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911, what's the address of your emergency? >> I have a 1-year-old. I need an ambulance. He ate a bottle of soap. I was babysitting him while his mom was at work. I just started watching him a few weeks ago just for her. If I gave him some water afterwards, he was fine. But when he went to sleep, all of a sudden his eyes started looking funny and it looked like he's having a seizure and I'm scared. >> All right, we're getting help out to you. Are you with him right now, ma'am? >> Yes, his mom is on her way. I just called her. >> Okay, is he awake? >> His eyes are open. >> Has the jerking stopped yet? >> He's still moving. He just don't look well. He's >> No, I understand. If he gets worse, just call us back immediately for further instructions, but the paramedics are on their way to you. >> All right, thank you so much. >> Yeah, bye-bye. 911, what's the address of your emergency? >> I just called. His eyes not open. He's not waking up. I need you guys to hurry up and come here. >> Ma'am, they're coming as fast as they can per city protocol. >> All right, thank you. >> Now, you said he's not awake now. Cuz he's lying, but I'm trying to correct He's not waking up now. >> Hello. >> This is 911 calling back. You said the status had changed, ma'am, but you just told me he's not awake now and his eyes aren't open. >> No, his eyes was never open. We've been trying to wake him up. >> All right, I was advised differently when I asked you the first time. He's not awake. You changed your story now. >> He is up. He's moving. He's kicking, but he's not getting up. >> Do you see the paramedics outside right now? >> They're coming. They're outside. >> Okay, they're going to take over now. >> Look for blood. >> Look for the soap. >> A male walked out of the apartment. He's been detained. Female and a 1-year-old are still inside. >> Officer, please give my phone. I need to call my mom. >> You're not going to call anybody right now. >> Oh my god. >> What is this on you? Just some weed? >> Hey. >> Jesus Christ. >> What's up? >> That's the pills. >> Those are actually pills that are on him. >> What's up, bud? What's up, man? >> He's in the car. She's still in there with the 1-year-old. >> He's in cuffs right now? >> Yeah. They don't usually show up like that for their houses. >> That's a SWAT team, so yeah. They didn't know if they were going to have to force entry. >> Did you get that first? >> Upstairs still left. No. There's still a female and a kid in apartment. >> Who is the apartment? >> Come on out, sweetheart. How you doing? >> I'm going to step out here. Oh, wait. My daughter's here. What's going >> That's fine. Step outside. >> What's going on? >> Okay, we know you're on the phone with the police. We're right here. Come here. Come here. You're okay. >> What happened? Where's Shane? >> You're okay. >> Where's Shane? >> Talk with this officer, ma'am. Stand back over here. >> Where's Shane? What happened? >> There's a 1-year-old in here somewhere. Be mindful. >> Do you have any weapons on you? >> No. What happened? >> Were you on the phone with us? >> Turn your back. You're being detained as part >> Okay. >> [laughter] >> I was on the phone with this officer. >> As soon as we secure this, we'll get her her child. Just cooperate. Let us do our job. >> Yeah, I know. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> I'm confused. >> Daughter, baby. She's asleep. >> Where's Shane at? He need to come in here for with my daughter, please. >> Listen. Listen. You're not You're not under arrest. We're detaining you. >> Okay. I don't Okay. >> Take a deep breath. Listen. Take a deep breath. Listen. I just need you to listen for a minute, right? Calm down. We're not here to freak you out or intimidate your daughter or anything like that. We're here to just ask questions and talk, okay? But you're being detained momentarily. Clear? >> Clear. >> Let's get her to the baby. >> Watch your feet. Watch your step. >> Hi, sweetheart. >> Let's get the mom for her. >> Do you want to bring the baby out or mom in? >> No, she can come in. Just watch. >> Mom's detained. >> We understand you got your daughter here. >> Yeah. >> All right, but I need you to work with us. >> I am. >> Excuse me, officer. Is there any way I could contact someone to like get my baby? >> Shortly. >> The honest truth to God is I found those. I was about to go throw them away. >> Currently, I don't think the pills are your concern right now. >> Do you have any family in the immediate area? >> Um yeah, my grandmother. >> Let her have the baby if she had to feed her or whatever and then get arrangements for somebody to come. >> Where's grandma at? >> Where's she? No. >> Where's grandma at? I need you to answer my question. >> 10 minutes away. >> Where at? >> Detroit. >> Can we call her? >> Can we get her with her so we can get your daughter picked up? >> Why does she need to get picked up? >> Because we need to talk, that's why. She's sleeping? >> Yeah, in her crib. >> one. >> Hi. Woah, that's my girl. >> sleeping. She got it two nights ago. >> She got a case of the sleepies. >> Is your baby in the house or >> Yeah. >> How old's the baby? >> One and a half. >> Is that with you and your girlfriend? Or okay. >> Y'all are scaring me like for real. I think I'm about to have a nervous breakdown. >> have to do all that. We just need to talk to you, that's all. >> Okay. So mama need to take Yeah, I can't be away from my daughter that long. I'm not used to that. >> Okay. >> Where is Shane at? >> Just just take care of grandma. Get grandma here to get the girl. All right. >> Did y'all do something down there? >> Did we do something where? >> Grandma, I can't have these cuffs like this on me. >> Can just Well, somebody can hold this baby this way. I got it. >> I already just do what I was doing. She's not answering. >> You can put her on speaker and talk to her. >> I don't need to. >> Yeah, you want keep calling her. >> All these people in your house. >> Yeah, she is. Do you have any other friends or family that can take her? >> Where is Shane? Did y'all take Shane? >> He's talking with us downstairs. >> Can he be here with the baby? >> Well, he's not going to be. So right now you need to make arrangements for the baby. >> need you I need you to get the Well, you can't get the baby. She got my nephew. She can't get the baby. I'm Somebody going to have to take my daughter to her or something or Somebody going to have to be on baby watch while we there. That's how that's about to go. Grandma >> That's not how it's about to go. >> Oh, you know how it's going to go. She's going to sleep now. >> Okay. Okay. All right. Don't talk to me like that. >> Okay. >> Don't tell me >> Don't tell me what we're going to do. >> of my face. What's wrong with you? >> your face. You are. >> No, he's not. >> You are. >> You don't run it. So you get somebody here in 5 minutes or CPS is getting called. >> Okay. All right. >> All right. >> Okay, that's cool. Grandma, I need you to Uber somebody to take to your house. >> Aw, I'm sorry. Are you okay? >> Hi, baby. >> She's got a case of the sleepies. >> Aw, are you a princess? >> I'll have to call up Keith, Grandma. We got the SWAT police in here trying to take me in jail. Got me in handcuffs. Grandma, I just need Can you get Yes or no? Or I'mma have to call up Keith. I can't be on the phone this long. Are you on your way now? You don't have to worry. >> We can't let nobody in there anyway. >> You don't have to worry cuz if you come, you need to come right now. They got me right now. They about to take me right now. >> She said she's coming right now. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Perfect. >> What's going on with my baby? I need to check check up on my baby, please. >> the baby out here and >> Can you bring her out here so I can see her? >> Yeah, you guys can pick her up. Is that okay? >> Yeah, she needs to get her bottle. She just woke up. >> Okay. Sweet talk her. Yeah. You tired? >> Please, let me be a mom. >> Yeah. >> Can I go in there? >> Well, just hold tight. Grandma 10 minutes out. I don't know if all these guys are going to freak her out. Walked out of the room like three times every time she cries. You want mama? >> Cuz we're best friends. You silly. You being silly. Woo. A little warm. Hm. We're going to bring her out in just a second. >> Can you tell me what she's doing? >> She's playing in the crib. Not doing anything. Just smiling. >> Thank you. >> That's enough. Listen, your daughter is all smiles. We're calming her down. >> She needs to have a bottle before she go in there. >> All right. Where Where can I I'll happily make one. Thank you. Is one ready? One ready or do you need me to make one? >> No, it's just a ready bottle. I mean, a milk. And she got a bottle right there. It's like four of them. >> And Grandma's on the way, right? >> Yeah, she said she is. I don't know how slow she's going to be. Maybe I should call my stepdad just in case. Could you guys please don't take my daughter nowhere? >> We're not. That's why we had to call you. That's why we had you call someone. We're So, to give your daughter to them. What kind of milk do you give her? Is it the stuff in the fridge or do you have formula? >> 2%. >> Okay. >> Yeah, Keith, are you up? >> Do you heat it up for her do you just give it to her cold? >> Uh-huh. >> Cold or warm? >> Cold cold. She like it cold. I might need you to come in here and get the baby cuz if grandma don't make it on time, cuz they trying to take me to jail. I was watching Kyrie last night. He had to go to the hospital. Next thing I know, they they busted through my Well, about to bust through the door. They got the freaking thing ready. He chewed on the bar stool. He chewed on the freaking bar stool. >> Oh, [ __ ] He's checking this mother [ __ ] >> It's a huge scene. >> I'm just kidding. I don't even know what's in there yet. I mean, I know what's in there, but it didn't look like much. >> My stomach dropped a little bit there when I said it's a huge scene. >> Some milk? >> There you go. >> There you go. >> Hi, honey. I'm just making sure you're awake doing police stuff. SWAT team. >> What is that? >> It's my gun. >> It's cool. >> It's cool. All right, babe. Daddy's got to go back to work. You got 22 minutes before the bus gets here, okay? I love you and you have a great day. >> I love you, too. >> You're a good dad, though. Thanks, buddy. >> What's your name, ma'am lady? >> Comeora Highsmith. >> Comeora, I'm just going to go now, okay? Now that you're calmed down, >> Okay. >> and I think we're going to be on the same page now, right? Let me take those handcuffs off you unless you feed this baby in a minute. >> He's just staring at me, man. I think so. >> yourselves, right? >> Yeah. >> You're going to cooperate with this officer here? >> Yes. >> And everybody else that's here? >> Yeah. >> If we cooperate, I'm not dragging you out of here in the handcuffs. I'm just asking you to come with us and talk with us, okay? In the meantime, we'll get the baby somewhere. We'll keep the conversation cordial like it is now, not as heated like it was, and hopefully everything will be okay, okay? Does that sound fair to you? >> Yeah, it do. It does. >> I just gave her a bottle. She's good. Oh, boy. This is [ __ ] weird, dude. >> Warm. Can't mess with the thermostat, either. It's not nice. >> Bye, sugar butt. Bye, booger booger. She's going to cry as soon as we walk out. She's got that separation anxiety. >> Hey, you okay? >> All right. Oops. Not Not anymore. 71, can you come up here? We're We should be good to start talking. >> On my way. >> Do you want us to bring her out to you? >> Yes, please. >> Uh cuffs off her or you want to keep them on? >> take the cuffs off her. I believe she's going to be cooperative now. >> Scooper, she's going to go see mama for a minute. >> This is? >> Yep. >> Hello, cutie booty. >> Just try to keep her happy. >> She can't hear me. >> That's what I was saying. >> Let's go down the door. >> Yep. >> Hey, cutie. >> I I thank you so much. Baby. Morning kisses in. Baby. You see all these people you don't know? I don't know you. >> Yeah, she's bouncing. >> Sir, I don't know you. >> everybody we need? >> Where's daddy? >> We're going to get you out of here in a minute. >> Yep. Mhm. >> All right, you can go. >> All right. >> All right. >> Mhm. >> Thanks. Do you know where I'm >> Yeah, he's outside. >> Is he being entertained? >> Yes. >> Thanks for your cooperation. All right, good luck to you, dear. >> Thank you so much. >> Bye, cutie booty. Say bye-bye. He shaved. You like it or not? No. Yeah, I do actually. >> I got to tell you, I think she likes me. >> Who, mom? >> Yeah. >> So right now we're just waiting for grandma to get here. We're going to allow the stare attacks to cease. We're going to take her and boyfriend to the station and we're going to do an interview. >> Do you mind going over that way? >> Oh, yeah. >> You have [clears throat] anything on HCH? >> No, just her. Just her. >> So grandma you said is coming from? >> Yes, and I just called my stepdad, too. >> Grandma and stepdad are going to be good with us or are they going to >> Yeah, they're Yeah, they're respectful family. Definitely some anger she's got. >> Yes. >> And I locked all the doors and this is >> There's six punch marks in this just this room. >> So, if you see like any blood or anything like that, you heard about Did you get the rundown of the kid? >> Head's all swollen, yeah. Eyes swollen. >> Yeah, I saw it. >> Blood from the ears, some kind of trauma. >> Anything could be a weapon, but most likely it was probably shaking and punched. >> With a bottle? >> Yeah, but I think that's [ __ ] I don't think that's true. >> There's no bottle up in there anywhere. There's no way. >> They said They said dial. Dial. >> Are you happy, baby? You being happy, baby? >> That little like nightstand, that's like they're drinking like a margarita or something. They like the salted rim. >> I actually pulled the pills out of him. >> Oh, he did? >> And like one of those weed containers. >> Same bag that he said that he found. >> [snorts] >> Yeah, he had a whole bunch of House of Dank, another weed place. >> Autographed this. >> I did I did all the doors. I think it was just anger. >> And then they were both on my bed. >> It It sounds like it and they're they're supposed to be, yeah. Be careful. >> Do you know that they're going to be there? >> Oh, that's good. >> Sometimes she don't listen, though. OH, [laughter] STOP. YOU JUST HURT ME. YOU CUZ YOU DO YOU THROW YOUR HEAD BACK. You can't What What What What What we tell you about that? You can't throw your head back. You're going to hurt yourself. I'm going to get her there. I don't know how a baby sleeps comfortably. >> They got like pills chopped up. >> 2-year-old would be pretty mobile, right? >> Yes. >> Able to get around real well? >> Yep. >> Is that your stuff, then? >> grandma's stuff. >> Your grandma? Okay. Hello. Thank you for coming. We just got to stay out of the apartment for right now. We need you to take Are you taking the kid out for right now? Go to the park first. That's That's perfectly fine. Thank you. I appreciate you coming so quickly. >> Thank you so much, grandma. >> Uh please give my daughter a call. >> No, I'm not going to to that, bud. >> Oh my god. >> [clears throat] >> This is where the daughter her daughter sleeps. This is where the victim sleeps, it looks like. But they found him unconscious in the kitchen. Not that I know of. >> Uh grandmother just picked up kid. She just wants to wait around to see if she can get in there and get some stuff for the baby. >> Okay. What can we bring her for the baby? >> Just um like one one pairs of clothes. >> She normally have a baby bag, that black one right there. >> Okay, put a bunch of different outfits, socks, diapers. >> [snorts] >> I was telling his mother um that I was already having um issues with him, you know, waking up while I was asleep. >> How was this hot in here? It's not hot? >> Huh. What's Oh. What's up? You're a grandma's? She already peaced out, she was waiting for a bag for the kid. Oh, I'm going to pat down a We we pulled a bag off him, like a foil bag that that marijuana comes in, but he said it's pills. So, whatever you guys want to do with that. I mean, he's good for that felony as well. Let's bring him in on that charge. Are you grandma? >> Yeah. >> How you doing, ma'am? Here's the bag for her. >> How long she going to be detained? >> I don't know, it could be a couple hours, maybe. I can't disclose anything. Take care of the baby for now until mom is free to come back. >> All right. >> I can't call my mom? >> Detective's going to talk to you first to decide when you can make that phone call. >> I'm not good mentally right now. I'm about to get in trouble. >> I seen a holster to a pistol in the closet. >> Oh, just because My boyfriend he always fantasized about how he wanted get a gun so he could see, you know, he has to. I feel like they have the heat on in here. >> It's too early to be sweating this much. >> God, I feel like I already need a shower. Thank you so much. And these are the most comfortable ones. >> What's that? >> I said these aren't the most comfortable ones, but I'll take it. I'm grateful. >> Looks like that's blood. Still pulling, so that's pretty fresh. >> It makes it me um when I was arguing with my boyfriend. They made it look like they was taking my baby and it scared the living crap out of me. >> No, that's not happening. Your grandmother's got her. >> Station with female starting 102976. >> Holy cow. So, I'm convinced there's heat still blasting in there. >> You said it wasn't. >> Yeah, it is. >> Had to be 90 in the house. >> I'm drenched. >> That allowed me to freaking charge somebody with child abuse. >> As 22-month-old Kyrie undergoes brain surgery for his severe injuries, investigators turn to suspect and witness interviews to determine the specifics behind what happened. They begin with Shane, the boyfriend of Kamora, who is the woman Kyrie's mother says was responsible for watching him that night. After ensuring Shane understands his Miranda rights, they move forward with questioning. >> Why do you think you're here? >> Uh girlfriend, she baby, then baby sitting with little boy. >> And you were at work? >> What time did you get home last night? >> 12:30. >> Shane's timeline is critical. Investigators believe the abuse occurred around 10:00 p.m. Meaning if he wasn't home until 12:30, he has an alibi. >> And you got home a little after midnight, and what happened then? >> I got in the shower, then I went back into the room. He was in there on the phone saying that he ate soap or something earlier. >> Who told you that? >> Kamora told Taylor that he was having an allergic reaction or something. I told her call ambulance. >> Text records confirm the messages were sent at 1:50 a.m. After seeing a photo of Kyrie's severely injured face, Taylor immediately left work and arrived at the apartment just 15 minutes later. >> And the ambulance showed up, I hurried him out. >> Did your girlfriend tell you what happened to him? >> Well, she said he ate soap. >> You didn't notice bleeding to the ears? >> No. >> What did the mom say? >> He was like in shock. I told her she had to be strong for him. The hospital just found some obvious signs of physical abuse. >> Physical abuse, yeah. >> My girlfriend wouldn't do this. Uh a brain bleed, so the blood coming from the ears. They're working on him right now as we speak. >> How often does he stay with you guys? >> Like every other night. >> Yeah, he usually gets him at like 3:00. Sometimes he stays the whole night. He's been waking up in the middle of the night and doing all sorts of stuff. I think I caught him in the fridge. >> Does he sleep in here? >> Daughter's room. >> Okay. >> He sleeps on the floor in her room. He can walk. >> Yeah. >> So he he can get up and just kind of move around the apartment. >> Yeah, yeah. And wake up and it's a mess. >> Talk about all of Kamora. She might be very very irrational up there. >> She was getting agitated very fast. If I knew she was doing something like that, I would have called the cops myself. A baby with a baby, like that's not okay. >> She has her moments, like everybody does. But >> he's a little boy. Come on. You should be investigating however that girl disciplines her child. All day long out here slamming all types of [ __ ] underneath that. >> Okay, if you're not being truthful with me like right here right now, you can be looking at a very serious felony charge. >> Well, exactly everything I told you, that's how it went. >> So when I'm looking in the right here apartment, I'm seeing all the holes in the walls and stuff and all the holes >> Me and my old roommate. >> So other people that describe Kamora very differently from what you described. She's like a hothead, like she's crazy. >> Who did you talk to? >> Family members. >> Looking at her criminal history, her charges kind of lend a little bit of credence >> We had arguments, kind of show up. >> How many times did that happen? >> Two times. >> Who got blacked out and >> She did. >> She acting natural and cool from the minute you got home? >> Everything was cool. She just got done making dinner. I was about to smoke, eat, and lay down. >> Thinking about a little boy that's probably going to die. He didn't deserve that. >> That's pretty evident you're trying to minimize your actions, right? >> I told you what I know. That's all I know. >> I feel so bad for this little boy. I can't imagine if it was my daughter. >> Investigators now turn to Kamora. Based on the timeline and forensic evidence, they believe she alone caused Kyrie's injuries and now aim for a confession to build a stronger case for prosecutors if the charges lead to a jury trial. Just like with Shane, investigators ensure Kamora understands her Miranda rights before proceeding with the interrogation. >> You developed a significant amount of evidence, and we have a pretty clear understanding of what happened. People make mistakes all the time. I'm asking you just to be honest with us. Can you do that? >> Yes. >> All right. Who is his mother? >> Taylor. >> Kamora tells investigators she recently met Taylor, who lives directly below her and had been babysitting Kyrie five nights a week for several weeks, often from 5:00 p.m. until 3:00 in the morning or later. >> She get paid by the hour? >> Per night, however she rate. >> So, it's just kind of random how you get paid? >> No, it's like 25. I took a little slight nap. But, Kyrie is super smart. I didn't think that he would even chew on a soap. I'm like, "What are you doing? Spit it out." He didn't spit it out. That's when I did tell him. I'm like, "Spit it out." Once I seen that he couldn't spit it out, I was like, "Oh, he might be choking or something." Trying to get it out of his mouth. He didn't He wouldn't even like let me dig my whole finger in there. That's when I had to get like a spoon and [clears throat] scrape it out. I did not want him to swallow it. What kind of soap did you use? A mild soap. I started to tell his mom. I just caught Kyrie chewing on a, you know, a dial soap. He can't keep doing it. It's wild behavior. You know, I'm not his mom. I can't like spank him or anything, you know? And she was like, "He's about to get in a terrible two, so you have to like understand." [clears throat] But, I'm like, "All right, but I'm used to my daughter, you know, getting on a sleeping schedule. I'm not used to, you know, you might have to ask somebody else watch him." So, I looked at him as if he was his own child. It's too long as I know, you know, paying attention. His little mouth was bleeding on the side. He was fine. He started playing. Everything was cool. After that, I had laid him down to sleep while I made dinner. I had checked up on him. I had seen that his eye was like laying back. So, I'm like, "No, he don't sleep like this." And I thought he was having a seizure. So, I took Taylor to just to be sure like do he normally sleep like this? He said, "No, he don't normally sleep like that." And I thought That's when I was like, "Okay, something is wrong." I'm like, "He ate that soap earlier." Shane had in he was like 911 and I didn't know soap would do that. The way his body was moving, I've never seen nothing like that. Paramedics came and I was telling her to be strong. Now, I told them to keep me posted. She never called me ever since. She probably like blaming me. I think that. She probably think that I'm careless. I think I'm the most responsible. And in that case, I was scared the whole time. >> Do you feel like you're to blame? >> The one that was like watching my child is like I'm I'm going to be like what were you doing this whole time? I'm just so tired. I just needed a quick nap. I was trying to start a daycare and then all of that. I don't think she'll ever forgive me. I've been calling her trying to make sure everything is okay. Called her this morning and her friend answered. But the way she was like talking to me it's like they don't trust me anymore. Like >> So Kyrie was already down for the night when she got home. >> Yeah, he was like kind of like mad at each other. He was like that. I was like still trying to take like a 5-minute, you know, sleep. >> So then what did you do with the soap? >> I still have the soap. >> So where did you put it then? >> It's in the um bag. I put >> [clears throat] >> There's a degree of trauma to the kid from physical injury. It wasn't the result of eating soap. He has trauma to the brain. >> And y'all think that I did it. I would never ever >> We're not saying that you're a monster. >> No at all. Why are you saying that I did? You guys think that I did something. >> I do. >> Did you pick him up? Did you shake him? Did you Were you like, "Oh my god, Kyrie, why did you eat that soap?" >> Me shaking him, me grabbing him, or putting him down. I do that with my daughter all the time. Like she she'll be perfectly fine. I probably made it worse and didn't even know. >> We're kind of proud of you for getting to this point and just taking ownership and just saying I messed up. But we're going to work through this, okay? >> [gasps] >> For nearly an hour, Kamora continues to downplay her actions. Investigators eventually bring in a baby doll hoping to get a clear demonstration of what exactly happened to Kyrie. >> I grabbed him and he would not let me dig it out. That's the second time he did it. He hit it again. He probably hit his head while I ran again, came back again. He was He was just looking I'm just like digging it out with the soap. Soap in his mouth. One, kids kind of spit it out because it tastes disgusting. >> There had to be some pretty significant force. Show me like real time how it happened. >> to call it like that. Like spit it out. I'm like spit it out. Like spit it out. [clears throat] As soon as I grabbed him, I'm like why would you do that? >> This cycle repeats. Investigators explain that Kyrie's injuries medically indicate greater force and with each retelling, Kamora admits to increasingly violent actions. Eventually, she reaches the height of her confession. >> Incident in the bathroom, you knew that that caused that, right? After that, I mean I made him play play. He looked like he was just tired. Like he normally he stand up, you know, to keep himself up. He kept laying down. Was he falling down or was he just laying down? He kept falling. I didn't think anything of it. The more he kept telling me, I think I think my fiber >> You took out some of your frustration on him. >> I would never do that. >> Well, you did though. We can't undo the past, but in the present, we can take accountability and just say this is what I did. >> I didn't say I was angry. I was not angry at all. I was worried about myself. >> I know. I can understand >> You lawyer or something. What do you know about it? >> Okay. You don't want to answer any more questions? Kamora, listen. I'm here for you. >> And I know what's about to happen. >> What [clears throat] do you think that is? >> This moment becomes crucial in the soon-to-develop jury trial. Defense will successfully argue Kamora invoked her Miranda rights barring the remainder of the interrogation from the jury and contributing to years of legal delays. Regardless, Midwest Safety has obtained the full interview including the most damning statements jurors never saw. >> Maybe I hit him too hard, but I didn't say my anger, know. It was my fault, you guys just said it. Let me know what I have to do from here. You feel a little better at least that you're sharing this? >> Yes, I do. >> You you like I know he's just a kid, but it happened. At some point you're just like, I cannot take this anymore. You need to stop, you need to shut up. Yeah? >> You know I just saved my life. Leave me alone. >> If you let it out, it's going to make you feel better. You feel like What do you mean maybe everybody was right? >> [clears throat] >> I feel a little off. >> Do you feel like you're off? Yeah? >> Maybe it was too rough. >> No, this is no maybe. The injuries are way beyond that. That's very brave of you to own up to that. That's like the first step. Like that's awesome. >> Is it really? >> It really is. >> My anger does get out of hand. They do. Baby just said it. It was completely just hit out of nowhere. And then when he would try to pin me down, he would say I act like he's all a victim the whole time. It was really me. >> I noticed that there was like a kind of like holes in the doors and the walls and the >> No one hurt me. Oh, no. Every single one. I do hit things. I do hit things. I'm a bad person. >> Wait, you're not. >> Don't say that. >> You feel bad that you hurt this child out of anger. You're at least acknowledging that, right? Have you ever hurt your daughter? >> I hit her one time. Same thought it was like very hard. I didn't hit her the hardest. It's like I spanked her on her little hands. >> You've never gotten so angry where you just want to hit her like you just with Tyrese? >> THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE even let Tyrese go home. They might do that. Like I don't fit in here, Mom. Every time I don't listen to myself, bad things happen. >> You sound a lot like your conscience. >> Bad things happen if I don't listen. >> Can you show me like you're going to like >> Like this. It's hard as I could have just wanted him to try to speak. Please. >> Okay. Okay. I know. >> Leave me alone. I can't. >> [clears throat] >> Tell me what you did to the baby. >> Cuz you're going like this. >> You're You're showing me like this. >> I shook him. >> No, that is not what happened. You had to shake that baby. >> He just hit the cabinet. >> Okay, but you shook him. >> I shook him like this with his head like that. >> Did you throw him down on the ground? What happened? Because this This is not going to This is not going to cause those injuries. This is not going to cause those injuries. This is going to cause those injuries. So, show me what you did to that baby. Do you understand what I'm saying? Those injuries are hurtful, violent injuries. >> It was just like that. It was just like that. I'm sorry. I thought that it was violent. >> It was just like what? >> You told me, but you don't know exactly WHAT I DID. >> I was doing exactly what you did? That's what you did? >> After he ate his soup, I just turned him over like this. Like just like that. >> Like what? >> That's it. You know how I normally do. >> What do you mean like you normally do? >> What if he's being like a boy? Like, you know, a little brother. >> What did you do with him upside down? >> Nothing. Just shook him. All I did was wrestle him a little bit. >> What What is it that you did forcefully? You did? >> I did. That's it. >> Okay. >> That's what I said. Why do I have to show y'all? I just wanted to say that and don't show. >> You hit it as hard as you could? >> From this position, like one of those. >> But you like did it >> Oh, that's all I did. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. >> WHAT IF IT >> It's a [ __ ] baby, man. >> It's not enough to put a hole in the wall. >> You punched a lot of walls, so you know. >> How many times did you say you did it that time? >> Oh, four times. Maybe five. The first few times it was soft, and then the second, then the third, and fourth, fifth. After I hurt my hand, that's when they come force me to spit it out. And I'll be just shaking him just so he can like remember not to put something in his mouth anymore. >> Your anger just overwhelmed you in that moment, am I right? >> Yes. >> The court process will take well over 3 years. For Kyrie's mom, Taylor, those years involved unimaginable grief. Several years later, she was able to candidly share her story and rebuild her life. According to Taylor, she was forced out of her adoptive home at 18 and with help from friends eventually secured her first apartment as a single mother. Kimora lived in the apartment directly above Taylor and the two met in passing. >> Me and her became like really close. We all be questioning like the type of character character she was. Like she was really really good with her daughter. I've seen how she used to be able to do things for her daughter that I couldn't do for my son cuz I was too busy trying to work. So I'm like this is a good opportunity. I'm like since I serve at night, I could bring him up to you and then me and you we could just split my tips so that way you could save your own money. She was like yeah, that'll work. And that was easier for me because now I wouldn't have to find a way to drop him off every single day I had to work because I still didn't have a car. She was really really good with my son. Like she would send me pictures of him all day long. Really taught my son how to count really good. She taught my son his ABCs. Like she was really involved with my son. We really really like each other's family now. So it's not like she was just like this certain person this whole time. Well, she probably was. I just didn't see it. >> Over the course of roughly 2 months, this arrangement seemingly went smoothly. But Taylor started noticing red flags. >> I go pick him up and he had like a bruise on his arm. And it was just a little odd to me that she didn't tell me. She was like oh, it was nothing. He had got his arm stuck in the crib. And I'm trusting her that I'm not really even seeing it that way. Like pick my son up one night and his lip is like really really bruised, like swollen. And I asked her then like why you ain't call me? Why you ain't tell me that something had happened to him? She was like oh, it was he was playing in the tub and he slipped and fell. And me being me, being as young and naive as I was at the time, I believed her. So then I started relying on my other friends to like just come over my