Teacher of 8-year-old beaten to death says she tried to intervene
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2022
- On June 3, 2022, 8-year-old Dametrious Wilson was found dead. His great-aunt Susan Baffour was charged with his murder.
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Sad. His teacher cared more about him than his own family.
This isn't anything new... This is more common than you think. Broken family as usual unfortunately. Look at the Aunt, Lookin like a dude.
This is gut wrenching. Laws needs to change in all states when it comes to children.
Laws won't make people good. It only protects the wealthy and provides them free labor.
So sad
the system is trash.....
The dad saying “I kinda wondered why he wasnt coming around so much anymore” explains how little anybody in that kids family cared. Absolutely disgusting. Get fixed if you don’t have a heart big enough to love a child.
Right, he clearly didn't give a damn. But was probably excited to sit down for an interview about his son's death. Smh
@@Jeffreyz1Love right it seems like he's just excited to be on TV. He probably happy he got a settlement check.
@@monforttransport Disgusting!!
Exactly like why did she have this baby boy
Right?! A little boy that young should never just "not come around so much anymore". They are told where to go. You are a parent. Man.
The fact his teacher seems more heart broken than his own father says it all
I agree!!! I caught that too. SMH!! He’s talking like he’s talking about his cat.😡
Right! The total nonchalance while talking about not really looking into why his child wasn’t coming for visits. How these “men” are just ok letting anyone else buy them raise their kids is infuriating
When a child is abused, they don’t hate their abusers, they hate themselves. 30yrs later I’m still learning to love myself and heal my trauma. No child deserves to have this happen to them.
Exactly. A commenter told me “you can’t save them all” when I said if the system fails one child, it doesn’t need to exist. We have money in this country for everything else, we even send money to other countries to support them, but we can’t match that effort with our own? Broken children grow up to be broken adults. Heal, baby! Grab onto your healing and never let it go.
See we need workers that was abuse as a child so they can see the sign. Workers we get read books that a fact
Someone once said, "every child deserves a parent, but not all parents deserve a child."
Sounds like it was his great aunt?!
Thank you. Never heard it. Hope you don't mind me using it? BRAVO..👌👍✌
And who makes that decision honey?
Another child death, cps involved…what a surprise. ..more negligence as usual.
Right? And a woman should have a right to choose before psycho Cycles continue. Inevitably it ends up worse than early termination in USA
I am a retired teacher. I can't tell you the numerous times I've reported abuse to CPS and DHS. I've had children appear at my door wanting help. The system is broken! We need to fix this or we will lose more children. R.I.P., dear Dametrious.
She was probably labelled as Karen for reporting a black lady abusing her nephew 😩
So heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing this. I had no idea that this problem was so big, I figured it may be an isolated case, or two. We've got to start paying more attention, to the children. And any that appear like seeking help, for God sake give it to them. Children are looking at certain adults to save them, and that's who we're here for, the children.
It is so sad. The experience is life-changing, for sure, especially when you know you’ve done all that you can do but it still feels like it wasn’t enough . And, as you stated, it’s not just once or twice, but numerous times. It haunts me even now, years later.
@@hugecake4178 unfortunately, that’s far from true. It doesn’t matter what color the reporter of abuse or the victim may be. CPS could care less, claiming to be understaffed. My solution is to disband the entire system, if that is the case, because it’s useless if even one child is harmed. But it’s never been one child, but thousands, who are severely beaten and/or killed despite CPS’s involvement.
I moved to the USA not too long ago.. Snd i went to a waterpark with my son and his two (half)siblings... A car was parked and the father told his daughter to get in and she said "but dad my..." and he swung his fist straight into her face... I was standing there in shock! The waterpark was full of people and it was bright daylight. Noone said anything, some even joked about it.. I yelled over just "hey!!!!! Stop!" and he slammed the doors and drove off... If thats what happens in the middle of a park thats full with people, PARENTS with kids... I dont wanna know what happens behind closed doors to so many children.. Something needs to change.. And thank you for being a part of the change while teaching all those kids love and compassion ❤️
I was abused as a child. I'm 59 now. For a child there's no one to tell or place to go. This story opened that scar immediately and the tears flowed. That teacher did her job and she cared about them. That kid deserved a chance at happiness.
Sorry for what you went through. That is why I became a school counseler, but I left due to the politics. Makes it hard to help kids.
@@devonwilliams3886 not one teacher could realize that my behavior was linked to what was going on at home. It's so messed up. Even worst now, they just want to line the kids up for jail. Thx for the thought. Respect
I was physically, mentally and emotionally abused as a child . Back in those days there was no such thing as child protection services.
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Thank You
and
I believe you
@@emiproperty2041 Teachers always link behavior to home life, actually. But unfortunately, they probably didn’t realize it was abuse. I’m sorry you went through that.
But also, sometimes teachers do report things anonymously, and you just may never have known!
Poor little boy never stood a chance. Abusive mother and aunt, and a dad that wasn't there to protect him. God bless the teacher for intervening and trying to get help for Dametrious. May he now rest in the loving arms of Jesus. No one will ever hurt you again, little man.
amen , poor baby
Oh....but the karma they asses gonna receive...you safe now Demetrius...you safe😥😥😥😥
"Jesus", same guy that commanded the Club Q massacre, right?
@@AlanCanon2222 No silly.
@@AlanCanon2222 That's antithetical to everything that Jesus Christ stands for. People doing evil in his name are antichrists. Don't be fooled.
How do you beat a child to death? Only a Monster.
This is happening everyday in the USA where so many people continue having babies out of social, religious, and entrapment reasons. Children are not Pawns to be played. Too many parents in my state have replied, " I gave them life now they owe me". And the child is expected to perform. A child owes Society nothing but it's up to us to see future Generations rise to a higher vibration of civilization
This has been happening since he start of time
@@dejavu8602 it's infuriating that people seriously think their children are indebted to them for existing.
As a mother, NO THEY ARE NOT. We chose to carry and keep them, they didn't ask to be born.
