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b"In 2016, 340 children were adopted in Wales. Ten month old Shayla O\\u2019Brien was one of those 340 children.\\n\\n\\n\\nLike most children put up for adoption, Shayla had entered this world under difficult circumstances. Born to a drug-addicted mother, she was added to the child protection register at birth, in November 2014. She left hospital when she was five days old and she was quickly taken into care by the Vale of Glamorgan council, before being placed with a foster family, where she remained until she was placed with an adoptive family in September 2015, at the age of ten months.\\n\\n\\n\\nThis adoptive family consisted of two parents, Craig and Matthew Scully-Hicks, and a previously adopted older child. Matthew assumed the majority of the caring responsibilities for Shayla, and she remained as a 'looked after child' following her placement with the family until the making of the Adoption Order. The Adoption Order was granted in May 2016 and Shayla\\u2019s name was changed to Elsie. She was now officially a member of the Scully-Hicks family.\\n\\n\\n\\nThis should have been the beginning of a happier life for Elsie, a life filled with love and opportunity\\u2026\\n\\n\\n\\nBut it wasn\\u2019t to be. Just two weeks after the official adoption had been granted, Elsie would lie dead in her bed at the University of Wales Hospital, having suffered a catalogue of catastrophic injuries at the hands of Matthew Scully-Hicks.\\nJust what happened to baby Elise...\\n\\n\\n\\nJoin us as we take a deep dive into this disturbing and tragic case.\\n\\nPatreon:\\nwww.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast\\n\\nSponsor:\\nwww.issuu.com/podcast - use promo code red\\n\\nTheme Music:\\nComposed by Holly-Jane Shears - www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"