child there

[@leaonicrossland9223]

I love how polite you’re being calling her a laid back mother so you don’t have to say she was a bad mother.! Being laid back is letting your 15 year old daughter have a wkd at a family party not leaving her alone in a foreign country with a 25 years old man.!

[@correaplayz01nunya93]

😂 She's a " free range" mother

[@leaonicrossland9223]

😂😂 she’s no mother.. she might have birthed her but she failed her

[@christenm3200]

Same! I was like well that's polite cause I would have said she needed to focus on her bundle of kids with issues rather than man after man after man...

[@MrSpudnik59]

Of ALL PLACES...INDIA..GOA IS AWFUL!

[@johnwood441]

You know here in the states she would have been charged with neglect at the least. And complicit at the most. I can't imagine allowing a child that much freedom.

[@kershanianaidoo8358]

I think its shocking how her mother is so upset with Mike, like she failed her daughter first!!!! Fiona couldn't keep track of her kids and is projecting her anger onto Mike.

[@PortraitoftheArtistasanOldDog8]

Imo Mike a repeated sex tourist thus didn't want any contact with law in UK for video evidence....

[@anupamaprasanna3339]

Hi Zara, while Scarlett's mom did not kill her daughter she is partly to blame for her daughter's death. No excuses at all. I was in Goa this past December and as an American who was born in India it is very clear that young "firangs" are there to party hard. People notice vulnerability and this child was certainly vulnerable, without proper parental supervision, allowed to partake in alcohol and narcotics at such a young age is sickening. She was an easy mark for the people who are opportunistic. And it is her mom who left her in that position. The police investigations are just pathetic at best.

[@tantalize811]

This selfish "mother" is 💯 to blame as it all started with her.

[@zoekatherine9141]

Her killers are 100 percent to blame. Her mother was negligent, she made mistakes she'll be traumatised with till the day she dies, but to put 100 percent of the bland onto her and not her actual killers is ridiculous. It's almost like saying those who don't prevent other people from hurting others are more to blame than the one's who choose to hurt others.

[@tantalize811]

@@zoekatherine9141 Absolutely !! But if that MOTHER hadn't left her daughter to her own devices, the animals wouldn't have had an OPPORTUNITY to kill her. Everything has a starting point. 😌

[@zoekatherine9141]

@@tantalize811 i'm not suggesting her mother should not have protected her, more that these comments are putting more ownership onto the mother than the actual killers themselves... which doesn't sit right with me.

[@tantalize811]

@@zoekatherine9141 ☝🏾

[@melaninandaura9713]

Im glad her mother fought hard regardless of how foolish she must have looked. For how very foolish she was. It was a fatal mistake. This is a perfect example of why it’s important to be a PARENT to your child and not just a friend. I know she gotta be hurting bad. If only it could be undone.

[@Dimensionalalteration]

Not a mistake. It was a choice to be a rubbish and neglectful parent who didn't want to parent. Blaming everyone but herself isn't fighting hard.

[@Iam_novakaneebby]

A mistake is allowing your 15yo to get a piercing against your better judgement....leaving your 15yo in a foreign country with grown men is NOT a mistake. It's pure negligence and abandonment!

[@ThiHoang-rj4oc]

Who is worse, the English witness who left her alone with the men, or the mum , who left her alone in a whole country with the highest assault on women in the world record. Being a parent is about guidance, saying no when you feel your child’s safety will be threatened. Lock her away

[@Rexorazor]

How about blaming the young white girl who was barely wearing anything in the company of Indian men?

[@bella-ug2lx]

@@Rexorazor blaming a child for her rape and murder? Don’t reproduce

[@paradisamour]

@@Rexorazoryou are sick and need help. she was a little girl wearing a bathing suit top in a hot country. she was let down but every adult in her life. Indian men are disgusting which is what you are im guessing?

[@Iam_novakaneebby]

​@Rexorazorno you aren't blaming the victim tf. Shouldn't matter WHAT a person wears. No means NO! How about if someone do to you what they did to her bc of what you wore....would you like it? Very sick mindset you have and let's hope you don't have any kids bc they'll definitely be doomed and unsafe with you as a parent smh. The pervs and her mother is to blame!

[@zoekatherine9141]

How about not blaming a 15 year old child for wearing summer clothes in a hot country? Sicko.

[@Cats13]

The mother saying Mike let her daughter down is making me sick... What kind of mother leaves her 15 year old daughter in a party area, 5 hours away? That girls death is on her mother!

