Law And Crime On The Case with Chris Stewart

Grandma Tortured 11-Year-Old Boy to Death: Cops

Published: September 7, 2026

Duration: 27:57

Newly released bodycam captured the chaotic aftermath of 11-year-old Chaskah Davis Smith’s death as his grandmother, Stephanie Davis, claimed he had injured himself. Police later accused Davis of abusing and torturing Chaskah, while her husband, Thomas Desharnais, allegedly told investigators that Davis had beaten the boy with a ratchet, slashed him with a knife and withheld food. Law&Crime's Chris Stewart is On the Case.

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