‘Trying to Put Me In Jail for 10-20’: School Bus Aide Who Was Wearing Earbuds While on her Phone As 6-Year-Old Special Needs Girl In Her Care Strangled to Death Tries to Blame Child’s Parents

A New Jersey school bus aide has been convicted of child endangerment nearly six months after being arrested for the death of a 6-year-old child with special needs who suffocated while in her care. Amanda Davila was arrested last July and charged with aggravated and reckless manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child following the death of Fajr Williams. Fajr Williams (left) died after suffocating on a bus and her school monitor, Amanda Davila (right), didn’t notice her choking. (Left photo: YouTube/CBS New York, right photo: Somserset County Prosecutor’s Office) On July 17, 2023, Davila, who was assigned as an aide on a bus headed to an extended school year program just outside New York City, secured the nonverbal wheelchair-bound 6-year-old into a seat after she boarded. During the ride, the bus hit several bumps in the road causing Williams to slip from her seat. Her neck caught onto the four-point harness of her seat, which wound up strangling the child. Fajr’s parents said their daughter was in that life-threatening position for nearly 40 minutes. Surveillance video showed the moments Williams slipped in her seat while Davila, who was seated toward the front of the bus, was wearing earbuds...