[@HoneyBee-br6hi]

Tuh….her mother let Scarlet down her entire life.

[@rrose9117]

I came to the comments to say this 👆 Her mother failed her first!

[@rib.7809]

EXACTLY 💯 💯 💯

[@wildheartxxx135]

Agree!

[@11220h]

Her mother is to blame for the whole thing. And how dare she say the witness "let her daughter down". She is the one who let her down.

[@fabiwilliams4644]

An abandoned intoxicated child in a foreign country. The mother is number one responsible. Shameful

[@zoekatherine9141]

The people who chose to murder her are the one's most responsible for her murder. It should not be inevitable or expected that a 15 year old young girl should end up dead if not chaperoned. And it's scary that these comments believe her mother is more to blame than her actual killers are. They were also adults who didn't have to hurt her and use her. They don't have diminished responsibility because her mum wasn't a great parent, they are still to blame. Did her mum do the wrong thing, clearly. Was she negligent... Yes. Does she bare some responsibility for the horrifying outcome... Yes However she is not more to blame than those who actually predated on the child. Perhaps she's not mentally stable or from a good background herself. Her errors should not be used as an excuse or distraction from the real predators in the situation.

[@EveLovesChristJesus]

Its India, these things are expected to happen. Its not a one off incident, so yes although the men are responsible for doing that, her mother is ultimately responsible, had her mother been more like a mother, her daughter would never have gone through that 100%

[@rickkonesnii]

​@@zoekatherine9141ewww go away you are clueless you are an idiotttt. A mother should not leave her kid in another state let alone a foreign country. Shame on you you're gr0ss

[@rickkonesnii]

​@@EveLovesChristJesusyes had her mother been a real mother and responsible this would not have happened

[@Lolandwha5]

​@@zoekatherine9141also their huge sin shouldn't differ the fact the mum is one silly bish for even thinking its okay to leave her daughter in a country where things like this happen. You are as s t u p I d as her.

[@jetson10100]

There's NO but, a good mother doesn't leave their 15 year old with Anyone, period

[@sarahleony]

True, the witness dude should’ve checked on a Scarlett when he saw her outside of the bar with the guy(s) but it’s quite rich for her mother to complain about his negligence when she left her 15 year old alone in a party town, wtf?!

[@BiancaLeesa]

Oooh man, this is just such a heart breaking case honestly 💔

[@rib.7809]

Yeah. I cringed with that. She's judging this guy (who, yes, should've done better), but yet you're the one who left your child in another country?!?! 🙄🤦🏾‍♀️

[@kloudyybabe8308]

I love how you always cover stories that are lesser known. I find out so much from watching your videos. Theres always so much variety. I also love how respectful and educated you are about the cases. Thank you for uploading!

[@PamelaH_HappyVibes]

I love that about her channel too. She does research on cases that aren’t easy. This takes hard work.

[@suzimonkey345]

💯🥰💯

[@SE_0929]

It’s terrible that witnesses let things happen but the mother needed to take her kid with her. Wtf!!

[@courtney1562]

I’m a VERY lenient(probably too lenient if you ask my partner), and Zara is being nice by saying laid back, in America we call it NEGLECT.😢

[@maryscott9430]

That mom should be in jail! She DID leave her daughter alone in india, she allowed her to go alone to other towns, and hang out with ADULT men they just met. Her only job as a mother is to take care of them including keeping them safe!!!!!!

[@Cats13]

And really, she's Naive? A mother of 9 with 5 different fathers living on welfare doesn't know her 15 year old daughter is having sex with a 25 year old man... please! She didn't kill her daughter but she didn't protect her either

[@wildheartxxx135]

9 different fathers, OMG scary scary 😮

[@lucysutton7420]

9 kids to 5 men is insane. Has this woman not heard of birth control, or giving kids normal names? Seesh.

[@Lizzie-h3j]

Shes a hippy and ive heard worse names like Jamicheal for example.

[@CarpeNutella]

Or at bare minimum, find guys who don't have such weak pull-out game

[@paula-annemcguigan995]

Calling one of Ur kids isis is a red flag right away

[@courtneyfrost915]

Thank you. And, those of us that are responsible, are paying for the ones that are not. I cannot afford to have kids, so I don't. Why should we have to pay for others irresponsibility? And, saving up benefits for vacation!? I WORK over 50 hours a week and cannot afford a vacation. Mostly, due to the fact that I am taxed for the benefit of others.

