Dwyer said the boy said: "'She's still alive, and they told me to take a butcher knife and finish her off.' "
Dwyer's testimony came in the trial of Aaron Thompson, who reported his daughter missing in November 2005. She would have been 6 at that time, but police think she died two years earlier. Thompson has been charged with 60 counts, including child abuse resulting in death, and other charges for the alleged abuse of the seven other children living in the Aurora home.
It is not clear to anyone whether Lowe's son was reciting something that happened or was delusional. Dwyer has diagnosed the teen as having post-traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder.
The teen took the stand for about a half-hour Thursday and recalled being beaten by Lowe and Thompson. He said one time Lowe was mad at him for eating too much of her cereal, so she had Thompson beat him repeatedly with a belt, then twice with a bat.
He was not asked about the statements allegedly made to Dwyer, but the teen is scheduled to testify more this morning.
It was a tense day in court, as Rajon Russell, Lowe's brother, was cited for indirect contempt-of-court charge. He evaded questions and contradicted statements he had given previously to police. He cursed at least twice on the stand, and District Court Judge Valeria Spencer admonished him.
"Did you just swear again, Mr. Russell?" the judge asked him.
"No," he replied.
"I hope I just misheard you," Spencer said back.
As Russell, a witness for the prosecution, was leaving the stand, he called the judge a derogatory name as he passed prosecutor Amy Richards. Spencer was not in the courtroom. Richards reported what Russell said. He has a hearing on the matter next month.
Written by Carlos Illescas