People who believe that their children "owe them" shouldn't be parents.
She hated Demetrius
FINALLY, someone asks the question!
She was MEANT to be a teacher. We need more like this teacher...coming from a former teacher myself
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She loved that little boy more than the family, bless her heart
Interesting choice of reporter. I like him
God love her sweet spirit ! Teachers are a great resource!! They should listen to these professionals who have the biggest hearts and sweetest spirits!! DHS ??? WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY !! I WORKED ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR THREE MONTHS AND RESIGNED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A CASE WHERE A SUPERVISOR TOLD ME TO CLOSE A CASE WHERE CLEARLY THE LADY NEEDED INTERVENTION. LAZY ASS PEOPLE WHO GET OUR TAX DOLLARS FOR NOTHING. THEY JUST SET HOME AND DO AS THEY PLEASE. NOTHING!!!
The mother was meant to be a mother…atleast the teacher had common sence
His family didn't give 2 ***ts about him. It is disgusting. Sickening. As a father, if you cared at all, you would of done something if you felt something was wrong. And yes, the system is broken. This is heartbreaking. We need to do better for these kids!
I wasn't abused at home, but I was relentlessly bullied by a few kids in middle school and it made me depressed and withdrawn at school. I didn't tell anyone, but I will never forget a favorite teacher pulling me aside and asking if anything was going on at home because she noticed the change in me. I lied and said everything was fine, but it meant so much to me that she cared because I thought I didn't matter at school. Good teachers care and they are a gift to the world
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How are you now, I kinda went through the same in school… I’m 25 years old now and can’t finish college, I’m still very scared of attending classes .
@@belle3055 I'm so sorry you are going through that.
@@belle3055 First of all congratulations to you for even being in college don’t allow people to get in your way because if I had the chance to do it all over again I would because I was bullied really bad and allowed it to take over my life
It’s called Child Protection Services in my state. Here’s my story. I was 6 months old when I went to the emergency room with two broken arms and legs. My skull was cracked and my head was twice the size with one eyeball hanging out of its socket. They induced me into a comma in hope of my healing from the traumatic brain and cranial injuries. Upon release from the hospital I was made a ward of the court. I was put into foster care until about 3 years old. It was only when my foster mom, her name was Mimi, filed papers with the Court to adopt me that my paternal and fraternal grandparents also filed papers to adopt me. Then for unknown reasons, my fraternal grandmother promised the judge that my mother would never ever lay a hand on me again. My last words to that grandma before she passed away was ‘you should have let me go. You should have let Mimi adopt me because the abuse continued once the Court put me back in the custody of my biological mother. The judge did not treat my mother’s case as though there was the potential she could still kill me. The judge treated the case as if my mother had an addiction….addiction to beating your child? My mother was offered the same kind of deferral program like the Courts do for drug offenders. Complete an 18 month program and you get your kid back. She attended parenting classes, anger management classes, 2 visits a week by a state and county social worker. I remember Ruth was the name of one of the social workers. My mother would coach me before Ruth would come over what I could or could not say. She did the same thing every time she had to take me to the ER for inflicting injuries on me. Eventually I began telling on her. As I got older I began asking questions after sharing with family members incidents that I recall happened. they should have known i was going to start asking questions. Good bad or indifferent they were honest but, still in denial. I have a brother one year older than me who was present during the abuse. He would sneak in my bedroom and ask me if I was okay. At 58 years old he claims to not remember or know anything about abuse. You don’t beat one kid and not the other if it’s an addiction. I also have a baby brother. And, again…. Both brothers thought that my mother and I did not have a relationship because I did drugs in high school. Abuse never entered their minds and till this day she is still lying about it. She had no explanation for my little brother when he showed her the newspaper article “6 month old baby in coma from beating by mother”. The moral of this story is when a child tells you that they don’t want to go or don’t want to stay with someone you can bet they are being abused in some manor. Does anyone have any idea how a child feels to be put back in the hands of our abusers? It’s like a child being afraid of heights and you make him ride a rollercoaster.
❤❤my heart goes out for you... I wish nothing but blessings in your life❤❤
I’m so very sorry you experienced this type of trauma 😢
The thing I cannot understand is why? Why does a woman who hates her child not give her ( him) up for adoption ? Why keep a child who is such a burden to you? Why does a relative standby while a little child is starved and beaten saying nothing? Tahlula Cameron you are amazing! You survived all that and still made a success of yourself. Those family members who deny what occurred, are lying to protect themselves from feeling remorse. Wishing you all the best in the future.
I am so sorry for your abuse I know it stays with you your whole life and I just pray you have moments of happiness
@Tahlula Cameron: My heart is aching almost to the breaking point as I read your story. I wish there was some way I could erase all the abuse and suffering you endured. I can't express the rage I feel at a system so broken that it continues to allow such abuse to continue on so many levels year after year -- even as such stories as yours continue to come to light.
But for you I have the utmost respect for even being on speaking terms w/family who didn't come to your defense as a helpless child. I hope that you're getting all the help you need now, and that your life is overflowing w/all the goodness, kindness, love and light that you didn't receive as a child -- and that is every child's birthright! 🙏❤💪
Its appalling that the teacher is more visibly upset by that lovelly little boy's death than his own family. That tells us all we need to know. Mrs. Gibson is a good person and she shouldnt feel bad. She did her best. Rest in peace Dametrious.
Demetrius negligent family members will definitely sue DHS and probably get a settlement for the system being broken.
live in WATERBURY CONNECTICUT COPS, DEPARMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND ANIMAL CONTROL NEVER SHOW UP. WHEN THEY DO MAKE FALSE REPORTS AS NO ISSUE WAS FOUND.
LOOK AT DEAD DOG IN MY VIDEOS
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THE GOVERMENT IS CORRUPTION....THE STATE EMPLOYEES DONT WORK, THEY GET THEIR PAY CHECK ANYWAY
THEY PROTECT EACH OTHER, AND MEDIA ALSO IGNORE US UNLESS IS SOMETHING VERY VIRAL $$$$$$
@@vatricegeorge LOL- "The system" is indemnified
And the stats prove, he just would've been her number one predator!
