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Sneak peek: Blaming Melissa

July 15, 2015 / 03:42

This episode covers the case of Melissa Kazinski, a daycare worker accused of causing the death of 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan. Key discussions include the events leading to Benjamin's death, the police interrogation of Melissa, and the evidence that emerged after an anonymous tip.

Melissa Kazinski describes her love for working with children and her close relationship with her sister, who helped her secure the daycare job. The episode highlights the tragic incident on January 14, 2009, when Benjamin was found unresponsive while in Melissa's care.

During the police questioning, Melissa maintains her innocence, expressing confusion and fear as she faces accusations of severe head trauma inflicted on the child. The interrogation reveals the intense pressure she experienced from law enforcement, who were convinced of her guilt.

The episode also discusses the impact of the case on Melissa's life and the community's perception of her. New evidence that surfaced later raises questions about the initial investigation and the assumptions made about her involvement.

TLDR

Melissa Kazinski faces accusations of causing a child's death, maintaining her innocence amid intense police interrogation and new evidence emerging later.

Episode

3:42
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there has been an extraordinary new development in a case we brought you in February it began with an anonymous
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phone call that led to new evidence that could mean everything to a Young daycare
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worker blame for a child's [Music] death just hearing them hearing you know little babies
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it just it makes my day just being around them Melissa kazinski is my younger sister she's just a wonderful genuine
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nicest person I've ever met I got her the job at the daycare center where we both
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worked the daycare center was where wealthy working moms and dads took their children expecting their children to be
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in great hands oh I loved it every day you know just coming in there seeing all the kids and everyone smiling
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happy Benjamin kingan was 16 months old he was a sweet little boy he loved molissa he was a very happy
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baby on January 14th 2009 Melissa Kinski had gone to work Ben was sitting in his
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bouncy chair playing with his blanket and then he kind of falls back asleep when I saw him starting to fall asleep
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I'm like Ben Ben and no response he didn't look right and I touched his hand he did not wake up at
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all I flew in there and she was you know trying to comfort him Ben wake up I saw
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orange foam come out of his nose and um I'm sorry I didn't get a pulse I started
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doing CPR immediately I was so scared later we heard that Ben had passed away 2 days later at about 9:30 a.m.
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Melissa kazinski was brought to a police station for questioning and we've got some questions to ask you police were
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told that Ben had severe head trauma Ben's skull was sure and it was something that occurred at the daycare
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center we're sure that somebody did this to him the last adult in the room with Ben before the incident occurred was
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Melissa cisinski I never put my hand on the chest ever I kept telling them I didn't do this what happened why would
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you blame me for doing something like that I had nothing to do it she denied having done anything to Benjamin you hit
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him in the head no for about 6 hours I did not do anything the count was 79 times I never put my hand I did not drop
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them I completely did not do it they were just continuously not believing me your line Looks like you intentially
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kill this boy I'm not believing anything you're telling me now I didn't do anything give me a break this kid's dead
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we're not going anywhere until we get the facts here okay don't make me please Melissa what happened to
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Ben I don't know exactly what happened to him but I got blamed for it

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  • 80
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  • 75
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Episode Highlights

  • Tragic Incident at Daycare
    A young boy named Benjamin tragically passes away at a daycare, leading to a police investigation.
    “He was a sweet little boy...”
    @ 01m 12s
    July 15, 2015
  • Melissa's Emotional Denial
    Melissa Kazinski insists on her innocence during intense police questioning.
    “I didn't do anything!”
    @ 03m 20s
    July 15, 2015

Episode Quotes

  • I never put my hand on the chest ever.
    Sneak peek: Blaming Melissa
  • I didn't do anything!
    Sneak peek: Blaming Melissa

Key Moments

  • Police Interrogation02:16
  • Emotional Plea02:49

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