Getting a lesser sentence for “attempted murder” pisses me off. Just because he sucked at killing someone and failed (thank god and Ashley is a KICK ASS WOMAN!) doesn’t mean it’s any less of a crime. Why is there less punishment JUST because the person doesn’t actually die? He MEANT to kill her. It’s bullshit.
I agree! Attempted murder should be the same as murder! Just because the perp didn't succeed, doesn't mean they didn't try. I hate that about our "justice" system.
I am baffled at Americ's "Justice" system sometimes. It was MURDER. The ending to these type of situations is usually never good. I am soo glad she survived, but at the end of the day, "attempted murder" charge is just a joke. The fact he will be up for parole in 2024 is just disgusting.
Yes!! I have said this for years!!! Attempted murder should hold the same sentence as 1st degree murder. The intent was there, you just weren't successful!
Judge should be removed from the bench! I just read yesterday some dude smashed a kids head over something silly like leaving his bike in his driveway. Killed him and he was bailed!! 😱🤬 F'ing shocking!!
@@magdalenamezydlo1271 Yea I just looked it back up. Attacked a 6 yo with a sledgehammer for leaving his bike in his driveway. Judges must be held accountable for their actions and removed from the bench when they fail to protect victims of crime and the public .
The footage of them finding her is haunting. The way she’s laid and then just blinks and moves are hand a bit is heartbreaking. It’s literally out of a horror movie and this young woman had to live that. The amount of strength and raw will to love that this woman has is absolutely amazing and I’m so glad she is still with us.
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It's amazing as this young woman survived after being 30 hours in the woods, alone, after being chocked several times! And she's a walking miracle, God bless her soul!!
The miracle is how much trust her boyfriend had in her. He had given her his truck and she used it to go to a rendezvous with a guy who then choked her and threw her out like trash.
This young woman is obviously exceptionally tough. I am floored. But most importantly I’m beyond happy she’s still alive. So many stories like this out there, so rarely do the victims make it out of them alive.
Yeah it’s incredible how such a small gesture, holding her hand, can be so powerful, & can, really in an instant, say so much, like in this case, saying the following: “We understand he hurt you badly, & that he decided to, not only end your life, but also, that you should die here, all alone - *that is not going to happen* because we’ve found you, we’re right here w/ you, & we’re not going anywhere w/out you. You’ve been here all alone, for 30 hours, fighting for your own life, but now, all these ppl are here just for you, ready to join the fight for you.
My heart dropped to my stomach when they realized she was still alive, waiting for help for days 😣 I’m so glad they found her when they did and she’s made such an amazing recovery 😭🙏🏼 she deserves all of the love in the world.
@@bighomiemac3472 who cares she was a teenager. My boyfriend died at 16. I found out through friends that he had cheated on me. I didn't care. That was the last thing I cared about.
I’ve listened to the full interrogation and the detectives were amazing. They just hammered the guy with questions, caught him in lies, hammered him some more until he finally spit out the truth. They were working against the clock. 5 more minutes in those woods and she could have died. These guys are heroes. I don’t think Sam should ever get out of prison. It’s crazy to me that he’s up for parole in 2024. He’s an evil monster.
@@Livyxbabyy2001That's messed up AF! He could and likely will do it to someone else and/or try to go after poor Ashley and finish what he started. 😢WHAT is WRONG with people like this!!!!!
You have to be glad he thought he didn't need a lawyer and that the appeal to Grandma was a weakness. If he had lawyered up, she might have been bones in the woods right now.
I think she might really be able to help people with these experiences. I feel like even when you know it’s not your fault there’s that self blame or what could’ve been different moments. I think she’s a great example, she took her power back and didn’t let trauma or fear run her life even at a young age. I hope she gets everything she wants from life ❤️
26 years old, living with his mom and grandmother, working AND hanging out with teenagers ..... how could anyone with active brain function think he wasn't involved? So glad she survived. What a tough ass girl!
He is a gross creeper. Cant get anyone his own age and feels cool that young girls think he is so good looking and give him attention. I hope he gets the back door greeting in jail.
Finally we study a crime where the victim lives. Awesome to see a story like this with a happy ending, and it was mostly the detectives who forced this happy ending by swiftly coaxing the suspect to come clean, resulting in them bringing medical help to the poor girl in time. These detectives should be given gold medals by the state.
His sentence was pathetic, you shouldn't get less of a sentence for attempted murder just because you're bad at killing someone! Do better Illinois judge
@@jimwerther no theres institutionalized misogyny for male paedorapistkillers he gonna prey on some other girl and actually kill her this time and men dont care obvs
She needs some blessings. Watch "Ashley Reeves Fact Check 1" on TH-cam. This is her boyfriend's actual police interview. This girl is going straight to Hell for killing babies.
@@andreahayner9488 mate, stop commenting this on everyone's comments!! It just sounds like you're trying to spread hate and rumours which is very childish. How do you know anyway? Where's the proof... Its just hearsay
@@Chelle8847 What hate? What I have said is the truth. Watch "Ashley Reeves Fact Check 1" on TH-cam. You can't deny the truth being told in this interrogation.
The fact that Elizabeth Smart is doing interviews is just amazing to me. She went thru the worst imaginable and now look at her helping others thru their own lives.
@@jtomyhope575 shes relating to other survivors. if i had someone talk to me about my abuse who i felt i could relate to, id feel so much more safe and understood....
It made me tear up hearing and seeing the detectives reaction when they realized she was still breathing. They sounded so loving and jumped right into action. I can’t even imagine how traumatizing it was for them too. Poor Ashley… I hope she’s still doing well these days
Re: comment; yes I agree with this comment myself! Watched the movie & caused me to cry 😭 too. Couldn’t believe the evil that Shelton had put her through! Basically chocked her extremely seriously!!! Ugh 😖🤭😟😭
That footage of them finding her in the woods was absolutely horrifying and disturbing !! Oh my god it looked like something from faces of death ! Poor girl let’s all pray for her , what a miracle she is alive 💕
Imagine here in my country (Canada), max penalty for 1st degree murder is life with parole after 25 years, 2nd degree the absolute max is 25 years. It's an absolute joke. If your lawyer's good enough they'll downgrade you to a manslaughter and face 4 months - 4 years. I've seen multiple cases of double murder getting 25-30 years only, and released them on parole. Hell an old coworker got 29 years for bank robberies in the 80s, and yet murderers get special treatment. The justice system is so flawed all over the place.
Just because a person is eligible for parole doesn't mean it will be granted and since Ashley is such a fighter, I imagine she will show up to every one of his hearings with photos and documentation of what he did to her. Oftentimes, victim impact statements seal the deal for judges not to let the perpetrator out so easily.
OMFG exactly!!! He was making me furious with his carrying on......like dude, ya just left a girl for dead and you're only worried about your contacts solution?! WTF!!??
So glad that Elizabeth Smart is working in this field. She has been there and knows the fear and the pain. God Bless her for being able to do these stories 🙏
That monster should have got life. As far as he was concerned that poor woman was dead. He should never get out of prison. His attitude afterwards had psychopathic traits.
It's wrong that because she was so strong, that scumbag got LESS prison time. Like, WTF? That POS did everything he could for her to die and they should sentence him accordingly.
