Her daughter, Michael's mother, Samantha McMullen said she was distraught at losing both her son and her mother. ' My mom couldn’t even hurt a fly let alone a child or a person,' McMullen said. Trainor, a friend of the boy's grandmother, told investigators she had disciplined her own grandchildren that way, using a technique all three adults knew as 'the wrap,' Lieutenant Larry King said. King said the group pinned the boy's arms to his side and rolled him in a king-sized blanket. ' There were six layers of cloth over this child.
Samantha McMullen, Michael’s mother and the daughter of the grandmother involved, expressed deep distress over losing both her son and her mother. She stated, “My mom couldn’t even hurt a fly, let alone a child or a person.” According to Lieutenant Larry King, Trainor, a friend of the boy’s grandmother, told investigators she had used a similar disciplinary method, known as “the wrap,” on her own grandchildren. King explained that the adults involved restrained the boy by pinning his arms to his sides and rolling him in a king-sized blanket, resulting in six layers of fabric covering him.
Samantha McMullen, the mother of Michael, expressed her distress over the loss of both her son and her mother. She stated, "My mom couldn’t even hurt a fly, let alone a child or a person." Trainor, a friend of the boy's grandmother, informed investigators that she had used a similar disciplinary method with her own grandchildren, referred to by the three adults as "the wrap," according to Lieutenant Larry King. King explained that they restrained the boy's arms at his sides and rolled him in a king-sized blanket, noting that there were six layers of cloth covering the child.
Michael's mother Samantha McMullen said she was devastated by the death of her son and mother. "My mom couldn't even kill a fly, much less a child or a human," she said. Trainor, a friend of the boy's grandmother, told investigators she had employed the same discipline technique with her own grandchildren, known by the three adults as "the wrap," Lieutenant Larry King said. They tied the boy's arms at his sides and wrapped him in a king-sized blanket, King said, adding that the boy was covered in six layers of fabric.
Samantha McMullen, Michael's mother, was upset about the death of her son and her mother. She said, "My mother could not even kill a fly, let alone a child or a human being." Trainor, a friend of the boy's grandmother, told investigators that she had used the same technique with her own grandchildren, which the three adults called "the wrap," Lieutenant Larry King said. King said they held the boy's arms at his sides and rolled him in a king-sized blanket, with six layers of cloth on the child.