Law enforcement searched the couple’s phones and
found a video of the dad taunting the boy with a bottle of water and withholding it as the boy could be heard asking for it, according to the report.
Deputies said the couple had also been conducting Google searches about their son’s health issues, showing they knew the boy needed medical help but declined to take him to a doctor.
The couple told investigators that
they didn’t take their children to the doctor “due to their beliefs,” saying they believed “if they give everything to God, he will fix it,” deputies wrote in the affidavit.
But investigators learned the
mom underwent oral surgery and had a blood transfusion, which deputies said contradicted the couple’s assertion that seeking medical care went against their beliefs, according to the affidavit.
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/national/article312135564.html
These people
called a funeral home before calling 911!
RE the video evidence:
In another, the boy is made fun of for wearing a diaper.
Louis Massaquoi had contacted the Lee County Sheriff's Office on January 27, according to the Fort Myers News-Press, telling them his son was "sick and [had] possibly passed away.”
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An autopsy later revealed no obvious cause of death, but noted that the child was severely dehydrated, malnourished, and extremely emaciated, per the News-Press.
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The 12-year-old child has not been publicly named, but
was homeschooled. His mother said she believed he was autistic, despite no diagnosis, according to the News-Press.
Parents accused of murder after turning to prayer not medical care for dying child
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