[@danigomes7879]

@@paula-annemcguigan995Isis pronounced Ee-zis in non English languages, is a beautiful name. It’s just unfortunate that Isis also exists 😅

[@jaydynallan3715]

The absolute cheek to slander a man who was scared for his life to return to a country where he was in danger for speaking out. When she left her 15 year old daughter in that very same place that led to her life coming to an end in the first place. Stop passing the blame ma’am

[@tantalize811]

EXACTLY !! Society must not and can not hold any woman accountable - especially one's mother. 🙄

[@furundum]

The mother is TOTALLY wrong but the man was a coward. He saw the teenager being r@pëd but "she wasn't screaming".

[@antilizzeth]

1000% mom is to blame, I’m not sparing feelings. An innocent child is dead because of a negligent parent.

[@tantalize811]

Thankyou. These crappy mothers NEED to be accountable.

[@shripleypibbles]

What a terrible mother. Her daughter would be alive right now with a bit of supervision. And her boyfriend also did nothing to help the children. Every adult failed her.

[@natyr24]

I feel like Fiona is just as guilty as those two horrible men. How are you going to leave your 15yr old daughter in a country you have only visited once and LIVING with a 25yr old man? Fiona failed her daughter, there’s a difference between being a lenient mother and a neglectful mother. This was neglect.

[@rhondahaston229]

The mom definitely has culpability in the death of her 15 year old daughter. A woman knows what lurks in a man's thoughts. What business did a 29 year old man have, being friends with her child? In another country, no less. She might not have killed her herself, but she set the stage. I'm just glad she cared enough to fight for her in the end. So sad.

[@waynepolo6193]

“A man’s thoughts?”

[@Crazygirls641]

What happened to her is horrible. Her mother failed her no matter what she wants to say no matter the circumstances you don’t leave your underage child alone with a random man.

[@spacemanspliff7983]

The nerve of the mother to say anything about Michael is absolutely absurd. What a despicable woman. Maybe you should watch your own child how about that.

[@tantalize811]

☝🏾💖💖👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Butterflydolly]

Scarlett’s mom is a hypocrite for saying that that man let her daughter down and he’s a coward!! SHE let her daughter down not that man. If anything that man helped find the guys responsible. I just find it ridiculous she’s the one who left her daughter alone not the guy

[@tantalize811]

Typical irresponsible women not taking accountability. It truly is sickening.

[@Butterflydolly]

@@tantalize811 exactly her mother’s foolishness and bad parenting caused her daughters death. No mother in their right mind would leave their teenage not even 16 year old daughter alone in a foreigner country with a random man she just met! She has no one to blame but herself. I don’t care what anyone says!!

[@tantalize811]

@@Butterflydolly 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@nancyshelden1735]

It’s never a good idea to allow your child at 15 to be hanging out with adults partying and all them drugs. The mom was so irresponsible.

[@Lizzie-h3j]

I remember this case very well. The mother lived in caravans in a field with all her kids. She's a hippy. Goa is not somewhere you leave your teenage daughter, especially at a beach party. Ive been to one and theyre an adult only affair with the amount of party favours going round. You cannot judge everyone by your standards and lifestyle especially in a country youre not familiar with. I love the hippie lifestyle but youve got to keep your wits about you. Theres freaks looking for an opportunity all the time. How did she afford to take all those kids to Goa on benefits? Thats wrong.

[@suzimonkey345]

My parents let me go on holiday to a Greek island, with my friend, when we were only 16! Now that I’m a mother, I can’t imagine letting mine travel alone! I’m English.

[@ASHIRAF-ky3fo]

Sharia law protects but western media says it oppresses women

[@Alexis-rt3cu]

I'm American and while I haven't I know a lot of women who traveled to France/ Paris as soon as they turned 17/18 as a sort of right of passage. There are lots of teens between 16-19 who could travel safely or stay shortly in a foreign country but they have to be mature enough, be connected to someone trusted who can look after and check in on them, be self aware, and in a safe area. This poor girl was only 15, she wasn't self aware, or mature, was drinking and smoking, hanging out & sleeping with older men, no host family or friends were really looking out for her and India is no place for young girl to be alone, especially not a young foreign girl. This is failure on her parents part beyond just being neglectful and leaving her there or allowing her to travel alone.

