{"id":224166,"date":"2026-05-08T01:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/224166\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T01:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:44:11","slug":"mom-demands-answers-after-son-with-autism-returns-from-school-with-missing-teeth-bloody-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/224166\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom demands answers after son with autism returns from school with missing teeth, bloody shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mother of a Brooklyn student with autism has been trying to find out why her son came home from school last month with two teeth missing.<\/p>\n

The NYPD is also investigating.<\/p>\n

“What is happening here?”<\/p>\n

It has been two weeks since Raqibah Smiley says her 5-year-old son came home from school missing his two front bottom teeth and had blood stains on his shirt.<\/p>\n

“I’m like, oh my god, there’s missing teeth, there’s blood stains. You know, what is happening here?” Smiley said.<\/p>\n

The mother said to her knowledge, her son’s teeth had not been loose.<\/p>\n

“I feel like if it was, I think that’s something I probably would have noticed,” she said.<\/p>\n

Her son has autism and is nonverbal, so Smiley said she immediately drove to P.S. K721 in Gravesend to get answers.<\/p>\n

\"5-year-old<\/p>\n

Raqibah Smiley says her 5-year-old son, who has autism and is nonverbal, came home from school missing his two front bottom teeth with blood stains on his shirt.<\/p>\n

Raqibah Smiley<\/p>\n

“Nothing was reported”<\/p>\n

According to a report CBS News New York reviewed, a school official spoke with the paraprofessional assigned to Smiley’s child and classroom, and that person first said the boy showed up to school off the bus that way.<\/p>\n

Smiley said she reviewed video with the school that shows her dropping him off in the morning that day with no blood stains on his shirt.<\/p>\n

The paraprofessional then apologized and said it was a long day, and told the school official they noticed blood coming from the child’s mouth and gave him water but did not report it to the nurse or administration.<\/p>\n

“Did he fall? Did he run into the wall? We know he’s autistic, he’s nonverbal. He’s 5, typical boy, OK? He’s a daredevil. It happens,” Smiley said. “But what happened? I still don’t have no answers, and that’s my thing.”<\/p>\n

Smiley contacted the NYPD and has kept her son out of the school since.<\/p>\n

“This is a school for people like my son, children like my son. Nothing was reported,” she said. “I’m waiting for justice. I’m waiting for answers. I don’t trust anybody right now.”<\/p>\n

The New York City Department of Education said the school district’s Special Commissioner of Investigation is reviewing the allegation and intends to investigate this matter.<\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

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