A Cincinnati mother and two transgender biological men have been charged with murder and child endangerment in the death of a 7-year-old mentally handicapped boy who authorities say endured months of severe abuse before being found bound and duct-taped in a closet.Kaitlin Evans, 39, the boy’s biological mother, along with Nessa Keaney, 23, and Kirby Rankin, 33, were arraigned Friday in a Hamilton County courtroom on the charges stemming from the murder of William Evans.MORE TRANS VIOLENCEThree individuals have been charged with M*RDER in Ohio after a 7-year-old boy was found DEAD inside a home.Kaitlin Evans, the boy’s mother, was arrested alongside Kirby Rankin and Nessa Keaney, two MEN pretending to be women.Detectives say the boy was… pic.twitter.com/ZrjTbMXIyT— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 7, 2026Prosecutors told the court that the three defendants had been “co-parenting” the child, who was developmentally disabled.A detective with more than two decades of experience described the case as “one of the most disturbing examples of child abuse” he had ever witnessed, citing visible injuries across the boy’s body consistent with physical beatings, impact trauma to the back of the head, water torture, and severe burns.“In my 21 years of law enforcement experience, this is probably one of the most disturbing examples of child abuse that I’ve witnessed: physical beatings and blunt force injuries from striking devices on the face, torso, back, and upper and lower extremities. Impact injuries to the back of the head,” Cincinnati Police Detective Kyle Smith testified, according to a report from Local 12.Neighbors reportedly had no idea a child even lived there, suggesting the boy had been isolated during the prolonged abuse.Rankin allegedly confessed to his involvement in the abuse and implicated Evans and Keaney as active participants.The day before the boy’s death, the three adults had taken a pet to the veterinarian while leaving the child alone at home.Bonds were set at $1 million for the murder charges and $100,000 for child endangerment.Evans’ lawyer claimed she did not cause the death but failed to intervene to save her son.The biological father of the boy was present in court and emotionally confronted Evans, saying he had trusted her to care for their son and that the child had been kept from him for months.“Willie was my life. I trusted you to care for him,” the father said through tears. “They kept him from me for the past nine months over lies.”Rankin’s lawyers requested a competency evaluation citing documented mental health issues, with a hearing scheduled for September 4.A grand jury is set to hear the case on August 17.The post Mother and Two Transgender Biological Men Charged for Horrific Torture Murder of Mentally Handicapped 7-Year-Old Ohio Boy appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.