Duct-taped children: Not so funny.
Police are investigating a Memphis woman’s Facebook
post showing two children in a car with duct tape over their hands and
mouths under the caption, “Kids for sale, 45% off because they bad” — a
disturbing post one relative wrote off as a “joke.”
The picture appeared last week on the Facebook page for a woman with the user name Jaton Justsilly Jaibabi, according to WMC. The station said the uncensored photo showed tears in the older child’s eyes.
The Memphis Police Department and the Tennessee Department of Children's Services immediately launched an investigation into
the post. Police told Fox13
they are pursuing leads for the callous woman and the children, but no
charges have been filed. Authorities did not immediately return messages
from the Daily News.
On Sunday, the woman posted a picture that appeared to show her sticking out her tongue while holding a baby girl.
“She good Regardless who on her team cause she got me and I for DAM sure got her #F---EverybodyElse,” she wrote.
As of Monday morning, the woman has changed her name on Facebook, deleted the duct tape photo and listed her residence as “Mexico, Pampanga,” a town in the Philippines.
Her cousin, Derion Dewayne King, wrote a tone-deaf defense of the photo.
“Our family and friends know the love we have for all the kids in our
family it's just crazy that out of a whole lifetime they judge a person
off of this one event,” King, who is listed as Memphis resident, posted
on Facebook.
“Basically a joke at the moment that people just went overboard about.
People make mistakes and that's what this situation is, a lesson
learned. They are safe, unharmed, and loved that's all it is to it.”
In another oblivious post, he blamed the police department for spending any time investigating the photo.
“yea the joke prolly was a lil harsh but it's mfs getting shot killed raped and they not putting in as much effort investigating that,” he wrote.
The woman and King did not return requests for comment.
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