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@@susanrobinson910 *why do people like you have to sob and moan that you don’t have those social medias. What do you expect him to do? feel sorry and let you win it?? Pathetic* 🤦♂️🤣🤣👎
@@truecrimescafe exactly. They act like they didn’t make the conscious decision to bring the child into this world. If you don’t want her, then use protection. If that’s too late, then adoption is always an option. They could have done so many different things yet these lowlifes decided to murder her and hide her body. Sickening
@@bababababababa6124 I mean accidents happen and abortion is becoming less of an option. These parents are evil I’m not defending them. Just concerned we’re going to start seeing a lot more Casey Anthony’s
@@bababababababa6124 for real though. If she was just put into foster care or into the care of her grandparents then she’d probably still be alive today
@@RR.LL.3B that’s true, foster care is an awful experience for a child. But personally I’d much rather be in foster care than have two parents that couldn’t give less of a damn about me
As a child of abusive parents… their language, gaslighting, coldness… it’s all too familiar. Punishing their daughter for being a child… This gave me chills.
And if you think about it, Ashley was probably not planned. The two girls were very close in age and they probably were too caught up between work and Jojo to realise number 2 was on her way... They didn't want her... I wish they had given her to a loving couple who couldn't have kids... Some people shouldn't be parents... ✂️
@@PaperMakersAdeludedbroad as I said, they probably didn't realise she was expecting number 2... It could have been too late for the legal? Thing to do. They could have given her up for adoption also or sent her back to her grandparents. There were other solutions.
It is possible Ashley was delayed in toilet training because of how distressed she was - either due to the lack of stability in caregivers / home environments, or because of her parents' abuse. It is very common for children to regress with life skills when they are going through something traumatic.
Also, the grandma may have been potty training Ashley in the Chinese way (elimination method) where small children don't wear nappies (I used to live there and babies wear special pants with an opening for peeing / pooping) and instead respond to external and internal cues that they need the toilet. If done right, it is a tried-and-true approach to potty training that actually takes less time than the Western way. It also teaches babies to be in tune with their bodies (which is something we could probably be doing better in the West.) Of course, if you are busy running a restaurant, it's probably more difficult to spend time with your baby teaching them, or to be on hand to attend to their needs if they have to go. Plus, transitioning from the elimination method to nappies would be very confusing for a little one.
My daughter did a puzzle with her while we waited for food. She was incredibly sweet and vocal . She knew how to talk to people. An old soul. Terrible tragedy
I hate this comment, you make this little girl sound like some adult woman who lived a long life. "She knew how to talk to people." Sounds more like a disconnected, generic Yelp review of a restauraunt rather than an heartfelt statement about the victim.
@inmyredtlessdms Karen much? You are a perfect example of how the internet easily reads way too far into what others say. The person was talking about a memory, not every detail has to be lathered in melodramatic poetic wording. Let me tell you, when you know someone and then lose them, sometimes all you can give is a small description. Pain does that, loss does that.
It's so disgusting that he claimed his wife is a good person. And she abused and killed her own child. They're so vile. None of them deserved Ashley nor Jojo. I hope Jojo is able to grow up healthy and happy.
Apparently my other response to this where I was agreeing with you, and venting my disgust him being clueless and having no standards was too much for TH-cam.
sadly Jojo will probably not grow up happy if she knows what happen. and if she goes to his parents, where Ashley was originally sent , it will start all over again
Listening to a parent say "burn it, bury it, or throw it in the ocean" like that about their own child is probably the coldest thing I've ever witnessed
This isn't meant to be some kind of excuse, but burning it, burying it, throwing it in the ocean are three very well known ways that various cultures handle the corpses of their deceased. These people are Chinese and fall well under the umbrella of cultures who would handle the deceased that way. It's also worth mentioning that a lot of cultures worry about what could happen to the soul of a person if they're not seen off into the next world correctly. The extremely detached demeanor of both of the parents in this case is also pretty par for the course with Asian adults even in regards to their own family members. Even more so when it comes to family members considered to be causing problems to the overall functionality of the family. Not unlike how a lot of families in the US, UK, and Canada treat "problematic relatives" like unwanted outsiders who refuse to take the hint and stop coming around. I'm also of the opinion that the father was plenty emotional during his interrogation. Everything out of his mouth is delivered with clear and evident nervousness. He knows the actions of him and his wife look absolutely terrible and that they're being judged and he naturally wants to defend himself, but he doesn't know how and knows there aren't enough words in existence to express himself with that would make them seem not guilty. He also clearly isn't adverse to acknowledging that yes, a crime had been committed. However his explanation of how things happened (and he repeats himself quite often) also aim to clarify that no, the death was not a result of malicious intent. A frustrated, overworked, and decidedly burned out mother simply got so angry that she snapped. Something that (even if many people pretend otherwise) can happen to anyone in any situation.
@@shimauta1941 Bollocks! Stop making excuses for vile cold people. There is NO excuse for what they did, and for you to state "Something that" can happen to anyone in any situation tells me all I'd need to know about you that you'd assume that every person is as cold as you or as the vile couple.
@@shimauta1941I was going to leave a comment with something similar. Just because we are perceiving people to be unemotional does not necessarily mean they are that way. They are from a different culture and different cultures handle things differently. Also, I don't believe the father was referring to his daughter as an "it" like keeps being suggested. They asked what they would do with the body. I also probably would have said burn it, etc. Not her.
My parents raised me in a shop like this girl but thankfully i had responsible and patient parents. They tought me everything a child should know while simultaneously running a very busy shop on their own without any help... This makes me so grateful for the parents I have.
@lingling21100the five-year-old little girl Ashley was “bad” meaning she wasn't potty trained by five the mother hit her and she was gasping and they left her alone and she died they used their older daughter as an a witness but the time her sister joj saw her sister she was dead and then they put her body in the freezer and the father was emotional less but the mother was almost justifying her beating her kid and then they put the child into a salt bucket and then waited and called the police the community helped search for her while the whole time she was in the restaurant also they cooked and served the food whilst their dead child was right there and the mother tried to claim insanity which is dumb she did it and I don't think she was insane she hit her more than once but that not for me to decide they were both accused of beating her before the incident the mother retracted her plea and plead guilty to multiple charges and was sentenced to 22 years and as for the father though he had tried it revise the little girl when he hid the body he because damm near as guilty as his wife he was sentenced to 12 years so he will be out before his wife he was sentenced one thing in 2018 so that makes his release date something like 2030 once the mother is released she will be deported back to chime because she was in the use illegally I hope that helped
@phyycxis funny how the Language barrier comes up only when it s about Ashley because they have no problem saying Jojo s name multiple time, calling her their daughter or their oldest and complimenting her.....
@@phyycxis1159 they speak fluent english with american accents, english could even be their first language for all we know. Their daughter was dead and all they were worried about was getting "in trouble".. They didn't value her at all.
Tragic that the community cared far more about Ashley than her own family. The parents must have been shitting bricks when they realized the authorities weren’t going to let it go and give up the search. They don’t even deserve to be called parents, they deserve to rot.
They had zero regard for her and probably thought it would be a given this insignificant and "bad" (their word) little human wouldn't matter... just inform the authorities, let them tick some boxes, and then done.
Both of them are monsters. They treated Ashley like an object that gets in their way. The fact that they cared more about their financial loses than the death of their daughter is absolutely disgusting.
This is one of the sickest stories I have ever heard. Especially bringing her body for her sister to see “she was sleeping”. These people are truly monsters.
It must be traumatizing for Jojo, I’m sure later she found out that her sleeping sister had actually passed. It’s disgusting and thoughtless that they would include her in all of this
I feel so bad for jojo(the sister) imagine growing up and all you remember and know about your parents is how they killed your sister and tried to manipulate you into thinking she was abducted.
She's going to need counseling for the rest of her natural life and I pray that her remaining relatives make sure she never sees her parents again after what they did
Definitely. Luckily, she’s still very young. With proper therapy and a stable, actually loving home environment, she can still thrive. I hope thats the case, wherever she is now..
The grandparents even said they'd take Ashley with them. If they didn't like the child they should have just let her go but instead they killed her. It's so disturbing how uncaring these people are.
It's really sad that complete strangers were 100 times more caring about this child been her own parents they were practically the only ones who acknowledged her existence. The two women were practically married to their work and they belong in jail
I don't think so, the extended family will probably fight tooth and nails to keep her. Asian families are damn possessive, ain't no extended personal wallet running away
I think the closest relatives Jojo has is her grandparents up in New York because once those two get out of prison, they're immediately going to be deported back to China.
Yeah, when you listen to his interrogation video carefully the way he spoke about his wife and first daughter was pretty emotional while his other daughter. He just spoke so coldly of her I feel sorry for poor Ashley. She was born into the wrong family that's for sure they were pretty much married to their work over raising their children
I know I really hope and prey they didn't send her to China to be with those grandparents. That would be an awful change for her in every way, but especially culturally in the way they treat and raise female children
@@dustin628 How about you stop generalizing a whole culture? I was raised by my grandparents in China for a good while of my childhood and it was fine. The first time I experienced gender discrimination was actually in Canada.
@@thatasiangirl0_039 it's not a generalization. Millions of parents put their baby girls out by the dumpster to perish. You were the exception not the rule. Please stop acting like you just know everything bc you clearly don't.
"I kind of wish it didn't happen this way. It got both of us in." the lack of remorse and the sole worry of their own skin is unimaginable to me. It also sounded like it was not the first time Ashleys parents have banged her head on the floor. Hopefully her sister is in better hands now.. I wish her a bright future away from these people.
i don't think it's far fetched to think that moving from country to country and from guardian to guardian played a role in ashley's delay in potty training. children need stability in their life.
My mom was the Executive Director of the Child Advocacy Center that helped to prosecute these parents and protect their surviving child. I still think about this family often. So heartbreaking.
There was a clear favouritism towards their older daughter here… the parents seemed to hate their younger daughter for whatever reason. They kept bringing up the whole “she isn’t potty trained” thing as if that’s a reason to beat her to death
She wasn’t well behaved that’s why they didn’t like her I imagine running a restaurant then having to deal with an annoying child is extremely frustrating I don’t know why they had her though if you know you’re going to be busy why add to it ? Makes no sense
@@RR.LL.3B bad comment. Not sure if it’s what you’re trying to do, but it definitely sounds like you’re trying to justify their actions. There are no justifications. Kids will be annoying, that’s just human nature. It’s your job as a parent to put up with it and love them unconditionally. Maybe if these two clowns were actively in Ashley’s life from the beginning and didn’t prioritise work, then maybe Ashley would have mentally developed faster and be able to look after herself, taking stress off the parents. They have no one to blame but herself. Ashley was just a kid.
@@RR.LL.3B she might have behaved better if her parents had of...you know...parented her. Potty trained her at least? It's annoying when parents neglect their kids and then get pissed off with their behaviour.
I don't understand how a mother could be so cavalier with the death of her child. When my dog died, I went into a deep depression and had to take off work. I still cry everytime I think about her. I can't imagine losing a child and saying I had no more tears. What a horrible, wretched woman. My heart goes out to baby Ashley. She deserved better.
