On July 17, 2022, two staffers at Louisville’s Brooklawn foster care psychiatric treatment facility had 7-year-old Ja’Ceon Terry in a physical restraint, with one holding his legs out straight and another pushing against his back until his nose almost touched the floor. They held Ja’Ceon until he vomited and lost consciousness. The coroner ruled the death a homicide.
This Wednesday, nearly four years later, Louisville prosecutors announced second degree manslaughter charges against those two staffers – Deborah Francis and Jillian Parks – as well as Amanda Whitlow, who had been helping to restrain him earlier. The charges are felonies, and carry five to ten years of jail time.
All three had bond set at $15,000 cash, and will be arraigned on Monday morning…