Jaon quintes baes was born on July 3rd 2009 to parents Byron baes and Jasmine Thompson of Dallas Texas Jasmine was originally from Arkansas and was about 19 when jaon was born well Byron was about 37 jaban already had an older brother who was about a year and a half older than him as well as many extended family members everyone called jaon Bam Bam or bamster and he was known for being bright and talkative jaelon was an adorable little boy with black hair dark brown eyes and a big smile unfortunately little jaelon was born into a

complicated Family Life his father Byron went to prison for felony forgery shortly after jaelon was born while Byron was in jail jaan’s mother Jasmine wasted no time finding a new boyfriend she started dating a new boyfriend named carelis Delaney Simmons age 37 carelis was a man with a violent pass having already been convicted of homicide in 1994 he had killed another man during a fight outside of a South Dallas Bar and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the homicide as well as drug charges he was released in late 2007 but it didn’t

take long for him to get into trouble again 2 years after leaving jail carelis was arrested by the Dallas police on even more drug charges after he told them he was selling vials of PCP for $15 each after serving his jail time jab Bron’s father Byron was released from prison on parole in September of 2010 he spent as much time as he could with his one-year-old son after his release but jabon and his older brother lived with Jasmine and her new boyfriend carelis Carell’s apartment was a known drug house but that didn’t seem to deter

Jasmine from bringing her two young children into his vicinity by November of 2010 she was living with carelis in a new apartment in the same complex at 81 P skilman Street in the Lake Highlands neighborhood of Dallas Jasmine knew that carelis was a convicted murderer but she brushed that off she never pressed him for details about his homicide conviction and said that was way before he knew me Jasmine definitely knew that carelis was a drug dealer but didn’t seem to think that made him a danger to her two sons she frequently left the

boys with carelis while she went to work said he treated the boys like they were his own and that she didn’t have money to hire somebody else to babysit them on November 4th 2010 when jabran was 16 months old and his brother was nearly 3 years old their mother went to the hospital to seek treatment for a UTI she left Calis in charge of babysitting the two boys at 11:49 p.m.

 that evening carelis called 911 to report that jaelon had been burned while he was cooking in the kitchen in the 911 call carelis says that he was heating up water on the stove and didn’t realize that his baby son jaon was behind him carelis said that when he turned around all the water spilled on him he said the water’s so hot it hit him and all his skin is coming off sometime during the 911 call Jasmine returned home with the help of friends she tried to administer care for jaon while carelis relay instructions from the 911 operator paramedics with

Dallas fire rescue arrived and rushed jaon to Parkland Memorial Hospital where it was found that he had third degree burns on about 30% of his body there were burns on both of his legs and butt as well as on his right hand and wrist he also had bruises on the left side of his face Dallas police were called to investigate officer Alysa wattis officer Ronald Carroll and officer rink arrived at the hospital at 1210 a.m.

 and found Jasmine in the emergency room with jaon while they in the hospital carelis told responding officers that he was standing in the kitchen holding a pot of boiling water when jaon came running up to him he told told the officers that he dropped the hot water on the floor and heard the boy begin to scream he said that he picked up the child and put him on a bed when he realized that the toddler’s skin was falling off he called 911 for help Jasmine told the officers that she wasn’t home at the time of the injuries but that carelis had called her

to say that jabon had been burned she stated to the officers that when she left home herself that evening jaelon was uninjured carelis confirmed that the only other person in the apartment during the incident was ja Bron’s older brother doctors in the Burn Unit explained the extent of Jon’s injuries to the investigating officers which were at least second degree partial thickness burns on his legs and second deegree burns on his hand the police and the doctors agreed that the burn injuries did not seem consistent with carelis a

story that he had simply splashed J brilon with water from a drop pot Jasmine and carelis signed consent forms for the police to search their apartment and then carelis was transported to Dallas Police Headquarters to be interviewed further by Detectives according to Jasmine carelis often cook food for the family when she got the call that jaelan had been burned she arrived home from the hospital to find that everything was laid out in the kitchen as if carelis Was preparing a meal police photographed the scene the

next morning which showed a box of hamburger helpers sitting out as well as a package of pork chops sitting on the top of the refrigerator other photographs of the kitchen showed a towel on the floor near the stove as well as a large pot on the stove containing a small amount of water in addition addition to the Hamburger Helper police found a lot of other interesting items of evidence in the apartment in a cabinet over the stove officers found eight plastic baggies of Coke in a clear plastic Bowl in the refrigerator they also found 95 Brown

