Horrifying footage shows autistic student, 10, being beaten by woman on Colorado school bus as heartbroken parents of three different children claim teaching aid, 29, left kids with vicious bruises and marks

Kiarra Jones, 29, has been charged with third-degree assault on an at-risk person last week and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 3.

In the video provided by Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC Attorneys at Law, the firm representing three families, Jones can be seen repeatedly punching the child, who has severe autism and no verbal ability, while they sat together on the school bus.


I was immediately thrown into disbelief - how could someone that I trusted, someone that I was so friendly with do this to my little boy,' Vestal said after playing the video at the conference.

The devasted mother said she bought Jones Christmas gifts, made her tea when she felt unwell, and the two texted each other from time to time.

Between last September to March this year. Vestal has a record of 15 dates when she found Dax suffering injuries, and she was told that three of those dates coincide with footage of Jone's alleged abuse, she said.

But Dax is only one of multiple kids who came home from school injured, as three families have now spoken out, detailing their experiences and demanding justice for their autistic children.

My son does not have the ability to tell me when someone is hurting him. My son does not have the ability that he was forced to watch someone hurting his friends,' said Kevin Yarbrough, father of an 11-year-old severely autistic, non-verbal boy on Jones's bus.

'My son was abused by the people who were put into place specifically to protect him,' he said in a trembling voice.
Parents said sometimes autistic children could hurt themselves from time to time, and they all attributed the mysterious, unexplained injuries to accidents.'

'He is a self-injurious child. We usually, unfortunately, make the assumption that he has done it to himself,' Yarbrough said.

She added: 'I feel betrayed. We fight so much with districts and schools and teachers to make sure the kids have everything with their IEP (individualized education program) they need.

'I never considered the bus for a second because it seems so basic… We have this assumption they’re keeping our kids safe because that’s their duty. Now I feel like we’re going to question everyone forever.'

'I'm sure a lot of people would be like, 'Why would you put this video of your kid out there?' If you don't look at it, the words don't encompass it,' Vestal said.

'If he had to live through it, the least everybody else could do is pay attention to it so that it doesn't happen again.'

Beginning in around September, the three families noticed unexplained injuries on their kids including scratches, bruises, a lost tooth, a broken toe, a black eye, and other deep bruises on their bodies and feet, their attorney said in a statement.

They also observed significant shifts in their children's behaviors and brought up their concerns to the school.