Beyond the Paranormal: The Turbulent Life of Christina Boyer—From 'Poltergeist Kid' to Convicted Mother

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[00:01:50] Hey everyone, my name is Nikki Young, and this is Serial Napper, the true crime podcast for naps. I'm back with another true crime story to lull you to sleep, or perhaps to give you nightmares.

[00:02:22] This is the final episode of this season of Serial Nightmare, a Halloween series that I do every year for the month of October.

[00:02:30] So everything that I've released this month has been Halloween-related or more on the spooky side, but of course, always true crime.

[00:02:38] In the mid-1980s, Christina Boyer captivated the nation as a teenager with an extraordinary claim, that she could move objects with her mind.

[00:02:49] Known as the Columbus Poltergeist Kid, her family's insistence on her powers catapulted her to media stardom, even earning her a spot in an Unsolved Mysteries episode.

[00:03:01] But just as quickly as she rose to fame, her life spiraled out of control, first as a runaway teen, then as a single mother and a domestic violence survivor.

[00:03:14] However, no one could have predicted the tragic events that happened in 1992, when Christina was arrested for the unthinkable, charged with the murder of her three-year-old daughter, Amber.

[00:03:26] Though she insisted that she was innocent, when faced with the death penalty, she opted for an Alford plea, admitting no guilt while accepting a life sentence plus 20 years in prison.

[00:03:39] Yet the most perplexing aspect of her case lies in the evidence.

[00:03:45] How could she be guilty of murdering her own child when she wasn't even home during the critical hours leading up to Amber's death?

[00:03:52] That's the question Christina and her supporters would like an answer to, amidst a tangled web of legal battles.

[00:04:01] So, dim the lights, put your phone down, and listen to the story of Christina Boyer, once dubbed the Columbus Poltergeist Kid, now sitting behind bars in a desperate fight to reclaim her innocence.

[00:04:14] So, let's jump right in.

[00:04:17] Christina Boyer was born from humble beginnings on October 23, 1969, to a mother who simply could not take care of her.

[00:04:26] When she was just a baby, her biological mother struggled so desperately with her drug addiction that she dropped her off at a nearby hospital and never returned for her.

[00:04:36] Christina was placed into foster care and then moved into the home of Joan and John Raich, who had previously fostered as many as 250 children.

[00:04:47] At times, there were up to six foster children in their care, in addition to their own children.

[00:04:53] When Christina was two and a half years old, the Raiches adopted her.

[00:04:58] Though she's been described as a bubbly child, she struggled in the formal setting of a classroom.

[00:05:04] Her teachers reported that, at times, she would have these outbursts where she would throw erasers and pencils, disrupting the lesson.

[00:05:13] At just eight years old, she was diagnosed as hyperactive.

[00:05:18] But to her classmates, she just came across as different from them.

[00:05:22] And she was teased relentlessly.

[00:05:26] Christina's doctors prescribed her medication to help ease some of the behavioral issues.

[00:05:30] And it certainly helped.

[00:05:32] However, due to the awful bullying, she was pulled out of the public school and was homeschooled instead.

[00:05:39] Being able to complete her work at home with the help of a tutor seemed to do the trick.

[00:05:44] Because Christina, she started to thrive in this new setting.

[00:05:48] However, it did make it difficult for her to make other childhood friends.

[00:05:52] Instead, she spent much of her time in the house.

[00:05:55] The Raich home became her own personal prison, where she felt unsafe.

[00:06:02] Because at just 12 years old, she reported that her foster brother had been molesting her.

[00:06:08] Sadly, Joan and John, they didn't believe her.

[00:06:12] Or maybe they just didn't want to hear it.

[00:06:14] Because according to Christina, after telling them what was happening to her,

[00:06:18] she was promptly slapped in the face.

[00:06:20] And it was never spoken about again.

[00:06:22] A few years later, strange occurrences began to happen in the Raich household.

[00:06:28] All of which seemed to be connected to Christina.

[00:06:31] On one occasion, Joan was in the kitchen washing the dishes,

[00:06:35] when suddenly the lights began to flick on and off, seemingly by themselves.

[00:06:41] She looked at the clock, and its hands were spinning around the face.

[00:06:46] Suddenly, several electrical appliances around the house just turned on,

[00:06:50] including the TV, the garbage disposal, and the washing machine.

[00:06:54] At first, Joan thought that Christina, who was in the same room,

[00:06:59] was possibly playing a prank on her.

[00:07:01] But when it became clear that she had not been behind it,

[00:07:04] the next thought was that it had to be some kind of electrical power surge.

[00:07:10] John Raich called an electrician over to the home to find out what was going on.

[00:07:14] But the electrician couldn't identify any specific reason behind the appliances suddenly powering on.

[00:07:20] The breakers were operating just fine.

[00:07:23] There didn't appear to be any hot spots in the house,

[00:07:26] nothing that could reasonably explain what Joan had experienced.

[00:07:31] But that wasn't the end of it.

[00:07:34] Later on in the day,

[00:07:35] John was feeding one of the younger children in her high chair,

[00:07:38] when suddenly, it began to move all by itself.

[00:07:42] Then, Tina fell to the floor.

[00:07:45] It looked like she had been pushed out of the chair that she was sitting in.

[00:07:49] And then a moment later,

[00:07:50] a glass appeared to be thrown across the room.

[00:07:53] Other items, like coasters, would also be thrown about the room.

[00:07:57] The chaotic scene only stopped when Tina left the home,

[00:08:01] going out for a walk to clear her head.

[00:08:04] So, was Tina the source of whatever paranormal activity was happening in the home?

[00:08:09] The deeply religious rashes believed so.

[00:08:14] Actually, they thought that Tina may have been possessed by a demon.

