"Father of autistic teen
who died in police custody
said he banged his head to soothe himself.
The father of an autistic teen who died in police custody after slamming his head on a cell door
said his son desperately needed help and was simply trying to soothe himself.
Celsey Trammell,
Isaiah's father,
told NewsNation's Ashleigh Banfield that he would regularly bang his head to
'self soothe' -
a common practice known as 'stimming.'
'So, growing, Isiah growing up, you know, due to his autism, he would have episodes,
and it's called stimming,
and what it does is it allows them to self soothe,
and kind of self-calm themselves',
Celsey said.
After badly injuring himself,
he was taken to a hospital and put on life support for three days before he died.
The corner ruled he died by suicide.
Now, more than a year after the tragic incident,
Celsey said that he and his family have not heard from authorities about their son's tragic death.
'As of right now, no.
We haven't received anything from anyone in regards to Isaiah, but I will say that we miss him quite a bit,
he was a fantastic human being and a great person to be around, and like I said,
we truly, truly miss him,'
his heartbroken father added.
Isaiah's mother, Brandy Abner, also said that their son was 'stimming' inside of the jail cell to calm himself down.
Isaiah had been taken to jail after neighbors called police because he'd spent the night banging his head into a wall at his home.
He told officers banging his head on the wall was
'the only way I know to get rid of the crazy in my head'."
Celsey Trammell, the father of 19-year-old Isaiah Trammell, said that his autistic son was banging his head against the wall at Montgomery County Jail to try to 'self soothe' before he died in March 2023.
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