I have a policy where I don't believe anything I read or hear until I can corroborate it, particularly if it involves some leap of faith that what was written is the truth but the author contradicts themselves multiple times.
So when I read that a Dad was beaten, which wasn't actually the father but the mother's boyfriend. Then couple that with the later remarks that they could not do anything for him at the hospital because he had had a seizure, well, that sounds kind of suspect to me.
Curse me if you like, but I am a product of my environment.