I had to pause the video and go order my first pack of deodorants and body wash! The way you spoke about native sold me for sure lol. Plus I love supporting you in anyway I can ❤️❤️
Cucumber mint is my favorite scent right now! I usually am afraid to use fragrances for how irritating they are to my skin, but this stuff doesn’t seem to irritate my under arms. I might have to try the body wash soon.
I FEEL YOU about the jumping on the top of the car and screaming for everyone to stop!!!! I did this very behavior inside a Dillard’s department store. This was in 1997 before people really freaked out like that. I screamed so loud complete strangers and employees blocked doorways and began searching the entire first floor which was huge, yelling her name. About 90 seconds later but seemed like an hour my daughter popped out from a densely packed clothes rack saying “hi momma.” I was embarrassed but not one person was angry or irritated with me. Many hugged me and kindly lectured my daughter not to do this again. My advice: cause a scene better safe. IMO ❤️🤗🥰 You are so relatable Stephanie!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
“Don’t let other people convince you you’re being overprotective” Also, DONT guilt trip a mom for not being comfortable. Don’t peer pressure. So annoying.
Yes! Thank you! I’m a teacher and a little girl in my class was kidnapped, raped and killed by a neighbor (her name is Skyler Kauffman if you’re interested in reading about it). It completely traumatized me. It happened about ten years ago but I am terrified to let my kid out of my sight. Luckily, within hours, the guy was caught and put away for life.
Agreed!! I am mom to a 6 yr old boy. My only child. I am very overprotective but I worry!! I watch things like this which make me vigilant! I watch out for other children as well. I don’t let my son wander around the neighborhood alone even though it’s small and just a loop. I don’t trust it, and I don’t trust people!
This story is eerily similar to something that happened to me as a kid. My brother played sports and since both my parents would go to all the practices and games I always had to go with them to the field. I usually played with other kids at the park nearby like Morgan did. But one time there weren’t many kids there and it was getting dark so I asked my dad if I could sit in his truck. My dad always had a ton of coins in his truck so I was playing with them and counting them. Distracted. Until not even 10 min later my dad and his friends came and swooped me up out of the truck and my dad said “sorry, you can’t be in here alone!” I was so mad because I was so bored and all I wanted to do was count his coins. Until my dad finally said “there was a man standing in the woods over there watching you” and when one of his friends went to run after him the man took off running. My dads truck wasn’t locked when I was in it. If my dad (or his friends) weren’t being vigilant and didn’t notice that man, I most definitely could have been kidnapped. I think about that moment all the time when I hear stories like this and I’m so thankful someone was paying attention, because I certainly did not notice anyone looking at me.
I had a similar thing happen to me when I was around 6 or 7 I believe. I used to spend a day a week with my grandma and one time we went grocery shopping, but I didn’t bother to go inside, instead I wanted to wait in the car. After some time, a man came up to the car and tried to open the doors, but luckily my grandma had locked them. I was in total shock and just froze. I told my grandma and I can only imagine how freaked out she must have been. I don’t think she ever left me in the car alone again.
I actually just remembered that when I was around 10, I was walking on the side walk of the street we lived on and passed a parking car. There was a woman in the backseat pounding on the window and screaming or crying. I got so scared, I ran home as fast as I could. I told my mom but she said the woman was probably just sad. I think about that situation from time to time, hoping that the woman is okay.
@@StephanieHarlowe please, please please look into the unsolved case of 2nd grader kyron horman from Portland Oregon. He should have graduated from high school this year but no one, except maybe his step mom, knows where he is at. (Step mom had tied to human traffickers is one rumor.) His bio mom Desiree has searched relentlessly it’d really help her out to highlight his case.
There was a tiktok video that came out reminding parents to stop immediately and yell out description of their child “I’m missing a blonde 6 year old wearing XYZ” and just yell that over and over. People will stop and help look.
That’s a great idea. At a huge park with tons of people I saw a lady frantically looking for a child. I could just tell she had lost a child. I went up to her and asked what they looked like and then maybe 5 mins later I found her. I think it was easier for me to find her because I was calm In comparison to the mom (which I totally understand) but just mean, it would help a lot if the surrounding people KNEW clearly what is happening and who to look for.
@@kaylalane585 same thing happened to me. Except my daughter was the one that was gone and this guy noticed I was looking and he said “did you check the bathrooms?” And I checked and my daughter was in there using the bathroom 😂
We shouldn't have rules about child molesters required to stay away from schools, or a website so people can check their area for child molesters. They all need to just be locked up and the key thrown away.
Yeah, like when white people used to tie black kids up and set them on fire or hang them on trees or cut them out their mother wombs and feed them to alligators or raid Black people houses take their children never to be seen again smh
I do not have children but have an 11 year old nephew and even though he's older and has a cellphone, I hate that he runs around our rural neighborhood (the boys are always in the woods, walking the roads, at the creek) so I can't imagine some of y'all's fears. ❤️
For real. I too do not have kids, but I’ve participated in 2 different small event searches after a parent couldn’t find their child and panicked. Both times the kid was fine. Both times the reactions from everyone present was relief, not judgement. Make a scene. Find the kid.
It's so hard to believe that with so much evil going on in the world, with children at the center of many of these cases that trafficking rings and other various cults should be investigated for involvement bring such indignant responses from the TH-cam community. It's also so disappointing. Is that the general attitude some people have surrounding unsolved abduction cases? I would rather really know who exactly was involved, and have every lead fully investigated, unless, of course, I knew that there was something to hide, and wanted it covered up. No, not conspiracy theories. Just facts.
I was screaming in an old navy and running through the mall screaming at people and looking completely insane because I couldn’t find my 5 year old for 5 minutes 🥴🥴
Right, because youre the adult and thats your responsibility. Same reason you dont leave a 7 yr old at home with a 3 yr old. Maybe itll be ok, maybe not.
Honestly, the older I get the more shocked I am that I’m still around. Starting around 8 me and my cousins were constantly wondering around all over the place, being left at home with pizza on the way for parent’s date night, even walking a couple of miles on the side of a rural road in the middle of summer to get ice cream. My parents weren’t bad parents, they just grew up similarly and didn’t know better. But looking back I’m just glad I survived!
I am watching a special on Hulu called Still Missing Morgan and I just realized it’s Morgan Nick. Her mom is so guilt ridden she didn’t feed Morgan a second grilled cheese she asked for before they went to the game and it broke my heart. This is a mom who did everything right for her kids, was called overprotective and let up a bit and his can happen to anyone. After seeing this special you really did a great job with your information Stephanie
I know the feeling of that instant panic. It’s terrible. I woke up one Friday not realizing it was Friday and I went to wake up my 4 year old. She wasn’t in her bed. I pulled all the covers off her bed. Ransacked the room. I ran through every room, around the yard, up the street. I was already bawling screaming her name. I had my phone out about to dial 911 when it dawned on me that it was Friday. Her dad is off on Fridays and he was gone too of course, so I called him quickly. He had gotten her up and taken her with him on errands so I could sleep in. I can’t put the terror I felt that morning into words. I want to cry thinking about these mothers feeling that feeling and not finding their babies. God it’s just awful.
One time, I laid my son down, went 3 feet down the hall to put a load of laundry down and he got up and I couldn't find him. I called 911 the police came...he had sleepily walked to the living room, and went under the reclining chairs in the couch and fell asleep under there thank GOD. I've never been so scared in my life.
I’m not a mom, but also I kind of am to my little sister. I watched her, bathed her, fed her, did everything for her while my parents worked and the most frightened I have ever felt in my life is when I thought someone took her. She was with us for a moment and then gone the next. My parents and I frantically ran around yelling for her and there was nothing. We were inside a department store and I took off for the door in case I could find her and whoever took her. She finally peaked out of a clothing rack and I bursted into tears. She was only gone for a minute but it was the worst minute of my life. I can’t imagine what Morgan’s mom and others have gone through.
@@howwabouttno2037 I still put my girl in the cart a lot for that very reason. They are so fast, they can vanish in the blink of an eye. Since this happened I still sometimes let my little girl sleep in my bed just because it makes me feel more comfortable knowing she’s right next to me and no one could slip her out of her room without me knowing. Occasionally I will go and scoop her out of her bed and put her with me just because I have an uneasy feeling.
I recently had moved to Georgia. 5yrs ago. But at time we LITERALLY just moved their.. Very rural area. I couldn't find my 1.5 yr old.. screaming,calling... complete TERROR 😳😡🥺 THANK GOD, she was UNDER porch. But I went to pee and gone. When we found her omg so happy. Thank God she was OK. I got lucky. Just bc parent's doesn't mean they did it. God bless them if innocent and heal them. Bc most of times u can't imagine a crime against a baby could happen. They NEED TO GO BACK AND CHECK W EVERYONE. I PRAY THEY FIND PLACE 🙏😪😩
I can’t imagine how guilty her mother must feel, having those “what if I didn’t...” thoughts probably every day for the last 26 years. Regardless of how careful you are things can happen so fast, when I was 6 I almost drowned because my mom looked away for just a few moments. I hope this case will finally be solved so her family can have some peace and closure, even though I’m sure their pain and regret will never really go away.
When I was 7, i got separated from my mom at a Wal-Mart. She was losing her mind, they were calling my name throughout the aisles. She found me in the toys, she ran up to me, hugged me, crying and fussing and hugging me all at the same time. Telling me I was never to do that again. I cant imagine how scary that must be for a parent.
@@chelseapthib36 I had a similar story but Iwas in walmart around the same age and I was looking at something and lost track of my grandma and started wondering around. I remember being so scared everything was blurry and fuzzy and I started to cry. It was the scariest feeling. An employee saw me and asked me where my parents were and I said I didnt know but they stuck with me and helped me locate my grandma. When I saw her I ran to her and she hugged me and I held her hand and made sure I stuck with her. As i got older i still got freaked out when i lost track of whoever I was with 😂 but you can never be to safe the world can be a very dangerous unsafe place :(
@@DomesticAnimo there were a couple times I lost track of her where I was scared to death! Thank goodness for the employees helping you. There still are good people in the world, but the bad outweigh the good, and thats truly sad. Random women dressing as nurses and stealing babies.. it's like it gets worse every passing year. And walmart is an easy place to snatch a child. It's a shame this is the world our children have to grow up in.
When my cousin and I were 6 and 7 we went walking around our neighborhood selling pictures that we had colored and a man walked up to us and asked why we were selling them. We told him it was bc we wanted to go to Wendy’s but had no money. He then told us to follow him and he would take us we started walking with him and then my cousin said “wait we should let me mom know where gonna go since it’s so far” and before we could let him respond we ran home to tell her mom that we were going to go to Wendy’s with this man and I never seen my aunt and uncle jump up off the couch as fast as they did that day and they ran outside looking for him and he had disappeared. I can still see that man’s face to this day
@Emi *LISTEN* to me here now, darling; there will *always* be times in this life when eating icing off a spoon right outta the container(& other similar indulgences, i.e. shoveling ice cream straight from the gallon tub into your face, skipping the oven and inhaling fistfuls of raw cookie dough or enjoying yourself a whole entire ass pie/cake, no plate, just a fork, your mouth & the box it came in) will be exactly&precisely what you need to do in order to take care of your body, because it is the only place you get to live & how you live in it is never going to wind up “perfect” so at least make it enjoyable. enjoy your icing xo
I grew up in Ozark, Arkansas and have heard this story so much my whole life. The family came to the school when I was in elementary to teach everyone of the same age group of Morgan the importance of being safe. Her disappearance has left a hole in the community even after all these years. Thank you so much for covering her story.
It's amazing that they are able to do that. It has to be very difficult for them. But I'm glad they did/do that. They sound like great people who care about others. It's a great thing to do in honor of that sweet girl.
I was living in Alma just a couple of years after this happened and it was still felt then. I still get chills when they put the still missing Morgan billboards up
I grew up in Clarksville Arkansas. People would still talk about morgan and every year her birthday passed my nana would always say morgan would be 12 today or morgan is 16 today. My brother played little league in coal hill and after morgan my mom never ever let me out of her sight. They even came and talked to us at the school about safety and stranger danger. It was heart breaking.
Thank you so much for covering this. I grew up right next to Alma, a few years after Morgan’s disappearance a man showed up at my uncles house looking for his “dog”, my cousin and I were playing in the front yard when he asked us to come to his car and look at the pictures he had so we could “tell him if we’ve seen it around” my mom told me all about Morgan but being 6 myself I didn’t fully understand yet that people could be so cruel there was also a small fence between us and the car so I felt safe in that moment, we started walking towards the mans car, luckily my mom saw us and ran over stopping us from getting closer, the man sped off and she then explained to us what his true intentions were and that if he were truly looking for a missing dog he would have been perfectly fine with her being right there with us. I never trusted a stranger after that.
This is crazy. My mom had a Keychain with a picture of a missing girl. I was 5 when this girl went missing. I used to play with my moms keys and remember being disturbed looking at the picture of the little girl because she was just a year older than me but I was obsessedwith looking at her. Ive always wondered what happened to that little girl but could never remember her name. I even asked my mom and she didn't remember. I have searched for her picture, time frame and murdered children a bunch of times to no avail. It has bothered me for years and years and I think about her when I watch these types of videos. Now I know it was a picture of Morgan. Im completely shook. Her little face has been burned in my brain for so many years.
My mom had a button (the kind that have a pin) with Morgan’s photo. Her friend gave it to her (my mom’s friend was an aunt of Morgan’s, I believe). So tragic.
One time at a birthday party when I was about 5 years old in the 80’s, a photographer tried to lure me out of the party. He kept saying “let’s take a picture here” and “let’s take a picture there” and we kept getting closer and closer to the exit door, we were at a very darkened and unused part of the venue at this point. Luckily, an adult spotted me and grabbed me, the photographer then fled the party. It still gives me chills.
I had something similar happen when I was overseas, they said in Morocco it was very unsafe and the slave market was huge. They had guides all around us to protect the group, but at dinner that night a guy tried to lure me away when I went to the restroom, he wanted me to look at his wonderful range of Moroccan carpet mats …….it really creeped me out and he felt sleazy, even though he thought he was gods gift to women, and could talk anyone into what he wanted. I wouldn’t go, and went back to our “sitting on the floor” dinner, the tour guide later said he was trying to lure me away because of my blonde hair, blondes get more $$$ on the slave market, it made my blood run cold and so glad I trusted my gut instincts and didn’t go the the other side of the huge room to look at his “carpets” he even said, oh I am not taking you anywhere, it just over there …see??? Mmmmmmmm yeah right ! I would never return there, that place is creepy as. Turns my stomach thinking about it, couldn’t even use their water to brush your teeth, was never so glad to leave a country as I was Morocco !