[@wildheartxxx135]

I don't have kids but if I ever decide to have, I would not even let them in another city let alone 3rd world country!!!

[@NailbaeSlayer]

I love your channel for the simple fact that you don’t talk about the same cases like most true crime KZbin does.

[@flossa1960]

‘i’m stuck and i want to go home’ is heartbreaking. i think the mother should be lucky that she didn’t face any prosecution, how can you leave your 15 year old in a country you know treats tourist women poorly? how did she expect her to come back? how can she not expect judgement for something that deserves it?

[@aninagalleymore560]

Mum is calling someone coward . Her negligence were greater

[@dantedevil4962]

Mother should be in prison for negligence that resulted in death. When mother said she didn't killed her daughter truths is she did by leaving child without any supervision and support.

[@alexisv4]

I have an almost 17 year old son and it makes me nervous when he’s out galavanting around our small suburban town that we’ve lived in forever. He has to let me know where he is and who he’s with at all times and I have Life360 so I can track him if need be. I absolutely cannot fathom leaving him behind in a foreign country. How this mother was able to leave her 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER behind with a literal stranger, is mind boggling. She wasn’t a laidback mom. She was a negligent mom.

[@WakingMoon83]

Rob later on being like "she was a shit parent." Meanwhile he's in there, watching it happen, and doing exactly WHAT about any of it???? He enabled all of this at the least and then to later on cast stones. He was lax, too. He shares in the blame. He was there.

[@tiffanygrinnage3546]

You took the words out my mouth. I’m so sick of these kind of parents.

[@tantalize811]

Was Rob the step father ? 🧐 The disgusting fact is that the majority of step fathers are not "allowed" to be a father to the negligent woman who takes him in - but he's good enough to support the same gross woman and her children that aren't his. Yessss, he could've advised Fiona and he could've stepped in. However SHE was the person who let Scarlet down right from the get go. 😒

[@WakingMoon83]

@tantalize5795 I don't disagree with you on Fiona BUT it's insane he's like "she's a terrible person" when he was DATING HER AND ENABLING HER BEHAVIOR. He's as culpable. He was there and saw that shit and did NOTHING about it.

[@tantalize811]

@@WakingMoon83 Absolutely. Let's just say that it would've been NICE or the proper thing for Rob to do. However it wasn't HIS first or final word - it was wannabe-friend-cool mother Fiona who did.

[@caseyminett7394]

​@@tantalize811 🤣🤣🤣 not aloud she had known him like 2 years he has no right to act like dad in decision making. Not to mention she saved to get them there and they lived in her house in a bad area. Poor as shit. Him having a job wasn't even mentioned lol Support 🤣🤣

[@jayee-vf6eb]

This story is so sad but at the end of the day HER MOM FAILED HER !!! WHO ON THERE RIGHT MIND WOULD LEAVE A FOREIGNER ALONE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO STATUS LET ALONE A WHITE CHILD… WTF… THE MOM CAUSED THIS..

[@wildheartxxx135]

Exactly!

[@schultzamb]

Not only was the mother negligent, but this british guy new she was trashed couldn't walk and saw her on the ground and did nothing. Like wtf! What Garbage all around.

[@EB-jf5oi]

Not sure why the attackers are not first and foremost being labelled plus the culture of the country it happened in. If the British guy was not there, it still.wpuls have happened. If the 15 year old was not in India, the perpetrators still exist.

[@schultzamb]

​@EB-jf5oi it's a given that the attackers are at fault, but most likely if she would have had adequate supervision it would have never happened.

[@sewgeekdesigns9113]

Indian true crime is horrible, it’s always young girl older men. Add in horrible police work…

[@tantalize811]

Or a husband on the DL. Exactly how the Western society lives.

[@sabinasabina2010]

Sounds pretty much like the west

[@Veganallvegan]

It's the same.all over the world.

[@sabinasabina2010]

@@Veganallvegan exactly, like the country they are from this never happens.

[@EB-jf5oi]

​@@sabinasabina2010No it's not the same. You are HIGHLY delusional.

[@oscarloveswag6071]

Mom should have been charged with child neglect.

[@felicityjohnston9276]

that wouldn't have helped the rest of her children though.

[@sky-pv7ff]

The girl was loose and stupid.

[@felicityjohnston9276]

@@sky-pv7ff getting reported. insulting the dead isn't a good look. just makes you look like an awful person.

