At first glance, it seemed like any other moment between a mum and her child at the park. Romechia Simms was gently pushing her three-year-old son, Ji’Aire on a swing. But something felt off. A passerby noticed they’d been there far too long — two days in fact — and in freezing temperatures.
Worried, he called the police. When officers arrived at Wills Memorial Park in Maryland, USA, what they found was devastating. Ji’Aire was completely still. He had died from dehydration and hypothermia. He wasn’t wearing a coat or shoes. Romechia, visibly distressed, later told police that voices in her head warned her not to stop pushing the swing — that something terrible would happen if she did, reported the Daily Star.