Do you personally know the family? Did you want them to put on a performance for the camera? Stop judging what you don't know.
No matter what he was going through he still was smiling my heart weeps for him and his sister 😭💔
The teacher has more emotions on this issue than the aunt and the damn father. It’s not fair…I wish I could save them all
I’m SO SICK of parents (adults period!) failing these children! It is inexcusable!!! RIP little Dametrious💔
The parents were useless and abusive as well that why they lost him in the first place .
ME2
I agree , I'm sick to my stomach. So broken 💔 hearted
So true!!!👍
@@blueblue5427 I was including them too.
This teacher is the type of woman you want in charge of teaching your kids, and keeping them safe. Her heart is so genuine, and the pain is all over her face. She loved that little boy as she does all her kids. It's just heartbreaking knowing she tried so hard, and reported it so many times.. For that boy to not be safely removed from the home its baffling... You could tell he loved school, and her. She gave him light in the darkness and put a smile on his face. He felt safe there. and it probably felt more like home to him, then his actual home. At least when he was on this earth, he got to feel genuine kindness, and warmth. He deserved so much better then this. Too many young lives are being taken by the ones who are supposed to protect them these days. We need to fix the system. These children deserve to live, and be loved, they need to feel happy and safe. This should not be something as a society we just brush under the rug and forget about. Too many are taken too soon because of it..
Rip sweet boy
Such a beautiful words of wisdom & love❤️it’s a tragedy that this children are dying in the hands of their people are supposed to love them🥲
We need more teachers like her. Incredible sad history😢
My Rest In Peace Angel 👼🏻
Agree..
What an eloquent comment. You’ve said it all, beautifully.
To bad the poor boy couldn't get help feel sorry for kids like this
The "system" was designed to fail. If it got fixed people would be without "jobs." So it's "job security."
This kills me I lost my daughter and CPS did nothing prayers to the family. This breaks my heart
I’ll never forget my 5th grade teacher she was such a kind woman I was a very smart student but had so much going on at home that it was impossible for me to finish homework. My back pack was a small suitcase filled with papers and she helped me organize it. None of my teachers knew what was going on at home often narcissistic abuse is sneaky and undetectable. My guardian was blaming the neglect of my actual parents and not the abuse by her own hands. I didn’t even know I was going through those things until now. Im 31 and so damaged dealt with the abuse until 2 years ago. RIP little one I’m so happy you’re not here suffering anymore bless your soul
This reporter is a good person. I see the legitimate fire in his eyes and you can tell he truly is angry and cares. We need more reporters like this. A real person.
Absolutely right.
All that rolling of his neck and dropping the files on the floor we're just way too dramatic also there isn't any proof that the aunt did anything I'm not sure what to pick up from the story. It seems like there was indiscrepancy and oversight on the mother she had marijuana in her system when she gave birth a lot of women do. I am not sure who was the absent parent if it was the father and what the family members did but the family members couldn't get the aunt to bring the child over did that mean that they couldn't also go over her house? It seems like the family is not connected and because the family isn't connected we honestly don't know what happened to the boy we can speculate.
@@pausedforcyberbullying_she beat him to death...
The state cant win, they get blamed either way. When the state steps in and removes kids they are accused of racism and "breaking up black families". If the state tries to keep families together, they get blamed when something like this happens.
I agree.
As a former foster parent the system is beyond broken. It is disgusting what these kids go through.
Former for a reason.
@@catherinecarella2928 yes the system is so he'd I couldn't be a part of how they do the children. I fostered 27 n 3 years and it broke my heart to see them placed with family members that were as bad as the parents they took them from.
Well buckle up people! You think state’s DHS departments are bad now? Sadly, it’s going to be a rocky ride soon and into the next few decades.
FAMILIES are beyond broken! It's about time we are HONEST about what is going on here. WAY too many kids like Dametrious are neglected, abused and abandoned by the PEOPLE WHO GAVE LIFE TO THEM and we blame a faceless SYSTEM? How convenient! Let mom, dad and aunt off the hook....AGAIN!
@@Pattim4762 - I also just went through this with my godchildren. BROKE my heart. I knew the system was messed up but I had no idea until I went through being a foster parent to children of junkies, the damages done to the children by their mother especially, and the incompetence and neglect by the parents _and_ of the system was MIND BLOWING. It changed my world and mindset and perception of _everything_ …
We Need More Teachers Like Her😔🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Her awe of complete utter shock after he said what documents he just dropped, made her absolutely speechless. Horrifyingly chillin, sad, and speechless, I started crying to see how upset she is without even showing upset expressions at that moment. His family doesn’t deserve the child, the child deserves the school’s protection & teacher’s grace.
This is why teachers need more respect and pay
They put their heart into our kids.
Exactly! I don’t get it.
No
Some of them...
More pay? Is the job abt money?
@@notyourtypicalcomment2399 lol they also need to pay bills no? 😂 so you should be paid less because you like your job. Got it.
This is the first investigation I've seen from a news station where the reporter looks visibly upset about the tragedy. Darius did an excellent job reporting this, you can tell his heart truly hurts for that poor baby.
Yes I love his passion! This is what we need today!! I love this guy!!❤❤❤
I would guess that reporters try to stay neutral in expression, While not expressionless.
Yes, I commend this reporter, Mr. Darius for his superb and comprehensive story, I like that he is going to continue reporting on this story. Thank you sir! The teacher, a beautiful person. Thank you. Hopefully Susan Balfour will get life and Dimetrius' sister is placed in a loving home. That little girl has a heavy road ahead of her.
This is appalling and disgusting!!!!! 60 days missed!!! THEY ARE TORTURED BY THIS DESPICABLE EVIL WOMAN!!!! I hope SHE GETS AN ETERNITY OF SUFFERING IN H*LL AND HERE IN JAIL
😣 that murder will have to answer our CREATOR YARWEH. No sin goes unpunished.
