Florida.- A Florida waitress has been hailed as a hero for saving an abused 11-year-old boy from his parents by passing him a note asking “do you need help?”
Police said the actions of Flavaine Carvalho helped the boy escape a possibly life-threatening situation when she handed him the note at Mrs Potato restaurant in Orlando on January 1.
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Carvalho said during a press conference that when the family sat down at a table, she noticed that everyone was getting food except the child, which she found strange, according to WOFL-TV.
The boy’s stepfather, Timothy Wilson, told him the boy would have dinner at home, Carvalho said, before he realized the boy had bruises on his face and arms.
Flavaine Carvalho showing the note that happened to the boy with his abusive parents. Twitter
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“I could see that he had a big scratch between his eyebrows,” Carvalho said. ‘A couple of minutes later, I saw a bruise on the side of his eye. Then I felt that there was something really wrong. ”
In reality, Wilson and the boy’s mother, Kristen Swann, were allegedly abusing him at home, even tying him up with ratchet straps, hitting him, and hanging him upside down.
Carvalho secretly wrote the note that said ‘do you need help? OK ‘and stood behind the boy’s parents so they couldn’t see her.
The United States media reported on the heroic actions of the waitress. Twitter
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The boy initially refused help by shaking his head, before indicating ‘yes’ after Carvalho’s second attempt, prompting her to call 911.
In the audio released by the police of her phone call, Carvalho says: ‘I’m super worried and I don’t know what to do, could you give me any advice? What I can do? ‘The child has bruises and does not eat.
When officers arrived at the scene, they interviewed the parents and the boy, who was said to have winced when asked to roll up the sleeves of his sweatshirt, revealing bruises on his arms.
Caravalho called the police and the boy was interviewed by agents, who discovered that he had been the victim of torture by his stepfather.
The man was arrested, as was the child’s mother, after admitting to knowing these facts and not having sought medical attention for the child. The authorities announced the creation of a trust account in support of children involved in this type of abuse.
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