@@shaz8486 So happy you're safe, and so happy you've traveled and SEEN what most Americans have no clue about. How HORRIFIC life is for women and children in Developing nations....
@@the10thman42 yeah! in the 70s my parents were traveling and Morocco was one of their destinations. some men offered my dad seven camels in exchange for my mother!! crazy.
A man in a big van told my best friend and me that he was on vacation and tried to get us in the van to "take a picture of me to send to my wife" We were like why would you come HERE on vacation? And why would you be on vacation in that van? We were older so we just said uh, no? And left. We weren't scared. I can't remember if we told anyone. I had told people before about issues with adults and no one took it seriously
It’s so sad that Morgan and her mother went out to spend the day together only for Morgan to go missing. It’s just heartbreaking. These kind of things shouldn’t happen but they do. It’s just horrible that there are people out there that want to hurt others and the world is not safe anymore.
Whenever I heard stories of kids that went missing in the 90's, it affects me more than any other time. I was a child in the 90's, and to know these kids would be around my age and doing the things I am doing today makes it so much more eerie.
I had some guy talking to me twice at a grocery store when I was like 6 and he kept trying to get me to come over to him, physically farther away from my mom. Also had a friend almost truly get abducted. Both of us are girls. This is scary..
Same here. When I was in elementary school, another girl from my school went missing. Awhile later her body was found on the train tracks down the road, her uncle had sexually assaulted and strangled her. She was 11 😔
Can you imagine being one of the people that searched for 16 hours in intense heat getting eaten alive by mosquitoes only to find out it was all based on a lie
@@annie_xo some people are scum. Literal garbage beings. Never underestimate that fact by attempting to view people's actions through the lens of how you see the world and how you choose to operate in your life. There are plenty of people who would kill you over loose change in your cup holder, or a cross word or look you give them, or your skin color after a minor fender bender, or in this instance, who would lie about a crime for attention or to create chaos, or kidnap a child for money.
I think he should be charged with something harsher than filing a false report. Maybe pay restitution, something that makes sure he never, ever thinks about doing anything like that again.
I was a teenager when this happened and lived 45 min away. Her disappearance shook the whole state. Her mother is an incredible force. I'm excited to hear your take, because I'm sure I'll learn new details I didn't know.
Yeah, also the Melisa Witt Disappearance that happened at the bowling alley in Fort Smith the year before even though she was 19 she disappeared from her mothers side then her remains were found 6 months later In Ozark. But Morgan's disappearance really did rock the town. My sister was playing very close to where Morgan and her Friends were that night. I was playing baseball.
@@foreverlove8919 Hopefully you was at the peewee field routing for the rockies lol jk. If memory serves me right though wasn't Morgan down by the Tee-Ball field?
My grandson told my daughter that I was 86 years old while shopping for a birthday card for me. He settled on two cards, one that said Happy 8th birthday and Happy 6th birthday. . He was 6 at the time. I still cherish them.
Literally my worst nightmare is for one of my children to go missing, I don't understand how these parents don't go insane. The parents of missing children are literally my heroes because whew I can't even put it into words. Just typing this puts a lump in my throat and I'm tearing up.
I talked to my kids about kidnappers starting really early. My 5 year old son keeps me in check - when we go somewhere he says "mom be sure to watch me! I don't want to be kidnapped!" And of course, my eyes are glued on him and his sisters at all times. Can't be too vigilant in this world.
Same my son is 6 and I've talked to him numerous times about kidnappers but I think it deff helped because everytime we go somewhere he stays right beside me and holds my hand the whole time. Cause I feel like you can never be too careful
Aww bless him,at least he aware .I have two boys ,20/21 and I kid you not they are more childish now then when they were young and I worry so much about all sorts happening to them as they are so trusting (robbed stabbed shot deceived std) these are some of the things i worry and try to educate them about so I’m so impressed by your sons awareness!!it’s funny 😆 and so smart ,tell him 👍👏💖from 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
My husband didn’t want me to scare my stepdaughter by talking about kidnappers, but he finally agreed when she was young that we could teach her without instilling unhealthy fear. She was always way too open and we had to constantly remind her not to tell strangers personal info. Finally we told her that there are bad people who hurt kids, and we need to be “aware, not scared”.
I dont play about my babies either. I dont talk to my neighbors much but whenever I couldn't find my son I went door to door and let them know hes never allowed inside anybody's house no matter what he says. I didnt care a bit what they thought about me either.
My daughter hid in the clothes rack for about 45 seconds, and I made the biggest scene ever. So much so, the doors were locked on the thrift shop to not let anybody out or in. When we found her, she was laughing while I sobbed. 😅
When my son was about 5(he’s 17 now) we were @ my MIL house. He was outside with his 4 older cousins & he came up missing for about 5 minutes(he had squeezed behind the old shed they had) but it felt like hours & I couldn’t walk, my legs felt like jelly & I wanted to vomit. God Bless this family🙏🏼I could not imagine🕊💕
So eerily similar to when neighbors were questioned in the Shan'an Watts case. The small neighbor boy said, "They're in a dark hole." Or something to that effect😦.
One tip I’ve learned and hope i never need to use: if your child is missing start loudly describing their clothing, size, hair color… and hopefully other caring people will start looking and repeating with you
I still just can't grasp how you can reduce an entire life, a beautiful person, with all their connections, just to something to have sex with and then throw away. To cause so much hurt and destruction for your 10-minutes fix, how can that ever be forgiven?
It proves that humans really are just unbegotten animals. Like chimpanzees snatching up another chimps child and doing the same. It's insane that so many people really exist who abuse kids. Even more so that abuse anybody and throw them away like you say. Human trafficking. All of these people are alot more common than any of us can even begin to comprehend. That much I promise
And if it was more accessible to people, even more would go and use the "services" related to human trafficking. That's why so many people go overseas to places like Thailand where all of it goes unchecked
@@drewhempwood2113 No animal is that cruel, it's a human privilege :(. Some say it's because we understand how we can cause pain in others. Some blame the system, the way we live. Some blame evil itself. Some say it's a lack of empathy, if you have functioning mirror neurons, you can't hurt someone without hurting yourself. I wish we could go back to the Chimpanzee level, at least they got functioning hierarchies in place. And they most definitely would outcast their sick individuals.
@@Catarax28 chimpanzees are some of the most violent and brutal animals. They rip each other apart. It seems like alot of people in this thread either romanticize animals or people
@@drewhempwood2113 Chimps certainly can be violent, but they won't tie a little child to a tree for three months and rape her 4 times a day and tell that child nobody loves them and nobody will save them. It takes... a certain kind of sophistication to be that cruel. I don't romanticize animals, nature can be very cruel, but men is definitely his own kind of beast.
You did it! I never thought you'd do it when I suggested it. Thank you so much. This poor girl is the same age as me and I grew up not far from Alma. I don't know if you even saw my suggestion but I'm so glad you did this case. Not enough people (outside of Arkansas) know about little Morgan and she deserves her story to be told.
I'm from Tijuana and I've seen this case before, many times. I'm the same age too and I remember this case. I'm also a mother and I'm the bad one that doesn't allow her to go play with other kids if I can't see her.
I'm from Tijuana and I've seen this case before, many times. I'm the same age too and I remember this case. I'm also a mother and I'm the bad one that doesn't allow her to go play with other kids if I can't see her.
I was 9 when Morgan disappeared. I live about 45 min down the road and it changed my generations childhood in this area. It was terrifying. Now the rumor mill is spinning and everyone has a theory, a story, or just an opinion. The Facebook posts are horribly ugly. When she disappeared, everyone came together. Now it's like everyone is just tearing into each other.
@@StephanieHarlowe I don’t understand why the Delphi case attracts literally the worst people who all have their own agenda. My heart breaks still for Kelsi, Becky, and Anna.
It’s so sad, but also unnecessary bringing divide to what was once such a tight little community where everyone felt safe. One kidnapping can change so much and so many lives. 😪
@@Ipleadthefifth they're not talking about Delhi, they're talking about a different case. Just type Delphi in TH-cam search there's numerous videos out about it.
This happened in my hometown. Even though it looks different than it did at the time, I still can’t drive by the ball fields without thinking about Morgan or how terrible I feel for her family. Especially her momma. Morgan being kidnapped changed our little town forever. Even so many years later there isn’t a person around that doesn’t know who she is. I’ll drive by where she was taken and look at my little girl in the rear view mirror and cry for Colleen bc I just cannot imagine. 😭
Yep. I'm in NWA and morgan has been engraved into my memory for 26 years. My son plays baseball and now as an adult I don't let my younger girls wander off from the bleachers AT ALL.
I think the field it happened at has been paved over and turned into a parking lot, so at least that's something. I usually don't encourage the "they paved paradise to put up a parking lot" thing, but in this case, I think it's appropo
I live in Fort Smith and my daughter was a year younger than Morgan when she went missing. I can tell you that I kept her in sight all the time because I was so afraid this could happen to her. Fun fact...Coleen Nick was on Extreme Home Makeover and they came to town and totally made a new home for her and the Morgan Nick Foundation.
@@tracyb3765 lord knows she deserves it. My heart SHATTERS for her. There were always posters and pictures of Morgan everywhere. Even today you can still find them places.
I went to a boarding school with Taryn Nick. She was one of my good friends there. I will never forget hearing her families story about how they lost Morgan and seeing how badly it effected them for all of these years. Colleen never quit looking for her. Just devestating.
I'm not a parent, and I'm wondering which would be worse - the death of a child or having a child disappear. I think in the long run a disappearance wold hurt most.
@@ChildrensRightsFirst947 You’ve got that right. I hate the word “closure” for various reasons, but you can’t go on as a mom without all your birdies in your nest if you don’t know what happened to the missing ones. A third trauma happened to us: a crippling illness changed one of our children drastically and permanently. So we grieve for the child we “lost” while she’s right in front of us. God forbid any of these things happen to a parent.
Yup. Think how many lives he shattered. Just to get off. As a csa surviour, that is literally what it comes down to. They do not even see there victims as anything but tools.
Forgive my ignorance, but what does CSA stand for? The only abbreviation google gave as an answer is about “community supported agriculture” and I feel dumbish but I’m sure it’s not that
@@emaleagreaves8107 often you need to use csa for child sexual abuse/ assault instead of writing it out for 2 main reasons. 1, social media may censor the words. Or demonitise creators. Even though they are just telling there truth. But the words are often flagged. 2, it can be highly triggering for survivors and others to read the full words.
I’m 26 years old and I was born in 1995. I have a 6 year old daughter. This case just hit me in so many personal ways. She would be older than me right now. She was my daughters age when she was taken. This is just mind boggling for me. My heart breaks in so many ways for this mother 😢
DO *NOT* worry about making a scene, it is *always* better to be SAFE than sorry. Your kids will forgive you, & eventually later in life will understand exactly why you did what you did/where you were coming from....ESPECIALLY if they end up having children of their own.
My cousin and I got lost at Ontario place in Toronto, Canada. My mom had the entire park shut down, every entrance closed. Had a team of ppl with her when she found us. MAKE. A. SCENE.
Definitely agree. I lost a kid for a minute on a field trip (high school teacher) in a museum and I immediately started running around screaming. Kid was hiding behind a display on his phone, and if I'd waited another 30 seconds before making a scene, I'd probably have found him. Don't regret it at all though. Added benefit of making the rest of the teens behave haha.
I remember when I was a little girl I would stay the night at my grandparents house on occasion. One night, I could t sleep because my uncle told me that my grandparents house had monsters. When my grandma asked why I couldn’t sleep, I told her that I was scared that the monsters would get me. She looked at me, then looked and pointed at the window and said “The monsters aren’t in here, squirrel. They’re out there.” I’ll never forget that.
Oh my god I’ve been dying for you to cover this. I grew up 20 minutes from Alma! This has been the story that shocked me because she went missing the year I was born.
Commenting for engagement because Stephanie deserves more views, subs, and recognition for all the research and work she does on all the cases she covers and her personality too! Stephanie keep being exactly the same person you are. - subscriber for about a year I rewatch all the videos and watch crime weekly both on TH-cam and podcast apps
@@justineharper3346 I’ve got my boyfriend into listening to her videos on FaceTime with me and discussing cases before we go to bed. It’s a nightly routine now.
Stephanie I hope you see my comment, we just had an update in Morgan’s disappearance case. If you have the time and are willing many people from Arkansas would be really grateful for another video with the updates!
The world our children are growing up in is so scary. I don’t even trust my son to be safe, on our porch alone. He’s three and we live on a dead end in a small town. But I constantly have the thought, that there is someone just waiting for me to look away. I never take my eyes off my son. And it’s sad, because it’s hard for kids, to be kids, when we so early have to inform them, that they are not safe. Anywhere at anytime I hate it.
and yet far safer than it was. remember that hundreds of years ago it was far less likely that small children would make it to adulthood for various reasons. it's the fact that we live in safer circumstances that when bad things happen it feels so scary and makes us feel unsafe in our world because we aren't used to the world being a dangerous place
It is way safer now. But many cultures are also more open about abuse. It's usually people you know. The narrative we're immersed in isn't accurate or helpful. The big danger to children at home is accidents. And luckily we can get vaccines now and avoid the terrible consequences of serious diseases. One of the best things you can do is teach your kid about consent, bodily autonomy, etc., and SHOW him that you take his bodily autonomy seriously, by respecting it and protecting it even from other people forcing affection on him. Show him you listen to him and act when he has concerns. I tried to get help about adults who were a threat to me and no one did anything about it. That teaches a lot more than any words anyone can say. Literally a neighbor LINED UP NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND SPANKED US and no one did anything about it. Anyway if you need any resources, you can look up Erin's law pdf in Oregon. We have a mandated abuse prevention curriculum now. You can find the materials teachers just started to use and give out (k-12 level). There are little stories and handouts and info for adults to read to kids.
I don't think i can post a link, but "distance learning for all: Erin's law toolkit" is the name of one of the resources on the Oregon department of ed website
I’m 25 and the first time grown men tried to get me in their car I was in the 3rd grade. It happened multiple times after by other men. That was years ago.. it’s only getting worse and it makes me terrified for my son
My son is almost 10 (will be in January) & my daughter will be 7 in a couple weeks (& she’s way bigger than him), but I still won’t let them on our porch alone. This world terrifies me & they understand as much as I can make them.
