came the occasional sound of footsteps climbing the basement stairs and coming into the kitchen, even though no one was ever there. One night, Rosa awoke in the middle of the night and saw a shadowy figure pacing in the living room. When she turned on the lights, no one was there, except for a set of large, wet boot prints.

In March, 2012, the strange occurrences escalated beyond that of an annoyance when Latoya came into her 12 year-old daughter’s bedroom in the middle of the night and saw the child levitating in the air above the bed. The girl was sound asleep.

At this point, Latoya and her mother realized they needed help, but the police and local churches refused to listen. At best, officials at one churchpolice showed up with multiple ambulances. The boys were taken to Methodist Hospital’s campus in Gary where they were revived. The older boy was okay, but the youngest was said to scream and thrash and required five grown men to hold him down.

Meanwhile, the Department of Child Services (DCS) was called to investigate the family for possible child abuse. The case was given to Valerie Washington who reported that while the family was being examined by medical staff, the seven year-old began growling and showing his teeth and his eyes began rolling back in his head. At one point, he put his hands around his brother’s throat and refused to let go until staff intervened.

Later that evening, Washington and a registered nurse named Willie Lee Walker brought the