vials containing liquid PCP in addition to the illegal drugs officers also seize 27 bottles of assorted flavored vodkas 16 bottles of other vodka 17 cigarette lighters three condoms four empty cigar boxes 4 to3 cigars a box of cut up cigarettes and a small amount of cash that was found in the cabinets carelis also had over $1,000 in his pants pocket which the police placed in a secure property room along with the other items removed from the apartment after speaking to carelis the Dallas Police CA unit arrested him the following morning

on November 5th he was arrested on the charge of injury to a child a first-degree felony charge the case was being investigated by Dallas Police detectives as well as child protective services carelis was held at the Dallas County Jail with bale pending ja Bron’s older brother was not injured in the incident and was eventually placed in the care of his grandmother meanwhile little ja bralon remained in the Parkland Hospital Burn Unit his condition was not initially released to the public but we can assume from the

extent of his horrific burn injuries that he was likely in critical condition Jasmine was not considered a suspect in the case as she was not home at the time of the incident she said that Carell’s told her that pot of scalding water had accidentally fallen over onto jaon when interviewed she said the police told me that it looked like he was dipped in water the doctors told me the same I’m still searching for the truth why she hesitated to believe the police and expert pediatric doctors who were in agreement about Jon’s injuries and

instead gave the benefit of the doubt to the boyfriend who was a convicted murderer and a known drug dealer we will probably never know little jaon spent five agonizing weeks weeks in the hospital hooked up to a battery of tubes in a breathing machine in pictures his body looked lost under the wires monitors and tubes crisscrossing his body placed there in an effort to keep the little boy alive doctors tried everything they could to keep the toddler from succumbing to his horrific injuries during one surgery

doctors had to remove about 60% of his intestines because they were so badly damaged They removed even more during a second surgery Jon’s tiny body was continuously racked with infections during his harrowing Hospital stay he eventually suffered kidney failure and his body swelled up so much that he was unrecognizable as cute little Bam Bam tragically despite the doctor’s best efforts at 8:53 p.m.

on Saturday December 11th jaon passed away at the Children’s Medical Center Dallas the injuries and infections that he endured were simply too much to overcome he had suffered 36 Days in the hospital since the burn incident before his little body finally gave out some trauma is just too much for the human body to Bear especially when like jaon someone is hardly older than a baby a one-year-old boy died this weekend police say he was held in boiling water more than a month ago the man accused in the baby’s death is his mother’s

boyfriend a man with a checkered past tonight in an exclusive interview jabel and Babel’s mother speaks to News 8 and the Dallas Morning News here’s Rebecca Lopez for more than 5 weeks one-year-old Jain babes battled for his life such small a small baby like that having to go through anything like that his legs and hands burned so severely that his little body couldn’t fight off the infections babbles died this weekend his mother’s boyfriend is accused of causing his death I wish he was me Landing his spot his mother says she’s still

searching for answers her boyfriend cornelus Simmons was babysitting the child when he claims he burned him accidentally Cornelius he called me he told me that the baby was burned that he had accidentally burned the baby a pot of water fell over on him but police say it was no accident they say the one-year-old was dipped and held in boiling water Simmons has a violent past he was convicted of killing a man in a bar fight in 1994 he got a 15-year prison sentence for the crime I walked out that day thinking that I was going

to come home to him and I didn’t leaving to brilin with Simmons is a decision Jasmine Thompson says she’ll regret forever I came home to a burnt baby the baby’s father says he’s still trying to understand how someone could hurt his son I I see a beautiful angel I I see a baby that could never be hurt by anybody I don’t uh it’s hard for me to believe in my my heart that anybody would hurt my child beautiful and nice and just happy police have arrested Simmons and plan to charge him with the murder of this innocent child

surprisingly the Dallas County Medical Examiner ruled Jon’s death a homicide according to the police the burns on Jon’s feet legs butt and hands were not consistent with the story that carelis had told them it looked as if the little boy had been dipped into the pot of boiling water and held there rather than The Accidental spill that Carnell’s claimed had happened Dallas Police Sergeant Brenda Nichols supervisor of the ca unit said it’s a horrible case it’s heartbreaking for everybody involved carelis meanwhile was still in

