Despite Reports, A Child Dies
Takoda Collins The morning of Tuesday, January 7, 2020, was my first day back from a trip to Orlando, Florida. I was happy to be sleeping in my own bed again. I hazily stumbled to the kitchen, ignoring my unpacked suitcase, searching for a cup of coffee that my husband, Mark, brewed. I grabbed one of my favorite coffee mugs and wandered into the living room passing by Sunday’s, 1/5/19, Dayton Daily News sitting on the side table where I see the headline: “Despite Reports, A Child Dies.” I had seen the social media posts by a teacher friend of mine who works for Dayton Public Schools. She was devastated at the death of a student at the school she worked at – Horace Mann Elementary, a 10 year old named Takoda Collins, at the hands of his father. What makes this situation all the more heart breaking is the repeated reports and calls by teachers and Takoda’s mother to both Child and Family Services and the Dayton Police. The chil...