POTEAU, Okla. — The minute Officer Jody Thompson met a little boy at a child abuse call in 2015, he knew his life would be forever changed.
Two years later, he and his wife not only adopted that boy, now named John Thompson, but they also adopted his little sister who was born in jail to their biological mother, reported 5 News Online.
Thompson told the news site that when he walked into the house that day he just “knew” when he saw the boy.
Police Chief Stephen Fruen said the boy had been found bound by his hands and feet, submerged in a trash can and held in the shower. He was getting food to eat and he had bruises all over his body.
Officer Thompson brought the boy to the hospital, where he stayed by his side in the ICU.
The rest, as they say, is history.
“He means everything in the world that we live in. He’s the strongest person I’ve ever met. He means the world,” Thompson said.