[@sky-pv7ff]

@felicityjohnston9276 so you're the type to let kids do reckless activities and say nothing. Like the guy who didn't help. The English guy. See something say nothing.

[@felicityjohnston9276]

@@sky-pv7ff NO.but you don't talk down to a child that is now dead because her mother allowed her to hang out with strangers away from her.

[@Cruela87]

I am a super laid-back mom too and I am really cool and my kids love me and their friends love me but I don't care how cool I am I'm not leaving my 15-year-old in a strange country with some random boy or man that she just met that is disturbing the fact that she thought that that was okay to do. And I trust my kids like nobody's business cuz they tell me everything but I don't trust the world and even my 17 year old and my 16 year old it just got a job and I still go I dropped them off and I picked them up like there's no way I ever let them do that I don't even let them take the bus

[@Blessed_444]

❤❤❤❤

[@MarianLivingLife]

No child, especially teenagers tell their parents EVERYTHING. It's definitely disturbing that Fiona thought it was okay to leave her 15 year old in a strange country with an older man and the partying lifestyle. It would be reasonable for a 16 year old and 17 year old to catch a bus by themselves in their own country/city but when you're abroad, as a child or adult, extra vigilance is always needed.

[@sanamo86]

I wouldn't leave behind my goldfish in India, let alone my daughter. I am Indian btw

[@suzimonkey345]

Another case that I was unaware of! Thank you so much for all of your hard work Zara!

[@Steph_is_back]

As bad as it sounds, I have to say it’s hard not to blame the mom for letting her child run the streets at all hours of the night.

[@tantalize811]

THANKYOU !! ☝🏾👏🏽👏🏽

[@flossa1960]

this is why people say it’s not a good idea to have 9 children. how can you as a basically single parent manage to keep an eye on 9 children? i struggle with 2! i also think that’s what contributed to her ‘laid back’ parenting style- she was overwhelmed

[@waynepolo6193]

Actually it’s super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

[@nataliepumfrey3155]

Sooo the mum needs to take some responsibility for her 15 year old CHILD...very naive for her to think she washing having sex with the guy she originally left with...it seems like she wanted to be a friend and not a parent....and now look what happened 🤷🏻‍♀️ RIP Scarlett

[@cherylbglover]

In the UK you are able to leave home,school at 16.

[@DylonsBBGorl]

@@cherylbglover She wasn't 16.

[@cherylbglover]

@@DylonsBBGorl my point is at 15 we are kinda left to our new devices already

[@BiancaLeesa]

​@cherylbglover you missed the whole point.

[@PamelaH_HappyVibes]

This case is heartbreaking! Fiona wasn’t the World’s best Mom but, nobody deserves this.

[@suzimonkey345]

💯😔💯😔💯

[@tantalize811]

No she does. SHE was the adult. SHE was the person who started all this. Cease being soft on these rubbish so-called mothers.

[@amyme4066]

​@@tantalize811placing more of the blame on the mother than the perpetrators kinda lets them off the hook. Mention her neglect by all means but the men who did this are responsible and the ones who deserve the biggest punishment. Too many comments expressing outrage at the mother without any aimed at the perpetrators.

[@tantalize811]

@@amyme4066 That's right !! Mothers are the first protectors, the first nourishers, the first teachers. Of course the perpetrators are at fault but it was her MOTHER who left her own daughter to her own devices. Stop acting as if every mother is motherly. 🙄

[@amyme4066]

@tantalize5795 how did I act as if every mother is motherly? The main blame lies with the perpetrator not the mother.

[@mrs.anderson1519]

I get the mother is hurting but she chose to leave her there so she shouldn't be blaming a stranger for not saving/testifying

[@MissSallyB1]

tbh when it comes to a murdered or missing child, if you have to ask if any parent had responsibility in it, 9 times out of 10 the answer is yes.

[@ionaxo3462]

i think she left her daughter with that older man because she had enough of her.. its very common

[@GlasPthalocyanine]

In large families, the older children are only useful to help with the younger ones. Scarlet doing her own thing wasn't useful to her mother.

[@ionaxo3462]

@@GlasPthalocyanine yeh my husband is from a very big family of 18 and he told me he always felt like he was the babysitter for the younger siblings that whatever he needed or wanted it went after his siblings

[@mediii8057]

omg that mothers audacity to call that witness a “coward for not coming back to testify” BUT DOESN’T CALL HERSELF A P.O.S. WASTE OF OXYGEN FOR A MOTHER FOR LEAVING A 15 YEAR OLD IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY IN ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS AREAS AT THAT? Why didn’t she have the body flown back to the UK and had a proper autopsy done?

