Sentenced: Boy Dies From Apparent Abuse Involving Shock Collar And Restraints

[Sugar Cookie]

A couple was arrested in Indiana after a 12-year-old boy who died last Thursday appeared to have suffered from extreme neglect.

According to a press release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, an examination of Eduardo Posso after his death found "multiple signs of abuse and starvation."

Detectives say the family was in Monroe County area for employment, which includes distributing advertising for a circus which tours around the United States.

The boy's father, Luis Posso, 32, and his wife, Dayan Medina Flores, 25, were both arrested. Three other children, ages 9, 5 and 2, were placed in the care of Child Protective Services. They appear to be healthy, according to the sheriff's office.

Detectives searched the motel room where the family was staying and located a box containing restraints and a K9 shock collar. During their investigation, detectives also found video of the 12-year-old restrained in a bathtub and a selfie of Luis and Eduardo that shows the child under restraints.

Boy dies from apparent abuse involving shock collar

An examination of the child after his death found "multiple signs of abuse and starvation."

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[Babs]

Boil them in hot wax. Certainly the circus could use a traveling wax museum.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Ass holes.

 

[MildlyMedicated]

So much evil

 

[Sugar Cookie]

@Satanica

A 12-year-old boy was restrained in a motel bathtub with shackles and a dog collar before he died, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reports. Now the boy’s father and his stepmother face charges in connection with his death.

Eduardo Posso was taken to Bloomington Hospital for treatment last week. He later passed away. Hospital officials say he showed multiple signs of abuse and starvation. The boy was severely emaciated and weighed only 50 to 55 pounds, according to Coroner Joni Shields. The cause and manner of death are pending, Shields said.

Monroe County Sheriff Brad Swain said this case was “beyond anything” he’d ever seen in child homicides and other cases.

"You don't even want to let your mind go to imagine what this child went through," Swain said. "I was told that the emergency room doctor had a pretty emotional experience as a result of having to do this examination and seeing firsthand the cruelty some people can place [on a child]."

When detectives searched their motel room, they found a box containing restraints and a K9 shock collar.

Police examined the couples’ phones and found video of Eduardo retrained in a bathtub. The video shows other children and Flores coming and going in the bathroom and paying no attention to the boy. Posso even took a selfie in the bathroom with his son restrained in the background, police said.

The investigation will likely include multiple jurisdictions over a long period of time

12-year-old boy was restrained with shackles, K9 shock collar before death, Monroe County sheriff says

UPDATE: Luis Posso was sentenced to 65 years in prison and was sentenced to 65 years in prison. ORIGINAL STORY: MONROE COUNTY, Ind. – A 12-year-old boy was restrained in a motel bathtub with shackl…

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[Sejanus]

Carnies.
Stand them in water an taze them.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

An electric cattle prod up their ass while they are standing in scalding water is just a beginning for the torture they deserve.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The mother of a 12-year-old boy who died in Monroe County is speaking out after investigators revealed there were signs of abuse, restraint and starvation.

Aurea Esmeralda Garcia last saw her son, Eduardo Posso, in 2017. But now, she's learned he's died.

"When the police said, can we walk inside of your house and talk to you? I knew something was wrong because they're not normal to do that," she said.

Police arrested Eduardo's father, Luis Posso Jr., and stepmother, Dayana Medina Flores, on Friday following the death for neglect.

Garcia said she thought her son was supposed to be in Florida. She didn't have custody and wasn't able to see or talk to her kids often. She said she believed something was wrong and that she and others tried to sound the alarm in Florida.

"I want to see him. I want to kiss him, however he is, and tell him I’m sorry. I did everything I could, but nothing worked," Garcia said.

A spokesperson for the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said they were called by the school district to investigate a possible child abuse incident. The spokesperson said they had incidents reported to them in November 2017 and November 2018. They investigated and found nothing.

A spokesperson for the school district of Manatee County confirmed Eduardo was withdrawn from the district to be home schooled in December 2018. He attended the district sporadically since 2012.

"No one will listen, and this happens now. Now my son is dead," Gardcia said.

Their three other kids were placed in the care of Child Protective Services, and investigators said they appeared to be healthy.