I cried for 2 weeks when my little boy Skyler passed years ago. He was only 8 months old. We built him a baby coffin and buried him in my sister inlaw backyard. I miss him to this day. I have all of his pictures and videos 😢. Theses 2 NM 😡
Because she’s a psychopath (that’s why she has 100% lack of empathy).. what’s sad is we are going to have to pay for that pos in jail for the next 10 or 20 years and then she’s going to be released back into society . Our justice system is a joke. Ppl like that cant be rehabilitated
I live in Jackson Twp. and what happened to Ashley shocked and devastated our community. Our community banned together to search for Ashley and to find out that her mother killed her and that the father helped cover it up crushed us. There is little satisfaction of their conviction when a beautiful little girl met such a brutal death. Rest in peace sweet Ashely.
Poor child - this is horrific. If you're not prepared to raise a child, don't have a child. If you have a child and then realise later on that you aren't ready to be a parent, surrender that child into the care of an adoptive guardian - I know that's a difficult thing to come to terms with but it's better for that kid to be in a safe and stable environment than a neglectful or abusive one. That little girl shoud never have suffered the fate that she did
Thing is adoption sometimes doesn't go to well also. Not everyone who adopts is bad but not all is good either which sometimes messes up the kid in the long run.
@@KenjitsuHokori It's a lottery, just like the chances of being born to terrible abusive parents. However in many countries, like my own, adoptive parents are so thoroughly vetted and have to go through so much just to get a child that chances are pretty good they're going to be decent parents.
I live here. I don’t think any of us will forget this. It was so tragic and just disgusting, to be honest. Thanks for covering it. Ashley’s story deserves to be told. Maybe it can save a life?
But did you eat there…? I’m actually adding up the actual *hundreds* of Chinese restaurants in my city, so I’m thinking not. But how eerie and just sad to have been a frequent customer of theirs and have no clue.
They're both monsters. I can't believe he kept calling his wife a good person after she killed her own daughter! To make it worse, they're both victim blaming the Ashley for not knowing how to use the potty, and for being a mischievous kid!! This is so infuriating!
I think the wife hated her husband's side of family so she murdered her daughter for revenge. She should get death sentence or at least life in prison. Only 22 years , injustice for the daughter.
@@mariashimajiri2182 it may be overused, but in this scenario it’s true, so instead of pointing that out due to the nature of this case, you could have been wise and kept any remarks to yourself. But you didn’t.
@Richard Stuart ya neither did you so stfu. Go look for attention elsewhere. There's a reply section and that's what I used, just like u did. Is that OK with you, Karen? You wanna speak to my manager, Karen?
It was clear from the 911 call that he was fumbling. The amount of premeditation in this case is horrifying. To make the 6 year old sister a pawn as well is unbelievably sick. Rest in Peace Ashley. Thank you Adrian for all that you do and for such respectful coverage of these cases!
I thought that as well. He was already fumbling over his story with the dispatcher. On second listen, I also thought he sounded taken aback when he found out the police were already at the restaurant.
I think Jojo was the planned baby. Ashley wasn't... So they took everything out on her and were probably overwhelmed with having two babies so close. If anyone has a child they don't want, just give him or her to someone who does and make sure that there aren't any more pregnancies. Please. Ashley looked so determined! Rest in peace little one...
I've got to admit, I couldn't get to the end of this video. I can't imagine how distressing it was to research and produce a video like this. Thank you for treating cases like these with such warmth and dignity.
It’s taking me close to an hour to get thru this; I keep pausing because it’s making me sick. I don’t even know why I’m doing this to myself. Part of me thinks about what it would have been like to have eaten at the restaurant that day, later knowing the owners had killed their daughter that morning and that her body was in the back while I was eating.
Many 'traditional' cultures see the birth of a daughter as a burden. There is a serious 'shortage' of women in China due to this cultural belief. In China, grown men cannot find wives at the moment because sons are seen as ideal whilst girls are 'disposable'. The same is true in many parts of South Asia. China's decades of "one child policy' helped contribute to thousands of live births of girls who later go 'missing'. There are, literally, millions of 'missing' girls in parts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa (90 to 100 million). Society cannot function without women and, tragically, it is taking decades to re-educate many cultures on the real value of a daughter. This is not an excuse for these terrible parents but rather a contributing factor. They didn't care for their daughter because the society in which they were raised did not care for daughters. As a life-long feminist; this breaks my heart! EDIT: spelling.
I was the bad kid raised by my grandparents. I felt so ashamed of myself, everyone told me I was in the way and kept asking why I was such a horrible child that would put "anyone who had to watch you into an early grave". It turns out when you never teach a child something they don't come pre-installed with everything you want them to do. Also the trauma of living in an abusive home just means I learn even slower then everyone else. Also it turns out everyone wasn't mad at me, just mad at each other and taking it out on me. My grandma hated my mom so hated me who was "just as much of a stupid idiot like her".
I'm so sorry, I was tossed to my grandparents as well. But figured out I was smart and went all tiger mom on me. I guess there are two sides to grandparents, either they love you or hate you.
I am so glad to know that the customers and business neighbors liked the little girl, and that so many in the community rose to the occasion to help search for her.
@@alsmith9853 You seriously think every person in their community is an open and humane person? You seriously believe there is not a single ugly racists living in their area? Naive much!
Wow, she was killed by her own mother simply for being incontinent. If she were my mom, I definitely would not be alive today. And OMG, the way her mom complained and talked shit about her in the interrogation (as if that would somehow excuse her murder) instead of showing ANY love, sadness, or remorse is extremely chilling and infuriating. Seriously, some people should NEVER have kids.
So tragic indeed. There's no good reason for their actions but such a petty excuse makes this even more evil. According to therapists, bed wetting is usually a sign of anxiety and terror. But she was only 5 and I'm not even sure peeing and pooping in a diaper is a problem at 5 years old. That's what diapers are for?! Pure evil.
My daughter was not potty trained until the week of her 5th birthday. Despite literal years of us trying everything we could. She has autism and sometimes it just has to be the child’s choice to potty train. I understand the frustration and how tiresome it is to change diapers for so long. But punishment, especially physical punishment, is just something that will not help. This poor little girl. I’m so sorry she ended up with these heartless, careless parents.
I work in early childhood education with autism kids. We began the current school year with 7 kids, 5 of them not potty trained at four years old. At this point we are down to two not potty trained and honestly only one of them might finally be ready to start potty training now that they're 5. The last one is developmentally so far behind they may not be ready for that for a couple more years. I wish more people were aware of things that may be preventing potty training in a child, disabilities or not.
@@michelle19000 We tried many things, to no avail. What ended up working in the end was one day I just put her in regular underwear and said if you need to go potty you need to go to the toilet, and for some reason it clicked that day. We had tried that exact thing and many others before that day, but one day she just decided to go along with it. She did still need Pull Ups at night for a few months after that, but then she grew out of that as well on her own. I really hope it happens for you and your little one soon. I know it is enormously difficult. Just know that some of these things are simply out of our control and you are doing nothing wrong.
@@michelle19000 I'm a Pre K teacher...In addition to putting underwear on your child you could also try sitting her on the potty after each meal and prompting her to go potty while she's sitting. Stay with her for a few minutes, sing the "pee-pee in the potty" song and be patient. If she goes, then celebrate her. If she doesn't then get her down and tell her you'll try again really soon. We always do a lot of prompting...asking every hour if the child needs to use the potty. Just continue to stay on top of it but switching from diapers to underwear is a very important step. The children need to feel the discomfort of having an accident WITHOUT the diaper on. It's very uncomfortable for them and will eventually sink in.
I can’t believe her father can talk about his daughter’s death without showing any sorrow or regret. Both parents are monsters. 15:30 Ashley not being potty trained is most likely the result of unstable conditions at home and negative reinforcement. 23:54
@@azazello1784 If you're so bored with your sad little life that you're going to attempt to troll, you should at least learn to spell. *(embarrassed for you)*
I'm wondering if it comes from culture why he doesn't express emotion!? IDK if not then yeah it's messed up, the whole thing is messed up. That he was more worried about protecting his wife who just killed his baby. Instead of defending his daughter and protecting his other child from his baby killing wife.. Now they are both going to jail and the remaining daughter is alone.
So they made their eldest daughter look at her dead sisters body to prove “she was sleeping” and have an alibi?? I truly hope she gets all the help needed once she realizes what her parents forced her into
Wow! As soon as I heard the 911 call, I knew he was lying. He even laughed at one point when trying to figure out his story. I would be in a panic if my child was missing. I know narrator mentioned this.. but he referred to his baby girl as “it”. That’s very disturbing.
I sincerely hope that Jojo will heal from this tragedy and that her parents won't dare contact her after they're released. They don't deserve to be in her life after ruining it so badly.
@@thatasiangirl0_039 JoJo was put into state custody. The mom is going to be deported back to china after her sentence and even then, JoJo will be an adult. She can refuse to accept their attempts at contact.
My husband was five years old when his little brother was murdered by his mother and her boyfriend. He was raised by his aunt, and he hates his mother to this day. We have no idea if she’s even alive. She did do time for the crime, as did her boyfriend. I wish JoJo the very best. Knowing your parents murdered your sibling is a tough cross to bear.
I can't even begin to imagine how scary it must be growing up knowing your parent(s) killed your sibling. Such a horrible betrayal from the people your suppose to trust and be protected by. Terrible humans!
Her feelings towards her daughter are not unheard of. My maternal grandmother left my mom on a park bench, in her car seat for 12 or so hours in the cold, and refused to tell anyone except her imposing father where she was. When her mother (my great-grandmother) asked, she just sat there in silence. Once her father, (my great-grandfather) found her, they raised my mother until she was 14, while my grandmother went on to have 6 more kids and for the most part, was a good mother. Any violence against a kid should be automatic life in prison.
This case…. Holy hell. This is terrible. All horrible. I don’t understand why adults feel the need to have kids if they can’t handle it. I can understand being stressed that comes with a child. But bad shit like this? In my eyes, parents are SUPPOSED to be protectors of their kids. If you even think about intentionally harming your kid, you’re no longer a parent. It’s true what they say: “all kids deserve parents but not all parents deserve kids”. Sorry for the little rant. This was disgusting and I genuinely hate that parents like that exist. Good cover of the case as always, Adrian. You’ve done a brilliant job on this video. I can only imagine the growth for your channel; solid + good pace. Loving it from here! Much love to all of y’all from the Coffeehouse Crime Club. Hope the coffee tastes great too! Ensure to drink a cup for me!
Thanks so much again Shax! I’m flying out tonight, I’ll grab a coffee and some banana bread from Heathrow airport with this :) thank you so much for the kind words!
If you even think about intentionally harming your kid, you’re no longer a parent. ???? Ever heard of postpartum depression? Or being a parent who suffered abuse themselves? I can't with these comments tonight.... 🙄
I feel for those who patronised the restaurant and enjoyed their meals while Ashley's lifeless body was hidden behind the walls. When they see video and realise that they must have been inside the restaurant while Ashley was lying dead in there, I can only imagine how they must been feeling.
I think it was a good thing the investigators found the body before it became food for the customers. The body was in the fridge of the restaurant, how convenient! Both monsters should get death sentence.
@@BigMacOrange If I ate there that day I probably would throw up. Like how could you be sure they didn't cross contaminate to the food after moving the poor girl's dead body...
