So, was it like full kicks like this? >> like stomping. >> Stomping. >> He was stomping on him. >> When a teenager is accused of brutally assaulting a disabled man in his care, he claims it's all a big misunderstanding, but shocking evidence will soon force the truth to come to light. >> You do know your district cameras are in the facility, right? >> Yes. >> What [clears throat] do you think those cameras are going to show? >> The following footage has never been seen before. On February 5th, 2024, police in Billings Heights, Montana receive a concerning report. >> I'm calling you about protective services, and I have a report of mistreatment abuse. >> And who is it here that's being abused? >> His name is Alan Edward Wright. He's in the hospital with broken ribs, a brain bleed, and a lacerated liver. >> Officers learn that Alan Wright is 37 years old, but because of his intellectual disabilities, he functions cognitively at the level of a toddler. He lives in a group care home for vulnerable adults, and the manager, DeBran, fills an officer in on more details. >> He's been a resident for quite a while. To be honest with you, sir, he eats himself. Like, he eats his arms. >> Um Okay. >> Yeah, and when you see if you see him, you'll you'll see that. It's pretty >> And you said that he frequently has bruises on him due to his fighting with staff and all that kind of stuff? >> Well, fighting with peers, fighting with staff, he hits himself. >> Okay. >> So, like, he's given himself black eyes. Like, it's we do a body check on him every single day, and we document as much as we can. >> Okay. >> Um but it's just kind of Alan. Like, he just We Honestly, he's just very cantankerous. >> All right. >> He's a pretty angry angry little individual. >> Okay. >> Alan is mostly nonverbal, almost completely blind, and weighs just over 100 lb, leaving him especially vulnerable and dependent on others for care. The brand describes last night as a relatively normal evening for Alan until a staff member noticed he had trouble breathing. As the officer meets DeBrand at the hospital, the reason for this becomes clear. >> Almost always ribs are broke and a lacerated liver. >> On the left side of his >> yeah, on the left side and he has a brain brain bleed. >> And a brain bleed. Okay. Um >> And also when I got to the ER, when I was changing him, I noticed on the left side of the a very large bruise. >> Bruise, okay. >> According to a staff member named Kirsten, the severe injuries were caused by another caretaker, 19-year-old Dante Garriott. >> I could see him kicking, like full-on kicking. He wasn't just >> Wasn't just scooting him along? >> No, so then I went straight to the office. I just kept walking and I said and then like, "DeBrand, you need to do something about Dante." >> Yeah. So, was it like full kicks like this? >> It was like stomping. >> Stomping. >> He was stomping on him. >> Okay. With cameras throughout the group home recording both video and audio, investigators are hopeful they captured critical evidence that might validate her claims. For now, with Alan in critical condition, the teenager is quickly brought in to address these allegations. >> How long have you been working at this >> Around 2 months months after I first started. >> And what did you do before that? >> I was working at Future Stars doing deliveries. >> According to manager DeBrand, Dante is her neighbor and she knows his aunt personally. She not only told him about the job opening at the care home, but served as the sole reference on his application. He was hired despite having no prior caregiving experience. >> Do you think he's a kind of young to be working there? >> No, I mean he's 18 and we have some 18 and 19-year-olds that are phenomenal. >> Really? >> DeBrand admits that after Dante was hired, he missed several required training sessions including de-escalation techniques, CPR, and medication administration. Despite this, she still allowed Dante to give medications to patients, including Allen. After his Miranda warnings are read, the detective confronts Dante. >> Another one of your co-workers said that he stopped you kicking him. >> No, when he was on the ground. >> He did? >> Yeah. Hey, yeah, well, when I when he dropped to the ground >> Okay. So, tell me everything that happened. >> Yeah, I when he was on the ground, I don't really know how to move him, so I just like maneuvering him around with my feet. >> Okay. Your co-worker said that you stomped on him. When he was on the ground? Okay. People don't just get these injuries from getting nudged. All right. You do know your there's cameras in that facility, right? >> Yes. >> What do you think those cameras are going to show? >> Investigators were able to review what happened within the group home the night prior. As the footage begins, Kirsten calls out