[@aldastroud9671]

When my daughter was 19 she said I'm going to work in Dubai and my reply was " over my dead body " I'm terrified of travel to countries I don't speak the language and laws and culture are so different. Bad things happen anywhere I known but this is the way I feel , I wouldn't ever leave my 15 year old daughter behind with some strange man .

[@MarianLivingLife]

My 22 year old niece moved to Germany for 18 months as she's a dancer. However, her accommodation is provided and she's under the care of the company and living with 2 other dancers. I visited her in March and she was loving it but I hear you. It's very hard to know how much freedom and independence to allow your children.

[@wildheartxxx135]

Good decision you made, Emirates are very dangerous for western woman! I know someone missing there, she was never found sadly! I would never go there!

[@maimay8862]

Well that disgusting mother has NO MORALS, calling the English witness a coward for not returning for the trial, if anyone is to blame it is Fiona, she killed her own child and she didn't give a shit about her daughter, her mother FAILED HER not the judicial system 😢

[@ramyaramakrishnan3396]

karnataka is a state near goa so the idea of leaving your minor kid in an entirely different state is just crazy to me

[@maimay8862]

I remember this case and for a long time, here in Britain the mother got the blame and the police wanted to prosecute her for just letting her daughter stay 😢😢😢

[@tantalize811]

GOOD !! 😌

[@trialgoddess]

People are such complex beings. Fiona sounds very irresponsible with her body and her life. Scarlett had no parenting to prepare her for the perils of the world. I'm so sorry she died so violently and so young. May she rest in peace. Thank you for sharing her story and for shedding light on crimes in other countries.

[@wildheartxxx135]

I agree, I feel for that poor girl too

[@Akahh8965]

Zara you do a great job telling these stories. The level of sensitivity and careful selection of words truly commendable

[@Michaelle_Marie]

Sadly, this is one of the many cases that has convinced me that visiting other countries is more of a risk than "tour guides" or "travel agents" say. I have seen so many instances where someone visits a country and is murdered, and the police completely either dont care, botch it, lie, spin you, and just allow you to be murdered and do nothing about it because it will mess with others wanting to visit there. Money is more important than your life. Thank you for still speaking on these cases. Its important for us to hear. Its such a sad case and I'm glad we know how things operate in certain areas, so we, at minimum, can make informed decisions when we travel. Some of these places are beautiful, but is it worth it anymore?!?

[@MarianLivingLife]

Don't let this put you off. Millions of people travel abroad every day without issues. There's also millions of Travel vlogs where again, nobody dies. I travelled to the Seychelles alone last year and loved it. This case is based on a vulnerable teenage girl who was neglected by her parent and given too much freedom, no boundaries, access to older men and drugs. She was at risk due to poor parenting not being in a foreign country. In comparison to the millions who travel, MOST return home without incident so if you're convinced by this story, you're not basing your opinion on facts, being rational or realistic. It also means that you might miss out on a lot in life.

[@EB-jf5oi]

Please use your brain. There are variances in countries. You do understand this? Most places are better than 💩 country such as India

[@anahitaavestaei]

You leave a 15-year-old in a foreign country, with a young man, free to get drunk and high, you’re criminally negligent. Wtf. I’m furious…

[@jademaimanuku8505]

This will be a big lesson to teenages, stay with your parents when on holiday you'll be much safer

[@shantiltaylor105]

I love your videos!!! 🤍 Thanks for all of your hard work! 🙌🏾 You definitely bring stories that are lesser known in these KZbin streets. 💯

[@kathy8207]

She cant figure out how to not have more kids And men walking in and out no way to pay bills and so on she home schools them? Poor kids

[@tantalize811]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💖

[@Arielzis]

Why nobody is talking about the multiple bruises on their private parts ??? Yes, her mom was negligent, but those "men" are real monsters!

[@Sportigirl27]

Her mother is very much to blame. She’s not 100% responsible but not was she a laid back mother. She was a poor excuse of a mother and any mother living on the system would not have nine kids if they actually cared about there well being. Once you get to a few without the probable resources you stop. Not have more so you can get more money. Children require money to raise and without it a loving caring parent would not bring more children into an already shitty situation. She’s a horrible mother.