'only'? Two questions. Did he try multiple methods to finish her off when he didn't succeed at first? Did he leave her for dead and think he was leading the cops to a corpse? Yes to both, ergo he killed her in his mind. The fact she was extremely strong, she lived then had to rehabilitate herself as if she'd had a major stroke is kudos to her, not him Hang him high haha :0
I'm gonna need my own private bathroom cause I cant pee in front of other people. Also regular toilet paper isn't gonna work cause I have a sensitive butthole so if they could install a bidet that would be great. Oh plus I'm gonna need a memory foam mattress too cause I got this thing goin on in my lower back, and if I don't get my solid 8hrs I can be quite the Grumpy Gus.
@@blueblue5427 I saw a show yesterday of black rapist who got parole again and again despite having 52 prison infractions, and the last time he got out he raped and murdered a young woman.
@@juanitarichards1074 First of all you sound racist asf😬 with that being said. No one did blacks don’t commit crimes. For every 1 black person that gets away with a crime 100s of whites have and still out. Go sit somewhere with your misplaced assumptions.
I like how yall think 17 year olds are stupid, nowhere in this video did it say she was groomed. She obviously knew what she was doing and she stood by that, stop making it seem like every teen dating an older man was manipulated. I'm 17 dating a 23 year old and I know exactly what I'm doing and imma continue to do it, we arent stupid.
@@katherineguerrero9434 Explain how? Been dating since I was 16, bout to turn 18 and I'm happy. No manipulation here, just love, cant say the same with real minors who have been actually groomed. Stop watering the word down love, thanks. 🥰
@@pikapika3198 what’s there to explain. What does a grown man do with a child? There’s a reason he’s not with a woman his age. They see the bum in him that children can’t. And the fact that you don’t see anything wrong with a grown adult being attracted to a child is what grooming is. That make it seem okay
@@katherineguerrero9434 And if grown woman can see the bums in men why do they also get groomed and stay with men they know ain't shit? Lmaooooo there are more full grown woman who are in abusive relationships than minors.
Terrible but Amazing survival experience. Congrats to the detective who brought up momma and grandma...wow, and all of the police who went out so quickly in the cold,wet,dark, thick woods to just find her dead body, and ended up saving her life. Job well done, congrats to the dear survivor.
His stomach wasn't too weak to hurt her. He really doesn't get that it isn't about him. It was heartwarming how excited they were when they found her and that she was alive.
If I was that officer and he asked me about his contact solution and toothbrush I genuinely think I would've laughed 😅 You just admitted to attempted murder and you're asking about your fucking contacts??? What??
Damn. Shelton sounding like Chris Watts after he waffled on his first story. Nobody mentioned violence yet, and this guy's talking about Texas Chainsaw Massacre, lmfao.
He said that to throw officers off. He was making pretend he cant stand gruesome things cause he was trying to distance himself from what he did to that girl
@@rlmelendez91 LOL. I expected to be crucified for this comment. So big up that some folks agree. It was just so out of left field in my humble opinion.
Not condoning what he did however I truly don't think he will do it again . He didn't take long to confess he's not ted bundy . I think he just panicked
Agree, 100%! That vile, oxygen thief seduced her and what 17 yr. old female, or male for that matter, would turn down the good looking teacher! Kids in high school cheat all the time. So do adults. The difference is growing up and taking responsibility for your actions. No one deserves what this young woman endured.
I know they kept focusing on her being strangled but the other horrifying fact is that he actually decapitated her internally which is when he heard her neck pop. Saw it in a longer video covering this. This is a case that has stuck with me and my heart really does go out to Ashley!!! 💙💙💙🎉
this is reminder to everyone reading, stay safe!!! always let a friend or someone you trust know where your going or who your going to meet with, ALWAYS.
This is so chilling to see the full story. I’m only 10 minutes away from where this took place. It was all over the news..I just cried. My uncle is a firefighter for the dept. of Belleville and was on scene when the attempted murderer took them to find her. I just always remembered my uncle’s face when he came over to tell us about it. This story definitely stuck with him. So happy she’s alright!
This one made me cry. Those detectives had to be so elated to have found her alive. So happy that she didn't die. I am just so happy for her and her family
Same here. No offense to people helping family by staying with them temporarily but when a supposedly good looking, fairly successful, and well liked "man" lives with mom at 27 everone should be wary.
I don’t think it was a figure of speech I think the paramedics meant she may literally not make it out of the woods without coding on them because her condition was so bad. She is a fighter for sure.
I remember watching her story on Dateline or 48 hours & when they showed the real video of her laying in that field, I was SHOCKED at what I was seeing. I couldn’t believe they showed it without blurring it out. She looked dead. They thought she was dead & about 5 or 10 minutes later they figured out that she was still alive. It was brutal.
She's magnificent! I remember one of their earlier interviews. It was, I think, a few years afterward. She was wheelchair bound, and had significant neurological delays/issues - and this was in spite of the MASSIVE improvements she'd fought tooth and nail to achieve. To see her doing so well physically, and speaking so fluidly and fluently, is a joyous surprise - though, in reality, I'm not surprised she's made such strides. I do continue to of course feel for her, generally of course for this vile horror having been visited upon her, but more specifically in this instance, for the numerous invisible constellation of ailments, with which she must still cope, contend, and attempt to overcome. This lovely lady is a 1st Class trooper.
You are really not in the know. She had no serious injuries. Her neck was never broken and the police knew this the night they found her. They even lied to the judge about this the morning Shelton was arraigned. Why? To make things look much worse than they were. Wheelchair bound? She rode on the back of a motorcycle to her high school graduation a few weeks later! Shelton made a false confession. His family was being extorted. They refused to pay. Just like the crap on sites like this, everything is sensationalized and an innocent man went to prison to protect his family from unscrupulous players who just wanted to further their pathetic careers and a family who wanted to line their pockets. If you want to hear about the real Ashley, watch "Ashley Reeves Fact Check1" on TH-cam. This is her boyfriend's police interrogation. He's not lying in this. She owed drug money to an unknown drug dealer, had had multiple abortions, etc. Watch it and open up your eyes. Oh, and by the way, two other teachers at other districts lost their jobs because they were forced to leave their districts because Ashley would not leave them alone.
I am a 52 year old man and watching this girl speak after this ordeal brought tears to my eyes. This could be my daughter!..Ashley, you give me hope. I hope you are doing well and taking advantage of every opportunity life has to offer. I wish you good health and every success in everything you aspire to achieve in life
@@incumbentvinyl9291 I do not believe relationships are more important than human life. Relationships can be rebuilt or abandoned. Human life can never be reclaimed once it's gone. I don't want my daughter killed just because she cheated on her boyfriend. I don't want you killed just because you cheated on your partner.
@@incumbentvinyl9291 I do not believe relationships are more important than human life. Relationships can be rebuilt or abandoned. Human life can never be reclaimed once it's gone. I don't want daughter killed just because she cheated on her boyfriend. I don't want you killed just because you cheated on your partner.
@@kags5779 I agree. Before you start to build a relationship, you abandon the other one. You do not build two romantic relationships at the same time, hiding the fact from your partner(s). I've never cheated on a partner. I'm not heartless scum. Go easy on the petty guesswork. Why did you write that twice?
