3. Garrett Dye
9-year-old Amy Dye had already had a traumatic upbringing before she was killed by her brother in February 2011. Her mother had abusive boyfriends and she was allegedly sexually abused by her father, before moving to live with her great-aunt in 2006 at the age of six.
Sadly, her story ended as sadly as it began; the police found her body under a thicket near the farm where the family lived; she had been beaten to death with a hydraulic jack handle. It was Amy’s 18-year-old adoptive brother Garrett who plead guilty to her murder; he told police he had killed her because she wouldn’t stop talking.
What makes this story even more tragic is that her death could have been avoided; records from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services revealed that Amy had repeatedly told adults at school that she was being abused at home, and though social workers made note of her claims, for some reason they were never followed up.
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