‘I Watched My Baby Take His Last Breath’: Mother of Slain Toddler Kohen Wiley Makes Emotional Plea for Justice

‘I Watched My Baby Take His Last Breath’: Mother of Slain Toddler Kohen Wiley Makes Emotional Plea for Justice

Inside a Mississippi church sanctuary filled with grieving relatives, community members, and civil rights advocates, Vellesiya Wiley stood before cameras and microphones carrying a loss no parent ever expects to endure. “My name is Vellesiya Wiley. I’m the mother of baby Kohen,” she said quietly. “I watched my baby take his first breath, and I watched my baby take his last breath.” The emotionally charged statement became the defining moment of…