[00:08:18] Perhaps that was also the cause of her outbursts at school.

[00:08:22] So, they called a minister to cleanse their home

[00:08:25] of whatever evil spirit was wreaking havoc in their lives.

[00:08:28] This minister allegedly tried to cleanse both Tina and the house.

[00:08:33] But, when he was attacked by having a couch pushed into his leg,

[00:08:38] he told them that there was nothing further he could do to help,

[00:08:41] and he just left.

[00:08:42] But the poltergeist activity, it continued.

[00:08:45] The rashes called a local reporter named Mike Hardin

[00:08:49] from the Columbus Dispatch to come to the home

[00:08:51] and do a story on what was happening.

[00:08:54] Mike brought with him photographer Fred Shannon,

[00:08:56] and as they all sat in the family home living room,

[00:09:00] strange things began to happen once again.

[00:09:03] Allegedly, a framed picture that Christina was holding in her hands,

[00:09:07] it suddenly shattered.

[00:09:09] The glass on it just broke.

[00:09:12] And a lamp?

[00:09:13] It flew off a side table that was right next to her.

[00:09:16] But the most famous occurrence, which was photographed by Fred,

[00:09:20] was when the receiver of a telephone appeared to fly up in the air across Christina's lap.

[00:09:27] This photo was positioned as absolute proof

[00:09:30] that there was some paranormal poltergeist activity happening in the home

[00:09:34] connected to Christina,

[00:09:36] because things only seemed to happen while Christina was there.

[00:09:39] Now, you're going to have to let me know what you think of the photo,

[00:09:43] because some see it as definitive proof,

[00:09:45] while others think that it looks like Christina could have been the one to throw it.

[00:09:49] If you're listening to the audio version of the podcast,

[00:09:52] I'll have the photo posted over on my Facebook and Instagram pages.

[00:09:56] Either way, when this photo hit the news,

[00:09:59] Christina became an overnight media sensation,

[00:10:02] with reporters flocking to their home,

[00:10:05] hoping to catch a glimpse of the paranormal activity themselves.

[00:10:09] This is when one reporter allegedly caught Christina in a hoax.

[00:10:14] She had been seen pulling a lampshade,

[00:10:17] knocking the lamp off of the table.

[00:10:19] According to media outlet UPI,

[00:10:22] quote,

[00:10:23] When the videotape was examined later,

[00:10:25] it showed Tina waiting until no one was watching,

[00:10:28] and then she reached up and pulled a table lamp toward herself,

[00:10:33] simultaneously jumping away and making a series of bleeding noises

[00:10:37] as she acted terrified.

[00:10:39] When confronted about it,

[00:10:41] she claimed that the reporter said that they weren't going to be leaving

[00:10:44] until they had witnessed something paranormal,

[00:10:46] and she just wanted them all gone.

[00:10:49] So, she decided to knock over the lamp herself and blame it on the poltergeist.

[00:10:54] Some people believed this explanation,

[00:10:57] while others thought that it had probably been a hoax all along.

[00:11:02] Maybe she had just been desperately wanting attention,

[00:11:06] especially after not being believed about her foster brother,

[00:11:09] but I'll let you decide what you think.

[00:11:12] A parapsychologist by the name of Dr. William Roll

[00:11:16] continued to take an interest in Christina's story,

[00:11:18] and he wanted to study her.

[00:11:21] He visited her in her home,

[00:11:23] following her around with a camcorder and a voice recorder,

[00:11:27] and while during the first three days there wasn't any kind of paranormal activity,

[00:11:32] on the fourth day,

[00:11:34] he reported seeing a mug being thrown across the room

[00:11:37] while sitting down with Christina in her bedroom.

[00:11:40] And now, he was a believer.

[00:11:43] Dr. Roll invited Christina to stay at his home in North Carolina

[00:11:47] so that he could investigate the source of these mysterious events further.

[00:11:52] He believed that Christina was susceptible to electrical energy,

[00:11:57] allowing her to manipulate the physical environment around her,

[00:12:01] and he wanted to know why.

[00:12:03] This is where he introduced Christina to psychiatrist and hypnotherapist,

[00:12:08] Jeannie Legel,

[00:12:09] who was going to be helping with the study.

[00:12:12] Together, they used a combination of interviews,

[00:12:15] brain scans,

[00:12:16] and hypnotherapy to dig deeper into what was going on with Christina.

[00:12:20] They had not yet finished their research

[00:12:22] when Christina decided that it was time to return home

[00:12:25] to her foster parents, Joan and John.

[00:12:28] But it wasn't the happy welcoming that she had hoped for.

[00:12:33] Christina alleges that there was abuse,

[00:12:36] causing her to run away at just 16 years old

[00:12:39] with a much older man named James Bennett.

[00:12:42] Christina and James, they got married,

[00:12:45] meaning she would never have to return to the Raish's household again.

[00:12:49] But this didn't mean freedom for her.

[00:12:52] James was both physically and mentally abusive to Christina,

[00:12:56] often beating her and destroying her belongings.

[00:12:59] When she tried to get away from him,

[00:13:01] he would always track her down and bring her back,

[00:13:04] and each time the abuse would get even worse.

[00:13:09] Eventually, she was able to successfully get away from her husband,

[00:13:12] and she moved in with a roommate.

[00:13:15] However, James continued to stalk and harass her,

[00:13:19] causing her to spiral downward into a depressive state.

[00:13:22] At one point, she was so physically sick,

[00:13:26] constantly throwing up,

[00:13:28] and severely dehydrated,

[00:13:29] so she went to the hospital,

[00:13:31] and this is when she discovered that

[00:13:33] she was pregnant with James' baby.

