‘I am safe, I am loved’: Riverview boy stabbed, set on fire adopted by detective who responded to double murder

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — In a trial that captivated the Tampa Bay area and the nation this year, Ronnie Oneal III insisted on acting as his own attorney in a capital murder case.

It began March 18, 2018 with a frantic 911 call as Kenyatta Barron called for help and begged for her life.

That night, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Detective Mike Blair was called to the scene.

“By the time I arrived that night, we were told there was a child being medevacked to Tampa General, but he was not expected to live,” Blair said.

The veteran officer has responded to hundreds of calls in his career. This call changed his life.