Friends Bath Teen With A Pot Of Boiling Rice

A teenage boy, Damon Clay, 17, was left badly scalded and in critical condition after two of his friends poured a pot of boiling rice on him while sleeping after accusing him of stealing a PlayStation 3. The boy is now in a medically induced coma at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta with burns covering 70 percent of his body.

“He’s scarred for the rest of his life. His life will never be the same,” the teen’s aunt said, asking not to be identified.

Family members say Clay was attacked Monday morning by his friends, Quintavious Barber, 19, and Malik Moton, 18 who are now facing charges including aggravated assault and cruelty to a child.

“I think it’s ridiculous somebody would do a child like that,” neighbor Tamara Miller said.

“They were friends. Everybody was supposed to be friends,” neighbor Laprell Grant said.

Family members say Clay should have never been vulnerable to such an attack.

They say he had been in jail for a burglary but released into a three-month program offered by a nonprofit based in East Point.

They say a minister over the program promised a judge he’d provide Clay shelter, and guidance.

“He didn’t have any supervision, none,” the teen’s aunt said.

Instead of a group home, family members say Clay bounced from place to place, staying with relatives and friends until the attack happened.

“I’d rather my nephew be in jail than to be here,” the aunt said.

Doctors will try to take Clay off of a ventilator on Sunday, then do more surgery.

Source: wsbtv.com