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The case of Tesslynn O'Cull is one of the most shocking cases of child abuse resulting in death. She was only
3 years old.

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00:00Hello and welcome to the Dark Mystery Lounge.
00:03Last time we talked about the horrific case of baby Brianna in New Mexico.
00:08A baby that suffered for five months and died at the hands of her so-called parents and uncle.
00:14Well today we are going to take a trip up to Oregon to talk about probably one of the most shocking and horrific cases I have ever heard.
00:23And in my opinion didn't get nowhere near enough attention.
00:27Teslin O'Kull was a toddler that due to a pair of drug-fueled monsters endured a level of hell no child should ever have to go through.
00:36Just like last time I'm going to warn you now that there will be graphic descriptions of child abuse.
00:42So if you don't think you can handle it go ahead and click off now.
00:46Let's get started.
00:46Teslin Elizabeth O'Kull was born on June 8, 1994 in Upland, California to parents Stella Kaiser and Jason O'Kull.
01:02Stella was just 16 when she gave birth to her first child, a little boy.
01:06Two years later, Teslin was born.
01:09Stella and Jason, who sadly got her into drugs and partying.
01:13Stella, Jason, and the two kids moved in with Stella's mom into a trailer.
01:19Jason worked odd jobs as a carpenter and got on welfare.
01:24After a while, they had enough money to move into a duplex.
01:28In September of 1996, Stella moved to Oregon with the two kids where she reconnected with her twin brother Billy and made an effort to shape up her life and take parenting classes.
01:39When she visited the O'Kull family at Christmas, she left her son with them.
01:44In January 1997, Stella met Jesse Compton and moved in with him in early March.
01:51This is where Teslin's nightmare began.
01:53Stella and Jesse bonded over their shared love of drug, mainly crystal meth.
01:58This resulted in a lot of violence.
02:01They would go for days without sleeping or eating and become dangerously irritable and paranoid before crashing.
02:07Sleeping for days.
02:09Jesse would host drug parties, some of which went on for several days.
02:14During these parties, Jesse would use a propane torch to smoke meth and show off how much pain he could endure by taking this lit propane torch to his hand.
02:24Jesse took his anger out on Teslin sometimes during these parties.
02:27He would hit her on the buttocks and back with a wooden spoon, a spatula, and a belt.
02:32Visitors to the apartment witnessed Jesse slap her in the face, drag her by her hair,
02:38force her to stand in a corner for long periods of time, and make her take long, cold baths or showers.
02:44During these anger fits, he would call Teslin disparaging names,
02:48and even threw a knife at her, which stuck into the wall beside her just inches away from her head.
02:54Visitors also witnessed that Jesse and Stella would usually keep Teslin in the bedroom during these drug parties,
03:01and they could hear the child cry for hours after Jesse had been in the bedroom with her.
03:06He would not permit others to go into the bedroom to help her.
03:09Eventually, they kept Teslin in the bedroom most of the time.
03:13Sometime in possibly April or May, Jesse broke four vertebrae in her back.
03:18Shortly after that, Jesse would SA her with foreign objects and inflicted burns on Teslin's back, buttocks, and genitals,
03:26using an open flame from his propane torch.
03:30Those burns became infected.
03:31There were also round burns on her legs, so Jesse poured rubbing alcohol on the burns.
03:37As if this poor child hasn't suffered enough,
03:40Jesse immobilized Teslin by placing her hands and feet over her head
03:44and tying them together with rope, cord, or strips of cloth.
03:49He did this about 10 to 15 times,
03:52leaving her tied up for 8 to 10 hours at a time.
03:56Teslin's grandmother became suspicious because of Stella's erratic behavior.
04:01So the police were called, who came over to check on Teslin.
04:05Teslin was laying on the couch with a blanket over her.
04:08She waved at the police, and they left,
04:10having never set foot inside the apartment.
04:13Writing in the report that there were no signs of abuse.
04:17If they would have just inspected Teslin, she could have been saved.
04:21Stella's mother came over and brought a cake for Teslin's third birthday.
04:26Stella turned her away, saying that Teslin was sick.
04:29When her grandma hugged her, the child clung to her.
04:33Neighbors complained as well, and Jesse threatened to kill them if they said anything.
04:37Just a few days later, Jesse struck Teslin in the head several times,
04:43which caused her brain to bruise.
04:45He stomped on her abdomen several times, causing internal injuries.
04:49On June 14, 1997, little Teslin's suffering came to an end.
04:55Jesse and Stella found Teslin dead between midnight and 2 a.m.
04:59Jesse cut Teslin loose from her restraints and tried to revive her by giving her CPR.
05:06He also struck her on the left side of her chest a few times with his fist,
05:11then applied a frayed live electrical cord to her chest and splashed her with cold water.
05:17He was unable to revive her.
05:19They left the body in the bedroom while they tried to figure out what to do.
05:23Teslin's injuries were so extensive that they feared that they would go to jail if anyone saw the body.
05:29Yeah, you think? What the hell?
05:32They decided to bury her, so they took her tiny body and put it in a laundry basket,
05:37then called Jesse's sister Lacey to help bury Teslin.
05:41She drove them to a logging road in Sweet Home, Oregon,
05:45and buried her in a shallow grave in a wooded area.
05:48As if this story wasn't horrifying enough, if your blood isn't boiling enough,
05:53just wait, it gets worse.
05:55In the days after Teslin was buried, Jesse and Stella were happy, playful, and affectionate with one another.
06:05What the hell?
06:07They told friends that Teslin was with a babysitter or at Stella's aunt's house
06:11and that they were planning to move out of town.
06:14They also told friends that they wanted to have a baby boy.
06:18Well, their plans were about to be ruined.
06:25These two monsters didn't count on someone growing a spine and doing what was right.
