Ahziya Osceola

Name: Ahziya Osceola.
Died: March 19, 2015 (Body found).
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Internal injury from abdominal trauma.
Location: Hollywood, California, USA.

Details:
Ahziya lived with his father, stepmother, older brother, and younger sister. During his short life, he had been the subject of four reports of abuse, and both parents had criminal records. Somewhere along the way, he was diagnosed with autism, and when he walked by himself to a nearby elementary school, it was blamed on wandering even though his mother did not report him missing for three hours.

Ahziya’s stepmother beat him to death over the course of weeks or months. For at least three weeks, the three-year-old had been trying to walk on a broken leg, and he was covered in bruises. The fatal injury was a blow to the stomach that severely damaged his liver and pancreas. When Ahziya was dead, she wrapped him in garbage bags, stuffed him behind the washing machine, and reported him missing.

Ahziya’s stepmother was convicted of aggravated manslaughter of a child and sentenced to 30 years.

References:
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