Foster child, 10, is found dead minutes after asking neighbor to adopt him to save him from abusive mom who is now charged with murder

A 10-year-old foster kid was recovered dormant conscionable minutes aft asking a neighbour to adopt him and prevention him from his abusive foster mother.

Indiana officials opportunity Dakota Levi Stevens ran to his neighbor's location connected April 25, telling nan homeowner that his foster parents deed him and wouldn't fto him speak to his caseworker.

But his foster mother, Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, recovered him speaking to nan neighbour conscionable a fewer minutes later and forced Stevens to get into her car and drove him backmost to her house, according to court documents obtained by nan Kansas City Star.

The 340-pound female past allegedly proceeded to laic connected apical of nan kid for astatine slightest 7 minutes until he stopped breathing.

A warrant is now retired for Wilson's arrest, charging her pinch reckless homicide successful nan boy's death. 

Dakota was pronounced dormant astatine a South Bend infirmary 2 days later, and an autopsy wished he suffered organ and soft insubstantial damage, liver and lung hemorrhaging and different injuries, CBS News reports.

The St. Joseph County Coroner's Office has since ruled Stevens' decease a homicide, reporting that he died of mechanical asphyxiation.

Prosecutors opportunity Wilson and her hubby were fresh to relinquish their foster licence because their 3 different children - erstwhile foster children whom they've adopted - were older and they wanted to travel.

But they agreed to return Stevens successful because they had provided respite attraction for him 2 years prior.

Stevens' biologic family told nan Chicago Tribune he and his younger sister were removed from their biologic parents' location because of their parents' reported supplier usage erstwhile Dakota was conscionable 5 years old.

His begetter died, and their mother yet relinquished her parental rights.

Dakota's sister was later adopted, while Dakota bounced betwixt family members, foster homes and a intelligence wellness attraction installation earlier he was sent to unrecorded pinch Wilson again successful early April.

She has since claimed that nan boy had 'verbal and beingness aggression issues.' 

Wilson told constabulary that Stevens woke up connected April 25 agitated aft being told not to tally successful nan location while playing Nerf guns pinch nan different children, according to CBS News.

She said she past told Dakota and nan different children they could spell extracurricular to play aft they vanished their chores, but Stevens refused and stormed off.

At first, she said she planned to springiness him clip to cool off, but erstwhile she realized he was not successful nan backyard she sewage successful her car to way him down.

Wilson past recovered him talking to nan neighbor, who informed nan foster mother that nan boy asked her to telephone nan cops.

But Wilson later told constabulary she told nan neighbour to mind her ain business, according to tribunal documents.

She past reportedly forced Stevens to get into nan car pinch her and brought him backmost to her home.

At that point, Wilson claims he tried to tally away.

She told constabulary she did not retrieve whether she tackled nan boy aliases if they some fell to nan crushed 'however, her volition was to clasp him.'

For nan adjacent respective minutes, Wilson allegedly video chatted pinch Stevens' caseworker, who she said tried to calm nan boy complete nan telephone - though Stevens would 'flail and move around.'

Wilson besides had a speech pinch her hubby done their Ring doorbell camera arsenic she 'laid connected [Dakota's] midsection' adjacent nan driveway, tribunal documents say.

She allegedly told her hubby Stevens was having 'one of his days.' 

After respective minutes, Wilson sewage disconnected nan boy - telling constabulary she sewage retired of activity owed to her weight - and noticed Stevens was not moving.

She past told nan boy to get up and asked 'are you faking?' tribunal documents allege.

'She past rolled [Stevens] complete and it appeared his eyelids were pale,' nan tribunal documents say.

'She past began CPR and called 911.'

Deputies from nan Porter County Sheriff's Department arrived astatine nan location astatine astir 3:37pm for a study of an unconscious 10 twelvemonth aged who was not breathing, nan Chicago Tribune reports.

They past recovered Stevens connected nan crushed adjacent nan driveway, wherever personification was administering CPR.

Court documents opportunity Stevens was not conscious, not breathing and had nary beat astatine nan time, and an serviceman 'observed that nan juvenile had bruising [on] his little cervix and thorax area.'

A constabulary affidavit states Wilson was 'visibly distraught' erstwhile nan deputies arrived and told them that Stevens had conscionable tally distant to a neighbors' location but was still 'acting up' and threw himself connected nan ground, saying he was leaving.

'Wilson stated that she laid connected his midsection and called his caseworker,' nan affidavit states, according to nan Tribune.

'Wilson stated he yet stopped moving and she thought he was faking.'

'She advised that she laid connected him for astir 5 minutes.'

During nan ensuing investigation, constabulary obtained copies of Wilson's Ring footage, which they said began pinch her already lying crossed nan boy - adjacent his caput and neck.

Throughout nan 20-second video, Stevens was screaming, according to police.

He was 'still crying and screaming' successful nan adjacent 20-second video, and successful a 3rd Wilson could still beryllium seen connected apical of him - this clip adjacent his buttocks.

Stevens arms were supra his caput successful that video, and constabulary opportunity he 'does not move' for nan full six-minute, 48-second clip.

Meanwhile, Wilson could beryllium heard saying, 'I was laying connected him and he was acting bad.' 

Stevens was initially transported to Northwest Health Porter for treatment, earlier being airlifted to South Bend Memorial Hospital.

A expert astatine Northwest Health later told constabulary he had 'severe swelling successful his brain, which would beryllium accordant pinch deprived oxygen for an extended play of time.'

'He didn't merit this. He was amended than a batch of group here,' Nicole Rubalcava, Stevens' aunt, said astatine his backstage funeral, according to nan Tribune.

'Even if he battled this stuff, this kid's bosom genuinely was not made for this world,' she continued.

'He taught maine truthful much, he genuinely did, and I didn't deliberation a kid could thatch you worldly for illustration that.' 

Wilson's foster attraction licence was placed connected clasp while pending revocation and pending immoderate entreaty from her aft nan coroner ruled Stevens' decease was a homicide.

She had been licensed arsenic a foster genitor since 2017 and was successful bully opinionated earlier Stevens' death, 'having completed nan required training and acquisition required to execute and support licensure,' officials pinch nan Indiana Department of Child Services told nan Tribune. 

But her licence was yet revoked connected June 30.

Wilson is now facing a $20,000 bond, and Porter County Prosecutor Gary Germann told WGN he believes she will surrender wrong nan adjacent fewer days.

He added that he does not judge she is simply a formation risk.