Killer Dad Starve 3-year-old Son To Death, Claims He Was Just Skinny

September 17, 2026

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On the night of May 6, 2025, detectives sat across from a father named Demetrius Givens. His three-year-old son was dead. The boy weighed less than 21 pounds. When the lead detective asked Demetrius what happened, he said his son had eating issues, threw up a lot, but that he was feeding him chicken, rice, beans, and cream of wheat five times a day. The detectives did not believe him. They had already seen the boy’s body. The coroner’s preliminary findings suggested starvation—his body had consumed every bit of fat and muscle until it simply stopped.

What the father said

In the interrogation, Demetrius described a child with severe medical problems. The boy was autistic, could not swallow whole food, and had a habit of banging his head on the bed railing. The parents had been trying to get him seen by specialists, but appointments were months out. They had called Child Protective Services themselves. One doctor told them the head-banging was “a comfort thing.” Demetrius said he quit his job in December to help care for his son, and his 16-year-old daughter often missed school to help because he and his wife worked DoorDash and Uber Eats at night.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:21) **Initial Interrogation Begins** - Detectives Seneris and Huber take Demetrius Givens' statement after his 3-year-old son is found dead.
2 (05:45) **Detective Confronts Father with Horrific Physical Evidence** - The detective graphically describes the child's emaciated state, using the photo to argue that any reasonable person would have recognized danger.
3 (14:21) **Interrogation Deepens: Timeline of Neglect Emerges** - The detective presses Demetrius on when he became overwhelmed and why he didn't seek emergency help.
4 (16:44) **Detective Shifts to Personal Responsibility** - The detective asks Demetrius to explain how he could watch his son deteriorate without intervening.
5 (20:40) **Detailed Feeding Schedule Contradicted by Autopsy** - Demetrius describes the specific foods and portions he claims the child ate on the day of his death.
6 (26:20) **Autopsy Reveals Empty Stomach** - The detective confronts Demetrius with the coroner's finding that there was no food in the child's stomach.
7 (30:01) **Detective Threatens to Charge Doctors and Father** - The detective warns that he will investigate every doctor who allegedly saw the child, implying they too could face charges.

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Killer Dad Starve 3-year-old Son To Death, Claims He Was Just Skinny

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