That's so horrifying... the final thoughts on Ashley's mind were probably "why doesn't mommy love me?" She died confused, sad and in pain. Ugh. This was so painful to watch, I'm going to go give my daughter a hug
@@toamatoro570 yeah, my dad was severely abusive at times. I still question if he ever loved me for real or not. I'll never know if he really did love me or if he was just saying that he did because he had to.
It's so bizarre how they talk about this. Not only do they not care, they don't even try to pretend to care. It feels like they don't even really get what is so bad about abusing and killing a child.
She wasn’t potty trained because she was traumatized by being away from her mother at a VERY vulnerable age. This women simultaneously caused the trauma that she despised the outcome of, and then destroyed the victim of the trauma. Its devastating.
Exactly! They send Ashley away to be raised by grandparents, then take her from there to live with them. Basically ignore her and don't even try to connect and help her adjust to all these changes. Her whole routine and world had changed! It was traumatic for her, of course she's going to have behavioral issues. It's unbelievable how dense these selfish, sick, so called "parents" are. They saw her as a burden and inconvenience from the very start. Poor baby.
@@eyestoseeearstohear9030 I know people like us would have taken her in a heartbeat. I wish foster parenting could be more flexible. I have room in my house and plenty of food and love, but they make it impossible to help kids unless you are a 6 figure earner. 😞
In her interrogation, Ming Ming talks about how her husbands parents don’t like her and had gotten a passport for Ashley behind her back..I’m not sure if people are intentionally ignoring that or can’t understand her accent, but I don’t think Ashley being shipped off was her choice.
So true, so many people in this world do not know how to parent, let alone be a parent or deserve children. And there's so many people out there that want to be parents and can't and have to adopt. Theese disgusting creatures couldn't even take the time to potty train or take care of children. They should have gotten life in jail. When they die they will burn in hell for what they have done
I feel bad not only for Ashley, but also Jojo, who will grow up without her younger sister simply because her parents were terrible human beings. I hope she finds the peace she so truly deserves.
As someone who can’t have children but desperately wants to be a mother, I will never understand how anyone can do this to a child, let alone their own.
That is a sad reality of life. So much of love and kindness never reach those who need them the most. Many upright, loving and caring people never become parents. Sad 😞
Horrid, disgusting! The most evil thing apart from killing the little Angel and the way they treated her body was to manipulate their older daughter to give wrong evidence. The man even calmly explained how suggestible the little child was, so they could take advantage of her honesty and innocence to complete their dirty deeds. It sends chills down my spine.
And that tiny little child will know it too, it's heartbreaking to think what will go through her head if not already how much she was used to help them.
Hey, I just wanted to say how much the community appreciates the cleaned up interrogation footage with your input placed in between, crisp audio, subtitles, and removing mundane portions. You don't know how much difference this makes between somebody watching it all and somebody tuning out in the first five minutes. Fantastic work!
Its sadly common for abusers and killers to dehumanise their victims, and minimise their actions by calling them "it". People rarely understand how abusive some mothers can be.
I cannot imagine what that must’ve been like seeing the media blow up on your child’s case knowing their massive search was in vain and you were responsible. They deserved that torment, that’s for sure.
Yes complete strangers cared more for Ashley and were active in their search for her. The Dad seemed shocked that the community cared so much for Ashley…he and his wife just wanted Ashley to disappear. 😢
I remember when this case first happened. It was absolutely horrifying to hear their excuses and how they treated this poor little girl. How they discarded one child and kept another, then were surprised she wasn't bonded to them and didn't behave perfectly as expected.
You can tell that these parents DID NOT care for their child at all! Mom just kept defending what she did and everything was ‘me,me,me!’ Even if she didn’t “plan” to do it, she still did it and didn’t seem at all upset she did it. The dad just kept defending his wife and himself saying, “We’re good people.” 😕 This makes me so sad. 😢 My youngest is 7 years old, non verbal autistic, and he’s not potty trained YET. It is frustrating, but I would NEVER EVER punish him for it. 🙅♀️ I’m just like, “We’ll get there eventually kiddo. Let’s keep working at it.” 🤷♀️ Poor baby girl didn’t deserve that. 😭🌹
I was feeding my baby daughter as I watched this. Looking at her, I could never ever fathom hurting her. How could they hurt that beautiful little bean? They were so disconnected from her it's sickening. I hope JoJo never has to see the mother who murdered her sister ever again.
I so admire the composure of the investigators listening to the horrid confession of the father as he recounted the story of how his wife killed their daughter. This is so awful.
I would say mother even more so with her broken english and imbecilic reasoning and thought process. I hope JoJo will be more like grandparents when she grows up.
In covering these horrific crimes you bring such compassion, honoring the lives that have been lost. Your calming voice and demeanor makes the unbearable bearable. Without people such as yourself these people would be forgotten, lost into the abyss of evil this world has too much of. Thank you for all that you do!
My little sister wasn’t potty trained until she was 5 and a half years old. I remember how frustrating it was for my mom but she NEVER had that kind of reaction or anything remotely close to what happened to Ashley. That poor little girl, I hope she is at peace 💔
I already use the squat toilet at our large kindergarten at 4 years of age, and so does all my peers. And I remembered my sister sat on her own little pisspot as young as 2 years old. At home, I sat on normal toilet seat albeit sideways as soon as I'm 5 or 6 🙄 What's the matter with all these late potty training in the western world 🤔
@curiouscat428 "all these late people in the Western World "? What are you basing this off? A few videos you see? There's millions if kids all over the world who all have various development times. Chill out and stop making wild assumptions.
Sounds like mom didn't want to be bothered. Some children are more resistant then others. No big deal.. Just takes a bit more time and patience. Mom apparently had neither.
@@Dan-yx8wn I mean Ming Ming can converse with the police well (despite grammatical errors here and there). The husband is a naturalised US citizen so English shouldn't be a problem with him.
In my language (Finnish here in Finland) he and she both translate as "hän" and in spoken language we refer to each other as "it", we rarely use the word "hän" when speaking about another person. "Hän" is mostly used in written language. "Where did mom go?" "Oh, it went out to the patio" is quite common way to talk about another human being or a pet here. And they are still loved family members.
In Mandarin, the pronoun used for males (他), females (她), and objects (它) all sound the same when spoken. It’s basically only differentiated in writing.
they didn't refer to her as 'it'. they referred to the process of getting rid of her body and covering up the crime as 'it.' it's the same lingo you hear a hundred times in sopranos or any mafia movie when they talk about doing some hideous act. I can picture Pauly telling Tony "I'll handle it, T" like a dozen times.
That poor sweet angel. How anyone can harm anyone, let alone a child is just beyond me. Those horrid people didn’t deserve her. Rest peacefully little love. ❤
As a mother of 5, I started sobbing when they were discussing how the community rallied to try helping find sweet Ashley. Her parents are absolute monsters!
Heartbreaking. My oldest was struggling with potty training and it was frustrating and i got angry but one day I thought maybe he can't help it and I took him to a doctor, it turned out he had a problem with his tummy and needed medication and it fixed the issue. I just feel so sad hearing this story, that poor little girl. ❤
My young brother had issues as well. He used to wet the bed at 6, it was only at night but not always. My parents and I (being way older than him) instead of shaming it for it we started thinking why? And we came to the conclusion that my brother only wet the bed when he was anxious. My father travelled a lot. So whenever my father had to go my little brother will wet the bed. Eventually he grew up and never wet the bed again. But I'm glad that my parents were very careful with him.
@@gameANDchangewhy can’t it be? Disabled people exist, dingleberry. But anyway OP explicitly said the medicine fixed the issue. Even so, rather ignorant to insist someone “can’t” be on medicine for life just cause they’re young.
When I was a boy, the owners of my hometown's favorite Chinese restaurant were caught smuggling people into the country for the Triads. It's given me a lifelong fear of shipping containers.
"she did everything bad" what a lovely thing to say to your five year old child. no wonder she had potty training problems. two grown ass adults scapegoating a toddler and referring to her as "it." I just can't with humanity sometimes.
I lived, and still do, minutes away from this place. It was our favorite. This was a horrific event. Everyone was heartbroken after looking for the little girl for so long.
I really can't believe they blamed Ashley for everything. Ming Ming is just cold blooded. She has no motherly instincts at all. Those kids were seen as a big inconvenience to their relationship and financial goals. Little Angel Ashley deserved much better parents🧚♀️💔💔💔.❤
You can call me rascist but I noticed a lot of Chinese immigrants are freaking sociopathic monsters. Maybe there's a reason their government doesn't like them and they run away? Just saying. And I see it only in Chinese Asians specifically.
Listening to how they got so upset over a dirty diaper and what her mom did to her so casually sounded as if they were speaking about excess trash they wanted to get rid of. That poor little girl...I feel so bad for Ashley may she rest in peace, you deserved so much better.
5 yrs old and NOT POTTY TRAINED! The wife was mad the little girl messed her pants… who’s fault is that?! Let’s point the fingers in the right direction here! So awful people like this have kids! Poor little Ashley, breaks my heart.
My son went missing for 5 mins in Walmart and I was frantically crying 😭 it literally felt like 2 hours. You can tell by the 911 call that he didn’t even care
You too? Mine did that once. I ran isle to isle and even across the street to my workplace. I informed Walmart staff and a code blue went up. He never left. He was looking for me too! But ten years was shaved off my life!
I want to start with: Those two were clearly monsters. And should never have had children. I am not defending them. I do however want to add. Not everyone will have that reaction. My own mother was always a very calm logical person. She also taught us how to not panic and respond calmly and logically. Especially when it comes to medical stuff and emergencies and explaining the situation. Panic, crying etc. Wont help fix the situation. You can do that once the situation is resolved.
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It's cases like these that make me sure I couldn't work as an interrogation officer. The restraint of these officers is outstanding. Rest well little Ashley ❤
I couldn't help but think about this. I would've walked out at any part of the interrogation because this was just too much. The fact they were trained and calm enough to handle this still astounds me
This one was devastating. I loved the little girl with the determined eyes the moment her picture flashed across the screen. According to neighbors' comments, it seems she had a personality to match. R.I.P. sweet child. The parents are indeed monsters. Mom's body language and her repeatedly saying " I killed her" in what seems like a proud tone of voice makes me think she did intend to kill her child. The husband said he knew this would happen. Unfathomable. Evil does exist folks.
My God I pray that she gets the proper counseling that has definitely a psychological toll on that child. I don't know about the rest of her family but I hope they could complete ties with those parents
I'll say it again, CC uses the perfect amount of B-Roll footage to supplement the face to face narration and actual case photos/videos. One of the true crime channels whose videos you actually want to WATCH and listen.
The fact that the father said that they wanted to send Ashley away before exactly this happened just shows how bad the abuse of her was before her death. They could've done so much to avoid this situation but they just let it get worse and worse due to the utter lack of care for Ashley. I feel so bad for her as she did nothing wrong to deserve such horrific parents. It might not have been planned murder but they both seemed to be aware of the possibility of Ashley's mother killing her sooner or later, and that is just as bad as if they had planned her murder.