Im a survivor of CSA, and mental, emotional, physical abuse throughout my childhood. My heart hurts knowing that some arent able to get help or aren't listened to. I was abused while in the system too while court was going on, abusers are everywhere. Listen to the children!
Just hearing her speak of him has me balling crying...we need more caring teachers like her💕
I love the passion of this reporter and the compassion of this teacher. This is heart wrenching 😥.
To bad he asked all the wrong questions.....
@@megg.6651 Not true. He did an excellent job, to which numerous comments here testify.
She should have kidnapped the little dude , shes a loving person. The actual parents , not so much.
@Meg G. Meg, I'm not from the States, I'm interested in your take as I too feel there are questions that were not asked.
To the father, what was wrong with you that you could not care for your boy? That boy needed you. Where were you? Do us all a favor and don't ever have any more children! Where is Noelle's biological father? Stop making children that you can't or won't care for!!!
I agree! Maybe he should run for US Senate or President like the other deadbeats with baby mommas have? 🤷♂️
RIP baby boy, u are in the LORDS arms now🙏 to his family!!!
THANK YOU!
EXACTLY!!!!! Smh
For reals!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
😥😥😥😥😥🙏🏽🤍 My heart goes out to this little boy. So sad. Rest in Paradise sweet little Dametrious. You didn’t deserve anything that you went thru . We have to protect our children 😰
As a teacher this breaks my heart so much
This breaks my heart. He was failed since before he even came out of the womb. Props to the teacher and the reporter for doing their jobs. Rest well, Dametrious.
That is why abortion should not be blocked. Its innocent souls who suffer. False prolifers don't care about him once he's born..who helped him? Not the fake prolifers .
I have no words. RIP sweet child. Hugs to the teacher who tried to save him.
I, being a teacher myself, have A LOT of words....but, unfortunately, those words are frowned upon by school boards, administrators, politicians and people who CLAIM to care about kids like Dametrious. - THAT is why this child is dead right now.
@@megg.6651 Big hugs to you, for the things you have to deal with as a teacher. I can't imagine knowing something is terribly wrong, and nobody listening.
Mrs Gibson should sue DHS and put the money that they waste to some good use.
No words..just heartbreak
Thank you Mrs Gibson
I am so sorry for the loss, and I know what that teacher feels ! I have seen a few children myself while teaching that clearly, were being abuse or had severe issues that needed to be addressed !
Whoever was in charge of DHS/Department of Family/Social Services needs to be fired, sued, and arrested !
This situation could have been prevented, if they just acted on the initial tip/report from the teacher. This makes me absolutely sick, and infuriated at the same time ! What is wrong with people ?!?
The Board of Education needs to be held accountable too ! What were they doing to stop the abusive situation from continuing ? They should have immediately contacted the police, and had them perform a spot check. Also, they could have employed a plain clothes PI to monitor the family, in order to see how the situation REALLY is !
Just because someone seems happy at times, (especially children) does NOT mean that all is well where they live. If a student indicates that they do not want to go home, they are scared of their parent, or show signs of distress, the school administration must follow up ! Many have already suffered in silence ...for decades !
The lack of concern is baffling!..horrific
As a rejected and abused child, I too found refuge at school. I lived in two separate, different worlds, and I loved school.
live in WATERBURY CONNECTICUT COPS, DEPARMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND ANIMAL CONTROL NEVER SHOW UP. WHEN THEY DO MAKE FALSE REPORTS AS NO ISSUE WAS FOUND.
LOOK AT DEAD DOG IN MY VIDEOS
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THE GOVERMENT IS CORRUPTION....THE STATE EMPLOYEES DONT WORK, THEY GET THEIR PAY CHECK ANYWAY
THEY PROTECT EACH OTHER, AND MEDIA ALSO IGNORE US UNLESS IS SOMETHING VERY VIRAL $$$$$$
@@lovingpurrs8388Right? And we're not in the 19th century anymore. People are taking on more than they can handle. Kids and animals are not pawns. It's up to us to know when to stop. Most governments are indemnified when it comes to this. There are just too many being abused neglected and murdered. CPS can't keep up and it seems neither can cops anymore.
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@@dejavu8602 your comment is non sensical. I go to work to work, some of us do work and pay taxes,this salaries...in fact your comment sound the 19 century. No sense. Stop talking to me idiot. Go back to your weed
Same here. School was my refuge as a child.
Poor baby. I can feel how heartbroken that teacher is. She’s trying so hard to hold back tears just talking about those poor kids. 😢RIP little Dametrious.
These kids ate just a check to these trifling people.
Whatever
@@tracieross9928 are
She doesn’t actually care, she is making this whole thing about herself.
@@Codeman22 no she isn't. She is upset because he was murdered at such a young age. And upset that the system wasn't/isn't working. I suspect she feels a mix of anger and guilt and is trying to process it.
It would totally suck to be able to see something is wrong and be stonewalled
This teacher is a beautiful human being. I pray she receives her flowers for all she tried to accomplish on behalf of Demetrius. God Bless her and that poor baby’s soul.
The tough thing is, coming from a fostercare case manager, kids get hurt in familycare, kids get hurt in foster homes, family blames foster and foster blames family. Its a terribly flawed system and very sad it exists. We literally have a culture where people have to be monitored in caring for their own or someone else's children😢
Not even an obituary for him that I could find. How horrific. This little boy smiled every day through the hell he was living. Rest in Peace sweet boy!!
Coming to school was an escape for him
Obituaries in most newspapers are not free, and are paid for by the family.
@@fifty9forty3 so a compassionate person should pay for his obituary.
@@vickimeyers2672 Don't go off on this tangent. "A Compassionate person" crap. Unless YOU are Donating? I'm sure you're Not. Go buy your fast food, fancy Coffee and STFU.
@@vickimeyers2672 they're outdated now. My brother didn't want to pay towards our mother's. I said she would have wanted it because she always used to read them to make sure she wasn't dead. But social media has replaced the need for paid services like these in most people's lives.