to Allen to check his weight. >> Come on. Come on. Allen, go take your your weight. >> Put my hands up. >> Go on. >> My dick. >> Go on. 103. >> Afterward, Dante can be seen escorting Allen to his room when he suddenly falls to the floor. Dante then appears to use his feet to nudge Allen forward. He explains what happened once they went off camera. >> He was actually laying down, and then I didn't turn start him around and just roll him cuz the way he falls down, he he doesn't just kind of like sprawl out. Like he I don't know. >> There's something I want I'm going to show you something. Who's that? >> That's Allen. >> That's Allen? Did that look like a friendly nudge? >> I know. >> Was that there yesterday? >> I >> You have a gym? Was it just there? >> No. >> The photo depicts a large reddish-purple bruise covering the side of Allen's body extending from his upper back down to his pelvis. >> How are you doing right now, talking? >> I'm really nervous because >> Tell me what you're nervous >> like seeing this. >> Well, I'm going to leave him here so you know I'm not >> I'm scared I'm scared for him. >> Okay. Are you scared for yourself? Are you nervous right now? >> Extremely, I'm >> As the footage continues, Dante returns to the couch and appears to start playing a game on his phone. Soon after, Allen reemerges from his bedroom and lingers nearby. Dante, seemingly agitated, gets up to take Allen back to his room. Several loud thuds can then be heard off camera. >> Dante >> Dante then returns to the couch and to his phone. Meanwhile, Kirsten, who passed Dante and Allen as she walked through the hallway, quickly alerts the manager. >> I go out there studying. Um Kirsten came to the office. Very quickly and shut the door. And she said to breath, "Dante kicked Allen." Like, how? With his leg. I said, "With his leg? That's not nice." I said, "What?" I mean, he got up and shut the door on his way through. I said, "Okay." And then she went out and I called Dante into the office. I said, "Did you kick Allen?" And I was very firm with him. I said, "Did you kick Allen?" >> Well, Dante said I kicked you. Yeah, she said smart. Yeah, I think he got a little No, he didn't kick Allen. pushing Allen cuz it looked like he was kicking Allen. Well, what? out there and just be really careful. Okay. Oh, yeah. The way that Allen was laying. Yeah, I got you. And I knew it was it cuz I was like I just said, "Look, yeah, I get I get you." It's just because from the the way that camera angle is, it looks like you hit Oh, no. Yeah, and which I knew didn't happen cuz then I saw the other camera got him. He didn't do it. Yeah. So, no. Just super careful. Okay. With that. And I said, >> you guys know that you're not supposed to do that. You do not lay hands on clients." >> It's because I do it to you. Like, when he comes at me, I put my feet up. >> Yeah. >> Um there was another a person who did that at another home. >> Yeah. >> Just giving you a heads-up. You're not in trouble. >> Yes. >> Just a heads-up. >> Yep, I got you. >> All right, just cuz I saw that and I was like, "Oh, I should have addressed that before the big boss." >> Yeah. >> DeBrand, I think he talked to Alan. >> Reassured that he isn't going to get in trouble, Dante returns to Alan. >> They're our cute team. Okay. You know he's You know what he's saying to me? Yeah. Yeah. He's a funny guy, huh? >> After Dante reports that Alan is now struggling to breathe, Kirsten returns to talk to DeBrand. >> Is he talking? >> Yeah. I know. Is that what he meant? >> Yeah, like what I I'm not sure I can't pick him up. I don't know. >> His respiratory He was breathing funny. And he would not like he would not respond to me. And within a 45-second assessment, I was like I looked at Dante and I said, "Call 911. Something is wrong with my guy." And Dante was the one who called. >> Okay, tell me exactly what happened. >> Uh one of our clients is just I don't I'm not really sure how to describe it. He's just being pale. I don't know. I don't know. He's not walking around. He's not really moving around. He's having really uh different breathing. His breathing is really heavy. >> Is he completely alert? >> He's He's not alert right now, no. >> And what did things like it did not matter how much pain that I was in. He he hit going to the hospital. And he I watched him throw paramedics across the room to not get in that structure because they had to restrain. And he literally I watched him like throw them across the room. I kicked him out. And he did not want >> Paramedics quickly arrived leading to concern from a female resident. >> I don't know what's going on with Alan. >> What's going on? >> I don't know. I know just about as much as you do, sadly. >> Oh, my. >> As paramedics tended to Alan, Kirsten entered the office fighting back tears. >> [snorts] >> As Dante's