by Robert Riggs

This isn’t the kind of story I usually tell.

The police didn’t converge on the scene with sirens blaring and guns drawn.

But what happened inside a Dallas apartment complex was just as devastating and just as unforgivable as a cold-blooded murder.

In 2015, a silent killer slipped into the home of two young children. Not through malice, but through neglect, greed, and a rusted furnace exhaust pipe no one wanted to fix. 

The carbon monoxide gas that leaked out of it took their minds, leaving them permanently brain-damaged, trapped in silence.

For nine years, their mother fought a legal battle against apartment owners and their insurance company, which denied everything. 

What followed was a story of delay, deception, and courtroom drama that will outrage even the most hardened true crime listener.

This episode is a departure from my usual reporting, but it’s one I had to tell. 

Because sometimes, the deadliest crimes aren’t committed with a weapon. 

They’re committed with indifference.

Legal Resources Mentioned In This Story:

Ted B. Lyon Personal Injury Lawyer

Science Resources for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Dr. Lindell Weaver

Science.org