I couldn't fight back my tears. The system failed him tremendously, his family failed him. Absolutely deplorable!
Absolutely deplorable!!! Something needs to be done and they All need yo be held Accountable. 😩
As a teacher myself, I can tell you the DSA is completely useless. I could tell you some stories that would make this one look like rookie news, but I won't because it's too damn disturbing. DSA says in defense that their hands are tied because removing a child from their parents goes against so many parent rights and the constitution. They also say they are massively underfunded which that I do agree with, but it's more smoke and mirrors than anything.
The school Failed him as well. People need to be Brave and speak out when they "thought something was fishy"
Beautiful teacher, and the system needs more teachers like her, because clearly she really cares about these kids. Rest in peace Dametrious Wilson! Just disgusting parenting. Heart breaking to hear that someone could do such horrific things to their own child
I’m currently going through Cps-Dcfs issues. My Brother was killed in January by APD.
His priorities were to get custody of his kids to change his life for them.
Mother is addicted to meth, alcohol, homeless, being with random men, etc
Left my brothers kids 16 yo boy 6 yo girl with her 21-27 year old kids. 27 yo male has absolutely no communication skills just glares at you, he can talk, just chooses not to. Or make that effort.
21 yo female is almost the same. Very quite stays in the room eats sweets, doesn’t want to cook for herself. They reached out to me to take my brothers kids. I drove 9-10 hours to pick them up. As I was there the young lady asked if they could come. I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t have much room at my home. As I talked to her why they were in a hotel. She said mom has always left them, abandoned the minors on her since she was 15. She dropped out of school because Mom just wanted to be on the streets. They are in fear of her. They don’t want to go back with her. Police-detectives-Cps-dcfs all say they cannot help. I’ve sent them ugly vulgar messages From mom harassing them and older son. Graphic pictures of there living. She just tossed them with her old druggie boyfriend. They got kicked out went to living in hotels, no food at times. Going to food banks. Broken glasses, matted hair, dirty clothes. It was all horrible how they were living. No jobs, no social skills. They need so much help. My niece has the vocabulary of a 3 yo. I’m appalled they don’t want to help. Dcfs told mom they were with me. We asked they don’t tell her. Apparently mother has rights to know where they are. Just hearing them seems like they want to give kids back to the mother. She is not stable at all to care for them. Verbally abusive towards the older kids. Disowned them accused them. Very paranoid. Talks crazy. I guess someone has to die before they “REALLY PROTECT KIDS”
Even if the older ones are not my brothers kids.
I took them all in. I believe I am doing the best interest for these kids. Getting them assistance getting them help for therapy. I’m not allowed to enroll them in school or take them to see a doctor!! I can’t trust this broken system. I’ve even reached out to tribal governments. Who do I go to now? I just pray about it ask God to help me.
We need more teachers like her, I'm listening I'm in tears. Rest in peace little angel.
Yep if all races. Usually, and sadly it's one race that shows this deep love for others races, not vice versa.
@@newhorizon1355 tf you talking about?
live in WATERBURY CONNECTICUT COPS, DEPARMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND ANIMAL CONTROL NEVER SHOW UP. WHEN THEY DO MAKE FALSE REPORTS AS NO ISSUE WAS FOUND.
LOOK AT DEAD DOG IN MY VIDEOS
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THE GOVERMENT IS CORRUPTION....THE STATE EMPLOYEES DONT WORK, THEY GET THEIR PAY CHECK ANYWAY
THEY PROTECT EACH OTHER, AND MEDIA ALSO IGNORE US UNLESS IS SOMETHING VERY VIRAL $$$$$$
He should got beat up ?. .
@@newhorizon1355 bro you good?
As a beaten and starved child survivor and a foster child survivor, I am lucky to be alive. I have made my life as positive as possible somehow soaring above the pain and humility that I know will be with me until my last breath. I am grateful that I had the opportunity however, sadly, Dametrious did not. My sibling have never been able to join together as a family again. Its just too painful. I pray for his sisters well being and I know Demetrious is watching over her.
Oh so
It warms my heart that you are doing great in life and that you rise above it and is doing well!! I’m so proud of you!! Keep doing what you are doing!! May God keep you safe and continued happiness my sister!!
Our world sucks.Wish we put the same effort into protecting kids and women from rape that we spend fighting "drugs", and killing ppl at red lights.
He's with Jesus......
Walking among the Angels 😇
I'm a foster child survivor too as well
And I can honestly tell you that CSB isn't shit....
This is devastating and heartbreaking. 😢
Fly high sweet boy.❤️
This 8 year old little boy what a tragedy that a family member can do this when we do need more teachers like her who care so much about their students and take a personal interest in them God rest his little soul he's now an angel 🙏🏻
That teacher cared more for that lil boy than all of the family members put together!!! 💔
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My heart aches for this tremendous teacher. We need more like her
When a child says they don't want to go home and that they rather stay at school- that should be considered an immediate investigation for abuse/neglect. I feel the boy could have survived if the people who thought the first red flag wasn't considered worth checking out. Disgusting. It infuriates me. I was a victim of child abuse and my parents would abandon me a lot, sometimes for days. I'm lucky that children's aid society came to my aid almost immediately, and I now have a wonderful foster family who I call mom and dad. Been with them for 16 years now. Im 22, finishing college and hopefully going to help others through my work as a future producer and scriptwriter, the way film and tv got me through my rough childhood.
I cried watching this video because the way the teacher described the child made me grow attach to a boy I never even met, and that unfortunately is deceased. I feel so bad for that teacher. She clearly loved that child with her heart and soul.
Heartbreaking!
A child worst nightmare that ultimately lead to him being murdered. I hope the system is working hard to help save his older sister.
R.I.P.!!!
