Exorcism, Swaddling, Food Restriction Leads to Death of 4-Year-Old Boy

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A text from his wife makes Joseph Wilson call 911 to report that his adopted son Skyler is having a seizure. That text message, however, came in hours earlier. Jodi Wilson wrote "Something happened while swaddling Skyler." Included in the text was a picture of Skyler wrapped in a sheet, face down, and duct taped to the floor. Skyler was taken to Brenner Children's hospital where a doctor explained to a detective that Skyler had a Hypoxic Brain Injury, caused by a lack of oxygen getting to his brain. The doctor said that Skyler’s brain injuries were consistent with “too much restriction” used during the so-called “swaddling” technique.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Kirk Nurmi- Legal Analyst and former lead counsel to Jodi Arias (Mesa, AZ), Author: "Trapped with Ms. Arias", Twitter/Instagram: @nurmiunchained
Caryn Stark- Psychologist- Trauma and Crime expert- carynstark.com @carnpsych
Sheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert, Founder: Cold Case Investigative Research Institute in Atlanta, GA, Host: Zone 7, ColdCaseCrimes.org, @ColdCaseTips
Rev. Dr. Bob Larson- Founder of Spiritual Freedom Churches International, Author: Book of Religiouns, Cults and New Age Spirtuality”, BobLarson.org, Twitter: BLarsonexorcist, Facebook: BobLarsonTheRealExorcist
Dr. Tim Gallagher- Medical Examiner State of Florida, Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine. Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference, pathcaremed.com
Caitlyn Becker- Senior Reporter for Dailymail.com, @caitlynbecker

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0:00.0	5. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
0:07.0	A beautiful, four year old boy is dead. And now we're wondering why? I'm Nancy Grace.
0:20.4	This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Series XM 111.
0:27.2	Have you heard the word swaddle? I thought I need what that meant. Now I'm learning a lot more about that word.
0:35.7	Swaddle. But I think we all know the word exorcism. First of all, take a listen to our friends at WFMY.
0:43.8	This all started back on January 5th when Joseph Wilson called 911 reporting that Skyler was having a seizure.
0:51.5	The hours before calling 911, Jody Wilson texted her husband saying something happened while swaddling Skyler.
0:59.0	Swaddling. Swaddling. And why is she texting her husband? Something happened with Skyler hours before calling 911.
1:14.6	Right there, I don't like it. True. Some people made a react and call 911 whenever you see a car crash or you think a child is being mistreated.
1:28.0	But I always think better safe than sorry. Correct why? Did she wait that long? As a matter of fact, who are these people?
1:35.6	Who are Skyler's parents? Take a listen now to our friends at crimeonline.com.
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1:49.1	At Affordable Wellness, we put you in control of your health. That is the opening line on the webpage of Affordable Wellness in Mount Airee, North Carolina.
1:58.5	The owners, Dr. Joe Wilson and his wife, Jody Wilson. Dr. Joe Wilson was born and raised in nearby statesville, North Carolina.
2:06.0	His online bio says he was an Eagle Scout. Did missionary work in Argentina has a master's degree in acupuncture and a doctorate of carpractic.
2:14.2	He and his wife, Jody have three daughters, but online they don't mention they have adopted two boys. Skyler and his brother were both in foster care when Dr. Joe and Jody Wilson adopted them nearly two years ago.
2:27.5	Okay, hold on right there before I go on about who these parents are. They clearly have degrees out the yin yang. But wait, wait, wait, wait.
2:36.5	Karen start joining me. Well known. Psychologists joining us out of Manhattan.
2:43.4	You can find her at Karenstart.com and that's Karen with a C. Karen, you get our Christmas and Easter cards every year.
2:52.8	And I can't imagine having one of those Christmas cards or Easter cards. What would you think if all of a sudden John David wasn't in there?
3:04.2	Or Lucy just was somehow missing that was just a space there where she normally stands.
3:09.7	Obviously I would begin to wonder and answer about what happened to one of the kids. I doubt you'd wonder very long because you pick up the phone and call me.
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