In today's true crime documentary, we're covering the case of Cody Metzker-Madsen and analyzing it from an educational psychological and legal perspective.
It makes me sick that each family member describe Cody as a volatile, animal-abusing teenager, yet they left him home unsupervised with a helpless 5 year old.
The fact the parents left cody alone to watch small children is insane. Listening to him talk for 10 seconds alone would tell any rational person hes incapable
I've become an addict of these types of videos and now I'm terrified to leave my house and additionally, my butt is numb from sitting for way too many hours watching these.
I listen to them while I work. I'm a bartender and my customers would never guess the horrible things in my ear while I'm smiling and small talking them. 😂
My family kept foster kids. With this boy’s clear lack of sophistication, childish reactionary aggression, I don’t think anyone should have left a 5 year old unsupervised with him.
That's all I kept thinking too. Why would two adults leave one eleven year old with a developmentally delayed teen and a 5 yr old with reported anger issues and new to the family, for quite some time. The father was out at dinner and the mother took out the other twin and her friend for ice cream. I'm sure no one thought this would happen- and I don't think the parents were bad people, but jeez we always have to be cautious.
@@KyleA296can unfortunately attest to that. Neighbor across the street from my parents literally collected kids for $ via fostering and adoption. The house had broken windows, the *original* shag carpet was disgusting; mess everywhere. There was a bedridden/special needs adult child that ended up passing away. I can’t imagine what he went through trapped in that house. The kids weren’t parented either. One of them broke into our car, and another kept trying to break into our backyard that had a pool, and also entered our house without any permission or invitation. The one that broke into cars was their meal ticket since she was pushing him for football from the age of 10+. Those kids lived with trash, but they didn’t deserve to be treated like it. I feel so bad for the young ones
My thoughts concur with yours! 1st thing I thought of when the explanation of how both parents left the home with other activities. However, if they were out “playing” alone in the backyard, it still could have happened even with adults there.
From the moment you listen to him and watch him you can easily tell that he’s at the mental capacity of a 6 yr old. The tall tales, the tone he uses , and the bluntness of his words. It’s a shame that this happened!
I hate to say this, I really do, but clearly you don't leave traumatized children to babysit smaller, helpless ones. I was a behavioral therapist at a foster agency and I am pretty certain the foster parent would know better than to leave any of them unsupervised. They knew he killed chickens and threw them down the ravine. And that's exactly what he did to Dominic. Preventative maintenance would've done just that..prevented it.
@cw6621 absolutely, the foster parents hold a lot of blame for this. Disturbed kids like these shouldn't have been left alone to play in the woods. Especially when Cody is known to get aggressive and has killed animals.
I agree. Honestly, I feel like kids that have mental disabilities that play on these gaming sites might not differentiate the real world with the gaming world
It’s interesting to me that when they say, “some stuff makes perfect sense and other stuff doesn’t fit.” He immediately tries to defend the part they know doesn’t fit because he knows that’s the part he lied about, “he had a strong arm for batting so he had a strong arm to hit himself.” He never asks, “what doesn’t fit?” He immediately just defends the part he knows is wrong
I feel so sad for everyone involved. This is just tragic. I actually thought Cody was about 7 years old when he talked about his video game to the first officer (that didn’t give a crap about building rapport), I had no idea he was 17. Kudos to the two officers who took gentle care of Cody during the interrogation, they did very well. The foster parents seemed so well-meaning and took an interest in their foster kids. Cody should have been better evaluated by CPS before being placed in a family; seeing how dangerous he was, being psychotic he could have hurt anyone in the family. I don’t believe the foster parents were purposefully neglectful, just trying to make the best of a challenging situation created by the kids that were placed with them. Thank you so much for picking this case to present to us ❤
I'm not sure how you begin to gage someone like this autistic people can lash out violently if aggravated ( not with intent to harm others necessarily) who knows what Cody has been through. Prayers for Dominic, and praying for the family as well as cidybgettingbthe help he so very needs
I was thinking the same thing. This poor kid doesnt even know how to function, its obvious he isnt actually understanding his own perception of reality. And I cannot imagine the pain and guilt that both Dominic's biological mother as well as Mr and Mrs Coolman felt and probably continue to feel...
Nah the foster parents should have never given them an opportunity to all be alone together. All those kids were way too young. They knew better but decided to go out on the town to hang out with their friends and the biological children. Even if they didn't know the specifics about Cody, they knew his behavior and cognitive capabilities.sure maybe they did want to help but very clearly they were not capable of handling all of them, let alone someone with needs like a Cody. Knowing the foster care system in America, stuff like this happens so often it's insane. If they honestly thought they were helping it's freaking sad.
The way Cody talks while he’s being questioned for murder is so reminiscent of how a little kid would talk if they were caught taking a cookie out the cookie jar or something.
He’s faking it lol he was used for foster cheques by obviously mentally retarded adults … he thinks he can play the same game with the authorities as he could his dribbling “parents” 😅
I wonder if he's purposefully lying with the fantasy stories or if he's trying to explain his feelings and he doesn't know what words to use? For example: Goblin commander = felt extremely angry and saw him as the most evil creature I can think of. Symbols on top of their heads = felt calm and reassured / felt stressed out and anxious and saw them in a good/bad light.
@@KucheKlizma i think he was definitely trying to come up with excuses but his developmental issues wouldn’t allow him to come up with anything that made sense
It really is. This is an awful, heartbreaking story all the way around, but in a way the interrogation and story-telling is interesting because it is how a 6 year old would try to outsmart the police
The most likely scenario, at least to me, is that Dominic was not playing by the "rules" of the game Cody set (i.e., claiming he's invincible). Dominic was making up rules that would make him the default winner of their game, as many five year-olds do, and Cody became angry and frustrated to the point where he beat Dominic with a brick (perhaps to prove to Dominic that he wasn't, in fact, invincible). Whether the drowning was an extension of that rage, or from an initial attempt to wash off the blood before realizing he'd injured the boy too badly to let him live, is less clear to me. In any case, I don't think Cody was hallucinating; I think the murder was the result of an emotional outburst, perhaps followed by an attempt to cover it up.
Rachel and her mom are both extremely good at communication. Their account of what they'd experienced and witness really hit me with sadness, pain, anger, and terror. That is a scar that will never heal. Rest in peace to her mother and rest in peace little Dominic.
That cop sounds so tired. Exhausted mentally and physically. What a hard thing to deal with. He knows he did it, but also knows he has the mental capacity of a 6 year old. It’s so difficult to deal with. How do you even interrogate effectively? This is such a sad case. Why was he ever alone with a 5 year old.
@@JustinJay-bi5kui understand your point, but i wouldn’t phrase it as giving up on him, obviously that absolutely could be true, but it could also just be her doing what she thought would be the best for herself and her child. she may have had postpartum, had financial struggles, no way to care for him properly, no where/no one else to turn to. yes the foster system is universally accepted as messed up and horrible to go through, and while she might’ve just been selfish, i just wanted to point out that it may have been a decision made with positive intentions that unfortunately turned into this tragic situation :(
Cody was more special than he was registered as. He didnt need a foster family, he needed a place he could be treated. Imagine putting him in a normal school, he wouldnt be able to cope with kids. His lack of having guilt is a clear sign that he wasnt normal. The mother even knew of Codys behavior. She had a heart for taking him in, but Cody needed help.
Maybe we shouldn't label him as 'special' but rather 'disabled'. But you are spot on correct. He should never have been in a house with other children. I have a suspicion that the agency was so desperate to get rid of him that they didn't fully disclose his condition.
Yea, “special” is an outdated and ridiculous descriptive word, but I agree that Cody should have been receiving treatment instead of being placed with a foster family. At the very LEAST, he should have been receiving regular and specialized outpatient treatment.
I say special because thats what I think is the right term without offending. Society keeps changing from the Mental R word to special or disabled or mental health, I dont know whats right anymore to address people with medical conditions.
@@retrophyx I still use 'retarded' because there is really nothing offensive about a word that means 'delayed' or 'hindered' when describing a person whose mental development is delayed or hindered. People can be offended all they like but at the end of the day the meaning of the word is still the same.
@@karenwalters7131in case you’re being serious, it’s not that the *definition* of the word hasn’t changed that is the issue… it’s that the *connotations* have changed. It’s widely known to be a derogatory word and a slur now, so unless it applies to you, don’t use it. It’s really, really not hard to update your terminology to avoid needlessly upsetting people… unless you think being stubborn and obtuse is more important than someone’s dignity and respect..?
I love that the narrator even dove into the mythos of these games to actually try and explore whether Cody had intentionally killed his little brother with malevolent intent. Just beautiful work
I really feel like her own mother failed her. Her and her sister being commanded to do CPR. Her having to be the adult and stop her sister. None of that should have happened. She traumatized her own children. Get the hell down there and get the kids the hell away. Instead she continued making children take the burden for her.
@@DeviceAnathema There is no point doing CPR upon rigor mortis, and you don't need to be a coroner or even know what rigor mortis means to notice. It may come as a surprise to you but most people will be deeply spooked when seeing rigor mortis let alone administer CPR. Rigor mortis is generally the point where humans will instinctively understand this person is not coming back.
I worked with special needs teenagers for years. This 17 year old should have never been left alone with this precious 5 year old boy. His cognitive, emotional and mental skills were no where near a 17 year old more like a 6 year old. The mother describes him as child like and having a volitile temper but yet both these parents left him alone with a 5 year old.
U may have worked w them but did u ever bring them into your home when they no longer had families??? Did u attempt to give them shelter, love, food emotional support 24’ a day! Did u do that for any of the kids u worked with??? Because If u didn’t do that well then u truly have no idea what the home situation feels like! Kids r different in class than they r at home. Stop judging the parents unless u have walked in their shoes and took kids with these problems into Your home to offer them safety love n shelter like it appears these people were trying to do for a few “older kids” ya know the throw away ones no one wants to adopt? I hope u really do stop judging others because someday I may b judged for something out of your control! It happens everyday…. & u may be found guilty in others eyes even if u aren’t! The. Where would u be with all your skills and background lol
@@tpw9099Ummm... WUT? This is one of the STUPIDEST takes I've ever read. It doesn't MATTER how different it is at home. It is PAINFULLY OBVIOUS that leaving Cody with Dominic was a horrible idea. Cody has OBVIOUS signs that he has a 6-year-old mind. EVERY MEMBER OF THAT FOSTER FAMILY ATTESTED TO THIS. How many ACTUAL 6-year-olds do you know that are left unattended with a younger child?! Right... because it's NONE. Like...EVER. The foster mom with all good intentions FUCKED UP. PERIOD. Did you even watch the video?!
@@tpw9099you sound dense. People are allowed to have common sense on who they allow to watch their children. It was awful but to say it wasnt unavoidable is laughable and objectively wrong.
So sad. As a victim of childhood emotional neglect, hearing the facts about children who lie hit sooo close to home. I still lie to avoid perceived negative consequences.
Any child with his level of developmental delays should never be left unattended. I can't believe his parents allowed him to go into the forest alone with a five year old SMH.
Cody gave little hints about how Dominic "pitches hard". What I think happened was Dominic threw some rocks at him as part of the game they were playing, and he probably got Cody pretty good with one of the rocks he threw. Being so mentally immature, I think he had an emotional outburst and retaliated because the game wasn't going the way he wanted it to. Unfortunately, he used that retaliation on a 5 year old.
IMO having a younger brother a lot like him, they were likely playing Cody’s game. Had to be HIS rules and get very upset if you don’t go by those rules. The poor boy was being a 5 year old and Cody takes these “games” far too seriously. He claimed he was invincible he even visibly got upset when he said “Dominic said he’s invincible and I was like NO you’re not” and said that’s not how the game worked on the boys side, but likely on Cody’s. He was the only one invincible. Dom being 5 and a “normal” child likely got sick of it and no way possible to win or just “free play” and have fun, threw a rock at him or maybe hit with a stick and said see you aren’t invincible and it probably set him off. I could see something like that happening, which is why he should’ve never been left alone with any child or animal.
Well, at the very beginning of the video Cody said they were "playing bricks." Man this is so messed up. I honestly believe he's so mentally detached he doesn't realize what he did but wtf. First interrogation I've seen like this.
It’s unfathomable that any rational adult would leave children unattended with someone with such obvious cognitive deficiencies as Cody had and has. Dominic’s death was a horrific and avoidable tragedy.
@@AMunoz-rh9cz One of the issues with things like this is that there just isn't the funding or capacity or support for things like this. The unfortunate truth is that families and parents like this, the ones that are willing to take on multiple kids regardless of their issues are a literal godsend because there just aren't enough people willing to do it, nor is there capacity in facilities you talk about to handle even a small percentage of the cases that actually need help. With kids like this, for various reasons, you generally won't really know their history, or if you do, won't know the full extent, and even if you have some idea, they won't necessarily have ever had the kind of support for them to have had a detailed evaluation to place them where they need to be. So they end up in the foster system. If they're lucky, they end up in places like this with a family that actually seems to have their best interests at heart but that can be complicated by them not fully having the understanding or training to deal with them. The sad truth is that for every Cody (who was ostensibly lucky, but still ended up being failed by a system that marginalised him), there are a thousand who slip through the cracks and end up in a facility or foster situation that is dramatically worse, outright predatory, or, as is more likely to occur, are just ignored completely. Some people want to point to Cody and say he is inherently evil, some want to single out his foster parents here and say they were incompetent, others will say it's the governments fault etc.. The truth is that cases like this are our failure as a society. We all have some culpability to some extent. We need to do better, and demand more.
@@David-nq4qiJust because you don’t believe in God, doesn’t mean you have to mock those that do. You seem to be at the same mental capacity as he is. Bless your heart.
As ridiculous as it sounds, I think Cody’s last story hints towards an underlying truth to what actually happened. I think Cody had very little control on his emotions, particularly because he was a child. I firmly believe his imagination might have got the better of him at the time, and that he really was just caught up in the moment. It doesn’t excuse his behavior, but it does explain it.
As a foster kid myself, I found jealousy was a huge aspect with all of it. Although we maybe got on with new kids, the attention any kid got from our favourite carer could be a real issue. However, we all know not to show it, in fear of being moved for being ‘a problem’. Cody lived there for three years, then a new kid moves in who needs as much if not more likely more attention from their careers… especially their favourite carer. I suspect that is if not the main reason, a huge part of the reason.
