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Twenty years ago, a chilling case shook Cincinnati: three-year-old Marcus Fiesel vanished from a park—but he was already dead. His foster parents, Liz and David Carroll, were secretly motivated by foster payments, especially for kids with special needs like Marcus. Living with them was David’s girlfriend, Amy Baker. As hundreds volunteered in the frantic search, investigators quietly doubted Liz’s story—no trace found by K-9 units, and inconsistencies piled up. The breakthrough? Marcus wasn’t at the family reunion they’d attended earlier that month. Amy, offered immunity, confessed: Marcus had been left taped in a blanket in a closet with a fan on while they went to the reunion, dying of overheating. Liz later admitted guilt; both were charged. Liz got 45–65 years, David took a plea deal for 15 to life. Marcus’s death sparked sweeping reforms in Ohio’s foster care system, demanding stricter checks and more frequent home visits to protect vulnerable children.

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