@@incumbentvinyl9291 i did not write twice, it just posted itself twice, probably a net connection issue. My example about cheating on a partner was hypothetical...not about you personally.
@@toripng8328 I'm still not sure...it looks like a typo. I've never seen that as "code" for 'white people'....it is a common abbreviation for ''youtube" though, so go figure. The real issue isn't even that, it's the racist implication of the comment.
she is how hope would look like in person even the words at the end... she went though hell and still finds words to tell you to not to give up, that's so amazing... she's right don't give up
When she was asked if she’s been back to the place where she was found and she responds “nope not until now” you can just tell she didn’t want to be there. Someone or something pressured her to go back, you can tell it was excutiating for her 💔
I can't even begin to imagine the trauma Sam went through having Urinary Stress Disorder, no toothbrush and being unable to remove his contacts. my heart goes out to him.
wow...he said he would be miserable if he cant pee...what a piece of sht. I hope everytime u gotta go that there are 10 guys standing near u watching. Wtf, his thought process there is so heartless. the cop laughs like are u serious dude...ur peeing habits are the least of your worries ashley is a strong women and she has a beautiful future ahead of her, and that guy is gonna have a horrible rest of his
I hope you can find an unedited version of Shelton leading the police back to her "body". He wasn't leading the police, they were telling him where they wanted him to take them. His was a false confession. His family was being extorted by people trying to make a name for themselves and easy money for the family.
Amazing story of some real heroes. Those police investigators did not let up. The last investigator that got the confession out of him , without waiting till daylight went right out with the team and found her still alive are outstanding police detectives !
I’m so glad that she had survived. She has unbelievable strength that I wish I had. I’m happy that he was punished. I honestly wish that never happened to her.
Being in law enforcement for quite awhile, this is the outcome we all pray for, but rarely get. God bless the LEOs who kept going, & obviously for the Lord who looked out for her. I hope her mental & emotional state has healed since this occurred. I cannot even imagine the terror the parents & Ashley experienced. She deserves to thrive in life so I hope they all got the support & counseling they need.
This guy is a train wreck .. he goes line dancing? I cannot believe the judge!! Can I take my contacts out? You are not at a hotel idiot stick! Ashley bless you! ❤️❤️
OMG what a miracle! Ashley you are such a strong individual! All the detectives involved you are Heros on a day to day but this story is one of a kind, that for once it has a happy ending! God Bless You All!!
What an incredible woman! I can only imagine how hard her road to recovery has been. You make us proud when you succeed and overcome your obstacles. We need survivors like you, you give us all hope that even when bad things happen, goodness and strength will reveal themselves and help us to heal.
It's not as simple as he was just cheated on though. She was a minor, and the teacher groomed her, and when she tried to end things with him, he got mad and tried to kill her, using several methods, before leaving her for dead
@@diaryhome4943 she was 17. She knew it’s wrong to cheat on her boyfriend. Of course we feel sorry for her but can’t deny that she did cheat on her boyfriend. He wouldn’t have found out if the teacher didn’t try to kill her
No, you are not the only one. I just left a comment about that. To me that’s the moral of the story: Don’t lie to and cheat on those who love and trust you. She was very young but it does saddens me that her message for everyone was “Don’t give up,”as opposed to “Don’t cheat.”
@@duvessa2003 her cheating wasnt what caused this. it was the teacher who groomed her, and he wouldve done it to someone even if it wasnt her. you can feel bad for the bf, but thinking the crime was solely because of the cheating is crazy
Love her heart. She said it herself, it was heartbreaking to see herself laying there the way they found her. Makes me tear up. She’s a strong person and made it through that horrific time. She’s a survivor and I wish her all the best!!❤️
As of MONDAY APRIL 22ND 2024 44 YR OLD, SAMSON SHELTON IS OUT OF PRISON AND ON PAROLE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. SO LET US KEEP ASHLEY AND HER FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS. AND IF YOU SEE THIS MAN SAMSON SHELTON IN PUBLIC, REMIND HIM THAT WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN WHAT HE DID.
I can’t imagine Ashley wanting to go back to that horrific site with anyone other than Elizabeth Smart. God bless you both in your journeys as overcomes. ❤️
@@incumbentvinyl9291 sadly making mistakes just makes her human. It also does not change the fact that she was strong and wonderful to survive. Think of how many mistakes we have all made in life.
What an incredible young woman! She is so strong. Fighting for 30 hours, not giving up reclaiming her life. I honestly can't believe he only got 20 years after the judge kept the confession. Her standing up and reading a letter about what he did at sentencing. Maybe that was the max for 1st degree attempted murder, I don't know. 20 years just does not seem like justice. You are amazing Ashley! ❤
you really have to be the worst kind of person to put someone through that. the fact ashley can talk about this at all shows how strong she is from a situation she shouldve never had to be in. its so fucking wrong to try to steal someones life like that. i really wish her the best.
Well Ashley is the toughest person I've ever seen I'm so glad that she survived and that she's moving on with her life and this leaving this message brings me to tears for what he did to you 20 years wasn't enough you should have got a life in prison with no parole but I wish you well Ashley and God's on your side and all the actors that were in the movie about what happened did an excellent job I was on the edge of my seat I wish you and your family well you take care of yourself
" I'll be miserable if I can't pee." What?! That infuriates me. But it shows how good these detectives are at their job. In order to get the information that they needed. The information which ultimately saved her life bc they were able to get to her in time they had to befriend him. They needed to make this psycho think that they are his friends. The cops made him believe that they sympathize with what he's been through even though obviously that's not true. And these detectives did this masterfully. The undeniable proof of that is in those disgusting comments about not being able to pee in front of people and his contact lenses and toothbrush. He really thought that asking about creature comforts for himself was completely normal and appropriate.He truly thought those detectives would care about those things for him. The best part though is I know that since he's mentioned those things it'll probably be like a year before he ever sees contact solution and they'll make sure he has the biggest audience when he uses the bathroom. No toothbrush for you scumbag. I promise you those detectives will make sure of it. EDIT: 20 years is no where near long enough. Let's not forget that he is a teacher an adult who is in an inappropriate relationship with a child. That alone should get him 20 years. The attempted murder of that child should at least be 50 years. He's only going to be 46 when he gets out of prison. That's ridiculous. I pray he went into prison with the label of a sex offender so he can get what he really deserves from the other prisoners.
So thankful she survived. When they started to show her actual body, I’m like there’s no way they’re showing a dead body right now. And she moves! What a relief!
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Getting a lesser sentence for “attempted murder” pisses me off. Just because he sucked at killing someone and failed (thank god and Ashley is a KICK ASS WOMAN!) doesn’t mean it’s any less of a crime. Why is there less punishment JUST because the person doesn’t actually die? He MEANT to kill her. It’s bullshit.
Right?! That always has pissed me off!
I agree! Attempted murder should be the same as murder! Just because the perp didn't succeed, doesn't mean they didn't try. I hate that about our "justice" system.
I am baffled at Americ's "Justice" system sometimes. It was MURDER. The ending to these type of situations is usually never good. I am soo glad she survived, but at the end of the day, "attempted murder" charge is just a joke. The fact he will be up for parole in 2024 is just disgusting.
