Candlelight vigil honors 10-year-old Tavares boy who died of alleged abuse

Police identify 10-year-old boy who died from alleged extreme abuse in Tavares

The Tavares Police Department identified the boy as 10-year-old Xavier Williams.

Long sleeves, ‘meticulous’ plans kept abuse of Tavares boy a secret until his death

Neither neighbors nor staff at Xavier Williams’ school suspected the 10-year-old was being abused, but they all noted something odd: He and his younger brother always wore long sleeves, even on hot days. Now the Tavares Police Department, which is investigating the boy’s death, says the long-sleeved shirts were part of a “methodical” and “meticulous” plan by his mother to hide the abuse she and her boyfriend were inflicting on the children insid…