I’m born and raised in Arkansas. The truck he was driving was his parents that he was borrowing. The nephew of the suspect recently identified the drawing of the guy and said its his uncle and that the family had distanced themselves from because he was always doing weird things and that truck belonged to his grandparents.
@@jennaagee7992 probably because It wasn’t on the news it was commented on the Alma Arkansas Police Department Facebook page. Like I said, Joe Tollett commented. You can look up his Facebook and see the post.
When I was a little girl, we were on vacation in Tennessee (I can't remember what for, but there we were) and my grandmother kept staring at a man with a little blonde girl leaving the parking lot. Until the day that she left this earth, she still believed that she saw Morgan Nick and it broke her heart that she didn't say something. She really truly believed that she had seen Morgan but had felt like she was being ridiculous. I think it haunted her deeply; I pray that if Morgan is no longer with us, she and my grandmother finally get to meet and there's some sort of forgiveness or whatever you want to call it. This story still breaks my heart to this day.
I always tell my 10yr old daughter to always be aware of her surroundings. I tell her that she is not to go anywhere with anyone unless it is a specific family member. She is extremely vigilant. When we are out and about, she won't let me out of her sight and vice versa.
I’m hyper-focused on vigilance out in town. Everywhere I go I think “I could be walking past someone who gets trafficked” and the worst part is it’s true. It happens all around us, it’s truly terrifying. I was recently followed in Walmart by 4 men. The tracked me through the baby section(even scarier) but luckily I didn’t have my baby with me. Once I realized they were following me I confronted them and said I know what you’re doing and I’ve told an employee and they ran. I wish I could say this was a one-off but this is a too often reality. Stay safe!
Is there anything to look out for if someone’s being trafficked? I just wish I could know when someone needs help. Many Walmart’s in my area have had people in the parking lot try to lure women away either asking for help or convincing you to join their church (there’s no church). Trafficking is rampant, and I think it’s potentially worse near state borders and major interstates (which I am/those Walmarts and Targets are) I worked at one of the targets for 2 years and a Walmart for about a year (through college) and leaving late shift could be scary. I’m a 5’2” ~115lb female. I keep a knife in the console of my car but that’s all I got. I was always “watching my 6” on my break, and moved my car if there were suspicious people around. Someone came up to my car window and motioned for me to roll it down once. I shook my head and ripped out of the parking spot and drove around until my break was over. I never encountered the trafficking schemes that happened there but in several years of retail I have definitely seen people who needed help. Strung out on drugs, homeless, having a mental break/psychotic episode, domestic violence and abuse (literally occurring in the store), bomb/gun threats, you name it. I quit in may of 2020 because the store was doing nothing to protect us from covid and I couldn’t take it anymore. I was terrified like we all were. No promised hazard pay ever came. Sorry for the novel, working at Walmart is traumatizing.
Unfortunately, as women, we are always a target. Get a weapon, preferably a gun, but at least a tazer, learn how to use it, learn how to defend yourself as best you can. They want someone easy most the time, like you said, make it hard and never go to the 2nd location, 92% chance you won't come back. I carry a pistol whenever I leave my house alone, especially with my toddler. I'd rather catch a charge than die or be tortured. I'm also 5'2" but have been a weight lifter since my teen years, so about 140lbs, size 6, so I'm heavier than I look, and will use that to my advantage.
This is in my town. Thank you so much for covering this. Savannah Brymer also.Everytime I drive by the Morgan Nick foundation building, my heart sinks. My 4 year old had his first tball game at the same baseball field Morgan was kidnapped at, I felt very protective of him
3 weeks ago my son that's 7 who's on the autism spectrum left and didn't say where he was going. We went door to door and thr feeling of despair and guilt I had can't even express in words. We ended up having to call the police and report him missing. 3 hours later one of the officers found him as soon as I saw him and hugged him I was hysterical. My heart hurts for this mom 💔.
@@StephanieHarlowe thank you ❤ we are extremely greatful. One of the hardest thing of that whole process was having to send pictures of my son to the officers incase they had to put his face on the news. I am truly blessed with neighbors who didn't even know me but went out and looked for my son. Even kids helped look for him. I just want to give this mom a hug because there wasn't enough done and people didn't take her seriously until to late. Just because you your kids are in a safe space doesn't mean there aren't bad people waiting for their chance to come in.
@@StephanieHarlowe hey hun tysm for getting me through lockdown .ty for covering this case ,I really hope this video jogs something in someone to come forward 🙏ty from 🇬🇧🇬🇧💖💖
Steph I know this may not be the official place to suggest this, however I’ve been trying to get notice about the Ashley Morris Mullis case for a long time now! It’s a local-to-me case, and her poor father needs help so badly! Please consider taking a look! Thank you for another great video! You’re simply the best!
@@AJ-tx9me definitely email and you could also email her podcast Crime Weekly! I'd also recommend giving a short brief of the case with the request to grab attention more
Excellent advice about parents following their gut and teaching young children to be aware of what is going on around them! I'm a 30+ year member of LE and I'd like to add talking to your children from as young as they can understand that there is absolutely NO reason for an adult to ever ask a child for help with anything! If you should get separated teach your little ones to find a mommy with children to help them. It's your best bet for safety. All that said I'm going to give my PSA I've been putting everywhere. Please, please please be mindful and careful what you are putting online. I work on a federal internet crimes against children taskforce. In the last few years there has been a huge increase in "family" pics and videos being sold and traded on pedophile sites. These are seemingly innocent things you are putting put there that are being taken and used by pedophiles in ways you know would make you sick. We do not have the resources to track these photos and videos back to the owners. Because they are not illegal. If it were my child I would want to know. I recently took my personal time to track a group of photos and videos back to a TH-cam "family channel". They were very angry at ME and made a complaint for which I lost pay. To me, I don't care about the pay, but WTH are these parents thinking? Please know that you are putting out much more than you realize. I have been posting this as often as I can and one mom asked me to prove what I was saying In 48 hours I had all her children's names, photos, where they attend school and both parents names as well as what they did for work. If someone become a obsessed with your child they can easily find then based solely on info you are providing and use that info to gain trust. I know no parent means to do this but I've watched so many beach videos, bath time and potty training. What is a cute innocent moment in your eyes is made into something sick and wrong in the hands of a pedophile. Please lock down the access to your children. Require family and close friends to not share w/o your permission. This has me so worried and no one seems to care. It's your responsibility to protect your child. They are being victimized and you are handing them over freely. I am not judging anyone. I am just frightened by what I see at my job and the increase is huge and it's daily. If you read all if my rant you are awesome! Thank you for reading and have a great week!
100% agree, thank you for sharing. When we have kids my partner and I agree that we will not be posting them on social media at all. We will email/text photos to trusted family/friends and make it very clear they are not allowed to post the photos. We already know people will be mad about not having the access to our kids they feel entitled to, and those people can eff off. My baby, my job to protect it. My sister in law gets flack for being cold to strangers who make comments about her daughter (“she’s so cute” “can i hold her”). At first I thought it was odd, now I am completely in agreement with her and will be the same as a mama 😂
I've seen some pretty creepy stuff on FB market place. A person selling a toddler bed for example, but their small child was in the photos, in her pajamas on or around the bed and her undies were hanging out. It seemed like she was the subject and not the bed they claimed to be selling. It just seemed creepy so I contacted what I was guessing was the parent and advised that they take photos of items for sale WITHOUT their kids in them. smh
Ask your small child, "What does stranger mean?" "What is a stranger or what do they look like?" And then explain what an actual stranger is. When my children were small, I was shocked by their answers to that question. I couldnt believe the number of times I had told them all the things that we tell our children about stranger danger and all the while, they thought I was telling them not to take candy from a monster or boogeyman. It never occurred to me to define stranger.
This is such a good point. I have a four year old and am just starting to have the conversation with her about secrets, what a secret is and how it is always 100% NOT okay for an adult to ever ask her to keep a secret. Thank you for this comment.
I was born in 1997 in the UK. In 1991 a little boy called Ben Needham went missing & even though I was my Mum’s fourth child she was petrified because of it. Her & my older sister drummed into me my full name, my date of birth, address and our home telephone number. I could tell you all of that information at the age of 2 years old like a little mantra. Obviously at the time I had no idea why they had taught me those things just that it was a fun game. My older sister would also tell me that women can be bad people too & that if anyone asks me to come with them I should check with her or my mum first even if I know them. My sister was also fond of showing & telling me defensive moves to do if someone was to attack me but this was when I was older say 6/7 yrs old. I’m 25 years old this year & forever greatful for the stranger danger they instilled in me because it really has saved my life on many occasions even as a young adult. Priceless skills in my opinion.
I remember first hearing about this case in an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Ty and the team fixed up a house for Morgan's mother, brother, and sister. It's so horrifying that this happened and that it remains unsolved as to where she is.
I've lost sight of my kids for 2 or 3 minutes tops in their lifetimes. The panic and terror lasted 2 or 3 minutes. I can't imagine living with that feeling for years. Her poor parents. It's awful to imagine it. My heart goes out to them for what they've gone through.
I am not a parent but I am the oldest of my siblings and since there is a big age difference between my siblings and I. I helped my mom raise my siblings and I too have experienced this panic and terror. My thoughts go to Morgan family specially her mother . She is very brave and strong.
I’m new to your channel and I was shocked to see this. I’m from Alma and I graduated with Logan. This was very well done. We will never give up. Morgan is part of all of us.
I'm not a father yet (for the next couple months anyway) but it's weird how that situation went from being something that I never really thought about to a situation that already causes me anxiety when I think about it. It's something I've never experienced, but I can already picture the sinking stone feeling in my stomach, along with the slowly rising sense of panic that people must feel. I think the solution is GPS tagging.
i'm not a mother but as the oldest sister I've felt a similar feeling. When my sister was about 4 or 5, I was 13, we were in the grocery store and I turned away for a second and she was gone. I remember panicking and looking down every aisle for her and nothing. Eventually I found her, she was back with my mom but the sinking feeling I felt
@@V__Vahaa the cops were saying the profile of the person who took her was probably a loner but even a loner has to go to the grocery store, hardware store etc. Also, you'd think they'd be able to discern what year truck it is from the picture, couldn't they see who had similar trucks registered in that year?! I mean this happened in the early 90s & technology has only gotten more advanced....
Allegedly people do. His alleged nephew Joe Tollett said it belonged to his grandparents and his uncle Cecil Tollett drove the truck all the time. He provided a picture of Cecil and he looks just like the composite sketch 😳 you can see all this on FB by searching for Joe and scrolling down a few posts on his page. There are family members saying it was Cecil and other family members saying the accusations are a result of family drama… there is even a stepdaughter commenting who people think is Morgan but the step daughter says she was 13 when it happened so who knows… either way interesting comment thread to read and to me the composite is undeniable. Unfortunately no picture of the truck has been provided by family members but honestly they may not have one… we may have some random pics with cars in them from the 90s but chances are slim to none honestly so I don’t think that’s a deal breaker for me personally. I hope LE is investigating him.
We also have to teach these kiddos to always stay together!! Its sad how the kids were a car length away from each other and she still was taken. Breaks my heart. Her poor family. I couldn't imagine. My heart goes out to them. Thanks for sharing her story. I will be watching out for the documentary.
Seeing other almost abduction stories on here makes me want to share mine! So when I was little my dad took me to a Texas beach and my hair was pretty long and was getting messy so this woman came up to me and asked if she could fix my hair. She said she would watch me while my dad went to swim. When he came back the woman asked if she could take me back to her hotel room because I was tired, that way he could still have fun on the beach. HE SAID HE ALMOST AGREED TO LET HER TAKE ME!!!!! But then something felt wrong so he said no and came and sat next to me. Shortly after, she left with a man who my dad wasn’t introduced to and they got in a windowless white van and left…. 😳😳😳😳 You never know how close you come to danger.
That’s so scary! Reminds me when I went to this beach in Brazil with my 2 year old and this girl wanted to take her swimming (we were at a playground) and even though she was also a child she was 9 and I didn’t feel comfortable so I went with both of them, then the next day we were at a different place ordering food and a lady that worked there fell in love with my daughter and was like let me watch her I’ll play with her you can enjoy your food and I let them play for a bit within eyesight and then started following them around lol even though I don’t think she was ill intended it’s better to be safe than sorry in these situations ! Glad you are safe ❤️
@@kikikauffmann Right if it's mother Theresa herself, stay on them. When I'm at the playground with my daughter, I stay on her tail thee whole time we're there.
Ever since they were tiny, I have been discussing Stranger Danger with my girls. I told them that if someone tries to take them, they have permission to bite, kick, whatever it takes. Also taught them to scream, "This is not my Mommy/Daddy!'" since a tantrumming preschooler may not draw the needed attention. I try to emphasize that most people are kind. However, there are some bad people and you can't tell who they are just by looking at them. It's hard to strike that balance between keeping your kids safe and not giving them an anxiety disorder.
I heard someone else in the comments say to tell your children to scream "I don't know this person/guy/woman/them" it gets the point across and leaves no room for doubt. I'm going to teach my kids this someday if I'm lucky enough to have some.
my mom always taught me the same thing! at the time these conversations really scared me but now, as an adult, i am so glad she decided to teach me how to protect myself instead of just pretending the world is perfect.
The dad's friend theory bugs me because how would he even know that Morgan and her mom were at the ball field that night especially if it was a last minute plan
Right. It reminds me of the Johnny Gosh case where the last minute plan was that he was going to do his paper route alone one morning for the first time without his mom or dad. Then he got kidnapped. The dad was in on it.
May be the friend was out to get any child but recognised Morgan with the other children and as a easy target, as they had met before. I wish the other 2 children at the time had remembered what he had said, it could have been something like “hello Morgan what are you doing here? Your dad is with me, come and see” Morgan recognises him and goes with him as he is someone she has met at her home.
@@antheacole4574 Yeah I was kinda thinking the same thing as Makayla at first but then when Stephanie said he was FROM the town she went missing from I started to think more along the lines of what you're saying.
I grew up in Arkansas and remember seeing her all over the news and on posters in stores. I’m happy to hear there’s movement in her case after all these years.
You do a great job of personalizing the victims in the cases you discuss. It makes it so heartbreaking to hear what a great person the world has missed out on, but it helps keep their memories alive.
