Derrick Coles, 32 years old, and his wife, Kapri Cheatom, of 18 are behind bars for subjecting a minor of 12 years to torturous punishment, forcing him to hold boxes of 50 pounds for hours and beating him until the skin on his buttocks was hanging out.
When questioned by detectives, Coles and Cheatom admitted to physically abusing Danilo prior to his death, the father even saying that he “broke” Danilo’s mouth hours earlier.
Coles told investigators that his son had recently moved in with him and Cheatom after his mother raised him in Chicago. The child had allegedly suffered abuse alongside his mother.
The father said that when Danilo moved out, he immediately started acting “disrespectful” and “caused problems” for him and Cheatom.
Meanwhile, the biological mother of the minor, Ashley Clemons, offered an interview to News4SA in which she revealed that her son had initially been sent in July 2021 to Chicago with some relatives to treat his problem with mental health.
“My son is gone. I’m devastated. My baby didn’t deserve any of that”, said the somewhat distressed mother.
It was in December of the same year that Ashley Clemons learned that her son was not in Chicago, but in San Antonio, Texas, living next to her father and his partner, which is why she tried to contact him, unsuccessfully, to get the minor back.
“I’m 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. ,000. His appearance before a judge is scheduled for March 9.
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