differently? yes, we should have. reporter: last month, police say wade left his son in the care of 27-year-old chrissy king. wade was arrested a few days later for bank fraud. he pleaded guilty and remains in jail. according to a criminal report, the final weeks of dobson s short life were filled with acts of neglect and violence at the hands of caretaker king. the criminal complaint says he suffered burns on his face, head and body, and bruises consistent with being restrained. king is charged with first degree assault and unlawful imprisonment and is being investigated on suspicion of murder. king s attorney says his client is to be presumed innocent. miles dobson will be laid to rest in a family plot in his native south carolina. margaret conley, cnn, new york. thank you, margaret. still to come on cnn, a speed skater gives new meaning to the term sore loser. jeanne moos introduces us to the world s angriest athlete, next. hey guys! sorry we re late. did you run into traffic?
through such agony. and that a child was lost that we believe there were more than one opportunity to save. and we want to going forward learn from this tragedy and make changes as a result. reporter: for most of his life, dobson was moved from one caretaker to another. his mother, ashley dobson, lost custody of her son in 2011 for failing to care for him. she says she lost custody for financial reasons. dobson was placed with his father, okie wade. wade has an extensive criminal record. over the period of a year, children s services visited dobson s home nine times. but never discovered wade was in jail during each of those visits. every time we went to visit our workers went, we were told that the father was working, and was working very long hours, 16 hours a day, and that s why he wasn t available. should we have done something differently?
yes, we should have. reporter: last month, police say wade left his son in the care of 27-year-old chrissy king. wade was arrested a few days later for bank fraud. he pleaded guilty and remains in jail. according to a criminal report, the final weeks of dobson s short life were filled with acts of neglect and violence at the hands of caretaker king. the criminal complaint says he suffered burns on his face, head and body, and bruises consistent with being restrained. king is charged with first degree assault and unlawful imprisonment and is being investigated on suspicion of murder. king s attorney says his client is to be presumed innocent. miles dobson will be laid to rest in a family plot in his native south carolina. margaret conley, cnn, new york. thank you, margaret. still to come on cnn, a speed skater gives new meaning to the term sore loser. jeanne moos introduces us to the world s angriest athlete, next. farmer: hello, i m an idaho potato farmer.
know that this child went through such agony. and that a child was lost that we believe there were more than one opportunity to save. and we want to going forward learn from this tragedy and make changes as a result. reporter: for most of his life, dobson was moved from one caretaker to another. his mother, ashley dobson, lost custody of her son in 2011 for failing to care for him. she says she lost custody for financial reasons. dobson was placed with his father, okie wade. wade has an extensive criminal record. over the period of a year, children s services visited dobson s home nine times. but never discovered wade was in jail during each of those visits. every time we went to visit our workers went, we were told that the father was working, and was working very long hours, 16 hours a day, and that s why he wasn t available. should we have done something
reckless endangerment, endarrening the welfare of a child. her attorney told cnn my client is not charged with homicide at this time and she sell presumed to be innocent of allegations against her. i love my son. he always loved me and gave me kisses. miles case was already with new york s protective child services. his mother says the city took her son away from her in 2012. she says it was due to presidential reasons. the boy was then placed with his father okie wade. just days after he dropped the child off with king, he he was arrested on money landering charges to which he pled not guilty. now many are demanding answers. the city of new york thought it best to put the child in the care i ve father any knew was a felon into bill deblasio ordered a full investigation sneelgs each one of these tradition, it s our job to try and stop and