[@lieslwright70]

I have two daughters, 30 and 20. I can’t imagine leaving even my 20 year old alone in a foreign country. Or even my 30 year old if she was alone with strangers. Or my Mom for that matter. Men have gotten in trouble in these circumstances too. And it’s not even foreign countries but new cities. It’s just better to have a travel companion you really trust.

[@caseyminett7394]

That's alot to digest.

[@wildheartxxx135]

👍

[@kenroywalcott8876]

Hey Zera I am from Barbados, and I am a big fan, although I have only now discovering your podcast crime stories. I love it and you always keep me on the edge of my seat. My name is Kenroy. Keep the good work up, I love true crime stories, 😊

[@brandijowers7968]

Love it that you do cases I don't know🎉❤

[@ummisumon2838]

Hi zara thanks for covering case in India and UK love it always love watching ur context always and you are very respectful and have a warm heart to all the the victims 😢❤❤❤ thanks zara ❤

[@mexsala.spiced]

Thank you for your hard work Zara!!!!!! May

[@Devils-advocate78]

Nobody let Scarlett down more than her pathetic excuse of a mother. She should of been locked up for leaving her there in the first place

[@melindaroop1346]

I cant stand these people that are so negligent with sex.....not caring how many babies it produces.

[@macaelashaunnadavids]

It's eerie how similar this case is to the David Miller and Hannah Witherich (sorry if I got the spelling wrong) who was murdered in Tailand 💔

[@ZaraV]

I JUST finished my research on that case. Mind. Blowing.

[@kristyna2002]

Off topic but Paul Shrek that met Fiona, wow 😅

[@VibrantLight709]

Lolol I was looking for this one. I was thinking about it for so long after hahahaha

[@michellenzuza7365]

Surprised noone is talking about it

[@ZaraV]

Hahahah it was spelled Schreck so I didn't even put 2+2 together! But I looooove Shrek! One of my fave movies 💖💖💖 I'm legit laughing 😂

[@kristyna2002]

@@ZaraV I know that it's Schreck but still 😄 Shrek is the best ❤

[@rebeccaandrubyjohnston6657]

Omg ha ha

[@cassandranabor7500]

I love how the mother blames Mike for Leaving her with men but she literally let her 15 year old daughter in a random country:

[@aleishaG87]

The cheek of the mom calling the witness a coward and saying he let her down, when she did exactly that by letting her daughter roam free in another country alone

[@joylean1225]

I can't fathom how a mom can leave a young girl with a mere acquaintance in a foreign place. If she feels she fault free in the death of this young girl, I do wonder whether she should be a mom.

[@cassandrakray1817]

15yr olds, regardless of maturity are not ready for the adult world. Especially in a foreign country and a party destination. The Mother knew the dangers her daughter or any woman really faced. The Mother didn't or couldn't do the hard work that comes with motherhood. Your friendly to your children but your not friends. Her mother let her daughter down and put her daughter in danger. If the mother did her job her daughter would still be alive

[@eliza6971]

Not only did I grow up around a lot of irresponsible hippie moms but I traveled as a teen. When I was 16 or 17 I refused to let some grown man take my friend alone to get wine with his friends and when we were camping I had to fight off another grown adult man who tried to get into our tent. I'm sorry for her loss, but the fact that the mom takes zero responsibility after leaving her vulnerable teen daughter alone in another country tells you all you need to know. There's not a lot of nuance that could excuse that.

[@CarpeNutella]

When you first said "Market Traders," I was thinking stock market, not selling pottery at a boot sale 😂😂😂 Thanks for clarifying ❤

[@chrishenniker5944]

Think Delboy Trotter , not Gordon Gecko.

[@DogwoodPride]

Same here! I was picturing London Stock Exchange, not like an outdoor Etsy. 😂

[@Platinum907]

Same… much different salaries.

