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My name is Charles J Stecker Jr. I am the Founder and Director of The
International Child Abuse Prevention Task Force INC. Along with
being
an Empowerment Speaker with another company I founded, Chahlie’s Angels
LLC.
I am here today by personal invitation of the surviving loving family
members of Khalil Wimes to speak on his senseless, preventable murder,
First allow me to share with you why I am very qualified to speak on
the subject matter at hand. I’m globally known as the Voice of the
Voiceless Children, those are the children who were Murdered as a
direct result of Child Abuse. I will share with you why I qualify as
their Voice. It was under the watchful eyes of the Department of Human
Services here in Philadelphia that in February of 1967 after just 13
days in our new home at the tender age of 4 years old I watched in
horror as my then 2 year old brother was bludgeoned to death right
before my eyes, The murderer then attacked and severely wounded me
causing me bodily disfigurement that to this day still exists. A
Murderer who just 10 months before had another child die in her care.
My brothers Murderer was supposed to be Our Assigned Mother Figure,
instead she became Our Tormentor and His Executioner.
At this time I will address Khalil’s Biological Parents, Mr. Floyd
Wimes and Tina Cuffie. I say this… GOD gave you a Living Angel and you
both chose make him one of Chahlie’s Angels where he now resides in
peace with my brother and countless other Angels. Your selfish
despicable actions stole the life and future of a little boy that the
world will never know as a man. Obliterating any chance for Khalil to
become a productive, successful contributor to society. As a parent
myself I could not remotely fathom treating my child, another child or
any living creature for that matter in the way that you did your own
flesh and blood. May GOD have Mercy on Your Souls as you reflect daily
on the choice the both of you made to destroy Khalil’s Life. May his
Warm Smile be ever present in your mind every moment that you are awake
and may that same smiling face be embedded on the back of your eyelids
so even as you close them to rest, you see his face. An angelic face
that none of those who truly loved him will ever get to see again.
To Khalil’s Loving Family who only wanted the best for him and were
providing that in abundance I say Thank You. Thank You for giving
Khalil, 3 wonderful years of childhood, filled with all that a young
child could imagine, Love, Joy, Friendship, Direction, Hope,
Nourishment, and a Multitude of Other Wonderful Experiences that sadly
were cut short not only by his Biological Parents but also by the
Failure of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services along with the
Family Court’s decision to return Khalil to his Den of Death.
To Judge Barbara McDermott… A Heartfelt and Warm Personal Thank You
from me to you for not allowing these Murderous Parents to walk free.
If only you or someone like you was around in 1967 so that the woman
who murdered my brother could have been brought to justice. She never
saw the inside of a courtroom, jailhouse or any punitive place for that
matter, she walked FREE. Thank You for all you have done and will do in
this case and the many others that you have been involved with and will
be involved with for years to come. Thank You for your attention to
every detail pertaining to Khalil and this horrid case. Sifting through
document after document, looking at those grotesque photographs,
listening attentively to testimony after testimony, asking pertinent
questions and denying frivolous ones posed to you, all leading to the
Verdict that you chose. While we had hoped for a First Degree Murder
conviction, I respect and Thank You again for what you did in finding
that these parents were and are in Fact, GUILTY of Murder in the Third
Degree, Conspiracy to Commit Murder, and Gross Child Abuse/Neglect. I
respectfully request that your Honor remand Mr. Floyd Wimes and Ms.
Tina Cuffie to the Maximum Punishment of Sentence allowable by law set
forth by the guidelines you have sworn to abide by. I further request
that if allowable they both be placed in the General Population of the
Corrections System, and not in Protective Custody where so many Child
Murderers end up serving their time.
In closing I would like to address all others in the courtroom. Today
we are witnessing the ending of this long arduous trial. But in it is
an opportunity for a new beginning, the opening of a new proactive
concept to truly Stopping this Pandemic of Child Murders from Abuse
that permeates societies around the world. Please join us as we begin
the process of creating legislation that will hold ALL who are
responsible for a child’s life accountable when that child experiences
abuses at any level inclusive of murder. Legislation that will hold
Judges, Administrators, Child Care Workers, Teachers, Family Members
and Anyone who comes in contact with an abused child accountable for
their actions or inactions. Where punitive punishments will prevail and
ALL who failed the child will be brought to justice. We will be
lovingly presenting this legislation as Khalil’s Law here in
Philadelphia with hopes that it will reach throughout our state,
country, and perhaps around the world, ending senseless childhood
abuses and murder that could be easily prevented.
Thank You, God Bless and Remember This…
The Well Being of All Children is All of Our Responsibility
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