‘It was torture. There was no justification for it,’
An evaluation at hospital revealed the 11 year old boy having bruises all over his body along with being severely underweight and in pain, said
Orlando Police Detective Erin Lawler, who is leading the investigation.
The child told police that the couple denied him food on a regular basis and would sometimes punish him for failing to complete physical exercises. He described being handcuffed and tied to a large dolly, being hung upside down and struck with a wooden broom, according to police.
‘It was torture. There was no justification for it,’ Lawler said.
A quick-thinking waitress comes to the aid of a boy with bruises at her table By WESH staff | January 15, 2021 at 1:17 PM EST - Updated January 15 at 1:20 PM
ORLANDO (WESH/CNN) - A waitress is credited with saving a child from an abusive situation.
She managed to secretly communicate with the 11-year-old after his caregivers refused to order him food.
A warning: Some details of this story are difficult to hear.
Flavaine Carvalho knew the boy at her table needed help, but she had no clue that, in essence, she was about to save his life.
“I start thinking, ‘What can I do, and what I should do?’” she said.
Flaviane Carvalho, who works at a popular family-owned restaurant in Orlando, wrote a note that said, “Do you need help,” and secretly held it up while standing in a spot where only the child could see her. The 11-year-old initially hesitated but eventually signaled yes, prompting her to call the police.The brave server is now being credited with saving the life of a boy who police said was being tortured, beaten, handcuffed and even hung upside down from a door as a sickening form of punishment.