
LIVE: Tepe Children Orphaned — Therapist on Trauma, Healing, and Doing Everything Right
Published: January 22, 2026
Duration: 19:42
Two kids. Ages one and four. Alone in the house with their dead parents.
Tonight we're processing the aftermath of the Tepe murders with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott. The children are now orphans. Over a thousand people came to the funeral. A family is shattered. And hanging over everything is the question we can't escape: Monique did everything right — recognized the danger, left quickly, told people, moved on, built a new life — and she's still dead.
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