Colorado Springs mother expresses frustration with justice system after child is stabbed [Video]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – The mother of an 11-year-old Colorado Springs boy stabbed in the back and left for dead is questioning why her son’s alleged 13-year-old attacker was allowed out on the streets to cross paths with her son — despite previous attempted murder charges for another alleged stabbing attack.

Our 11 News investigation team has tracked this case for months now, after Colorado Springs police originally arrested the wrong 10-year-old boy. Now, our exclusive reporting continues with another mother’s frustrations over the juvenile justice system in this state, a system she says has so far failed to protect her family.

“I could not wrap my mind around something that horrible happening.”

Nov. 29, 2023, was the day things changed forever for Valerie’s family.

“The chaplain was there to meet me. It made me even more nervous.”

Her son had been on a playground one minute, and at Children’s Hospital the next.

Her young son’s lungs, …