Miami, United States.
A waitress from a restaurant in Orlando (central Florida) probably saved the life of an 11-year-old boy who was the victim of torture and abuse by the child with their parents, responded with secret signals that he needed help, a local media reported Thursday.
The events took place on January 1 in the restaurante Mrs. Potato, when two adults and two minors were sitting at the table and one waitress, Flavine Carvalho, went to take the order and noted that the child had multiple bruises and bruises on his arms and face.
After checking that the father has not ordered food for the boy, look at the visible bruises and seeing a shy attitude in the child was that the woman decided not to stand idly by.
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Carvalho wrote a note saying “DO YOU NEED HELP? OK” (Did you help out?, OK) and showed it to the boy while standing behind the man so he couldn’t be sure.
The boy gave a signal, perhaps scared, but so he kept staring at the woman Carvalho He again asked without needing help with another note, and this time the boy nodded, picked up the news 6 channel.
For example, the woman nervously told the police officer who answered her call on the telephone line in a five-minute conversation. emergency number 911 and that he decided to send a patrol to the restaurant to investigate the matter.
In an interview with the detectives of the Orlando Policethe boy reported incidents of abuse and torture by his parents, such as being tied with straps at ankles and neck and hanging upside down from a door.
They handcuffed him too, beat him with a broom and tied him to a dolly.
The minor’s parents, Timothy Wilson and Kristen Swann, were arrested and charged Aggravated child abuse and child neglect.
“To say abuse is to say something light, it was torture this child went through,” said the Police Erin Lawler, specifying, “The child had all kinds of bruises at different stages, it was not an isolated incident. They continued to be abused and tortured.”
The Orlando Police praised Carvalho’s courage and caring for a child he did not know. “We are proud that someone like her lives and works in our community,” he said.
Authorities indicated that the two children were taken out of custody of their parents and are currently “very good and very happy”.
Multiple cases of child abuse and torture have shocked Florida. One of the most infamous is the death in 2011 of an adopted girl and the torture of her twin brother.