Mom killed and Buried her Son in Backyard in Cleveland, Trail after Mother and Boyfriend pleaded Guilty
Cleveland, OH: A 5-year-old boy was killed at the hands of her own mother and her boyfriend in Cleveland. The couple then buried the dead son in their backyard. A wrongful death trial had been filed in this case.
On Friday, witnesses testified in the wrongful death trial concerning the tragic torture and death of a Cleveland kid, who was five years old and had developmental disabilities.
In 2017, Christopher Rodriguez and Jordan Rodriguez’s mother, Larissa, laid him to rest in the backyard of their Cleveland home on W. 80th Street. The pair had already admitted blame for the child’s torture and death.
Judge Brian Mooney of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas presides over the civil case trial.
Michelle Rodriguez is suing Catholic Charities for her nephew Jordan’s tragic death in her capacity as administrator of his estate. She claims to be acting in the best interests of Jordan’s siblings.
This is due to the fact that before his tragic demise, Catholic Charities contracted social worker Nancy Caraballo to oversee Jordan’s welfare.
Catholic Charities should have known about this terrible abuse, according to the plaintiff’s attorney Jay Paul Derataney. This is particularly true given the existence of abuse complaints and the fact that Caraballo, the social worker, was forging reports.
However, Catholic Charities’ legal team argues that Caraballo had no knowledge of Jordan’s illness and that the true culprits are Jordan’s mother and boyfriend.
Only Joan Hinkelman, senior director of family services for Catholic Charities, has taken the stand after five days and five of trial.
Derataney probed Hinkelman for an explanation as to why Caraballo’s supervisors failed to detect her pattern of falsifying records indicating that she had visited Jordan on multiple occasions.
Caraballo failed to disclose any instances of abuse and instead claimed that everything was OK.
When asked about the specifics of the case, Hinkelman insisted she couldn’t remember them.
Caraballo should have notified supervisors that something was seriously wrong, she confessed when questioned.
