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Phoenix Sinclair was removed from her parents by CFS when she was just a few days old. Her mother eventually took her back after not returning her from a visit. Time and time again, Phoenix was failed by CPS. This is her story.
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Sources:
http://motherswhokillchildren.blogspot.com/2012/12/filicide-canada-samantha-kematch.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Sinclair
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mom-made-phoenix-sinclair-swear-and-belittle-herself-inquiry-told-1.1107121
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/phoenix-sinclair-inquiry-hears-5-year-old-girl-beaten-shot-1.1328816
https://globalnews.ca/news/504866/key-events-in-the-life-of-phoenix-sinclair/
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/29/phoenix-sinclair-inquiry-death_n_3181658.html
https://www.gofundme.com/f/headstone-for-phoenix-sinclair
https://www.yahoo.com/news/list-key-events-life-phoenix-sinclair-killed-age-173108998.html
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/518495-phoenix-sinclair-review-document.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/01/31/phoenix_sinclair_inquiry_child_welfare_failed_to_protect_girl_before_murder.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/phoenix-sinclair-s-stepbrother-details-litany-of-abuse-1.742806
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-i-was-a-liar-and-they-were-incompetent-phoenix-sinclair-inquiry-gets-shot-of-unvarnished-truth
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2008/11/28/tortured_girl_in_constant_pain_doctor.html
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/social-work-supervisor-defends-decision-to-close-file-on-phoenix-sinclair-1.1123064
https://www.timescolonist.com/news/daughter-of-killer-tells-manitoba-inquiry-she-saw-bruises-on-victim-1.117202
https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/2008/11/13/slain-girl-s-stepbrother-details-her-horrific-abuse.html
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Witnesses-testify-they-rarely-saw-Phoenix-in...

On May 2nd, 2001, Mary Jean Pearle dropped Faith 6, and Liberty 9, off for their weekly visit with their father. Even though they didn’t want to go, Wednesday was his visitation night as stated in the divorce decree. Their father John Battaglia, was a man who had a long list of domestic abuse charges on his record and he was looking at some probably jail time several days following this visit.
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Sources:
No Daddy Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge by Irene Pence
https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B009L82WRG&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_C1097Z555RCYX1J3B5SM&tag=crimeatoriu0e-20
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/02/02/john-battaglia-taunts-ex-wife-before-being-executed-for-killing-their-girls-while-she-listened-in-horror/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-execution/texas-executes-man-for-murdering-daughters-in-killings-wife-heard-on-phone-idUSKBN1FL4TL
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201997185/john-david-battaglia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68499998/mary-faith-battaglia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68500063/liberty-mae-battaglia
https://web.archive.org/web/20180704034551/http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-world-news/dallas-man-who-killed-daughters-set-to-die-thursday
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/battaglia-john-david.htm
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/father-executed-for-killing-daughters-while-mother-listened/news-story/0fd8e8503cff2dc989ac766e03008a77
https://www.newsweek.com/killer-john-battaglia-asked-am-i-dead-and-taunted-ex-wife-during-execution-797942
https://www.familyplace.org/resource/survivor-stories/inside_tfp/2020/04/07/program-highlight-faith-liberty's-place
https://www.familyplace.org/home
JDVDBattaglia.us.com
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Officers interview Lauren, Mary Beth's daughter, Mr. Tomaselli's granddaughter.
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These two ladies will make you a little more grateful for the mother in law you have. Consider giving yours a hug.
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Jonathan Crews had graduated from college and gotten his first apartment. He even met someone he thought he could settle down with. On Super Bowl Sunday in 2014, his life ended. Was it by his own hand, or someone else's?
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Sources:
https://www.guerrero-dean.com/obituaries/Jonathan-Crews/
https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2018/april/jonathan-crews-brenda-lazaro-coppell-shooting/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/broke-heart-aiming-texas-family-pi-jealous-girlfriend/story?id=46596242
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6787599/Texas-mother-son-dead-fighting-prove-murdered.html
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Special thanks to Gabriel Bulsara for the research in this case.