Prosecutors like this one is why no one is afraid to commit murder, plea deals are an abomination, there has to be serious consequences for these kind of actions
I'm in the process of helping my daughter potty train her three year old. And it is very trying and frustrating. But you have to persevere because if you get mad at the child they can regress back to nappys and bed wetting. You just have to take a deep breath and count to ten. You don't just kill your child. Then you've got a bigger mess to clean up. Thank you @Coffee House Crime ⭐
@@bulltraderpt Yes I know but she's had some constipation problems and the doctor had to put her on a laxative powder which set her back a bit unfortunately ⭐
My kids got pissed once because I put her on time out and she pooped in her diaper and used it to paint her room. I'm just glad I wasn't working 23 hours straight at a restaurant at this time.
While it’s obvious they abused her, it’s actually culturally very normal in China to allow young children to poop and pee in public. They make a type of pants for them to wear that opens up underneath when they squat in a corner. So her being in China most of her life it makes sense she wouldn’t be potty trained. They have to send out alerts to Chinese citizens who may travel outside the country to warn them that’s it’s inappropriate to defecate in public, and have a banned travelers list for ppl who do something that brings a lot of shame to the government. When Ming Ming gets deported eventually, it’s likely she’ll be made to ‘disappear’.
AMEN. We're going through that phase right now of teaching our daughter. It's not fun but we know this phase of her life is going to be so short compared to the total amount of time we have her. It'll pass quickly and be over with before we know it. She's actually doing really well and we've only been working on it for about a week but BOY those first few days LOL. If you can get through that, it gets easier.
Children in China are the smartest in the world. You would expect a typical chinese girl to be potty trained by the age of 5. Pretty sure she had bad grades too and would have been a burden and disgrace to her family over time.
Funny how Asian parents always expect their children to be perfect while ignoring that they themselves are far from perfect parents and humans (I’m Asian)
This is such a heartbreaking case 😢 beating your child to death is not an accident. It may not have been premeditated murder, but she definitely meant to cause her daughter harm. I feel so bad for Ashley and Jo Jo.
It became premeditated murder when they decided not to call the emergency services to render life saving care. It can take only one second to constitute premeditation under federal law. Initially it would have been some degree of manslaughter but when they (as they admitted so coldly) realised she was in a serious condition they chose between immediately asking for help in attempting to save her life or to let her die, simply to avoid any consequences. I can’t believe they didn’t push for 1st degree homicide on this one, perhaps plea down to 2nd degree. I hope they both get ended before they leave prison.
Ashley’s parents make me physically ill. But if there is a takeaway it’s how the community came together to help find Ashley. It makes me believe there is still good in the world.
Not to defend them, but many people refer to bodies as "it" while trying to process loss. I used to be a veterinary assistant and saw people do this all the time with their beloved pet. I've also read that religious people especially sometimes disassociate the body from the person often in the short period after the death while processing the grief. People read into individual actions waaaaaay too much.
Additionally, Chinese really struggle with he/she/it in English because the sound (ta) is the same for all three in Chinese. Otherwise highly English-fluent Chinese can often be heard throwing these pronouns around almost at random.
@@aristarchus03 That's what I was thinking, perhaps because of mother tongue difference, the way they speak is a bit difference. You can hear clearly that the mother was not very fluent with English.
@@halofornoobs93 Yes I think you are close to the real issue here.... they were saying he would take care of it. to me that means take care of the situation, the mess they have got into, and decide what to do with the body. They didn't seem to call the daughter "it" when they spoke of her when they referred to the time she was alive.
This absolutely breaks my heart. I'm so sad when my daughter bumps her head or trips. It's inconceivable to imagine striking a child period. I feel so sorry for this sweet little girl. Wish this world would've been kinder to her.❤
No tbh I get how annoyed he is my little brother is 5 and imagining him not being potty trained that’s REALLY bad he was going to the toilet at 4 and was already using the potty way before then that’s ridiculous being 5 and not being potty trained
@@RR.LL.3B Do you enjoy playing devil's advocate or something? Your little brother was no doubt loved and nurtured and helped to achieve all his milestones. It's pretty clear that love, nurturing and help had little to do with Ashley's upbringing.
@@RR.LL.3B if you're angry at a child (who is likely neurodivergent or developmentally challenged) because they struggle with something perfectly normal to struggle with, that's a you problem.
As if the death of the little girl wasn't bad enough, to let the older daughter see her sister _dead_ as an alibi... just appalling all around. 💔I hope Jojo is being taken care of (THERAPY) and is doing well now. Great video, as always.
I lived a mile away from the location where this happened. It was truly a community effort to find her, and it just shook us all to the core when the news was broken about that poor child. RIP little one🙏
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It’s simple: don’t have children if you’re not up for the task. I feel so bad for Ashley, she didn’t ask for such horrible parents
@@truecrimescafe exactly. They act like they didn’t make the conscious decision to bring the child into this world. If you don’t want her, then use protection. If that’s too late, then adoption is always an option. They could have done so many different things yet these lowlifes decided to murder her and hide her body. Sickening
@@bababababababa6124 I mean accidents happen and abortion is becoming less of an option. These parents are evil I’m not defending them. Just concerned we’re going to start seeing a lot more Casey Anthony’s
@@bababababababa6124 for real though. If she was just put into foster care or into the care of her grandparents then she’d probably still be alive today
@@tombo416 yeah she would still wouldn’t be a good quality of life though foster care is shit
@@RR.LL.3B that’s true, foster care is an awful experience for a child. But personally I’d much rather be in foster care than have two parents that couldn’t give less of a damn about me
As a child of abusive parents… their language, gaslighting, coldness… it’s all too familiar. Punishing their daughter for being a child… This gave me chills.
And if you think about it, Ashley was probably not planned. The two girls were very close in age and they probably were too caught up between work and Jojo to realise number 2 was on her way...
They didn't want her... I wish they had given her to a loving couple who couldn't have kids...
Some people shouldn't be parents... ✂️
@@edavid2557 They could've deleted her while she was in the womb also. At least that way would have been a legal deletion
Just reading your comment and feel like telling you that I‘m sorry that you had to endure this.
Stella I was also hated by my parents since a child...I send you so much love and healing ❤
@@PaperMakersAdeludedbroad as I said, they probably didn't realise she was expecting number 2... It could have been too late for the legal? Thing to do. They could have given her up for adoption also or sent her back to her grandparents. There were other solutions.
It is possible Ashley was delayed in toilet training because of how distressed she was - either due to the lack of stability in caregivers / home environments, or because of her parents' abuse. It is very common for children to regress with life skills when they are going through something traumatic.
Agreed. She might be a special need child, where she takes a longer time to achieve this step
Abuse also causes children to consistently wet the bed and take longer to train , it’s definitely a stress response .
I’m thinking it’s also because nobody took the time to teach her.
😢 yes.
Also, the grandma may have been potty training Ashley in the Chinese way (elimination method) where small children don't wear nappies (I used to live there and babies wear special pants with an opening for peeing / pooping) and instead respond to external and internal cues that they need the toilet.
If done right, it is a tried-and-true approach to potty training that actually takes less time than the Western way. It also teaches babies to be in tune with their bodies (which is something we could probably be doing better in the West.)
Of course, if you are busy running a restaurant, it's probably more difficult to spend time with your baby teaching them, or to be on hand to attend to their needs if they have to go. Plus, transitioning from the elimination method to nappies would be very confusing for a little one.
My daughter did a puzzle with her while we waited for food. She was incredibly sweet and vocal . She knew how to talk to people. An old soul. Terrible tragedy
So sad.
Omg.
I hate this comment, you make this little girl sound like some adult woman who lived a long life. "She knew how to talk to people." Sounds more like a disconnected, generic Yelp review of a restauraunt rather than an heartfelt statement about the victim.
@inmyredtlessdms Karen much? You are a perfect example of how the internet easily reads way too far into what others say. The person was talking about a memory, not every detail has to be lathered in melodramatic poetic wording. Let me tell you, when you know someone and then lose them, sometimes all you can give is a small description. Pain does that, loss does that.
Karen. You're reading my shit..😂😂. Mind yo beez wax. I
the fact that that community looked so hard for her as if she were their own is beautiful and so saddening
Yeah, it's important to be able to distinguish a country's people from its government
@@rizkiramadhan9266why should that matter at all in this context? You think the American government didn’t care about Ashley?
@@dopaminedreams1122 no, it's not about that. It's about how the US government is threatening civilization
It's equal parts inspiring and horrific that everyone cared about Ashley's safety except for her own parents
Why wasn't she "their own"?
It's so disgusting that he claimed his wife is a good person. And she abused and killed her own child. They're so vile. None of them deserved Ashley nor Jojo. I hope Jojo is able to grow up healthy and happy.
Apparently my other response to this where I was agreeing with you, and venting my disgust him being clueless and having no standards was too much for TH-cam.
That’s because she abused him as well, u can tell she controlled him.
HE APOLOGIZED FOR TROUBLING THE SEARCHERS!!! WTH!!!!
sadly Jojo will probably not grow up happy if she knows what happen. and if she goes to his parents, where Ashley was originally sent , it will start all over again
Everyone is good until they aren't.
Listening to a parent say "burn it, bury it, or throw it in the ocean" like that about their own child is probably the coldest thing I've ever witnessed
This isn't meant to be some kind of excuse, but burning it, burying it, throwing it in the ocean are three very well known ways that various cultures handle the corpses of their deceased. These people are Chinese and fall well under the umbrella of cultures who would handle the deceased that way. It's also worth mentioning that a lot of cultures worry about what could happen to the soul of a person if they're not seen off into the next world correctly.
The extremely detached demeanor of both of the parents in this case is also pretty par for the course with Asian adults even in regards to their own family members. Even more so when it comes to family members considered to be causing problems to the overall functionality of the family. Not unlike how a lot of families in the US, UK, and Canada treat "problematic relatives" like unwanted outsiders who refuse to take the hint and stop coming around.
I'm also of the opinion that the father was plenty emotional during his interrogation. Everything out of his mouth is delivered with clear and evident nervousness. He knows the actions of him and his wife look absolutely terrible and that they're being judged and he naturally wants to defend himself, but he doesn't know how and knows there aren't enough words in existence to express himself with that would make them seem not guilty.
He also clearly isn't adverse to acknowledging that yes, a crime had been committed. However his explanation of how things happened (and he repeats himself quite often) also aim to clarify that no, the death was not a result of malicious intent. A frustrated, overworked, and decidedly burned out mother simply got so angry that she snapped. Something that (even if many people pretend otherwise) can happen to anyone in any situation.
@@shimauta1941 Bollocks! Stop making excuses for vile cold people.
There is NO excuse for what they did, and for you to state "Something that" can happen to anyone in any situation tells me all I'd need to know about you that you'd assume that every person is as cold as you or as the vile couple.
@@shimauta1941I was going to leave a comment with something similar. Just because we are perceiving people to be unemotional does not necessarily mean they are that way. They are from a different culture and different cultures handle things differently. Also, I don't believe the father was referring to his daughter as an "it" like keeps being suggested. They asked what they would do with the body. I also probably would have said burn it, etc. Not her.
@@Pr0vidence555 He's full of excuses for the vile monster couple.
They were for surrrre going to cook her up in a Chinese cuisine, why else bring her body all the way to the fridge in their restaurant?