[00:13:36] At just 19 years old,

[00:13:39] Christina gave birth to a baby girl named Amber Gail Bennett

[00:13:42] in September of 1988.

[00:13:45] It was not easy.

[00:13:46] It was a struggle.

[00:13:48] She didn't have any kind of support system in place,

[00:13:51] and her husband continued stalking her,

[00:13:53] even making bogus claims

[00:13:55] to Franklin County Children's Services, FCCS.

[00:13:58] At first, he refused to sign divorce papers,

[00:14:03] but eventually, in 1990,

[00:14:05] Christina was able to finally get that divorce

[00:14:08] that she so desperately wanted.

[00:14:11] She moved on,

[00:14:12] and she entered a second marriage,

[00:14:14] which was brief,

[00:14:16] because he too was physically abusive towards her.

[00:14:19] Though Christina says that

[00:14:20] he never laid a hand on baby Amber,

[00:14:23] she was worried that the state

[00:14:25] might try to take her daughter away

[00:14:27] if they learned that she was living in this

[00:14:29] tumultuous home life.

[00:14:31] She didn't want her child to suffer the same fate as she did,

[00:14:35] being placed into foster care,

[00:14:37] growing up never knowing her real mother.

[00:14:39] So, one night,

[00:14:41] while her second husband was sitting behind bars,

[00:14:44] she packed her suitcase up,

[00:14:46] and she and Amber,

[00:14:47] they left for Georgia,

[00:14:49] where parapsychologists

[00:14:51] Bill Roll and Jeannie Legle lived.

[00:14:53] They were both happy to take Christina and her daughter in

[00:14:56] during their time of need.

[00:14:58] They helped her to get her own place,

[00:15:00] get on the food stamps program,

[00:15:02] and Jeannie offered her part-time employment,

[00:15:05] transcribing notes.

[00:15:07] Christina also began taking parenting classes,

[00:15:10] and she signed up for several college courses.

[00:15:13] She would say,

[00:15:14] I was actually proud of myself.

[00:15:17] I was on my own for the most part.

[00:15:19] I had gotten us away from my ex-husband,

[00:15:21] and I was making it.

[00:15:24] I had begun taking parenting classes at the local tech college,

[00:15:27] and begun classes to brush up on my math skills.

[00:15:31] I thought I was doing alright.

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[00:17:31] While she was on food stamps and earning a small amount of money working for Jeannie,

[00:17:36] she still struggled to pay her bills and afford Christmas presents for her daughter.

[00:17:42] She desperately wanted to find meaningful employment,

[00:17:45] but she couldn't afford daycare without a job,

[00:17:48] and she couldn't get a job without daycare for Amber.

[00:17:51] However, she would meet a man named David Heron,

[00:17:55] who was also a single father,

[00:17:57] and he offered to help Christina out by watching little Amber while she worked

[00:18:02] and tried to find a better job.

[00:18:04] David's daughter Ashley was about the same age as Amber,

[00:18:08] so it seemed to work out perfectly.

[00:18:11] Yet not everything was as perfect as it was supposed to be.

[00:18:15] Christina began to notice that after picking up Amber from David's care,

[00:18:19] she would have mysterious bruises on her body.

[00:18:24] According to Christina,

[00:18:25] Amber was quite a bit more hyperactive than David's daughter Ashley,

[00:18:30] and he didn't quite seem to know how to handle her.

[00:18:33] But David always explained the bruising away as an accident.

[00:18:37] Amber was running around, tripping and falling, hurting herself.

[00:18:42] Christina knew that Amber could be rambunctious,

[00:18:45] so she didn't really think much more of it at the time.

[00:18:48] But everything would change on April 14, 1992.

[00:18:53] That day, Christina left Amber with David

[00:18:56] so that she could go to work for Jeannie transcribing notes.

[00:18:59] She worked for about six hours,

[00:19:01] and then she returned back home to David's.

[00:19:04] When she arrived,

[00:19:06] David was already standing outside the trailer.

[00:19:09] As Christina got out of the car,

[00:19:11] David told her that he couldn't wake Amber up from her nap.

[00:19:15] Christina ran to Amber,

[00:19:17] and she found her three-year-old daughter limp and unconscious.

[00:19:21] The two got back into the car to rush to the hospital

[00:19:24] while Christina tried to perform CPR on the little girl.

[00:19:27] When they arrived,

[00:19:29] Amber was quickly wheeled into an operating room

[00:19:32] where she was sadly pronounced dead.

[00:19:35] It was immediately suspected that her death

[00:19:38] was as a result of child abuse.

[00:19:40] On April 14, 1992,

[00:19:43] I left Amber alone with David

[00:19:45] as I went to work for six hours

[00:19:47] with my therapist, Jeannie L'Engle Dollar.

[00:19:50] I came home, and Amber was deceased.

[00:19:52] In the days leading up to that,

[00:19:54] as I would come home,

[00:19:55] Amber would increasingly have more bruises.

[00:19:58] When I questioned Amber about it,

[00:19:59] she would tell me that she had fallen.

[00:20:02] David had told me that she had fallen,

[00:20:04] and I believed her because Amber was rambunctious

[00:20:06] and usually got bruises all the time.

[00:20:10] The day that I got home,

[00:20:11] Amber had significantly more bruises on her.

[00:20:14] When I asked David what was going on,

[00:20:15] what happened to her?

[00:20:16] Why does she look like this?

[00:20:17] David just kept saying,

[00:20:18] I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[00:20:21] I did not kill my daughter.

[00:20:23] I didn't beat her.

[00:20:24] I never beat her.

[00:20:26] Yes, I spanked her, but I never beat her.

[00:20:28] I never left marks on her.

