She is on her way to a new home where she will be cared for and treated like the little girl she deserves to be. The family of the 13yearold moved her out of childrens oakland after a bitter legal battle. Good evening. Im ama dates. She has been on a ventilator since middecember when she was declared brain dead at Childrens Hospital. Tonight after a major legal battle, the family got what they wanted, the body of the 13yearold has been released. Abc7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana joins us with the latest. Serming yow . Ama, this has been unfolding in the last few hours, but it may not be the last chapter in this legal battle that stretched on for weeks. Let me show you video shot by her uncle. It is of the transport ambulance driving the 13yearold away from Childrens Hospital oakland. The family would not say where she is going, but they did say she will be at a care facility in less than 10 hours. The attorney said she does not from a trach or feeding tube and said she is in a delicat
Us. We were a little family. Heart broken and confused. 16yearold angelica says she has no idea why her son was harmed. She went to the bathroom leaving the two alone and says she never heard tajon cry. Two minutes later i come to a disgusting scene, disgusting. 18yearold Joshua Cooper told police he bit off tajons nose out of frustration because he couldnt get the baby to top crying, but angelica is not believing it. I didnt see no anger or stress that morning. He was up and play a wght baby. Third of tejons nose was severed. Doctors say if efforts fail he could possibly need graf skin grafts or a new nose. There is more to the story. He is also suffering from a Skull Fracture and brain hemorrhage and a week and a half ago doctors notified Child Protective Services for treating ta a jon for swelling or bruising to his face. An a gel caw denies angelica denies having anything to do with those injuries. He has one parent taken away from him. He deserves me in his life and god knows that
The victims were members of the union. We have Team Coverage on the developing story and we begin with abc7 News Reporter lilian kim with what we have learned about the victims. Lilian . Ama, both men are said to have had extensive experience. We are at the lake merritt bart station and these candles have been put here in their memory. Very dedicated, well loved, honorable. The senior track engineer worked at bart for nearly three years. He and a contractor were inspecting the tracks when a bart train on a routine maintenance front hit and killed them. He lived in hayward and leaves a wife and two grown children. The family is grieving. They are in a state of shock to put it mildly. The contractor has been identified as Larry Daniels from oakland. His family declined to comment, but we know the railroad Consulting Engineer had 30 years of experience. A senseless tragedy. Ridiculous. Absolutely preventable. Tonight bart employees at the lake merritt and bart station stood together in a
[ male announcer ] switch to uverse and add a wireless receiver today. Robbery and a young boy ran for help after his grandmothers mother was broken into. Im ama dates. It happened on the 1100 block of via doble. Sergio joins us live from the Concord Police station with the latest. Sergio . Reporter ama, right now police say they are trying to track down three men who forced their way into a womans home and then held her and her grandson at gun point. It happened around 3 30 according to a neighbor who called police. One of the men knocked on the womans door and then forced his way into her house. Two other men with guns ransacked the place. The womans grandson managed to get free and run for help. Her next door neighbor is senator mark desanye. They had guns and tied her up and then left. When concord pd came they had their weapons drawn and went through the house and made sure nobody was there, and that was that. Reporter the state senator says this is a safe neighborhood so he is su
I am not in the wrong. I will fight to bring home my baby. A mother is fighting for her child after a devastating attack. The boys own father accused of biting off a part of the childs nose. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama dates. Joshua cooper will be arraigned in Court Tomorrow on Child Cruelty charges. Today his mother spoke with abc news about the attack on her child. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim is live in the newsroom with more. Lilian . Angelica has not left her sons side since he has been recovering at oakland childrens hospital. Doctors spent five hours reattaching his nose, but they are still waiting to see if the surgery was successful. He seemed so happy with us. We were a little family. Heart broken and confused. 16yearold angelica says she has no idea why her son was harmed. She went to the bathroom leaving the two alone and says she never heard tajon cry. Two minutes later i come to a disgusting scene, disgusting. 18yearold Joshua Cooper told police he bit