LA - Xzayvion Riley, 8, beaten to death, Baton Rouge, 12 June 2012

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From article: http://theadvocate.com/news/1490494...ed-after-alleged-abuse-plans-to-testify-again

“Xzayvion’s hospital records from that incident, just months before his death, document the young man’s request that he be protected from his mother,” Craig added.
Robertson has court dates scheduled in March and July. Riley’s next court appearance is July 7.
Lagattuta said Riley’s fear of losing her children to the state prevented her from stopping Robertson’s alleged abuse of Xzayvion.
A former state child welfare investigator has testified in the case that a safety plan was put in place following an August 2010 incident that disallowed Robertson from coming into the boy’s home or disciplining him. Riley agreed to the plan.
Xzayvion told the investigator his father choked and punched him and put his head in a toilet during the incident.

The alleged incident is one that the state Supreme Court said a jury can hear about."

This is crazy. It makes me so angry. It is obvious that there were prior incidents and reports, why was Xzayvion still left with his mother? What does Child Welfare have to say about their lack of actions?

 

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From July:

Death penalty won't be pursued in 2012 beating death of 8-year-old Xzayvion Riley; father 'not a monster,' attorney says

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/courts/article_bdd39786-715a-11e7-a189-7b1cc87d72d1.html

Assistant District Attorney Will Morris made the announcement during a hearing in the criminal case of Michael Robertson, 51, and Lavaughn Riley, 37, who have pleaded not guilty.

Morris told state District Judge Don Johnson that prosecutors won't seek the death penalty against Robertson or Riley in an effort to expedite the 5-year-old case.

District Attorney Hillar Moore III noted that after five years of proceedings in the case, there is still no trial date set.

"It's time to get this matter to trial and concluded," he said afterward, adding that the death penalty would have been an appropriate penalty in the case. "I want to see this matter concluded."