Newly-released 911 calls are providing more information about the death of a 15-year-old boy following a fight in a busy area of Winter Park last weekend.
- Roger Trindade, 15, was beaten unconscious last weekend
- 911 calls provide more insight into his death
- Police trying to figure out what happened
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Winter Park Police are continuing to investigate the death of Roger Trindade.
Georgia Lea Cox was one of several people who stopped by a growing memorial to the teen along Park Avenue Friday night. She didn’t know Trindade, but she says what happened worries her. She says she is always keeping a close eye on her 3-year-old son. But she knows someday he’ll grow up and become a teenager.
“I seriously cannot honestly imagine raising him to that point and sending him to what we know is a safe place in Winter Park, and thinking something like that could actually happen there,” said Cox.
Cox was playing with her son in the same area where just a few days ago Trindade was found unconscious.
“I can’t imagine as a parent, as a mom,” said Cox.
On Friday, Winter Park Police released 911 calls from people who stopped to help the teen.
“There’s some kid that’s been passed out for… I don’t know how long,” said one 911 caller.
“It’s bad.”
Investigators say Trindade was beaten during a fight in the park. They say the fight may have started after Trindade was sprayed with something in the face. Police say the suspects ran away from the area.
But some of those teenagers may have stuck around.
When a dispatcher questions another 911 caller, the caller asks those still with Trindade what happened.
“Was he by himself?” the 911 caller asked.
Then the caller replied to the dispatcher, “He was with some other friends and he fainted. He has a pulse, but is not responsive.”
A police report shows the 15-year-old was beaten, punched and kicked. But first responders reported no obvious signs of injury when they arrived within about two minutes to treat Trindade. That evidence is only adding to the growing questions surrounding the teen’s death.
The teen was taken off life support after two days in the hospital.
Georgia Cox says anyone who might know what led to the teen’s death owes it to Trindade’s parents to tell police what they know.
“They deserve to know what, and why their son is no longer here,” said Cox.
A friend of Trindade says friends are planning a vigil for him sometime in the next few days, but they say a time and place haven’t been set.