'It was torture' Police describe abuse boy endured before being rescued by Orlando server

[demmiblue]

ORLANDO, Fla. - An Orlando waitress is being hailed a hero after helping a boy escape from a possibly abusive home, police said.

During a news conference on Thursday, Flavaine Carvalho said she was working on her day off at Mrs. Potato Restaurant on South Kirkman Road on New Year's Day when she noticed at one of her tables, everyone got food except an 11-year-old boy.

She said when she asked if something was wrong with the food, the stepfather, Timothy Wilson II, told her the boy was going to eat dinner at home later.

That's when she said she noticed bruises on the boy's face and arms.

"I could see he had a big scratch between his eyebrows," Carvalho said. "Couple of minutes later, I saw a bruise on the side of his eye. So I felt there was something really wrong."

Carvalho says she wrote the boy a note that read, "Do you need help? Ok" and stood behind his parents where they couldn't see. After several attempts, Carvalho says that he signaled yes. Police were immediately called.



https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/it-was-torture-police-describe-abuse-boy-endured-before-being-rescued-by-orlando-server

Shero!

[ret5hd]

1. Wow!

[abqtommy]

2. This boy was truly touched by an angel!

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Impressive & Courageous!

Great work by this noble lady!

[Demovictory9]

4. My gawd

[magicarpet]

5. Poor kid,... wonderful waitress,..... monster parents.

[lpbk2713]

6. How the F could someone take a kid to a restaurant and not let him eat?

Do judges still give out bread and water as punishment?

[niyad]

51. That was probably part of the torture and punishment.

[MagickMuffin]

7. Momma let this creature beat and torture her baby boy

Just look at what a catch he is that she would allow him to do those awful things to her children. I guess they deserve each other but the children deserve better. Now they might get that chance.

Big Shout out to Flavaine Carvalho! Observance has it place.

[lpbk2713]

9. The asshole looks like he has a bad hangover.

Let him rot.

[JHB]

18. He looks like Alex Jones

[lpbk2713]

19. Yes he does.

I missed that.

[soldierant]

28. Yes, I was thinking

he looks like a mean drunk. Even if he wasn't actulley drunk when they took the shot (and if that's the case, he's probably an even meaner drunk.)

As an aside, if these people did this to their own kid, no wonder they don't care about kids being in cages.

[EllieBC]

23. Too many women

think they need a man. You don’t. Dear fellow women, if you have babies your priority is THEM. You do not need a boyfriend. They have toys for that.

[SCantiGOP]

30. Poster from the 70's:

A woman needs a man
Like a fish needs a bicycle

[EllieBC]

31. That's the truth!

I’ve always said that if God forbid something happens to my husband I am not re-partnering until my youngest is well into his teens. It’s not worth the risk.

[mopinko]

57. i had that tshirt back in the day. flo kennedy said that.

i made that button in the w years. not many ppl got it.

[canuckledragger]

25. She's probably like my own self-serving mother

Whom never gave a shit about what her abusive alcoholic other did to his step-child whenever he threw a tantrum, as long as she got what she wanted.

May both of these cowardly assholes get exactly what they deserve.

[obamanut2012]

60. Please do not use passive language for what he did

He tortured and beat the child, not "she would allow him." HE chose to do it, HE did it. He wasn't allowed to do it.

Should she have called LEOs IMMEDIATELY the first time he did it? Yes. Should she also go to prison? Of course. She sucks. She is terrible, she needs to never be in charge of any child again, but "she would allow him" is making what he did passive.

Our society uses passive voice like this is many ways to lessen the responsibility of male violence. We are even seeing it concerning the Insurrection. I catch myself doing it, too, and I have been trained to NOT use language like this. It's hard. All of us, as a society, need to do better. In both language, and in protecting our most vulnerable.

[Grins]

66. I see this, first thought is..

...it’s the boyfriend. Sometimes the stepfather, but more often it’s the boyfriend. Seen it too many times.

[Demobrat]

8. That man looks like the devil.

Thank goodness that child is safe from him. I hope he is able to heal physically and mentally.

[Budi]

10. Arrested: Timothy Wilson II & Kristan Swann

Timothy Wilson II was arrested on one count of 3rd Degree Child Abuse. Wilson was arrested a second time on January 6 and charged with multiple counts of Aggravated Child Abuse and Child Neglect.

Detectives also interviewed the child's mother, Kristan Swann, who reportedly admitted to knowing about the abuse and failed to seek medical care for her son. She was arrested and charged with two counts of Child Neglect.

Know their names & faces.
They look well fed 🤬



My god.

[titanicdave]

27. .....They just look the part.....

......May they both rot in hell for what they have done.....

[Grokenstein]

36. Awwwuh, baddy daddy haz a saddy.

They should both be crying. People on both sides of the prison walls are going to want to ruin them on a daily basis.

[democrank]

11. I hope these dear children get the help they need and deserve.

Sometimes childhood trauma like this takes years to overcome.

