2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
The mother of Zymere Perkins, a 6-year-old boy who died in New York after being the victim of abuse, told her story. According to authorities, the little boy died of a brutal beating from his stepfather in 2016. The mother, Geraldine Perkins, 29, admitted in court on Tuesday that she repeatedly spanked the boy with a belt.
Tearfully, the mother said that she used a belt to hit the child in order not to hurt her hands since she has lupus, the New York Daily News reported. Geraldine testified against her boyfriend, Rysheim Smith, who faces murder charges for the boy's death, NBC 4 reported. The mother confessed to being guilty of second-degree manslaughter for the death of her son. The coroner revealed that the boy died of child abuse.
According to official documents obtained by NBC 4, Zymere died after being hit by his stepfather with a broomstick and was later left hanging on a door, held by his shirt.
The New York Administration for Children and Family Services had investigated the boy's dysfunctional home since 2010, when they received a complaint that the mother and her boyfriend allegedly used drugs and that they punished the boy by beating him. Geraldine testified in court that she had to move out of her own grandmother's house because the old woman kicked her out when she hit the boy. So the single mother had to live in several shelters for the homeless with the child. "It was difficult. I didn't know how to raise him. I didn't know what I was doing, "she admitted.
The mother said she prostituted herself for a time in order to feed her son, and said that she met Smith in the building where she lived and that the man seemed like a good person. According to her, “he was wonderful. He was like a father figure to my son”. Geraldine remembered how Smith bought the boy toys and read the Bible to him.
Zymere's preschool teacher, Josefina Gutiérrez, testified that she stopped complaining about the child's misbehavior at school to the mother and stepfather because she feared they would hit him, as he sometimes went to school with bruises.
If you suspect that someone you know is a victim of child abuse, please report it by calling the National Child Abuse Prevention Line at 1-800-422-4453 or visiting https://www.childhelp.org. All calls are free and confidential, and over 170 languages are spoken.
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