Exactly!!! I believe Cody was jealous and threatened by little Dominic….Cody sounds jealous when he describes how Dominic played baseball …Dominic was described as being cute and cuddly….Cody knew exactly what he was doing…. He felt threatened and murdered poor, little Dominic
Thats the thing with certain people I never sort of understood - why people seem so wasy triggered into a state of jealousy. I don't get really jealous and never understood it. I understand being treated unfairly but to me being jealous ,in particular when you really shouldn't be ,is an indication of personal emotional - development issues surrounding selfishness insecurity and narcissistic tendencies. I have often heardmutual friends secretly tell me f--k this one and that one because something great or fortunate happened to them and my default thinking is great I am happy for them because I would expect the same. Also I find people pick up on this and when something good happens it benefits you too sometimes and even if it doesn't you are happy because you don't want to see your friends in bad circumstances or situations. I find that is also a very good way to discern a true friend from a devious fake friend. If good shit happens and people are indifferent or seem jealous that's a sign of a poorly integrated emotionally immature even toxic personality . I recommend severing the friendship as these people usually turn out to be a cause of anything negative in your life as their jealousy and envy can manifest in negative ways against you. Being a very jealous child could be a possible indicator of the type of person you grow up to be. Are you still like this??
@@darrylkassle361 He was in a physically abusive household of meth heads that neglected him and didn't feed him and got put in a home where he wasn't even related to the adults. As a child you are dependant on your parent or guardian just to survive. Given the upbringing of a lot of kids, especially foster kids, jealousy is a completely rational survival mechanism. Maintaining the affection of an adult can literally be life or death for a child. Hearing you talk about these people makes me think you have taken on a lot more toxicity from them than you are willing to admit, if you were going to truly be empathetic you would attempt to be more understanding of their antisocial behaviour.
Cody is indeed very sick. He had displayed anger and hurting animals. Leaving him with the younger one was a huge mistake particularly when the foster parents had such a clear assessment of the issues. Dominic should have never been placed in that home. Poor baby.
Yeah, I don't think leaving a child who kills animals with a younger child was a great idea. Could've seen that a mile away and is it not common knowledge that people who go on to murder humans start off with animals? Blame should be on the foster parents for not preventing something that is easily preventable. My cousin has 4 kids and we've all discussed that we think one of them could end up doing something like this, so we've taken precautions and we never leave them alone. If they're playing out back, an adult is with them too.
I completely agree. I am in training to be a foster parent. I'm tired of the virtue seekers and chest puffers spruiking how their next pet will be a rescue. Why aren't we rescuing children? You have pointed the finger, how are you making this situation better? Apart from typing on this app, what are you doing about the fact there simply isn't enough adults willing to try and help a child in need?
@lucyarmstrong4496 bullshit. I am a veteran, a man of honor, Integrity and lead my life by my code of conduct. I know of many veterans who foster children because they suffered horrific childhoods and no one was there for them. These men and women spend their own money on the kids. Retract your statement.
This is honestly on the family for leaving him alone with a 5 year old. They all said he had the mental capacity of a 6-7 year old prior to the event, and still allowed him to watch a 5 year old. I hope they aren't allowed to foster anyone ever again.
This is a case of negligence by the Foster Care parents as well as the State. Cody should never have been left unsupervised to play with a the 5 year old boy. Treating him as stable enough to stand trial was also ridiculous but at least he is now where he belongs. It's just tragic that all of this could have been avoided & cost a little boy his life.
Anyone familiar with people like Cody, who suffers from prenatal brain damage, would know that they should never be placed in a situation where they have influence/control/power over another person (or animals, honestly). The placement agency for Dominic was negligent, or ignorant, and got Dominic killed. And Cody is in the correct place: a mental facility, probably for life. It’s not his fault he is so damaged, but he can’t be allowed to endanger other people.
yup. his mother used meth during pregnancy, he was abused badly, he was put in a special ed school where teachers noted strange behaviour and witnessed him hallucinating, he had seizures and is clearly disturbed. the foster parents shouldn't have left him alone with a 5 year old.
@@hatetheusername sadly only hindsight is 20/20, things that seem super obvious in retrospect aren't always obvious to us before disaster strikes, overall this is a really sad situation
But the foster parents were "specialised". Trained for damaged/handicapped kids. Then they leave these kids with no adult supervision? Not acceptable. Then the adult tells the kids to do CPR. Sadly, this is so typical when it comes to child welfare, across the board. The agencies, foster parents, real parents, they all get away with abuse and murder.
@@RatKingKitKat How were any of the things stated not obvious? It is the job of the placement agency to do their due diligence and take care of these kids. Enough was already, provably known that this never should have even come close to happening. A lot of people were negligent and apathetic for this to take place. I agree that this is overall an incredibly sad situation, but entirely preventable. People are directly at fault for this.
It is so wrong for foster parents and adoptive parents to not be briefed fully about the children's backgrounds and support needs. To not do so is grossly irresponsible and unfair to children and adults alike.
@@worldsend69 I speak from professional experience working with two such children as teenagers. Their upbringing would have been so much better supported had their adoptive parents known about the circumstances in which they were found. Their subsequent behaviour as they grew would have been better understood and they could all have had the requisite support whilst they were still very young. The wrong call was made with the best of intentions because it was not understood how early in their lives a child can be lasting traumatised.
They was talking about the poor little bugger who was bludgeoned to death with a bricks behaviour not the 17 year old wet fart that should've been bloody working in a job, for crying out loud id had my first child just turned 18 and by 19 trying to start be own roofing business...
Social workers very often do not know the child's history or support needs. They frequently have to place children without even being certain of very obvious things like specific ages when it's an emergency or short notice placement. They'll just get a call from authorities that a child(or children) needs to go somewhere, a brief description of who they're placing, and maybe circumstances of why they're being placed. It's not that uncommon for kids to enter the foster system with absolutely nothing - not even a tooth brush and pajamas. Kids don't usually become foster children in transparent, voluntary ways from parents ready and willing to disclose everything they know. Sometimes foster families are able to get a ton of info or are even able to talk with previous foster families which is great, but it's not really realistic for everyone to be able to get all of that every time. What I find really interesting is that two unrelated kids with an 11 year age difference were allowed to play together unsupervised. My understanding is that foster children *cannot* babysit other children in the home and that children under six have very strict supervision requirements.
They wrote a book about something like this. It was called: Of Mice and Men. Basically, there's an adult character named George whose huge and strong, but has the mentality of a 7 year old. A woman tried to bang him and he ended up hurting her because he didn't know his own strength. She started screaming and he wanted her to be quiet so he didn't get in trouble so he shook her and snapped her neck. This is pretty much the exact same thing. The 17 year old is way bigger and stronger than the 5 year old but they both have the same mentality. They probably got into a fight but the 17 year old not being able to control his emotions, because of his developmental delays, ends up brutalizing the 5 year old. He doesn't admit to it because he doesn't want to get in trouble. He knows what he did was wrong, but he'll forever be a kid that doesn't know any better.
Curley's wife never tried to bang Lenny, I think you're misremembering. He wanted to touch her hair and she let him because she understood that it was a childlike curiosity of his to be interested in the texture of her hair similar to the animals on the ranch, that's when he got over-stimulated and ended up tugging on her hair and breaking her neck.
@@AtouchofCHARM yes, but he only knows it's wrong to the extent that a 7 year old knows that taking a cookie without permission is wrong. There's no difference here. He's developmentaly challenged. Prison would not reform him or be of any value to society.
I worked in a day care in the 2-year-old classroom for about a year. There was a child named Cody who always came in dirty, with a soiled (obviously overnight) diaper. This was almost 20 years ago. I think about that child sometimes, and wonder what ever became of him. He was obviously a burden to his mother and never seemed well cared for.
I wasn’t cared for by my mother well. Neglected. Abandoned. Spent years homeless. I’m a millionaire now. Idk if that helps. We all have different experiences. I’ve noticed the difference between insanity and genius, is success. Stay safe 🖤
Sadly, this was entirely preventable since everybody knew how impaired Cody was. Poor judgment to leave him w/out proper supervision with a challenging 5-year-old.
@@ayomidel Even if a parent was there, nothing would of probley been different ...the child was found face down in the water, with his head battered, it seems as if it was a normal for the boys to be unsupervised while playing on the property, ( ravine) the child was deceased , at that moment...the only thing that may of prevented this was if Cody was treated by a therapist, however he may of never of shown violent behaviors prior to this tragic event...every one became complacent over the years...he certainly at this point, ( only part way Thur this film) he seems not mentally fit or aware of his actions?
I take that back. I don't blame the parents at all. Honestly, I don't feel it's really anyone's fault. This kid literally lives in a fantasy world. It's not his fault. But at the same time it is. It's a deeper understanding.
Cps and the parents shouldn’t have ever allowed a child like Cody to be around younger, defenceless kids. Esp not a small child like Dominic. Their negligence allowed Cody to beat a child to death.
I feel for the victim. He was just an innocent child.. little more than a baby, really. I feel for Cody too. I have mental health issues myself. It's rough for a grown man like me, let alone a kid with the mental age of a seven year old. But I DO put some of the blame on the parents. Cody clearly shouldn't have been left alone to care for the youngster. They probably torture themselves over that fact every day.
I'm doing a psychology project on this case, & it is beyond upsetting. This had to be so hard on the family, everywhere I look online I see more evidence & this case isn't talked about enough. How there were signs that Cody had symptoms of schizophrenia & behavior issues. I plead for this family even now I am invested in this case.
It’s crazy how CPS did an abysmal job of placing a dangerous psychotic with a vulnerable family. They should have done a proper job of assessing Cody, he belonged in an institution where he could be properly treated and monitored.
You plead for a family that knowingly let someone who has the mental capacity of a 6 year old in a teenagers body run around unattended with another little one who also has behavioral issues? Yeah go ahead man. This case is fucked up for more than just "oh the poor family" how about poor dead kid? Or someone who belongs in a nut house being explained pointlessly why what they did was wrong and how prison and just punishment that they will definitely understand and won't make them more dangerous to other inmates doing time for non violent offenses.
This young girl is so articulate. I am impressed and hope she goes far in life. Such a sad tragic and violent crime my heart goes out to the victim and the twins.
I was a socially regressed special education student at age seventeen, with a lot of autistic hyperphantasia (unusual imagination). I still knew not to do wrong, monstrous things. EDIT: This is merely an anecdote of my personal experience. Too many replies are imagining assertions about similarity, meritocracy, policy, mental health, criminality and redemption that are not contained in these words.
My mother kept foster kids for years, some with behavioral issues, the little boy had only been there for a few weeks when this happened, one thing I remember is how attention starved some of the kids placed with us were. One little boy in particular didn’t like my mom interacting with babies, I think with Cody’s child like behavior he saw Dominic as competition and thought he was being replaced. As a rule older kids have no business being left alone with younger kids especially since foster dad says he's pathological liar.
Just from watching his interviews, i immediately could tell that Cody did not have the mental capacity of a 17 yo and more like a 6/7 yo kid. Sad how mom and dad tried to care for foster kids and show love but they were very irresponsible with this five year old and clearly should’ve known Cody didn’t belong around other kids unsupervised.
It really is obvious. His lies make no sense. A normal 17 y/o would be able to make up lies that are believable, at least on a surface level until he's confronted with evidence. Like at least a "i don't know where he went, I don't know what happened" or smth. His theory of someone in big Harry Potter cloaks and footprints, or even his first nonsense story of the child hitting himself with a brick, they're the kind of lies you make up as a child. I told my parents super similar lies about who scratched symbols into our car when I was like 7. Just wild theories that make no actual sense.
I genuinely feel like Cody belonged in a different environment, possibly in an institution. He's not well, and while it's obvious that he lies at times, he sounds more like a seven year old than a seventeen year old.
I think so, as well. He needed intensive learning and care management, that most foster environments would not be able to provide. Incredibly sad story, though the parents seem to have provided the other needs well.
@@fairenough7984 Yeah he needed to be in some sort of facility where the caregivers are trained & capable of treating and handling him with his condition, and who are able to always have someone supervising him at all times. And also just able to handle him physically when he would get physical. I mean the foster mom had to have gotten hurt herself when she would have to resort to physically restraining him during his like aggressive temper tantrums with him physically like a full grown adult.
For some reason I'm not even sure if I can blame Cody, he seems like a normal teenager trapped inside a childish brain, I can believe he wasnt fully aware of the severity of his actions when he was doing it, maybe stuck inside this illusion with goblins and stuff, and then got really really scared about what he had done and just tried do save his butt the best he could. I dunno, its like in a wierd way it could've been any of us trapped inside of a child-like brain and a victim of being uncapable of discerning reality from fantasy, or fooling around from bashing someone to death, and lashing out 6year old temper tantrum with the strenght of a 17year old having said that, I'm not saying to release him, we cant have people like Cody walking around who might just smash his own kid foster-brother just because
My oldest daughter is special needs and we had to put her in an assisted living facility recently because shes violent towards little kids. Shes 24, my youngest son is 6. Its tough but ya gotta be honest with yourself about your children and what they are capable of. That boy Cody should have never been trusted with children. 😢
That seems like such a difficult hand to be dealt. Hope your daughter is happy at her facility and she's being well taken care of. All the best vibes yours and your family's way.
While they're saying they couldn't have known something bad would happen. I believe they could have, they knew how he behaved, so why let him look after a 5 yr. old? Very messy..
I knew a kid who talked like him in high school, he got bullied and he reacted like this alot....he ended up having a schizophrenic episode and killed an older couple in their van going 120mph. His reason was his dog told him someone was trying to kill him, and that he could squeeze the car between the car and a MAC truck
I work with adults like Cody, in a forensic max security hospital. From what I've seen, most individuals like Cody have significant histories of severe abuse and trauma in their lives, especially in their early childhood. It's no doubt Cody will likely be found psychologically incompetent to stand trial, and will very likely end up in a facility just like my workplace. That's unfortunately the only sort of place that could ever keep individuals like Cody safe from hurting others (& often themselves as well.) To even be around people like him, all staff are required to complete regular/rigorous safety training procedures, including how to implement nonviolent restraints to violent individuals - which is to say, it takes a LOT of work/knowledge/experience to even be considered remotely capable of fulfilling a care-giving role towards individuals like Cody. To think that HE was tasked with being a caregiver to another child is simply inconceivable. This is all around a devastating case and I pray that all parties find the peace they deserve.
