Bonus Minisode #5: Aidan Leonardo

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

True Crime, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

*This formerly Patreon-exclusive bonus minisode was originally released on August 19, 2021.

In January 2020, a Tennessee mom stepped away for ten minutes of "me time," leaving her two young children alone in the bathtub, and returned to find her 11-month-old son, Aidan Leonardo, floating in the water, unresponsive.

Photos related to today's episode can be viewed here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/photo-gallery-5-55101300

You can also follow the podcast on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sufferthelittlechildrenpod
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@STLCpod

My Linktree is available here: https://linktr.ee/stlcpod

Visit the podcast's web page at https://www.sufferthelittlechildrenpod.com.

By supporting me on Patreon, you'll also access rewards, including a shout-out by name on the podcast and exclusive rewards. Visit www.patreon.com/STLCpod.

You can also support the podcast on www.Ko-Fi.com/STLCpod.

**New! Become a member of my channel for perks, ranging from a shout-out, members-only chat emoji, loyalty badges to other rewards. Click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCogRWoIzWMy7TX5PuX18smQ/join

Join my Spreaker Supporters' Club: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suffer-the-little-children--4232884/support

This podcast is researched, written, hosted, edited, and produced by Laine.

Music for this episode is licensed from https://audiojungle.net.

Subscribe to Suffer the Little Children:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/suffer-the-little-children/id1499010711
Google Podcasts: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/I5mx3lacxpdkhssmk2n22csf32u?t%3DSuffer_the_Little_Children%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16
Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/suffer-the-little-children
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/suffer-the-little-children/PC:61848?part=PC:61848&corr=podcast_organic_external_site&TID=Brand:POC:PC61848:podcast_organic_external_site
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0w98Tpd3710BZ0u036T1KE
iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/77891101/
...or on your favorite podcast listening platform.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This podcast contains descriptions of violence against children and adult language and is not suitable for all audiences.
0:06.9	Listener discretion is advised.
0:33.4	Hi everyone and welcome to suffer the little children, the true crime podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse and shining a harsh spotlight on the parents, guardians and caretakers who silence them.
0:39.8	I'm your host, Lane, and this is Patreon exclusive bonus minisode number five, Aidan Leonardo.
0:47.9	Never leave a baby alone in the bathtub. Not only is this basic rule of parenting simply instinctual,
0:52.1	but it's also one of the first things we're taught when we begin babysitting, or at the very least, when we become pregnant. Babies drown very
0:55.5	easily in bathtubs. A baby can drown in a sink, in a puddle, in a mop bucket, even in a
1:01.5	single inch of water. To most of us, it's a foregone conclusion that we would never leave a baby
1:06.8	unsupervised in the bath. Apparently, no one ever taught this lesson to 32-year-old single
1:12.8	mother, Lindsay Louise Leonardo, or maybe she thought her 23-month-old daughter counted as
1:17.4	supervision, because she left the little girl and her 11-month-old brother, Aidan, on their own in the
1:22.2	bathtub on Wednesday, January 8th, 2020, with about four to six inches of water.
1:31.7	According to Lindsay's arrest warrant, the reason she left her children alone in the bathtub in their home on the 1,200 block of Boyd Station Road in Knoxville, Tennessee, was because
1:36.4	she needed some me time. Lindsay stepped outside for about two minutes to smoke a cigarette
1:41.9	and to listen to two songs. I really want to know what those two
1:45.6	songs were. Now, don't get me wrong. As a mom, I have learned that Me-Time is absolutely vital to my
1:52.0	mental health. In fact, experts say the same thing. Self-care is an important part of parenting.
1:58.7	Common sense would dictate, however, that making self-care a priority does not
2:02.6	equate to, your health and wellness is more important than the safety of your child. After Lindsay got
2:08.0	her fix of both nicotine and sweet tunes, she returned to the bathroom to find Aiden floating face up
2:13.1	in a tub brimming with water and her daughter standing in the tub beside him.
2:21.2	Lindsay claimed her daughter must have turned on the faucet, causing the tub to fill up.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -2 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Suffer the Little Children Pod, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Suffer the Little Children Pod and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.