The Forties Formula · Amanda Lim & Jasmin Dhillon

REAL LIFE KIDNAPPING: THE CASE THAT SHOOK SINGAPORE

·41 min·4 clips

The host reveals that most child abductions are by family members, not strangers, making cases like Daylin's both common and legally complex.

This episode features an emotional interview with Daylin Lamont, whose seven-year-old son Caleb was abducted by his father to Malaysia in May 2024. Daylin shares the heartbreaking details of the abduction, the history of emotional abuse and threats from her ex-husband, and the complex legal challenges she faces due to cross-border jurisdictional issues and Singapore's custody laws.

As heard by us

A school promise turns into a missing-child case and a border-crossing custody fight.

The episode stays close to Daylin Lamont's account, and that works. The fear lives in small domestic details: the baby months, threats dressed up as jokes, and the way school, passports, and travel turn into pressure points.

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When a weekend handoff becomes a cross-border disappearance.

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