My nephew is like Cody, but he is 12. My parents have custody, because my brother & his wife lost their rights and then my brother ended up dying. Anyways my nephew had a brain injury when he was a toddler and he is still like 5 years old & he’s very aggressive. He hits my 71 year old mother in her head and punches her in the stomach. He hurts animals. He’s scared of everything too. He won’t go swimming, because of the bugs in the pool etc. He was recently kicked out of school for being aggressive in school too to the other kids. My parents have a hard time and the state doesn’t offer much help. The drs aren’t very helpful either. Well recently my niece & nephew had an opportunity to go with their mom for a visit and possibly move back with her if she passed her drug screens, but when she took both kids, she ended taking both kids back and didn’t call again for a month. When she finally called, she admitted that she only wanted my niece to come back and didn’t want my nephew. I’m worried he’s going to hurt my parents when he gets a little older, I told my parents that he needs to go to a mental hospital, but they tried before and he wasn’t able to go. It’s crazy, because I see so much of the way Cody is compared to my nephew and how scary it can be, but I also know my nephew is a loving and kind boy too. It’s like with brain injuries, something switches in their brains and he flips out. I feel bad for him, because I know where he’s come from to the conditions he lives in now. It’s like night & day. I feel bad for my parents, because they’re old, but sometimes they feel so helpless when it comes to getting him the proper treatment or drs to help. Anyway, I wish the state offered better treatment facilities for care for kids with these conditions, but unfortunately it’s basically long term care or short term care. Sorry this is so long btw.
I hope he does end up in a place like you work at. He doesn't deserve prison he's clearly mentally ill and reminds me of a 7 year old stuck in an adults body.
Then what do we do? If these people can only "live a life" heavily sedated on a myriad of drugs and is never going to be safe left alone other people, why do we keep him and others just like him around? What is the benefit besides employing the people who run the facilities?
My wife has worked for children’s services for over a decade. You cannot imagine the insanity, frustration and hell that foster care can be. Sometimes it’s the evil children, sometimes it’s the evil parents and sometimes it’s the evil foster “parents”. It gets extremely dark.
EWU I’m not sure how I missed this video but it was enthralling to say the least. You did an outstanding job covering this heartbreaking story. I’ve said it many times before but you guys are by far the best true crime channel, period. Thank you so much!
Cody is deeply sick in the head but that honestly makes me feel sorry for him. Hearing about how his mom did meth while pregnant, growing up in an abusive household, and being in foster care, it's no wonder he turned out the way he did. He had all odds against him since before he was born. Someone who goes through that doesn't just turn out normal. What a poor, sick kid.
@@teeonezee Eh, we're all born innocent. Those who harm others need to be punished or restrained but bad circumstances and environments obviously twist people into the worst and/or most damaged versions of themselves. Mourn the loss of what could've been.
@teeonezee you can have empathy for what got this kid to this point of mental instability while still holding him accountable for his actions. This kid had the decks stacked against him and unfortunately no one helped him before it was too late.
@@lostsurferjames5exactly 2 things can be right at the same time you can have empathy for the trauma he endured as an innocent child while also feeling sick and wanting accountability held up for the innocent child he took away...both sides are true and it's ok to feel this way, honestly it just makes you an extremely empathetic human 🥰
This is just...horrible. There are no winners here, no 'justice' is served. - A developmentally disabled individual doesn't even realize what's going on, and is incapable of understanding that he's done something horrible. - A family is shattered and left to pick up the pieces. - A bright young boy's life is snuffed out in mere moments over something completely inconsequential. I hate everything about this case, you can't feel any sort of satisfaction or closure. It's just horrible.
He knew what he did was wrong. He tried to lie about it. Developmentally disabled doesn’t mean you’re a vegetable and have no clue what is happening around you and you don’t have any concept of consequences. I am technically developmentally disabled. I understand all those things. Unless you’re severely disabled they’re not hard concepts. You clearly don’t understand mentally disabled people, you shouldn’t talk about things you don’t know about.
There's clearly something wrong with that child and that poor little boy had been through enough and should never have been left alone with him. Some of the strangest Behavior I've ever seen and I've been around many many kids with different types of diagnosis. I've never seen anything like this.
My son has Smith Magenis Syndrome, autism, & ADHD. I was very open about my son’s disabilities with school and kids in his class but they wouldn’t share about other kids disabilities in classes. This made things harder for other kids & teachers to know how to work with kids. Smith Magenis Syndrome is a deletion of chromosome 17.2 & all of them who have this have severe behavioral issues. My son is a little less dude to fact his aunts and uncles are years apart from him so he had to learn to get along in my big family. I couldn’t imagine how hard it is for parents or parent who don’t have a big family
This is horrifying. Cody never should have been alone with anyone he could overpower including animals. I genuinely believe that the foster parents didn't mean for any of this to happen but that's still negligent and it really just all around sucks.
RiseQuartz2 It is easier to blame the parents than to accept what a child is capable of. In the world today, kids spend their days playing video games, in their house, alone, interacting with friends online instead of in person. Most parents are at work, and expect their kids to come straight home, not to leave the house or let anyone inside. This is the world for most kids today. Are the kids neglected? I grew up before Internet and before “latchkey kids”. Most moms didn’t have full time jobs or careers. They were home when the kids came home from school. We had our after school snack then we went outside to play with our friends, unsupervised, until supper. We’re we neglected? Should our parents be blamed for what we did? We can always find someone to blame. That’s easy. Much easier than holding someone accountable for their actions, even when it is a minor. Neglect is not allowing your older children to be home alone, on the family’s 20 acres with grandparents and aunts and uncles who have homes on the same property, all within a few 100 feet. These kids were not neglected. Cody had never shown any signs of harming others. But when you blame the parents of neglect, do realize the harm your causing the family? Blame is nothing more than finding the easiest answer with the least amount of effort. We could blame your parents for not teaching you how wrong it is to accuse someone of something based on nothing but your opinion. False accusations ruin lives of innocent people everyday. Do you want to be blamed for ruining the lives of innocent people? If not, then stop and think before you beginning looking for someone to blame. We are all responsible for our own behavior. I can’t blame my mom for the things I do. I know right from wrong. Cody knew right from wrong. Cody showed no signs that he was capable of murder. He was mentally challenged, but so are many people, who are also not showing signs of being capable of murder. Should their parents supervise their every move 24/7 ? At what age should the parents stop supervising them? When is it safe for the parent to go get ice cream without leaving their children at their house with relatives on the property? Don’t be that person that recklessly ruins lives with blame.
This is sad. Mental illness/disability is everywhere and yet, people are still learning about it today because it used to not be taken as seriously and was easily dismissed. Even these days, it still isnt great. Cody needed some seriously close attention and care to make sure his lack of mental development didnt result in something like this. There is no cure, but there are schools dedicated to kids like this to help them break habits and correct their behavior when reacting to a situation. So sad.
Who TF let’s a teen who acts like this be with a 5 yr old unsupervised? He’s obviously got problems, so let’s give him a 5 yr old foster kid to mess with.
@@GhastlyCretin85 I'd almost want to say it was adults in charge of him who are at fault. He's obviously much less of an age than he presents. I just don't think we'd ever want to think any of our children could do something like this. Our minds really don't go there in day-to-day life. Just my opinion.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate these two that interrogated Cody who did a very damn good job and didn't just lose it or treated him like he was a common criminal that was on their level mentally? Most cops and interrogators just don't care like the one case I just got done watching where a interrogator didn't believe the man setting in front of him was shot in the head and was faking his dizziness and lack of focus. These guys did a damn good job.
I watched that video too and It was so upsetting, but not even really that shocking. Hopefully these videos will make more interrogators act with integrity like the detective here.
Good audio with video. I wanted to hear this story, unfortunately we have to go through these stories all too often. Our family has been through murders and suicides. The outcome is how we all handle ourselves to find out what we're made of and what lessons we need to learn.
I think her parents also are/were good people who tried to the right thing. They seem like honest and genuine people. It's just a tragedy Cody was raised by evil people, prior to him entering their home.
She is totally unemotional, none whatsoever, not to mention she is calling Dominic, who she only knew for 2 weeks her brother. Something is off with this family.
They weren't her brothers, she knew the boy for 2 weeks. She also knew that Cody was ABUSING the chickens. Everyone knows that there is a link between abusing animals and people. Someone who abuses animals should not be left with a 5 year old after 2 weeks, you are a disgusting piece of trash just like Rachel is and her entire family that only was in it for the money. @@ggrocklee.
Knowing he could throw tantrums and be volatile, a 5 year old should have never been left with him. Look at his demeanor, would you trust a young child left with him?
@@unoriginalartist4223Of course they forget that. Because that's ridiculous. You don't put an 11 year old child in charge of caring for a much older, much more unstable person. It makes no sense & shouldn't have been considered in the first place. It's negligent at best.
@unoriginalartist4223 No, I don't think anyone forgot the foster parents left a _twelve year old_ to babtsit a kid with severe mental health issues with anger outbursts and another small, traumatized child. If you need a babysitter, _hire one._ If you can't afford one, maybe don't foster kids that need constant supervision
He sounds like he needed supervision. This was like leaving two 5 year olds together alone and just one is way taller and stronger and a little deranged. The adults of the family failed this little boy. His real parents gave him up and his new family allowed him to get killed. Very sad for this little boy.
Yeah and the foster mom and her teen daughters already knew the boy was most likely seriously injured and called 911 before they even found him. They knew Cody was capable of this and allowed him to babysit anyway
*ALOT deranged. The kid instantly comes across as bat shit crazy and had been known to be violent in the past throwing chickens into the ravine just like he did with the 5 yr old.... I wouldn't have turned my back on him myself let alone left him alone with a 5 yr old who throws temper tantrums only supervised by a 12 yr old girl reading a book... It is tragic AF, but I sincerely hope those parents never get to foster any more kids and it boggles my mind that cody wasn't placed in some sort of mental institute long ago...!
@@JokerInk-CustomBuildsas someone who has been through the foster system, I find that most people who foster (especially several children at the same time) are only doing it as an “easy” way to make money. It’s so sad to see something like this happen as these adults truly failed this poor child. Sending a known violent 17yo out to “play” with a 5yo because you don’t want to be bothered / have better things to do makes me furious. They should have been held accountable as well for their negligence. If you have to restrain a teenager from being violent towards others there is absolutely NO reason he should ever be left alone with a small child. He needs to be given mental help and should have been placed in a proper institution . Incarcerating him will only further his mental decline and he will be a target for so much abuse by other inmates. The system is disgustingly damaged, and from end to end this case clearly exposes that.
@@lindz4166 Fully agree! Considering the special needs theese kids must often have have, I find it very weird that it is even legal to foster more than one kid per family.... Somehow I also feel like if fosterparents have their own biological kids, those kids should be teens or at least older than the ones fostered... I am just saying they are essentially bringing a kid that was known to be troublesome in some form or another into their family... And like taking drugs, you have a hard time making sure how they end up affecting one another if you mix several different kinds at the same time.......
Sometimes heart break and stress reduces your life span Unless she got into a car accident or something of that manner She might of been really beating herself up about the accident, not eating right, sleeping right, or maybe even abusing drugs or alcohol heavily after this See every little details matters
@@AellaWW that is absolutely absurd! The boy shouldn't have been left alone with even a dog, but how could she have known he would kill that baby? Hind sight is 20 20
Cody is so much like my son who is on the spectrum and has violent outbursts he isn’t aware of the severity, luckily that got better with therapies, this is one of the reasons my son needs supervision 24/7. I wonder why the parents left him alone with a 5 years old when they knew his issues. I’d also like to know what meds he was on?
This case is just so sad at all levels.The fact that Dominic's death could have been prevented by the simple expedient of not leaving him in the sole care of Cody.Cody is basically described as being a budding psychopath,however,the circumstances of his birth coupled with his early home life is very sad also.
It was incredibly irresponsible to leave an 11 year old and 5 year old home alone with a special needs kid who is much stronger and older then them. How old was Cody ? 17 I think. Yet the 11 year old was meant to be the responsible one in that scenario..
Yeah, like, excuse me, you left an 11 year old child in charge of a 5 year old and a 17 year old with the mental ability of a 6 year old but still the body of a 17 year old. Kids do not have a proper understanding of death usually until around 10 years old so it is questionable if he understood death fully. His actions sound like that of a little kid.
The crazy part to me is that they knew he was capable of losing his temper to the point that the daughter said he needed to be restrained so he didn’t hurt anyone… yet he was left alone with another child.
I hate to be this person, but the unconditionally love of a foster parent can blind them sometimes. My brother is developmentally delayed and he did something similar. The people in charge of him all knew he had been violent in the past but never thought he would capable to do such a thing because he definitely had his sweet moments.
Yeah the whole thing is seems fked up. 2 small kids are so tired they opt out of getting ice cream so they stay home and play? Bs. It’s all bs! She didn’t want to take them all. The mom. And to leave them with Cody no no way. !!
I went to school at Rabiners and my sister goes there now. It's now called NCCS but this is absolutely insane, because I know one of the teachers who testified and she never mentioned this. What a strange small world
Having an interview from someone “involved” in the case is a really great addition to this tragedy. It gives another perspective and makes it feel more real..one of my fav vids so far!
This channel is at such a high caliber that no other on any media source tv included comes close to how good and well thought out thsse episodes are. Award winning
It had to be obvious that there was something not right with Cody and for the life of me I do not understand why they would leave him unsupervised with a small child any damn way! So you just leave the house to get ice cream, a five yr old's dream, and say he didn't want to go!? I find that hard as hell to believe! No, you just didn't want to take him! And then you think it's ok to leave your teenage daughter who then goes to chill and lay on the couch to read a book while mentally unstable Cody is outside with a small child. The negligence is apparent and the parents should be charged as well.
I think she’s just mature enough to take mental health into account and forgive any part she or her family “played”. Like I think he really had no I’ll intentions, I do think he was unable to regulate himself and shouldn’t have been unsupervised. This is my profession, some of my clients are amazing and so well off from daily support but who knows what impulsive thing could they do to ruin some crap if they didn’t have supports
Cody should have never been left unsupervised with Dominic. For all intents and purposes he was a seven year old trapped in a seventeen year old's body, of course hindsight is twenty-twenty though. This whole case is an unbelievable tragedy. My heart breaks for everyone involved. The two main detectives were absolutely amazing. They didn't let their temper get the best of them and talked to Cody in the correct tone of voice. Rachel is a superstar. During her interrogation I kept forgetting she was only thirteen. She was just so articulate, mature and sophisticated. The whole family is so incredibly strong. I pray for all involved in this case. RIP Dominic. 🌹✝︎✨🕊🖤
When I was 7 my brother, 10, used to drive me to the city on a bike to go to church and then arcades. I can assure you my parents were the most protective ones, but I was the last of 5. When you start having many children you realize how autonomous they are. Preteens used to leave home to play after lunch and come back with the dark, that's was normal life, and I can assume in the countryside is still like that.
