Takesha & Efrem let their niglet rot while attached to a ventilator because they kept receiving benefits
‘Rotting in the bed:’ Florida parents accused of neglecting comatose 3-year-old to death
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A man and woman in Polk County were arrested earlier this month after their 3-year-old child was found in “bone-chilling” condition, according to the sheriff’s office.
In a release, deputies said fire crews were called to a report of an unresponsive child on the afternoon of May 12.
Upon arrival, first responders said they found the 3-year-old connected to a ventilator, though the boy didn’t have a pulse. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died despite several life-saving measures, according to law enforcement.
An affidavit shows the boy had numerous injuries, including large tears on his buttocks to the point his colon was visible.
The toddler’s stomach was also bloated, he appeared to be green, and there were open sores on the body “consistent with child neglect,” the affidavit adds.
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It was later discovered that the boy had been involved in a near-drowning at a vacation home in Davenport back in 2020, and he had been consequently connected to a ventilator since then, deputies said.
“The child had no brain activity, could not even blink his eyes, could not move his extremities,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a news conference on Wednesday. “And quite frankly, it was recommended to the parents that he be removed from any life-saving measures because the child would forever be in a coma with no brain activity.”
Judd continued, saying that the parents instead chose to keep the boy alive by using a ventilator and stomach tube.
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Instead, the parents reportedly told detectives they knew how to tend to the boy’s medical needs, though they noticed that he had developed large open sores since the prior month, court records state.
However, the affidavit shows that Williams and Allen chose not to contact anyone over the issue due to being afraid of having their children taken by state officials.
Williams and Allen also told investigators that the boy appeared to be alive on the night of May 11, though by the morning of May 12, they noticed that his stomach was bloated and that he appeared cold to the touch, deputies said. They waited until that afternoon to call 911, a release shows.
“This child had an extremely extended stomach, and it was green. This child was rotting in the bed,” Judd said.
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