Mystery Surrounds Texas Boy’s Death at Movie Theater—Criminal Probe Launched

Greenville, Texas -  An 11-year-old foster child was found dead with blood dripping from his nose as movie theater lights came on after a film last November.

The boy, whose name has not been released, accompanied fellow housemates and staff members of Thompson's Residential Treatment Center to the movies, despite crying and complaining of a terrible stomachache beforehand.

During the initial investigation into the child's death, other boys who lived with him at the center told police they'd heard him crying about severe stomach pain in the bathroom before they all loaded up and made their way to the theater. They also said he had received a head wound days before his death.

Thompson's Residential Treatment Center, which is contracted by the state, houses and provides treatment for foster children considered among the "most traumatized and mentally ill." It was quickly determined by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission that the center posed an "immediate threat" to the safety and health of the children residing within.

As of now, it is unclear if treatment center staff attempted to seek any medical attention for the child after he complained of feeling unwell, but the HHSC revoked the facility's license and shut it down. It's now being investigated more thoroughly by the Hunt County Sheriff's Department and the Department of Family and Protective Service.

It has also been reported that Thompson's Residential Treatment Center, owned by Chaun Thompson, former NFL player for the Cleveland Browns and the Houston Texas, has "dozens of previous deficiencies in state records."

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