Cynthia Clay

SUBSEQUENTLY AN INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED WHICH REVEALED IN OCTOBER OF 2018,

R.R. WAS ATTENDING SCHOOL WITHOUT A WINTER COAT. AS A RESULT, THE SCHOOL PROVIDED
HER WITH ONE. THE DEFENDANT FOLLOWED UP BY GOING TO THE SCHOOL AND CONFRONTING
SCHOOL OFFICIALS, IRATE THAT HER BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER DID NOT RECEIVE A COAT, EVEN
THOUGH SHE HAD A WINTER COAT ALREADY. THE DEFENDANT ACCUSED SCHOOL OFFICIALS OF
FAVORING R.R. FOLLOWING THE COAT INCIDENT IN DECEMBER OF 2018, R.R. ARRIVED AT
SCHOOL WITH TWO BLACK EYES SO DCFS WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEFENDANT WENT TO THE
SCHOOL AFTER DCFS WAS NOTIFIED ANGRY THAT THE SCHOOL HAD CONTACTED DCFS
CLAIMING R.R. WAS JUST CLUMSY AND HAD GIVEN HERSELF THE BLACK EYES. SHE
IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER PULLED R.R. AND HER BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER OUT OF THE
SCHOOL AND TRANSFERRED THEM BOTH TO PRAIRIELAND. DCFS DIRECTED THE DEFENDANT TO
TAKE R.R. TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE OF HOW BADLY BRUISED HER EYES WERE. THE
DEFENDANT TOOK R.R. TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN PONTIAC WHICH SHE CLAIMED WAS R.R.'S
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE DOCTOR WAS NOT. THE
DEFENDANT WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE R.R. IN FOR X-RAYS SO SHE COULD BE PROPERLY
TREATED. SHE REFUSED TO DO SO. SHE PROVIDED TO SEPARATE EXPLANATIONS TO NPD FOR
NOT DOING SO - HER MEDICAL CARD WAS EXPIRED, AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE HER
BECAUSE OF CARING FOR THE OTHER CHILDREN.

A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON THE ICLOUD BELONGING TO THE DEFENDANT'S PHONE
WHICH REVEALED THE FOLLOWING IN VIDEO FORMAT WHILE R.R. WAS LIVING WITH THE
DEFENDANT AT AN APARTMENT LOCATED AT 208 VALLEY VIEW CIRCLE IN BLOOMINGTON,
ILLINOIS:

MAY 26, 2018 - THE DEFENDANT SLAPPED R.R. WHILE R.R. IS STANDING BEHIND A RECLINER
ATTEMPTING TO AVOID GOING INTO THE DEFENDANT'S ROOM FOR A PUNISHMENT. THE
DEFENDANT SLAPS R.R. AS R.R. IS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE DEFENDANT IN ORDER TO AVOID
GOING INTO THE DEFENDANT'S ROOM.

AUGUST 23, 2018 - THE VIDEO DEPICTS THE DEFENDANT DRAGGING R.R. INTO THE BEDROOM BY
HER NECK AS SHE YELLS AT R.R. TO STAND IN HER BEDROOM NAKED HOLDING CANS OUT TO
HER SIDE DRIPPING WET AND SHIVERING. LATER R.R. IS STANDING NAKED IN THE DEFENDANT'S
BEDROOM HOLDING CANS WHEN THE DEFENDANT COMES BACK INTO THE ROOM AND HITS R.R.
ON THE BARE BUTTOCKS SAYING, "MAYBE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH." SHE THEN ASKS
R.R. "WHERE ARE THE CANS SUPPOSED TO BE?" THEN THE DEFENDANT HAS R.R. SHOW HER
WITHOUT HOLDING THE CANS. AS R.R. IS DOING SO, THE DEFENDANT SAYS "COLD, AREN'T YA?"
AS R.R. IS SHIVERING. LATER, THE DEFENDANT RE-ENTERS THE ROOM AND YELLS AT R.R. FOR
NOT KEEPING HER ARMS STRAIGHT OUT. THE DEFENDANT HITS BOTH SIDES OF R.R.'S EARS/FACE
ASKING, "DO I NEED A COLLAR FOR YOU?" THEN SHE PUTS HER HANDS AROUND R.R.'S NECK.
WHEN R.R. CRIES, "NO" THE DEFENDANT FORCEFULLY PUTS R.R.'S ARMS BACK IN THE STRAIGHT
POSITION TO CONTINUE HOLDING THE CANS. THIS GOES ON FOR OVER 23 MINUTES.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 – A VIDEO DEPICTS R.R. HOLDING THE CANS OUT TO HER SIDE IN THE
CORNER WHEN THE DEFENDANT COMES UP BEHIND HER ON AND KNEES HER IN THE LOWER
RIGHT BACK WITH THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT KNEE SAYING, "THIS IS STRAIGHT" AS THE
DEFENDANT STRAIGHTENS R.R.'S ARMS OUT. FURTHER INTO THE VIDEO, THE DEFENDANT
COMES UP BEHIND HER AGAIN AND KNEES HER IN THE LOWER RIGHT BACK WITH THE
DEFENDANT'S RIGHT KNEE TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES. ON THE FOURTH KNEE TO THE BACK, R.R.
SCREAMS LIKE SHE IS IN PAIN. LATER IN THE VIDEO, THE DEFENDANT TAKES R.R.'S HEAD WITH
BOTH OF HER HANDS AND BANGS IT OFF THE WALL.