Totally agree. He had intent and thought she was dead
Yes!! I have said this for years!!! Attempted murder should hold the same sentence as 1st degree murder. The intent was there, you just weren't successful!
Why the hell would the judge let that monster out on bail is beyond me.
OMG Right?!
Judge should be removed from the bench! I just read yesterday some dude smashed a kids head over something silly like leaving his bike in his driveway. Killed him and he was bailed!! 😱🤬 F'ing shocking!!
It shocked me. He's a vile scumbag.
@@maggie_o5233 wow!!
@@magdalenamezydlo1271 Yea I just looked it back up. Attacked a 6 yo with a sledgehammer for leaving his bike in his driveway. Judges must be held accountable for their actions and removed from the bench when they fail to protect victims of crime and the public .
The footage of them finding her is haunting. The way she’s laid and then just blinks and moves are hand a bit is heartbreaking. It’s literally out of a horror movie and this young woman had to live that. The amount of strength and raw will to love that this woman has is absolutely amazing and I’m so glad she is still with us.
Kudos to the investigators for reacting so swiftly, they saved her life
How are you doing?
Right, they didn't just assume she ran away & waited a month before searching. The early search made a difference.
Yeah this was awesome 👏
Yeah, if they hadn’t have taken het mother seriously and investigated sooner than 24 hours that they normally wait, Ashlee would have died.
Kudos for believing the BF and knowing that scumbag was the perpetrator!
No more PODCASTS!! This is how we like this channel.
The podcasts are new and the only thing being made right now. This show has been canceled for some time now unfortunately.
Actually I very much enjoy the PodCasts. Gives me something to listen to at work and in the car when I cannot look at a screen. I also found this channel through the PodCasts. I was looking for crime podcasts and found True Crime Daily.
Thanks for the PodCasts!!
These are all old episodes. This show has been canceled since 2018. Maybe they can revive it after the pandemic.
I think the podcast is great. Ana Garcia’s voice used to bug me at first but now I legit love her.
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Ana Garcia is very good
It's amazing as this young woman survived after being 30 hours in the woods, alone, after being chocked several times! And she's a walking miracle, God bless her soul!!
w/ her strength she'll get better and better
The miracle is how much trust her boyfriend had in her. He had given her his truck and she used it to go to a rendezvous with a guy who then choked her and threw her out like trash.
her teacher clearly groomed her @@duvessa2003 I wonder how many others he groomed.
@@duvessa2003your comments are all negative towards women, your bias is showing. I bet you’d kill a women too.
They released him this year on parole 😡
LOVE that Elizabeth Smart interviews victims. She has empathy and knows (in a sense) how they feel. She was meant for this!
Same. I'm glad Ashley somehow connected with Elizabeth because that would change everything for her; she'd no longer be alone.
I completely agree…i find it awesome
She is great isn't she?
I respectfully disagree. Feel sorry for what happened to her but otherwise I don`t think she got the right job,
@@fredajordan5704 amen! She is lacking interview skills. Awkward to watch sometimes
“We never kissed, but we did it in the back of the vehicle...” cause not kissing makes it so much better. Psychopath.
He believes he is much "above " her, he's too good to kiss her but will screw her.
@@carladowdeswell7882 you okay over there??? Why so rude to someone for calling a psychopath a psychopath?
@@carladowdeswell7882 ok u need help crazy girl
@@carladowdeswell7882 worry bout your kids Carla
@@carladowdeswell7882 🤡
Her brain is saving her for remembering such a traumatic event.
This young woman is obviously exceptionally tough. I am floored. But most importantly I’m beyond happy she’s still alive. So many stories like this out there, so rarely do the victims make it out of them alive.
I'm with you
So true
So true really glad she made it
She's a cheater though
@@andreahayner9488 Where's the proof?
The way they held her hand when they found her was so sweet it actually made me start crying.
Me too
Yeah it’s incredible how such a small gesture, holding her hand, can be so powerful, & can, really in an instant, say so much, like in this case, saying the following:
“We understand he hurt you badly, & that he decided to, not only end your life, but also, that you should die here, all alone -
*that is not going to happen*
because we’ve found you, we’re right here w/ you, & we’re not going anywhere w/out you. You’ve been here all alone, for 30 hours, fighting for your own life, but now, all these ppl are here just for you, ready to join the fight for you.
You guys are incredibly soft.
Toughen up.
@@jamesm3471 They're trying to get into some kind of contact with her. Holding one's hand in hope of a response is one of the first things done.
@@incumbentvinyl9291 Dude, just because we find something sweet means we have empathy. Toughening up is BAD.
My heart dropped to my stomach when they realized she was still alive, waiting for help for days 😣 I’m so glad they found her when they did and she’s made such an amazing recovery 😭🙏🏼 she deserves all of the love in the world.
seeing her laying there with her neck broken made me tear up ,what a piece of filth that man is , he should never get out of jail
I wonder if her boyfriend forgave her. He was too trusting.
@@bighomiemac3472that is all you got out of this?
@@bighomiemac3472 who cares she was a teenager. My boyfriend died at 16. I found out through friends that he had cheated on me. I didn't care. That was the last thing I cared about.
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Bless her heart. He went line dancing after he tried to kill her. Absolutely no remorse from this man. He should've received 40+ years.
I agree but I think life sentence because he tried to take a life.
Not corporative!
True psychopath.
@@lizhjelmeseth5485 ?
Sociopath ... They have no remorse...
"I'll be miserable if I can't pee" This man is a clown!! Expecting private accommodations like he's booking a hotel wtf?!
Exactly!!!! Clown ass dude
When I heard him say that I thought aloud “oh you’ll be able to pee as soon as the first inmate literally beats the piss out of you.” What a p.o.s.
No but obviously he knows he's going to jail ... what's the biggie?
@@samimaric8108 huh
It's a surprisingly common reaction.
Narcissists always reply in this fashion.
I’ve listened to the full interrogation and the detectives were amazing. They just hammered the guy with questions, caught him in lies, hammered him some more until he finally spit out the truth. They were working against the clock. 5 more minutes in those woods and she could have died. These guys are heroes. I don’t think Sam should ever get out of prison. It’s crazy to me that he’s up for parole in 2024. He’s an evil monster.
What you mean he out this year. Nooo
& he is out 👎🏻
@karencornejo5369 When exactly did he get out? I'm afraid he'll do it again to someone else and/or try to finish what he started with poor Ashley 😢
@@Livyxbabyy2001That's messed up AF! He could and likely will do it to someone else and/or try to go after poor Ashley and finish what he started. 😢WHAT is WRONG with people like this!!!!!
You have to be glad he thought he didn't need a lawyer and that the appeal to Grandma was a weakness. If he had lawyered up, she might have been bones in the woods right now.
Oh my gosh that’s Elizabeth smart. That’s so cool she’s doing these interviews. She knows how these women feel.
Agreed. More programs need people like her interviewing victims rather than nosey Nancys like the one and only Nancy Grace.
She’s fulfilling her purpose. I didn’t even know it was her.
