According to Sherry West, last Thursday morning at 9 a.m., while walking in Brunswick, Georgia with her 13-month old son Antonio, she was suddenly approached by two young men demanding money. Sherry said she had none, and the menboys, reallymade what must have seemed like an absurd statement at the time: “If you don’t give me money, I’m going to shoot your baby.” Then, West says, the boys walked over to the strollerand shot her baby.

Luis Santiago tries to comfort Sherry West at her apartment Friday, March 22, 2013, in Brunswick, Ga., the day after their 13-month-old son, Antonio Santiago (inset), was shot and killed. (Russ Bynum/AP;ABC)

Two people17-year-old De’Marquise Elkins and a 15-year-old accompliceare alleged to have committed the murder and have been charged. There is currently much we do not know about the case: DeMarquise’s aunt provided an alibi, but has since been charged with making false statements. On the other hand, West’s adult daughter has expressed doubts about her mother’s story; De’Marquise’s public defender has said, “My client is absolutely, 1,000-percent not guilty”; and the 15-year-old’s grandmother has maintained her grandson’s innocence.

Yet while there is so much information we do not have, one source of insight is readily available: De’Marquise’s Facebook page. And on that page, we find haunting evidence of a boy in need of an intervention, whether he killed young Antonio Santiago or not.

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