The tiny hands of a 7-year-old boy weren\u2019t enough to cover his tear-filled eyes, but somehow, he found the strength to speak. Sitting in a Florida courtroom in 2008, dressed in a white button-up shirt and knit vest, A.J. Hutto did something no child should ever have to do \u2014 he testified against his own mother, revealing that \u201cmama got mad\u201d and \u201cdunked\u201d his sister in the pool.<\/p>\n
Seventeen years later, A.J., now 24, is finally opening up about the life-altering moment he took the stand, a moment that would send his mother to prison for the rest of her life. He still stands by his words: \u201cShe\u2019s 100% guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the time, A.J. didn\u2019t fully grasp the weight of what he was saying. He was a little boy trying to tell the truth \u2014 trying to explain the unimaginable. What authorities had initially ruled an accidental drowning turned into something far more haunting, thanks to the quiet courage of a child who witnessed it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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