Live here, I was six when she went missing. I remember the way mother's started freaking out over their kids. Morgan Nick Alerts, news coverage, and just the fear that spread across the state. You cover this story better than almost any other documentary series. Thank you for doing such an amazing job for the victims and families. 🖤😍
@@StephanieHarlowe Yeah, I really wish they would release that doc. I mean, they had to have realized that vehicle is incredibly unique and there are most definitely people out there who would recognize that if they saw it. There's just no way around that.
When I was a small child I was at the park with my family and one of my stepfather's friends was playing a prank either on me or my family, and he ran up behind me and picked me up and pretended to run off with me. You think that a child might scream, or make some sound, but I was so terrified I was stunned silent. I couldn't get a sound out of my mouth.
My mom did this to me when I was around 13-14 years old. We were at a public outdoor event and she let me go to a food truck for an elephant ear. I was on my way back and just kind of going slow and watching the event. She came up behind me and grabbed me. She didn’t drag me away or anything but I didn’t scream. I just froze too. Within seconds she revealed that it was her. But I’ll never forget what she said to me. ‘If that ever happens to you again you need to make a scene! It’s easy for people to snatch other people and get away with it.’ I wasn’t mad at her at all. To this day I’m actually grateful that she showed me how easy it was for someone to grab me and pull me into a vehicle or a home, etc.
First, let me say that I just discovered you a week or so ago from a recommendation on a Bailey Sarian group. Second, I adore the way you say “documentary”. Lastly, fantastic content! I love how passionate and fired up you get. 90% of the time our thoughts align! Keep up the great work!
I can relate to how terrifying it can be when you can’t find your child. One time we were at this play park with our kids and we couldn’t find our son for 15 minutes. I was terrified and worried I’d never see my son again and my husband was not supportive and said I was overreacting for being so worried. ☹️🤬 we found our son but I felt my feelings were justified because I couldn’t find my son for 15 minutes and we were in a public place. ☹️
There is a little girl named Summer Wells here in Tennessee . Please put this out there. I would really love it if she could be found. She went missing last 4 days ago I think. ❤️
I live in Sullivan county and Hawkins county is about 20 mins away. I am a private duty pediatric nurse and i had a case 2 houses down from the house thats listed for this story. I cant help but think something is shady about this. Do you guys know why her head is shavecf or cut so short in some of those pics?
@@AllTheCloudsArePink I think that's the first bit of misinformation I've heard her share. I couldn't believe it either, so I literally went and dug into research to find the theories. Those she accused, in fact, believe the polar opposite to an extreme level from what she said.
My worst nightmare. My daughter is a HS senior and started driving the last year. The spreading of her wings has me always scared of the worst. I can’t imagine the pain and range of emotions that a parent would endure in this situation. Prayers for her family. I hope they find her regardless of the circumstances. Xoxo
i remember being like 14 and seeing a little girl wonder around a parking lot so walked up to her and asked if she needed help she didn’t speak any english luckily i had a basic knowledge of spanish as i was walking her back to the walmart a man in a truck drove up to me and asked if i knew the little girl and if he wanted me to give her over to him to help her home i felt so scared for myself and her in that moment a grown man was trying to get me and this small girl into his truck i ran inside the walmart and found a worker and they helped me find her family sometimes i think about what if i didn’t help her that man could have got her or another adult could have just ignored her because of a language barrier she had been missing long enough that the police had been called i think about all the little girls and boys who don’t get helped and just swept away to never be seen again it’s so cruel that people can just hurt or ignore distressed children
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As I always tell my oblivious teenage son, there is always someone plotting or looking for an opportunity to do something shady! My heart goes out to Morgan’s mom and family! ❤️❤️😥
Stephanie, something you said in this video really impacted me. When you said "I'd want to jump on top of my car and tell everyone not to leave until I find my kid ... but what happens if she's right around the corner and I make a big scene for nothing?" I think that's one of the things that parents of missing children thought and regret, that they didn't make a huge scene. And though I can't attest to what I will do in the future, I'm going to try to keep this in mind. Because as we all know, in the end it's always better to make a big scene when you don't need it than to not make a scene when you need it most. And I'd rather sit through a bit of embarrassment than a life of regret for not doing anything I could. Of course, this is in no way commenting on any decisions parents in this situation have made. I've never been in this situation before. But if I can make a conscious effort to remind myself to do everything I can in regards to the safety of my children.
Also, I live in Dallas and just the other day I passed by a truck that was pulled over seemingly because they had attempted a kidnapping. There was someone in the back of their tiny uhaul trailer they were pulling with their truck. Thankfully, the police caught them, but that is absolutely not the case the majority of the time.
Thank you so much for covering this!!! I’m from Arkansas and thought this case was huge but other true crime channels never talk about this case! There’s another unsolved case in Fort Smith, AR at Bowling World. Melissa Witt, 19 yr old female, was abducted and then murdered. They still haven’t caught the murderer. Please cover this case if you can!
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I live in Arkansas and I remember this very well. I also do film and I’ll reach out and try to get some ppl to release the documentary. Thanks for covering this case.
I don't know how you can talk about kids stories like these without crying, I would ugly cry the whole video.... I have 2 little girls and I would never ever stop looking for my missing babies.... This family needs closure. Thank you for talking about Morgan. ❤
This is my worst nightmare. I truly could Not go on…I taught my daughter to scream “I don’t know you” if someone ever tries to take her. Don’t just yell and scream, it’s what you scream that will get you noticed!!
I immediately thought of the episode of King of the Hill when Bobby is constantly going around yelling, “that’s my purse, I don’t know you!” But it is good you’re teaching her to be loud and make a scene. F politeness!
This case has really hit close to home for me. The similarities between what happened to me are eery. In 1993, while living in Eastern KY, a dark haired man in his late 30s-40s attempted to kidnap me from my school when I was in headstart. I looked quite similar to the girl in this case. He was driving a red truck. Thank God my Teacher found out and stopped them from letting me off the bus with him. We never found out who he was but his attempt was quite brazen. Times we so different then.
I know that panic you talked about. My daughter hopped out of thr stroller Saturday at the zoo. My husband went to tell her something and she was not there. I felt sick. I turned and she was 3 steps from me looking at something else. We then had to have that talk, at 4. Broke my heart, but it needed to be done. I can't imagine this mother's feelings. I pray I never have to. I went and got the information off the site to talk more to her about this. Thank you.
Meeeee😭😭 hahaha I fall asleep to her voice tho. Idk why even tho it’s always such a horrible subject matter like the way she tells it just feels comforting somehow?? It’s what I fall asleep to every night lol I wonder what it’s doing to my brain😂
I am too and was about to go bed, but I decided to watch next morning….so glad I did I have enough trouble getting to sleep some nights this wouldn’t have helped at all
Just made my first cup of coffee this morning. I'm already feeling Morgan and her little cat lady vibes. This is such a sad case. I couldn't even imagine, like how do you just go home and resume life after your kid disappears at a ballpark like that? It's terrible to think about.
It’s me again binging all your vids. I’m from Arkansas and I tell ppl my mom and Morgan Nick saved my life. We were playing summer ball in the tiniest of towns (population 300) but after Morgan was abducted my mom was understandably over protective. My brother and I were not even allowed to walk to the bathroom w/out her and im sure 90% of ppl at the park were related to us. That summer my mom was DOG tired of taking me to the bathroom every 30 minutes, told me I must have a UTI and took me to the doctor. I was then diagnosed w/type 1 diabetes. I was 9 and since my mim caught it so early I only spent a few days in the hospital. All the medical professionals told me how fortunate I was because most kids are severely ill when diagnosed and my mom saved my life. I mean think about it, do you know how many times a day your kid goes to the bathroom? Every single day? If my mom hadn’t been terrified bc of what happened to Morgan, who knows where I’d be. Of course we’d give anything for this to not have happened but I hope her mom knows she’s done so much good in her daughter’s name
I really made an effort to educate my daughters on "Stranger Danger" when they were young. I would makeup random scenarios to see how they would respond.....ie: What if a stranger asks you to help find their dog? What if a stranger offers you candy? What if a stranger tries to ask you for directions? What if a car slows down beside you? What if someone is making you feel uneasy or unsafe...What should you do? Sami was only 4 yrs. old, but her answers proved I had taught her well....lol. Anyway, one day I threw out the question, "What if a stranger walked up to you and said, "If you come with me I will buy you a pretty new dress". She responded, "Oh, well I think that would be ok" I almost died. "/
Yessssss!!!!! Thanks so much for that Bonnie and Clyde series by the way… felt like ending a really good book that I re-read because I get attached to characters. Loved it! Thanks for another video!!!
this story hits so close to home because i was just like her when i was a child. i remember i quit soccer when i was 6 because it made me sweat too much and i couldn’t wear a skirt which made me think that my coach would think i was a boy hahaha.
I love the side note because I am that parent that goes with my gut. I ALWAYS dress my son in bright, neon clothes when we go to the park and I am always the ONLY parent not on my phone. If I lose track of him for more than 10 seconds I start to panic. I can't imagine feeling like that for more than 1 minute, I would die.
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I'm ready to replace the last deodorant I bought, thank you!
Cucumber mint is my favorite scent right now! I usually am afraid to use fragrances for how irritating they are to my skin, but this stuff doesn’t seem to irritate my under arms. I might have to try the body wash soon.
I FEEL YOU about the jumping on the top of the car and screaming for everyone to stop!!!! I did this very behavior inside a Dillard’s department store. This was in 1997 before people really freaked out like that. I screamed so loud complete strangers and employees blocked doorways and began searching the entire first floor which was huge, yelling her name. About 90 seconds later but seemed like an hour my daughter popped out from a densely packed clothes rack saying “hi momma.” I was embarrassed but not one person was angry or irritated with me. Many hugged me and kindly lectured my daughter not to do this again. My advice: cause a scene better safe. IMO ❤️🤗🥰 You are so relatable Stephanie!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
“Don’t let other people convince you you’re being overprotective”
Also, DONT guilt trip a mom for not being comfortable. Don’t peer pressure. So annoying.
Yes! Thank you! I’m a teacher and a little girl in my class was kidnapped, raped and killed by a neighbor (her name is Skyler Kauffman if you’re interested in reading about it). It completely traumatized me. It happened about ten years ago but I am terrified to let my kid out of my sight. Luckily, within hours, the guy was caught and put away for life.
Exactly
Agreed!! I am mom to a 6 yr old boy. My only child. I am very overprotective but I worry!! I watch things like this which make me vigilant! I watch out for other children as well. I don’t let my son wander around the neighborhood alone even though it’s small and just a loop. I don’t trust it, and I don’t trust people!
@@gram5963 wow! You were lucky to have been her teacher and gotten to know her. Such a tragic way to go. 😞😭
I totally agree with you-Imagine how guilty those other people must feel now, after assuring this mother that her daughter would be fine…
This story is eerily similar to something that happened to me as a kid. My brother played sports and since both my parents would go to all the practices and games I always had to go with them to the field. I usually played with other kids at the park nearby like Morgan did. But one time there weren’t many kids there and it was getting dark so I asked my dad if I could sit in his truck. My dad always had a ton of coins in his truck so I was playing with them and counting them. Distracted. Until not even 10 min later my dad and his friends came and swooped me up out of the truck and my dad said “sorry, you can’t be in here alone!” I was so mad because I was so bored and all I wanted to do was count his coins. Until my dad finally said “there was a man standing in the woods over there watching you” and when one of his friends went to run after him the man took off running. My dads truck wasn’t locked when I was in it. If my dad (or his friends) weren’t being vigilant and didn’t notice that man, I most definitely could have been kidnapped. I think about that moment all the time when I hear stories like this and I’m so thankful someone was paying attention, because I certainly did not notice anyone looking at me.
So scary!!!!
Wow creepy
I had a similar thing happen to me when I was around 6 or 7 I believe. I used to spend a day a week with my grandma and one time we went grocery shopping, but I didn’t bother to go inside, instead I wanted to wait in the car. After some time, a man came up to the car and tried to open the doors, but luckily my grandma had locked them. I was in total shock and just froze. I told my grandma and I can only imagine how freaked out she must have been. I don’t think she ever left me in the car alone again.
I actually just remembered that when I was around 10, I was walking on the side walk of the street we lived on and passed a parking car. There was a woman in the backseat pounding on the window and screaming or crying. I got so scared, I ran home as fast as I could. I told my mom but she said the woman was probably just sad. I think about that situation from time to time, hoping that the woman is okay.
@@eliane5820 did he make eye contact or try say anything to you? So terrifying 😱 x
Colleen is a friend of my parents, and she's said that the documentary should be available on an online streaming service within a year.
Perfect!
whats the documentary called
@@nea4444 Still Missing Morgan I think
@@StephanieHarlowe please, please please look into the unsolved case of 2nd grader kyron horman from Portland Oregon. He should have graduated from high school this year but no one, except maybe his step mom, knows where he is at. (Step mom had tied to human traffickers is one rumor.) His bio mom Desiree has searched relentlessly it’d really help her out to highlight his case.
@@christinevaldez4029 Pretty sure she has? Might have been a while ago though 🙂
There was a tiktok video that came out reminding parents to stop immediately and yell out description of their child “I’m missing a blonde 6 year old wearing XYZ” and just yell that over and over. People will stop and help look.
That’s a great idea. At a huge park with tons of people I saw a lady frantically looking for a child. I could just tell she had lost a child. I went up to her and asked what they looked like and then maybe 5 mins later I found her. I think it was easier for me to find her because I was calm In comparison to the mom (which I totally understand) but just mean, it would help a lot if the surrounding people KNEW clearly what is happening and who to look for.
Great idea
@@kaylalane585 same thing happened to me. Except my daughter was the one that was gone and this guy noticed I was looking and he said “did you check the bathrooms?” And I checked and my daughter was in there using the bathroom 😂
People who prey on innocent children are the worst of the worst, I can't imagine how scared she must have been. So sad.
We shouldn't have rules about child molesters required to stay away from schools, or a website so people can check their area for child molesters. They all need to just be locked up and the key thrown away.
