Episode 188: Raylee Browning, Retold (Part 1)

12/31/24 • 60 min

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In Episode 4, I told you about Raylee Browning: a little girl who died on December 26, 2018. Although she was covered with injuries from head to toe, her cause of death was a septic infection from untreated pneumonia. The three adults in the home—Raylee’s father, his girlfriend, and her sister—were charged in her death.
That episode barely scratched the surface. Now, I’m retelling Raylee’s full story with the help of her mom, Janice Wriston, who fought for Raylee’s entire eight years to protect her daughter from the girl’s own father, Marty Browning Jr. The way the press told the story, Marty was a negligent father who merely failed to protect his daughter. The truth about Marty is far darker than that.
This is the story of a sweet, loving little girl whose mom called her Sunshine. It’s also a story about the horrific abuse Marty inflicted on first Janice and then Raylee, and how he managed to become entwined with a pair of sisters just as narcissistic and abusive as himself, ultimately leading to his only child’s painful and unnecessary death.
This is part one of the harrowing story of Raylee Browning.
Links discussed in this episode:

2011 study in the Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3883081/
2023 study in the Journal of Family Violence: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9838333/
CDC page, “About Intimate Partner Violence”: https://www.cdc.gov/intimate-partner-violence/about/index.html
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) 2016/2017 Report on Intimate Partner Violence: https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/documentation/NISVSReportonIPV_2022.pdf

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2011 study in the Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3883081/
2023 study in the Journal of Family Violence: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9838333/
CDC page, “About Intimate Partner Violence”: https://www.cdc.gov/intimate-partner-violence/about/index.html
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) 2016/2017 Report on Intimate Partner Violence: https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/documentation/NISVSReportonIPV_2022.pdf

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Bonus Minisode #2: Autumn Horak

*This minisode, formerly available only to Patreon subscribers, was originally released on June 12, 2021. Since I'm no longer creating these, I’ll occasionally release them to the public for all my listeners to enjoy. I didn’t realize until I re-listened how fast I talked back then; sorry about that!*
On the morning of February 28, 2020, a young mother summoned Milwaukee police to her home, where her 4-year-old daughter, Autumn Horak, was unresponsive. Autumn, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was found wearing only a diaper and covered in injuries, including multiple bruises, a burn, and even a human bite mark.
This is the tragic story of Autumn Horak.
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Episode 189: Raylee Browning, Retold (Part 2)

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Last week, I started telling you the story of eight-year-old Raylee Browning, who died in the home of her father, his girlfriend, and the woman’s sister after years of unthinkable abuse. Raylee’s death was infuriatingly preventable if only CPS and the family court judge hadn’t ignored countless abuse complaints from Raylee’s mom and school staff.
In this episode, we’ll go over the results of Raylee’s autopsy and the shocking number of medications she was prescribed. I’ll talk about how and why Marty Browning Jr., Julie Titchenell, and Sherie Titchenell put just Raylee, one of four kids in the home, through years of abuse and neglect. I’ll go through the shocking statements one of Julie’s children made to a counselor, cementing the three adults’ criminal charges. Finally, I’ll also discuss proposed legislation that would protect many homeschooled kids from abuse and why, almost four years after its proposal, it still hasn’t been passed by the West Virginia State Senate.
This is part two of the harrowing story of Raylee Browning.
Links discussed in this episode: