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Bodycam footage reveals welfare check weeks South Carolina toddlers deaths
New York Post • • nation
Key Points:
- Two South Carolina toddlers, 15-month-old Harlow Deacon and 2-year-old Emory Deacon, were found starved to death in their home weeks after bodycam footage showed they appeared fine during welfare checks.
- Their mother, Justine May, 31, was arrested on September 29 and charged with homicide; footage from a welfare check on August 30 reveals her evasive behavior and refusal to cooperate with officers.
- Despite 13 welfare checks by Charleston County Sheriff's Office detecting no immediate danger, no checks were conducted after September 20, shortly before the children’s deaths.
- Authorities are reviewing bodycam footage to assess the children's condition in the days before their deaths, while the children's father, Zack Deacon, has hired legal counsel to investigate police handling of the case.
- Sheriff Carl Ritchie stated the decision to stop welfare checks was based on available information, including involvement from social services and lack of new threats, but the case is under scrutiny following the tragedy.