Yva, I am afraid 😨 for the poor little girlo, if nothing is even done to save her, I fear her family of monsters will traffic and pimp her out to sickeningly vicious sexual depraved grown men, and she may even wind up pregnant by one of them, EVEN @ A NOW WAY-TOO-YOUNG 10-YEARS-OLD!! The VERY thought of this unthinkable chills me to the core as if I swam the Ohio River in mid-December.
CPS is horrible. As a child therapist - I have reported multiple times AND they have ways said it wasn’t enough to move forward with CPS protocols.. It breaks my heart every time. As a professional, I’m told to be glad that I have done “MY PART” but it doesn’t make me happy. I’ll be happy when the system protects these innocent babies. 💔
Well said 😢
But then they also take children away from GOOD parents for stupid reasons.
I think CPS needs to be completely overhauled, because they don't care about children at all, just their own sick power trips.
I almost would believe that they're practicing child sacrifice with as many children who are killed on their watch.... either by keeping them with abusive family members, or taking them away from good family members and placing them with abusive foster families. 😡
You do realize CPS can’t just bust in taking a child… they have steps to follow as well!! You do realize it’s a lot of sue happy people. They ain’t trying to be in court fighting some parent because they didn’t follow “the rules” step by step! They are sometimes in a no win situation too!!! Place the full blame where it belongs ON THE HORRIBLE PARENT OR PARENTS!!!
Kids aren't valued anymore
The Systems are broken 💔😢
I am soooooo impressed with the reporter for this story, Darius Johnson. The entire segment was excellent (and heartbreaking), but that reporter has something special. I hope he continues to pursue important stories.
That is the truth. I just made a similar comment. I would have refrained had I perused the comment section first. Ha
"Losing hope in a system that was meant to protect children "
He just said what the whole United States is thinking and feeling only he said it way more politically correct and elegantly than I would have 😂
He did an amazing job on this.
It's disgusting to know that these people are not doing their job right, this child could've been saved and alive .It's a shame I hope she got jail time for life...
That poor child was probably so pleased to be in school away from home. There's so many that suffer what a sad shame
I suffered physical and mental abuse as a child, and these stories break my soul and bring back memories of what I went through. I know how it feels when you see your school as an escape. A place of peace. I remember that I hated it when it was time to get on the school bus to return home because that house was hell for me. Abuse marks you for life. My self-esteem was destroyed, and now, at almost 40 years old, I am beginning to heal my soul. Rest in peace, you don't suffer anymore, little angel.
Good for you now. I just hit my 70s and those events still haunt my soul. Glad you are seeing a brighter world. 💕
I’m so sorry you went thru it too. I did as well. But, it taught me exactly what NOT to do as a parent.. and how loved and cherished a child is.
We need to change this system
@@Mrs.CGraves taught me the same! But in my child’s adult years they caused an enormous rift Shatters my heart every single day.
Your children were very Blessed by you. Well done!!!!
@@catriamou yours are too. Prayer, Patience and Love. Our children grow up and sometimes make poor choices, just be there when they are ready, never give up hope.
You did a great job, ❤️
Sorry to hear what you had to go through. No child deserves to be abused. I’m glad you’re getting the help you need
Miss Gibson you made his short little life more bearable and happy for him
Can tell from his huge smile he loved going to school where he felt safe, heard, free and loved thanks you
Bless you Miss Gibson and all teachers that have heart and soul like yours
A good teacher can completely change the direction of a child's life
It's so very sad this child fell through the cracks, its inexcusable
RIP little angel
"A good teacher can completely change the direction of a child's life"...if only that were actually true, this kid would be alive right now. What ACTUALLY changes the direction of a child's life is their FAMILY, their PARENTS & their HOME.
@@megg.6651 Yes Meg but unfortunately some children from the day they're born won't ever have a family that loves, protects and uplifts them
Some people should never be a parent
It’s absolutely heartbreaking how many kids are killed by the hands of people who are meant to protect them ! How are people so evil I can’t comprehend this at all 💔
Sasha Ward, in that standpoint, sad pet stories 😢 are just as worse and heart💔breaking.
THANK GOD FOR a teacher caring..😢🙏
I report so many, as a teacher. Most of these kids end up right back with their abusive parents. It is sick. The system is totally broken.
Exactly! In my state of USA there's youth corrections in every city busting at the seams. The psycho Cycles continue in worst case scenarios. It isnt ethical to stop a woman from early termination when inevitably this Savage Behavior affects society as well. Hopefully we're rising to hire vibrations of civilization
The system takes kids from poor and loving parents though. Know that the system is about making money. Abused kids don’t make good money thus they don’t take them
It's USA the fundamental christians pro life means your going to see a lot more, and like the person below said USA is about profit and not caring so they only take those children who make the foster system money. USA needs a revolution everything can't be for profit. Prisons the same many people locked up for too long unecsssarily for profit. USA may have freedom no humanity!
@@msunje9862 Nobody takes your kids because you're poor. Most people are poor. They take kids when they are being abused and neglected, and they dont do enough of that, because the state is accused of "racism" when it takes kids from minority families.
Preach
Props to that NEWS9 reporter and the teacher. Man, that's heartbreaking.
This teacher has a beautiful heart and so many children need attentive, awesome, wonderful, beautiful teachers just like her.
So if they had a father, why did an Aunt have custody?????
I'm a teacher. I had a student miss weeks of school during the fall semester. The following spring the same thing. I had the counselor and attendance clerk call the home. They would show up a day or two then be gone again and the cycle repeated. Until one day another student asked about the student and said "I saw them sitting on the front porch with their mama a week ago and I haven't seen them since. It's like they died." A chill went down my spine. After school that day, I reported it and went to my principal to let her know I did. When I made the phone call, cps said that attendance or lack there of didn't meet the qualifications for a check or case. I was flabbergasted. I have a child on my roll that the school and I have been trying to make contact with for months. The mom was so annoyed that she changed her number then withdrew it from the school-student data base. This was in March. In May in a meeting with regards to grades. I was informed that the student would be held back due to attendance. A week until school being released for summer, the student was withdrawn and I never saw them again and neither did the kids that lived in the apartment complex with them. I still think about the kid and hope that they are OK.
