Taos sheriff: Sick boy was denied his medications (NM - Muslim compound)

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | August 28, 2018 | Edmundo Carrillo

[CedarDave]

SANTA FE – Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe writes in court documents that two adults arrested at a makeshift compound near the Colorado border earlier this month possibly didn’t believe that diseases are real and didn’t do what was needed to get medical attention for a boy who died on the property.

The remains of Siraj Ibn Wahhaj’s 3-year-old son, Abdul-Ghani, were found at the compound Aug. 6. The boy suffered from Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, or HIE, a condition that caused severe seizures and required medication.

On Friday, Wahhaj, 40, and Jany Leveille, 35, were charged with child abuse resulting in death and conspiracy to commit child abuse.

According to criminal complaints for both Wahhaj and Leveille, who are married, Abdul-Ghani died at the compound Dec. 24.

Prosecutors have said that Wahhaj and Leveille would read verses from the Quran over the boy to rid him of evil spirits, and the new criminal complaints indicate that they may have believed that diseases aren’t real.

“Affiant asserts that there is no mention of the defendants contacting any medical services for assistance or any efforts by anyone from the compound to revive the child take him (sic) to or call for medical services or even any report of his death,” Hogrefe wrote.

Hogrefe included electronic journal entries by Leveille that were found on a thumb drive that was seized from the compound.

Leveille is accused of writing: “How could a Quranic recitation execute a child? This only happens to shayateens (demons). … At last, Allah confirmed that indeed, H.I.E. and diseases of that sort are not real. … The reason he could not talk nor walk, is because his life was replaced by shayateens through the medicines used.”

[CedarDave]

From the article above:

Wahhaj and Leveille would read verses from the Quran over the boy to rid him of evil spirits, ... they may have believed H.I.E. and diseases of that sort are not real.

… The reason he could not talk nor walk, is because his life was replaced by shayateens [demons] through the medicines used.”

Their beliefs and actions are beyond understanding in the modern world.

[Parley Baer]

IMHO this is homicide.

[CedarDave]

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[Mr. K]

And this piece of crap and his wife are out on bail... laughing in court...

[Mr. K]

And this piece of crap and his wife are out on bail... laughing in court...

[EinNYC]

Wahhaj and Leveille would read verses from the Quran over the boy to rid him of evil spirits, ... they may have believed H.I.E. and diseases of that sort are not real. … The reason he could not talk nor walk, is because his life was replaced by shayateens [demons] through the medicines used.”

All you have to do is LOOK at the photos of the slack faced drooling idiots identified as the mothers of these kids and you can then readily believe that they would believe the kid didn't need meds, just being read from the Kookran.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

This lib sheriff is getting info out to help with the defense?

[DoughtyOne]

Prosecutors have said that Wahhaj and Leveille would read verses from the Quran over the boy to rid him of evil spirits, and the new criminal complaints indicate that they may have believed that diseases aren’t real.

Then wouldn't that be an admission they didn't knowingly commit a crime?

That's a pretty odd thing for a prosecutor to say.

I guess all the defendants need to do is plead ignorance and go home.

[CedarDave]

And this piece of crap and his wife are out on bail... laughing in court...

They're still in jail. One of the release conditions was that they had a suitable place to stay and none of the bleeding heart libs there have opened their homes for these crazies. However, I believe that ICE has taken one woman, a Haitian, into their custody for immigration violations.

[Bonemaker]

That whole area around Taos is not for the faint of heart! Overloaded with societal misfits of every sort and definitely "off the grid".

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bN-GPk8y7VY

[Vlad The Inhaler]

[LaRueLaDue]

That whole area around Taos is not for the faint of heart! Overloaded with societal misfits of every sort and definitely “off the grid”.

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I grew up in northern New Mexico. It has always been that way, in places. Nothing new in that video...

[Bonemaker]

Long story going back 50 plus years. I actually own one of those 1/4 acre lots in Carson Estates. Although I’ve been to Taos I’ve never been out there. I have several contacts with residents.

[shanover]

Their beliefs and actions are beyond understanding in the modern world.

Not the left.

[cabbieguy]

Coming to a town near you in the not so distant future.