Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And I'm Britt. And the story I have for you today, I'm going to warn you, it's going to be hard to hear. But when people don't listen to the tough stuff, that is what lets a system that doesn't protect kids perpetuate. So I beg you to hear today's story about a first grader found unresponsive in his own home in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The explanation his stepfather gives is that he got trapped inside a toy chest and just couldn't get out,

couldn't breathe. But when that theory is put to the test, it doesn't add up. Yet no one has been

held responsible for this young boy's death.

So his father is making sure that no one forgets his son's name.

This is the story of Joseph Jojo King III.

The third. I'm Bhophe. I'm Bhop Bhop B B B B B the I'm Joseph King Jr.'s world collapsed a few weeks before the rest of us were rocked by lockdowns and a global pandemic.

It was February 23, 2020, when his phone rang just before midnight.

No good call comes at that hour, so he was bracing himself when he answered.

But there was nothing that could have prepared him for what was said.

His six-year-old son, Joseph King III, his Jojo, was unconscious and at the hospital.

Now, there wasn't much more information for him at that time. This is all pretty recent,

but he, dad, lives in Georgia and Jojo lives with his mom and stepfather in Texas.

So he needs to get on the first flight out to be with his son.

Joseph is in knots as he makes the trip.

And he still doesn't know much.

I mean, he had just FaceTime with his son the day before.

He was perfectly healthy and happy, pumped about starting baseball.

Like, how could this possibly be happening?

How could he be in the hospital now?

Now, when he finally arrives at Children's Medical Center in Dallas, that next morning,

it is even worse than he imagined.

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