06:29On the evening of June 16, 1997, two days after Teslin died,
06:36Lacey Compton, Jesse's sister, told the police about helping to bury Teslin.
06:42Early on the morning of June 17, Springfield police officers found the baby's body
06:47buried in a grave near that logging road in the area that Jesse's sister had described.
06:53They unearthed the body and arranged for an autopsy.
06:56Other items were found in the grave, including a piece of cloth that appeared to have been torn from a curtain,
07:03a strip of gray cloth, a blue-braided belt, and a woman's ring with a pink stone in it.
07:08That afternoon, police officers went to Jesse's apartment.
07:12They advised Jesse of his Miranda rights and obtained his permission to enter the apartment and looked around.
07:18Most of the apartment was dirty and smelled awful.
07:20There were holes in the walls, which Jesse had made by punching the walls when he was angry or by throwing knives.
07:28They found drug paraphernalia, drug residue, and a propane torch.
07:32They also found a lamp with a cut cord, a pair of pliers with burnt residue on it,
07:37rubbing alcohol bottles, and a white cloth with knots in them.
07:41In a search of the dumpster near the apartment, the police found two trash bags from Jesse's apartment
07:47that contained a Mother's Day card for Stella, child's clothing, an electrical cord that had been cut and had a frayed end,
07:55a blue cloth, a white cloth, and a shoestring with knots in them, and a rope.
07:59The cloth and shoestring had hair mixed in with the knots.
08:03Some of the cloth that police found was similar to the cloth that had been found in the child's grave.
08:08Needless to say, both Stella and Jesse were arrested.
08:12The medical examiner who conducted the autopsy concluded that Teslin had died of shock,
08:17and he listed the cause of death as battered child syndrome.
08:21Jesse was indicted on six counts of aggravated murder, murder by abuse, first-degree sexual penetration,
08:28and second-degree abuse of a corpse.
08:31The jury convicted him of all counts, and he was sentenced to death.
08:34Stella Kaiser was found guilty of aggravated murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole
08:41on April 30, 1999, at her second trial.
08:45The first trial ended in a mistrial.
08:52Teslin got a proper funeral and memorial by her family that loved her dearly.
08:57She was laid to rest at Desert View Memorial Park in Victorville, California.
09:01There are regular visitors that decorate her grave with flowers, toys, and pinwheels.
09:07Had she not have suffered any of this horrific abuse, she would be 29 years old as of June 8, 2023.
09:14Rest in peace, little Teslin.
09:16I am so sorry for what happened to you.
09:18You deserved so much better.
09:20Teslin's picture was used in the Stop the Abuse poster for the state of Oregon.
09:25While many people waited for Jesse to finally be executed,
09:28I mean, he was convicted in 1998.
09:31It's been long enough.
09:33Well, there was an anti-death penalty advertisement that was circulating in 2000 by the Benton Group.
09:39Trying to get the public sympathy, and featured as one of the photos of inmates, was Jesse.
09:45Needless to say, the public was pissed, and the ad was taken down.
09:50It might not have worked for the public, but it did work on the governors of Oregon in the passing years.
09:55A 2011 moratorium halted all executions in Oregon.
10:00Then, in 2022, Governor Kate Brown announced that she would commute the sentences of all 17 death row inmates, including Jesse, effective starting December 14, 2022.
10:14She also directed Oregon Department of Corrections to dismantle Oregon's lethal injection death chamber.
10:20As her term was ending, she stated,
10:23Unlike previous commutations, I have granted to individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary growth and rehabilitation,
10:32this commutation is not based on any rehabilitative efforts by the individuals on death row.
10:38Instead, it reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral.
10:43It is an irreversible punishment that doesn't allow for correction.
10:47It is wasteful for taxpayer dollars, does not make communities safer, and cannot be, and never has been, administered fairly and equitably.
10:56Unquote.
10:57I'm sorry, but with all due respect, Governor, now former Governor,
11:02but are you out of your damn mind?
11:04Immoral?
11:05Are you kidding me?
11:06What is immoral is what Jesse did to baby Teslin.
11:09That little girl was shown no mercy whatsoever.
11:12It was immoral for her to be beaten to death.
11:14He deserves the worst punishment possible.
11:17Give me a damn break.
11:19Well, I guess if he goes to Gen Pop and those guys find out what he was in for,
11:23they might just take care of the problem for you.
11:25I guess inmates have to do your damn job for you.
11:28It's screwed up how these murderers have more rights than victims do.
11:33Anyways, I digress.
11:35As for Stella, I couldn't find any new info on her, or even an updated picture,
11:40so I guess she's still alive.
11:44Honestly, this whole case is just plain wrong,
11:51but I feel like Teslin's story needed to be told.
11:53I heard, but it wasn't confirmed that Stella tried to call Jason to do a kid swap,
11:59but he declined.
12:01I feel like every one of those people that witnessed the abuse going on
12:05and didn't have the balls to say anything are just as guilty for not reporting it.
12:10She could have been saved, and shame on those cops for not pressing to see that baby
12:15and at least checking her over to make sure that she's okay.
12:18That's the least they could do.
12:20As for Stella, she should be ashamed of herself.
12:23There are women out there that would give their right arm to have a child,
12:27but this POS just allowed all of this to happen and threw her away like a piece of trash.
12:33Jesse deserves to be tortured in prison for the rest of his life,
12:37then die, go to hell, and be tortured for an eternity.
12:40The fact that the two of them were happy afterwards speaks volumes as to what kind of monsters they are.
12:47May YouTube bastards burn in hell.
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12:56We cover a variety of cases, not just child abuse.
12:59Thanks for hanging out with me in the Dark Mystery Lounge.
13:02This is Phoenix, signing out.
13:04Have a good evening, and stay safe.

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