HOW COULD THEY??? HE WAS JUST A BABY

He was small for six yrs old, he had big, scared dark brown eyes, his little frame was lean. He had a sadness about him that you could feel the moment you saw him. He seemed like he'd given up, there was a form of submission that wasn't normal for a six year old.

I couldn't hold back the tears when I saw what she had done. I smiled at him, then quickly turned away for a moment to gain my composure. I couldn't believe anyone could be so cruel and why, someone tell me why?

His name was Isaac, which means laughter. I wonder if his mother had named him that purposely because he had brought joy to her life. His parents were gone, his father had gone to pick up his mother from work. On the way back home, they were almost to the exit ramp, the 18 wheeler in front of them hit his brakes suddenly, Isaac's father had no time to react, there was another 18 wheeler behind them, he hit the back of the truck as the other truck behind him smashed into their vehicle. They both died instantly, the car was reduced to a small heap of metal with both of them crushed inside.

In the dispatch center lines were ringing off the hook, witnesses were calling to report a major accident, paramedics, firemen and officers raced to the scene. What they found was beyond belief, the enormity of it all was overwhelming. People were screaming, the truckers couldn't believe what had just happened. The one in front of the vehicle said he saw the vehicle and felt the impact, he felt so helpless.

Officers were finally able to locate a license plate, dispatch verified the owners. Someone had to go to the residence to see if there were any next of kin, dispatch began to research the address for a phone number, for anyone who might have the same last name. Officers arrived at the victims home to find a sixteen yr old babysitter named Sheniqua. Issac and his four yr old sister Cherry were running through the house playing as officers explained what happened. She immediately broke down, officers tried to calm her for the childrens sake, then asked if there were next of kin that could be notified.

Sheniqua had a phone number of an aunt, the children were placed with her. Little did officers know, those next six months in Isaac and Cherry's life would be sheer horror. It was a neighbor who made the call, she was concerned for the children, she could hear the little boy screaming, stated it had been going on for a couple of hours and she couldn't take it any longer, she wanted officers to come out for a welfare check.

Upon arrival at the residence, officers could hear muffled crying, they asked to see Isaac and Cherry. The aunt stated they were asleep, officers insisted on seeing them. They were shocked at what they found. In the bedroom there was a mattress on the floor, it was dark and smelled of urine, dirty clothes were everywhere, quite a difference from the home the children were at when officers met them six months ago.

Isaac was laying face down crying, Cherry was sitting in the corner looking frightened. There was a chair on one side of the room by the dresser, a curling iron was laying on top of the chair. Officers called out to Isaac, he didn't respond, he kept crying. The went to him and he coiled away from them in a fetal position, when they turned him over they could not believe their eyes, his entire face and hands were covered in burns from the curling iron. The aunt began to explain he burned himself playing with the curling iron. The officer on the scene could barely control himself, he had a six yr old, how could anyone do this. He began to tell Isaac he was there to help him and no one would hurt him ever again, he made a call over the radio for another officer to be dispatched to the scene and to get paramedics to the scene asap. CPS was notified and the detective over child abuse was on his way to the PD. Paramedics arrived and immediately took the children to the closet Emergency room, the burns were not only on Isaacs face and hands, but all over his body, many of his injuries had healed, but the scars were still there. When I saw Isaac, it was a few weeks later at the PD, his dark skin had pink scabs and dark scars where his aunt had abused him. For some reason, the aunt focused on Isaac, Cherry had minor injuries, but the emotional trauma will take years to heal. Upon investigation officers learned the 14 yr old daughter of the aunt was also abused, she was forced to inflict injuries on Isaac or suffer more abuse herself.

This story is just one of many child abuse calls. I was told Criminolgy is the study of the criminal mind and it is to research to find out why criminals commit the crimes they do, why they kill, abuse, steal etc. I don't have to study to know why, its because they are demented!!!!, the world is getting more wicked by the day. Things sometimes appear normal when they are not, we must remember we are our brothers keeper. Christ told us the greatest commandment of all is to Love One Another and in doing this we will fulfill all of the other commandments. So we should always keep our eyes and ears open, hopefully to save one more child. In my life, I have known of two that died, I am thankful these two didn't.

Lets all do our part to clean up the neighborhood. report anything suspicious, report graphetti, it may be gang related, if you see broken windows on a vacant home, let the PD know it so it can be repaired. All of these things deter crime, it takes all of us to make the world a better place. Thanks for reading this story and thanks for all of your comments, it's hard being the mom of the Blog Master, I tried to keep my site secret, so he wouldn't be policing it!!!