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10th June 2022
04:21pm BST

Police later discovered that the boy’s stepfather, Timothy Lee Wilson, had been torturing the child and punishing him with military-style exercises like hanging him upside down, isolating and starving him for days.
It was found that he used multiple items used as weapons to punish the minor including a bent metal pole, a wooden broom, a dolly cart, handcuffs, and ratchet straps.
Wilson was found guilty of two counts of false imprisonment of a child under 13, three counts of aggravated child abuse with a weapon, four counts of aggravated child abuse, and one count of child neglect and is set to be sentenced on August 19.
The child's mum Kristen Swann has reportedly admitted to police that she knew about the abuse and did nothing, and has been arrested and charged with two counts of child neglect.
Orlando police chief Orlando Rolon had said last year: "We probably would’ve been talking about a potential homicide investigation if she had not intervened when she did.
"We firmly believe that without her asking him if he needed help and calling 911, he would have gone even longer without eating or drinking and continuing to be tortured at the hands of Mr. Wilson.
“Had she not said anything, I believe law enforcement and the child protection team thought he probably could have died.”Explore more on these topics: