Rio Smedley was murdered by his mothers boyfriend at the age of 2. I’m not sure whats worse, that it was the mother’s boyfriend or that he inflicted 91 injuries on a 2 year old. Either way this is wrong, condolences to the family. The boyfriend plead not guilty and the mother claims her son “fell down 4 stairs and hit his head.” The autopsy shows liver injuries (from blows to the abdomen) and a month before the Rio’s death Kirsty Smedley (mother) called the police to report abusive behavior from her boyfriend…
Daniel Rigby, 23, of Wigan, England, denies he murdered young Rio Smedley, who died in April.
The boy’s mother, Kirsty Smedley, 24, was slammed for failing to keep her son safe from Rigby.
It was “her duty to protect him from harm,” prosecutor Simon Phillips said, according to Sky News.
Smedley called police on April 22 when she found her son unresponsive at their home in Bolton, England. She told emergency personnel Rio had “fallen down four steps and banged his head,” according to BBC News.
He died later at a hospital from a ruptured liver.
“[Rio died] as a direct consequence of blood loss from a liver injury that had been caused by one or more heavy blows to the abdomen, most likely from one or more punches, kicks, stampings or knee-ings,” Phillips said.
Smedley pled not guilty to allowing or causing the death of a child.
