The Misery Machine6 Jun 2023

The Story of Thomas Valva

This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the case of Thomas Valva, a young autistic boy who was abused and left to sleep in an unheated garage by his NYPD cop father and his evil stepmother.

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Source Material:

https://familylawyer.1800nynylaw.com/family-court-act-article-10-child-protective-services-part-2-102_7.html#:~:text=Order%20of%20Protection-,Family%20Court%20Act%20Article%2010%2C%20Child%20Protective%20Services%20Part%202,the%20child%20from%20your%20custody

https://img.nyed.uscourts.gov/files/opinions/20cv2663MO06152022.pdf

https://abc7ny.com/thomas-valva-frozen-in-garage-forced-to-sleep-autism/5890771/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/nyregion/nypd-officer-son-freezing-death-guilty.html

https://abc7ny.com/thomas-valva-frozen-in-garage-forced-to-sleep-autism/5890771/

https://abc7ny.com/thomas-valva-michael-angela-pollina-child-froze-to-death/5883799/

https://abc7ny.com/michael-valva-trial-deliberations-jury/12543925/?fbclid=IwAR02BYBdFYQbEWWPsjZ9FbWCjjDWEMt2N5_DonEavu0S-PGylITyS24K7Ds

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/former-nyc-cop-michael-valva-sentenced-to-25-years-to-life-for-murder-of-8-year-old-son/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16293306/

https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/how-abuse-mars-the-lives-of-autistic-people/

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-officers-who-hit-their-wives-or-girlfriends/380329/

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https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/realestate/center-moriches-small-town-feeling-gentle-prices.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKNzIi3nbRE&ab_channel=ScottWestgate

https://www.facebook.com/justina.valva.3

https://www.facebook.com/michael.gerard.9883

https://www.facebook.com/cheryllynnseward/videos/2990789734519233?idorvanity=582228675218845

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mzW6mfrfH0&ab_channel=PIX11News

https://abc7ny.com/angela-pollina-murder-trial-deliberations/13112379/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H4TelyRdGk&ab_channel=FOX5NewYork

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