[00:20:30] I had no reason to believe

[00:20:31] that that would be the last day

[00:20:33] that I would ever see her alive again.

[00:20:36] Both Christina Boyer and David Heron

[00:20:40] were immediately arrested

[00:20:41] and taken from the hospital

[00:20:43] to the police station

[00:20:44] to be questioned individually.

[00:20:46] Christina's interview was not video

[00:20:48] or audio recorded.

[00:20:50] Instead, notes were taken down by hand.

[00:20:53] Investigators allegedly told her

[00:20:55] that Amber had several large bruises

[00:20:57] on her body,

[00:20:58] and Christina let them know

[00:20:59] that the little girl was notorious

[00:21:01] for falling and injuring herself.

[00:21:04] Investigators also asked Christina

[00:21:06] if David had ever sexually abused Amber,

[00:21:09] which she said no to.

[00:21:11] But their questioning,

[00:21:12] it led her to believe

[00:21:14] that maybe there was evidence

[00:21:16] that he had.

[00:21:17] According to Christina,

[00:21:19] the police told her that

[00:21:20] they believed David had murdered Amber,

[00:21:22] and she needed to come clean

[00:21:24] about everything that she knew,

[00:21:26] because by refusing to cooperate

[00:21:28] with the investigation against him,

[00:21:30] she was protecting her daughter's killer.

[00:21:32] Meanwhile,

[00:21:33] in another interview room,

[00:21:35] the police were questioning David.

[00:21:37] His interview was taped.

[00:21:40] David claimed that

[00:21:41] he had never hit Amber

[00:21:42] other than the rare occasion

[00:21:44] when he would spank her on her bottom.

[00:21:47] And he wasn't the only one

[00:21:49] who spanked Amber.

[00:21:50] He said that Christina

[00:21:51] did it on occasion too.

[00:21:53] However,

[00:21:54] on the day in question,

[00:21:55] Christina had been at work

[00:21:57] for six hours

[00:21:58] prior to Amber's death,

[00:21:59] and David,

[00:22:00] he was the only adult

[00:22:01] in the child's presence.

[00:22:03] Other than that,

[00:22:04] David claimed that

[00:22:05] Amber had a goose egg

[00:22:07] on her forehead

[00:22:07] after tripping

[00:22:08] on a sidewalk curb.

[00:22:10] She had also recently

[00:22:11] fallen down

[00:22:12] the front porch steps

[00:22:13] of his trailer

[00:22:14] and landed

[00:22:15] head first

[00:22:16] into the gravel.

[00:22:17] According to David,

[00:22:19] this could explain

[00:22:20] her injuries.

[00:22:21] He said that

[00:22:22] he told Christina

[00:22:23] they should take

[00:22:24] the little girl

[00:22:25] to be examined

[00:22:25] at the hospital.

[00:22:26] But Christina

[00:22:28] didn't want to,

[00:22:29] because she was afraid

[00:22:30] that Child Protective Services

[00:22:32] would remove her daughter

[00:22:33] from her custody.

[00:22:34] But according to Christina,

[00:22:36] it was the exact opposite.

[00:22:38] She had said to David

[00:22:40] that she wanted

[00:22:41] to bring Amber

[00:22:41] to the hospital

[00:22:42] on multiple occasions.

[00:22:44] But David claimed

[00:22:45] that they would

[00:22:46] take her daughter

[00:22:46] away from her,

[00:22:47] so she was terrified

[00:22:49] of that happening,

[00:22:49] so she didn't.

[00:22:51] Police allegedly

[00:22:52] also told David

[00:22:54] that there was evidence

[00:22:55] that Amber

[00:22:55] had been sexually abused

[00:22:57] and that if he were

[00:22:58] to come clean

[00:22:59] about that,

[00:23:00] then his sentence

[00:23:01] would likely be more

[00:23:02] lenient.

[00:23:03] Eventually,

[00:23:04] David did admit

[00:23:05] to the sexual abuse,

[00:23:06] saying he did it twice,

[00:23:08] though towards

[00:23:08] the end of the interview,

[00:23:10] he would recant

[00:23:10] that statement altogether,

[00:23:11] saying that

[00:23:12] he never sexually abused her,

[00:23:14] he never murdered her.

[00:23:15] An autopsy revealed

[00:23:17] that Amber had died

[00:23:18] from blunt force trauma

[00:23:19] to the head.

[00:23:20] She also had

[00:23:21] multiple bruises

[00:23:22] on her body

[00:23:22] at the time of her death,

[00:23:24] including a large bruise

[00:23:25] on her face.

[00:23:27] Some of her injuries

[00:23:28] were new

[00:23:29] and some were older,

[00:23:31] but it was clear

[00:23:32] that the little girl

[00:23:33] had been physically abused

[00:23:34] for some time now.

[00:23:36] However,

[00:23:37] the fatal blow

[00:23:38] to the head

[00:23:38] would have happened

[00:23:40] during the time

[00:23:40] when Christina

[00:23:41] was at work

[00:23:42] and she was in David's care.

[00:23:44] Both Christina

[00:23:45] and David

[00:23:46] were charged

[00:23:46] with murder

[00:23:47] and cruelty to children.

[00:23:49] While investigators

[00:23:50] weren't sure

[00:23:50] which of them

[00:23:51] had dealt

[00:23:52] the fatal blow,

[00:23:53] they believed

[00:23:54] that both

[00:23:55] were guilty

[00:23:55] of at least something,

[00:23:57] including

[00:23:57] not calling 911

[00:23:59] after the little girl

[00:24:00] was discovered unconscious.

[00:24:02] One detective

[00:24:03] would later say,

[00:24:04] quote,

[00:24:04] One of the two

[00:24:05] had to do it.

