(Fox News) A Florida waitress who helped an 11-year-old boy escape abuse is being hailed a hero by local law enforcement.
Flavaine Carvalho was working at the Mrs. Potato Restaurant in Orlando Jan. 1 when a family sat at a table. Everyone received food except the child, she said during a news conference, according to Fox News affiliate WOFL-TV.
The stepdad, identified as Timothy Wilson II, who is 34, told her the child would eat dinner at home, she said. But Carvalho said she noticed the boy had bruises and scratches on his face and arms.
“I could see he had a big scratch between his eyebrows,” Carvalho said. “A couple of minutes later, I saw a bruise on the side of his eye. So I felt there was something really wrong.”