Murdered by Her Own Family for Alleged Demons - The Amy Burney Story

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A Bronx winter night chilled
every alley and Ave. the city

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holding its breath.
A flickering neon sign casts an

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eerie.
Glow over frost coated

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sidewalks.
Marked by the footprints of a

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missing 5 year old girl. 3.
Weeks had passed since her

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disappearance.
Her absence resonated in the.

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City.
The world paused, disrupted by a

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tragedy.
Too grave to understand A young

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girl lost.
Authorities charged the.

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Mother and grandmother with the
girl.

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'S death after they.
Forced her to drink a lethal

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mixture of ammonia, pepper,
vinegar and olive oil, and then

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disposed of her body in the.
Garbage.

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They suspected that a garbage
truck picked up the.

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Body and transported it to the
Fresh Kills landfill on Staten

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Island.
Authorities classified the case.

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As a homicide after Rosa
Downing, also known as

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Wilkerson, confessed, this
tragic incident serves as a

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harsh reminder that despite.
Efforts to protect.

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Children from domestic violence
Some.

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Cases still slip through the
cracks.

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Welcome to No Tears.
For black girls.

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A true crime series created,
written and produced by

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award-winning writer Jon
Reedberg and hosted by Samantha

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Paul.
Amy Michelle Burney and her

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family lived in A5.
Story walk up.

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Building on University Ave. in
what was considered a decent,

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well maintained neighborhood.
Ironically, this was not where

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her story began.
She originally resided in Miami.

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Florida before.
Relocating to New York City with

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her mother, Angelic Bernie, who
was sent to live in Florida by

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her mother and two younger
siblings, the basement apartment

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of their building served as
Amy's home until her untimely

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passing.
Rosa Downing often doubted.

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Her abilities.
As a mother and struggled to

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raise her four children.
Which led.

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Her to send them to live with
her brother and sister-in-law.

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This occurred around 1980 when
the kids were young in their new

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home in Miami.
They were.

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Raised as if they were part of
their.

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Extended family Fast forward to
Angelique's senior year of high

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school.
Where she.

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Dropped out and moved 4.
Hours away to.

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Lakeland, FL.
She already had.

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Children of her own, including
her eldest daughter Amy.

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For a while.
Things seemed normal on

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weekends.
The kids would.

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Visit their Miami family who
helped raise them and their

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mother Amy was.
Described as a bright, lively

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child.
With an.

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Insatiable curiosity.
And boundless energy.

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She loved interacting with
anyone she.

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Crossed paths with.
And could hold conversations for

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hours on end.
Her siblings were her best

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friends and playmates.
In many ways, she was just like

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any other.
Child her age.

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Full of life and potential.
But then in 1996, everything

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changed as Amy boarded a plane
headed for New York.

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City's Bronx.
Borough Leaving behind her sunny

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Florida home for the concrete
jungle, they settled on

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University Ave. where Amy's
grandmother lived.

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According to reports, Downing's
desire to reconnect with her

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mother Rosa, after being apart
for so long motivated this move.

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Rosa was essentially a stranger
to Amy, having been sent away to

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Florida at a young age.
The move from Florida to New

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York was a significant one,
trading warm weather for harsh

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winters and familiar faces for
new ones.

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Amy began kindergarten at Public
School 226 on West Burnside

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Ave., also known as Nadia J
Pagan Primary School.

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Just a short.
Distance from their new home.

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This should have been a time for
Amy to make new friends, learn

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new things, and grow alongside
her peers.

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It was a year.
After they arrived in New York

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City when everything would
change.

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February 27th, 1997.
Brought about whispers of

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possible.
Abuse inflicted upon young Amy.

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Teachers at PS. 226 noticed the
untreated scratches and head

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injury on her fragile frame and
an investigation was launched by

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the Administration for
Children's.

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Services despite.
The family's excuse of a minor

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fall in her room.
A meeting was arranged for March

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6th.
But as the days passed, more.

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Injuries were discovered during
a routine visit to Amy's school

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on March 10th.
Her mother claimed they were

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from severe bruises and sprains
but did not explain as to.

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How they occurred?
Even though suspicions grew

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stronger, the hospital did not
report the injuries.

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To the child.
Abuse hotline and when social

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workers returned to the home in
April and May of 1997, they were

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told that Amy had.
Left to live.