Being absent resulting in truancy does fall under the fact that it is the parents responsibility to ensure you attend school. Granted it doesn’t fall under CPS jurisdiction but it certainly falls under someone’s.
😢maybe the laws differ per state, but I recall when a student misses school for a specific number of days, a truant officer visits the home & at some point if there is no recourse the Dept of Social Svces gets involved.
I’m sure if CPS did their jobs responsibly they would find that an abnormal amount of children are unaccounted for.
Teacher cared more than his own family, heartbreaking 💔
RIP lil man. So sad. Bullying of any sort is not needed and not tolerated in this world. Love and light from Perth Western Australia. 🦋
Shameful, absolutely shameful. Horrible, that poor child. That poor sister. 🤬😭
The so-called aunt should receive the death penalty for killing this little boy and harming his sister. CPS all over the country needs to do a much better job to keep the children safe. Thank you Ms. Reed for trying to help these children.
Also, I’m sorry, but some people should use birth control. If you can’t take care of yourself, have the sense to know you can’t do that for another human.
Unfortunately there's no death penalty in Colorado.
@@ronswansonsdog2833 true! this type of thing is not surprising in the USA where so many people are having way more kids than they can handle. Inevitably it has a sick ripple effect in society.
Those negligent “government” people need to be out right fired
Never happens. They are rarely held accountable unless it costs someone money.
Well buckle up people! You think state’s DHS departments are bad now? Sadly, it’s going to be a rocky ride soon and for decades to come.
Nearly impossible to fire them and they aren't much better than those they are suppose to investigate. Their job is a dole.
@@cd129 We heard you.
Great reporting Darius! So heartbreaking.
There's a lot of teachers like this one. God bless all of you. And I am sorry for the loss of your student that was so close to your heart.
This broke my heart 💔 listening to this teacher. I feel that CPS drops the ball so many times and failed our children.
The hover as a whole have been failing our children for decades. We’ll spends billions on any pet project that comes up, but the CPS has always been understaffed and underpaid, with very little oversight. Disgusting.
What's sad is that the teacher cares more about the child then his own father. You should have stepped up when the mother couldn't do, you should have stepped up to take care of what you created, and that is the problem. No fathers are willing to stand up and take care of the children they brought into this world. What a pathetic man, your son should have never lost his life. 🙏😔 RIP little angel, may the Lord bring you justice.
Apparently their father was in prison when the aunt was given custody.
@@b.1162what was he doing in prison ? Even having kids don’t stop them from these type of lifestyle
This guy does not represent all fathers.
There are many fathers who have stepped up, they don’t make the news but are known in their communities.
As a father myself, this dude is not among us fathers who take care our responsibilities. This dude is the quintessential representation of a a dead beat @$$ father/nothing more than a baby daddy. But even after serving his time in jail he should have been fighting like hell once out to visit his child at minimum go over and check on his kid. That excuse about cuz we go to different church’s as a reason why he didn’t see his son often is BS. Real fathers been stepping up and handling they business
You can soooo tell how pissed/sad/disgusted the guy reporting on this story is!!! I don’t understand how anyone could hurt a child! It’s beyond forgiving
Darius, I love your passion! I can feel, and empathize with you…these kinds of stories are heartbreaking! They take the wrong children away from loving parents, but the ones that are really failing these children they do absolutely nothing about! I’ve seen it time and time again! Something has to change! The way the teacher talked about Dametrious let’s us all know how sweet of a boy he was and now he is and Angel 😇 May he forever rest in peace sweet baby!!
This story made me cry, my god. I'm a teacher and I have reported so many ab*se and neglect cases over the past decade, and I've never seen anything be done. I'm sure there are so many other children suffering who hide it, and I don't know about it. The child protection system is underfunded, short staffed, and ultimately toothless-- only the most egregious and severe of cases even seem to have a shot of being taken seriously. Rest in peace Dametrious, and also please protect that baby Noelle!!
Follow up please lives ,young little lives depend on you stepping up!
If you're not a mandated reporter you should be aware that CPS does nothing but make the abuse more hidden and the parent gets angry at the child, making the abuse worse.
I know firsthand.
When a child knows they dont feel safe and want to stay at school yet it has to be reported and dealt with legally which takes time , that cannot be right that you send the kid back to the place they feel unsafe in , is that not crazy , it's gut wrenching to think what this child dametrious suffered , I could say more but I better not , rip kiddo , how many more kids have to suffer ?
Absolutely not,they waste time on the less serious cases. I have seen a child taken out of the home because the parents needed to clean up but there was no abuse to the child. The toddler was removed immediately for 90 days at midnight. That was ridiculous.
@@ahamed6702 wow that is absolutely ridiculous. And a waste of time, a simple follow up is all that will be needed in a case of messy home. Obvious abuse should be all possible immediate solutions exhausted to save these babies.
That’s so heartbreaking 💔. RIP little angel.
Love this reporter, he’s terrific!
RIP little angel
@Skynet this has absolutely nothing to do with that! So are you saying it is better to kill a baby before they are even born, than to give them a chance at life at all? Shame on you! What if your Mother had felt this way about you? Have you ever asked yourself THAT??!!
@@tertalksevents2day yes it is. That would be way better better bringing a child into a life of pain and trauma, or giving them up to the system
angels don't exist
@@tertalksevents2day a lot of people want to condemn children by ending their life due to the sins of their parents and/or adults. Crazy logic. Never understood how a innocent child should pay for the wrong doings of adults.
Just now coming across this story and as a mother it saddens me especially when I heard them say the date of his death was June 3rd of this year 2022. That's my daughter's birthday. So to realize the same day we were celebrating my daughter turning 10 years old was the same day that across the country in Colorado this precious little boy's life was also taken at the hands of his own flesh and blood just breaks my heart. R.I.P. little Dametrious. 🕊️💔🕊️
Inspirational Empress of Love, I suppose you 🫂 hugged your daughter longer ❤️ on her precious 10th birthday, and made it extra special upon learning of such story. That comment @ this happening on your daughter's birthday, tugged @ my 🥲 heartstrings.
