One day after the initial video was posted, the boy appeared in a second video while wearing a hat. “We are not putting their name out there right now.” “We are not going into too much detail exactly what those relationships are, because we are not releasing publicly the individual who was being abused,” Chafee said. John Chafee told the newspaper it appeared the boy was abused due to his “sexual orientation.” Investigators declined to identify how the suspects were related to the child. Richards-Nwankwo was released Sunday after posting $50,000 bond, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.Ītlanta police spokesman Sgt. Police said Lorkeyla Jamia Spencer, 19, and Brittney Monique Mills, 35, were charged with cruelty to children in the incident, while Jordan Jarrode Richards-Nwankwo, 18, was charged with cruelty to children and battery-family violence.Īll three were booked into the Fulton County Jail on Friday. Our investigators worked hard to identify those involved and to gather the evidence needed to place each behind bars and we are thankful for their work.”Ī police spokesman said it appeared the boy was abused due to his “sexual orientation.” gayemagazine via Instagram “We are appreciative of the number of people who flagged this case with us and for those who provided information on the location where it took place. “The behavior in this social media post was difficult to watch and is absolutely unacceptable,” Atlanta police said in a statement.
(From left) Jordan Jarrode Richards-Nwankwo, Lorkeyla Jamia Spencer and Brittney Monique Mills were charged with child abuse. “So why you just say that gay a– s–t?” the man snarls again before shoving the youngster.Ĭops in Atlanta learned of the video the same day it was posted and arrested three people involved in the upsetting incident, police said Friday. The word shaved into his head is clearly visible as the sickening attack continues. The man then smacks Tyler while holding him by the neck. “You think this on the side of your head for no reason?” “You still doing gay s–t,” he tells Tyler in the clip, which was posted by Gaye Magazine on June 17. The footage, posted to Instagram last month, shows a young boy, identified in reports only as Tyler, cowering on the porch of an Atlanta home as he’s berated by a man who makes reference to sexual orientation. New SVD head Carlos Ortiz hopes turn around troubled unit, connect with survivorsįood Network contestant sentenced to life in prison for killing foster daughterįlorida parents charged with starving 2-year-old to death until she was ‘bones and skin’ĭisturbing video shows a 12-year-old boy with the word “gay” shaved into his hair being verbally and physically abused by three adults. More family joins mom as suspects in 3-year-old’s horrific exorcism death