The older daughter is a very intelligent young woman. She has a lot of insight and plays it out on a person's behavior. I wish her well and hope society can bring her into public mental health. She will help others to understand others and themselves. This was an engrossing video! Thanks...
@@coastandclouds3433 She's probably recounted it hundreds, if not thousands of times. There has been plenty of time to process it. There is nothing unusual there.
@@coastandclouds3433i thought it was unusual also but now i realize she's much older. She says she was 11 and now she looks to have a tattoo so I'm guessing she's quite a bit older now.
@@durapokerI'd guess she's close to 30 in that video, or at least 26+. They said she's a medic in the military. It'd take time to get through boot camp, schooling, etc.
I know this is only a small snippet of the case, but fact that Rachel suggested that she look down the ravine to look for Domanic is just so sad and it was so mature of her.
Man this girl is extremely well spoken & mature, i commend her for being able to talk about this & to have been able to speak to the cops so well at the time it happened. God bless this family & help them to heal after such a horrible tragedy! R.I.P. little Dominic!
@brendanvynyl2801 maybe not the parents but i doubt the sisters knew of what he could do. The kid is messed up in the head for sure. The mom definitely knew he was capable of outbursts but even she probably didnt know he could kill, however should have never left him alone.
I think he rough housed a little too hard, knew he would get into trouble and drowned him thinking that would make it all go away. It is apparent he has cognitive issues, and is impulsive with violence, but he is also an incredible liar who knew what he did was wrong. He will and should be supervised for the rest of his life,and sadly with drug addiction rampant like it is, there will be more children like him in the future.
He won't be supervised for the rest of his life. He'll wind up homeless, addicted to meth and fentanyl on the streets of San Francisco taking runny shits in your aunt's driveway.
i completely agree, i believe he was triggered and lost control killing the child, i believe he knew what he was wrong, he lied about it....idk about the drowning part..he beat that little boy so hard with that brick...and then imo tried to drown him...i think he deserved life in prison....or to be found guilty...yet i dont know if prison would be the place for him, but he should've been found guilty
Wow, this is an impeccably well made video! Fantastic analysis and commentary. Really good. Terribly sad of course… but extremely interesting nonetheless.
Sounds like the twins were being parentified, having to look after their parents' foster kids all the time. They should not have been left in charge, being that they were 12 years old at the time. They easily could have been hurt by Cody/other children or overwhelmed by an emergency. As someone who was watched by my older siblings who were not responsible, and was abused by them, this is a hill I will die on: kids should not watch kids. This is a job for adults. By the nature of how it was run, with the parents bringing in kids that needed a lot of special attention but pushing some of that responsibility off to their other children, a tragedy in this house seemed inevitable. I don't know if Cody necessarily has psychosis, it sounds more like he's drawing from his memories of the books he's read and stuff he's seen on tv/games to embellish and construct new stories. Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Wreck it Ralph, Skylanders, etc. His goblin defense sounds like another lie cooked up by combining aspects of his favorite media, probably with the aid of his lawyer's coaching.
I absolutely agree with you. My sister and I were given entirely too much responsibility over the foster children. It's too bad my parents didn't know any better, but that's just it. They didn't know.
Yep. I was literally taken out of high school as a teenager and “homeschooled” - I was doing bs courses on the computer that I eventually gave up on - because my parents needed childcare for my 3 year old brother and my infant twin brothers. They basically saw me as a mother and I literally had no life until I moved out at 17. It was extremely stressful and I was incredibly depressed and still don’t speak to my parents to this day.
@@lonesomebeetroot3376that's so messed up, I'm so sorry that happened to you. All children deserve a childhood. It's so tiring/stressful just caring for one small child let alone three, it would be impossible to focus on studies in that situation even for a well-paid nanny.
Cody really reminds me of the "I'm going to release my bipolar" dude. By the way he talks with the police. I'm pretty confident he is lying on the stand but I don't think that he is doing that to deceive ppl, but as EWU mentioned, to get out of a bad situation as his defence mechanism. Therefore I believe that he truly doesn't belong to jail but to a mental hospital where he can get proper treatment and can't hurt anyone.
you take a life your life should be over immediately by default, doesnt matter the circumstance or age or anything , take the kid outside the court house and put him down, guarantee it wouldnt be as cruel as being beaten to death with a brick
It makes me so sad that the family clearly wanted to help children but would bring small children into a home with someone who they've said hurt their animals and was extremely volatile. It's really heartbreaking that a cps agent was likely aware of this and still placed the little boy there. We've had alot of cases with cps where it went to Supreme Court cause children were taken when they should have never been removed from their home and the children were placed in sometimes worse homes. I had a friend who fought for ten years before it reached Supreme Court and it was found in almost every case the "evidence" for why the kids were removed was "lost". It took years of telling her she can legally record and not to tell them before she did and none of her recordings matched up with their case notes. This is in a different area of the state of Iowa, but none the less the same state as where this happened. When I say we need our cps reformed, it's an understatement.
He was just a little boy, put into foster care and then killed so horribly. It's just so heartbreaking. He never had a chance at life and love and happiness. These particular cases just make me so mad! As a society we NEED to do better by our children.
There is no we. No our. Sorry. There just isn't. So go ahead and be mad. It will have exactly as much effect on strangers as being sad will be. It's definitely easier than giving a home to a seriously disabled kid.
This is what happens when a bleeding heart society gets rid of facilities for obvious disturbed children to "integrate them into society" I mean what are we as a society trying to accomplish!!!!! At 17 he is obviously not functional
@@BrainScramblies They're pointing out that people only go so far as to merely feel sad/angry about real societal problems, but don't actually care enough to take action and do something about it. I wish it wasn't true.
Just listening to him talk would've been enough for most people to realize that he required about as much supervision as the 5-year-old kid he was left to care for.
I've watched a lot of these, most at this point. I think this is the first one where I've started tearing up and I'm not even 15min in. Just a heartbreaking story all around
I've worked with middle and high schoolers the same emotional age as Cody, many of whom were personable and fun kids, but definitely violent in certain situations with moods that could flip like a switch. They were escorted everywhere, even to the bathroom. When they were outside for recess we tried to have a 1:1 ratio of staff to students but still had highly trained security staff to call in case a student needed to be physically restrained for harming themselves, others, or destruction of property- usually it was others. All staff were trained and tested consistently on nonviolent restraint (we went to actual classes from different programs and became formally certified every year, idk what this kid's guardian was doing) and other emergency procedures, and we had even more certifications from a million different first aid/medical programs. This is the bare minimum to work with kids like Cody. The fact that they let this kid out of the house unsupervised is mind-boggling, but allowing him to watch another, younger, smaller child is BEYOND.
I wouldn't want someone named supertittays watching me mentally ill child honestly. Families aren't facilities, the blame is on state and his birth mother.
Yea CPI training is used on these types of kids. Their functioning level is way to low to integrate them around other children on our behavioral unit. They need constant redirection so they usually have a 1:1 CO
I despised those kids growing up and still do, the vast majority of them are ticking time bombs and scum. In NYC as a kid, they'd have em at the last floor in different classes in elementary and middle school. I'd see how they behave and how some even interacted with me, never understood then and don't understand now how they're allowed to be in the general public. Even if they didn't have developmental issues, they would be the same, except with more self control.
@@punishedfyou don't leave a normal 7 year old alone.. let alone someone with with his issues... them living for 4 years don't change the fact he was not givin the care he needed
the mom talking about Dominic broke me, the story about how he stood in the corner and said "im sorry julie" made me burst into tears, such an innocent kid who didnt deserve this
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It makes me sick that each family member describe Cody as a volatile, animal-abusing teenager, yet they left him home unsupervised with a helpless 5 year old.
Good point
I don’t recall hearing a single word mention animal abuse ?
25:33 @@Coriiiiiiiiii
@@Coriiiiiiiiiithey said he killed chickens and threw them off the ravine
The parents, yeah. But I really don't blame the 11 year old sister. No way she could have seen that coming.
The fact the parents left cody alone to watch small children is insane. Listening to him talk for 10 seconds alone would tell any rational person hes incapable
He should never have been placed in a family with small children and he shouldnt have been unsupervised at all.
The foster parents definitely should have known better so they should have been charged for negligence.
1:02:07 y’all must have not paid attention thru the whole video
He wasn't left alone to watch the child! The foster mother's twin sister was there. The boys went outside to play.
@DiddlyD-xx2ih No it was the foster mother's daughter, her twin is the one being interviewed. Did none of y'all watch the video?
"We were playing bricks"
I'm sorry, you were doing fucking what?
You tellin me you never had brick fights as a kid?
@@ItsBrendo Errr no?
Typical lib, jokes go right ova ya.
Exactly, not so handicapped just mean
Once again why are we making everything into politics
I've become an addict of these types of videos and now I'm terrified to leave my house and additionally, my butt is numb from sitting for way too many hours watching these.
I listen to them while I work. I'm a bartender and my customers would never guess the horrible things in my ear while I'm smiling and small talking them. 😂
Bro kinda same here 💀
Better diversify your viewing. Binging this stuff isn't good for anyone.
Real 😂
@@markmyers8491 Yeah, you're certainly correct!
My family kept foster kids. With this boy’s clear lack of sophistication, childish reactionary aggression, I don’t think anyone should have left a 5 year old unsupervised with him.
That's all I kept thinking too. Why would two adults leave one eleven year old with a developmentally delayed teen and a 5 yr old with reported anger issues and new to the family, for quite some time. The father was out at dinner and the mother took out the other twin and her friend for ice cream.
I'm sure no one thought this would happen- and I don't think the parents were bad people, but jeez we always have to be cautious.
The standards for foster parents aren’t very high.
@@KyleA296can unfortunately attest to that. Neighbor across the street from my parents literally collected kids for $ via fostering and adoption. The house had broken windows, the *original* shag carpet was disgusting; mess everywhere. There was a bedridden/special needs adult child that ended up passing away. I can’t imagine what he went through trapped in that house.
The kids weren’t parented either. One of them broke into our car, and another kept trying to break into our backyard that had a pool, and also entered our house without any permission or invitation. The one that broke into cars was their meal ticket since she was pushing him for football from the age of 10+.
Those kids lived with trash, but they didn’t deserve to be treated like it.
I feel so bad for the young ones
My thoughts concur with yours! 1st thing I thought of when the explanation of how both parents left the home with other activities. However, if they were out “playing” alone in the backyard, it still could have happened even with adults there.
I agree
From the moment you listen to him and watch him you can easily tell that he’s at the mental capacity of a 6 yr old. The tall tales, the tone he uses , and the bluntness of his words.
It’s a shame that this happened!
Give that freak the needle and let Him be
I hate to say this, I really do, but clearly you don't leave traumatized children to babysit smaller, helpless ones. I was a behavioral therapist at a foster agency and I am pretty certain the foster parent would know better than to leave any of them unsupervised.
They knew he killed chickens and threw them down the ravine. And that's exactly what he did to Dominic.
Preventative maintenance would've done just that..prevented it.
Absolutely agree he's clearly detached from reality living in the twilight zone it's actually sad to watch in every aspect
@cw6621 absolutely, the foster parents hold a lot of blame for this. Disturbed kids like these shouldn't have been left alone to play in the woods. Especially when Cody is known to get aggressive and has killed animals.
I agree. Honestly, I feel like kids that have mental disabilities that play on these gaming sites might not differentiate the real world with the gaming world
It’s interesting to me that when they say, “some stuff makes perfect sense and other stuff doesn’t fit.” He immediately tries to defend the part they know doesn’t fit because he knows that’s the part he lied about, “he had a strong arm for batting so he had a strong arm to hit himself.” He never asks, “what doesn’t fit?” He immediately just defends the part he knows is wrong
I feel so sad for everyone involved. This is just tragic.
I actually thought Cody was about 7 years old when he talked about his video game to the first officer (that didn’t give a crap about building rapport), I had no idea he was 17. Kudos to the two officers who took gentle care of Cody during the interrogation, they did very well.
The foster parents seemed so well-meaning and took an interest in their foster kids. Cody should have been better evaluated by CPS before being placed in a family; seeing how dangerous he was, being psychotic he could have hurt anyone in the family. I don’t believe the foster parents were purposefully neglectful, just trying to make the best of a challenging situation created by the kids that were placed with them.
Thank you so much for picking this case to present to us ❤
I'm not sure how you begin to gage someone like this autistic people can lash out violently if aggravated ( not with intent to harm others necessarily) who knows what Cody has been through. Prayers for Dominic, and praying for the family as well as cidybgettingbthe help he so very needs
I was thinking the same thing. This poor kid doesnt even know how to function, its obvious he isnt actually understanding his own perception of reality.
And I cannot imagine the pain and guilt that both Dominic's biological mother as well as Mr and Mrs Coolman felt and probably continue to feel...
His foster parents knew he was volatile and that he never should have been left alone with younger children.
Nah the foster parents should have never given them an opportunity to all be alone together. All those kids were way too young. They knew better but decided to go out on the town to hang out with their friends and the biological children. Even if they didn't know the specifics about Cody, they knew his behavior and cognitive capabilities.sure maybe they did want to help but very clearly they were not capable of handling all of them, let alone someone with needs like a Cody. Knowing the foster care system in America, stuff like this happens so often it's insane. If they honestly thought they were helping it's freaking sad.
@@falcoretheminiluckdragon3060shouldn’t allow violent autistic kids to be around normal children.
The way Cody talks while he’s being questioned for murder is so reminiscent of how a little kid would talk if they were caught taking a cookie out the cookie jar or something.
He’s faking it lol he was used for foster cheques by obviously mentally retarded adults … he thinks he can play the same game with the authorities as he could his dribbling “parents” 😅
Its lennie from mice and men
I wonder if he's purposefully lying with the fantasy stories or if he's trying to explain his feelings and he doesn't know what words to use? For example: Goblin commander = felt extremely angry and saw him as the most evil creature I can think of. Symbols on top of their heads = felt calm and reassured / felt stressed out and anxious and saw them in a good/bad light.
