This week, Yergy and Drewby discuss the case of Amber Bobo, a New Jersey mother who left her 23 month old daughter, Ariana Smyth, alone with her boyfriend of 2 weeks, Michael Disporto - and of course, tragedy ensues. But did Amber help her daughter? Or did she find going shopping at the mall more important?

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Source Material:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2956185-Disporto-Probable-Cause.html?embed=true&responsive=false&sidebar=false

https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/08/local-man-charged-killing-girl-2/86859902/

https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/amber-bobo

https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/michael-disporto

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6657981/Father-testifies-trial-man-raped-beat-death-toddler-daughter.html

https://www.nj.com/camden/2017/11/no_early_release_for_mom_who_didnt_get_help_for_ch.html

https://www.nj.com/camden/2019/03/jury-deadlocks-on-whether-man-raped-killed-his-girlfriends-toddler-prosecution-vows-to-retry-him.html

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-bobo-a08371102/

https://www.nj.com/south/2019/03/thank-god-prosecutors-want-suspect-retried-in-nj-toddler-killing-feedback.html

https://www.nj.com/news/2021/04/nj-agrees-to-pay-almost-21-million-to-settle-sexual-abuse-claims-at-womens-prison.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/07/1004075024/new-jersey-is-closing-its-only-womens-prison-after-rampant-abuse-by-guards#:~:text=New%20Jersey%20Is%20Closing%20Its%20Only%20Women's%20Prison%20After%20Rampant%20Abuse%20By%20Guards,-Facebook&text=via%20Getty%20Images-,N.J.%20Gov%20Phil%20Murphy%2C%20seen%20above%20on%20Dec.,abusive%20incidents%2C%22%20he%20said

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viLXnNRWy2k&ab_channel=News12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usR0m-lzFaE&ab_channel=Jerseylife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu3f74tQyMM&ab_channel=BrianKushner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-JcbPSJAXQ&ab_channel=BrianKushner