[00:24:06] They were pointing

[00:24:07] at each other,

[00:24:08] but they were

[00:24:08] the only two,

[00:24:09] so we charged

[00:24:10] both of them.

[00:24:12] While Christina

[00:24:12] was allowed

[00:24:13] to visit the funeral home

[00:24:15] to see her daughter

[00:24:16] in her casket,

[00:24:17] she wasn't allowed

[00:24:19] to attend the funeral.

[00:24:20] And I guess

[00:24:21] I understand it.

[00:24:23] However,

[00:24:23] at this point,

[00:24:24] Christina

[00:24:25] is innocent

[00:24:25] until proven guilty.

[00:24:26] She hasn't gone

[00:24:27] to trial yet.

[00:24:28] And to deny

[00:24:29] a mother

[00:24:30] the ability

[00:24:31] to attend

[00:24:31] her baby girl's

[00:24:32] funeral,

[00:24:33] it seems cruel.

[00:24:35] I don't know

[00:24:35] what the correct answer

[00:24:36] is here,

[00:24:37] because obviously

[00:24:38] if a mother

[00:24:38] kills her child,

[00:24:39] if it is proven

[00:24:40] that she has

[00:24:41] killed her child,

[00:24:41] she shouldn't

[00:24:42] ever be allowed

[00:24:43] to attend the funeral.

[00:24:44] But at this point,

[00:24:46] there's no clear

[00:24:46] answer to that.

[00:24:48] Amber was buried

[00:24:49] in her Easter dress

[00:24:50] and her casket

[00:24:51] was filled

[00:24:52] with stuffed animals.

[00:24:53] Now,

[00:24:54] let's talk about

[00:24:55] some of the evidence

[00:24:55] in the case

[00:24:56] against both

[00:24:57] Christina and David.

[00:24:58] The police would

[00:24:59] raid both of their homes

[00:25:01] looking for anything

[00:25:02] that might be helpful

[00:25:03] at trial.

[00:25:04] At Christina's apartment,

[00:25:06] they found a belt,

[00:25:07] which they believed

[00:25:08] may have been used

[00:25:09] to beat Amber,

[00:25:10] including causing

[00:25:11] the big bruise

[00:25:12] that was on her face

[00:25:13] because it was

[00:25:14] roughly the same

[00:25:15] size and shape.

[00:25:17] However,

[00:25:17] the belt

[00:25:18] was never tested

[00:25:19] for DNA,

[00:25:20] so it was

[00:25:21] just a guess.

[00:25:22] As for David's trailer,

[00:25:24] they found bloody

[00:25:25] tissues in the garbage

[00:25:26] can which matched

[00:25:27] Amber's blood type.

[00:25:29] David claimed

[00:25:30] that the tissues,

[00:25:31] they were used

[00:25:31] to wipe away

[00:25:32] blood that had

[00:25:33] been on her lip

[00:25:33] when a cut

[00:25:34] had reopened.

[00:25:36] And in the autopsy,

[00:25:38] multiple cuts

[00:25:38] were found

[00:25:39] on her lips

[00:25:40] and on the inside

[00:25:41] of her mouth.

[00:25:42] Then there were

[00:25:43] the character statements.

[00:25:45] Christina,

[00:25:46] she had a history

[00:25:47] with Child Protective

[00:25:48] Services being called,

[00:25:49] some of those calls

[00:25:50] which were made

[00:25:51] on behalf of her

[00:25:52] abusive ex-husband.

[00:25:53] While Christina

[00:25:54] admitted to

[00:25:55] physically disciplining

[00:25:56] her child

[00:25:57] by spanking her

[00:25:58] at times,

[00:25:59] she denied ever

[00:26:00] abusing her child.

[00:26:02] And in fact,

[00:26:03] while there were

[00:26:04] three reports

[00:26:05] of child abuse

[00:26:06] filed against Christina

[00:26:07] in Ohio

[00:26:07] at one point or another,

[00:26:09] all three were

[00:26:10] investigated

[00:26:11] and deemed

[00:26:12] unsubstantiated.

[00:26:14] This included

[00:26:15] one occasion

[00:26:15] when Amber

[00:26:16] was brought

[00:26:17] into the hospital

[00:26:17] with severe

[00:26:18] diaper rash,

[00:26:20] which had turned

[00:26:21] into a staph infection

[00:26:22] because Christina

[00:26:23] had used the wrong

[00:26:25] kind of diaper cream.

[00:26:26] The hospital staff

[00:26:28] initially called

[00:26:28] Child Protective

[00:26:29] Services,

[00:26:30] believing that

[00:26:31] the little girl

[00:26:31] had been burned.

[00:26:33] However,

[00:26:34] a formal report

[00:26:35] was never filed

[00:26:36] once it became clear

[00:26:37] that it was actually

[00:26:38] a staph infection.

[00:26:40] With Christina's

[00:26:41] past

[00:26:42] being dubbed

[00:26:43] the Columbus

[00:26:43] poltergeist kid

[00:26:44] who appeared

[00:26:45] on Unsolved Mysteries,

[00:26:46] the case received

[00:26:48] much more attention

[00:26:49] than it typically

[00:26:50] would have.

[00:26:51] It also painted

[00:26:52] Christina

[00:26:52] in a negative light

[00:26:54] because of

[00:26:55] the allegations

[00:26:56] of it all

[00:26:57] being a hoax.

[00:26:58] People were kind

[00:26:59] of weirded out

[00:26:59] by it.

[00:27:00] Like,

[00:27:00] was there this

[00:27:01] paranormal experience

[00:27:02] going on?

[00:27:03] Was she possessed

[00:27:04] by a demon?

[00:27:05] Was she a witch?

[00:27:06] There were just

[00:27:07] rumors flying.