@@KucheKlizma i think he was definitely trying to come up with excuses but his developmental issues wouldn’t allow him to come up with anything that made sense
It really is. This is an awful, heartbreaking story all the way around, but in a way the interrogation and story-telling is interesting because it is how a 6 year old would try to outsmart the police
The most likely scenario, at least to me, is that Dominic was not playing by the "rules" of the game Cody set (i.e., claiming he's invincible). Dominic was making up rules that would make him the default winner of their game, as many five year-olds do, and Cody became angry and frustrated to the point where he beat Dominic with a brick (perhaps to prove to Dominic that he wasn't, in fact, invincible). Whether the drowning was an extension of that rage, or from an initial attempt to wash off the blood before realizing he'd injured the boy too badly to let him live, is less clear to me. In any case, I don't think Cody was hallucinating; I think the murder was the result of an emotional outburst, perhaps followed by an attempt to cover it up.
This seems likely
I agree. He mentioned with frustration about Dominic saying he was invincible.
Totally agree!
Very insightful! This one really disturbed me.
"realizing he'd injured the boy too badly to let him live," I doubt he drowned him. Kid was probably unconscious and drowned.
"Im not no jail person, i just happen to be in jail clothes" im putting that ina rap and no credit for cody
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Whole lotta street justice
Rachel and her mom are both extremely good at communication. Their account of what they'd experienced and witness really hit me with sadness, pain, anger, and terror. That is a scar that will never heal. Rest in peace to her mother and rest in peace little Dominic.
But she still left a violent, animalkiller and abuser with her other young children..... Who also has the mental capacity of a 6 year old.
That cop sounds so tired. Exhausted mentally and physically. What a hard thing to deal with. He knows he did it, but also knows he has the mental capacity of a 6 year old. It’s so difficult to deal with. How do you even interrogate effectively? This is such a sad case. Why was he ever alone with a 5 year old.
i love it when the guy starts describing the cloaked figure but the cops don't even bother to write down his description because they know its bull.
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@@JustinJay-bi5kui understand your point, but i wouldn’t phrase it as giving up on him, obviously that absolutely could be true, but it could also just be her doing what she thought would be the best for herself and her child. she may have had postpartum, had financial struggles, no way to care for him properly, no where/no one else to turn to. yes the foster system is universally accepted as messed up and horrible to go through, and while she might’ve just been selfish, i just wanted to point out that it may have been a decision made with positive intentions that unfortunately turned into this tragic situation :(
The family let this little boy down!
Like any of them thought Cody would do something like that. They had him for years. Everyone can say this stuff in hindsight.
Cody was more special than he was registered as. He didnt need a foster family, he needed a place he could be treated. Imagine putting him in a normal school, he wouldnt be able to cope with kids. His lack of having guilt is a clear sign that he wasnt normal. The mother even knew of Codys behavior. She had a heart for taking him in, but Cody needed help.
Maybe we shouldn't label him as 'special' but rather 'disabled'. But you are spot on correct. He should never have been in a house with other children. I have a suspicion that the agency was so desperate to get rid of him that they didn't fully disclose his condition.
Yea, “special” is an outdated and ridiculous descriptive word, but I agree that Cody should have been receiving treatment instead of being placed with a foster family.
At the very LEAST, he should have been receiving regular and specialized outpatient treatment.
I say special because thats what I think is the right term without offending. Society keeps changing from the Mental R word to special or disabled or mental health, I dont know whats right anymore to address people with medical conditions.
@@retrophyx I still use 'retarded' because there is really nothing offensive about a word that means 'delayed' or 'hindered' when describing a person whose mental development is delayed or hindered. People can be offended all they like but at the end of the day the meaning of the word is still the same.
@@karenwalters7131in case you’re being serious, it’s not that the *definition* of the word hasn’t changed that is the issue… it’s that the *connotations* have changed. It’s widely known to be a derogatory word and a slur now, so unless it applies to you, don’t use it. It’s really, really not hard to update your terminology to avoid needlessly upsetting people… unless you think being stubborn and obtuse is more important than someone’s dignity and respect..?
I love that the narrator even dove into the mythos of these games to actually try and explore whether Cody had intentionally killed his little brother with malevolent intent. Just beautiful work
The patience of these investigators is impressive
Rachel Coolman seems incredibly well adjusted and emotionally mature for having dealt with something so traumatic. Kudos to her.
She's cool, man
I really feel like her own mother failed her. Her and her sister being commanded to do CPR.
Her having to be the adult and stop her sister. None of that should have happened. She traumatized her own children.
Get the hell down there and get the kids the hell away. Instead she continued making children take the burden for her.
dat streamer setup tho, lol
@@DeviceAnathema There is no point doing CPR upon rigor mortis, and you don't need to be a coroner or even know what rigor mortis means to notice. It may come as a surprise to you but most people will be deeply spooked when seeing rigor mortis let alone administer CPR. Rigor mortis is generally the point where humans will instinctively understand this person is not coming back.
@@icu3869nothing to do with u. shut up
I worked with special needs teenagers for years. This 17 year old should have never been left alone with this precious 5 year old boy. His cognitive, emotional and mental skills were no where near a 17 year old more like a 6 year old. The mother describes him as child like and having a volitile temper but yet both these parents left him alone with a 5 year old.
U may have worked w them but did u ever bring them into your home when they no longer had families??? Did u attempt to give them shelter, love, food emotional support 24’ a day! Did u do that for any of the kids u worked with??? Because If u didn’t do that well then u truly have no idea what the home situation feels like! Kids r different in class than they r at home. Stop judging the parents unless u have walked in their shoes and took kids with these problems into
Your home to offer them safety love n shelter like it appears these people were trying to do for a few “older kids” ya know the throw away ones no one wants to adopt? I hope u really do stop judging others because someday I may b judged for something out of your control! It happens everyday…. & u may be found guilty in others eyes even if u aren’t! The. Where would u be with all your skills and background lol
@@tpw9099Ummm... WUT?
This is one of the STUPIDEST takes I've ever read.
It doesn't MATTER how different it is at home. It is PAINFULLY OBVIOUS that leaving Cody with Dominic was a horrible idea.
Cody has OBVIOUS signs that he has a 6-year-old mind. EVERY MEMBER OF THAT FOSTER FAMILY ATTESTED TO THIS.
How many ACTUAL 6-year-olds do you know that are left unattended with a younger child?!
Right... because it's NONE. Like...EVER.
The foster mom with all good intentions FUCKED UP. PERIOD.
Did you even watch the video?!
@@tpw9099you sound dense. People are allowed to have common sense on who they allow to watch their children. It was awful but to say it wasnt unavoidable is laughable and objectively wrong.
@tpw9099 you must be smoking crack. And that's rhetorical. Please don't bless me with anymore of your brilliance.
@@tpw9099so they know how to turn being retarded off when they're at home?
So sad. As a victim of childhood emotional neglect, hearing the facts about children who lie hit sooo close to home. I still lie to avoid perceived negative consequences.
Any child with his level of developmental delays should never be left unattended. I can't believe his parents allowed him to go into the forest alone with a five year old SMH.
Cody gave little hints about how Dominic "pitches hard". What I think happened was Dominic threw some rocks at him as part of the game they were playing, and he probably got Cody pretty good with one of the rocks he threw. Being so mentally immature, I think he had an emotional outburst and retaliated because the game wasn't going the way he wanted it to. Unfortunately, he used that retaliation on a 5 year old.
Yup ur comment is exactly the first thought that came to my mind
IMO having a younger brother a lot like him, they were likely playing Cody’s game. Had to be HIS rules and get very upset if you don’t go by those rules. The poor boy was being a 5 year old and Cody takes these “games” far too seriously. He claimed he was invincible he even visibly got upset when he said “Dominic said he’s invincible and I was like NO you’re not” and said that’s not how the game worked on the boys side, but likely on Cody’s. He was the only one invincible. Dom being 5 and a “normal” child likely got sick of it and no way possible to win or just “free play” and have fun, threw a rock at him or maybe hit with a stick and said see you aren’t invincible and it probably set him off. I could see something like that happening, which is why he should’ve never been left alone with any child or animal.
So possible
"on intake Cody did not have any bruises or cuts" and so, with that, i would like to invite you to stop being a keyboard psychotherapist/detective
Well, at the very beginning of the video Cody said they were "playing bricks." Man this is so messed up. I honestly believe he's so mentally detached he doesn't realize what he did but wtf. First interrogation I've seen like this.
It’s unfathomable that any rational adult would leave children unattended with someone with such obvious cognitive deficiencies as Cody had and has.
Dominic’s death was a horrific and avoidable tragedy.
I agree. Especially when he had been caught throwing live chickens in to a ravine, that is a huge red flag.
Cody should have been in a residential facility with kids his age.
@@AMunoz-rh9cz One of the issues with things like this is that there just isn't the funding or capacity or support for things like this. The unfortunate truth is that families and parents like this, the ones that are willing to take on multiple kids regardless of their issues are a literal godsend because there just aren't enough people willing to do it, nor is there capacity in facilities you talk about to handle even a small percentage of the cases that actually need help.
With kids like this, for various reasons, you generally won't really know their history, or if you do, won't know the full extent, and even if you have some idea, they won't necessarily have ever had the kind of support for them to have had a detailed evaluation to place them where they need to be. So they end up in the foster system. If they're lucky, they end up in places like this with a family that actually seems to have their best interests at heart but that can be complicated by them not fully having the understanding or training to deal with them.
The sad truth is that for every Cody (who was ostensibly lucky, but still ended up being failed by a system that marginalised him), there are a thousand who slip through the cracks and end up in a facility or foster situation that is dramatically worse, outright predatory, or, as is more likely to occur, are just ignored completely.
Some people want to point to Cody and say he is inherently evil, some want to single out his foster parents here and say they were incompetent, others will say it's the governments fault etc.. The truth is that cases like this are our failure as a society. We all have some culpability to some extent. We need to do better, and demand more.
@@David-nq4qiJust because you don’t believe in God, doesn’t mean you have to mock those that do. You seem to be at the same mental capacity as he is. Bless your heart.
@@RandyMarsh-nu6lo Turn the other cheek.
It's a real shame. Wishing the extent of Cody's diagnosis was found a bit sooner. 😢
Peace little brother. God bless.
As ridiculous as it sounds, I think Cody’s last story hints towards an underlying truth to what actually happened. I think Cody had very little control on his emotions, particularly because he was a child. I firmly believe his imagination might have got the better of him at the time, and that he really was just caught up in the moment.
It doesn’t excuse his behavior, but it does explain it.
As a foster kid myself, I found jealousy was a huge aspect with all of it. Although we maybe got on with new kids, the attention any kid got from our favourite carer could be a real issue. However, we all know not to show it, in fear of being moved for being ‘a problem’. Cody lived there for three years, then a new kid moves in who needs as much if not more likely more attention from their careers… especially their favourite carer. I suspect that is if not the main reason, a huge part of the reason.
That's really interesting. I never saw that perspective. Thanks!
Exactly!!! I believe Cody was jealous and threatened by little Dominic….Cody sounds jealous when he describes how Dominic played baseball …Dominic was described as being cute and cuddly….Cody knew exactly what he was doing…. He felt threatened and murdered poor, little Dominic
Thats the thing with certain people I never sort of understood - why people seem so wasy triggered into a state of jealousy. I don't get really jealous and never understood it. I understand being treated unfairly but to me being jealous ,in particular when you really shouldn't be ,is an indication of personal emotional - development issues surrounding selfishness insecurity and narcissistic tendencies.
I have often heardmutual friends secretly tell me f--k this one and that one because something great or fortunate happened to them and my default thinking is great I am happy for them because I would expect the same. Also I find people pick up on this and when something good happens it benefits you too sometimes and even if it doesn't you are happy because you don't want to see your friends in bad circumstances or situations. I find that is also a very good way to discern a true friend from a devious fake friend. If good shit happens and people are indifferent or seem jealous that's a sign of a poorly integrated emotionally immature even toxic personality . I recommend severing the friendship as these people usually turn out to be a cause of anything negative in your life as their jealousy and envy can manifest in negative ways against you.
Being a very jealous child could be a possible indicator of the type of person you grow up to be. Are you still like this??
@@darrylkassle361 He was in a physically abusive household of meth heads that neglected him and didn't feed him and got put in a home where he wasn't even related to the adults. As a child you are dependant on your parent or guardian just to survive. Given the upbringing of a lot of kids, especially foster kids, jealousy is a completely rational survival mechanism. Maintaining the affection of an adult can literally be life or death for a child. Hearing you talk about these people makes me think you have taken on a lot more toxicity from them than you are willing to admit, if you were going to truly be empathetic you would attempt to be more understanding of their antisocial behaviour.
@@dontcallthemliberals3316Good comment.
Cody is indeed very sick. He had displayed anger and hurting animals. Leaving him with the younger one was a huge mistake particularly when the foster parents had such a clear assessment of the issues. Dominic should have never been placed in that home. Poor baby.
Yeah, I don't think leaving a child who kills animals with a younger child was a great idea. Could've seen that a mile away and is it not common knowledge that people who go on to murder humans start off with animals? Blame should be on the foster parents for not preventing something that is easily preventable.
My cousin has 4 kids and we've all discussed that we think one of them could end up doing something like this, so we've taken precautions and we never leave them alone. If they're playing out back, an adult is with them too.
any foster so called ..parent....is about the money..
Welcome to the foster home system! The horror stories are endless.
I completely agree. I am in training to be a foster parent. I'm tired of the virtue seekers and chest puffers spruiking how their next pet will be a rescue. Why aren't we rescuing children? You have pointed the finger, how are you making this situation better? Apart from typing on this app, what are you doing about the fact there simply isn't enough adults willing to try and help a child in need?
@lucyarmstrong4496 bullshit. I am a veteran, a man of honor, Integrity and lead my life by my code of conduct. I know of many veterans who foster children because they suffered horrific childhoods and no one was there for them. These men and women spend their own money on the kids. Retract your statement.
This is honestly on the family for leaving him alone with a 5 year old. They all said he had the mental capacity of a 6-7 year old prior to the event, and still allowed him to watch a 5 year old. I hope they aren't allowed to foster anyone ever again.