It says so much about her strength
I think she might really be able to help people with these experiences. I feel like even when you know it’s not your fault there’s that self blame or what could’ve been different moments. I think she’s a great example, she took her power back and didn’t let trauma or fear run her life even at a young age. I hope she gets everything she wants from life ❤️
I know they said her name but I just came into realization it was her 😭 amazing
26 years old, living with his mom and grandmother, working AND hanging out with teenagers ..... how could anyone with active brain function think he wasn't involved? So glad she survived. What a tough ass girl!
He is a gross creeper. Cant get anyone his own age and feels cool that young girls think he is so good looking and give him attention. I hope he gets the back door greeting in jail.
@@sls1776 I absolutely agree with all that.
There is no problem living with his family.
He was also an Explorer with the Boy Scotts👌🏼😒
@@sls1776 as the father of a 5 year old daughter. If this happened to her you better believe I’d be waiting for that day that he got released.
Finally we study a crime where the victim lives. Awesome to see a story like this with a happy ending, and it was mostly the detectives who forced this happy ending by swiftly coaxing the suspect to come clean, resulting in them bringing medical help to the poor girl in time. These detectives should be given gold medals by the state.
His sentence was pathetic, you shouldn't get less of a sentence for attempted murder just because you're bad at killing someone! Do better Illinois judge
Exactly my thoughts!! 20 years?? Wtf!!
Because there is thing called the law. Judges are not kings.
@@jimwerther no theres institutionalized misogyny for male paedorapistkillers he gonna prey on some other girl and actually kill her this time and men dont care obvs
No that’s not the way it works . Attempted murder is not the same as murder , therefore they do not have the same sentences
Exactly, i agree!! I was just saying this same exact thing to my friend the other day.
Her will to live gives me the best kind of chills... god bless that woman.
Yes!! That young Lady is a Survivor!! She wasn’t going out without the fight of her life!
Keep God close
She needs some blessings. Watch "Ashley Reeves Fact Check 1" on TH-cam. This is her boyfriend's actual police interview. This girl is going straight to Hell for killing babies.
@@andreahayner9488 mate, stop commenting this on everyone's comments!! It just sounds like you're trying to spread hate and rumours which is very childish. How do you know anyway? Where's the proof... Its just hearsay
@@Chelle8847 What hate? What I have said is the truth. Watch "Ashley Reeves Fact Check 1" on TH-cam. You can't deny the truth being told in this interrogation.
The fact that Elizabeth Smart is doing interviews is just amazing to me. She went thru the worst imaginable and now look at her helping others thru their own lives.
And some people are complaining that she makes the interviews about herself which i didn't see at all!
@@tamitribbiani7907 she literally always does make the interviews about herself. It's beyond irritating.
@@jtomyhope575 shes relating to other survivors. if i had someone talk to me about my abuse who i felt i could relate to, id feel so much more safe and understood....
@@jtomyhope575 Irritating or an unique opportunity, to see two survivors talk to each other. Depending on how judgemental you are.
It made me tear up hearing and seeing the detectives reaction when they realized she was still breathing. They sounded so loving and jumped right into action. I can’t even imagine how traumatizing it was for them too. Poor Ashley… I hope she’s still doing well these days
I went to jail a long time ago for helping a damsel in distress. Never again
Me too. Heroes
Re: comment; yes I agree with this comment myself! Watched the movie & caused me to cry 😭 too. Couldn’t believe the evil that Shelton had put her through! Basically chocked her extremely seriously!!! Ugh 😖🤭😟😭
Me too
I hope her boyfriend is doing well after the mammoth betrayal.
That footage of them finding her in the woods was absolutely horrifying and disturbing !! Oh my god it looked like something from faces of death ! Poor girl let’s all pray for her , what a miracle she is alive 💕
He should have gotten a lot more than 20 years. He's eligible for parole in 2024 and the next time he won't leave a witness!
not if he ever shows up at my house for any reason
That’s like, so soon. And knowing those Illinois softy judges, he’ll probably walk out.
Definitely!!!🤬
Imagine here in my country (Canada), max penalty for 1st degree murder is life with parole after 25 years, 2nd degree the absolute max is 25 years. It's an absolute joke. If your lawyer's good enough they'll downgrade you to a manslaughter and face 4 months - 4 years. I've seen multiple cases of double murder getting 25-30 years only, and released them on parole. Hell an old coworker got 29 years for bank robberies in the 80s, and yet murderers get special treatment. The justice system is so flawed all over the place.
Just because a person is eligible for parole doesn't mean it will be granted and since Ashley is such a fighter, I imagine she will show up to every one of his hearings with photos and documentation of what he did to her. Oftentimes, victim impact statements seal the deal for judges not to let the perpetrator out so easily.
“Texas chainsaw, wahhhh. My contacts. Wahhhh. My urinary stress disorder. Wahhhh.” Unfriggenbelievable. He deserves life.
OMFG exactly!!! He was making me furious with his carrying on......like dude, ya just left a girl for dead and you're only worried about your contacts solution?! WTF!!??
My mouth was wide open
Hearing him say that after what he did
sentence him to a lifetime of peeing in front of bubba!
They will enjoy him in prison lol
Yep,all about him.
So glad that Elizabeth Smart is working in this field. She has been there and knows the fear and the pain. God Bless her for being able to do these stories 🙏
Props to the detective who got him confess
That monster should have got life. As far as he was concerned that poor woman was dead. He should never get out of prison. His attitude afterwards had psychopathic traits.
It's wrong that because she was so strong, that scumbag got LESS prison time. Like, WTF? That POS did everything he could for her to die and they should sentence him accordingly.
It was only attempted murder you can’t give life for that
'only'?
Two questions. Did he try multiple methods to finish her off when he didn't succeed at first? Did he leave her for dead and think he was leading the cops to a corpse? Yes to both, ergo he killed her in his mind. The fact she was extremely strong, she lived then had to rehabilitate herself as if she'd had a major stroke is kudos to her, not him
Hang him high haha :0
Next time he isn't going to leave a witness..
@@ziggypop8106 agree with you, I was thinking the same..just luck that she's alive. Listening to him, he was finishing her off!! He deserves life!!
I am so relieved to see Ashley wasn't crippled in the end. That's is a wonderful miracle. 🎉
I'm gonna need my own private bathroom cause I cant pee in front of other people. Also regular toilet paper isn't gonna work cause I have a sensitive butthole so if they could install a bidet that would be great. Oh plus I'm gonna need a memory foam mattress too cause I got this thing goin on in my lower back, and if I don't get my solid 8hrs I can be quite the Grumpy Gus.
This comment killed me lmao
LMAOOO
Your user name made it more funny
Someone as dangerous as him gets bail? Thats obscene.
Fr fr
That is so dumb, what judge allowed that
He’s White
@@blueblue5427 I saw a show yesterday of black rapist who got parole again and again despite having 52 prison infractions, and the last time he got out he raped and murdered a young woman.
@@juanitarichards1074 First of all you sound racist asf😬 with that being said. No one did blacks don’t commit crimes. For every 1 black person that gets away with a crime 100s of whites have and still out.
Go sit somewhere with your misplaced assumptions.
The detectives did an amazing job saving a young girl near death
Let's just appreciate the fact that she's been found alive. That's such a beautiful miracle that doesn't happen every time.