My parents raised me in a shop like this girl but thankfully i had responsible and patient parents. They tought me everything a child should know while simultaneously running a very busy shop on their own without any help... This makes me so grateful for the parents I have.
the fact that they wanted their other daughter to be their alibi speaks volumes about what type of people they are
@@voodoochile7581Literally, can you stop the generalization? Bet your country had nasty criminals, I supposed it's fair to say y'all all the sane
@lingling21100the five-year-old little girl Ashley was “bad” meaning she wasn't potty trained by five the mother hit her and she was gasping and they left her alone and she died they used their older daughter as an a witness but the time her sister joj saw her sister she was dead and then they put her body in the freezer and the father was emotional less but the mother was almost justifying her beating her kid and then they put the child into a salt bucket and then waited and called the police the community helped search for her while the whole time she was in the restaurant also they cooked and served the food whilst their dead child was right there and the mother tried to claim insanity which is dumb she did it and I don't think she was insane she hit her more than once but that not for me to decide they were both accused of beating her before the incident the mother retracted her plea and plead guilty to multiple charges and was sentenced to 22 years and as for the father though he had tried it revise the little girl when he hid the body he because damm near as guilty as his wife he was sentenced to 12 years so he will be out before his wife he was sentenced one thing in 2018 so that makes his release date something like 2030 once the mother is released she will be deported back to chime because she was in the use illegally
I hope that helped
@lingling21100it’s not even an hour
The fact that they refer to their own daughter as an “It” rather than their daughter speaks volumes in this interrogation. Such vile humans.
Exactly my thought
Sick sick ppl
i think it's just the language barrier but agreed that doesn't take away from their terrible unforgivable actions
@phyycxis funny how the Language barrier comes up only when it s about Ashley because they have no problem saying Jojo s name multiple time, calling her their daughter or their oldest and complimenting her.....
@@phyycxis1159 they speak fluent english with american accents, english could even be their first language for all we know. Their daughter was dead and all they were worried about was getting "in trouble".. They didn't value her at all.
Tragic that the community cared far more about Ashley than her own family. The parents must have been shitting bricks when they realized the authorities weren’t going to let it go and give up the search. They don’t even deserve to be called parents, they deserve to rot.
Her Family loved her, it was her parents that did this to her, she had a loving sister and grandparents
They had zero regard for her and probably thought it would be a given this insignificant and "bad" (their word) little human wouldn't matter... just inform the authorities, let them tick some boxes, and then done.
@@It-is-me...Melsie Indeed, obviously they thought Ashley's unforgivable sin of being a imperfect, non-potty trained, small child would be justified.
Both of them are monsters. They treated Ashley like an object that gets in their way. The fact that they cared more about their financial loses than the death of their daughter is absolutely disgusting.
CHEAP CHINESE??? 🤑
@@OtomoTenziyeah, like you.
Typical Chineses smh
Very consistent with their traditions
This is one of the sickest stories I have ever heard. Especially bringing her body for her sister to see “she was sleeping”. These people are truly monsters.
Did ya hear the one where the husband set up his dead wife on the couch during Xmas gift opening with the kids? Tf is wrong with people...
@@kloyo No!! So weird!!
@@kloyo Woah! Wtf what case is that?!
@@kloyo I've seen that one. People are so f'd up!
It must be traumatizing for Jojo, I’m sure later she found out that her sleeping sister had actually passed. It’s disgusting and thoughtless that they would include her in all of this
I feel so bad for jojo(the sister) imagine growing up and all you remember and know about your parents is how they killed your sister and tried to manipulate you into thinking she was abducted.
Yes you are right
She's going to need counseling for the rest of her natural life and I pray that her remaining relatives make sure she never sees her parents again after what they did
And made you go look at her dead body while pretending she was asleep so the last time you saw her, your last memory of her is forever fucked up.
Definitely. Luckily, she’s still very young. With proper therapy and a stable, actually loving home environment, she can still thrive. I hope thats the case, wherever she is now..
@@ladynikkie rest of her life😂you dramatic as fuck. She’s probably more mentally sound then you
She was loved!! By everyone but her own parents. The man who said he will go out and look for her himself must have been distraught. This is so sad.
I would have felt so betrayed. That woman interviewed in the car was crying!
The grandparents even said they'd take Ashley with them. If they didn't like the child they should have just let her go but instead they killed her.
It's so disturbing how uncaring these people are.
Yes that guy was so sweet he felt that kind of bond with the family only to find out they were the killers 💔
It's really sad that complete strangers were 100 times more caring about this child been her own parents they were practically the only ones who acknowledged her existence. The two women were practically married to their work and they belong in jail
I sincerely hope that JoJo is safe, and entirely out of the reach of these terrible people AND their vile extended family.
I doubt it :(
I don't think so, the extended family will probably fight tooth and nails to keep her. Asian families are damn possessive, ain't no extended personal wallet running away
I think the closest relatives Jojo has is her grandparents up in New York because once those two get out of prison, they're immediately going to be deported back to China.
He seemed more remorseful for having people look for his daughter than his daughter dying. Poor girl
touche
Yeah, when you listen to his interrogation video carefully the way he spoke about his wife and first daughter was pretty emotional while his other daughter. He just spoke so coldly of her I feel sorry for poor Ashley. She was born into the wrong family that's for sure they were pretty much married to their work over raising their children
@@ladynikkiei wouldn't say that, lang needed another wife its her fault not his.
@optiksnipegaming9720 yes, best father ever
I agree. His mistake was not to leave her abusive wife.@@optiksnipegaming9720
I hope Ashley’s sister is being raised in a good home now and receiving therapy to deal with the trauma her parents foisted upon her.
I know I really hope and prey they didn't send her to China to be with those grandparents. That would be an awful change for her in every way, but especially culturally in the way they treat and raise female children
@Reality Don't quit your job for comedy honey.
@@dustin628 How about you stop generalizing a whole culture? I was raised by my grandparents in China for a good while of my childhood and it was fine. The first time I experienced gender discrimination was actually in Canada.
@@thatasiangirl0_039 it's not a generalization. Millions of parents put their baby girls out by the dumpster to perish. You were the exception not the rule. Please stop acting like you just know everything bc you clearly don't.
@reality8793how sad and pathetic is you’re life
"I kind of wish it didn't happen this way. It got both of us in." the lack of remorse and the sole worry of their own skin is unimaginable to me. It also sounded like it was not the first time Ashleys parents have banged her head on the floor. Hopefully her sister is in better hands now.. I wish her a bright future away from these people.
Cold blooded monsters
Those parents deserve to be erased. That poor baby. 😢
Just sickening. You just know when he talked about how he started to panic when she was unresponsive that it had nothing to do with concern for her.
@@It-is-me...Melsie they had zero remorse, zero empathy. That's a psychopath level
He said something about "throwing it in the ocean"... referring to his dead daughter. Truly evil.
i don't think it's far fetched to think that moving from country to country and from guardian to guardian played a role in ashley's delay in potty training. children need stability in their life.
うかをｐｍは
And because of the suffering from the physical and emotional abuse
The way these "parents" seemed I bet they barely if at all trained her too
My mom was the Executive Director of the Child Advocacy Center that helped to prosecute these parents and protect their surviving child. I still think about this family often. So heartbreaking.
Did the other daughter go with her grandparents ??
I hope they found a safe spot for JoJo to flourish. She deserves that. You must be proud of your parents. They sound like good people
What happened to Jojo afterward?
I hope Jojo found a good home and has security and safety now. ❤
There was a clear favouritism towards their older daughter here… the parents seemed to hate their younger daughter for whatever reason. They kept bringing up the whole “she isn’t potty trained” thing as if that’s a reason to beat her to death
She wasn’t well behaved that’s why they didn’t like her I imagine running a restaurant then having to deal with an annoying child is extremely frustrating I don’t know why they had her though if you know you’re going to be busy why add to it ? Makes no sense
@@RR.LL.3B bad comment. Not sure if it’s what you’re trying to do, but it definitely sounds like you’re trying to justify their actions. There are no justifications. Kids will be annoying, that’s just human nature. It’s your job as a parent to put up with it and love them unconditionally. Maybe if these two clowns were actively in Ashley’s life from the beginning and didn’t prioritise work, then maybe Ashley would have mentally developed faster and be able to look after herself, taking stress off the parents. They have no one to blame but herself. Ashley was just a kid.
@@RR.LL.3B bruh what is this comment
@@RR.LL.3B she might have behaved better if her parents had of...you know...parented her. Potty trained her at least? It's annoying when parents neglect their kids and then get pissed off with their behaviour.
@@FionavanDahl that was my thinking too.
I don't understand how a mother could be so cavalier with the death of her child. When my dog died, I went into a deep depression and had to take off work. I still cry everytime I think about her. I can't imagine losing a child and saying I had no more tears. What a horrible, wretched woman. My heart goes out to baby Ashley. She deserved better.
Pet deaths are the worst!!!!! My heart breaks for Ashley.
I cried for 2 weeks when my little boy Skyler passed years ago. He was only 8 months old. We built him a baby coffin and buried him in my sister inlaw backyard. I miss him to this day. I have all of his pictures and videos 😢. Theses 2 NM 😡
Some people have no humanity
Because she’s a psychopath (that’s why she has 100% lack of empathy).. what’s sad is we are going to have to pay for that pos in jail for the next 10 or 20 years and then she’s going to be released back into society .
Our justice system is a joke. Ppl like that cant be rehabilitated
I truly believe these type of people have lost all grasp of reality. It’s the only way it makes sense.
I live in Jackson Twp. and what happened to Ashley shocked and devastated our community. Our community banned together to search for Ashley and to find out that her mother killed her and that the father helped cover it up crushed us. There is little satisfaction of their conviction when a beautiful little girl met such a brutal death. Rest in peace sweet Ashely.
Poor child - this is horrific. If you're not prepared to raise a child, don't have a child. If you have a child and then realise later on that you aren't ready to be a parent, surrender that child into the care of an adoptive guardian - I know that's a difficult thing to come to terms with but it's better for that kid to be in a safe and stable environment than a neglectful or abusive one. That little girl shoud never have suffered the fate that she did
Thing is adoption sometimes doesn't go to well also. Not everyone who adopts is bad but not all is good either which sometimes messes up the kid in the long run.
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This case will stick with me for a long time. Poor baby. No one could save her. Beyond angry at those homicidal monsters.
@@KenjitsuHokori Turns out that life in general is pretty hit-or-miss. There's no sure thing. What's better then, a chance at life or no life at all?
@@KenjitsuHokori It's a lottery, just like the chances of being born to terrible abusive parents. However in many countries, like my own, adoptive parents are so thoroughly vetted and have to go through so much just to get a child that chances are pretty good they're going to be decent parents.
I live here. I don’t think any of us will forget this. It was so tragic and just disgusting, to be honest. Thanks for covering it. Ashley’s story deserves to be told. Maybe it can save a life?
But did you eat there…?
I’m actually adding up the actual *hundreds* of Chinese restaurants in my city, so I’m thinking not. But how eerie and just sad to have been a frequent customer of theirs and have no clue.
Ayy 330 gang
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@@robinmcinarnay7827 I ate there once. I wasn’t a regular. And I didn’t know the family personally.
I remember this. It was crazy when I heard about it. Then the story changed a couple of times. Then she was found. It was crazy
They're both monsters. I can't believe he kept calling his wife a good person after she killed her own daughter!