@@ChildrensRightsFirst947 child molesters should be put on death row
Yeah, like when white people used to tie black kids up and set them on fire or hang them on trees or cut them out their mother wombs and feed them to alligators or raid Black people houses take their children never to be seen again smh
Better to cause a scene and find your baby than to save yourself any potential embarrassment. I don’t even have kids and I 100% understand
I do not have children but have an 11 year old nephew and even though he's older and has a cellphone, I hate that he runs around our rural neighborhood (the boys are always in the woods, walking the roads, at the creek) so I can't imagine some of y'all's fears. ❤️
For real. I too do not have kids, but I’ve participated in 2 different small event searches after a parent couldn’t find their child and panicked. Both times the kid was fine. Both times the reactions from everyone present was relief, not judgement. Make a scene. Find the kid.
Yeah. Don't go around calling us childless parents next time when we were having a civil conversation
It's so hard to believe that with so much evil going on in the world, with children at the center of many of these cases that trafficking rings and other various cults should be investigated for involvement bring such indignant responses from the TH-cam community. It's also so disappointing. Is that the general attitude some people have surrounding unsolved abduction cases? I would rather really know who exactly was involved, and have every lead fully investigated, unless, of course, I knew that there was something to hide, and wanted it covered up. No, not conspiracy theories. Just facts.
I was screaming in an old navy and running through the mall screaming at people and looking completely insane because I couldn’t find my 5 year old for 5 minutes 🥴🥴
The thing I have learned is to never trust other kids to stick with or protect your child. never
Because they’re not capable, not because they’re bad.
They’re children
Right, because youre the adult and thats your responsibility. Same reason you dont leave a 7 yr old at home with a 3 yr old. Maybe itll be ok, maybe not.
Honestly, the older I get the more shocked I am that I’m still around. Starting around 8 me and my cousins were constantly wondering around all over the place, being left at home with pizza on the way for parent’s date night, even walking a couple of miles on the side of a rural road in the middle of summer to get ice cream. My parents weren’t bad parents, they just grew up similarly and didn’t know better. But looking back I’m just glad I survived!
Yes
I am watching a special on Hulu called Still Missing Morgan and I just realized it’s Morgan Nick. Her mom is so guilt ridden she didn’t feed Morgan a second grilled cheese she asked for before they went to the game and it broke my heart. This is a mom who did everything right for her kids, was called overprotective and let up a bit and his can happen to anyone. After seeing this special you really did a great job with your information Stephanie
Oh man. Her little brother’s reaction to her not coming home broke my heart
Hello how are you doing 👋👋👋
Same got tears in my eyes :( my little boy adores his big sister I just can't imagine anything like this 😢 💔
I could imagine my kids saying that about their siblings
Me too. Worrying that whoever had her wasn’t going to take her out for pizza. What a sweet little guy.
It made me nauseous because I have a little boy and a little girl and my son would be DEVASTATED if his big sister went missing. He would never sleep.
I know the feeling of that instant panic. It’s terrible. I woke up one Friday not realizing it was Friday and I went to wake up my 4 year old. She wasn’t in her bed. I pulled all the covers off her bed. Ransacked the room. I ran through every room, around the yard, up the street. I was already bawling screaming her name. I had my phone out about to dial 911 when it dawned on me that it was Friday. Her dad is off on Fridays and he was gone too of course, so I called him quickly. He had gotten her up and taken her with him on errands so I could sleep in. I can’t put the terror I felt that morning into words.
I want to cry thinking about these mothers feeling that feeling and not finding their babies. God it’s just awful.
One time, I laid my son down, went 3 feet down the hall to put a load of laundry down and he got up and I couldn't find him. I called 911 the police came...he had sleepily walked to the living room, and went under the reclining chairs in the couch and fell asleep under there thank GOD. I've never been so scared in my life.
And the messed up part is how guilty the VICTIMS can end up feeling, and it’s completely the fault of this fucked up individual! Smfh
I’m not a mom, but also I kind of am to my little sister. I watched her, bathed her, fed her, did everything for her while my parents worked and the most frightened I have ever felt in my life is when I thought someone took her. She was with us for a moment and then gone the next. My parents and I frantically ran around yelling for her and there was nothing. We were inside a department store and I took off for the door in case I could find her and whoever took her. She finally peaked out of a clothing rack and I bursted into tears. She was only gone for a minute but it was the worst minute of my life. I can’t imagine what Morgan’s mom and others have gone through.
@@howwabouttno2037 I still put my girl in the cart a lot for that very reason. They are so fast, they can vanish in the blink of an eye.
Since this happened I still sometimes let my little girl sleep in my bed just because it makes me feel more comfortable knowing she’s right next to me and no one could slip her out of her room without me knowing. Occasionally I will go and scoop her out of her bed and put her with me just because I have an uneasy feeling.
I recently had moved to Georgia. 5yrs ago. But at time we LITERALLY just moved their..
Very rural area. I couldn't find my 1.5 yr old.. screaming,calling... complete TERROR 😳😡🥺 THANK GOD, she was UNDER porch. But I went to pee and gone. When we found her omg so happy. Thank God she was OK. I got lucky. Just bc parent's doesn't mean they did it. God bless them if innocent and heal them. Bc most of times u can't imagine a crime against a baby could happen. They NEED TO GO BACK AND CHECK W EVERYONE. I PRAY THEY FIND PLACE 🙏😪😩
I can’t imagine how guilty her mother must feel, having those “what if I didn’t...” thoughts probably every day for the last 26 years. Regardless of how careful you are things can happen so fast, when I was 6 I almost drowned because my mom looked away for just a few moments.
I hope this case will finally be solved so her family can have some peace and closure, even though I’m sure their pain and regret will never really go away.
It has to be a daily torture
When I was 7, i got separated from my mom at a Wal-Mart. She was losing her mind, they were calling my name throughout the aisles. She found me in the toys, she ran up to me, hugged me, crying and fussing and hugging me all at the same time. Telling me I was never to do that again.
I cant imagine how scary that must be for a parent.
@@chelseapthib36 I had a similar story but Iwas in walmart around the same age and I was looking at something and lost track of my grandma and started wondering around. I remember being so scared everything was blurry and fuzzy and I started to cry. It was the scariest feeling. An employee saw me and asked me where my parents were and I said I didnt know but they stuck with me and helped me locate my grandma. When I saw her I ran to her and she hugged me and I held her hand and made sure I stuck with her. As i got older i still got freaked out when i lost track of whoever I was with 😂 but you can never be to safe the world can be a very dangerous unsafe place :(
@@DomesticAnimo there were a couple times I lost track of her where I was scared to death! Thank goodness for the employees helping you. There still are good people in the world, but the bad outweigh the good, and thats truly sad. Random women dressing as nurses and stealing babies.. it's like it gets worse every passing year. And walmart is an easy place to snatch a child. It's a shame this is the world our children have to grow up in.
That is hell on earth 😢
When my cousin and I were 6 and 7 we went walking around our neighborhood selling pictures that we had colored and a man walked up to us and asked why we were selling them. We told him it was bc we wanted to go to Wendy’s but had no money. He then told us to follow him and he would take us we started walking with him and then my cousin said “wait we should let me mom know where gonna go since it’s so far” and before we could let him respond we ran home to tell her mom that we were going to go to Wendy’s with this man and I never seen my aunt and uncle jump up off the couch as fast as they did that day and they ran outside looking for him and he had disappeared. I can still see that man’s face to this day
wow! super glad your cousin thought to do that and that you both ran off so quick! glad you're here.
Oh wow! Good thinking on your cousins part/hope your parents reported the guy! 😱
aww you missed out on free Wendy's!!
Omg!!! Thank God you guys went back to let you mom know! Ugh there's no telling what you would've went through with this man. Thank you Jesus
@@myselftik ...I think you missed the point.
Stephanie: “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”
Me: *eating icing off a spoon and nodding* “Mhmm...”
🤣🤣🤣
Word! 😂😂😂😂
Lmfao🤣🙋♀️ Word.
@Emi *LISTEN* to me here now, darling; there will *always* be times in this life when eating icing off a spoon right outta the container(& other similar indulgences, i.e. shoveling ice cream straight from the gallon tub into your face, skipping the oven and inhaling fistfuls of raw cookie dough or enjoying yourself a whole entire ass pie/cake, no plate, just a fork, your mouth & the box it came in) will be exactly&precisely what you need to do in order to take care of your body, because it is the only place you get to live & how you live in it is never going to wind up “perfect” so at least make it enjoyable. enjoy your icing xo
@@victoriarosementer thank you so much. your comment made my day. 💖
I grew up in Ozark, Arkansas and have heard this story so much my whole life. The family came to the school when I was in elementary to teach everyone of the same age group of Morgan the importance of being safe. Her disappearance has left a hole in the community even after all these years. Thank you so much for covering her story.
I grew up in Greenwood and the fact I’ve never heard about this case scares me. Less than an hour away and it’s like her story was lost...
It's amazing that they are able to do that. It has to be very difficult for them. But I'm glad they did/do that. They sound like great people who care about others. It's a great thing to do in honor of that sweet girl.
I was living in Alma just a couple of years after this happened and it was still felt then. I still get chills when they put the still missing Morgan billboards up
I grew up in Clarksville Arkansas. People would still talk about morgan and every year her birthday passed my nana would always say morgan would be 12 today or morgan is 16 today. My brother played little league in coal hill and after morgan my mom never ever let me out of her sight. They even came and talked to us at the school about safety and stranger danger. It was heart breaking.
Thank you so much for covering this. I grew up right next to Alma, a few years after Morgan’s disappearance a man showed up at my uncles house looking for his “dog”, my cousin and I were playing in the front yard when he asked us to come to his car and look at the pictures he had so we could “tell him if we’ve seen it around” my mom told me all about Morgan but being 6 myself I didn’t fully understand yet that people could be so cruel there was also a small fence between us and the car so I felt safe in that moment, we started walking towards the mans car, luckily my mom saw us and ran over stopping us from getting closer, the man sped off and she then explained to us what his true intentions were and that if he were truly looking for a missing dog he would have been perfectly fine with her being right there with us. I never trusted a stranger after that.
wow That man sounds like he was up to no good!
Just poured my second cup of coffee and was headed out to the garage to declutter...in goes the earbuds!!! Thanks!!
That’s exactly what I’m doing!
I love this! Coffee, Crime & Chore time lol
Busy at work today. I did the same!
Yes coffee, crimetime, and cleaning!
Can you head to my house when you're done? Lol. My clutter has clutter.
This is crazy. My mom had a Keychain with a picture of a missing girl. I was 5 when this girl went missing. I used to play with my moms keys and remember being disturbed looking at the picture of the little girl because she was just a year older than me but I was obsessedwith looking at her. Ive always wondered what happened to that little girl but could never remember her name. I even asked my mom and she didn't remember. I have searched for her picture, time frame and murdered children a bunch of times to no avail. It has bothered me for years and years and I think about her when I watch these types of videos. Now I know it was a picture of Morgan. Im completely shook. Her little face has been burned in my brain for so many years.
WOOOOAAAAAH, that's crazy! 🤯 That's a major Twlight Zone moment right there!
A key ring is so smart.
My mom had a button (the kind that have a pin) with Morgan’s photo. Her friend gave it to her (my mom’s friend was an aunt of Morgan’s, I believe). So tragic.
I think u may have had a spiritual connection to her. These things happen when we are young and close to the place we come from. God bless you. ❣💫
@@karanfield4229 wow I've never heard of something like that before 🥰
One time at a birthday party when I was about 5 years old in the 80’s, a photographer tried to lure me out of the party. He kept saying “let’s take a picture here” and “let’s take a picture there” and we kept getting closer and closer to the exit door, we were at a very darkened and unused part of the venue at this point. Luckily, an adult spotted me and grabbed me, the photographer then fled the party. It still gives me chills.
Wow! I hope whoever threw the party had the photographers information and was able to report them.
I had something similar happen when I was overseas, they said in Morocco it was very unsafe and the slave market was huge. They had guides all around us to protect the group, but at dinner that night a guy tried to lure me away when I went to the restroom, he wanted me to look at his wonderful range of Moroccan carpet mats …….it really creeped me out and he felt sleazy, even though he thought he was gods gift to women, and could talk anyone into what he wanted. I wouldn’t go, and went back to our “sitting on the floor” dinner, the tour guide later said he was trying to lure me away because of my blonde hair, blondes get more $$$ on the slave market, it made my blood run cold and so glad I trusted my gut instincts and didn’t go the the other side of the huge room to look at his “carpets” he even said, oh I am not taking you anywhere, it just over there …see??? Mmmmmmmm yeah right ! I would never return there, that place is creepy as. Turns my stomach thinking about it, couldn’t even use their water to brush your teeth, was never so glad to leave a country as I was Morocco !
@@shaz8486 So happy you're safe, and so happy you've traveled and SEEN what most Americans have no clue about. How HORRIFIC life is for women and children in Developing nations....
@@the10thman42 yeah! in the 70s my parents were traveling and Morocco was one of their destinations. some men offered my dad seven camels in exchange for my mother!! crazy.
A man in a big van told my best friend and me that he was on vacation and tried to get us in the van to "take a picture of me to send to my wife"
We were like why would you come HERE on vacation? And why would you be on vacation in that van? We were older so we just said uh, no? And left. We weren't scared. I can't remember if we told anyone. I had told people before about issues with adults and no one took it seriously
It’s so sad that Morgan and her mother went out to spend the day together only for Morgan to go missing. It’s just heartbreaking. These kind of things shouldn’t happen but they do. It’s just horrible that there are people out there that want to hurt others and the world is not safe anymore.
Whenever I heard stories of kids that went missing in the 90's, it affects me more than any other time. I was a child in the 90's, and to know these kids would be around my age and doing the things I am doing today makes it so much more eerie.
I had some guy talking to me twice at a grocery store when I was like 6 and he kept trying to get me to come over to him, physically farther away from my mom. Also had a friend almost truly get abducted. Both of us are girls. This is scary..
Same here. When I was in elementary school, another girl from my school went missing. Awhile later her body was found on the train tracks down the road, her uncle had sexually assaulted and strangled her. She was 11 😔
Can you imagine being one of the people that searched for 16 hours in intense heat getting eaten alive by mosquitoes only to find out it was all based on a lie
I don’t understand why people do that, it’s so unnecessary and cruel
@@annie_xo me neither! ill never understand!
@@annie_xo some people are scum. Literal garbage beings. Never underestimate that fact by attempting to view people's actions through the lens of how you see the world and how you choose to operate in your life.
There are plenty of people who would kill you over loose change in your cup holder, or a cross word or look you give them, or your skin color after a minor fender bender, or in this instance, who would lie about a crime for attention or to create chaos, or kidnap a child for money.
