The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) approached the matter with weapons drawn. They pointed out that the child's abuse had nothing to do with homeschooling. The facts were that social services and law enforcement did not act on reports from school officials and neighbors, not until it was too late and Teddy was dead. [1]

Teddy's death had nothing to do with homeschooling. It had everything to do with a deranged mother protecting her psychotic boyfriend from being arrested by pulling Teddy out of school to allegedly "homeschool" him after realizing that officials were very suspicious of her boyfriend's child abuse. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and the mother was sentenced 15 years for negligence.