To make it worse, they're both victim blaming the Ashley for not knowing how to use the potty, and for being a mischievous kid!! This is so infuriating!
"she wasn't potty trained" and whose fault is that.
He’s a poisonous simp
I think the wife hated her husband's side of family so she murdered her daughter for revenge. She should get death sentence or at least life in prison. Only 22 years , injustice for the daughter.
She is a good mother! Look at jojo! She looked after one kid well. The other just wasn't perfect
If only they were monsters, we would expect it of them. Sadly, many humans do very monstrous things.
It's horrible the way some people struggle to have kids and then scumbags like this can treat their child like this
And scumbags like this often have a crap ton of kids, many broken
Every child deserves a parent, but not every parent deserves a child. R.I.P Ashley Zhao
I knew I would find this overused copy pasted sentence here. Well done, you got the likes your heart so desired
@@mariashimajiri2182 🤣 you articulated the words right out of my brain.
@@mariashimajiri2182 it may be overused, but in this scenario it’s true, so instead of pointing that out due to the nature of this case, you could have been wise and kept any remarks to yourself. But you didn’t.
@Richard Stuart ya neither did you so stfu. Go look for attention elsewhere. There's a reply section and that's what I used, just like u did. Is that OK with you, Karen? You wanna speak to my manager, Karen?
Maybe he is the one who originally made the comment.
It was clear from the 911 call that he was fumbling. The amount of premeditation in this case is horrifying. To make the 6 year old sister a pawn as well is unbelievably sick. Rest in Peace Ashley. Thank you Adrian for all that you do and for such respectful coverage of these cases!
I thought that as well. He was already fumbling over his story with the dispatcher. On second listen, I also thought he sounded taken aback when he found out the police were already at the restaurant.
Oh yeah. I haven't heard about this case until now, but I thought the 911 call was extremely suspicious.
I was honestly thinking that I can't be the only one who spotted that.
It was very obvious imo.
And to knowingly use public resources, taxpayers money, to search for the little girl that didn't need to be ... searched.
Making a 911 call to focus on setting up an alibi, rather than finding your missing child is highly suspicious.
I think Jojo was the planned baby.
Ashley wasn't... So they took everything out on her and were probably overwhelmed with having two babies so close.
If anyone has a child they don't want, just give him or her to someone who does and make sure that there aren't any more pregnancies. Please.
Ashley looked so determined! Rest in peace little one...
I've got to admit, I couldn't get to the end of this video. I can't imagine how distressing it was to research and produce a video like this. Thank you for treating cases like these with such warmth and dignity.
It’s taking me close to an hour to get thru this; I keep pausing because it’s making me sick. I don’t even know why I’m doing this to myself. Part of me thinks about what it would have been like to have eaten at the restaurant that day, later knowing the owners had killed their daughter that morning and that her body was in the back while I was eating.
It's quite scary how casually these people are talking about killing their daughter and then trying to hide her body.
JonBenet Ramsey
Yeah it's like they're talking about an object. "We put her there so she wouldn't stink" I mean wtf.
yes, waaaaay too cool, calm, and collected
@@caleidozkopie8344 yeah and referring to their disposal plan for "it" like she's an object and not a daughter. Beasts.
Many 'traditional' cultures see the birth of a daughter as a burden. There is a serious 'shortage' of women in China due to this cultural belief. In China, grown men cannot find wives at the moment because sons are seen as ideal whilst girls are 'disposable'. The same is true in many parts of South Asia. China's decades of "one child policy' helped contribute to thousands of live births of girls who later go 'missing'. There are, literally, millions of 'missing' girls in parts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa (90 to 100 million). Society cannot function without women and, tragically, it is taking decades to re-educate many cultures on the real value of a daughter. This is not an excuse for these terrible parents but rather a contributing factor. They didn't care for their daughter because the society in which they were raised did not care for daughters. As a life-long feminist; this breaks my heart!
EDIT: spelling.
I was the bad kid raised by my grandparents. I felt so ashamed of myself, everyone told me I was in the way and kept asking why I was such a horrible child that would put "anyone who had to watch you into an early grave". It turns out when you never teach a child something they don't come pre-installed with everything you want them to do. Also the trauma of living in an abusive home just means I learn even slower then everyone else. Also it turns out everyone wasn't mad at me, just mad at each other and taking it out on me. My grandma hated my mom so hated me who was "just as much of a stupid idiot like her".
Much love to you and hoping that you heal as well as you can. You analyzed the situation pretty well. 💗
You didn’t that. No one does. I hope you find healing and love. ❤❤❤
I'm so sorry, I was tossed to my grandparents as well. But figured out I was smart and went all tiger mom on me. I guess there are two sides to grandparents, either they love you or hate you.
Dang fam.... That's some real rough shit
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I am so glad to know that the customers and business neighbors liked the little girl, and that so many in the community rose to the occasion to help search for her.
Seeing the community response sure was heart warming. THEY cared!!!
Where's the racism we hear so much about?
@@alsmith9853 You seriously think every person in their community is an open and humane person? You seriously believe there is not a single ugly racists living in their area? Naive much!
@@alsmith9853 way to bring an irrelevant and ignorant argument into the conversation! good job man
Wow, she was killed by her own mother simply for being incontinent. If she were my mom, I definitely would not be alive today. And OMG, the way her mom complained and talked shit about her in the interrogation (as if that would somehow excuse her murder) instead of showing ANY love, sadness, or remorse is extremely chilling and infuriating. Seriously, some people should NEVER have kids.
And yet, the USofAIDS clearly has NO PROBLEM with lettin' child-killing monsters like these into the country... Need I say MORE???
So tragic indeed. There's no good reason for their actions but such a petty excuse makes this even more evil. According to therapists, bed wetting is usually a sign of anxiety and terror. But she was only 5 and I'm not even sure peeing and pooping in a diaper is a problem at 5 years old. That's what diapers are for?! Pure evil.
Damn imagine how all the loyal customers felt looking for her and then finding out that horror news
My daughter was not potty trained until the week of her 5th birthday. Despite literal years of us trying everything we could. She has autism and sometimes it just has to be the child’s choice to potty train. I understand the frustration and how tiresome it is to change diapers for so long. But punishment, especially physical punishment, is just something that will not help. This poor little girl. I’m so sorry she ended up with these heartless, careless parents.
I work in early childhood education with autism kids. We began the current school year with 7 kids, 5 of them not potty trained at four years old. At this point we are down to two not potty trained and honestly only one of them might finally be ready to start potty training now that they're 5. The last one is developmentally so far behind they may not be ready for that for a couple more years. I wish more people were aware of things that may be preventing potty training in a child, disabilities or not.
My four year old daughter is autistic and I’m not sure how to start with potty training. I could use help
@@michelle19000 We tried many things, to no avail. What ended up working in the end was one day I just put her in regular underwear and said if you need to go potty you need to go to the toilet, and for some reason it clicked that day. We had tried that exact thing and many others before that day, but one day she just decided to go along with it. She did still need Pull Ups at night for a few months after that, but then she grew out of that as well on her own. I really hope it happens for you and your little one soon. I know it is enormously difficult. Just know that some of these things are simply out of our control and you are doing nothing wrong.
@@michelle19000 I'm a Pre K teacher...In addition to putting underwear on your child you could also try sitting her on the potty after each meal and prompting her to go potty while she's sitting. Stay with her for a few minutes, sing the "pee-pee in the potty" song and be patient. If she goes, then celebrate her. If she doesn't then get her down and tell her you'll try again really soon. We always do a lot of prompting...asking every hour if the child needs to use the potty. Just continue to stay on top of it but switching from diapers to underwear is a very important step. The children need to feel the discomfort of having an accident WITHOUT the diaper on. It's very uncomfortable for them and will eventually sink in.
I can’t believe her father can talk about his daughter’s death without showing any sorrow or regret. Both parents are monsters. 15:30
Ashley not being potty trained is most likely the result of unstable conditions at home and negative reinforcement. 23:54
I admire bravery of the parents. To get rid of burned like that is not easy.
@@azazello1784 If you're so bored with your sad little life that you're going to attempt to troll, you should at least learn to spell.
*(embarrassed for you)*
They are not parents. It's a disgrace to even compare these 2 evil POS to animals.
Yr all the same
I'm wondering if it comes from culture why he doesn't express emotion!? IDK if not then yeah it's messed up, the whole thing is messed up. That he was more worried about protecting his wife who just killed his baby. Instead of defending his daughter and protecting his other child from his baby killing wife.. Now they are both going to jail and the remaining daughter is alone.
So they made their eldest daughter look at her dead sisters body to prove “she was sleeping” and have an alibi?? I truly hope she gets all the help needed once she realizes what her parents forced her into
Wow! As soon as I heard the 911 call, I knew he was lying. He even laughed at one point when trying to figure out his story. I would be in a panic if my child was missing. I know narrator mentioned this.. but he referred to his baby girl as “it”. That’s very disturbing.
He sounds irritated by the questions, which definitely would have been a red flag in my opinion. So horrible .
Yep. There was no emotion in that daddy's 911 call
Ikr?? That's exactly when he gave himself away, sociopaths.
Yeah, that 911 call was ridiculous. He is not a good liar.
He sounds like a 6 years old trying to lie to his parents.
I sincerely hope that Jojo will heal from this tragedy and that her parents won't dare contact her after they're released. They don't deserve to be in her life after ruining it so badly.
They probably will due to Chinese filial piety, but I hope that the other family members or organization will stop that from happening.
@@thatasiangirl0_039 JoJo was put into state custody. The mom is going to be deported back to china after her sentence and even then, JoJo will be an adult. She can refuse to accept their attempts at contact.
My husband was five years old when his little brother was murdered by his mother and her boyfriend. He was raised by his aunt, and he hates his mother to this day. We have no idea if she’s even alive. She did do time for the crime, as did her boyfriend.
I wish JoJo the very best. Knowing your parents murdered your sibling is a tough cross to bear.
I can't even begin to imagine how scary it must be growing up knowing your parent(s) killed your sibling. Such a horrible betrayal from the people your suppose to trust and be protected by. Terrible humans!
Her feelings towards her daughter are not unheard of. My maternal grandmother left my mom on a park bench, in her car seat for 12 or so hours in the cold, and refused to tell anyone except her imposing father where she was. When her mother (my great-grandmother) asked, she just sat there in silence. Once her father, (my great-grandfather) found her, they raised my mother until she was 14, while my grandmother went on to have 6 more kids and for the most part, was a good mother. Any violence against a kid should be automatic life in prison.
This case…. Holy hell. This is terrible. All horrible. I don’t understand why adults feel the need to have kids if they can’t handle it. I can understand being stressed that comes with a child. But bad shit like this?
In my eyes, parents are SUPPOSED to be protectors of their kids. If you even think about intentionally harming your kid, you’re no longer a parent.
It’s true what they say: “all kids deserve parents but not all parents deserve kids”.
Sorry for the little rant. This was disgusting and I genuinely hate that parents like that exist.
Good cover of the case as always, Adrian. You’ve done a brilliant job on this video. I can only imagine the growth for your channel; solid + good pace. Loving it from here!
Much love to all of y’all from the Coffeehouse Crime Club.
