Dylan Hohepa Tonga Rimoni

Killed by foster mother Patricia Angela Pickering. Dylan was abused, neglected and slept in a beer crate while in the care of his birth mother Jasmine Tonga. He was fostered by Patricia and her husband Douglas Hoeta in around April 2007 and lived with them at Drury in Auckland. An autopsy after Dylan's death would reveal old injuries received at Patricia's hands including head injuries, a broken foot, broken rib, a scar on one buttock, and a pattern of unusual bruising and scarring along with evidence of methamphetamine in his system. On 16 April 2008 Patricia slammed Dylan's head brutally against doors and walls. Investigators would later find Dylan's blood stains throughout the house, including on the bathroom door and in his bedroom. Dylan suffered massive head trauma that caused his brain to bleed and swell so badly that it was squeezed down into his brain stem. He also sustained a fractured leg, toe and rib, and bruising to his face. Patricia played internet poker while Dylan lay injured and dying, assuming that he would just recover from the assault as he had done after previous beatings. Hours later Patricia called an ambulance and Dylan was rushed to Starship Hospital where he died two days later from his head injury. "This child was beaten for a long time. He was hit, cut and maltreated over the period he was in Ms Pickering's care" said Philip Hamlin. Source: https://debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/new-zealand-....

April 2018: Dylan Hohepa Tonga Rimoni, 3, had his head smashed against a hard surface rendering him brain dead. His brain was swollen and bleeding after Patricia Angela Pickering, his adoptive mother, slammed him on an "unforgiving" surface such as a wall or the floor with significant force. Pickering was jailed for life after being convicted of the Papakura toddler's murder. Source: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/61-little-names-on-new-zealands-roll-...

2008 Dylan Hohepa Tonga Rimoni 3 years old. Middlemore Hospital staff notified police on Wednesday that a child with unexplained head injuries had been brought to the hospital by ambulance late the previous night. He was later transferred to Auckland’s Starship Hospital, where life support was turned off. Source: https://childabuseinnz.wordpress.com/my-memorial/

Dylan died of a traumatic brain injury. His de facto mother, Patricia Angela Pickering, was convicted of his murder. Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/faces-of-innocents/99317527/faces-...

Sources

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2. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3974109/Mum-jailed-for-minim...
3. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/toddler-murderers-appeal-thrown-out/N...
4. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3369564/Brother-told-to-say-child-...