[00:27:09] She was terrified

[00:27:10] that she was

[00:27:11] going to get

[00:27:12] the death penalty.

[00:27:13] Her friends

[00:27:14] put together

[00:27:15] money to pay

[00:27:15] for her to

[00:27:16] take a polygraph

[00:27:17] test,

[00:27:17] which she passed.

[00:27:19] However,

[00:27:19] Christina's lawyer

[00:27:20] let her know

[00:27:21] that she didn't

[00:27:22] stand much

[00:27:23] of a chance

[00:27:23] in court,

[00:27:24] especially once

[00:27:25] those autopsy

[00:27:26] photos would be

[00:27:27] released at trial

[00:27:28] because the little

[00:27:30] girl looked

[00:27:31] battered and

[00:27:32] bruised.

[00:27:33] So,

[00:27:34] Christina accepted

[00:27:34] an Alford plea,

[00:27:36] which meant that

[00:27:37] while she was

[00:27:38] pleading guilty

[00:27:39] to her charges,

[00:27:40] she formally

[00:27:41] maintained her

[00:27:42] innocence.

[00:27:42] It's basically

[00:27:43] saying,

[00:27:44] I didn't do it,

[00:27:45] but I think a

[00:27:46] court is going

[00:27:47] to find me

[00:27:47] guilty anyway,

[00:27:48] so I'm taking

[00:27:49] a plea deal.

[00:27:50] In turn,

[00:27:51] she was sentenced

[00:27:51] to life in prison

[00:27:53] plus 20 years,

[00:27:54] but it meant that

[00:27:55] the death penalty

[00:27:56] was off the table.

[00:27:58] After sentencing,

[00:27:59] Christina began

[00:28:00] to question whether

[00:28:01] or not she received

[00:28:02] a fair trial.

[00:28:03] Her lawyer,

[00:28:05] Jimmy D. Berry,

[00:28:06] had a busy

[00:28:07] caseload at the

[00:28:08] time.

[00:28:08] He actually was

[00:28:09] working on 88

[00:28:11] other cases

[00:28:11] across the state

[00:28:12] of Georgia.

[00:28:13] And in fact,

[00:28:15] in the two and a

[00:28:16] half years that

[00:28:16] Christina was in

[00:28:17] jail waiting to

[00:28:18] go to trial,

[00:28:19] he had only

[00:28:19] visited her

[00:28:20] three times.

[00:28:22] According to

[00:28:23] his billable

[00:28:23] hours,

[00:28:24] he spent

[00:28:25] 108.58 hours

[00:28:27] in court

[00:28:28] and only

[00:28:29] 17.25 hours

[00:28:31] at a court

[00:28:31] working on

[00:28:32] Christina's case,

[00:28:33] which would

[00:28:33] include any visits

[00:28:34] to her in jail

[00:28:35] and any other

[00:28:37] evidence gathering.

[00:28:38] Even though

[00:28:39] the medical

[00:28:40] report,

[00:28:41] combined with

[00:28:41] her alibi,

[00:28:43] showed that

[00:28:43] Christina was

[00:28:44] not present

[00:28:44] when Amber

[00:28:45] received the

[00:28:46] injury that

[00:28:46] killed her,

[00:28:47] her lawyer

[00:28:48] convinced her

[00:28:49] that a jury

[00:28:49] would find her

[00:28:50] guilty and

[00:28:51] sentence her

[00:28:51] to death.

[00:28:52] Now,

[00:28:53] instead,

[00:28:54] she would

[00:28:55] spend life

[00:28:55] plus 20 years

[00:28:57] behind bars,

[00:28:58] maybe shorter

[00:28:59] if she could

[00:29:00] get parole.

[00:29:01] When David's

[00:29:02] case went to

[00:29:03] trial,

[00:29:03] it was a

[00:29:04] much different

[00:29:05] setup.

[00:29:05] The jury

[00:29:06] was already

[00:29:07] aware that

[00:29:08] Amber had

[00:29:08] pled guilty

[00:29:09] through the

[00:29:09] Alford plea.

[00:29:10] At trial,

[00:29:12] the medical

[00:29:12] examiner

[00:29:13] testified that

[00:29:14] the fatal

[00:29:14] blow would

[00:29:15] not have

[00:29:16] been impossible

[00:29:17] to have

[00:29:17] happened earlier

[00:29:18] in the morning

[00:29:19] before Christina

[00:29:20] left for work,

[00:29:21] but that the

[00:29:22] child's behavior

[00:29:23] would have only

[00:29:24] been normal

[00:29:24] for about 15

[00:29:25] to 30 minutes

[00:29:26] before she

[00:29:27] would have

[00:29:27] displayed signs

[00:29:28] of brain

[00:29:28] damage,

[00:29:29] like

[00:29:30] unsteadiness,

[00:29:31] sleepiness,

[00:29:32] nausea,

[00:29:32] and vomiting.

[00:29:33] However,

[00:29:34] David always

[00:29:36] was behaving

[00:29:37] perfectly

[00:29:37] normal that

[00:29:38] morning,

[00:29:39] and she

[00:29:39] only began

[00:29:40] to act

[00:29:40] unusual

[00:29:41] about two

[00:29:42] hours after

[00:29:43] Christina

[00:29:43] left for

[00:29:44] work.

[00:29:44] The last

[00:29:45] time that

[00:29:46] Christina

[00:29:46] had been

[00:29:46] alone with

[00:29:47] Amber was

[00:29:48] approximately

[00:29:48] six days

[00:29:49] prior to

[00:29:50] her death,

[00:29:50] when the

[00:29:51] little girl

[00:29:51] seemed totally

[00:29:52] normal.