Hope the coffee tastes great too! Ensure to drink a cup for me!
Thanks so much again Shax! I’m flying out tonight, I’ll grab a coffee and some banana bread from Heathrow airport with this :) thank you so much for the kind words!
If you even think about intentionally harming your kid, you’re no longer a parent. ????
Ever heard of postpartum depression? Or being a parent who suffered abuse themselves?
I can't with these comments tonight.... 🙄
I feel for those who patronised the restaurant and enjoyed their meals while Ashley's lifeless body was hidden behind the walls. When they see video and realise that they must have been inside the restaurant while Ashley was lying dead in there, I can only imagine how they must been feeling.
I bet so many people in that neighborhood can't eat Chinese food anymore. It prob brings up to many messed up memories.
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I think it was a good thing the investigators found the body before it became food for the customers. The body was in the fridge of the restaurant, how convenient! Both monsters should get death sentence.
@@BigMacOrange If I ate there that day I probably would throw up. Like how could you be sure they didn't cross contaminate to the food after moving the poor girl's dead body...
and for those who came out looking for her hoping to find her alive and well...
That's so horrifying... the final thoughts on Ashley's mind were probably "why doesn't mommy love me?"
She died confused, sad and in pain. Ugh.
This was so painful to watch, I'm going to go give my daughter a hug
When you're that young you're always convinced it's your fault even when the parent is clearly the abuser. It's sad.
@@toamatoro570 yeah, my dad was severely abusive at times.
I still question if he ever loved me for real or not. I'll never know if he really did love me or if he was just saying that he did because he had to.
Doubt.
@@BamBabyBrendaI'm so sorry you have to live with that thought process 😢
I was convinced as a child that my dad could kill me,lol
It's so bizarre how they talk about this. Not only do they not care, they don't even try to pretend to care. It feels like they don't even really get what is so bad about abusing and killing a child.
More upset she wasn't potty trained than being dead. Prayers for JoJo.
She wasn’t potty trained because she was traumatized by being away from her mother at a VERY vulnerable age. This women simultaneously caused the trauma that she despised the outcome of, and then destroyed the victim of the trauma. Its devastating.
Exactly! They send Ashley away to be raised by grandparents, then take her from there to live with them. Basically ignore her and don't even try to connect and help her adjust to all these changes. Her whole routine and world had changed! It was traumatic for her, of course she's going to have behavioral issues. It's unbelievable how dense these selfish, sick, so called "parents" are. They saw her as a burden and inconvenience from the very start. Poor baby.
@@eyestoseeearstohear9030 I know people like us would have taken her in a heartbeat. I wish foster parenting could be more flexible. I have room in my house and plenty of food and love, but they make it impossible to help kids unless you are a 6 figure earner. 😞
@@CBrown86 you're right😔. So many things are messed up and innocents pay the price.
In her interrogation, Ming Ming talks about how her husbands parents don’t like her and had gotten a passport for Ashley behind her back..I’m not sure if people are intentionally ignoring that or can’t understand her accent, but I don’t think Ashley being shipped off was her choice.
horrific
Another perfect example of the phrase "all children deserve parents but not all parents deserve children"
So true, so many people in this world do not know how to parent, let alone be a parent or deserve children. And there's so many people out there that want to be parents and can't and have to adopt. Theese disgusting creatures couldn't even take the time to potty train or take care of children. They should have gotten life in jail. When they die they will burn in hell for what they have done
SO TRUE...
I feel bad not only for Ashley, but also Jojo, who will grow up without her younger sister simply because her parents were terrible human beings. I hope she finds the peace she so truly deserves.
As someone who can’t have children but desperately wants to be a mother, I will never understand how anyone can do this to a child, let alone their own.
I agree. I can't have my own children and I despise people who treat their children bad, such horrible people.
That is a sad reality of life. So much of love and kindness never reach those who need them the most. Many upright, loving and caring people never become parents. Sad 😞
Horrid, disgusting! The most evil thing apart from killing the little Angel and the way they treated her body was to manipulate their older daughter to give wrong evidence. The man even calmly explained how suggestible the little child was, so they could take advantage of her honesty and innocence to complete their dirty deeds. It sends chills down my spine.
And that tiny little child will know it too, it's heartbreaking to think what will go through her head if not already how much she was used to help them.
I can’t believe the PROSECUTOR tried to downplay and almost justify Ming Ming’s actions. The sentences where criminally low. No justice for Ashley.
That's inexcusable for the prosecutor to do it.
Sentence was lenient for the mother, yes.
Hey, I just wanted to say how much the community appreciates the cleaned up interrogation footage with your input placed in between, crisp audio, subtitles, and removing mundane portions. You don't know how much difference this makes between somebody watching it all and somebody tuning out in the first five minutes. Fantastic work!
So very true!
Brilliantly said - best crime page I've found
@@samwazadini99yes. Absolutely.
Its sadly common for abusers and killers to dehumanise their victims, and minimise their actions by calling them "it". People rarely understand how abusive some mothers can be.
I cannot imagine what that must’ve been like seeing the media blow up on your child’s case knowing their massive search was in vain and you were responsible. They deserved that torment, that’s for sure.
Yes complete strangers cared more for Ashley and were active in their search for her. The Dad seemed shocked that the community cared so much for Ashley…he and his wife just wanted Ashley to disappear. 😢
"My wife is a good person." Good people don't kill innocent, defenseless children.
Seriously!
Or assault them. Or stand idly by while a child is being assaulted.
You don't know if the child was innocent
@@azazello1784 Once again, our bored little friend, your trolling is so obvious that it's actually quite pathetic.
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@@azazello1784 You need professional help.
I remember when this case first happened. It was absolutely horrifying to hear their excuses and how they treated this poor little girl. How they discarded one child and kept another, then were surprised she wasn't bonded to them and didn't behave perfectly as expected.
You can tell that these parents DID NOT care for their child at all! Mom just kept defending what she did and everything was ‘me,me,me!’ Even if she didn’t “plan” to do it, she still did it and didn’t seem at all upset she did it. The dad just kept defending his wife and himself saying, “We’re good people.” 😕
This makes me so sad. 😢 My youngest is 7 years old, non verbal autistic, and he’s not potty trained YET. It is frustrating, but I would NEVER EVER punish him for it. 🙅♀️ I’m just like, “We’ll get there eventually kiddo. Let’s keep working at it.” 🤷♀️ Poor baby girl didn’t deserve that. 😭🌹
I was feeding my baby daughter as I watched this. Looking at her, I could never ever fathom hurting her. How could they hurt that beautiful little bean? They were so disconnected from her it's sickening. I hope JoJo never has to see the mother who murdered her sister ever again.
Your daughter is a burden. Be realistic.
Agreed. I had to go hug mine and kiss her until she got annoyed with me :D
I love that you called her a beautiful little bean. This story just hurts.
Using their older daughter like that is horrific. Makes me appreciate even more the wonderful parents I had.
I so admire the composure of the investigators listening to the horrid confession of the father as he recounted the story of how his wife killed their daughter. This is so awful.
I don’t know how they didn’t jump across the table and strangle them! They were both so infuriating.
I would say mother even more so with her broken english and imbecilic reasoning and thought process. I hope JoJo will be more like grandparents when she grows up.
In covering these horrific crimes you bring such compassion, honoring the lives that have been lost. Your calming voice and demeanor makes the unbearable bearable. Without people such as yourself these people would be forgotten, lost into the abyss of evil this world has too much of. Thank you for all that you do!
My little sister wasn’t potty trained until she was 5 and a half years old. I remember how frustrating it was for my mom but she NEVER had that kind of reaction or anything remotely close to what happened to Ashley. That poor little girl, I hope she is at peace 💔
I already use the squat toilet at our large kindergarten at 4 years of age, and so does all my peers. And I remembered my sister sat on her own little pisspot as young as 2 years old.
At home, I sat on normal toilet seat albeit sideways as soon as I'm 5 or 6 🙄
What's the matter with all these late potty training in the western world 🤔
I think Liang Zhao murdered Ashley Zhao
and they are lying about it
to get the plea deal and lesser years
@curiouscat428 "all these late people in the Western World "? What are you basing this off? A few videos you see? There's millions if kids all over the world who all have various development times. Chill out and stop making wild assumptions.
@@curiouscat428 🌈*Nobody cares*🌈
@@larsvonrinpoche1229otty training is not= development...lol...it something people should start as early as the child learns to sit on its own .
It's the parents fault she wasn't potty trained! Horrible parents 😭
Nah the grandma is to blame
Exactly. It's challenging, but they needed to be more involved... 😢
I don't believe she was not potty trained. She probably beat her and she pooped her self in fear.
Yes. It’s something a lot of parents think kids will naturally learn. They won’t. They need to be taught to go to the bathroom in a toilet.
Sounds like mom didn't want to be bothered.
Some children are more resistant then others.
No big deal.. Just takes a bit more time and patience.
Mom apparently had neither.
I wouldn't call my pet "it", let alone a kid. How heartless one could be to do that to your child.
could language barrier be an issue?
@@Dan-yx8wn I mean Ming Ming can converse with the police well (despite grammatical errors here and there). The husband is a naturalised US citizen so English shouldn't be a problem with him.
In my language (Finnish here in Finland) he and she both translate as "hän" and in spoken language we refer to each other as "it", we rarely use the word "hän" when speaking about another person. "Hän" is mostly used in written language. "Where did mom go?" "Oh, it went out to the patio" is quite common way to talk about another human being or a pet here. And they are still loved family members.
In Mandarin, the pronoun used for males (他), females (她), and objects (它) all sound the same when spoken. It’s basically only differentiated in writing.
they didn't refer to her as 'it'. they referred to the process of getting rid of her body and covering up the crime as 'it.' it's the same lingo you hear a hundred times in sopranos or any mafia movie when they talk about doing some hideous act. I can picture Pauly telling Tony "I'll handle it, T" like a dozen times.
His lack of emotion and detachment from the fact that they killed their daughter during the interrogation is so chilling.
I know.... they might as well have been eating popcorn during their interrogations as it seemed so nonchalant.
That poor sweet angel. How anyone can harm anyone, let alone a child is just beyond me. Those horrid people didn’t deserve her. Rest peacefully little love. ❤
Facts💯
And over something Ashley couldn't control that was caused by her parents negligence is just evil 😢 poor Bubba girl 😞
“I put her in the container so she wouldn’t stink”😢 what a despicable set of parents
There not parents they're demons
They’re asain’s, asain’s don’t care they only care about money
As a mother of 5, I started sobbing when they were discussing how the community rallied to try helping find sweet Ashley. Her parents are absolute monsters!
Mother of 5??? You never heard of contraception?
@@azazello1784 If only your own mother had.
Emily, take no heed of the little troll.
She's been all over the comments trying to get a rise. It would be funny if it were not so sad.
@@It-is-me...Melsie You're right. People nowadays seek attention even if it's bad.
PROUD mother of 5. 💚
Heartbreaking. My oldest was struggling with potty training and it was frustrating and i got angry but one day I thought maybe he can't help it and I took him to a doctor, it turned out he had a problem with his tummy and needed medication and it fixed the issue. I just feel so sad hearing this story, that poor little girl. ❤
My young brother had issues as well. He used to wet the bed at 6, it was only at night but not always. My parents and I (being way older than him) instead of shaming it for it we started thinking why? And we came to the conclusion that my brother only wet the bed when he was anxious. My father travelled a lot. So whenever my father had to go my little brother will wet the bed. Eventually he grew up and never wet the bed again. But I'm glad that my parents were very careful with him.