This is a case of negligence by the Foster Care parents as well as the State. Cody should never have been left unsupervised to play with a the 5 year old boy. Treating him as stable enough to stand trial was also ridiculous but at least he is now where he belongs. It's just tragic that all of this could have been avoided & cost a little boy his life.
Anyone familiar with people like Cody, who suffers from prenatal brain damage, would know that they should never be placed in a situation where they have influence/control/power over another person (or animals, honestly). The placement agency for Dominic was negligent, or ignorant, and got Dominic killed. And Cody is in the correct place: a mental facility, probably for life. It’s not his fault he is so damaged, but he can’t be allowed to endanger other people.
Mother on hard drugs while he was in utero. I think some people should be forbidden from having kids
yup. his mother used meth during pregnancy, he was abused badly, he was put in a special ed school where teachers noted strange behaviour and witnessed him hallucinating, he had seizures and is clearly disturbed. the foster parents shouldn't have left him alone with a 5 year old.
@@hatetheusername sadly only hindsight is 20/20, things that seem super obvious in retrospect aren't always obvious to us before disaster strikes, overall this is a really sad situation
But the foster parents were "specialised". Trained for damaged/handicapped kids. Then they leave these kids with no adult supervision? Not acceptable. Then the adult tells the kids to do CPR. Sadly, this is so typical when it comes to child welfare, across the board. The agencies, foster parents, real parents, they all get away with abuse and murder.
@@RatKingKitKat How were any of the things stated not obvious? It is the job of the placement agency to do their due diligence and take care of these kids. Enough was already, provably known that this never should have even come close to happening. A lot of people were negligent and apathetic for this to take place. I agree that this is overall an incredibly sad situation, but entirely preventable. People are directly at fault for this.
It is so wrong for foster parents and adoptive parents to not be briefed fully about the children's backgrounds and support needs. To not do so is grossly irresponsible and unfair to children and adults alike.
@@worldsend69 I speak from professional experience working with two such children as teenagers. Their upbringing would have been so much better supported had their adoptive parents known about the circumstances in which they were found. Their subsequent behaviour as they grew would have been better understood and they could all have had the requisite support whilst they were still very young. The wrong call was made with the best of intentions because it was not understood how early in their lives a child can be lasting traumatised.
They was talking about the poor little bugger who was bludgeoned to death with a bricks behaviour not the 17 year old wet fart that should've been bloody working in a job, for crying out loud id had my first child just turned 18 and by 19 trying to start be own roofing business...
Social workers very often do not know the child's history or support needs. They frequently have to place children without even being certain of very obvious things like specific ages when it's an emergency or short notice placement. They'll just get a call from authorities that a child(or children) needs to go somewhere, a brief description of who they're placing, and maybe circumstances of why they're being placed. It's not that uncommon for kids to enter the foster system with absolutely nothing - not even a tooth brush and pajamas. Kids don't usually become foster children in transparent, voluntary ways from parents ready and willing to disclose everything they know. Sometimes foster families are able to get a ton of info or are even able to talk with previous foster families which is great, but it's not really realistic for everyone to be able to get all of that every time.
What I find really interesting is that two unrelated kids with an 11 year age difference were allowed to play together unsupervised. My understanding is that foster children *cannot* babysit other children in the home and that children under six have very strict supervision requirements.
They do get briefed on the needs but the personal side is not their concern and a lot of the time, it's an ongoing criminal case
It said they where specialized foster parents they likely had them for that very reason… I don’t think people listen clearly lol.
They wrote a book about something like this. It was called: Of Mice and Men.
Basically, there's an adult character named George whose huge and strong, but has the mentality of a 7 year old.
A woman tried to bang him and he ended up hurting her because he didn't know his own strength. She started screaming and he wanted her to be quiet so he didn't get in trouble so he shook her and snapped her neck.
This is pretty much the exact same thing. The 17 year old is way bigger and stronger than the 5 year old but they both have the same mentality. They probably got into a fight but the 17 year old not being able to control his emotions, because of his developmental delays, ends up brutalizing the 5 year old. He doesn't admit to it because he doesn't want to get in trouble. He knows what he did was wrong, but he'll forever be a kid that doesn't know any better.
Curley's wife never tried to bang Lenny, I think you're misremembering.
He wanted to touch her hair and she let him because she understood that it was a childlike curiosity of his to be interested in the texture of her hair similar to the animals on the ranch, that's when he got over-stimulated and ended up tugging on her hair and breaking her neck.
bro i think everyone knows what mice and men is lol
He knows wtf he did is wrong !!!
@@AtouchofCHARM yes, but he only knows it's wrong to the extent that a 7 year old knows that taking a cookie without permission is wrong. There's no difference here. He's developmentaly challenged. Prison would not reform him or be of any value to society.
@@defaultname7685I didn't lol
I worked in a day care in the 2-year-old classroom for about a year. There was a child named Cody who always came in dirty, with a soiled (obviously overnight) diaper. This was almost 20 years ago. I think about that child sometimes, and wonder what ever became of him. He was obviously a burden to his mother and never seemed well cared for.
The same Cody??
@@jacobc8019. probably not, but i can see what she was trying to explain.
Hopefully you called social services and helped to have that child removed
I wasn’t cared for by my mother well. Neglected. Abandoned. Spent years homeless.
I’m a millionaire now. Idk if that helps. We all have different experiences.
I’ve noticed the difference between insanity and genius, is success.
Stay safe 🖤
Hopefully the child was given to foster parents...wait a minute...
Sadly, this was entirely preventable since everybody knew how impaired Cody was. Poor judgment to leave him w/out proper supervision with a challenging 5-year-old.
These kids should have not been left without adult supervision.
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@@ayomidel Even if a parent was there, nothing would of probley been different ...the child was found face down in the water, with his head battered, it seems as if it was a normal for the boys to be unsupervised while playing on the property, ( ravine) the child was deceased , at that moment...the only thing that may of prevented this was if Cody was treated by a therapist, however he may of never of shown violent behaviors prior to this tragic event...every one became complacent over the years...he certainly at this point, ( only part way Thur this film) he seems not mentally fit or aware of his actions?
Big shout out to the narrator. You are a work-a-holic. You break these stories down so well, eloquently and clearly.
He got that million dollar voice
His name is Russell Archy.I’m pretty sure he does a lot of work on other channels as well.
I was always told it was an AI voice!
It’s an AI voice…lol
WE CALL IT....THE......RAV3N....! HE IS A DEMON.....
I take that back. I don't blame the parents at all. Honestly, I don't feel it's really anyone's fault. This kid literally lives in a fantasy world. It's not his fault. But at the same time it is. It's a deeper understanding.
Cps and the parents shouldn’t have ever allowed a child like Cody to be around younger, defenceless kids. Esp not a small child like Dominic. Their negligence allowed Cody to beat a child to death.
How is it no one’s fault? There were many mistakes made that could’ve avoided this tragic incident. Who made those mistakes?
I feel for the victim. He was just an innocent child.. little more than a baby, really. I feel for Cody too. I have mental health issues myself. It's rough for a grown man like me, let alone a kid with the mental age of a seven year old. But I DO put some of the blame on the parents. Cody clearly shouldn't have been left alone to care for the youngster. They probably torture themselves over that fact every day.
I'm doing a psychology project on this case, & it is beyond upsetting. This had to be so hard on the family, everywhere I look online I see more evidence & this case isn't talked about enough. How there were signs that Cody had symptoms of schizophrenia & behavior issues. I plead for this family even now I am invested in this case.
Yeah there is history in his past of hallucinations, so now im wondering IF cody WAS actually hallucinating during this.
good luck w ur project!
It’s crazy how CPS did an abysmal job of placing a dangerous psychotic with a vulnerable family. They should have done a proper job of assessing Cody, he belonged in an institution where he could be properly treated and monitored.
You plead for a family that knowingly let someone who has the mental capacity of a 6 year old in a teenagers body run around unattended with another little one who also has behavioral issues? Yeah go ahead man. This case is fucked up for more than just "oh the poor family" how about poor dead kid? Or someone who belongs in a nut house being explained pointlessly why what they did was wrong and how prison and just punishment that they will definitely understand and won't make them more dangerous to other inmates doing time for non violent offenses.
@@ALT-vz3jnI agree. Sad for everyone involved, Cody included. This could have been avoided
This young girl is so articulate. I am impressed and hope she goes far in life. Such a sad tragic and violent crime my heart goes out to the victim and the twins.
She did! She used to have a youtube true crime channel.
I was thinking the same thing what a well spoke , obviously educated, young lady! Such a shame.
Having a KRplus channel is making it far in life? Oh oh next tell me that only fans is a real job.
@@707tgreennorcal7 You're projecting your insecurities too much
@@707tgreennorcal7You must be a fun person to be around, pfffffff
I was a socially regressed special education student at age seventeen, with a lot of autistic hyperphantasia (unusual imagination). I still knew not to do wrong, monstrous things.
EDIT: This is merely an anecdote of my personal experience. Too many replies are imagining assertions about similarity, meritocracy, policy, mental health, criminality and redemption that are not contained in these words.
Thank you for Chocolate Rain, that song is still a banger
Autistic Hyperphantasia? I prefer the term "Chocolate Brain" myself.
Okay well you're not him.
@@LiamShaer7 He's not him, but he is Him.
Because you have never made nothing doesn't mean others will be the same. Stop comparing when each case is different.
My mother kept foster kids for years, some with behavioral issues, the little boy had only been there for a few weeks when this happened, one thing I remember is how attention starved some of the kids placed with us were. One little boy in particular didn’t like my mom interacting with babies, I think with Cody’s child like behavior he saw Dominic as competition and thought he was being replaced. As a rule older kids have no business being left alone with younger kids especially since foster dad says he's pathological liar.
I thought this even in the first minute. He saw him as a threat
so sad that the whole family recognized his mental incapacitation and did nothing. just shocking and so sad
Just from watching his interviews, i immediately could tell that Cody did not have the mental capacity of a 17 yo and more like a 6/7 yo kid. Sad how mom and dad tried to care for foster kids and show love but they were very irresponsible with this five year old and clearly should’ve known Cody didn’t belong around other kids unsupervised.
It really is obvious. His lies make no sense. A normal 17 y/o would be able to make up lies that are believable, at least on a surface level until he's confronted with evidence. Like at least a "i don't know where he went, I don't know what happened" or smth. His theory of someone in big Harry Potter cloaks and footprints, or even his first nonsense story of the child hitting himself with a brick, they're the kind of lies you make up as a child. I told my parents super similar lies about who scratched symbols into our car when I was like 7. Just wild theories that make no actual sense.
Where was the supervision fostering gainfully employed?
Yes I can definitely tell by his speaking that he was on the spectrum
I was shocked when they said he was 17!
To be fair the older daughter was supposed to be watching them and buzzed off to read a book.
I genuinely feel like Cody belonged in a different environment, possibly in an institution. He's not well, and while it's obvious that he lies at times, he sounds more like a seven year old than a seventeen year old.
I think so, as well.
He needed intensive learning and care management, that most foster environments would not be able to provide.
Incredibly sad story, though the parents seem to have provided the other needs well.
@@fairenough7984 Yeah he needed to be in some sort of facility where the caregivers are trained & capable of treating and handling him with his condition, and who are able to always have someone supervising him at all times. And also just able to handle him physically when he would get physical. I mean the foster mom had to have gotten hurt herself when she would have to resort to physically restraining him during his like aggressive temper tantrums with him physically like a full grown adult.
I AM NOW THE ALPHA!
For some reason I'm not even sure if I can blame Cody, he seems like a normal teenager trapped inside a childish brain, I can believe he wasnt fully aware of the severity of his actions when he was doing it, maybe stuck inside this illusion with goblins and stuff, and then got really really scared about what he had done and just tried do save his butt the best he could. I dunno, its like in a wierd way it could've been any of us trapped inside of a child-like brain and a victim of being uncapable of discerning reality from fantasy, or fooling around from bashing someone to death, and lashing out 6year old temper tantrum with the strenght of a 17year old
having said that, I'm not saying to release him, we cant have people like Cody walking around who might just smash his own kid foster-brother just because
@@fairenough7984 Yeah, except for the neglect and death, the foster parents were ok. :-/
He no longer seems upset he doesn’t have the capacity to get this is permanent.
Shawn, your interviewing skills are ao damn good!!! I felt this one a ton. Such bad ass stuff man. You git something real special going on.
My oldest daughter is special needs and we had to put her in an assisted living facility recently because shes violent towards little kids. Shes 24, my youngest son is 6. Its tough but ya gotta be honest with yourself about your children and what they are capable of. That boy Cody should have never been trusted with children. 😢
You are absolutely correct Why in the world were these kids left without adult supervision?
Painful it may be, you did the right thing.
im sorry you have to go through that but im glad you noticed it and took action and avoided tragedy like this :/
Sorry for the decision that you were forced to make. Peace to you.
That seems like such a difficult hand to be dealt. Hope your daughter is happy at her facility and she's being well taken care of. All the best vibes yours and your family's way.
With Cody's mental health issues going unchecked, it seems like it was inevitable that something bad was going to happen. Sad for everyone. Even Cody.
While they're saying they couldn't have known something bad would happen. I believe they could have, they knew how he behaved, so why let him look after a 5 yr. old? Very messy..
@@baronsaturday9560yup… they even specified that Cody WAS in fact violent, just that the violence was restricted to temper tantrums and the like
@@baronsaturday9560 wasnt the little girl reading a book the one "in charge"? Not that it helps a lot
@@baronsaturday9560 And the whole fam shows up to support the lazy, careless foster mom
These foster parents caused this chain of events, they knew he was abusing animals. Yet left him alone with a 5 year old.
Trash just wants a check.
I knew a kid who talked like him in high school, he got bullied and he reacted like this alot....he ended up having a schizophrenic episode and killed an older couple in their van going 120mph. His reason was his dog told him someone was trying to kill him, and that he could squeeze the car between the car and a MAC truck
The patience and self-control of the interviewers is admirable.