[@Iam_novakaneebby]

Her birther was extremely negligent and should be charged as well! You allowed your daughter to drink and dr*g, left her alone in a foreign country with grown men while you went to another country smh cant even call her a mother because no real mother would allow that! Stop treating your child(ren) as your bestie and handle them as the child(ren) they are! Not saying you cant be lenient but she was tooooo lenient allowing all of that for a 15yo child! 😢 Rip Scarlett Edit: WAIT WHAAATTT??? Those monsters were let go? My goodness the justice system all around the world is so messed up that its sickening!! The justice system has failed so many people that it's crazy! 🤬🤬🤬🤬 And when they did get charged ...10yrs?? Really!! Smh

[@theheroine177]

It’s sad to see the mother didn’t take accountability for her negligence and just justified it as being too niave and trusting of others. This poor girl was failed on so many levels and was still a child who should have been protected by adults who are more experienced in the world and are responsible for her. 👼

[@toolbag5465]

Shame on her mother…she was one of the worst mothers ive heard of

[@ramyaramakrishnan3396]

She leaves her kid alone but Mike is despicable for not wanting to testify? THEY'RE BOTH WRONG, this would have never happened if she left her alone, and he should testify to bring a horrible man to face the consequences of his actions

[@jaydynallan3715]

The saying “not my circus not my monkeys” came to mind. Why should that man put his life in danger protecting a child that’s not his. He very much could have been attacked for stepping in. Morally it’s a grey one sure but I don’t blame him. But in this case it very much was the mothers monkeys. Look after your kids and maybe it wouldn’t have happened don’t blame a man that’s already risked his own life to speak up

[@felicityjohnston9276]

it makes me so so sad that people see things happen to people yet dont save them! 😢 someone could have taken her under their wing to remove her from the horrid situation and got her back " home" so she'd be safe! that poor girl and her family! 😢❤

[@wildheartxxx135]

Yes some people doesn't care sadly! Horrific!

[@mediii8057]

I mean you don’t need An ex boyfriend to prove that she was a bad mother. Nine children with five men is the first proof. As a mother ESPECIALLY A SINGLE mother you know at some point that you gotta close those legs or get fixed cause you are not capable of caring for that man children alone. I’m absolutely blown away that the government didn’t take the children from her way before any of this stuff happened. Once you start having multiple children with multiple men you ought to start realizing that maybe you are the problem. I think her mother is very irresponsible. What made her think it is okay to continuously have child after child KNOWING WELL WHAT KIND OF SITUATION SHE IS IN ALREADY. As a single mother I know well how hard it is to raise a child on my own. I have only one child but I’ve never received any form of child support aid from my ex husband nor from the state. I cannot fathom having nine children with five men. I don’t care if I sound cruel but her behavior is selfish and completely irresponsible. All nine children had to suffer because of her irresponsible actions There is nothing “laid back” ABOUT LETTING YOUR TEENAGE CHILDREN DO DRUGS AND HAVE S•X. that is so irresponsible it makes my blood boil. My daughter is almost 15 I cannot even fathom letting her do those things. I don’t care if I sound overbearing or overprotective. I rather she stays safe than sorry I WOULD RATHER BE OVERPROTECTIVE THAN END UP LIKE THIS

[@wildheartxxx135]

❤

[@TomTheOwl68]

Its amazing how opinionated people are when it comes to flaming a parent, yet in the US and UK child services fail so many children to the point they get abused and killed. These are services where people are trained and paid to protect children. Having an opinion in a you tube comment section doesn't save lives but probably you think you've done your due diligence. Get off you asses and make noise about the children who suffer horrendous treatment, and just think how many children are literally suffering at the same time you are writing your judgemental opinionated drivel.

[@franciebelcher4594]

Of course her mother was negligent. A parent acting like a friend isn't doing their job. Poor kid. Don't have kids u can't actually care for.

[@michellemcadams4276]

The whole situation is so sad RIP baby girl 😢

[@nattinatti7500]

Its been 4 weeks zara WYA I MISS YOUR CONTENT EVERY WEDNESDAY 😭😭😭😭

[@maryscott9430]

14:25 scarlet and ruby? Really?

[@AnuradhaKarmakar]

Scarlett's family situation was so messy and Fiona is to blame for this. I don't blame her for wanting to stay away from them in Goa but how could you leave your 15-year-old in a foreign country?!?! UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES and SITUATION is this justified. Honestly, you're being too nice. And whatever happened with the investigation and court was just pathetic. Poor Scarlett deserved a better family and a better life.

[@mediii8057]

THIS STORY SOUNDS SO MUCH LIKE THE STORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMAN NAMED ELLY WARREN WHO WAS RAPED AND MURDERED BY A COP IN MOZAMBIQUE IN 2016. If you get a chance you should do a video on it.

[@namebrandkids2558]

24:00 no! The MOM first let her down by letting her young daughter stay with a stranger in a foreign country AWAY from her mother! She cant blame a random man.