So now your baby needs medicine forever? That can't be right.
@@gameANDchangeit's fixed
@@gameANDchangeshe said the medicine fixed the issue.
@@gameANDchangewhy can’t it be? Disabled people exist, dingleberry. But anyway OP explicitly said the medicine fixed the issue. Even so, rather ignorant to insist someone “can’t” be on medicine for life just cause they’re young.
When I was a boy, the owners of my hometown's favorite Chinese restaurant were caught smuggling people into the country for the Triads. It's given me a lifelong fear of shipping containers.
Everyone should be wary of shipping containers.
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"she did everything bad" what a lovely thing to say to your five year old child. no wonder she had potty training problems. two grown ass adults scapegoating a toddler and referring to her as "it." I just can't with humanity sometimes.
I lived, and still do, minutes away from this place. It was our favorite. This was a horrific event. Everyone was heartbroken after looking for the little girl for so long.
I really can't believe they blamed Ashley for everything. Ming Ming is just cold blooded. She has no motherly instincts at all. Those kids were seen as a big inconvenience to their relationship and financial goals. Little Angel Ashley deserved much better parents🧚♀️💔💔💔.❤
You can call me rascist but I noticed a lot of Chinese immigrants are freaking sociopathic monsters. Maybe there's a reason their government doesn't like them and they run away? Just saying. And I see it only in Chinese Asians specifically.
Listening to how they got so upset over a dirty diaper and what her mom did to her so casually sounded as if they were speaking about excess trash they wanted to get rid of. That poor little girl...I feel so bad for Ashley may she rest in peace, you deserved so much better.
5 yrs old and NOT POTTY TRAINED! The wife was mad the little girl messed her pants… who’s fault is that?! Let’s point the fingers in the right direction here! So awful people like this have kids! Poor little Ashley, breaks my heart.
My son went missing for 5 mins in Walmart and I was frantically crying 😭 it literally felt like 2 hours. You can tell by the 911 call that he didn’t even care
The fact that he didn't sound super panic or even crying definitely set up red flags there!
Right? When I worked in a cafe I got more emotional phone calls from people asking if they'd left their wallet or phone behind!
He was too calm and waited 5 hours to report her geez.
You too?
Mine did that once. I ran isle to isle and even across the street to my workplace.
I informed Walmart staff and a code blue went up.
He never left. He was looking for me too!
But ten years was shaved off my life!
I want to start with: Those two were clearly monsters. And should never have had children.
I am not defending them.
I do however want to add. Not everyone will have that reaction.
My own mother was always a very calm logical person. She also taught us how to not panic and respond calmly and logically. Especially when it comes to medical stuff and emergencies and explaining the situation.
Panic, crying etc. Wont help fix the situation. You can do that once the situation is resolved.
Every time you post, I grab a coffee and chill on my balcony. I really appreciate the amount of work you've put into making all of your videos!
I'm a licensed professional barista and I have an interest for true crime videos, when I found your channel I knew that I'd hit the jackpot! Keep up the amazing work, Adrian!
Thank you so much!
It's cases like these that make me sure I couldn't work as an interrogation officer. The restraint of these officers is outstanding. Rest well little Ashley ❤
Completely agree. I wonder if any of them could sleep that week.
I couldn't help but think about this. I would've walked out at any part of the interrogation because this was just too much. The fact they were trained and calm enough to handle this still astounds me
Ikr?!?! 🤨 I'd be wanting to flip some mf'n tables, up in that interrogation room, frfr!!!✌️
What are you talking about? Why wouldn't they restrain themselves? They killed their own daughter, not daughter of officers.
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This one was devastating. I loved the little girl with the determined eyes the moment her picture flashed across the screen. According to neighbors' comments, it seems she had a personality to match. R.I.P. sweet child. The parents are indeed monsters. Mom's body language and her repeatedly saying " I killed her" in what seems like a proud tone of voice makes me think she did intend to kill her child. The husband said he knew this would happen. Unfathomable. Evil does exist folks.
They actually showed their SIX YEAR OLD, her five year old sister after she had been murdered to use her as an alibi.. absolutely vile "humans"
My God I pray that she gets the proper counseling that has definitely a psychological toll on that child. I don't know about the rest of her family but I hope they could complete ties with those parents
I'll say it again, CC uses the perfect amount of B-Roll footage to supplement the face to face narration and actual case photos/videos. One of the true crime channels whose videos you actually want to WATCH and listen.
Exactly. Well said. Adrian, you do things right. You have a lot of class young man.
@@annmariemccooey6731im sorry to dissapoint you but youre not speaking to him right noew, its another YT User and in this case commentator 😊
The fact that the father said that they wanted to send Ashley away before exactly this happened just shows how bad the abuse of her was before her death. They could've done so much to avoid this situation but they just let it get worse and worse due to the utter lack of care for Ashley. I feel so bad for her as she did nothing wrong to deserve such horrific parents. It might not have been planned murder but they both seemed to be aware of the possibility of Ashley's mother killing her sooner or later, and that is just as bad as if they had planned her murder.
Prosecutors like this one is why no one is afraid to commit murder, plea deals are an abomination, there has to be serious consequences for these kind of actions
No one is afraid to commit murder??? my brother in Christ that’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard ❤️
I'm in the process of helping my daughter potty train her three year old. And it is very trying and frustrating. But you have to persevere because if you get mad at the child they can regress back to nappys and bed wetting. You just have to take a deep breath and count to ten. You don't just kill your child. Then you've got a bigger mess to clean up. Thank you @Coffee House Crime ⭐
RIP Ashley ⭐
3 Years old is a little late, good luck though.
@@bulltraderpt Yes I know but she's had some constipation problems and the doctor had to put her on a laxative powder which set her back a bit unfortunately ⭐
My kids got pissed once because I put her on time out and she pooped in her diaper and used it to paint her room. I'm just glad I wasn't working 23 hours straight at a restaurant at this time.
While it’s obvious they abused her, it’s actually culturally very normal in China to allow young children to poop and pee in public. They make a type of pants for them to wear that opens up underneath when they squat in a corner. So her being in China most of her life it makes sense she wouldn’t be potty trained. They have to send out alerts to Chinese citizens who may travel outside the country to warn them that’s it’s inappropriate to defecate in public, and have a banned travelers list for ppl who do something that brings a lot of shame to the government. When Ming Ming gets deported eventually, it’s likely she’ll be made to ‘disappear’.
How can you expect the little girl to be self taught ? That’s the parents duty and obligation. If anyone needed a good punch in the face it’s the mom.
AMEN. We're going through that phase right now of teaching our daughter. It's not fun but we know this phase of her life is going to be so short compared to the total amount of time we have her. It'll pass quickly and be over with before we know it. She's actually doing really well and we've only been working on it for about a week but BOY those first few days LOL. If you can get through that, it gets easier.
Both of them
@@anablackwood6141 There are worse things in life than potty training.
Children in China are the smartest in the world. You would expect a typical chinese girl to be potty trained by the age of 5. Pretty sure she had bad grades too and would have been a burden and disgrace to her family over time.
Funny how Asian parents always expect their children to be perfect while ignoring that they themselves are far from perfect parents and humans (I’m Asian)
these "parents" are straight up evil. any therapist that says "i don't believe in evil people" needs to watch this video.
This is such a heartbreaking case 😢 beating your child to death is not an accident. It may not have been premeditated murder, but she definitely meant to cause her daughter harm. I feel so bad for Ashley and Jo Jo.
It became premeditated murder when they decided not to call the emergency services to render life saving care. It can take only one second to constitute premeditation under federal law. Initially it would have been some degree of manslaughter but when they (as they admitted so coldly) realised she was in a serious condition they chose between immediately asking for help in attempting to save her life or to let her die, simply to avoid any consequences. I can’t believe they didn’t push for 1st degree homicide on this one, perhaps plea down to 2nd degree. I hope they both get ended before they leave prison.
Ashley’s parents make me physically ill. But if there is a takeaway it’s how the community came together to help find Ashley. It makes me believe there is still good in the world.
It's so bitter sweet
Just goes to show a country with a terrible government can have good people.
Both of these parents are vile! To call your child an "it" speaks volumes about their character. Thank you Adrian 💛
Not to defend them, but many people refer to bodies as "it" while trying to process loss. I used to be a veterinary assistant and saw people do this all the time with their beloved pet.
I've also read that religious people especially sometimes disassociate the body from the person often in the short period after the death while processing the grief.
People read into individual actions waaaaaay too much.
Additionally, Chinese really struggle with he/she/it in English because the sound (ta) is the same for all three in Chinese. Otherwise highly English-fluent Chinese can often be heard throwing these pronouns around almost at random.
@@aristarchus03 That's what I was thinking, perhaps because of mother tongue difference, the way they speak is a bit difference. You can hear clearly that the mother was not very fluent with English.
@@halofornoobs93 Yes I think you are close to the real issue here.... they were saying he would take care of it. to me that means take care of the situation, the mess they have got into, and decide what to do with the body. They didn't seem to call the daughter "it" when they spoke of her when they referred to the time she was alive.
@@aristarchus03 Thanks, I wanted to make the same point. I teach English and children and animals are always refered to as "it" by some students.
This absolutely breaks my heart. I'm so sad when my daughter bumps her head or trips. It's inconceivable to imagine striking a child period. I feel so sorry for this sweet little girl. Wish this world would've been kinder to her.❤
"We've had her for a year now and she's still not potty trained." If I'd just walked into this interview I'd think he was talking about his new dog...
Right? And he talks about it like it wasn't his job to potty train her. What a maniac
No tbh I get how annoyed he is my little brother is 5 and imagining him not being potty trained that’s REALLY bad he was going to the toilet at 4 and was already using the potty way before then that’s ridiculous being 5 and not being potty trained
@@RR.LL.3B Do you enjoy playing devil's advocate or something? Your little brother was no doubt loved and nurtured and helped to achieve all his milestones. It's pretty clear that love, nurturing and help had little to do with Ashley's upbringing.
@@marijo1951 Well said ❤️
@@RR.LL.3B if you're angry at a child (who is likely neurodivergent or developmentally challenged) because they struggle with something perfectly normal to struggle with, that's a you problem.
"My wife's a good person" despite all evidence to the contrary. Just a little physical abuse and murder never hurt anyone! /s
Seriously!!!!
I think at the point I was cursing "What the #$%^" at my screen. What an utterly clueless and callous moron he is.
The part when her father said that he knew that "something like this would happen", shocked me. 😢
Ive been watching for a long time but i just noticed you actually put in the effort to add subject chapters. Incredible!
As if the death of the little girl wasn't bad enough, to let the older daughter see her sister _dead_ as an alibi... just appalling all around. 💔I hope Jojo is being taken care of (THERAPY) and is doing well now.
Great video, as always.
I lived a mile away from the location where this happened. It was truly a community effort to find her, and it just shook us all to the core when the news was broken about that poor child. RIP little one🙏
So u went out and searched yourself?