POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd briefed the public and media about the arrest of a 36-year-old Davenport woman for the horrific murder of her 4-year-old boy.
The details of this child's death are gruesome.
According to Judd, Bryan Boyer was born in Haiti to a mother who didn't want him. He was adopted by a woman who had a sister in the United States: 36-year-old Patricia Saintizaire.
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"The four-year-old comes here as a three-year-old. Only a year ago. And what we've learned during this investigation just turns our stomachs. We have a video clip of where that three-year-old baby's hands were tied behind his back. And she threw him in a swimming pool. In the backyard," said Judd.
On Thursday, May 2, 2024, PCSO was notified by staff at Orlando Health Advent Hospital that a four-year-old child had died under what appeared to be suspicious circumstances.
The child's body had been taken to the District 9 Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. The medical exam at the hospital revealed an abdominal bleed that emergency surgery could not rectify.
Bryan's adopted 16-year-old brother saw the 4-year-old was lethargic on May 1 and realized something wasn't right. Judd claimed Saintizaire dismissed his request for his mother to take the youngster to the hospital, claiming the child was "faking it."
The child's cause of death was ruled Assault/Blunt Force Trauma, and the manner of death was ruled a Homicide.
Homicide detectives learned that the child was first brought to Heart of Florida hospital in Davenport by Patricia, but due to his significant injuries, he was flown to Orlando. Patricia repeatedly denied to detectives that she ever used physical discipline as punishment.
Her husband told detectives that he does not discipline the children, but that she does.
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According to PCSO, the medical examiner's report revealed "layers of bruises and injuries" from previous beatings, which are indications of long-term abuse.
"In addition to the video we found in the investigation of his hands tied behind him and thrown into the pool. We found an injury where his spleen suffered, a significant tear. The medical examiner said it could have been nothing else. Other than an immediate hard strike to the abdomen," said Judd.
Patricia Saintizaire is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and tampering with a witness, according to deputies.
According to a Facebook page, Patricia Saintizaire, at some point, ran a daycare center named Victory Daycare and held a Read-A-Thon fundraiser for the child victim.
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