Two-year-old boy dies of blunt force trauma while "staying" with dad, step (Abilene, Texas)

Once again, a lot of vague language. All we're told is that this poor 2-year-old boy was "staying" with his father RAY GIFFORD and the step when he died from blunt force trauma to the abdomen. Are we talking about a casual, brief "stay" of an hour or two? Or court-ordered child visitation--which the mother may or may not have objected to in court? Clearly the mother is grieving and angry, but how her concerns with "child abuse" and "family violence" came about are completely concealed. Was she previously aware of the father's violent history? Do her efforts to "educate people" include information about not giving child custody/visitation to abusive "caretakers"? Who knows....

http://www.ktxs.com/big_country_news/25361501/detail.html

Grieving Mother Speaks Out After Son's Violent Death
Nelle Sanchez Wants To Educate Others About Child Abuse
By Jocelyn Tovar, KTXS News
POSTED: 10:16 pm CDT October 11, 2010

UPDATED: 9:05 am CDT October 12, 2010

ABILENE, Texas -- Micah Castillo's mother, Nelle Sanchez, met with us Monday and says she's angry but is going to help other people prevent this disturbing situation from happening to someone they love.

Last Monday 2-year-old Micah Castillo died from what medical examiner's determined was blunt force trauma to his abdomen. "I fell to my knees and i just remember screaming no not my baby not my baby, it's not him," his mother Nelle Sanchez said.

Micah was staying with his father, Ray Gifford and step-mother Snow Jiminez, who have both been arrested and charged with injury to a child. "I wish I could have held him more I wish I could have played with him more," Sanchez said.

Even though Micah was only 2, he brought joy to everyone around him, Castillo said, "He was just something else." Sanchez says his life was cut short and now she is left to pick up the pieces. "No one should have to go through what I'm having to go through now."

So she's going to channel her anger toward educating people about violence toward children she said. "His story needs to be told and people need to be made aware that there's child abuse, that there's family violence."

She said the outpouring of support she's received has helped her to stay strong so that she can tell the story of her son's life and hopefully save the life of someone else. "He touched a lot of people in a lot of ways that I didn't even know."

Micah also leaves behind an older sister who's 6 years old.