Ontario Lesbian Foster Mothers Accused of Starving and Torturing 12-Year-Old Boy Before his Death
Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber face first-degree murder charges after an Indigenous boy died weighing just 48 pounds while allegedly being kept in wet suits and sedated.
The dark details of a first-degree murder trial in Ontario have exposed a pattern of systematic abuse that allegedly led to the death of a 12-year-old Canadian Indigenous boy.
Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber, who were in the process of adopting the child and his younger brother, have pleaded not guilty to murder, forcible confinement, and assault with a weapon.
Prosecutors allege the couple subjected the children to extreme forms of punishment, including forcing them to exercise while starving and keeping them in wet suits.
Evidence presented during the trial indicates that the 12-year-old victim weighed only 48 pounds at the time of his death in 2022. The Crown argues that the couple starved and sedated the boy, with text messages showing them expressing worry that he was near death.
The prosecution argues that the couple “hated, abused and neglected” the boys and that they exaggerated or made up behavioral concerns. The defense maintains that the women were struggling to care for two children with special needs without any support.
Witnesses have described a "house of horrors" where the children were allegedly zip-tied and confined. The Children's Aid Society is also facing a $4 million civil lawsuit from the biological family for failing to protect the children.
The lawsuit, which alleges negligence, is separate from Cooney’s and Hamber’s ongoing criminal trial in Milton, Ont., where the two have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder of the 12-year-old boy, and not guilty to confinement, assault with a weapon and failing to provide the necessaries of life to his younger brother.
As closing arguments wrap up, the case has ignited calls for reform in Ontario’s foster care system, particularly regarding the oversight of Indigenous children.
Really? Then pull out of foster program.
wtf is wrong with people?
And...fire that retard.
Lesbians can get the millstone treatment, too.
If they hurt the kids, they get the millstone, regardless of chromosomes.
I sure hope hell exists
Mental illness should have never been normalized 😢
Sounds about right.
These Pacific Northwestern dikes are hellbent on cuntroll over men - ANY way they can do it.
This unfortunately isn't the first time something horrific like this has happened involving this "demongraphic".
I hope they transition... from electric cars to electric chairs. Fuk em.