[00:29:53] The medical

[00:29:54] examiner

[00:29:55] testified that

[00:29:55] it was

[00:29:56] quote,

[00:29:56] very unlikely

[00:29:58] that the fatal

[00:29:59] blow happened

[00:29:59] as far back

[00:30:00] as then,

[00:30:01] meaning

[00:30:01] whatever

[00:30:02] injury killed

[00:30:03] Amber

[00:30:04] had happened

[00:30:05] while she

[00:30:06] was at

[00:30:08] work.

[00:30:09] However,

[00:30:10] there were

[00:30:10] many witnesses

[00:30:11] who testified

[00:30:12] at David's

[00:30:12] trial that

[00:30:13] he was this

[00:30:14] sweet and

[00:30:15] gentle man,

[00:30:16] a single

[00:30:17] father who

[00:30:17] loved his

[00:30:18] child,

[00:30:18] while others

[00:30:19] testified that

[00:30:20] they had

[00:30:20] actually seen

[00:30:21] Christina

[00:30:22] abusing

[00:30:22] Amber

[00:30:23] previously.

[00:30:24] Christina

[00:30:25] herself took

[00:30:25] the stand,

[00:30:26] and she

[00:30:27] admitted that

[00:30:27] she was not

[00:30:28] always a

[00:30:29] perfect mother,

[00:30:30] that she

[00:30:31] had physically

[00:30:31] disciplined

[00:30:32] her child

[00:30:32] before,

[00:30:33] and that

[00:30:34] she was

[00:30:34] guilty of

[00:30:35] not calling

[00:30:36] 911 that

[00:30:36] day,

[00:30:37] but that

[00:30:38] she had

[00:30:38] never abused

[00:30:39] Amber or

[00:30:40] killed her.

[00:30:41] David was

[00:30:42] acquitted of

[00:30:43] murder and

[00:30:44] only convicted

[00:30:45] of cruelty

[00:30:45] to children.

[00:30:46] He was

[00:30:47] sentenced to

[00:30:48] 20 years

[00:30:48] in prison,

[00:30:49] however,

[00:30:50] he would only

[00:30:50] serve 12,

[00:30:51] and then he

[00:30:52] would be out

[00:30:52] on parole.

[00:30:54] According to

[00:30:55] Detective Mike

[00:30:56] Thomas,

[00:30:56] it's likely

[00:30:57] that Christina's

[00:30:58] Alfred plea

[00:30:59] influenced the

[00:31:02] murder.

[00:31:02] Someone had

[00:31:03] already pled

[00:31:03] guilty to

[00:31:04] the murder,

[00:31:05] so they

[00:31:06] kind of let

[00:31:06] David off

[00:31:07] easier,

[00:31:08] which seems

[00:31:09] like a

[00:31:09] huge injustice

[00:31:10] since all

[00:31:12] signs point

[00:31:13] to him

[00:31:13] and whatever

[00:31:14] happened at

[00:31:15] his trailer

[00:31:15] that day.

[00:31:16] David had

[00:31:17] also admitted

[00:31:18] to sexually

[00:31:18] abusing

[00:31:19] Amber in

[00:31:19] one of his

[00:31:20] previous

[00:31:20] interviews

[00:31:21] with the

[00:31:21] police,

[00:31:22] which could

[00:31:22] provide a

[00:31:23] motive for

[00:31:24] the killing.

[00:31:24] However,

[00:31:25] none of

[00:31:25] that information

[00:31:26] was revealed

[00:31:27] at trial.

[00:31:28] To this

[00:31:29] day,

[00:31:30] Christina

[00:31:30] Boyer sits

[00:31:31] behind bars,

[00:31:32] and she's

[00:31:33] been denied

[00:31:33] parole on

[00:31:34] multiple

[00:31:34] occasions.

[00:31:35] One of the

[00:31:36] biggest issues,

[00:31:37] which we've

[00:31:38] heard in the

[00:31:38] past cases

[00:31:39] that I've

[00:31:39] covered,

[00:31:39] is that when

[00:31:40] someone is

[00:31:41] appearing before

[00:31:42] the parole

[00:31:42] board,

[00:31:43] they don't

[00:31:44] want to hear

[00:31:44] that you're

[00:31:45] innocent.

[00:31:45] They want

[00:31:46] to hear that

[00:31:47] you admit

[00:31:47] to everything

[00:31:48] you're charged

[00:31:49] of,

[00:31:49] that you're

[00:31:49] remorseful,

[00:31:50] and you're

[00:31:51] ready to

[00:31:51] accept what

[00:31:52] happened.

[00:31:53] This is

[00:31:54] obviously

[00:31:54] difficult for

[00:31:55] Christina to

[00:31:56] do because

[00:31:56] she wasn't

[00:31:57] even there

[00:31:58] when the fatal

[00:31:59] injury occurred.

[00:32:00] It's also

[00:32:01] a ridiculous

[00:32:01] way for the

[00:32:02] parole board

[00:32:03] to think

[00:32:03] because Christina

[00:32:04] accepted an

[00:32:05] Alford plea,

[00:32:06] meaning that she

[00:32:07] has not ever

[00:32:08] admitted to

[00:32:09] guilt,

[00:32:09] yet she is

[00:32:10] now being

[00:32:11] forced to

[00:32:11] do so in

[00:32:12] order to

[00:32:13] receive parole.

[00:32:14] It seems like

[00:32:15] a violation of

[00:32:16] her rights,

[00:32:16] but what do I

[00:32:17] know?

[00:32:18] Should Christina

[00:32:19] Boyer have

[00:32:20] received jail

[00:32:20] time for her

[00:32:21] role in her

[00:32:22] daughter's

[00:32:22] death?

[00:32:23] In my

[00:32:23] opinion,

[00:32:24] yes.