I work with adults like Cody, in a forensic max security hospital. From what I've seen, most individuals like Cody have significant histories of severe abuse and trauma in their lives, especially in their early childhood. It's no doubt Cody will likely be found psychologically incompetent to stand trial, and will very likely end up in a facility just like my workplace. That's unfortunately the only sort of place that could ever keep individuals like Cody safe from hurting others (& often themselves as well.) To even be around people like him, all staff are required to complete regular/rigorous safety training procedures, including how to implement nonviolent restraints to violent individuals - which is to say, it takes a LOT of work/knowledge/experience to even be considered remotely capable of fulfilling a care-giving role towards individuals like Cody. To think that HE was tasked with being a caregiver to another child is simply inconceivable. This is all around a devastating case and I pray that all parties find the peace they deserve.
This should be higher up.
My nephew is like Cody, but he is 12. My parents have custody, because my brother & his wife lost their rights and then my brother ended up dying. Anyways my nephew had a brain injury when he was a toddler and he is still like 5 years old & he’s very aggressive. He hits my 71 year old mother in her head and punches her in the stomach. He hurts animals. He’s scared of everything too. He won’t go swimming, because of the bugs in the pool etc. He was recently kicked out of school for being aggressive in school too to the other kids. My parents have a hard time and the state doesn’t offer much help. The drs aren’t very helpful either. Well recently my niece & nephew had an opportunity to go with their mom for a visit and possibly move back with her if she passed her drug screens, but when she took both kids, she ended taking both kids back and didn’t call again for a month. When she finally called, she admitted that she only wanted my niece to come back and didn’t want my nephew. I’m worried he’s going to hurt my parents when he gets a little older, I told my parents that he needs to go to a mental hospital, but they tried before and he wasn’t able to go. It’s crazy, because I see so much of the way Cody is compared to my nephew and how scary it can be, but I also know my nephew is a loving and kind boy too. It’s like with brain injuries, something switches in their brains and he flips out. I feel bad for him, because I know where he’s come from to the conditions he lives in now. It’s like night & day. I feel bad for my parents, because they’re old, but sometimes they feel so helpless when it comes to getting him the proper treatment or drs to help. Anyway, I wish the state offered better treatment facilities for care for kids with these conditions, but unfortunately it’s basically long term care or short term care. Sorry this is so long btw.
I hope he does end up in a place like you work at. He doesn't deserve prison he's clearly mentally ill and reminds me of a 7 year old stuck in an adults body.
This was 10 years ago. you can see 9/1/2013 in the upper left when interviewing the father at least if not more of the family members.
Then what do we do? If these people can only "live a life" heavily sedated on a myriad of drugs and is never going to be safe left alone other people, why do we keep him and others just like him around? What is the benefit besides employing the people who run the facilities?
My wife has worked for children’s services for over a decade. You cannot imagine the insanity, frustration and hell that foster care can be. Sometimes it’s the evil children, sometimes it’s the evil parents and sometimes it’s the evil foster “parents”. It gets extremely dark.
All that overtime she has been claiming has really been at Jamal and Jerome's pad.
@@ramrodbldm9876 Ìf thats your take after watching this video there is no hope left for you
@@metagen77 I don’t necessarily agree, but that is oftentimes MY reply to someone else who I strongly disagree with about something important..lol
@@ramrodbldm9876 quit self projecting, sorry that happened to you.
you forgot to mention most time it is the horrible child protection agancies.
EWU I’m not sure how I missed this video but it was enthralling to say the least. You did an outstanding job covering this heartbreaking story. I’ve said it many times before but you guys are by far the best true crime channel, period. Thank you so much!
This boy is Lenny from of mice and men. "Tell me about the farm again. "
Cody is deeply sick in the head but that honestly makes me feel sorry for him. Hearing about how his mom did meth while pregnant, growing up in an abusive household, and being in foster care, it's no wonder he turned out the way he did. He had all odds against him since before he was born. Someone who goes through that doesn't just turn out normal. What a poor, sick kid.
i feel sorry for you for feeling sorry for them.
@@teeonezee Eh, we're all born innocent. Those who harm others need to be punished or restrained but bad circumstances and environments obviously twist people into the worst and/or most damaged versions of themselves.
Mourn the loss of what could've been.
@teeonezee you can have empathy for what got this kid to this point of mental instability while still holding him accountable for his actions. This kid had the decks stacked against him and unfortunately no one helped him before it was too late.
@@lostsurferjames5exactly 2 things can be right at the same time you can have empathy for the trauma he endured as an innocent child while also feeling sick and wanting accountability held up for the innocent child he took away...both sides are true and it's ok to feel this way, honestly it just makes you an extremely empathetic human 🥰
@@Greyscale11You never know….some can just be born bad.
This is just...horrible. There are no winners here, no 'justice' is served.
- A developmentally disabled individual doesn't even realize what's going on, and is incapable of understanding that he's done something horrible.
- A family is shattered and left to pick up the pieces.
- A bright young boy's life is snuffed out in mere moments over something completely inconsequential.
I hate everything about this case, you can't feel any sort of satisfaction or closure. It's just horrible.
Bro that’s every murder….
@@libertariansasquatch not really
@@libertariansasquatchyeah, some murders actually happened for the best
@@libertariansasquatch Bro stfu he killed his brother and was fount not guilty so curp it down with your idiotic wisdom.
He knew what he did was wrong. He tried to lie about it. Developmentally disabled doesn’t mean you’re a vegetable and have no clue what is happening around you and you don’t have any concept of consequences.
I am technically developmentally disabled. I understand all those things. Unless you’re severely disabled they’re not hard concepts. You clearly don’t understand mentally disabled people, you shouldn’t talk about things you don’t know about.
There's clearly something wrong with that child and that poor little boy had been through enough and should never have been left alone with him. Some of the strangest Behavior I've ever seen and I've been around many many kids with different types of diagnosis. I've never seen anything like this.
My son has Smith Magenis Syndrome, autism, & ADHD. I was very open about my son’s disabilities with school and kids in his class but they wouldn’t share about other kids disabilities in classes. This made things harder for other kids & teachers to know how to work with kids. Smith Magenis Syndrome is a deletion of chromosome 17.2 & all of them who have this have severe behavioral issues. My son is a little less dude to fact his aunts and uncles are years apart from him so he had to learn to get along in my big family. I couldn’t imagine how hard it is for parents or parent who don’t have a big family
Why would you leave a 5 year old with a 17 year old that isn't cognitively functioning properly?
They didn't
This is horrifying. Cody never should have been alone with anyone he could overpower including animals. I genuinely believe that the foster parents didn't mean for any of this to happen but that's still negligent and it really just all around sucks.
Thanks Captain Hindsight!!
@@usmctwin61smartass comments are cool and edgy even edgier when a five year old is dead🤦
@@usmctwin61
Yes..I do believe you are Gomer Pyles twin. I see the resemblance
Not every kid deserves a family......
RiseQuartz2 It is easier to blame the parents than to accept what a child is capable of. In the world today, kids spend their days playing video games, in their house, alone, interacting with friends online instead of in person. Most parents are at work, and expect their kids to come straight home, not to leave the house or let anyone inside. This is the world for most kids today. Are the kids neglected?
I grew up before Internet and before “latchkey kids”. Most moms didn’t have full time jobs or careers. They were home when the kids came home from school. We had our after school snack then we went outside to play with our friends, unsupervised, until supper. We’re we neglected? Should our parents be blamed for what we did?
We can always find someone to blame. That’s easy. Much easier than holding someone accountable for their actions, even when it is a minor.
Neglect is not allowing your older children to be home alone, on the family’s 20 acres with grandparents and aunts and uncles who have homes on the same property, all within a few 100 feet. These kids were not neglected. Cody had never shown any signs of harming others. But when you blame the parents of neglect, do realize the harm your causing the family? Blame is nothing more than finding the easiest answer with the least amount of effort. We could blame your parents for not teaching you how wrong it is to accuse someone of something based on nothing but your opinion. False accusations ruin lives of innocent people everyday. Do you want to be blamed for ruining the lives of innocent people? If not, then stop and think before you beginning looking for someone to blame. We are all responsible for our own behavior. I can’t blame my mom for the things I do. I know right from wrong. Cody knew right from wrong. Cody showed no signs that he was capable of murder. He was mentally challenged, but so are many people, who are also not showing signs of being capable of murder. Should their parents supervise their every move 24/7 ? At what age should the parents stop supervising them? When is it safe for the parent to go get ice cream without leaving their children at their house with relatives on the property?
Don’t be that person that recklessly ruins lives with blame.
This is sad. Mental illness/disability is everywhere and yet, people are still learning about it today because it used to not be taken as seriously and was easily dismissed. Even these days, it still isnt great. Cody needed some seriously close attention and care to make sure his lack of mental development didnt result in something like this. There is no cure, but there are schools dedicated to kids like this to help them break habits and correct their behavior when reacting to a situation. So sad.
This is one that would be good for an update on Cody mental state and diagnosis.
Who TF let’s a teen who acts like this be with a 5 yr old unsupervised? He’s obviously got problems, so let’s give him a 5 yr old foster kid to mess with.
You're judging in hindsight, my friend. You make complete sense. It's just so hard unless you're there.
@@GirlMommaSeems like a fair observation to me. He has the mind of a child and was left in charge of a 12 year old and a 5 year old.
they give people with prior child abuse charges, junkies, pedos, and predators foster kids so im not surprised by this.
@@GhastlyCretin85you're Right. Exactly my thoughts. 😔
@@GhastlyCretin85 I'd almost want to say it was adults in charge of him who are at fault. He's obviously much less of an age than he presents. I just don't think we'd ever want to think any of our children could do something like this. Our minds really don't go there in day-to-day life. Just my opinion.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate these two that interrogated Cody who did a very damn good job and didn't just lose it or treated him like he was a common criminal that was on their level mentally? Most cops and interrogators just don't care like the one case I just got done watching where a interrogator didn't believe the man setting in front of him was shot in the head and was faking his dizziness and lack of focus. These guys did a damn good job.
I watched that video too and It was so upsetting, but not even really that shocking. Hopefully these videos will make more interrogators act with integrity like the detective here.
That video is horrifying! Poor man 😢
That detective guy is stupid to the core
What vid is this
That detective who was interviewing the man who was shot in the face was more incompetent than Cody! I hope he’s on parking ticket duty forever.
Good audio with video. I wanted to hear this story, unfortunately we have to go through these stories all too often. Our family has been through murders and suicides. The outcome is how we all handle ourselves to find out what we're made of and what lessons we need to learn.
Love you breaking down basically how much the first officer just hated his job lol.
Rachel seems so mature and kind. This is so genuinely heartbreaking. Rest In Peace Dominic. You deserved a full life.
I think her parents also are/were good people who tried to the right thing. They seem like honest and genuine people. It's just a tragedy Cody was raised by evil people, prior to him entering their home.
She is totally unemotional, none whatsoever, not to mention she is calling Dominic, who she only knew for 2 weeks her brother. Something is off with this family.
@@bunjijumper5345what? Do you not see how long ago this case was? Rachel is speaking from muscle memory. She considered them both to be her brothers.
They weren't her brothers, she knew the boy for 2 weeks. She also knew that Cody was ABUSING the chickens. Everyone knows that there is a link between abusing animals and people. Someone who abuses animals should not be left with a 5 year old after 2 weeks, you are a disgusting piece of trash just like Rachel is and her entire family that only was in it for the money. @@ggrocklee.
This kid's playing us all for damn fools!
Knowing he could throw tantrums and be volatile, a 5 year old should have never been left with him. Look at his demeanor, would you trust a young child left with him?
I wouldn't leave any age child with a mentally disabled person...Their too unpredictable...
Good point... The foster parents should be punished for this
I think ppl forget that the sister was babysitting them at the time
@@unoriginalartist4223Of course they forget that. Because that's ridiculous. You don't put an 11 year old child in charge of caring for a much older, much more unstable person. It makes no sense & shouldn't have been considered in the first place. It's negligent at best.
@unoriginalartist4223 No, I don't think anyone forgot the foster parents left a _twelve year old_ to babtsit a kid with severe mental health issues with anger outbursts and another small, traumatized child. If you need a babysitter, _hire one._ If you can't afford one, maybe don't foster kids that need constant supervision
Listening to him speak is so reminiscent of my brother it's exhausting, thank GOD he never got the opportunity to hurt anyone
I like how they describe Cody as terrible unhinged teenager and they still thought it was smart to leave him alone with a 5 year old.
He sounds like he needed supervision. This was like leaving two 5 year olds together alone and just one is way taller and stronger and a little deranged. The adults of the family failed this little boy. His real parents gave him up and his new family allowed him to get killed. Very sad for this little boy.
Yeah and the foster mom and her teen daughters already knew the boy was most likely seriously injured and called 911 before they even found him. They knew Cody was capable of this and allowed him to babysit anyway
@@urFBIguythey said they saw blood all over Cody's face so ye you'd probably ring the police as that isn't normal.
*ALOT deranged. The kid instantly comes across as bat shit crazy and had been known to be violent in the past throwing chickens into the ravine just like he did with the 5 yr old.... I wouldn't have turned my back on him myself let alone left him alone with a 5 yr old who throws temper tantrums only supervised by a 12 yr old girl reading a book...
It is tragic AF, but I sincerely hope those parents never get to foster any more kids and it boggles my mind that cody wasn't placed in some sort of mental institute long ago...!
@@JokerInk-CustomBuildsas someone who has been through the foster system, I find that most people who foster (especially several children at the same time) are only doing it as an “easy” way to make money. It’s so sad to see something like this happen as these adults truly failed this poor child. Sending a known violent 17yo out to “play” with a 5yo because you don’t want to be bothered / have better things to do makes me furious. They should have been held accountable as well for their negligence. If you have to restrain a teenager from being violent towards others there is absolutely NO reason he should ever be left alone with a small child.
He needs to be given mental help and should have been placed in a proper institution . Incarcerating him will only further his mental decline and he will be a target for so much abuse by other inmates. The system is disgustingly damaged, and from end to end this case clearly exposes that.
@@lindz4166 Fully agree!
Considering the special needs theese kids must often have have, I find it very weird that it is even legal to foster more than one kid per family.... Somehow I also feel like if fosterparents have their own biological kids, those kids should be teens or at least older than the ones fostered...
I am just saying they are essentially bringing a kid that was known to be troublesome in some form or another into their family...
And like taking drugs, you have a hard time making sure how they end up affecting one another if you mix several different kinds at the same time.......
The fact that the mother had to pass away not long after dealing with such a horrible experience is heart breaking, she deserved to rest in peace
Sometimes heart break and stress reduces your life span
Unless she got into a car accident or something of that manner
She might of been really beating herself up about the accident, not eating right, sleeping right, or maybe even abusing drugs or alcohol heavily after this
See every little details matters
@@justaspy5605 She died in a motorcycle accident.