Sadly this happened years ago in my city. Not just with one child but 3 of them were literally starved to death! They left school for Christmas break & were found death the first week in February. The system definitely failed these babies!
Dee Lockett, How SO TRAGIC 🥺😢😭 those poor 3 kiddos didn't even get the opportunity chance to celebrate the holiday season like the rest of the other kids. I'm so sorry to read of your account to this particular story.
PS. BTW Dee, how long ago was this tragic incident?
I worked with a girl who was abused in every way imaginable. She was a quadriplegic and had to have part of her brain removed by the time she was 8. At 19, she has blessed me with her wonderful heart and spirit more than I can decribe. She remembers everything that happened and is still a light. I can only imagine what this poor child in this video experienced. No punishment can makeup for his lost life.
This is the type of media we need, investigate reporting! Thank you, keep it up!
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So sad. I lost my daughter and this is mind boggling sharp pain that defeats me most days. She had the beautiful smile like Dametrious. 😢
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I'm so deeply sorry
I will never understand how anyone could hurt a child. Rest in peace in the loving arms of Jesus little one.
They harden their heart: kick the child out of their heart completely. Then they are able to hate and harm without feeling the child's pain, and without thinking less of themselves. My mother did that to me.
I can understand. Kids can be irritating. If you are a parent who is stressed out, or has mental health issues of your own, then abuse is inevitable. None of what i am saying is justifying this womans behavior. She is the adult and should know how to control herself. But pretending like all children are all angels is unrealistic and unhelpful.
@@carlosesteves5857 Carlos, the childs behaviour is absolutely irrelevant.
The sin is in the adult, not the child. Child abusers end up in hell.
@@rachelgarcia4301 How do you know they end up in hell? Where is your evidence that Hell exists? you have no guarantee that child abusers will be punished. Therefore, it is OUR responsibility here on earth, to protect our children.
This made me cry. That poor little boy never had a real chance. I hope that his aunt gets life in prison. How can you be so cruel to children?
Capital punishment should be a fitting sentence.
Death
I know. Children should be protected and given love and affection.
@@zenoist2101 Exactly! I hate that abuse can slip through the system like that.
Excellent report of a terribly tragic situation.
😩😫😭😤 My siblings & I were physically & sexually abused 4 many years of our lives. We were 2 scared 2 say anything bc of getting abused worse. One of us finally spoke up! Thank God, but that poor little angel. R.I.P. little one. You get some peace now.
Oh my GOSH, this hurts my heart SO much. How could anyone hurt this baby???
I really worry for his sister I pray she gets the counseling and help she deserves
Omg. My little boy is 8. I’m just sobbing. How can this just happen!?! That sweet baby
This is incredibly heartbreaking. This poor little boy😞💔
Sorry to this teacher too , she will never forget, prayers to her and the family of the precious child ❤
What?🤯
try using your useless prayers before these things happen
🤯 Churches help these kind of monstrosity families, thereby making the corrupt system worse. You need to change your prayers and perhaps start adding a few kicks up the arzz.
Amen to that
Dametri, probably scared but still asked 4 a piece of Bread. Bread how dare he*! This is typical of what aunt daily had to put up with! Insolence, want want want all day long ! I was just trying to eat my "3 course dinner"
I can so relate to this teacher and feel her pain. Im a retired teacher. I’ve had to deal with DHS many times. It’s ridiculous how much it takes to get them to intervene. Mountains of evidence and then you have to listen to their excuses for not doing anything. It’s heartbreaking. They even often question the child in front of the very person you suspect is the abuser. It took 3 years to finally get one of my students help. I refused to give up. The abuser was found guilty and given a 20 year sentence, but that child will have to live with those memories for the rest of their life.
From my personal experience, America does not love children. Even when funding is available for child protection, it is in insufficient amounts necessary to help the kids who are in desperate need of that help. There is no political or popular will to protect kids. Institutions, politicians and the majority of citizens are indifferent to children's fate, both promoting and demanding the "right" to abuse children.
As far as the U.S. is concerned, children are "property" of their parents and, like pieces of furniture, the "owners" can use and abuse as they like with that property. Dead children have more rights to personhood than living children.
And what does that say about our society?
Thank you for not stopping I can only hope I have the ability and will to help someone like you have if the chance arises.
How the hell you want them to express themselves when they're scared? Everyone failed him except his teacher.
A friend of mine in Baltimore had so many visits to the ER and now they can’t find her medical records she is 53. And no one helped her. How many kids are left in care that shouldn’t be and how many are taken away that shouldn’t be
I cried for him and for his teacher. She’s heartbroken because she did what she was supposed to do, the agencies who were supposed to pick up the responsibility from there couldn’t be bothered, and it cost her a child that she loved, and him his life. The apathy of agencies who are given the task of monitoring caregivers (at ANY level……children, the disabled, senior citizens) is disgusting. I thought people who went to college to do social work were supposed to be compassionate and committed to making a difference?!?!
Just a job. Overwhelming and numbness
They are compassionate and empathetic. But the way the system is built lacks for funds and resources for communities and workers. Don’t blame the workers. Blame the systems.
The agencies followed up. Nothing that was reported constituted abuse. There was nothing they could have done. Everyone did their jobs. It's disgusting that people are so horrible to anyone and especially to babies.
@@NandoDisco I blame all of us
@@lilnarm_smoothblaze f you. All of us didn't beat that child. All of us didn't neglect that child. I hate it when people want to deflect the blame to other people who weren't in any position to know about the abuse much less do anything about it. If I'm family and I know that abuse is going on THEN blame me!
*The teacher cared more than the family & DHS*
Horrible period 😫 😪 The agency should of been committed to the children! Smh
Oh this is so horrible to hear, it's just so wrong for what this dear little child went through, he must of been so afraid of those monsters. RIP you dear little angel.