Why would it be a miracle?
The belt snapped from the physical force applied to it.
Not here for the comments blaming Ashley. She was 17. Seduced by a teacher. She was groomed.
I like how yall think 17 year olds are stupid, nowhere in this video did it say she was groomed. She obviously knew what she was doing and she stood by that, stop making it seem like every teen dating an older man was manipulated. I'm 17 dating a 23 year old and I know exactly what I'm doing and imma continue to do it, we arent stupid.
@@pikapika3198 you’re being groomed maam
@@katherineguerrero9434 Explain how? Been dating since I was 16, bout to turn 18 and I'm happy. No manipulation here, just love, cant say the same with real minors who have been actually groomed. Stop watering the word down love, thanks. 🥰
@@pikapika3198 what’s there to explain. What does a grown man do with a child? There’s a reason he’s not with a woman his age. They see the bum in him that children can’t. And the fact that you don’t see anything wrong with a grown adult being attracted to a child is what grooming is. That make it seem okay
@@katherineguerrero9434 And if grown woman can see the bums in men why do they also get groomed and stay with men they know ain't shit? Lmaooooo there are more full grown woman who are in abusive relationships than minors.
Terrible but Amazing survival experience. Congrats to the detective who brought up momma and grandma...wow, and all of the police who went out so quickly in the cold,wet,dark, thick woods to just find her dead body, and ended up saving her life. Job well done, congrats to the dear survivor.
I'm so glad she had the strength to hang on and I'm glad he was punished. Of course I wish that had never happened to her
Wow 20 year's!? That's it? There are so many people serving life for drugs. Just goes to show how screwed up our "Justice system" is 😔
and he will likely only serve 13 with good behaviour.
Aqui no Brasil conheço uma pessoa que assassinou e ficou 7 anos preso e hoje está em liberdade, 20 anos não é muito mas é maior que aqui.
Government don't make money off someone being murdered 🤷♀️
@@heelshens7453 exactly corrupt judges and politicians all they care about is money and power it’s disgusting
@@beepbeep9043 Probably less than 13 yrs cause this was his first time in prison.Terrible.
I love that Elizabeth Smart is doing these types of interviews after what she went through.
His stomach wasn't too weak to hurt her. He really doesn't get that it isn't about him. It was heartwarming how excited they were when they found her and that she was alive.
If I was that officer and he asked me about his contact solution and toothbrush I genuinely think I would've laughed 😅 You just admitted to attempted murder and you're asking about your fucking contacts??? What??
I worked with her father in Sauget IL and he told me he is waiting for this man to get out of jail
I'm certain that many fathers feel this way when something like this happens to their child. It's a normal reaction to something that horrific.
And many of us fathers will die to honor our word.@@mish375
I can empathize. If it were my child, dude might have not made it to trial.
And won't most likely do nothing to him.
So many can talk the talk but not walk the walk.
Why would you tell that to the whole world? If something happens to this monster, they might subpoena you! Wtf
"I'm afraid of spiders"
"I still love you"
Gotta love the friendship that she has with these investigators
Damn. Shelton sounding like Chris Watts after he waffled on his first story. Nobody mentioned violence yet, and this guy's talking about Texas Chainsaw Massacre, lmfao.
He said that to throw officers off. He was making pretend he cant stand gruesome things cause he was trying to distance himself from what he did to that girl
@@hotfriedgriyoandpeeklees1522 I got that, but doesn't it seemingly give him away immediately? Just a strange response to me.
@@Samurai78420 exactly what I though!!! He was trying too hard to convince he wasn’t that guy pal....
@@rlmelendez91 LOL. I expected to be crucified for this comment. So big up that some folks agree. It was just so out of left field in my humble opinion.
What I wanna know is how in the world did this guy get out? This is a cold, blooded brutal murderer. We need to be careful. This guy is out!
Not condoning what he did however I truly don't think he will do it again . He didn't take long to confess he's not ted bundy . I think he just panicked
Thank the Lord that she lived and has made a remarkable recovery!!..
No matter whether she cheated on her boyfriend or not, she didn't deserve that.
eh . . No . .
She was only 17 at the time. We all made mistakes at that age
Agree!
Agree, 100%! That vile, oxygen thief seduced her and what 17 yr. old female, or male for that matter, would turn down the good looking teacher! Kids in high school cheat all the time. So do adults. The difference is growing up and taking responsibility for your actions. No one deserves what this young woman endured.
Agreed
I know they kept focusing on her being strangled but the other horrifying fact is that he actually decapitated her internally which is when he heard her neck pop. Saw it in a longer video covering this. This is a case that has stuck with me and my heart really does go out to Ashley!!! 💙💙💙🎉
Holy shit
My heart goes out to the trusting and generous boyfriend who was entirely betrayed.
If he drove by and saw that she had been hit by a car he couldn't look because he has a very weak stomach??? WTF
Good thing he is such a horrible liar.
Hello Marla, how are you doing?
@@jameshurst6344 TH-cam is not a dating site bro
this is reminder to everyone reading, stay safe!!! always let a friend or someone you trust know where your going or who your going to meet with, ALWAYS.
@@mikewoods7167 you must have never seen/faced pure evil…after you do, you let everyone know what your doing
@@mikewoods7167 imma call BS bud…
Agree! Watched so many of this crimes storys that usually don't end well and most of the time loved ones don't know their whereabouts and with who.
@@mikewoods7167 Maybe its time you do. You just never know. Stay safe!
@@mikewoods7167 wow mike, what a great story of CRAP!!’ Who seriously says those things to win an argument…and seriously tell everyone where you go
She is a fighter through and through ❤
Very happy she lived, and I’m glad she was blessed with not remembering.
This is so chilling to see the full story. I’m only 10 minutes away from where this took place. It was all over the news..I just cried. My uncle is a firefighter for the dept. of Belleville and was on scene when the attempted murderer took them to find her. I just always remembered my uncle’s face when he came over to tell us about it. This story definitely stuck with him. So happy she’s alright!
Please stay safe out there 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@Me29916 Most definitely, thank you 🙏🏾
I might have missed it, but what year did this occur?
Wow! Thank you to your uncle for his service to the community!
@@tammilynn7995
2006
20 yrs??? Hopefully that coward judge no longer has a bench .
I watched the Lifetime movie based on Ashley’s events 💔 God Bless her, I’m so happy she fought so hard to regain her life back 🙏🏼❤️
There is a movie?! I need to watch!
what movie?
@@meowcraft2403 its called Left For Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story
How was the movie?. thinking of watching it myself..
This young lady’s recovery is Nothing Short of Miraculous! Bless Ashley and the detectives who found her and took her under their wings- 🙏 ALL.
OMG! That’s Elizabeth Smart!!!! OMG! I’m so happy she’s doing this interview! Who else can relate to survivors more than her?!?!
"I'll be miserable if I can't pee"
I hope he's had many miserable pees in jail
I wonder if he ever did get "that private toilet" for his urinary stress disorder 🤣
Well,he deserves it 🙈😂😂😂
@@andreiavelic1084 poor soul, doesn't even realize it's not just his urine that he'll need to be stressed about. 🤣
This one made me cry. Those detectives had to be so elated to have found her alive. So happy that she didn't die. I am just so happy for her and her family
Amen!