I think he should be charged with something harsher than filing a false report. Maybe pay restitution, something that makes sure he never, ever thinks about doing anything like that again.
All I think about is how hurt the parent were thinking they might see their baby again ;(
I was a teenager when this happened and lived 45 min away. Her disappearance shook the whole state. Her mother is an incredible force. I'm excited to hear your take, because I'm sure I'll learn new details I didn't know.
Thank you!
Yeah, also the Melisa Witt Disappearance that happened at the bowling alley in Fort Smith the year before even though she was 19 she disappeared from her mothers side then her remains were found 6 months later In Ozark. But Morgan's disappearance really did rock the town. My sister was playing very close to where Morgan and her Friends were that night. I was playing baseball.
I was there that night.
Wow you guys! The scars from cases like these run deep and wide. That can mark a kid and parent relationship for life.
@@foreverlove8919 Hopefully you was at the peewee field routing for the rockies lol jk. If memory serves me right though wasn't Morgan down by the Tee-Ball field?
My grandson told my daughter that I was 86 years old while shopping for a birthday card for me. He settled on two cards, one that said Happy 8th birthday and Happy 6th birthday. . He was 6 at the time. I still cherish them.
That’s too cute!🥺 I love your username😄
That is absolutely adorable.
How cute ☺️
Your grandson is clever lol.
@@kamithompson2770 Clever, smart and so so lovable.
Morgan's 3 yo brother worrying that her kidnapper was maybe yelling at her and not taking her out for pizza just broke my heart... 💔😭
Literally my worst nightmare is for one of my children to go missing, I don't understand how these parents don't go insane. The parents of missing children are literally my heroes because whew I can't even put it into words. Just typing this puts a lump in my throat and I'm tearing up.
I talked to my kids about kidnappers starting really early. My 5 year old son keeps me in check - when we go somewhere he says "mom be sure to watch me! I don't want to be kidnapped!" And of course, my eyes are glued on him and his sisters at all times. Can't be too vigilant in this world.
Kids are so unintentionally funny. 😂 “Mom be sure to watch me! I don’t want to be kidnapped!” But yes, you’re absolutely right, can’t be too vigilant.
@@DeniseRene407 I know, right? They are so funny even when they don't mean to be. ❤ They are so precious.
Same my son is 6 and I've talked to him numerous times about kidnappers but I think it deff helped because everytime we go somewhere he stays right beside me and holds my hand the whole time. Cause I feel like you can never be too careful
Aww bless him,at least he aware .I have two boys ,20/21 and I kid you not they are more childish now then when they were young and I worry so much about all sorts happening to them as they are so trusting (robbed stabbed shot deceived std) these are some of the things i worry and try to educate them about so I’m so impressed by your sons awareness!!it’s funny 😆 and so smart ,tell him 👍👏💖from 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
My husband didn’t want me to scare my stepdaughter by talking about kidnappers, but he finally agreed when she was young that we could teach her without instilling unhealthy fear. She was always way too open and we had to constantly remind her not to tell strangers personal info. Finally we told her that there are bad people who hurt kids, and we need to be “aware, not scared”.
Only four days.....my one child was lost for five minutes and I was completely off my head.😔
I dont play about my babies either. I dont talk to my neighbors much but whenever I couldn't find my son I went door to door and let them know hes never allowed inside anybody's house no matter what he says. I didnt care a bit what they thought about me either.
My daughter hid in the clothes rack for about 45 seconds, and I made the biggest scene ever. So much so, the doors were locked on the thrift shop to not let anybody out or in. When we found her, she was laughing while I sobbed. 😅
When my son was about 5(he’s 17 now) we were @ my MIL house. He was outside with his 4 older cousins & he came up missing for about 5 minutes(he had squeezed behind the old shed they had) but it felt like hours & I couldn’t walk, my legs felt like jelly & I wanted to vomit. God Bless this family🙏🏼I could not imagine🕊💕
Right
@@sarakrueger8209 my kids have done that too, both of them were hiding in a clothing rack and I about lost my damn mind until they popped out lol
The little brother’s statement “the people that have her aren’t being nice to her” about put me in tears!! This poor girl and I are the same age!!!
So eerily similar to when neighbors were questioned in the Shan'an Watts case. The small neighbor boy said, "They're in a dark hole." Or something to that effect😦.
One tip I’ve learned and hope i never need to use: if your child is missing start loudly describing their clothing, size, hair color… and hopefully other caring people will start looking and repeating with you
I still just can't grasp how you can reduce an entire life, a beautiful person, with all their connections, just to something to have sex with and then throw away. To cause so much hurt and destruction for your 10-minutes fix, how can that ever be forgiven?
It proves that humans really are just unbegotten animals. Like chimpanzees snatching up another chimps child and doing the same. It's insane that so many people really exist who abuse kids. Even more so that abuse anybody and throw them away like you say. Human trafficking. All of these people are alot more common than any of us can even begin to comprehend. That much I promise
And if it was more accessible to people, even more would go and use the "services" related to human trafficking. That's why so many people go overseas to places like Thailand where all of it goes unchecked
@@drewhempwood2113 No animal is that cruel, it's a human privilege :(. Some say it's because we understand how we can cause pain in others. Some blame the system, the way we live. Some blame evil itself. Some say it's a lack of empathy, if you have functioning mirror neurons, you can't hurt someone without hurting yourself.
I wish we could go back to the Chimpanzee level, at least they got functioning hierarchies in place. And they most definitely would outcast their sick individuals.
@@Catarax28 chimpanzees are some of the most violent and brutal animals. They rip each other apart. It seems like alot of people in this thread either romanticize animals or people
@@drewhempwood2113 Chimps certainly can be violent, but they won't tie a little child to a tree for three months and rape her 4 times a day and tell that child nobody loves them and nobody will save them.
It takes... a certain kind of sophistication to be that cruel. I don't romanticize animals, nature can be very cruel, but men is definitely his own kind of beast.
You did it! I never thought you'd do it when I suggested it. Thank you so much. This poor girl is the same age as me and I grew up not far from Alma. I don't know if you even saw my suggestion but I'm so glad you did this case. Not enough people (outside of Arkansas) know about little Morgan and she deserves her story to be told.
I heard about this case from Empress ASMR but I love Steph too so of course I’m watching. This case is absolutely heart wrenching.
I'm from Tijuana and I've seen this case before, many times. I'm the same age too and I remember this case. I'm also a mother and I'm the bad one that doesn't allow her to go play with other kids if I can't see her.
I'm from Tijuana and I've seen this case before, many times. I'm the same age too and I remember this case. I'm also a mother and I'm the bad one that doesn't allow her to go play with other kids if I can't see her.
@@FauxMsFrizzle what makes you think that??
I was 9 when Morgan disappeared. I live about 45 min down the road and it changed my generations childhood in this area. It was terrifying. Now the rumor mill is spinning and everyone has a theory, a story, or just an opinion. The Facebook posts are horribly ugly. When she disappeared, everyone came together. Now it's like everyone is just tearing into each other.
I hear stories like this all the time, look what happened in Delphi after Abby and Libby. These crimes affect entire swathes of people. It's so sad
@@StephanieHarlowe I don’t understand why the Delphi case attracts literally the worst people who all have their own agenda. My heart breaks still for Kelsi, Becky, and Anna.
It’s so sad, but also unnecessary bringing divide to what was once such a tight little community where everyone felt safe. One kidnapping can change so much and so many lives. 😪
What do u mean what happened in Delhi?
@@Ipleadthefifth they're not talking about Delhi, they're talking about a different case. Just type Delphi in TH-cam search there's numerous videos out about it.
This happened in my hometown. Even though it looks different than it did at the time, I still can’t drive by the ball fields without thinking about Morgan or how terrible I feel for her family. Especially her momma. Morgan being kidnapped changed our little town forever. Even so many years later there isn’t a person around that doesn’t know who she is. I’ll drive by where she was taken and look at my little girl in the rear view mirror and cry for Colleen bc I just cannot imagine. 😭
Yep. I'm in NWA and morgan has been engraved into my memory for 26 years.
My son plays baseball and now as an adult I don't let my younger girls wander off from the bleachers AT ALL.
I think the field it happened at has been paved over and turned into a parking lot, so at least that's something. I usually don't encourage the "they paved paradise to put up a parking lot" thing, but in this case, I think it's appropo
@@StephanieHarlowe yes you are correct.
I live in Fort Smith and my daughter was a year younger than Morgan when she went missing. I can tell you that I kept her in sight all the time because I was so afraid this could happen to her. Fun fact...Coleen Nick was on Extreme Home Makeover and they came to town and totally made a new home for her and the Morgan Nick Foundation.
@@tracyb3765 lord knows she deserves it. My heart SHATTERS for her. There were always posters and pictures of Morgan everywhere. Even today you can still find them places.
This is every mother’s worst nightmare.
A father’s too. I watched my children like a hawk.
I went to a boarding school with Taryn Nick. She was one of my good friends there. I will never forget hearing her families story about how they lost Morgan and seeing how badly it effected them for all of these years. Colleen never quit looking for her. Just devestating.
Just horrendous. Am as a mum, I just couldn’t imagine being in that eyes wide open nightmare. No words come even close. I feel ill.
I'm not a parent, and I'm wondering which would be worse - the death of a child or having a child disappear. I think in the long run a disappearance wold hurt most.
@@ChildrensRightsFirst947 You’ve got that right. I hate the word “closure” for various reasons, but you can’t go on as a mom without all your birdies in your nest if you don’t know what happened to the missing ones. A third trauma happened to us: a crippling illness changed one of our children drastically and permanently. So we grieve for the child we “lost” while she’s right in front of us. God forbid any of these things happen to a parent.
*Albert should have been charged with more. what a horrible thing to do!*
Yup. Think how many lives he shattered. Just to get off. As a csa surviour, that is literally what it comes down to. They do not even see there victims as anything but tools.
Forgive my ignorance, but what does CSA stand for? The only abbreviation google gave as an answer is about “community supported agriculture” and I feel dumbish but I’m sure it’s not that
@@emaleagreaves8107 often you need to use csa for child sexual abuse/ assault instead of writing it out for 2 main reasons.
1, social media may censor the words. Or demonitise creators. Even though they are just telling there truth. But the words are often flagged.
2, it can be highly triggering for survivors and others to read the full words.
AGREED!! Why didn't they look at him more?!?!
@@iciajay6891 that makes sense. Thank you for clarifying. I’m terribly sorry that happened to you. Or anyone.
Missing children cases are so sad, I feel so sorry for their families. There are some truly sick and disgusting people out there :(
Most people arrested are known to the family so don't look at strangers look to those related and good friends of the family.
@@angelgirldebbiejo I agree I've been following the Summer Wells case from here in Aus. Theirs so many red flags in that Family!
The bad part about this is it's almost a daily thing anymore. I just don't understand it!!!!!!!!!
@@nancyniles4637 it's absolutely horrific that anyone gets abducted or murdered but especially children!
100% agree!!!!!!!!!
I’m 26 years old and I was born in 1995. I have a 6 year old daughter. This case just hit me in so many personal ways. She would be older than me right now. She was my daughters age when she was taken. This is just mind boggling for me. My heart breaks in so many ways for this mother 😢
That literally broke my heart to hear her brothers concern about her being missing. Tears flooding my face omg!!
DO *NOT* worry about making a scene, it is *always* better to be SAFE than sorry. Your kids will forgive you, & eventually later in life will understand exactly why you did what you did/where you were coming from....ESPECIALLY if they end up having children of their own.
My cousin and I got lost at Ontario place in Toronto, Canada. My mom had the entire park shut down, every entrance closed. Had a team of ppl with her when she found us. MAKE. A. SCENE.
Definitely agree. I lost a kid for a minute on a field trip (high school teacher) in a museum and I immediately started running around screaming. Kid was hiding behind a display on his phone, and if I'd waited another 30 seconds before making a scene, I'd probably have found him. Don't regret it at all though. Added benefit of making the rest of the teens behave haha.
I remember when I was a little girl I would stay the night at my grandparents house on occasion. One night, I could t sleep because my uncle told me that my grandparents house had monsters. When my grandma asked why I couldn’t sleep, I told her that I was scared that the monsters would get me. She looked at me, then looked and pointed at the window and said “The monsters aren’t in here, squirrel. They’re out there.”
I’ll never forget that.
I can’t tell whether my favourite part of this story is the poetic words from your grandmother, or the fact your nickname was squirrel 🥺
Oh my god I’ve been dying for you to cover this. I grew up 20 minutes from Alma! This has been the story that shocked me because she went missing the year I was born.
My “baby” boy was born the same year. I just can’t imagine life without him. He may be all grown up but he’s always gonna be my baby🤗
Commenting for engagement because Stephanie deserves more views, subs, and recognition for all the research and work she does on all the cases she covers and her personality too! Stephanie keep being exactly the same person you are. - subscriber for about a year I rewatch all the videos and watch crime weekly both on TH-cam and podcast apps
I’m always recommending her on other true crime channels lol
@@justineharper3346 I’ve got my boyfriend into listening to her videos on FaceTime with me and discussing cases before we go to bed. It’s a nightly routine now.
Stephanie I hope you see my comment, we just had an update in Morgan’s disappearance case. If you have the time and are willing many people from Arkansas would be really grateful for another video with the updates!
The world our children are growing up in is so scary. I don’t even trust my son to be safe, on our porch alone. He’s three and we live on a dead end in a small town. But I constantly have the thought, that there is someone just waiting for me to look away. I never take my eyes off my son. And it’s sad, because it’s hard for kids, to be kids, when we so early have to inform them, that they are not safe. Anywhere at anytime I hate it.
and yet far safer than it was. remember that hundreds of years ago it was far less likely that small children would make it to adulthood for various reasons. it's the fact that we live in safer circumstances that when bad things happen it feels so scary and makes us feel unsafe in our world because we aren't used to the world being a dangerous place
It is way safer now. But many cultures are also more open about abuse. It's usually people you know. The narrative we're immersed in isn't accurate or helpful. The big danger to children at home is accidents. And luckily we can get vaccines now and avoid the terrible consequences of serious diseases.
One of the best things you can do is teach your kid about consent, bodily autonomy, etc., and SHOW him that you take his bodily autonomy seriously, by respecting it and protecting it even from other people forcing affection on him. Show him you listen to him and act when he has concerns. I tried to get help about adults who were a threat to me and no one did anything about it. That teaches a lot more than any words anyone can say. Literally a neighbor LINED UP NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND SPANKED US and no one did anything about it.