[wnylib]

41. Sometimes? I can't imagine a case where it wouldn't.

[mopinko]

59. and often, you never get over it.

my da was a drunk. it took me 40 yrs after he died to get over it.
in my 60's.

but he never did that kind of shit. and my mom never would have let him get away w it.
he used to whoop my brother's ass. but he rarely touched us girls.
she almost left him early in the marriage when she left him home w the oldest and came home to find a bruise on my oldest sister's butt.
but refuse a child food? would.not.have.flown.

[NurseJackie]

61. ... a lifetime.

[byronius]

12. Such a powerful story.

[liberalla]

13. Horrific! That poor boy...

Praise and gratitude for Flavaine Carvalho!

[Cozmo]

14. That woman who saved the child is FABULOUS! God Bless you

I takes one strong person to stand up. All of us need to be aware.

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. I know this sounds crass, but I hope this story brings a flood of material support.

For both the children, and Carvalho, if she needs it. I've not met many servers who couldn't do with an uptick in tips.

She and the children both deserve it.

[soldierant]

29. Amen!

[Grokenstein]

37. Trust fund for the kids is accepting donations.

"A trust account has been created in support of the children involved in this alleged abuse case. Those who wish to donate can send those donations to" (address in article)

[Joinfortmill]

16. God love her

[MLAA]

17. I hope the fuckers go to prison for a long long time.

Hurray for Ms Carvallo!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

20. Smart woman! And courageous!

She saved his life, very possibly.

[mnmoderatedem]

21. ironically, that gruesome twosome would stiff the waitress on her tip

Well done young lady.

[Celerity]

22. He said ratchet straps were tied around his ankles and neck, and he was hung upside down from a door

He said he was hit with a wooden broom, and handcuffed and tied to a large moving dolly. He also said he didn’t get to eat on a regular basis as punishment."

Police say the boy was also forced to do planks for 30 minutes at a time. If he failed, he would be beaten.

[llmart]

32. Oh, lord. I shouldn't have read that piece.

I feel this poor child's pain inside of me when I read things like this. I saw child abuse in my house growing up and it stays with you for life. Fortunately, I was never the recipient of the worst of it because I learned to keep a low profile and not do anything to rile my father, but witnessing some of my siblings being abused was just as disturbing and I've spent many years, especially in my twenties trying to come to terms with what I saw.

That waitress is an absolute angel. She has probably saved that boy's life. I hope he gets a lot of help going forward.

[wnylib]

42. Being a witness to abuse while growing up

is psychological abuse. I hope you are able to work through it.

[llmart]

49. Thank you.

I've spent a lifetime working through it. I've had a fairly decent life and am content even though I've had my share of difficulties just like most of us. One sister and I have just in the past several years been talking a lot of the stuff out together, but some of the other siblings try to sweep it all under the rug. Their lives have not been very successful or content.

[Grokenstein]

38. Planks! Thirty minutes! Neither one of those freaks could do a single rep.

Maybe they should be put on a very special exercise regimen. They could use a little tune-up.

[orleans]

39. what are planks? n/t

[Grokenstein]

40. Planks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plank_(exercise)

[wnylib]

43. What is "doing planks"?

Never heard of it.

[demmiblue]

48. ...

[wnylib]

52. Thanks.

[MissB]

53. And you typically work up from practically 30 seconds

They aren’t easy to do. 30 minutes is crazy long.

[wnylib]

54. Is that 30 minutes of holding the position?

[MissB]

55. Yes

That would be insane.

[wnylib]

56. Sadistic is the word that comes to my mind.

[Ilsa]

63. Core, core, core.

That was all I heard trainers talk about a couple of years ago.

[iluvtennis]

24. Despicable "parents"....Thank goodness for this waitress and her caring to do something. nt

[titanicdave]

26. .....Thanks to that fantastic....

.....waitress for helping that 11 year old boy.....obviously the step...so called "father"....needs to be taken out to the backside of a barn some place and have his ass beaten until his nose bleeds !!!!.....

[NoMoreRepugs]

33. Knowing a bit about incarceration I can tell you that gomer

is in for a verrrrry hard time.

[wnylib]

47. Probably did when he was a kid.

Abuse does not come out of thin air. Not all people who are abused become abusers, but all abusers were abused at some point in their lives.

[MustLoveBeagles]

34. That waitress is a hero

[KT2000]

35. Please, NEVER-EVER return the children

to the mother or this miscreant. No matter what line of bull they spew. Poor child.

[Alex4Martinez]

44. This made me tear up. nt.

[Marie Marie]

45. Horrible. Torturing that child probably made that bully feel powerful.

[oasis]

46. A tip of the hat for the server's heroism.

[canetoad]

50. A pox on those who are cruel

Just for the sake of cruelty. Especially towards children, animals, the disabled, the disadvanted and the helpless.

[malaise]

58. One evil mother and one very good woman

Two first rate deplorables - lock them up

[d_b]

62. Monsters.

He’ll be a real tough guy in prison.

[Vinnie From Indy]

64. This man will reap what he has sown when he is prison.

The one thing most all prisoners agree on is hating criminals that hurt children.

[PatrickforO]

65. Thank you for this post. Lucky this waitress noticed something and did something about it. nt