interrogation continues, the detective presses him for the truth. >> His tibia ribs, they're broken. His chest is like concave now cuz he can't really breathe. It's disgusting to look at. This man cannot talk for himself. >> Tell me what happened. I can have a witness tell me what happened, but I want you to tell me what happened. >> But Dante simply replies that he doesn't know what to say. The detective leaves him alone with the images and while the investigator is out of the room, Dante snaps a quick photo and sends the pictures to his aunt. When the detective returns with backup, Dante quickly folds under the pressure, finally admitting the horrifying truth of what happened to Alan. >> He wouldn't get up. So I kicked him. He wouldn't get his body wouldn't get up. So I kicked him. Show us how did this. That was pretty hard. How many times did you kick him? We're talking 100 times? >> No. >> Not 100 times. >> I said more than 10 times. >> Pretty pretty hard kicks 10 times. Something like >> But this isn't all Dante did to Allen. Investigators note that at one point in the footage, Dante appears as though his hand is in pain. >> I did scratch him on his body and pushed him once in his face. >> On lips. And his jaw. Did you show me how you did that? When you touch him. >> I just >> What about his stomach? >> No. >> Investigators once again leave Dante alone with his thoughts. >> I just scratched his stomach. >> Following his interview, Dante was arrested for aggravated assault, but 3 days later investigators would receive heartbreaking news about Allen that would change the course of Dante's case. According to police records, a long-standing blood disorder had progressed to the point that open heart surgery was Allen's only treatment option, but he wasn't strong enough for it. Instead, Allen was returned to the group home for hospice care. 12 days following his assault, 37-year-old Allen Wright passed away after enduring unimaginable suffering. >> He was probably a more fragile individual. >> Okay. >> And he When we got him back >> He was in hospice. >> In hospice. When we got him back, I never seen such a bruised young person. He was bruised. Black and purple and bruised all the way down his legs. Doctors stopped on his genitals. They were black. His everything was black. He couldn't move. I mean, staff would call me and be like, "He is in pain." And you could hear him. And because he was nonverbal, it was like a breathing. He was And he would shake. And he would sweat. And there was not enough medication we could give him to be comfortable. He was up for 3 days straight before he passed. To be I'm sorry. He didn't want to die. He did not want to die. He did not want to go. His body gave up. >> A later autopsy found that Alan had sustained seven fractured ribs along with internal injuries that were still visible on his organs. His cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma with contributory factors of a pre-existing health condition. The manner of death was ruled a homicide. >> And okay, and from what I've heard from like his friends and and everything like through the grapevine and stuff, it's like "Oh, he was such a good kid. He used to just He used to get off of some probation. It was just a one little snap." And >> No. >> And I'm like, "No. Like, you don't just >> This innocent man is dead. He's gone. >> Oh, um and like his like whole family and friends are just like, "Oh." >> At the time of DeBranski's interview, 19-year-old Dante had already been released on bond. And while he expressed remorse in his interrogation, DeBranski describes him as already moving on with his life. >> Like, he's just hanging out. Being high all day. Like, "Where did this money go? Where did I go to work?" And he's like, "How did I walk out?" Just like it's nothing. Just like right now. In his pajamas, getting in his truck, driving away. And I'm like And all I can think is Allen is dead. And he's just enjoying life. >> But his freedom would be short-lived. According to court records, in June of 2025, Dante Garriet entered a plea of guilty to mitigated deliberate homicide. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison with 10 years suspended. The group home closed permanently following Allen's homicide. Allen's name now lives on through a law designed to protect those who cannot protect themselves. Signed by Montana's governor in May 2025, Allen's Law increases penalties for employees and volunteers at caregiving facilities who commit certain crimes against vulnerable people in their care. The law allows an additional 1 to 10 years in prison on top of the sentence for the underlying offense. To access more of our content, including extras such as raw footage, actual case files, and unseen details, you can join us on our Patreon. Join and see what you've been missing.