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Feb 2024

23m 53s

The Case of Ame Deal

The Misery Machine

About this episode

This week, Drewby and Yergy head down to Phoenix, Arizona, to discuss the case of Ame Deal, a 10-year-old little girl who was tortured by her "father's" extended family members. After taking a popsicle on a hot summer day, Ame was placed inside of a footlocker and kept their overnight in sweltering conditions, ultimately causing her to suffocate to death.

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Source Material:

https://www.thetoptens.com/list/saddest-cases-child-abuse-resulting-death/

https://vocal.media/criminal/the-severe-abuse-of-ame-lynn-deal

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74446612/ame-lynn-deal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Ame_Deal

https://medium.com/@daisyaspencer4/the-agonizing-death-of-10-year-old-ame-lynn-deal-37fe4682c89a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pxanzNK-OQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoating

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat

https://www.facebook.com/groups/JusticeforAmeDeal/

https://www.facebook.com/ripamedeal/

https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.griest/

https://www.fastcompany.com/90927655/in-arizonas-extreme-heat-just-touching-the-asphalt-can-cause-severe-burns#:~:text=During%20extreme%20heat%2C%20studies%20have,high%20as%20180%20degrees%20Fahrenheit.

https://www.maricopacountyattorney.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=81

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/death-sentence-upheld-in-murder-of-ame-deal-14121822

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-tortured-death-of-ame-deal-and-her-horrid-family-9878749

https://people.com/crime/ame-deal-killers-death-sentence/

http://www.angelizdsplace.com/child132.htm

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-death-sentence-for-woman-who-left-10-year-old-child-to-die-in-locked-plastic-bin/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjHCSnuprTg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf_LMbS9u8g

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