[00:32:25] She failed

[00:32:26] her daughter

[00:32:26] by continuing

[00:32:27] to put her

[00:32:28] in David's

[00:32:28] custody despite

[00:32:29] the obvious

[00:32:30] signs of

[00:32:30] abuse.

[00:32:31] She also

[00:32:32] failed to

[00:32:32] call 911 or

[00:32:34] to take her

[00:32:34] to the hospital

[00:32:35] after previous

[00:32:36] injuries.

[00:32:37] But should

[00:32:38] she have been

[00:32:39] charged with

[00:32:39] her daughter's

[00:32:40] murder?

[00:32:41] I don't

[00:32:41] personally

[00:32:42] think so.

[00:32:43] All of the

[00:32:44] evidence points

[00:32:45] to the fact

[00:32:46] that she

[00:32:46] wasn't even

[00:32:47] there when it

[00:32:47] happened.

[00:32:48] So how

[00:32:49] was she

[00:32:50] possibly

[00:32:51] convicted?

[00:32:52] Well,

[00:32:53] according to

[00:32:54] the lead

[00:32:54] prosecutor in

[00:32:55] David's case,

[00:32:56] quote,

[00:32:57] people say,

[00:32:58] here you have

[00:32:59] Christina Boyer

[00:32:59] who is obviously

[00:33:00] held to a higher

[00:33:01] standard because

[00:33:02] she's the mother

[00:33:03] serving life in

[00:33:04] prison.

[00:33:05] David Heron

[00:33:06] gets convicted

[00:33:07] of cruelty

[00:33:07] and does 20

[00:33:08] years in prison.

[00:33:09] And how is

[00:33:10] that fair?

[00:33:11] My answer to

[00:33:12] that is,

[00:33:12] I don't know.

[00:33:14] After the jury

[00:33:15] acquitted him

[00:33:15] of murder,

[00:33:16] I remember

[00:33:17] the jury

[00:33:17] filing through

[00:33:18] the courtroom

[00:33:18] and I asked,

[00:33:19] how did y'all

[00:33:21] find him

[00:33:21] not guilty

[00:33:22] of felony

[00:33:22] murder,

[00:33:23] but you

[00:33:23] found him

[00:33:24] guilty

[00:33:24] of cruelty

[00:33:25] to children?

[00:33:26] And she

[00:33:27] looked me

[00:33:27] straight in

[00:33:28] the eyes

[00:33:28] and said,

[00:33:29] it wasn't

[00:33:30] his child.

[00:33:31] If you'd

[00:33:32] like more

[00:33:32] details about

[00:33:33] this case

[00:33:34] and Christina

[00:33:34] Boyer's

[00:33:35] journey to

[00:33:35] parole,

[00:33:36] I highly

[00:33:37] encourage you

[00:33:38] to check

[00:33:38] out the

[00:33:38] website

[00:33:38] Christina

[00:33:39] Boyer.

[00:33:41] The team

[00:33:41] there has

[00:33:42] done a

[00:33:42] really great

[00:33:43] job at

[00:33:43] laying

[00:33:44] everything

[00:33:44] out and

[00:33:45] you can

[00:33:46] read through

[00:33:46] interviews

[00:33:46] with Christina

[00:33:47] herself to

[00:33:48] see how she

[00:33:49] feels about

[00:33:49] this whole

[00:33:50] thing.

[00:33:50] But of

[00:33:51] course,

[00:33:52] I'd love to

[00:33:52] know what

[00:33:53] you think.

[00:33:53] Did Christina

[00:33:54] get a fair

[00:33:55] trial?

[00:33:56] Was there

[00:33:56] a bias against

[00:33:57] her already

[00:33:58] because of

[00:33:58] her paranormal

[00:33:59] past?

[00:34:00] Does she

[00:34:01] deserve to be

[00:34:02] paroled at

[00:34:02] this point?

[00:34:03] Let me know

[00:34:04] what you

[00:34:04] think.

[00:34:05] That's it

[00:34:06] for me

[00:34:06] tonight.

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[00:34:08] reach out,

[00:34:08] you can

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[00:34:35] Until next

[00:34:36] time,

[00:34:37] sweet dreams,

[00:34:39] stay kind,

[00:34:40] especially in

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[00:34:43] Bye.

[00:35:03] There's a

[00:35:04] special night

[00:35:05] in the lives

[00:35:06] of all of

[00:35:07] us.

[00:35:07] A night

[00:35:08] to be daring,

[00:35:09] a night

[00:35:09] to be desirable,

[00:35:11] a night

[00:35:11] when we can

[00:35:12] break all

[00:35:12] the rules

[00:35:13] and make

[00:35:14] our own.

[00:35:15] It's coming

[00:35:16] to October

[00:35:17] Pod.

[00:35:17] Everyone

[00:35:18] is getting

[00:35:19] ready for

[00:35:19] Halloween

[00:35:20] night.

[00:35:20] It's a

[00:35:21] time for

[00:35:21] assembling

[00:35:22] costumes,

[00:35:23] putting on

[00:35:23] makeup,

[00:35:24] and making

[00:35:25] last-minute

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[00:35:27] date for

[00:35:27] the costume

[00:35:28] party.

[00:35:30] Hello?

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[00:35:35] Do you like

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[00:35:37] Who's

[00:35:37] scaring me?

[00:35:40] Spirits from

[00:35:41] an age gone

[00:35:42] by.

[00:35:48] Even if

[00:35:49] you're too

[00:35:50] old for

[00:35:50] trick-or-treat,

[00:35:51] Edward

[00:35:52] October still

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[00:35:55] you this

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[00:35:59] Frankenstein.

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[00:36:25] Tuesday,

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