r/netflix • u/AnotherDarnDay • 2d ago

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What the hell did I just watch? And what the hell was this person thinking?

I'm in shock that someone would do such a thing to their own child. And that she doesn't seem to have any focus on what she actually did.

The daughter didn't seem to grasp what her mother did when they told her but the father acted on it right away.

Was she totally jealous of her own daughter?

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u/unicorn_onmacabre 2d ago

The way Kendra kept touching and hugging Lauryn after she confessed - I was yelling at the TV, “Get off her!!!” You could tell Lauryn couldn’t process it. I’m still in shock over this one.

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u/AnotherDarnDay 2d ago

She wasn't giving her a chance to process. Like coaxing her to forgive and forget with each hug and pet. Just ew.

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u/kellyscomedy 2d ago

Agreed. So gross. At least her husband kicked her out. I was like someone needs to get this woman away from this poor girl.

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u/mafaldajunior 2d ago

I'm so mad at the police for not immediately separating them, since they knew at this point that the woman was a child abuser and a sex offender

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u/eltibbs 1d ago

It was love-bombing

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u/Delicious_Wafer7767 1d ago

Definitely. Imagine you’re processing your most vulnerable moment finding out your mother was your abuser and the first person to comfort you is your abuser. Smh…

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u/hashtagwoof 2d ago

When she was like “I can’t leave her” I actually yelled at the TV “you fucking told her to kill herself” like what the fuck?!

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u/FungiAmongiBungi 2d ago

And I was shocked the dad told the police “she has to leave we can’t be around her, I might do something I’m so angry or she might do something to our daughter etc..” and then the Police just leave. They don’t wait for her parents to get there. He just said we aren’t safe here with her alone and then they take off. WTH. Really bad police work

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u/Weekly-Role-1132 1d ago

I was proud of the dad for taking immediate action. He called her parents to come get her. He was very clear that she had to go. The police should have enforced it and backed him up.

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u/FungiAmongiBungi 1d ago

Yeah I was shocked they just blew all that up and walked out. They’re lucky there wasn’t a murder suicide or something. Also she confessed. They should have taken her to the station and got a proper confession done then and there

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u/Foreign_Frosting9219 1d ago

Yeah unfortunately they were only there to collect evidence and not for a domestic dispute. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of them waited outside for a bit but they did need to go process the evidence. I do agree they should have kept someone there until her parents showed up. They also might have been unsure if they should let them have some space but as soon as the dad was like “I’m afraid something will happen” they should have kept an officer at least on the property.

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u/hashtagwoof 2d ago

Oh my god this too! The police should have immediately implemented an order of separation. That dad was on his game 100%, this woman (mother or not) literally terrorized this child, the first step is separation.

The police work exposed in some of these documentaries is criminally negligible.

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack 1d ago

They also told the daughter about the mother's crime with the mother present, and no other adult. Who does that??

Imagine if it was any other kind of abuse of a child, and you went into the home and told the abused child in front of the abusive parent that the parent was in trouble. They didn't even clearly explain that her mother was responsible for the text messages.

It couldn't have been handled more badly. And considering the mother had repeatedly told her daughter to take her own life, she could have very easily done something terrible to her daughter in that moment. The police should have been aware of that possibility.

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u/darladuckworth 1d ago

It was all SO casual.

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u/cclaire86 1d ago

I completely agree! It bothered me so much seeing her hugging her daughter right away.

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u/carlandmidge 13h ago

Dude, I’m sure my neighbors heard me hollering at my TV during that part. At certain points it looked almost like she was restraining her, what the hell WAS that???

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u/leafxmother 10h ago

I was so shocked and confused why Lauryn wasn’t super angry and upset when she found out it was her mom. If that was me I wouldn’t want her anywhere near me. Felt so disgusting, unnatural and completely wrong watching their interaction