The minute they said he lived at home with his mum and grandma I thought Uh-Ohh..
So glad she's alive.
Same here. No offense to people helping family by staying with them temporarily but when a supposedly good looking, fairly successful, and well liked "man" lives with mom at 27 everone should be wary.
Same!!!
Yup…
@@bbjjbb61 Exactly 👌🏼
Same here!
The “l love her to death” and that she “not make it out of the woods” just wasn’t a good choice of words.
I don’t think it was a figure of speech I think the paramedics meant she may literally not make it out of the woods without coding on them because her condition was so bad. She is a fighter for sure.
@@sydneyreddell4747 Now that marks more since!
It was literal, not figurative...
How uplifting! To see her recover so well! God bless you Ashley!
I remember watching her story on Dateline or 48 hours & when they showed the real video of her laying in that field, I was SHOCKED at what I was seeing. I couldn’t believe they showed it without blurring it out. She looked dead. They thought she was dead & about 5 or 10 minutes later they figured out that she was still alive. It was brutal.
So this wasn’t real? The one they showed?
@@Yousayimcrazee no, it was real, I think it was just cut a little bit
yeah, i wish they blurred it
She's magnificent! I remember one of their earlier interviews. It was, I think, a few years afterward. She was wheelchair bound, and had significant neurological delays/issues - and this was in spite of the MASSIVE improvements she'd fought tooth and nail to achieve. To see her doing so well physically, and speaking so fluidly and fluently, is a joyous surprise - though, in reality, I'm not surprised she's made such strides. I do continue to of course feel for her, generally of course for this vile horror having been visited upon her, but more specifically in this instance, for the numerous invisible constellation of ailments, with which she must still cope, contend, and attempt to overcome. This lovely lady is a 1st Class trooper.
You are really not in the know. She had no serious injuries. Her neck was never broken and the police knew this the night they found her. They even lied to the judge about this the morning Shelton was arraigned. Why? To make things look much worse than they were. Wheelchair bound? She rode on the back of a motorcycle to her high school graduation a few weeks later! Shelton made a false confession. His family was being extorted. They refused to pay. Just like the crap on sites like this, everything is sensationalized and an innocent man went to prison to protect his family from unscrupulous players who just wanted to further their pathetic careers and a family who wanted to line their pockets. If you want to hear about the real Ashley, watch "Ashley Reeves Fact Check1" on TH-cam. This is her boyfriend's police interrogation. He's not lying in this. She owed drug money to an unknown drug dealer, had had multiple abortions, etc. Watch it and open up your eyes. Oh, and by the way, two other teachers at other districts lost their jobs because they were forced to leave their districts because Ashley would not leave them alone.
totally agree, you have a beautiful way with words
And You are too! 🙏🧘♂️💪☺️❤️💕
I am a 52 year old man and watching this girl speak after this ordeal brought tears to my eyes. This could be my daughter!..Ashley, you give me hope. I hope you are doing well and taking advantage of every opportunity life has to offer. I wish you good health and every success in everything you aspire to achieve in life
How do you feel about her cheating on her boyfriend? Would you be ok with your daughter doing that?
@@incumbentvinyl9291 I do not believe relationships are more important than human life. Relationships can be rebuilt or abandoned. Human life can never be reclaimed once it's gone. I don't want my daughter killed just because she cheated on her boyfriend. I don't want you killed just because you cheated on your partner.
@@incumbentvinyl9291 I do not believe relationships are more important than human life. Relationships can be rebuilt or abandoned. Human life can never be reclaimed once it's gone. I don't want daughter killed just because she cheated on her boyfriend. I don't want you killed just because you cheated on your partner.
@@kags5779 I agree. Before you start to build a relationship, you abandon the other one. You do not build two romantic relationships at the same time, hiding the fact from your partner(s).
I've never cheated on a partner. I'm not heartless scum. Go easy on the petty guesswork.
Why did you write that twice?
@@incumbentvinyl9291 i did not write twice, it just posted itself twice, probably a net connection issue. My example about cheating on a partner was hypothetical...not about you personally.
This is why people feel ok doing crimes, might as well if judges lets any act be bailed out.
He was considered handsome 😂 I swear. Yt people literally think anyone with blue eyes is good looking.
Yt people? True crime daily people wrote the script. Are you meaning 'you people'?
Or 'youtube people' ?
@@hegemonycricket2182 It means white people, relax ✋🏼
@@kooscherries "Yt" means white people?
@@hegemonycricket2182 It does. When I saw it on tiktok for the first time I was like “youtube people? Ohh.”
@@toripng8328 I'm still not sure...it looks like a typo. I've never seen that as "code" for 'white people'....it is a common abbreviation for ''youtube" though, so go figure. The real issue isn't even that, it's the racist implication of the comment.
she is how hope would look like in person even the words at the end... she went though hell and still finds words to tell you to not to give up, that's so amazing... she's right don't give up
When she was asked if she’s been back to the place where she was found and she responds “nope not until now” you can just tell she didn’t want to be there. Someone or something pressured her to go back, you can tell it was excutiating for her 💔
What an incredibly strong girl.
I can't even begin to imagine the trauma Sam went through having Urinary Stress Disorder, no toothbrush and being unable to remove his contacts. my heart goes out to him.
Hear, hear!
He was so missunderstood.Hope theres a separate God for people like sam
@@barbarahaines7661 Polytheism.
Intriguing!
He must of had it worse than Ashley. Ugh. To be able to walk, talk, and eat! The agony!
@@Exprssyoself *must have
Get an education.
wow...he said he would be miserable if he cant pee...what a piece of sht. I hope everytime u gotta go that there are 10 guys standing near u watching. Wtf, his thought process there is so heartless. the cop laughs like are u serious dude...ur peeing habits are the least of your worries
ashley is a strong women and she has a beautiful future ahead of her, and that guy is gonna have a horrible rest of his
Lets hope so!
Some people are just so sick and twisted. Imagine if he didn't lead them back to the body.
If he was bla...nevermind.🤬
@@shawnreid6123 bro what? what was ur point in saying this?
They wouldn’t have made it in time to save her
I hope you can find an unedited version of Shelton leading the police back to her "body". He wasn't leading the police, they were telling him where they wanted him to take them. His was a false confession. His family was being extorted by people trying to make a name for themselves and easy money for the family.
@Sunny bob Quackers I'm telling the truth. You need to find out the facts.
When they showed her, I started balling. It is amazing she survived this!
Magyar?
Amazing story of some real heroes. Those police investigators did not let up. The last investigator that got the confession out of him , without waiting till daylight went right out with the team and found her still alive are outstanding police detectives !
I’m so glad that she had survived. She has unbelievable strength that I wish I had. I’m happy that he was punished. I honestly wish that never happened to her.
🙏💕
Being in law enforcement for quite awhile, this is the outcome we all pray for, but rarely get. God bless the LEOs who kept going, & obviously for the Lord who looked out for her. I hope her mental & emotional state has healed since this occurred. I cannot even imagine the terror the parents & Ashley experienced. She deserves to thrive in life so I hope they all got the support & counseling they need.
