Sentenced: Mom's New Dick Choked 8YO Boy To Death With Zip Ties

[Sugar Cookie]

On Nov. 22, police arrived at a house in south Huntington and were informed by the victim’s mother that her child, an 8-year-old boy, had been found with a zip tie around his neck, according to court documents.

Medical personnel pronounced the child deceased at the scene.

An autopsy conducted Nov. 23 determined the cause of death to be asphyxia due to the zip tie around the victim’s neck.

However, court documents say the manner of death could not be determined at the time because the autopsy could not rule out homicide in light of the circumstances surrounding the victim’s death.

At the scene, police questioned 32-year-old Matthew Dirig, the boyfriend of the victim’s mother, who said he had brought the victim home after the victim had been difficult, locked him in his room and started playing video games.

Dirig told police he locked the child in his room because that was the child’s “safe space,” according to court documents.

The victim’s mother also told police that the child’s room was considered a “safe space” and that she would usually “set a timer for five minutes” and then see if her child had calmed down, according to court documents.

In the court documents, the mother stated she was not home the night of the incident and that she was not sure if Dirig ever checked on the child.

Dirig admitted to police he received a text from the victim’s mother at 6:38 p.m. — around 45 minutes before the mother came home and discovered the victim — asking Dirig how the victim was doing.

Dirig never responded to the text, explaining to police he was “busy playing his game,” according to court documents.

Dirig also told police he never checked on the victim because he “got sidetracked.”

Police investigated Ring doorbell camera footage from the home and estimated the victim had been locked in the room for nearly two hours based on when Dirig and the victim arrived home and when the mother found her child, according to court documents.

In an interview with police, Dirig described the victim as “aggressive” when he brought the victim home, but police believe the victim “did not appear aggressive whatsoever” in the doorbell camera footage.

During a search of the residence, a detective also found a black coat belonging to Dirig that had “fresh scratch marks” that “appeared consistent with defensive scratching with fingernails,” according to court documents.

Authorities charged Dirig with neglect of a dependent resulting in death, a Level 1 felony in Indiana.

Court Docs: Man charged with neglect in death of 8-year-old locked in bedroom

Authorities charged Dirig with neglect of a dependent resulting in death, a Level 1 felony in Indiana.

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[Sue sue]

The kid may have put the zip ties on himself.

 

[Mazikeen69]

sick

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Waiting on the mother's arrest.

 

[Kitsune Faye]

Waiting on the mother's arrest.

Same. This has been going on, and she did nothing.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A man found guilty of neglect in the death of an 8-year-old in 2022 received a prison sentence of nearly four decades.

Matthew Dirig received a 40-year prison sentence with two years being suspended and 26 days of jail credit, according to court records.

In November, a jury found Dirig guilty of neglect of a dependent resulting in death. The 8-year-old boy had been found locked in a bedroom with a zip tie around his neck, according to court documents in the case. Based on video evidence from the scene, investigators estimated the child had been locked inside the room for roughly two hours.

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[HijabiGirl]

If some asshole told me to pick him or my kid(s) I'd show him the door. I will never, ever understand these parents who bring a stranger into the home after only knowing them for a few months. Hell, I screen my kids baby sitters for longer than that and I have cameras in my house just in case. Dreamin demon has taught me to be suspicious of everyone.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Huntington County Circuit Court Judge Davin G. Smith sentenced Matthew Joseph Dirig on Tuesday to 40 years in prison with two years suspended and 26 days credit for time served. A jury found Dirig guilty of neglect of a dependent resulting in death on Nov. 25. The incident occurred on Nov. 22, 2022, when Dirig had to pick the boy up from the Boys & Girls Club because he was having a behavioral issue, according to court records obtained by Law&Crime.

Dirig claimed the boy was being “aggressive” after they returned home and locked him in his room from the outside. However, Ring camera video showed that the boy seemed calm as he entered the house. The boy’s mother said her son suffered from mental health issues and was prone to tantrums. She would put him in his room for 5 or 10 minutes when he misbehaved and check on him to see if he calmed down. But Dirig claimed he left the boy in his room for about two hours while he played his video game console, Xbox.

“Um, I just — I got sidetracked with it,” Dirig told detectives, adding that he would “have to live with that.”

Dirig also failed to check on him when his girlfriend texted him and asked him how the boy was doing. About 45 minutes later, the mother returned home and checked on the boy. She found him unconscious with industrial-sized zip ties around his neck and called 911 while Dirig tried to remove the ties, the affidavit said. First responders rushed to the home but he was “beyond saving” and was pronounced dead.

Detectives arrived on scene and noted everyone seemed to be distraught except for Dirig who was “markedly non-emotional.” Investigators interviewed the mother who told them about her son’s behavioral issues, including displaying suicidal ideations. The boy once tried to tie a phone cord around his neck and had a weeklong stay at the hospital, she said. But she said the boy’s behavior had improved in the months leading up to his death after he was placed on new medication. She did not believe her boyfriend would have intentionally hurt the boy.

Family members of the boy and his mother also came forward to express concerns about Dirig. He and the victim’s mother had met about six months prior to the incident and he moved in about a month later. Her family members said Dirig was “manipulative” and had given her an ultimatum that he would break up with her unless she put the boy in a mental institution, they said. The family members believed she was covering for him, according to the affidavit. She has not been charged. Her name and the boy’s name were both redacted from the affidavit.

Man put zip tie around boy's neck, locked him in room and got 'sidetracked' playing Xbox

A 34-year-old Indiana man will spend nearly the next four decades behind bars for putting a zip tie around a 8-year-old boy's neck before locking him in a bedroom where he died.

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