The death of Danilo Coles has shaken the inhabitants of San Antonio, Texas, due to the way in which the boy from 12 years he lost his life, mainly due to the multiple punishments and physical violence that he experienced next to his father and stepmother.
According to an affidavit, the father, Derrick Coles aged 32, and stepmother, Kapri Cheaton, aged 27, they called the emergency room on Sunday night assuring that the minor had fallen into the shower and was unconscious in an apartment located in 550 Wurzbach, northeast of the city.
However, the doctors who treated the minor indicated that the injuries presented by Danilo Coles did not coincide with a fall in the shower and gave know the multiple injuries that the minor had: opening in the eyebrow, whip marks on the torso and legs, rectal bleeding, internal bleeding in the stomach and they added that the skin of his buttocks hung down.
In the same statement, the father and stepmother indicated that the minor was constantly punished for “disrespectful” and that the opening of his lip was the result of a strong slap he gave him.
Derrick Coles and Kapri Cheaton not only beat the minor, but also forced him to do push-ups and carry boxes of approximately 27 pounds for at least four hours.
It is believed that the minor suffered brain death as a result of the beating inflicted by his father and stepmother.
After the death of the minor, the biological mother of Danilo Coles told News 4 SA that her son was sent to a relative in Chicago to treat the mental health problems that he presented and was unaware that her son was in San Antonio next to his father and his partner.
“My son is gone. I’m devastated. My baby didn’t deserve any of that. I am glad that my baby no longer has to suffer or be beaten for no reason. He didn’t deserve that. That man didn’t have to take my son. I know that God, the Most High, will take revenge,” Clemons said.
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