ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - For nearly a decade, Lillian Laraway has been fighting for justice for her brother, Jordan Bryant.

Back in September 2016 , two Pinecrest Developmental Center employees, Thaddeus Green and Andrea Ford, were charged with one count each of cruelty to persons with infirmities , which means mistreating someone who is elderly or disabled.

Laraway said her brother’s neck was broken during the incident, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. He was just 17 years old at the time.

“Pretty much he wasn’t supposed to make it,” Laraway said.

Bryant defied the odds and survived, but in February of 2025, he passed away . His death certificate lists quadriplegia as a cause of death, something Laraway believes ties directly back to his injury at Pinecrest.

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