At the police station, he met Gabrielle Star, the child's mother. Daryell reportedly refused to respond to questions from Gabrielle, who wondered why the aggression and called for justice. He just told her : "At the appropriate time you will know."

After the meeting, the mother published a new outburst on Facebook. "Now is the time I open my mouth!... I believed in the love and goodness in him, I supported him, I loved him, and accepted his faults without knowing there was something much worse" ...Daryell Dickson Xavier Menezes stood beside me in the bed of my son for the first 2 days of hospitalization, supporting me, giving me strength, encouraging me and my family..."It was very hard for me to believe that my second love had killed my first love"

The stepfather was considered the prime suspect in the crime after providing contradictory testimony - he was the last person to have contact with the child. Michael was taken to the hospital, but could not resist and died two days later.

Cranial Trauma Medical Legal Institute (IML) found minor head trauma outside the action as a cause of death, which means that the child suffered a great impact and did not fall from a height. There was also a record of anal fissures. It remains unclear, however, if the crack has an internal origin (bowel problems) or external (sexual abuse).