Community Support: It Takes A Villiage

I consider myself a survivor of several traumatic events but nothing trumps the abduction of my Miracle Baby, Reign, a month before his 3rd birthday.  Since September 1, 2021, I have died everyday fighting to bring Reign home. Devils in Black robes and incompetent child welfare departments and employees, did not investigate a severe rumor Reign’s biological dad reported interstate regarding his custody of Reign. Victor Lane Turner reported to PA that I “stole my son on a visit and that I lost custody due to being unfit.” None of the claims reported were true. My son had always been in my physical custody from birth to September 1, 2021. September 1, 2021 was the first night my breastfeeding toddler spent a night away from me. He was tossed into a home of violence on women and children and was hidden from me for about 2 years. Reign’s name was illegally changed and all access to me and his other only caregiver since birth, his maternal grandmother was cut off. 

He was living in a home in the ghetto of Detroit that still is not fit for children habitation. 

It wasn’t until August of 2023 where my custody was restored. 

Reign’s dad got that order revoked. 

Ya know, I’ve begun to view September 1st as a bad omen. It carries the weight of a recurring nightmare, almost as if the date itself is cursed… September 1, 2023, Reign was dropped off to me at the Redford Police Department by his dad wearing a pair of spiderman sunglasses. Reign was too afraid to tell me anymore abuse so I went inside the police department and told them this history and that my baby had a bruise on his eye. From Reign’s mouth, his eye was “bleeding.” The bruise appeared to be a resolving black eye. Officer Evans refused to document this child abuse that I reported at Redford Police Department. Reign’s principal who told me that he was dealing with a custody dispute and appeared to be very bitter, waved me off when I went to get help stating “I don’t care. He wasn’t dropped off here with the black eye so I don’t care.” Then Officer Barnes at 10th Precinct Detroit Police took our police report and labeled it as CIVIL. 

About a week after the Detroit Police edited the report to be “criminal” but by that time, I had been forced to give Reign back to our abuser. A man who forced children to lie to cover up his sick abuse. By the time Reign went to speak at a “Kid’s Talk” my then 5-year-old had been threatened to lie and say that I hurt his face. 

I was ordered not to see Reign for well over a year. I provided evidence that proved Reign had been abducted and physically abused and to date no one has been willing to act on the evidence I have to prove this tragedy to be true. 

I was told that I would receive a recommendation regarding custody and parenting time after the conclusion of an evidentiary hearing held by Patricia Woodruff who allowed Victor to appear with an attorney who did not have a notice to appear and represent Victor. Despite that, I was the only party to submit any evidence. 

I called and called about the results of the “evidentiary hearing” and was told I would get one by July 23, 2024. That did not happen and I was still not allowed to see my baby.

September 24, 2024, would be the next time I would get any type of update regarding the status of Reign who I had not seen, court ordered, since September 20, 2023. It was a phone call from a CPS worker name Gina who called me to let me know that Victor Lane Turner was substantiated of Category 1 child abuse. That he raped his daughter orally and vaginally at the ages of 5 to 7 years old. That I would be picking up my abducted then 5 year old within 24 hours. 

That did not happen. Instead, Gina was removed from the case and it was transferred to the division of CPS that has been hiding Victor’s crimes against his children since 2012. 

After so many calls and emails asking when I can pick up my baby, I was ghosted by CPS employee Felecia Copeland and her supervisor Tina Maddox. After telling Felecia and Tina about Reign’s truth, the very next day, October 8, 2024, a full custody order was generated for Victor Lane Turner. Full physical and legal custody of Reign. Felecia Copeland and Tina Maddox allowed a substantiated child rapist to create a “safety plan” for a child.

In what universe would a child predator agree or create a “safety plan” for a child he still wants unlimited access to? Common sense ain’t so common in the state of Northern Mississpi (Michigan). 

I have been doing all of the things I am “supposed” to do to undo what has been done. My evidence is not being considered and every legal remedy I have exhausted on my own. 

Reign is still in the “safety plan” that Victor created that is nurturing a bond with a child rapist. 

Currently my legal team needs support. Exposure of this injustice is the only option I have at this point to save my baby. 

Please. Don’t care about Reign AFTER something more severe happening like his unaliving like many children in Wayne County Detroit for CPS failing to protect children. 

I have failed at getting Reign home on my own. I need Detroiters to tap in. Please help me get eyes on this so Michigan officials are SHAMED and FORCED to abide by the law and return Reign to the only fit parent he has left. 

I am one of many mothers fighting for the best interest of her child to be enforced. I see you and I support you. If you are one of those mothers or guardians please do reach out to me for a blog covering your CPS or family court horror story. 

Praying for all of our babies and the justice that they all deserve. Mothers Unmuted exist because of Reign Foster, Na’Ziyah Harris, Ethan Belcher, Monica Cannady and Her Sons, Stoni Ann Blair and Stephen Gage Berry, Zyaire Reed, and all of the other babies abused, tortured, and unalived due to Wayne County Detroit’s Child Protective Services failing to protect children. 

-Moms Unmuted