Mother of boy shackled, starved in Monroe County said she knew something was wrong: ‘No one will listen’

UPDATE: Luis Posso was sentenced to 65 years in prison and was sentenced to 65 years in prison. ORIGINAL STORY: MONROE COUNTY, Ind. — The mother of a 12-year-old boy who died in Monroe County is sp…

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[cubby]

Just like regular, they picked one to torment and abuse.

 

[MildlyMedicated]

Pulled out to home school = we can't torture, effectively if folks are watching.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Maybe the boy resembled his bio mother. Evil step moms hate that.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Some incident reports showed concerns about bruises.

An incident report from Sept. 2017 showed Luis Posso's mother as the reporting party. The report stated she complained Eduardo was hit several times on his head. Investigators stated during interviews with Eduardo and his parents it was stated he hit his cheek on his knee while trying to do a flip on the trampoline. Investigators wrote the case was unfounded, and no crime occurred.

Another incident report from November 2018 showed allegations Eduardo was hit in the face causing a bruise. The report states "this is a circus performer family. Investigation shows the child obtained the bruise during juggling practice. Case is unfounded."

Warren said multiple investigators found no signs of abuse or neglect.

"We go into the home do a very thorough investigation, checking the conditions of the home, looking at the attitude, mood of everyone that’s involved, those that are being accused, speaking extensively with the victim, with siblings, looking for physical evidence that matches whatever that claim is and in every one of these cases after thorough work they had no signs no marks no signs of neglect or abuse," he said.

Warren said the last time they saw him was at the conclusion of an investigation on December 3rd when the photo of him smiling, sitting in the chair was taken.

"The child Eduardo was able to talk to us and denied that there had been any abuse, he was seemingly healthy, seemingly happy," Warren said.

A spokesperson for the School District of Manatee County said that month Eduardo was withdrawn to be home schooled.

"He didn’t show any signs as we’ve said in all of these cases, it wasn’t obvious if there was anything going on of the likes of what eventually happened late in his life in the last few weeks or months it was not obvious it was not apparent it was probably not happening to that degree when he was living in Manatee County. So we just don’t know what happened from the time he moved in December to the time they reached your county in Indiana," Warren said.

Florida investigators say they found no signs of abuse months before 12-year-old died in Indiana

UPDATE: Luis Posso was sentenced to 65 years in prison and was sentenced to 65 years in prison. ORIGINAL STORY: MONROE COUNTY, Ind. — A photo shows 12-year-old Eduardo Posso sitting in a chair smil…

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[Ripley]

Cute kid with an awful stepmonster & weak father

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The father was an active an willing participant in the death of his child.

I am sure the step vag will say she was a victim of abuse and was afraid of her husband - and I will not give her a pass either.

 

[Granmaw]

Said it before and I'll say it again. These "unfounded" case reports by DCS just seem to embolden the abusers. Like it's some kind of sick ass contest to see just how much abuse they can get by with.

 

[cubby]

I think every kid who is withdrawn from school to be homeschooled should be investigated to see, at the very least, whether or not the adults who are going to be the home teacher has the appropriate supplies and a plan as to how they are going to accomplish that. If no plan as to how that's going to happen, the child stays in school until it's all lined up.

I know that can't happen but it seems a small amount of investigation would stop alot of dubious homeschooling.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The trial of a man accused of torturing and confining his son in a Bloomington hotel room before the boy died has been rescheduled.

12-year-old Eduardo Posso was chained, beaten, and shocked with an electric dog collar, then left alone in the bathroom of the Economy Inn in Bloomington for weeks.

By the time his father took him to the hospital, Eduardo was so neglected that he passed away.

Monroe County Correctional Center. The Monroe County Prosecutor Office filed a Notice of Intent to seek life imprisonment without parole.

Posso’s trial was set to begin on April 9. It has been rescheduled for May 12th at 8:30 a.m. in Monroe Circuit Court 3 with Judge Marc Kellams presiding.

New Trial Date Set for Man Who Tortured Son to Death - WBIW

(BLOOMINGTON) – The trial of a man accused of torturing and confining his son in a Bloomington hotel room before the boy died has been...

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[Sugar Cookie]

The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled that police did not advise Luis Posso of his state constitutional right to counsel before he consented to searches of his motel room, van and cell phone after the death of his 12-year-old son.

The court partially reversed the Monroe Circuit Court’s decision to deny the suppression of evidence in the case against Posso, who is accused of torturing and starving his son to death.