Anyway if you need any resources, you can look up Erin's law pdf in Oregon. We have a mandated abuse prevention curriculum now. You can find the materials teachers just started to use and give out (k-12 level). There are little stories and handouts and info for adults to read to kids.
I don't think i can post a link, but "distance learning for all: Erin's law toolkit" is the name of one of the resources on the Oregon department of ed website
I’m 25 and the first time grown men tried to get me in their car I was in the 3rd grade. It happened multiple times after by other men. That was years ago.. it’s only getting worse and it makes me terrified for my son
My son is almost 10 (will be in January) & my daughter will be 7 in a couple weeks (& she’s way bigger than him), but I still won’t let them on our porch alone. This world terrifies me & they understand as much as I can make them.
I’m born and raised in Arkansas. The truck he was driving was his parents that he was borrowing. The nephew of the suspect recently identified the drawing of the guy and said its his uncle and that the family had distanced themselves from because he was always doing weird things and that truck belonged to his grandparents.
What's the name of this suspect? I feel like this is something the police should know about, if they don't already.
@@RyanStorey1231 they do know
The nephews name is “Joe Tollett”, he shared the post on his Facebook page and left the comment about it
I'm from Arkansas too and I've never heard this . Interesting.
@@jennaagee7992 probably because It wasn’t on the news it was commented on the Alma Arkansas Police Department Facebook page. Like I said, Joe Tollett commented. You can look up his Facebook and see the post.
When I was a little girl, we were on vacation in Tennessee (I can't remember what for, but there we were) and my grandmother kept staring at a man with a little blonde girl leaving the parking lot. Until the day that she left this earth, she still believed that she saw Morgan Nick and it broke her heart that she didn't say something. She really truly believed that she had seen Morgan but had felt like she was being ridiculous. I think it haunted her deeply; I pray that if Morgan is no longer with us, she and my grandmother finally get to meet and there's some sort of forgiveness or whatever you want to call it. This story still breaks my heart to this day.
I always tell my 10yr old daughter to always be aware of her surroundings. I tell her that she is not to go anywhere with anyone unless it is a specific family member. She is extremely vigilant. When we are out and about, she won't let me out of her sight and vice versa.
I’m hyper-focused on vigilance out in town. Everywhere I go I think “I could be walking past someone who gets trafficked” and the worst part is it’s true. It happens all around us, it’s truly terrifying. I was recently followed in Walmart by 4 men. The tracked me through the baby section(even scarier) but luckily I didn’t have my baby with me. Once I realized they were following me I confronted them and said I know what you’re doing and I’ve told an employee and they ran. I wish I could say this was a one-off but this is a too often reality. Stay safe!
Is there anything to look out for if someone’s being trafficked? I just wish I could know when someone needs help. Many Walmart’s in my area have had people in the parking lot try to lure women away either asking for help or convincing you to join their church (there’s no church). Trafficking is rampant, and I think it’s potentially worse near state borders and major interstates (which I am/those Walmarts and Targets are)
I worked at one of the targets for 2 years and a Walmart for about a year (through college) and leaving late shift could be scary. I’m a 5’2” ~115lb female. I keep a knife in the console of my car but that’s all I got. I was always “watching my 6” on my break, and moved my car if there were suspicious people around. Someone came up to my car window and motioned for me to roll it down once. I shook my head and ripped out of the parking spot and drove around until my break was over.
I never encountered the trafficking schemes that happened there but in several years of retail I have definitely seen people who needed help. Strung out on drugs, homeless, having a mental break/psychotic episode, domestic violence and abuse (literally occurring in the store), bomb/gun threats, you name it. I quit in may of 2020 because the store was doing nothing to protect us from covid and I couldn’t take it anymore. I was terrified like we all were. No promised hazard pay ever came. Sorry for the novel, working at Walmart is traumatizing.
Unfortunately, as women, we are always a target. Get a weapon, preferably a gun, but at least a tazer, learn how to use it, learn how to defend yourself as best you can. They want someone easy most the time, like you said, make it hard and never go to the 2nd location, 92% chance you won't come back. I carry a pistol whenever I leave my house alone, especially with my toddler. I'd rather catch a charge than die or be tortured. I'm also 5'2" but have been a weight lifter since my teen years, so about 140lbs, size 6, so I'm heavier than I look, and will use that to my advantage.
Omg how scary!
This is in my town. Thank you so much for covering this. Savannah Brymer also.Everytime I drive by the Morgan Nick foundation building, my heart sinks. My 4 year old had his first tball game at the same baseball field Morgan was kidnapped at, I felt very protective of him
3 weeks ago my son that's 7 who's on the autism spectrum left and didn't say where he was going. We went door to door and thr feeling of despair and guilt I had can't even express in words. We ended up having to call the police and report him missing. 3 hours later one of the officers found him as soon as I saw him and hugged him I was hysterical. My heart hurts for this mom 💔.
So glad he is okay!
@@StephanieHarlowe thank you ❤ we are extremely greatful. One of the hardest thing of that whole process was having to send pictures of my son to the officers incase they had to put his face on the news. I am truly blessed with neighbors who didn't even know me but went out and looked for my son. Even kids helped look for him. I just want to give this mom a hug because there wasn't enough done and people didn't take her seriously until to late. Just because you your kids are in a safe space doesn't mean there aren't bad people waiting for their chance to come in.
@@StephanieHarlowe hey hun tysm for getting me through lockdown .ty for covering this case ,I really hope this video jogs something in someone to come forward 🙏ty from 🇬🇧🇬🇧💖💖
Donald Duck omg I’m so glad he’s ok ,take care from 🇬🇧🇬🇧💖
@@joeakaprolifik7735 thank you ❤
Steph I know this may not be the official place to suggest this, however I’ve been trying to get notice about the Ashley Morris Mullis case for a long time now! It’s a local-to-me case, and her poor father needs help so badly! Please consider taking a look! Thank you for another great video! You’re simply the best!
Her email is in the description. Hope that helps
Carol- thank you! I definitely missed that!
@@AJ-tx9me definitely email and you could also email her podcast Crime Weekly! I'd also recommend giving a short brief of the case with the request to grab attention more
I was thinking of suggesting a case for Stephanie but it happened in the 90's and I can barely find a single article about it
Excellent advice about parents following their gut and teaching young children to be aware of what is going on around them! I'm a 30+ year member of LE and I'd like to add talking to your children from as young as they can understand that there is absolutely NO reason for an adult to ever ask a child for help with anything! If you should get separated teach your little ones to find a mommy with children to help them. It's your best bet for safety. All that said I'm going to give my PSA I've been putting everywhere. Please, please please be mindful and careful what you are putting online. I work on a federal internet crimes against children taskforce. In the last few years there has been a huge increase in "family" pics and videos being sold and traded on pedophile sites. These are seemingly innocent things you are putting put there that are being taken and used by pedophiles in ways you know would make you sick. We do not have the resources to track these photos and videos back to the owners. Because they are not illegal. If it were my child I would want to know. I recently took my personal time to track a group of photos and videos back to a TH-cam "family channel". They were very angry at ME and made a complaint for which I lost pay. To me, I don't care about the pay, but WTH are these parents thinking? Please know that you are putting out much more than you realize. I have been posting this as often as I can and one mom asked me to prove what I was saying
In 48 hours I had all her children's names, photos, where they attend school and both parents names as well as what they did for work. If someone become a obsessed with your child they can easily find then based solely on info you are providing and use that info to gain trust.
I know no parent means to do this but I've watched so many beach videos, bath time and potty training. What is a cute innocent moment in your eyes is made into something sick and wrong in the hands of a pedophile. Please lock down the access to your children. Require family and close friends to not share w/o your permission. This has me so worried and no one seems to care. It's your responsibility to protect your child. They are being victimized and you are handing them over freely. I am not judging anyone. I am just frightened by what I see at my job and the increase is huge and it's daily. If you read all if my rant you are awesome! Thank you for reading and have a great week!
100% agree, thank you for sharing. When we have kids my partner and I agree that we will not be posting them on social media at all. We will email/text photos to trusted family/friends and make it very clear they are not allowed to post the photos. We already know people will be mad about not having the access to our kids they feel entitled to, and those people can eff off. My baby, my job to protect it. My sister in law gets flack for being cold to strangers who make comments about her daughter (“she’s so cute” “can i hold her”). At first I thought it was odd, now I am completely in agreement with her and will be the same as a mama 😂
This is such a great post to bring awareness, thank you for sharing.
I've seen some pretty creepy stuff on FB market place. A person selling a toddler bed for example, but their small child was in the photos, in her pajamas on or around the bed and her undies were hanging out. It seemed like she was the subject and not the bed they claimed to be selling. It just seemed creepy so I contacted what I was guessing was the parent and advised that they take photos of items for sale WITHOUT their kids in them. smh
Ask your small child, "What does stranger mean?" "What is a stranger or what do they look like?" And then explain what an actual stranger is.
When my children were small, I was shocked by their answers to that question. I couldnt believe the number of times I had told them all the things that we tell our children about stranger danger and all the while, they thought I was telling them not to take candy from a monster or boogeyman. It never occurred to me to define stranger.
This is such a good point. I have a four year old and am just starting to have the conversation with her about secrets, what a secret is and how it is always 100% NOT okay for an adult to ever ask her to keep a secret. Thank you for this comment.
I was born in 1997 in the UK. In 1991 a little boy called Ben Needham went missing & even though I was my Mum’s fourth child she was petrified because of it. Her & my older sister drummed into me my full name, my date of birth, address and our home telephone number. I could tell you all of that information at the age of 2 years old like a little mantra. Obviously at the time I had no idea why they had taught me those things just that it was a fun game. My older sister would also tell me that women can be bad people too & that if anyone asks me to come with them I should check with her or my mum first even if I know them. My sister was also fond of showing & telling me defensive moves to do if someone was to attack me but this was when I was older say 6/7 yrs old. I’m 25 years old this year & forever greatful for the stranger danger they instilled in me because it really has saved my life on many occasions even as a young adult. Priceless skills in my opinion.
I remember first hearing about this case in an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Ty and the team fixed up a house for Morgan's mother, brother, and sister. It's so horrifying that this happened and that it remains unsolved as to where she is.
Yep, that's how I first heard about this case too. So incredibly sad.
I live in Arkansas. One of the news channels told me that Colleen is trying to get the documentary released to Netflix so be watching for that!
There is no doubt in my mind that Colleen will succeed with that effort.
@@IfersInklings oh mine either!
I really hope they do!
@@StephanieHarlowe will you please check you dm’s on Instagram. Just have a question
Any mother would be drained and hurt from this situation her mom is a suspect to me GIVE HER A LIE DETECTOR TEST PLEASE
I've lost sight of my kids for 2 or 3 minutes tops in their lifetimes. The panic and terror lasted 2 or 3 minutes. I can't imagine living with that feeling for years. Her poor parents. It's awful to imagine it. My heart goes out to them for what they've gone through.
I am not a parent but I am the oldest of my siblings and since there is a big age difference between my siblings and I. I helped my mom raise my siblings and I too have experienced this panic and terror. My thoughts go to Morgan family specially her mother . She is very brave and strong.
Putting ads like that at the beginning of a video will make me watch something else every single time.
I’m new to your channel and I was shocked to see this. I’m from Alma and I graduated with Logan. This was very well done. We will never give up. Morgan is part of all of us.
Totally relatable with losing sight of your kids for a second and having the hugest rock in your stomach!
UGH it makes me sick thinking about it
@@StephanieHarlowe my WORST fear is one of them getting taken
I'm not a father yet (for the next couple months anyway) but it's weird how that situation went from being something that I never really thought about to a situation that already causes me anxiety when I think about it.
It's something I've never experienced, but I can already picture the sinking stone feeling in my stomach, along with the slowly rising sense of panic that people must feel.
I think the solution is GPS tagging.
i'm not a mother but as the oldest sister I've felt a similar feeling. When my sister was about 4 or 5, I was 13, we were in the grocery store and I turned away for a second and she was gone. I remember panicking and looking down every aisle for her and nothing. Eventually I found her, she was back with my mom but the sinking feeling I felt
Yep happened ONCE that was enough to last a lifetime and it was only for 30 seconds but felt like forever.
Just sat down to start my work for the morning...can’t think of a better TH-camr to have playing in the background as I sip my coffee and program.
Glad to keep you company today!
That truck is so distinctive! Someone has got to know someone who had that truck...
Exactly what I was thinking, someone is being tight lipped for sure
@@V__Vahaa the cops were saying the profile of the person who took her was probably a loner but even a loner has to go to the grocery store, hardware store etc. Also, you'd think they'd be able to discern what year truck it is from the picture, couldn't they see who had similar trucks registered in that year?! I mean this happened in the early 90s & technology has only gotten more advanced....
Allegedly people do. His alleged nephew Joe Tollett said it belonged to his grandparents and his uncle Cecil Tollett drove the truck all the time. He provided a picture of Cecil and he looks just like the composite sketch 😳 you can see all this on FB by searching for Joe and scrolling down a few posts on his page. There are family members saying it was Cecil and other family members saying the accusations are a result of family drama… there is even a stepdaughter commenting who people think is Morgan but the step daughter says she was 13 when it happened so who knows… either way interesting comment thread to read and to me the composite is undeniable. Unfortunately no picture of the truck has been provided by family members but honestly they may not have one… we may have some random pics with cars in them from the 90s but chances are slim to none honestly so I don’t think that’s a deal breaker for me personally. I hope LE is investigating him.
@@incredibleedibledez *mid 90's
I know!!! He can't have been local cuz someone would have known the truck locally
We also have to teach these kiddos to always stay together!! Its sad how the kids were a car length away from each other and she still was taken. Breaks my heart. Her poor family. I couldn't imagine. My heart goes out to them. Thanks for sharing her story. I will be watching out for the documentary.
Seeing other almost abduction stories on here makes me want to share mine! So when I was little my dad took me to a Texas beach and my hair was pretty long and was getting messy so this woman came up to me and asked if she could fix my hair. She said she would watch me while my dad went to swim. When he came back the woman asked if she could take me back to her hotel room because I was tired, that way he could still have fun on the beach. HE SAID HE ALMOST AGREED TO LET HER TAKE ME!!!!! But then something felt wrong so he said no and came and sat next to me. Shortly after, she left with a man who my dad wasn’t introduced to and they got in a windowless white van and left…. 😳😳😳😳 You never know how close you come to danger.
