I have put off writing about this case. Every time I begin to research it, I get very emotional. It has a weird effect on me. It is comparatively less gory than most things Ive told you about on this blog. Even so, it wrenches my heart. It reminds me of the murder of Sylvia Likens, which also made me sad for weeks. The death of poor Ame Deal isn't quite as gruesome as Sylvia's but it is no less cruel. It is certainly lo less tragic, meaningless, or sad. Both girls died at the hands of their caregivers after years of torture for no reason other than the lived. Sammantha Allen, 29, was punishing her 10-year-old cousin Ame in 2011 for getting a popsicle without permission by putting her inside a small storage box. She suffocated to death in there. Sammantha left her there overnight during a heat wave. Temperatures reached triple digits in Phoenix, Arizona that night. Climbing into that storage box was just the end to a horrific day for Ame. After taking the icy treat, Samman