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As a mother of a healthy 17 year old son that tragically lost his life on July 11, 2022. I am asking for your help and support to help me receive justice for my son. He, as an organ/tissue donor, was left on the ground at the scene of his motorcycle crash for several hours. The crash was NOT his fault.

I did not know that 20 minutes prior to the crash would be the last time I would ever hear my son's voice again. I wish I would have made him leave the store when I did. Joseph was on his motorcycle talking to a kid in a car from school. I was pulling out and noticed Joseph was still there. I pulled forward, and rolled down my window. I looked at Joseph and said " I thought you were going home." Joseph replied " I am." I asked "where did so and so go (Joseph's girlfriend)." Joseph said "To the house".  Then the kid in the car that Joseph was talking to said something real sarcastic/smart ass to me, which i just dismissed.  I said to Joseph "Okay bud be careful" and Joseph replied "I will mom".  Not knowing those would be the last words i would ever get to hear my son say to me.  Not knowing that was the last time i would hear my son's voice, last time i would see his smile and the last time my life felt complete! I knew I didn't have anything to worry about, because Joseph gave me his word. That was the type of person Joseph was. As I drove away, I said to myself out loud " what a punk", because of what the kid in the car had said to me. Definitely something you do not say to a parent (an adult) of another teenager.

If I would have known who the kid was he was talking to, I would have made him leave and I would have followed Joseph home, because prior to the crash Joseph told me he would never be friends with a person that takes advantage of a female and calls them an easy piece of meat, because she had been through a horrible incident and was traumatized.

The kid he was talking to in the car was the other individual involved in the crash. He was NOT a witness and he claimed he was my son's friend, which he was/is NOT! 

The other individual was asked several times if they were driving in front of Joseph and the other individual said yes every time he was asked.  He lied!  The witness and videos show Joseph in front the entire time. The other individual said Joseph was trying to pass him.  Another lie!!  How can one pass another if they are in front of the other?  The other individual tapped Joseph from behind, causing Joseph to leave the road way.  Pictures tell a thousand words.

The other individual touched my son 3 separate times, including flipping Joseph over. Several minutes went by before the other individual made a phone call and it was NOT to 911. The witness was the one who called 911. The other individual stated that they did CPR and was certified. Definitely CAN NOT give a person CPR that has a helmet on and if they were so certified they should have known NOT to move an injured person and to call 911 right away, like ASAP, not wait several minutes before making any type of phone call.

The first 10 minutes of when a person is injured and needs medical attention determines the outcome of life or death. That is stated by any certified CPR instructor. Aid was not provided or administered by law enforcement, they were the first on the scene. I know this because of the officer's dash camera video. One officer's report only stated "HE (JOSEPH) WAS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE!" Well of course not, because they failed to do their job that they took an oath for and the officers know the other individual's parents and the other individual involved.  I did not know you have to be known by your local law enforcement in order to receive help or aid from them! And to know my son respected and supported the city's local law enforcement. Joseph has 2 support flags hanging on his ceiling in his room firefighters and law enforcement. I should burn them both!! But as I have expressed to my children for years is two wrongs do not make it right.

A brown bottle was seen in the other individual's car and when I asked an officer about the bottle another officer, from afar, yelled at me and told the other individual "When you get home make sure you call your mom and let her know what happened,"  and what that officer stated in his report was was not the truth, another lie!!! The other individual was allowed to leave, while my son laid on the ground and should have been taken to the nearest hospital.

Law enforcement and paramedics just standing around, talking with one another. Law enforcement refused to let me go to my son, to be with him and for myself to give him aid. The officers described my son's injuries as if he was cut in half with his organs all laying about. Several hours later, when the Coroner arrived and finished her investigation, I was finally able to go to my son. I was so scared and afraid to see him do to how the officers described.  As I was walking over to see him, officers were yelling " I wouldn't  if I were you. I wouldn't."

I am so glad I did not listen to those officers. My son looked as if he was sleeping. His eyes were half way open, so I was able to see his brown Casanova eyes for the last time and his mouth was slightly opened to where I could see his teeth and braces. There were no open wounds and there was no blood!! The Coroner asked the paramedics how long they worked on Joseph and they said 15 minutes.

From the time the 911 call was placed to the time the paramedics left the crash was a total of 13 minutes ( from the paramedics report). The doctor that was on call that evening told the paramedics, over the telephone, to stop giving aid, when they revived my son once.  To just stop. Don't know why my son wasn't transported to the nearest hospital, like everyone else they treat.  I guess it is all about who knows who! Hours after the crash was all cleaned up, a person employed at the fire station showed his daughter my son's {a minor} medical report. I was not allowed to obtain the report for days after the crash.

The paramedic's report did not match the Coroner's pictures or the Coroner's report.

 In the event the deceased individual is an organ/tissue donor, time is very crucial. To grant the deceased their wish of being able to help others in need of vital organs and/or tissue, they should NOT remain on the ground for several hours.

Nationally, more than 100,000 people are waiting for lifesaving transplants, and about 4,000 live in Illinois. An average of 22 people die every day waiting. Every 10 minutes a new person is added to the national transplant waiting list.

A single donor can save and restore 25 lives or more through organ and tissue donation.

Do to negligence my son's wish as being an organ/tissue donor was NOT fulfilled. My son could have saved or helped several children or adults needing vital organs or tissue.

Mid America Transplant was ONLY able to use some of my son's tissue, some of his skin for burn victims and 1 heart valve, do to the fact he was left on the ground for several hours and not transported to the nearest hospital.

Donor/non-donor the deceased still have rights and should be treated with respect and integrity.

The deceased have rights, just as you and I do.

Please help me be the voice for those who can no longer be heard and help me get justice for my son!!

It is the right thing to do!!

Every statement posted in this petition are TRUE FACTS and I have the information to prove it!