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Mar 22, 2024 · The officer assures the child that he is not going to hurt her before cops bring her pizza and a drink. The girl eventually opens the pizza box and takes a bite. Newly-released video also shows the girl telling EMS she was “nervous” to talk. Police claim it took four hours to convince the girl to agree to go to the hospital for treatment.
- Lauren Kavanaugh’s Birth, Adoption, and Return to Her Biological Mother
- The Torturous Life of “The Girl in The Closet”
- The Emotional Rescue of Lauren Kavanaugh
- Lauren’s Reunion with The Kavanaughs and Her Long Road to Recovery
Lauren Kavanaugh was born on April 12, 1993, but her mother, Barbara, had already decided to give her up for adoption. Sabrina Kavanaugh, the woman who hoped to raise Lauren, was in the delivery room, and she later recalled how excited she and her husband were to welcome the baby into their home. “That was the happiest day of our lives,” Sabrina sa...
After Lauren Kavanaugh was rescued from the Atkinson home in 2001, doctors testified that she’d stopped growing around the age of two — the very same age she was when she was returned to her biological mother. Detective Sergeant David Landers told The Dallas Morning News, “It started out with Barbie just putting Lauren next to her on the floor on a...
On June 11, 2001, Kenneth Atkinson told his neighbor Jeanie Rivers that he needed to show her something. He took her to the bedroom closet, opened the door, and revealed the secret that he and Barbara had been keeping for over half a decade. Rivers later said, “What I pictured was a monster, a little bitty monster. She was so frail and without colo...
When the Kavanaughs heard what had happened, they quickly reached out to see if they could adopt Lauren again. The first time the eight-year-old saw them, she asked, “Is this my new mom and dad?” Lauren struggled to adjust to her new life. She wasn’t potty trained, she didn’t know how to use a fork or a spoon, and she carefully guarded her food bec...
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Mar 26, 2024 · Video footage and crime scene photos — recently released by Utah prosecutors and obtained by PEOPLE – were key evidence supporting the story Ruby’s 12-year-old son told police after he ...
Mar 23, 2024 · The evidence includes 29 videos, crime scene photos, handwritten journal entries, and audio of phone conversations the women had while in Washington County Jail.. One video shows Franke’s ...
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Mar 26, 2024 · Finally, the young girl stands and walks out of the closet. The scene unfolded shortly after Franke's 12-year-old son escaped and ran to a neighbor's home for help—prompting her and Hildebrandt ...
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March 11, 2023. ( 2023-03-11) Girl in the Closet is a 2023 American true crime drama television film directed by Jaira Thomas and written by Sa'Rah Jones and Courtney Miller. The film based on the true story of Lauren Kavanaugh, who was locked in a closet for six years and endured physical and sexual abuse. [1] [2] It stars Tami Roman as Aunt ...
Oct 12, 2021 · Now sexual assault charges have been dropped against the North Texas woman known as the "girl in the closet". Lauren Kavanaugh was indicted in 2019 on three counts of sexual assault of a child.