Why is that, she was guilty for what had happened, she deserved to be responsible for that
@@AellaWW That is not even close to a fair statement, and is slanderous at bare minimum
@@AellaWW that is absolutely absurd! The boy shouldn't have been left alone with even a dog, but how could she have known he would kill that baby? Hind sight is 20 20
Cody is so much like my son who is on the spectrum and has violent outbursts he isn’t aware of the severity, luckily that got better with therapies, this is one of the reasons my son needs supervision 24/7. I wonder why the parents left him alone with a 5 years old when they knew his issues.
I’d also like to know what meds he was on?
"Has violent outbursts he isn't aware of the severity"
Are you sure about that ?!
This case is just so sad at all levels.The fact that Dominic's death could have been prevented by the simple expedient of not leaving him in the sole care of Cody.Cody is basically described as being a budding psychopath,however,the circumstances of his birth coupled with his early home life is very sad also.
It was incredibly irresponsible to leave an 11 year old and 5 year old home alone with a special needs kid who is much stronger and older then them. How old was Cody ? 17 I think. Yet the 11 year old was meant to be the responsible one in that scenario..
Yeah, like, excuse me, you left an 11 year old child in charge of a 5 year old and a 17 year old with the mental ability of a 6 year old but still the body of a 17 year old. Kids do not have a proper understanding of death usually until around 10 years old so it is questionable if he understood death fully. His actions sound like that of a little kid.
@@ss.surprisebro kids have am accurate understanding of life, death, right and wrong before thetly are even 6 years old, 10 would be a tad late 😂
Yeah it was irresponsible. But the kid is still a killer and should be punished.
The parents should be charged also
@@jayjake36 nowhere in my comment did I say Cody shouldn’t be punished.
The crazy part to me is that they knew he was capable of losing his temper to the point that the daughter said he needed to be restrained so he didn’t hurt anyone… yet he was left alone with another child.
Right
And yet THEY go home and Cody's locked up. I think these people are disgusting.
I hate to be this person, but the unconditionally love of a foster parent can blind them sometimes. My brother is developmentally delayed and he did something similar. The people in charge of him all knew he had been violent in the past but never thought he would capable to do such a thing because he definitely had his sweet moments.
Yeah the whole thing is seems fked up. 2 small kids are so tired they opt out of getting ice cream so they stay home and play? Bs. It’s all bs! She didn’t want to take them all. The mom. And to leave them with Cody no no way. !!
@@RogerLewis-ey2ttI’m sure if they could have foreseen.they wouldn’t have … that someone would kill someone is totally foreign to think
I went to school at Rabiners and my sister goes there now. It's now called NCCS but this is absolutely insane, because I know one of the teachers who testified and she never mentioned this. What a strange small world
Having an interview from someone “involved” in the case is a really great addition to this tragedy. It gives another perspective and makes it feel more real..one of my fav vids so far!
This channel is at such a high caliber that no other on any media source tv included comes close to how good and well thought out thsse episodes are. Award winning
I subscribed because of statements like this. Thank you
Their choice of what to cover is epic.
I agree 👍
I'm not much of a media person
It had to be obvious that there was something not right with Cody and for the life of me I do not understand why they would leave him unsupervised with a small child any damn way! So you just leave the house to get ice cream, a five yr old's dream, and say he didn't want to go!? I find that hard as hell to believe! No, you just didn't want to take him! And then you think it's ok to leave your teenage daughter who then goes to chill and lay on the couch to read a book while mentally unstable Cody is outside with a small child. The negligence is apparent and the parents should be charged as well.
This kid is really creepy and the sister doesn't seem to understand that the whole family set that poor little boy up to get hurt
I think she’s just mature enough to take mental health into account and forgive any part she or her family “played”. Like I think he really had no I’ll intentions, I do think he was unable to regulate himself and shouldn’t have been unsupervised. This is my profession, some of my clients are amazing and so well off from daily support but who knows what impulsive thing could they do to ruin some crap if they didn’t have supports
@@karissamarielynn8995 agreed
Cody should have never been left unsupervised with Dominic. For all intents and purposes he was a seven year old trapped in a seventeen year old's body, of course hindsight is twenty-twenty though. This whole case is an unbelievable tragedy. My heart breaks for everyone involved. The two main detectives were absolutely amazing. They didn't let their temper get the best of them and talked to Cody in the correct tone of voice. Rachel is a superstar. During her interrogation I kept forgetting she was only thirteen. She was just so articulate, mature and sophisticated. The whole family is so incredibly strong. I pray for all involved in this case. RIP Dominic. 🌹✝︎✨🕊🖤
When I was 7 my brother, 10, used to drive me to the city on a bike to go to church and then arcades. I can assure you my parents were the most protective ones, but I was the last of 5.
When you start having many children you realize how autonomous they are. Preteens used to leave home to play after lunch and come back with the dark, that's was normal life, and I can assume in the countryside is still like that.
Well said, i see it the same way.
R.I.P. lil man ur loved ❤️😍 an missed dearly 😞😢 Prayers for the family 🙏🙏🙏
The older daughter is a very intelligent young woman. She has a lot of insight and plays it out on a person's behavior. I wish her well and hope society can bring her into public mental health. She will help others to understand others and themselves. This was an engrossing video! Thanks...
she completely lacks emotion while recalling a horrible incident. Curious.
@@coastandclouds3433 Get over yourself
@@coastandclouds3433 She's probably recounted it hundreds, if not thousands of times. There has been plenty of time to process it. There is nothing unusual there.
@@coastandclouds3433i thought it was unusual also but now i realize she's much older. She says she was 11 and now she looks to have a tattoo so I'm guessing she's quite a bit older now.
@@durapokerI'd guess she's close to 30 in that video, or at least 26+. They said she's a medic in the military. It'd take time to get through boot camp, schooling, etc.
This is heavy. My heart goes out to everyone involved 😢
I know this is only a small snippet of the case, but fact that Rachel suggested that she look down the ravine to look for Domanic is just so sad and it was so mature of her.
Man this girl is extremely well spoken & mature, i commend her for being able to talk about this & to have been able to speak to the cops so well at the time it happened. God bless this family & help them to heal after such a horrible tragedy! R.I.P. little Dominic!
I'm really impressed with her ,very intelligent young girl
I worked in HR and had a lot of job interviews. She definitely has over-average structured conversational skills. Great.
God bless this family? They left children with a kid who had an obvious mental incapacity ? They are culpable in this crime.
She knew him. Yet she left a five year old child with him.
@brendanvynyl2801 maybe not the parents but i doubt the sisters knew of what he could do. The kid is messed up in the head for sure. The mom definitely knew he was capable of outbursts but even she probably didnt know he could kill, however should have never left him alone.
I think he rough housed a little too hard, knew he would get into trouble and drowned him thinking that would make it all go away. It is apparent he has cognitive issues, and is impulsive with violence, but he is also an incredible liar who knew what he did was wrong. He will and should be supervised for the rest of his life,and sadly with drug addiction rampant like it is, there will be more children like him in the future.
He won't be supervised for the rest of his life. He'll wind up homeless, addicted to meth and fentanyl on the streets of San Francisco taking runny shits in your aunt's driveway.
Stfu u know nothing about addiction,how the drugs effect the body and just need to find a way to insert ur hate into every conversation u can
i completely agree, i believe he was triggered and lost control killing the child, i believe he knew what he was wrong, he lied about it....idk about the drowning part..he beat that little boy so hard with that brick...and then imo tried to drown him...i think he deserved life in prison....or to be found guilty...yet i dont know if prison would be the place for him, but he should've been found guilty
Well said
Bad liar
This is really good. Can you make the captions bigger, please?
Wow, this is an impeccably well made video! Fantastic analysis and commentary. Really good. Terribly sad of course… but extremely interesting nonetheless.
Sounds like the twins were being parentified, having to look after their parents' foster kids all the time. They should not have been left in charge, being that they were 12 years old at the time. They easily could have been hurt by Cody/other children or overwhelmed by an emergency. As someone who was watched by my older siblings who were not responsible, and was abused by them, this is a hill I will die on: kids should not watch kids. This is a job for adults.
By the nature of how it was run, with the parents bringing in kids that needed a lot of special attention but pushing some of that responsibility off to their other children, a tragedy in this house seemed inevitable.
I don't know if Cody necessarily has psychosis, it sounds more like he's drawing from his memories of the books he's read and stuff he's seen on tv/games to embellish and construct new stories. Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Wreck it Ralph, Skylanders, etc. His goblin defense sounds like another lie cooked up by combining aspects of his favorite media, probably with the aid of his lawyer's coaching.
I absolutely agree with you. My sister and I were given entirely too much responsibility over the foster children. It's too bad my parents didn't know any better, but that's just it. They didn't know.
Yep. I was literally taken out of high school as a teenager and “homeschooled” - I was doing bs courses on the computer that I eventually gave up on - because my parents needed childcare for my 3 year old brother and my infant twin brothers. They basically saw me as a mother and I literally had no life until I moved out at 17. It was extremely stressful and I was incredibly depressed and still don’t speak to my parents to this day.
@@lonesomebeetroot3376that's so messed up, I'm so sorry that happened to you. All children deserve a childhood. It's so tiring/stressful just caring for one small child let alone three, it would be impossible to focus on studies in that situation even for a well-paid nanny.
That was my first thought. Who lets a psychotic 17 year old and a 12 year old alone with a 5 year old. The parents should have been charged harshly.
I have to agree with you on this one. A 12 year old girl should not have been left in charge of two kids with mental/behavioral problems that way.
Cody really reminds me of the "I'm going to release my bipolar" dude. By the way he talks with the police. I'm pretty confident he is lying on the stand but I don't think that he is doing that to deceive ppl, but as EWU mentioned, to get out of a bad situation as his defence mechanism. Therefore I believe that he truly doesn't belong to jail but to a mental hospital where he can get proper treatment and can't hurt anyone.
I was thinking the same thing!
Yoo i just said that
@@meanmycat Don't be an arse. The kid was ABUSED as a child. His mom was a drug addict. It's not his fault he had such a difficult beginning.
@@essandera9499it's definitely his fault. Stop excusing these demons
you take a life your life should be over immediately by default, doesnt matter the circumstance or age or anything , take the kid outside the court house and put him down, guarantee it wouldnt be as cruel as being beaten to death with a brick
This case is just so depressing. I feel so terrible for these kids that have to go through this.
This young woman is an excellent story teller!
I was thinking that same thing ...
Yes she's very well spoken and genuine
Ya know......even when she was a child, she had that skill. Hmmm..... I see where you're going. Agreed.
I noticed that as well, she should become an author
@@TikkaT3xWhy do people like you always assume the worst in people you don't even know??
Thank you, Rachel for the candid and brave interview!
The investigators are really good in this one. You can tell they have great experience and training on investigating tactics.
It makes me so sad that the family clearly wanted to help children but would bring small children into a home with someone who they've said hurt their animals and was extremely volatile. It's really heartbreaking that a cps agent was likely aware of this and still placed the little boy there.
We've had alot of cases with cps where it went to Supreme Court cause children were taken when they should have never been removed from their home and the children were placed in sometimes worse homes. I had a friend who fought for ten years before it reached Supreme Court and it was found in almost every case the "evidence" for why the kids were removed was "lost". It took years of telling her she can legally record and not to tell them before she did and none of her recordings matched up with their case notes. This is in a different area of the state of Iowa, but none the less the same state as where this happened.
When I say we need our cps reformed, it's an understatement.
He was just a little boy, put into foster care and then killed so horribly. It's just so heartbreaking. He never had a chance at life and love and happiness. These particular cases just make me so mad! As a society we NEED to do better by our children.
We are human. It will never happen.
There is no we. No our. Sorry. There just isn't. So go ahead and be mad. It will have exactly as much effect on strangers as being sad will be. It's definitely easier than giving a home to a seriously disabled kid.
@amarissimus29 do you often defecate from your mouth?
This is what happens when a bleeding heart society gets rid of facilities for obvious disturbed children to "integrate them into society" I mean what are we as a society trying to accomplish!!!!! At 17 he is obviously not functional
@@BrainScramblies They're pointing out that people only go so far as to merely feel sad/angry about real societal problems, but don't actually care enough to take action and do something about it. I wish it wasn't true.
Just listening to him talk would've been enough for most people to realize that he required about as much supervision as the 5-year-old kid he was left to care for.
I've watched a lot of these, most at this point. I think this is the first one where I've started tearing up and I'm not even 15min in. Just a heartbreaking story all around
Heartbreaking for everyone, even us.
I hope they all find some peace.
I've worked with middle and high schoolers the same emotional age as Cody, many of whom were personable and fun kids, but definitely violent in certain situations with moods that could flip like a switch. They were escorted everywhere, even to the bathroom. When they were outside for recess we tried to have a 1:1 ratio of staff to students but still had highly trained security staff to call in case a student needed to be physically restrained for harming themselves, others, or destruction of property- usually it was others. All staff were trained and tested consistently on nonviolent restraint (we went to actual classes from different programs and became formally certified every year, idk what this kid's guardian was doing) and other emergency procedures, and we had even more certifications from a million different first aid/medical programs. This is the bare minimum to work with kids like Cody. The fact that they let this kid out of the house unsupervised is mind-boggling, but allowing him to watch another, younger, smaller child is BEYOND.
I wouldn't want someone named supertittays watching me mentally ill child honestly.
Families aren't facilities, the blame is on state and his birth mother.
Cause your didn't live with him for 4 years, they did.
Yea CPI training is used on these types of kids. Their functioning level is way to low to integrate them around other children on our behavioral unit. They need constant redirection so they usually have a 1:1 CO
I despised those kids growing up and still do, the vast majority of them are ticking time bombs and scum. In NYC as a kid, they'd have em at the last floor in different classes in elementary and middle school. I'd see how they behave and how some even interacted with me, never understood then and don't understand now how they're allowed to be in the general public. Even if they didn't have developmental issues, they would be the same, except with more self control.
@@punishedfyou don't leave a normal 7 year old alone.. let alone someone with with his issues... them living for 4 years don't change the fact he was not givin the care he needed
the mom talking about Dominic broke me, the story about how he stood in the corner and said "im sorry julie" made me burst into tears, such an innocent kid who didnt deserve this