On a picturesque late summer morning in Odessa, Texas, eight-year-old Jaylin Schwarz finds herself bouncing on a trampoline in the backyard.

While seeing a young girl playing outside might seem ordinary, for Jaylin, this activity is anything but fun. She’s being disciplined, forced to jump under the scorching sun with temperatures soaring over 100 degrees. Her water breaks depend on her continuous jumping.

Despite her exhaustion and thirst, Jaylin has to keep going. The temperature on the trampoline reaches a blistering 110 degrees, a point where even an adult would desperately need hydration.

Alysha Anderton is the mother of two lovely daughters, sisters who are just a year apart in age. Despite her deep love for them, Alysha is grappling with addiction, making it difficult for her to provide the care they need. She faces a tough decision regarding their future.

In an attempt to do what’s best for her children, Alysha decides to surrender her parental rights, allowing her stepsister, Ashley Schwarz, and Ashley’s husband, Daniel, to assume custody while she focuses on her recovery.

Alysha believes this will only be temporary, and she will be able to see the girls often until she is able to be their full-time mom again. Promising to reunite as a family again soon, Ashley is thankful Jaylin and Jayde have a safe and loving home until she is better.

Jumping on a trampoline is something Jaylin Schwarz does for fun. But the activity has been used by her guardians, Ashley and Daniel Schwarz, as a form of punishment.

Other innocent activities, such as writing lines to improve her handwriting skills, carrying weights in a hallway, or picking up dog feces, were also used by Jaylin’s guardians.

As a punishment, Jaylin is forced to write lines over and over again until she is told to stop, she is forced to carry weights from one end of the hall to the other and back again, or she picks up dog feces with her bare hands. When the chore is not a punishment, she gets to use gloves.

On August 29, this life-threatening punishment of non-stop jumping on the trampoline takes a deadly turn for Jaylin because the door to the house is locked, there is no access to water, and she has been jumping for hours in the hot summer heat.

After three hours of jumping on the trampoline with temperatures hovering around 110 degrees, Jaylin passes out.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Additional Guests

• Kenneth “Tray” Gober – Managing Partner of Lee, Gober & Reyna; Instagram & Facebook: LeeGoberReynaLawFirm
• Tom Green – Former Chief Deputy Washoe County Sheriff’s Office; Homicide Detective & Cold Case Squad Burglary/Fraud Detective (high-tech surveillance & covert surveillance); Currently, a Private Investigator & Owner: Nevada Investigative Services LLC
• Lynn Warriors – Founder and Executive Director of Lynn’s Warriors- an organization committed to ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation, & Host of Lynn’s Warriors on YouTube;  X: @lynns_warriors YouTube: @LynnsWarriors
• Erica Miller – Digital Content Manager / Digital Executive Producer at KMID Big 2 News; Instagram: @erica_miller_writes

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