That’s so scary! Reminds me when I went to this beach in Brazil with my 2 year old and this girl wanted to take her swimming (we were at a playground) and even though she was also a child she was 9 and I didn’t feel comfortable so I went with both of them, then the next day we were at a different place ordering food and a lady that worked there fell in love with my daughter and was like let me watch her I’ll play with her you can enjoy your food and I let them play for a bit within eyesight and then started following them around lol even though I don’t think she was ill intended it’s better to be safe than sorry in these situations ! Glad you are safe ❤️
@@kikikauffmann Right if it's mother Theresa herself, stay on them. When I'm at the playground with my daughter, I stay on her tail thee whole time we're there.
Ever since they were tiny, I have been discussing Stranger Danger with my girls. I told them that if someone tries to take them, they have permission to bite, kick, whatever it takes. Also taught them to scream, "This is not my Mommy/Daddy!'" since a tantrumming preschooler may not draw the needed attention. I try to emphasize that most people are kind. However, there are some bad people and you can't tell who they are just by looking at them. It's hard to strike that balance between keeping your kids safe and not giving them an anxiety disorder.
My mom always taught me the same thing- let others know this isn't your parent or family.
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I heard someone else in the comments say to tell your children to scream "I don't know this person/guy/woman/them" it gets the point across and leaves no room for doubt. I'm going to teach my kids this someday if I'm lucky enough to have some.
my mom always taught me the same thing! at the time these conversations really scared me but now, as an adult, i am so glad she decided to teach me how to protect myself instead of just pretending the world is perfect.
How would it be if it’s a family member what would the child say or scream then?
The dad's friend theory bugs me because how would he even know that Morgan and her mom were at the ball field that night especially if it was a last minute plan
Right.
It reminds me of the Johnny Gosh case where the last minute plan was that he was going to do his paper route alone one morning for the first time without his mom or dad. Then he got kidnapped. The dad was in on it.
@@RERProductions wow I remember that case
May be the friend was out to get any child but recognised Morgan with the other children and as a easy target, as they had met before. I wish the other 2 children at the time had remembered what he had said, it could have been something like “hello Morgan what are you doing here? Your dad is with me, come and see” Morgan recognises him and goes with him as he is someone she has met at her home.
@@antheacole4574 Yeah I was kinda thinking the same thing as Makayla at first but then when Stephanie said he was FROM the town she went missing from I started to think more along the lines of what you're saying.
Q anon people do not spread things like this as conspiracy theories!! I like you Stephanie but that went way too far!
I grew up in Arkansas and remember seeing her all over the news and on posters in stores. I’m happy to hear there’s movement in her case after all these years.
You do a great job of personalizing the victims in the cases you discuss. It makes it so heartbreaking to hear what a great person the world has missed out on, but it helps keep their memories alive.
Live here, I was six when she went missing. I remember the way mother's started freaking out over their kids. Morgan Nick Alerts, news coverage, and just the fear that spread across the state.
You cover this story better than almost any other documentary series. Thank you for doing such an amazing job for the victims and families. 🖤😍
I'd be curious to know how long they've had that picture of the truck and why that wasn't released 26 years ago...
Yeah, that isn't very clear, I wonder if the doc clears that up
@@StephanieHarlowe Yeah, I really wish they would release that doc. I mean, they had to have realized that vehicle is incredibly unique and there are most definitely people out there who would recognize that if they saw it. There's just no way around that.
I was born in '95, I can't imagine missing your child for that many years. That's just heartbreaking to even think about 😔
When I was a small child I was at the park with my family and one of my stepfather's friends was playing a prank either on me or my family, and he ran up behind me and picked me up and pretended to run off with me. You think that a child might scream, or make some sound, but I was so terrified I was stunned silent. I couldn't get a sound out of my mouth.
Not a very funny prank,guaranteed he wouldn't have been my friend anymore.
@@stephaniegill8747 yeah, I didn't think so either and I'm not sure whether we spent time with them as much after that.
My mom did this to me when I was around 13-14 years old. We were at a public outdoor event and she let me go to a food truck for an elephant ear. I was on my way back and just kind of going slow and watching the event. She came up behind me and grabbed me. She didn’t drag me away or anything but I didn’t scream. I just froze too. Within seconds she revealed that it was her. But I’ll never forget what she said to me. ‘If that ever happens to you again you need to make a scene! It’s easy for people to snatch other people and get away with it.’ I wasn’t mad at her at all. To this day I’m actually grateful that she showed me how easy it was for someone to grab me and pull me into a vehicle or a home, etc.
First, let me say that I just discovered you a week or so ago from a recommendation on a Bailey Sarian group. Second, I adore the way you say “documentary”. Lastly, fantastic content! I love how passionate and fired up you get. 90% of the time our thoughts align! Keep up the great work!
I can relate to how terrifying it can be when you can’t find your child.
One time we were at this play park with our kids and we couldn’t find our son for 15 minutes. I was terrified and worried I’d never see my son again and my husband was not supportive and said I was overreacting for being so worried. ☹️🤬 we found our son but I felt my feelings were justified because I couldn’t find my son for 15 minutes and we were in a public place. ☹️
You were justified. I’d have called 911 by then and everyone else I could think of.
There is a little girl named Summer Wells here in Tennessee . Please put this out there. I would really love it if she could be found. She went missing last 4 days ago I think. ❤️
Seven days now I believe
I live in Sullivan county and Hawkins county is about 20 mins away. I am a private duty pediatric nurse and i had a case 2 houses down from the house thats listed for this story. I cant help but think something is shady about this. Do you guys know why her head is shavecf or cut so short in some of those pics?
@@shellyseats5630 kept getting lice is what I heard
I live in TN and got the amber alert for her
Thank you for always emphasizing on the fact human trafficking is very real and happening everywhere.
I'll keep saying it till I die
My mind is blown. Would never have guessed that was a thing people don't "believe in" wtf
@@AllTheCloudsArePink I think that's the first bit of misinformation I've heard her share. I couldn't believe it either, so I literally went and dug into research to find the theories. Those she accused, in fact, believe the polar opposite to an extreme level from what she said.
@@christmastree6817 what types of things do these Qanon people do?
@@cb3514 this is the comment I was looking for. You are absolutely correct. I've never been more disappointed with misinformation.
My worst nightmare. My daughter is a HS senior and started driving the last year. The spreading of her wings has me always scared of the worst. I can’t imagine the pain and range of emotions that a parent would endure in this situation. Prayers for her family. I hope they find her regardless of the circumstances. Xoxo
i remember being like 14 and seeing a little girl wonder around a parking lot so walked up to her and asked if she needed help she didn’t speak any english luckily i had a basic knowledge of spanish as i was walking her back to the walmart a man in a truck drove up to me and asked if i knew the little girl and if he wanted me to give her over to him to help her home i felt so scared for myself and her in that moment a grown man was trying to get me and this small girl into his truck i ran inside the walmart and found a worker and they helped me find her family sometimes i think about what if i didn’t help her that man could have got her or another adult could have just ignored her because of a language barrier she had been missing long enough that the police had been called i think about all the little girls and boys who don’t get helped and just swept away to never be seen again it’s so cruel that people can just hurt or ignore distressed children
stephanie is the only youtuber that i actually sit through the sponsor portion of the video. she deserves that coin!!! much love and respect stephanie! keep doin the damn thang
Me too! I try to watch as much ads too!
As I always tell my oblivious teenage son, there is always someone plotting or looking for an opportunity to do something shady!
My heart goes out to Morgan’s mom and family! ❤️❤️😥
Every time I get a stephanie upload I say a little "yes"
Stephanie, something you said in this video really impacted me. When you said "I'd want to jump on top of my car and tell everyone not to leave until I find my kid ... but what happens if she's right around the corner and I make a big scene for nothing?" I think that's one of the things that parents of missing children thought and regret, that they didn't make a huge scene. And though I can't attest to what I will do in the future, I'm going to try to keep this in mind. Because as we all know, in the end it's always better to make a big scene when you don't need it than to not make a scene when you need it most. And I'd rather sit through a bit of embarrassment than a life of regret for not doing anything I could. Of course, this is in no way commenting on any decisions parents in this situation have made. I've never been in this situation before. But if I can make a conscious effort to remind myself to do everything I can in regards to the safety of my children.
Also, I live in Dallas and just the other day I passed by a truck that was pulled over seemingly because they had attempted a kidnapping. There was someone in the back of their tiny uhaul trailer they were pulling with their truck. Thankfully, the police caught them, but that is absolutely not the case the majority of the time.
Thank you so much for covering this!!! I’m from Arkansas and thought this case was huge but other true crime channels never talk about this case! There’s another unsolved case in Fort Smith, AR at Bowling World. Melissa Witt, 19 yr old female, was abducted and then murdered. They still haven’t caught the murderer. Please cover this case if you can!
Normally it’s hard to trust any sponsored ads but Stephanie is telling the truth with Native! The deodorant is truly phenomenal and I’m a huge fan. They really work unlike other natural deodorants and smell absolutely amazing! Definitely stocking up with the discount code!
I feel like Stephanie could be sponsored by DogPoop™️ and I’d be like, “Yeah, must be some pretty good shit”
I've only tired the deodorant but yes it's good!
I’ve tried the deodorant in the past (longgggg before watching Stephanie), and I really hated it 😬 I don’t know if the Australian heat or my constant stream of anxiety sweat was too much for it to cope, but it hardly lasted an hour on me. I really wanted to love it too :(
I live in Arkansas and I remember this very well. I also do film and I’ll reach out and try to get some ppl to release the documentary. Thanks for covering this case.
Thank you!
I don't know how you can talk about kids stories like these without crying, I would ugly cry the whole video.... I have 2 little girls and I would never ever stop looking for my missing babies.... This family needs closure. Thank you for talking about Morgan. ❤
I'm sure she cries over some of the stories but doesn't record it.
@@ChildrensRightsFirst947 I know that.... I'm sure Stephanie knew what I meant that's why she liked my comment.
This is my worst nightmare. I truly could
Not go on…I taught my daughter to scream “I don’t know you” if someone ever tries to take her. Don’t just yell and scream, it’s what you scream that will get you noticed!!
I immediately thought of the episode of King of the Hill when Bobby is constantly going around yelling, “that’s my purse, I don’t know you!”
But it is good you’re teaching her to be loud and make a scene. F politeness!
@@eviedoe8062 lol! That’s hilarious. I can hear it now in my head. Thanks TikTok
@@eviedoe8062 my favorite episode!!!
This case has really hit close to home for me. The similarities between what happened to me are eery. In 1993, while living in Eastern KY, a dark haired man in his late 30s-40s attempted to kidnap me from my school when I was in headstart. I looked quite similar to the girl in this case. He was driving a red truck. Thank God my Teacher found out and stopped them from letting me off the bus with him. We never found out who he was but his attempt was quite brazen. Times we so different then.
I know that panic you talked about. My daughter hopped out of thr stroller Saturday at the zoo. My husband went to tell her something and she was not there. I felt sick. I turned and she was 3 steps from me looking at something else. We then had to have that talk, at 4. Broke my heart, but it needed to be done. I can't imagine this mother's feelings. I pray I never have to.
I went and got the information off the site to talk more to her about this. Thank you.
it’s just about midnight here in australia 😩 but i have to watch 😭
So crazy to think about that as I'm having coffee just starting the day not long ago
Meeeee😭😭 hahaha I fall asleep to her voice tho. Idk why even tho it’s always such a horrible subject matter like the way she tells it just feels comforting somehow?? It’s what I fall asleep to every night lol I wonder what it’s doing to my brain😂
I am too and was about to go bed, but I decided to watch next morning….so glad I did I have enough trouble getting to sleep some nights this wouldn’t have helped at all
Just made my first cup of coffee this morning. I'm already feeling Morgan and her little cat lady vibes. This is such a sad case. I couldn't even imagine, like how do you just go home and resume life after your kid disappears at a ballpark like that? It's terrible to think about.
awww little cat lady vibes!
I can’t imagine trying knowing my baby girl was out there ….somewhere……😪😪😪
It’s me again binging all your vids. I’m from Arkansas and I tell ppl my mom and Morgan Nick saved my life. We were playing summer ball in the tiniest of towns (population 300) but after Morgan was abducted my mom was understandably over protective. My brother and I were not even allowed to walk to the bathroom w/out her and im sure 90% of ppl at the park were related to us. That summer my mom was DOG tired of taking me to the bathroom every 30 minutes, told me I must have a UTI and took me to the doctor. I was then diagnosed w/type 1 diabetes. I was 9 and since my mim caught it so early I only spent a few days in the hospital. All the medical professionals told me how fortunate I was because most kids are severely ill when diagnosed and my mom saved my life. I mean think about it, do you know how many times a day your kid goes to the bathroom? Every single day? If my mom hadn’t been terrified bc of what happened to Morgan, who knows where I’d be. Of course we’d give anything for this to not have happened but I hope her mom knows she’s done so much good in her daughter’s name
I really made an effort to educate my daughters on "Stranger Danger" when they were young. I would makeup random scenarios to see how they would respond.....ie: What if a stranger asks you to help find their dog? What if a stranger offers you candy? What if a stranger tries to ask you for directions? What if a car slows down beside you? What if someone is making you feel uneasy or unsafe...What should you do? Sami was only 4 yrs. old, but her answers proved I had taught her well....lol. Anyway, one day I threw out the question, "What if a stranger walked up to you and said, "If you come with me I will buy you a pretty new dress". She responded, "Oh, well I think that would be ok" I almost died. "/
Yessssss!!!!! Thanks so much for that Bonnie and Clyde series by the way… felt like ending a really good book that I re-read because I get attached to characters. Loved it! Thanks for another video!!!
I really enjoyed that series too!!
this story hits so close to home because i was just like her when i was a child. i remember i quit soccer when i was 6 because it made me sweat too much and i couldn’t wear a skirt which made me think that my coach would think i was a boy hahaha.
Thank you for bringing this case attention! I’m an hour out from Alma, AR. All of us here would love to see this family get answers.
i live 20 minutes from ozark in logan county arkansas and had no idea she was from ozark! her sweet little brother's reaction hit my heart.
I love the side note because I am that parent that goes with my gut. I ALWAYS dress my son in bright, neon clothes when we go to the park and I am always the ONLY parent not on my phone. If I lose track of him for more than 10 seconds I start to panic. I can't imagine feeling like that for more than 1 minute, I would die.