A quick-thinking waitress is hailed as a heroine after noticing something strange about a boy with his family in their restaurant.
Flavaine Carvalho was working at the Mrs. Potato restaurant on her day off when she noticed that a young boy was not eating at one of her tables with the rest of his family. She said the father did not let him order food or water.
When she asked if there was a problem with the food, the parents waved her away.
She decided to text him a message so the parents wouldn’t notice. She wrote, « Need help? OK » on a piece of cardboard.
She stood behind his parents so he could see the sign while they ate. Finally the child signaled that they needed help.
The police responded and what they heard from the boy resulted in the arrest of his mother Kristen Swann and stepfather Timothy Wilson II.
« What this kid went through was torture, » said Detective Erin Lawler at a press conference on WTVD-TV.
« He said ratchet straps were tied around his ankles and neck and he was hung upside down on a door, » Lawler said. « He said he was hit with a wooden broom and handcuffed and tied to a large moving dolly. He also said he was not allowed to eat regularly as a punishment. »
Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolon told WFTV that the alleged child abuse could have turned into a « murderous situation » had Carvalho not intervened.
Swann was charged with double neglect of children, while Wilson was charged with third degree child abuse.
« I want to hug him tightly and tell him I’m so proud of him, » said Carvalho.
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Ref: https://www.theblaze.com