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With relatives in.
Florida, however, further.

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Investigations revealed that
these.

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So-called relatives.
Did not exist and that Amy's

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whereabouts were unknown.
The cold.

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Truth became clear they had been
lied to all along.

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The mother and grandmother of
the.

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Child had a dark secret.
Which was gradually coming to

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light.
The young girl, Amy, only five

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years old, was nowhere to be
found.

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On May 16th, 1997, Angelique
Burnie appeared in front of a

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judge facing relentless
questioning about.

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Her daughter's whereabouts, but
she.

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Remained silent, unable to
provide any answers.

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It seemed as if the child had
simply vanished into thin air.

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But authorities knew there.
Was more to the story.

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As a result.
Bernie was immediately.

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Arrested.
And taken to Rikers.

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While her other.
Children were placed in foster.

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Care.
Over the following days, both

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Bernie and her mother were
interrogated.

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Separately by police, despite
hours of.

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Adamantly denying any
involvement or knowledge of

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where Amy could be, the child's
grandmother eventually made a

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shocking confession.
She revealed that in the months

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before her disappearance, Amy
had been experiencing severe

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stomach pains and instead of
seeking help for their young.

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Daughter, they left her to
suffer.

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Tragically, Amy.
Died as a result.

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Of this neglect, but instead of
reporting her death and seeking

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justice for their actions, the
family.

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Chose to hide.
Her body in their own home for

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nearly.
Two weeks her.

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Small decomposing body lay on a
mattress while her family went

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about.
Their daily lives.

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And when the smell became too
unbearable, they disposed.

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Of her body like trash.
As news of this heinous act

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spread.
Authorities were appalled.

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And disgusted.
It all seemed too unreal.

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To be true with a history of
abuse.

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Allegations against them.
There was no doubt in anyone's

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mind that this family was guilty
of extreme neglect.

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At the very.
Least upon further investigation

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and interviews with neighbors,
it became clear that Amy's life

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had been nothing but misery
since she arrived in New.

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York isolated from.
Others and.

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Rarely allowed outside.
Or to attend school regularly.

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She had no chance at a normal
childhood.

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The signs of her suffering were
there all along for anyone to

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see, yet no one intervened in
the end.

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She was discarded.
Like mere trash, forgotten and

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unloved.
By those who should have

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protected her.
Justina Morales was yet another

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tragic.
Case with excuses.

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Emerging like old wine from a.
Cracked Bottle The classic tales

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of.
Relocation and family troubles

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were thrown around, but little
did anyone know that Justina's

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final resting place had already
been decided.

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It wasn't until authorities made
their way to her supposed home

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that they.
Realized the bitter truth.

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Justina was long gone, but it
wasn't natural causes.

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That took her life.
No, it was something much darker

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that lingered in her grandmother
and mother's minds.

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They believed.
Justina to be possessed by a

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demon, consumed by evil, and so
in their twisted attempts to

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save her.
Soul they force.

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Fed her a lethal concoction of
household ingredients, pepper.

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Olive oil.
Ammonia, vinegar, anything they

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could find to exorcise the
demons within.

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As Justina took her last breaths
in agony and confusion, these

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two women held her down and
silenced her screams with tape

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over her mouth and when she had
breathed her.

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Last, they casually discarded
her body with all.

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Other unwanted trash?
It's almost too.

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Horrible to believe that such
cruelty could exist.

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Within those meant to care.
For us, but as authorities

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search.
Through the landfill.

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Where they believed.
Justina's remains lay hidden

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the.
Reality of the.

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Situation became painfully
clear.

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This was not just a tragic
accident or unfortunate

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circumstance.
This was a murder at the hands

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of those.
Closest to her.

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The news.
Spread like wildfire.

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Shocking and disturbing all.
Who heard it?

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How could A5 year old child
suffer such a fate?

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How could a mother and
grandmother betray their own

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flesh and blood in such a
heinous manner?

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These questions echoed
throughout the community as

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authorities combed through
evidence and arrested 25 year

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old Angelique Burnie and 46 year
old Rosa Wilkerson for their

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unspeakable actions.
Justina never stood a chance

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against the darkness within
those who should have loved her

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most.
As the.

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Truth of her final moments came
to light a sense of grief and

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outrage.
Settled over.

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The city mourning for a young
life taken most.

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Horrifically the authorities.
Announced the arrest of the two

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women in connection with Amy's
murder.

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Which occurred just three weeks
prior the details.

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Were gruesome.
It appeared that she had been

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forced to ingest dangerous
chemicals and her body was then

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disposed.
Of like trash.

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The family had been under
scrutiny by child services for

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months.
After reports of suspicious.

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Bruises on Amy's face surfaced
from her teacher, but despite

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this monitoring, no one could
have.

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Predicted the tragic.
End that awaited.

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Her It was a sad day.
For everyone involved.

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But the.
Aggressive investigation led.

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To the arrest of these
perpetrators.

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However, some tragedies cannot
be.

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Avoided.
And this was one of them.

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And while the community on
University Ave. may have been in

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disbelief about their neighbors
heinous actions.

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The.
Reality was undeniable, a young

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and innocent.
Life was lost.

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But this wasn't the first time
such.

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Horror struck.
This neighborhood memories of

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Nadine Lockwood's death.
Just a year.

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Prior came flooding back,
followed by the haunting image

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of Justina Morales, who was left
in an abandoned lot after being

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tortured by her mother and her
boyfriend.

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For days, detectives.
Scoured the landfill for any

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clues but ultimately found
nothing.

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It was during this time that
more details emerged about the

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grandmother who sent Angelique
and her siblings to live in

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Florida many years.
Ago reportedly because she

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believed her oldest daughter was
possessed.

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By demons, a belief that seemed
to trickle down to her

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granddaughter in the end.
Some things can never be fully

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explained or understood.
All we can do is mourn the loss

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of a young life.
And hope for justice to be

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served.
The authorities were unmoved by

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the supernatural.
Excuses put forth.

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For Amy's.
Death.

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They saw it as a ploy to evade.
Responsibility.

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A way to weasel out of a guilty.
Verdict And let's face it, only

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a certain type of person could
commit such an abhorrent act

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against a child.
Those who thought.

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They knew Angelique and Rosa now
saw them in their true light,

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cold and unfeeling monsters, one
neighbor said.

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We used to talk about the.
Lord and current events I never

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would have guessed.
That they were capable of such.

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Cruelty towards children.
She added.

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I'll never understand why
parents harm their flesh and

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blood when they are meant to be
precious gifts from God.

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But it was.
Too late for Amy.

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Her fate sealed by the two
people she should.

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Have been able to trust the
most.

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They were charged with murder in
the second degree and depraved

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indifference murder, both
heinous crimes that shook the

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community.
To its core, the details.

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Of Amy's death were plastered
across newspapers and television

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screens, causing disgust and
outrage among all who.

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Heard or read about it despite
efforts by child.

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Services to uncover the.
Truth it was.

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Clear that something had gone
wrong in that household.

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But it was too late, no?
Amount of punishment could bring

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back Amy.
Or erase the.

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Horrors she endured in her final
moments the only solace.

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Left was the hope for justice to
be served.

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Angelique Burnie and Rosa
Downing were sentenced to prison

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for 12 1/2 to 25 years for
taking the life of innocent 5

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year old Amy Michelle Burnie.
But even as reality set in on

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University Ave., there was no
forgetting what happened behind

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closed doors at 2769 University
Ave.

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It was a chilling reminder that
evil can lurk inside anyone's

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home, even those you interact.
With daily.

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And while headlines came and
went, life on University of

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continued as if nothing had
happened.

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But not for Amy.
Her life was cut.

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Short at only five years, not
enough time to finish school,

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discover her passions or form a
bond with.

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Her supposed caregivers.
No amount of love could have

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saved her from the.
Fate that awaited her.

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Her existence was reduced to
mere words on a page.

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Another heartbreaking chapter in
a story we have.

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Heard all too.
Often, and one can't help but

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wonder, did anyone shed tears
for Amy when she took her last?

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Breath or was?
She another forgotten victim in

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a cruel world of monsters,
hiding behind smiling.

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Faces if still.
Among the living, she would have

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seen her 32nd birthday.
Another casualty of a broken

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system, another life stolen by
those who claim to.

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Care for her.
Rest in eternal peace, dear Amy

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Michelle Burney, The world may
have forgotten you, but your

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memory lives on.
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Tears for Black Girls, now a
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