A Mother's Mission: Filicide and the fight for justice
Update: 2025-06-24
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Today, Rachel is joined by two courageous mothers, Hope Mater and Brandi Morey Pols, who share their deeply personal and heartbreaking stories of losing their children—Rowan Morey, Alec, and Lydia Mater—to filicide at the hands of their biological fathers. This episode dives into:
FIND AND FOLLOW HOPE AND BRANDI:
BRANDI:
TikTok - brandimarie26
IG - dollbb55
HOPE:
TikTok - hope.in.the.pain
IG - hope_in_the_pain
SOURCES:
https://www.piercespledge.org/team
https://www.seemechildren.com/
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/like-mother-like-murder--6210055/support.
- The tragic stories behind Rowan, Alec, and Lydia
- The systematic red flags and failures that led to unimaginable loss
- Hope’s advocacy work and connection with other filicide survivors
- Brandi’s legislative victory with the Rowan Amendment to Michigan’s AMBER Alert system
- A tribute to Peityn, Evelyn, and Olivia Decker—three sisters recently killed in another filicide case—and a message of solidarity to their grieving mother, Whitney Decker
FIND AND FOLLOW HOPE AND BRANDI:
BRANDI:
TikTok - brandimarie26
IG - dollbb55
HOPE:
TikTok - hope.in.the.pain
IG - hope_in_the_pain
SOURCES:
https://www.piercespledge.org/team
https://www.seemechildren.com/
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/like-mother-like-murder--6210055/support.
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