Vigil held in Connecticut for 10-year-old Tavares boy who died of alleged abuse
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IN PRISON. NANCY BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, BOB? WELL, PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE HONORING THE LIFE OF A TEN YEAR OLD TAVARES BOY. POLICE SAY WAS TORTURED BY HIS OWN MOTHER AND HER BOYFRIEND. IN WHAT? WITH MY SOUL. LET’S DO THE LAST VERSE. LAST NIGHT. MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE GATHERED IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, TO REMEMBER XAVIER WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS FATHER LIVES IN CONNECTICUT AND SAYS THE BOY’S MOTHER, KIMBERLY MILLS, CUT OFF ALL COMMUNICATION WITH HIM. MONTHS AGO, HE SAID HE HAD NO IDEA THE ALLEGED ABUSE WAS HAPPENING AND HAS THANKED EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT. NOW. THIS ALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 20TH 22ND. I SHOULD SAY, WHEN POLICE SAY XAVIER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH BURNS AND BRUISES ALL OVER HIS BODY, THEY SAY EVIDENCE SHOWS THE ABUSE HAD STARTED MONTHS BEFORE HIS MOTHER, KIMBERLY MILLS, AND HER BOYFRIEND, ANDRE WALKER, WERE ARRESTED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. THEN, ON FEBRUARY 28TH, POLICE ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR THE COUPLE, INCLUDING THE ALLEGED ABUSE OF XAVIER’S YOUNGER BROTHER. LESS THAN A MONTH LATER, XAVIER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES AND THE CHARGES FOR THE COUPLE WERE UPGRADED TO MURDER. THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE NOW SAYS THEY PLAN TO SEEK
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Vigil held in Connecticut for 10-year-old Tavares boy who died of alleged abuse
People across the country are honoring the life of a 10-year-old Tavares boy police say was tortured by his mother and her boyfriend.Wednesday night, more than 150 people gathered in Hartford, Connecticut, to remember Xavier Williams.Williams' father lives in Connecticut and said the boy's mother, Kimberley Mills, cut off all communication with him months ago.He said he had no idea the alleged abuse was happening and has thanked everyone for their support.This all began on Feb. 22 when police said Williams was taken to the hospital with burns and bruises all over his body. They said evidence shows that the abuse started months before.His mother, Kimberley Mills, and her boyfriend, Andre Walker, were arrested on child abuse charges. Then, on Feb. 28, police announced additional charges for the couple, including the alleged abuse of the victim's younger brother.Less than a month later, Williams died from his injuries, and the charges for the couple were upgraded to murder. The state attorney's office now says they plan to seek the death penalty for both Mills and Walker.
People across the country are honoring the life of a 10-year-old Tavares boy police say was tortured by his mother and her boyfriend.
Wednesday night, more than 150 people gathered in Hartford, Connecticut, to remember Xavier Williams.
Williams' father lives in Connecticut and said the boy's mother, Kimberley Mills, cut off all communication with him months ago.
He said he had no idea the alleged abuse was happening and has thanked everyone for their support.
This all began on Feb. 22 when police said Williams was taken to the hospital with burns and bruises all over his body. They said evidence shows that the abuse started months before.
His mother, Kimberley Mills, and her boyfriend, Andre Walker, were arrested on child abuse charges.