apartment while I go to work, but she was still watching him like when I really couldn't get nobody else to watch him. >> Taylor then shares her perspective on the night Kyrie was rushed to the hospital. >> I went to my serving waitress job. I get a text from her. Yeah, I don't think I'm going to be able to watch him anymore because he's becoming too much. Like he's so sneaky. He keeps getting into stuff. You need to really try to find somebody else. So then she sent me another text around like 10:00. I think it was like, "Yeah, this is what I mean. He ate some soap while he was in the tub. I had to dig it out of his mouth. I can't watch him no more." This now I'm like, "Okay, well, I get off soon and go get my baby." She sent me another text at 1:00 in the morning. She sent me a text of my baby's face. His whole side of his face was bruised up. Like She was like, "I think he's having an allergic reaction from the soap I had to dig out his mouth earlier." So I got to find a way home. Like I told you, I did not have no car. I started panicking. Luckily, it was a genuine, nice man sitting at the bar, and he was like, "I'll take you there right now. I'll take you home to your baby." And when I walked in the apartment, I seen my baby laying on her kitchen floor just twitching like he was having like seizures or whatever. And one of his eyes was like popped out like it was and I'm screaming his name like, "Kyrie, Kyrie, Kyrie, Mommy's here." And he's not responding to me at all. I just snapped into like a traumatic type like mode. She was just holding me and hugging me like, "Taylor, you got to be strong for him. He's going to be okay. Everything going to be okay. You got to be strong for your baby. He needs you. He needs you. You can't act like this right now." Five minutes later, felt like a century, the ambulance pulled up. >> Taylor shares EMTs and hospital staff wouldn't tell her details of her son's condition, and eventually brought her to a chapel room to tell her Kyrie suffered physical trauma. She then took out her phone to show the text messages between her and Kamora. >> She was blowing up my phone, blowing up my Instagram DMs, texting like, "Taylor, is he okay? Taylor, is he okay? Keep me updated. I can't believe I let this happen in my care. I just want to make sure he's okay. I I didn't think he would get into no soap like that. The surgeon comes into the trauma room. I'm about to take your son into immediate surgery right now or he's going to die within a before the night is over with. And if I do be able to save him, there's a 100% chance possibility he's going to be paralyzed for the rest of his life. He won't be the same ever again. >> Telling me that my little boy, my little baby is never going to be the same again? Just the morning before I was kissing my son. Now the next morning my son is in the hospital fighting for his life. When I see my son with so many wires and tubes connected to him, I just lost it. Like I just start breaking down. >> For 8 days, Taylor stayed by her son's side as he went in and out of surgery. >> He's not breathing on his own. He's not showing no activity, no brain activity. >> My son was just struggling for me to even get to this point where we got our own place. What was I working two jobs for? What was I getting an apartment for? It was like, what am what am I doing all of this for if I'm about to just lose my baby? I didn't want to keep putting my baby through unnecessary measures. Now whole day I had to prepare myself and he took his last breath when they unplugged his tube and he passed. So after I had the autopsy done on my son, they was telling me like she must have hit him really, really hard and that she like must have threw him like against the wall or something like that because the brain started rocking back and forth which made it start bleeding and swelling from the damage that she did to him. They told me that it happened hours before he got to the hospital. So it was a chance that my baby could have been saved. She let my baby stay in her apartment suffering. Then she came up with this whole little story. >> After her arrest, Tamora faced one count of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree child abuse. She maintained a not guilty plea. Even without Tamora's strongest confessions being admitted as evidence, she was found guilty on all charges. She was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 15 to 40 years for first-degree child abuse. She will spend the rest of her life behind bars. If you would like to donate, an active GoFundMe for Taylor is available in the description below. >> I'm thankful and I'm blessed that I'm able to have another baby right now. I don't know what I've done to deserve it after losing him, but I'm grateful and I'm thankful that, but forever no matter what, that's going to be my first baby, my first love, my first everything. Like I will never forget my son, Kyrie.

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