Cezar Wairere Jon Taylor

Killed by stepfather James Allan Fredrick Hemana [aka James Sylva]. Adam Clarke looked after his daughter Wikitoria and Cezar in Tauranga. Wikitoria went to live with her mother Victoria Taylor in her Māngere home with James who swore at her each time she cried. Her aunt found her in her cot with a fat lip and a black eye. A few weeks later Wikitoria returned to Adam who was told by Child Youth and Family that he had to give the Cezar to his mother as she had custody. The first week went well, but then James began getting angry when Cezar cried. He would smack Cezar's head into his walker and on 6 July shook him violently. On 13 July when Cezar woke for his 6am feed, James picked him up by his leg, shook him violently, and dropped him three times. On the third drop Cezar's head hit a bedside cabinet. Over the next 10 days family and friends noted Cezar's frequent vomiting, vacant stare, rolling eyes and inability to stay awake, but nobody attempted to get him medical attention, they just nicknamed the bruised and abused baby "zombie boy." Cezar was finally taken to Middlemore Hospital on 23 July and transferred Starship Hospital with bleeding in his eyes, blood around his spinal cord, a swollen brain and widespread brain damage. He died in Adam's arms five days later. Source: https://debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/new-zealand-....

July 2010: Cezar Taylor died in his father's arms in hospital after being fatally beaten in Mangere East by his mother's new partner James Hemana. Annoyed by the baby waking at 6am for a feed, Hemana picked the baby up by his leg, shook him and dropped him repeatedly. On the last drop Cezar's head hit a cabinet and a bed. Hemana prevented Cezar's mother from taking him to hospital for 10 days. During that time he called the injured infant "Zombie Boy". He was finally taken to hospital on July 23 and died five days later. Source: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/61-little-names-on-new-zealands-roll-...