Cause of death revealed for 4-year-old found dead

New information about a tragic story we first brought you on Monday, the death of a four-year-old boy in southwest Atlanta. We now know how Colby Cooks died, and we're learning his five-year-old brother, Caden Cooks, is in critical condition at an area hospital. Fox 5's Angelique Proctor joins us from the Fulton County Jail with more. Angelique? Well, good evening to you both. What a sad situation. We learned today that four-year-old Colby Cooks actually died from blunt force trauma. We also learned that his manner of death is homicide. Now, we talked to a family friend who says that both the boys and their mother were all trapped in a very bad situation. She was under literally the control of a monster. Fox 5 News confirmed four-year-old Kobe Cook's mother left her two sons with her friend Yasmeen Smoke while the mother was in jail. We talked with a family friend who is in touch with the boy's mother, Amanda Malone Walker. The friend says Walker loved her sons very much and trusted her friend, Yasmeen, to take care of them. Family friend, Destiny Acuna, says Amanda and her sons lived with her the summer of 2025, so she got to know them very well. She says she suspected things were not going well with Amanda and her sons once they moved in with suspect smoke. Amanda did not have a mind of her own. I'm gonna be honest I love Amanda I would do anything for Amanda and her kids and her story has to be told because she's not even here to tell what's what was going on she's in Clark County right now she has to go to Noonan and she should be released she says both boys were innocent children she is horrified by Colby's death and Caden's injuries I just seen a video of Caden. His dad posted him. Someone screen shared it to me and his eyes are black and swollen. His head is swollen from, I guess, being hit in the head. His body has always had marks on it since they were in the care of Jasmine. And Ms. Acuna says that Caden's father is there with him at his hospital bedside. Tonight, the family is asking for prayers, but not only prayers, they're asking for financial help, they have started a GoFundMe. That is the very latest from the Fulton County Jail. Angelique Proctor, Fox 5 News.