The little boy was reportedly interviewed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police after his 31-year-old mother, Bianca Tanner — who had recently moved in with her boyfriend, Angelo Smith — disappeared on June 7. Police have since made the case a homicide investigation.
Bianca Tanner’s 3-year-old son told cops that her boyfriend ‘kicked mommy’s butt and made her cry’ before she was reported missing on June 8
The 3-year-old
son of a missing North Carolina teacher told investigators that he hadn’t seen
his mother since her boyfriend “kicked mommy’s butt and made her cry,” it was
reported Monday.
The little boy was interviewed by
detectives after his mother, Bianca Tanner, 31, disappeared from her Charlotte
home on June 7, WSOC-TV reported.
Tanner had recently moved in with
her boyfriend, Angelo Smith, after getting a job with Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools, the news station reported.
Smith told investigators that he had
an argument with Tanner when she was drunk before she left the apartment
carrying a bag, according to warrants obtained by the news station.
But the case turned into a homicide
investigation after cops talked to Tanner’s son, who said his mother was
attacked.
“Mommy got a spanking with a belt,” the unidentified child told police, the documents show.
“Angelo kicked mommy’s butt and made
her cry.”
The toddler later said that “Angelo
is mean to mommy and hurt mommy in the face.”
Court papers show that investigators
are searching for a belt or paddle, cellphones and the clothes Tanner was
wearing during the alleged assault,
Smith — who had an outstanding
warrant for domestic battery in Arkansas after trying to smother his girlfriend
during a fight — was not named as a suspect in Tanner’s disappearance, the news
station reported.
Tanner moved in late May from
Greensboro, where she taught second grade at Reedy Fork Elementary School in
Greensboro.
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