SEATTLE, WA - At the end of January, a mother was arrested after allegedly beating her teenage son so horrifically that he died from over 1,100 injuries.
According to KIRO7, newly released court documents detail the violent beating of the 14-year-old boy at the hands of his own mother. On January 30th, police with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) responded to a call for an unresponsive boy in a south Seattle apartment.
Denaya Young, the boy's mother, called 911. When officers arrived on scene, she told them that she "went too far" during an hours-long beating of the teen for not doing his chores. The teen was temporarily resuscitated by first responders, but died shortly after arriving at Harborview Medical Center.
Court documents state that Young, who is 29-years-old, beat the teen with an extension cord until his heart gave out. The medical examiner said that the boy had 1,172 fresh injuries from the beating and likely died from Sudden Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) or Disruptive Shock.
Court documents define SIRS as "when the body sends blood and blood serum to so many different injuries around the body, attempting to heal them, that it draws enough blood out of the muscles and other vital areas that there is not enough to sustain the heart."
Young said she lost count of how many times she hit her child. He told her that he was dizzy and kept falling down, but she told officers that she thought he was pretending to get out of cleaning the mess he made. She also admitted to hit the young boy in the past with a "closed first" and "probably" put her hands around his neck during a previous beating.
Court documents state that she told responding officers, "I cut his (expletive) a little too hard. He was supposed to be doing chores, he didn't. He was supposed to do them last night. It's a recurring thing, and then I let my anger get the best of me with the extension cord."
While the 14-year-old boy endured the hours-long beating, his three siblings, a five-month old, and a four and six-year-old, were present. Court documents also said that the boy's stepfather was present during the beating, but did nothing to stop it.
The stepfather told police that he did not intervene with the teen's previous beatings because the child is not his and he felt it wasn't his place, saying it was best to mind his own business in "these situations." The 14-year-old came to his mother's home in August 2024 for a visit, but she did not return him to his aunt, who is his legal guardian.
According to KBTX, the mother told investigators that at one point, she shoved her son against the wall and his struck his head, went limp, and fell to the floor. She allegedly waited five minutes before calling 911. Christopher Anderson with the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office said, "This assault happened over an hour on a 14-year-old child, extension cords, struck his head, lost consciousness as she continued beating him and then failed to call for emergency services."
Young has been charged with second-degree murder. She refused to appear in court for a bail hearing on Friday, February 7th, during which her public defender argued for her release from custody. The judge sided with the prosecutors and she is being held on a $3 million bail.
According to KIRO7, newly released court documents detail the violent beating of the 14-year-old boy at the hands of his own mother. On January 30th, police with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) responded to a call for an unresponsive boy in a south Seattle apartment.
Denaya Young, the boy's mother, called 911. When officers arrived on scene, she told them that she "went too far" during an hours-long beating of the teen for not doing his chores. The teen was temporarily resuscitated by first responders, but died shortly after arriving at Harborview Medical Center.
Court documents state that Young, who is 29-years-old, beat the teen with an extension cord until his heart gave out. The medical examiner said that the boy had 1,172 fresh injuries from the beating and likely died from Sudden Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) or Disruptive Shock.
Court documents define SIRS as "when the body sends blood and blood serum to so many different injuries around the body, attempting to heal them, that it draws enough blood out of the muscles and other vital areas that there is not enough to sustain the heart."
Young said she lost count of how many times she hit her child. He told her that he was dizzy and kept falling down, but she told officers that she thought he was pretending to get out of cleaning the mess he made. She also admitted to hit the young boy in the past with a "closed first" and "probably" put her hands around his neck during a previous beating.
Court documents state that she told responding officers, "I cut his (expletive) a little too hard. He was supposed to be doing chores, he didn't. He was supposed to do them last night. It's a recurring thing, and then I let my anger get the best of me with the extension cord."
While the 14-year-old boy endured the hours-long beating, his three siblings, a five-month old, and a four and six-year-old, were present. Court documents also said that the boy's stepfather was present during the beating, but did nothing to stop it.
The stepfather told police that he did not intervene with the teen's previous beatings because the child is not his and he felt it wasn't his place, saying it was best to mind his own business in "these situations." The 14-year-old came to his mother's home in August 2024 for a visit, but she did not return him to his aunt, who is his legal guardian.
According to KBTX, the mother told investigators that at one point, she shoved her son against the wall and his struck his head, went limp, and fell to the floor. She allegedly waited five minutes before calling 911. Christopher Anderson with the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office said, "This assault happened over an hour on a 14-year-old child, extension cords, struck his head, lost consciousness as she continued beating him and then failed to call for emergency services."
Young has been charged with second-degree murder. She refused to appear in court for a bail hearing on Friday, February 7th, during which her public defender argued for her release from custody. The judge sided with the prosecutors and she is being held on a $3 million bail.
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