Your comment is hilarious!
Why all the irrelevant fairy tales?
I hope her boyfriend has healed from the emotional trauma of her cheating on him.
@@incumbentvinyl9291 I hope your mother has healed from the emotional trauma from being your mother.
@@jjxoxo3508 Dead people don't heal, ignoramus.
Seeing Ashley and hearing her talking about it was very moving. To survive what happened was a miracle.
This guy is a train wreck .. he goes line dancing? I cannot believe the judge!!
Can I take my contacts out? You are not at a hotel idiot stick! Ashley bless you! ❤️❤️
Here, let me help you take your contacts out sicko… “scratch”
OMG what a miracle! Ashley you are such a strong individual! All the detectives involved you are Heros on a day to day but this story is one of a kind, that for once it has a happy ending! God Bless You All!!
What an incredible woman! I can only imagine how hard her road to recovery has been. You make us proud when you succeed and overcome your obstacles. We need survivors like you, you give us all hope that even when bad things happen, goodness and strength will reveal themselves and help us to heal.
@delivery4458 and you are totally perfect and have never made any mistakes? Judgmental much?
@delivery4458 semantics...big, little, whatever, you've missed the point entirely.
@delivery4458 if you want me to take you seriously learn how to spell BASIC grammar. I can't argue with stupid. It's no fun at all.
@delivery4458She was 17! And she was being groomed by an adult man!
Imagine being the boyfriend and having to comprehend that you've been cheated on and she's been attacked and maybe dead . Thats a lot to proceess
Some people mess with other people's minds Shelton is a predator
It's not as simple as he was just cheated on though. She was a minor, and the teacher groomed her, and when she tried to end things with him, he got mad and tried to kill her, using several methods, before leaving her for dead
@@diaryhome4943 she was 17. She knew it’s wrong to cheat on her boyfriend. Of course we feel sorry for her but can’t deny that she did cheat on her boyfriend. He wouldn’t have found out if the teacher didn’t try to kill her
Exactly I sympathise with her but she was an idiot having an affair with an older man. At 17, you know what is right and what is wrong
Y’all clearly don’t understand how grooming works and it shows.
Am I the only one that feels bad for the boyfriend?
I do. I can’t imagine how he felt.
No, you are not the only one. I just left a comment about that. To me that’s the moral of the story: Don’t lie to and cheat on those who love and trust you. She was very young but it does saddens me that her message for everyone was “Don’t give up,”as opposed to “Don’t cheat.”
@@duvessa2003 You're disgusting!
@@duvessa2003 The moral of the story is, "Don't groom, abuse and try to kill minors."
@@duvessa2003 her cheating wasnt what caused this. it was the teacher who groomed her, and he wouldve done it to someone even if it wasnt her. you can feel bad for the bf, but thinking the crime was solely because of the cheating is crazy
You can see and feel the compassion and love emanating from Elizabeth every time she interviews fellow survivors.
Love her heart. She said it herself, it was heartbreaking to see herself laying there the way they found her. Makes me tear up. She’s a strong person and made it through that horrific time. She’s a survivor and I wish her all the best!!❤️
As of MONDAY APRIL 22ND 2024
44 YR OLD, SAMSON SHELTON
IS OUT OF PRISON AND ON PAROLE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
SO LET US KEEP ASHLEY AND HER FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS. AND IF YOU SEE THIS MAN SAMSON SHELTON IN PUBLIC, REMIND HIM THAT WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN WHAT HE DID.
Instant CHILLS when they all revisited the site where she was found.
Elizabeth Smart is amazing as a reporter. Kudos to her!
Can you imagine what her boyfriend who let her use his car feels 😬
Exactly my thoughts, bf is the most betrayed in this story.
I can’t imagine Ashley wanting to go back to that horrific site with anyone other than Elizabeth Smart. God bless you both in your journeys as overcomes. ❤️
Sometimes seeing past sites so you can bypass or put things in the past that has happened to you & continue on a clear road.
Two of the strongest and most wonderful women. To see them you automatically think “they never gave up”. We can learn a lot from both of them. 💜🧡💛💙
Really? She cheated on her boyfriend. Not sure how that makes her a ''wonderful woman''.
@@incumbentvinyl9291 sadly making mistakes just makes her human. It also does not change the fact that she was strong and wonderful to survive. Think of how many mistakes we have all made in life.
What an incredible young woman! She is so strong. Fighting for 30 hours, not giving up reclaiming her life. I honestly can't believe he only got 20 years after the judge kept the confession. Her standing up and reading a letter about what he did at sentencing. Maybe that was the max for 1st degree attempted murder, I don't know. 20 years just does not seem like justice. You are amazing Ashley! ❤
So proud of you Ashley and Elizabeth!!! Never give up
Proud of her cheating on her boyfriend?
@@incumbentvinyl9291 at 17! Not in her 30’s with kids and a mortgage 🙄
@@tanyarocks7677 What are you trying to say? That cheating is ok if you're 17 and don't have kids?
I'd never trust a rotten person such as yourself.
you really have to be the worst kind of person to put someone through that. the fact ashley can talk about this at all shows how strong she is from a situation she shouldve never had to be in. its so fucking wrong to try to steal someones life like that. i really wish her the best.
Well Ashley is the toughest person I've ever seen I'm so glad that she survived and that she's moving on with her life and this leaving this message brings me to tears for what he did to you 20 years wasn't enough you should have got a life in prison with no parole but I wish you well Ashley and God's on your side and all the actors that were in the movie about what happened did an excellent job I was on the edge of my seat I wish you and your family well you take care of yourself
What a crazy story! Absolutely amazing she survived so long after such brutality. 30 hours! Great work for the fast acting detectives.
" I'll be miserable if I can't pee." What?! That infuriates me. But it shows how good these detectives are at their job. In order to get the information that they needed. The information which ultimately saved her life bc they were able to get to her in time they had to befriend him. They needed to make this psycho think that they are his friends. The cops made him believe that they sympathize with what he's been through even though obviously that's not true. And these detectives did this masterfully. The undeniable proof of that is in those disgusting comments about not being able to pee in front of people and his contact lenses and toothbrush. He really thought that asking about creature comforts for himself was completely normal and appropriate.He truly thought those detectives would care about those things for him. The best part though is I know that since he's mentioned those things it'll probably be like a year before he ever sees contact solution and they'll make sure he has the biggest audience when he uses the bathroom. No toothbrush for you scumbag. I promise you those detectives will make sure of it. EDIT: 20 years is no where near long enough. Let's not forget that he is a teacher an adult who is in an inappropriate relationship with a child. That alone should get him 20 years. The attempted murder of that child should at least be 50 years. He's only going to be 46 when he gets out of prison. That's ridiculous. I pray he went into prison with the label of a sex offender so he can get what he really deserves from the other prisoners.
I'm so glad that Ashley was able to move past the horrible misdeeds that were done to her. I hope the survivors are well now.
So thankful she survived. When they started to show her actual body, I’m like there’s no way they’re showing a dead body right now. And she moves! What a relief!
On Monday 4/22/24, Mr. Shelton was paroled three years before his full 20-year sentence.
-Just offering an update for those familiar with the case.