jail for the pending injury to a child charge and was also being held on two felony drug delivery charges his bail totaled $80,000 Jon’s mother gave a phone interview the following Monday from the funeral home where she was making arrangements to bury her son during the interview Jasmine still sounded supportive of carelis calling him a good person she said it would hurt me so much if it was intentional because I gave my trust to this man like I said God hasn’t put anything in my heart to say Jazz he did it on purpose however other family

members were less naive de Bron’s Aunt Veronica said in an interview from the injuries on the baby I think he did it intentionally I feel like he tortured him Bron’s father Byron said it hurts for me to believe in my heart that anybody would hurt my child right now I just want to bury my son and find out what happened at his trial caralis pled guilty to his drug charges but not guilty to the charge of injury to a child however on May 4th 2012 a jury found caralis guilty for the first-degree felony charge of injury to a child with significant

bodily injury he was given the maximum sentence of 99 years in prison plus 5 years for each of his two pending drug charges it’s unclear why his charges weren’t upgraded to homicide which is what the medical examiner had determined to be the manner of death for jaon the prosecution may have simply decided it would be too difficult to prove that carelis intentionally killed Jon while getting a conviction for injury to a child would be a more definite outcome that still carried a heavy sentence the following year in June of

2013 carelis filed an appeal contesting his sentence from the court of appeals opinion documents we finally get a full picture of Jon’s injuries when he was admitted to the hospital Jabron had burns on his legs all the way up to his waist with more serious Burns below the knee he had burns on the back of both thighs around his groin on his right butt the bottom of both his feet and on his right hand he also had a small burn around part of his waist he had no burns on his head face or shoulders but there were bruises on his left cheek and

around his left ear disturbingly it appeared as if the burns were already hours old by the time jaon arrived at the hospital this last details suddenly puts into perspective the fact that cornelis had called 911 at 11:49 p.m. nearly midnight it’s not exactly a time when you would expect someone to be making Hamburger Helper and pork chops to feed a couple of toddlers three doctors who treated ja Bron in the hospital testified for the state two of these doctors were board certified in CA pediatric medicine all three doctors

testified the nature of the burns indicated that jaon had been immersed in a hot liquid and the burns were not accidental the doctor’s opinion it looked as if Jabron had been immersed in the hot liquid while wearing a diaper which leaked a little causing the burns on his right butt in a heartbreaking detail the doctors also agreed that from the burn patterns it appeared as if the little boy had folded himself into a fetal position to try to protect himself from the scalding liquid the medical examiner who ultimately performed the

autopsy on jaon agreed with the three doctor assessment of the toddler’s injuries however a pediatrician who testified for the defense after reviewing case documents said the burns appeared to be accidental and were caused by splattering water in the appeal carnel’s defense argued that since there was evidence that he was making a meal in his attempts to help the child after the boiling water incident no rational jury could have found that he intentionally Hur J brilon they also argued that Carnel simply acted on an involuntary physical reflex

when he was startled by the little boy coming up behind him in the kitchen the appeal decision pointed out that that at no time during carnel’s 911 call did he explain how the boiling water ended up in contact with Jabron rather in the call he simply said that he was boiling water he did not see the child behind him and somehow the child was burned so badly that his skin started peeling off the appeals court obviously didn’t find carnel’s story any more credible than the original jury did because they affirmed the trial court decision and

denied the appeal carelis is currently impr prison with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Jim Ferguson Unit in Midway Texas orelis will be eligible for parole in 2040 a wake for jabon baes was scheduled at 6 p.m. on Thursday December 16th at Golden Gate Funeral Home with his funeral the next day we were unable to find any other information on any other memorials or vigils held to remember the little boy Jabron was buried with a simple granite headstone which reads jabon quintes baes July 3rd 2009 to

December 11th 2010 there are no tears in heaven running along the bottom is an etching of a train with a teddy bear earlier this year Jon’s family visited his grave to celebrate what would have been his 15th birthday they cleaned his gravestone and decorated with flowers and balloons to remember their Bam Bam little Jabron was callously killed by being immersed in boiling water before he was even a year and a half old because he was so little when he died we don’t know much about what his personality was going to be

like if he’d been allowed to grow out of his toddler years he hadn’t even reached his terrible twos before his life was cut short in such an agonizing way he never had a first day of kindergarten never lost his first tooth never got to ride the school bus so many milestones and experiences were denied to this little boy for no reason let us hope that by telling his story Jon’s memory can live on for many many more years to come