Mother of 3-year-old boy killed after being beaten by his father is also arrested Oliver Golden Grayson, 3-year-old boy killed after being beaten in Viamão (RS), had already been removed from his parents when the family lived in Santa Catarina. In March 2025, the Santa Catarina Public Ministry (MPSC), the Guardianship Council and the Military Police intervened in the residence following anonymous complaints from neighbors about physical attacks. ? According to the Civil Police, the boy was allegedly beaten by his own father, Dandre Jermaine Grayson, in Viamão. The North American missionary confessed to the crime and has been in prison since Sunday (5). In a statement to the Civil Police, he said that the motivation for the attacks was that his son had not said "good morning" to him. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp Family lived in Santa Catarina This week, the MPSC revealed that the family came to live in Palmitos, in the west of Santa Catarina, in 2025. At the time, residents of the city reported alleged physical attacks against one of the children of the couple Dandre and Mayanna Angelina Rodgers. During the inspection, the Guardianship Council, accompanied by the Military Police and the Public Prosecutor of the District of Palmitos, went to the family's residence to check the situation, but found no marks of violence on the child's body. The technicians recorded that the children were healthy, well dressed and in a hygienic environment. Children were removed from their parents for three months in SC Despite the absence of immediate physical evidence, the complaints and the existence of previous records against the family in another state made the protective bodies choose, out of caution, to institutionalize the children. The separation lasted about three months. During the period, assessments carried out by psychologists and two forensic social workers concluded that the parents were mentally capable of maintaining custody and that there were no elements to confirm the mistreatment. "In addition, a report prepared by the Municipality's Special High Complexity Social Protection Service recorded that, during assisted visits, children demonstrated a strong emotional bond with their parents, trying to hug them, talk and play with them, in addition to expressing a desire to return to family life. The document concluded that, at that time, there was no evidence of mistreatment or that the children were at risk", highlighted the MPSC. Based on these reports, the Court ordered the children to return home in June 2025. Monitoring continued by social assistance, with no new incidents recorded. After the family moved to Rio Grande do Sul, two months later, the MPSC requested the transfer of the protective procedure to the Children and Youth Court of Viamão (RS) so that supervision could continue on site. Father confessed to crime According to delegate Luana Tamiozzo Medeiros, deputy at the Police Station Specialized in Women's Assistance (Deam) and responsible for the investigation, the father reported having punched the child in the chest and abdomen, in addition to hitting the boy's head against the floor. The crime took place in the district of Águas Claras, where the family lives. g1 tried to contact Grayson's defense, but had not been located until the last update of this report. The boy was hospitalized in a very serious condition in the pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Hospital de Pronto Socorro (HPS) in Porto Alegre and died on Wednesday night (8). The attacker himself took the boy to Viamão hospital on Sunday (5). Due to the severity of the injuries, the child was transferred to the capital. Upon noticing the multiple injuries, the medical team called the 18th Military Police Battalion (BPM). The American was arrested red-handed at the hospital. On Monday (6), during a custody hearing, the court ordered preventive detention. Last Thursday (9), Mayanna Angelina Rodgers, Oliver's mother, was also arrested preventively for omission. In a statement, Mayanna's defense says that she "is a victim and was in a state of serious vulnerability in the context of domestic violence, physically, emotionally and spiritually." The woman has North American parents and was born in Japan. Therefore, she has dual citizenship (Read the full position below). According to authorities, the family has lived in Brazil for nine years and had moved to Viamão around eight months ago. MORE spiritually, these circumstances deserve careful and technical investigation, without any advance judgment. The defense trusts in due legal process, contradictory and broad defense, in accordance with the Federal Constitution, reaffirming that only the broad procedural instruction will allow the correct investigation of the facts. Out of respect for the child's memory and the confidentiality of the investigations, no other information will be provided. OAB/RS 44.063". VIDEOS: most watched g1 SC in the last 7 days