On May 24, 2019, Posso brought his bruised and emaciated son to IU Health Bloomington Hospital, where the child was pronounced dead. Posso said his son had fallen in the shower earlier that morning and was fine until he began gagging and vomiting that evening.

Posso allowed law enforcement officials to search his phone, motel room and van. That investigation found evidence, including chains, a shock collar and text messages, that was used to charge Posso.

Posso and his wife were charged with neglect of a dependent, criminal confinement, battery, and murder, all felonies.

His attorney then filed a motion to suppress the evidence collected during the searches on the grounds that he had not been advised of his state constitutional right to counsel. The attorney also said his statements to officers should be thrown out, as he was subjected to an improper “question-first” interrogation at the hospital and sheriff’s office. The Monroe Circuit Court denied the motion.

Posso’s attorney appealed to the state Court of Appeals, which agreed that officers did not make it clear to Posso that he had a right to an attorney.

“Posso specifically told Detective Rushing that he did not understand what the first consent form was for, the detective made no effort to advise him of his right to counsel or to ensure that he was able to read and understand the form,” Judge Terry Crone wrote.

The appeals court found no violations when it came to the “question-first” interrogation claim but reversed the Monroe Circuit Court decision to deny the suppression of evidence collected in the searches, meaning the search evidence is now inadmissible.

Posso wins partial reversal to suppress evidence in child neglect, murder case

The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled that police did not advise Luis Posso of his state constitutional right to counsel before he consented to searches of his motel room, van and cell phone after the death of his 12-year-old son.

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[Nell]

Oh fucking great.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Intensity of a situation is NO excuse for denying a person their civil rights...

 

[McDanel]

FFS!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

An Indiana man accused of abusing his 12–year–old son and starving the child to death has pleaded guilty to murder.

Luis Eduardo Posso Jr., 35, entered the plea Wednesday under an agreement with prosecutors that calls for the dismissal of other charges, including neglect of a dependent resulting in death and battery resulting in injury to someone younger than 14.

Posso, a transient man, carried the body of his son, Eduardo Posso, into the emergency room of a Bloomington hospital in May 2019. An autopsy showed the child had been beaten and starved and that he weighed only 50 pounds.

The maximum standard prison sentence for murder under state law is 65 years. That’s the sentence a judge imposed in July 2021 for the boy’s stepmother, 28–year–old Dayana Medina–Flores, when she pleaded guilty to murder in the boy’s death.


Court documents filed in the case said Posso and Medina–Flores agreed he should take Eduardo to the hospital when they noticed he was cold to the touch, unresponsive and didn’t appear to be breathing.

The Herald–Times has reported the boy died after being denied food over a period of time while restrained with cords and padlocked chains.

A probable cause affidavit said the child “was found to be severely emaciated by the hospital staff, and had multiple bruises, lacerations and ulcers all over his body in various stages of healing” and that was evidence he had been neglected, abused and starved.

Three other children in the family showed no signs of physical abuse or malnourishment.

Man pleads guilty to murder of starved, beaten 12-year-old

BLOOMINGTON (AP) — An Indiana man accused of abusing his 12–year–old son and starving the child to death has pleaded guilty to murder. Luis Eduardo Posso Jr., 35, entered the plea Wednesday under an agreement with prosecutors that calls for the dismissal of other charges, including neglect of a...

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[Sugar Cookie]

After more than three years of hearings, trials, and appeals, Luis Posso Jr. was sentenced to the maximum of 65 years in Indiana prison for the murder of his 12-year-old son, Eduardo.

Posso carried his unconscious son into IU Health Bloomington Hospital’s emergency room around 3 a.m. May 24, 2019. Eduardo was pronounced dead shortly after.

The coroner reported Eduardo was extremely emaciated and had wounds all over his body in various stages of healing at the time of his death.

Posso’s wife, and Eduardo’s stepmother, was sentenced to 65 years in prison for Eduardo’s murder in 2021.

Posso sentenced to 65 years after pleading guilty to murder of 12-year-old son in 2019

More than three years after his arrest, Luis Posso Jr. was sentenced to the maximum of 65 years in Indiana prison for the murder of his 12-year-old son, Eduardo.

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[Sugar Cookie]

Rest in Peace, Sweet Boy