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A 2-year-old child (pictured) was found strangled and beaten to death Saturday, and his mother and her boyfriend have been charged.
Aiyden Davis, who was just a few days shy of his third birthday and who was known as being playful and good natured, had apparently been abused for quite some time, according to police reports.
Police are still investigating what led to the tragic turn of events, but the toddler's mother, Theresa Davis, had apparently left boyfriend Reginald Williams to watch the boy while she worked as a security guard.
Davis' 44-year-old aunt Pamela Davis called her niece's home to check on the child. During a second phone call, at 6:45 p.m., Williams told Pamela that he had spanked the tot for messing up his ABCs and had placed him in a corner. When the aunt called the third time to check on the baby around 8:45 p.m., Williams whimpered, "I'm so sorry, P. I'm so sorry," but offered no explanation for the apology.
Davis immediately sensed something was wrong and called her niece at work to tell her what had happened, but the 27-year-old mom just sloughed off her aunt's concern.
Police were summoned to the Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment when a call was placed to 911 by a male voice who said the toddler was "breathing but unresponsive." The unconscious child was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead upon arrival.
The medical examiner's office said the cause of death was "blunt impact injuries of the head, torso and extremities with liver laceration and internal bleeding." The investigators also noted that there were old and new bruises up and down the child's torso.
Neighbors told police that they had recently heard yelling and crying coming from the apartment.
The boy's father, Ameen Foster, 33, (pictured above) told investigators that he saw no signs of abuse when he last visited his son. Foster, who was estranged from his wife, also claimed that he did not know that Davis had been living with Williams. Shocked by what occurred, Foster fought back tears when he told the New York Daily News:
"I don't know what happened. Theresa is not like that."
Assistant District Attorney Colleen Babb also told the Daily News that Davis admitted over the past month that she beat her son with a belt and gave Williams permission to discipline him.
Williams, 31, was charged with second-degree murder. Davis, 27, was also arrested on charges of assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon. Her charges stemmed from the assault with a belt, the police said.
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By: Honeydew on 9/28/2010 10:54AM
Mothers need to STOP leaving their children with just anybody...this is so sad.
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By: The Truth on 9/28/2010 10:58AM
Can I pull the switch, push the button or whatever else it would take to send this scumbag on his way to where he put that defenseless child.
You need a license for a dog but anyone can have a kid.
Anger management and parenting classes should be MANDATORY.
I'm sick of the
"Aint nobody gon tel me how to rais my chile" Bullshi--!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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By: dvine on 9/29/2010 3:39PM
u can say that again. i think it's the pressure of having 2 take care of a child, work and still be able to pay all your bills n put food on the table. SOME women think it's ok 2 leave their kid w/the new bf because they have 2 work or go to the store and it's not ok. women should not be giving fellas the ok 2 hit their children either. they won't discipline their own the same way they will someone else's child. many times men go way over and board w/it. he's being beaten for not knowing abc's - he's was a baby that was still learning. she should have gotten a family member or pd a babysitter to keep her son instead.
does this man even have children? how long were they together? and the father sounds sorry. how could he have not seen prior bruises? how often did he visit his child? maybe he should've been caring for his son while the mother worked.
this is just so sad..
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By: The Truth on 9/28/2010 10:56AM
Can I pull the switch, push the button or whatever else it would take to send this scumbag on his way to where he put that defenseless child.
You need a license for a dog but anyone can have a kid.
Anger management and parenting classes should be MANDATORY.
I'm sick of the
"Aint nobody gon tel me how to rais my chile" Bullshi--!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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By: dvine on 9/29/2010 3:39PM
parenting classes and anger management classes should be mandatory for parents and boyfriends/girlfriends w/significant others that have children..
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By: MIN.QUINTIERO LOWERY on 9/30/2010 9:47AM
I understand that everyone is upset about what has juat tooken place with the life of Aiyden Davis. I am very well upset myself. It just seems to me that now adays young mothers would just leave their kids with anybody. I mean like on her way to work, she could have dropped him off at one of her family members house. At least he actually would have been safe there. But to just leave him with a perfect stranger, that was just dumb and low down. But trust and believe that they are going to get theirs'. But just know that he is now in a far better place now where he is able to sing and dance, and also able to say his ABC's. Without getting beat for his little mistakes.
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By: leo on 9/28/2010 12:12PM
Why would she give a man who is not even the childs father permission to beat her child? Mothers please stop leaving your kids with these no good ass men.
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By: tellus on 9/28/2010 12:43PM
i really get tired of society blaming moms. if dads stepped up to the plate.... dads should also be held responsible for not monitoring their children's welfare.
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By: clarke on 9/28/2010 1:58PM
EVEN THOUGH SHE DIDN'T DIRECTLY CAUSE THE DEATH, SHE IS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE. AS IT WAS STATED WHY IS SHE LEAVING HER CHILD, THAT SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WITH AN OBVIOUS PYSCOPATH. PLEASE PEOPLE, SO YOU WANT TO BLAME THE FATHER, WHOSE WATCH DID THE CHILD TURN UP DEAD ON?
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By: L.T. on 9/29/2010 7:10AM
It IS her FAULT. We don't know the circumstances of this child's father. Her child was in her care and she failed him. She gave her so called boyfriend permission to discipline him? My idea of discipline for a two year old is too make him pick up something if he drops it or to tell him no when he wants too much junk food or wants to get into things not to beat him without mercy.
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